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British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts
by Edwards for £1 2s.; inscribed '1.2.0' (f. 1, top right).James Edwards (b. 1756, d. 1816), book collector and bookseller.? John Haddon Hindley (b. 1765, d. 1827), orientalist: perhaps his sale, 4 March 1793, lot 1193, bought by Walker for
by Edwards for £1 2s.; inscribed '1.2.0' (f. 1, top right).James Edwards (b. 1756, d. 1816), book collector and bookseller.? John Haddon Hindley (b. 1765, d. 1827), orientalist: perhaps his sale, 4 March 1793, lot 1193, bought by Walker for
by Edwards for £1 2s.; inscribed '1.2.0' (f. 1, top right).James Edwards (b. 1756, d. 1816), book collector and bookseller.? John Haddon Hindley (b. 1765, d. 1827), orientalist: perhaps his sale, 4 March 1793, lot 1193, bought by Walker for
by Edwards for £1 2s.; inscribed '1.2.0' (f. 1, top right).James Edwards (b. 1756, d. 1816), book collector and bookseller.? John Haddon Hindley (b. 1765, d. 1827), orientalist: perhaps his sale, 4 March 1793, lot 1193, bought by Walker for
In verrem. The Grafton price-code decoded, perhaps by John Holmes, of the British Museum library: inscribed 'cost the Duke of Grafton £4.4s. / JH.' (f. 1v). 1 large and 6 small white vine initials, in colours and gold, marking the
Grafton price-code decoded, perhaps by John Holmes, of the British Museum library: inscribed 'cost the Duke of Grafton £4.4s. / JH.' (f. 1v). 1 large and 6 small white vine initials, in colours and gold, marking the beginning of each
Grafton price-code decoded, perhaps by John Holmes, of the British Museum library: inscribed 'cost the Duke of Grafton £4.4s. / JH.' (f. 1v). 1 large and 6 small white vine initials, in colours and gold, marking the beginning of each
Grafton price-code decoded, perhaps by John Holmes, of the British Museum library: inscribed 'cost the Duke of Grafton £4.4s. / JH.' (f. 1v). 1 large and 6 small white vine initials, in colours and gold, marking the beginning of each
by Edwards for £1 2s.; inscribed '1.2.0' (f. 1, top right).James Edwards (b. 1756, d. 1816), book collector and bookseller.? John Haddon Hindley (b. 1765, d. 1827), orientalist: perhaps his sale, 4 March 1793, lot 1193, bought by Walker for
by Edwards for £1 2s.; inscribed '1.2.0' (f. 1, top right).James Edwards (b. 1756, d. 1816), book collector and bookseller.? John Haddon Hindley (b. 1765, d. 1827), orientalist: perhaps his sale, 4 March 1793, lot 1193, bought by Walker for
Grafton price-code decoded, perhaps by John Holmes, of the British Museum library: inscribed 'cost the Duke of Grafton £4.4s. / JH.' (f. 1v). 1 large and 6 small white vine initials, in colours and gold, marking the beginning of each
(ff. 3, 4).William Petty (~formerly~ Fitzmaurice) (b. 1737, d. 1805), 2nd earl of Shelburne and 1st marquess of Lansdowne, prime minister; purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts in 1807. Historiated initial John le Breton England
Miniature of Jerome, white vine initial 'M'(ihi), and partial white vine border including putti holding a wreath, at the beginning of Rufinus Tyrannius's Expositio sancti Ieronimi in simbolum apostolorum ad papam laurentium. Four dots before line four indicated where
(ff. 3, 4).William Petty (~formerly~ Fitzmaurice) (b. 1737, d. 1805), 2nd earl of Shelburne and 1st marquess of Lansdowne, prime minister; purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts in 1807. Puzzle initial John le Breton England
(f. [1a]); see also note by William Gutherie that it was owned by ' the Kors of Kirtony' (f. 2).? John Somers (b. 1651, d. 1716), Baron Somers, lawyer and politician: inscribed 'of Lord Somers' Collection Sum. E. Umfreville', dated
by Edwards for £1 2s.; inscribed '1.2.0' (f. 1, top right).James Edwards (b. 1756, d. 1816), book collector and bookseller.? John Haddon Hindley (b. 1765, d. 1827), orientalist: perhaps his sale, 4 March 1793, lot 1193, bought by Walker for
at the beginning of the Gospel of John. The text of the Gospels displays Irish variants with interpolation of Mass formulae common in Breton Gospel books (see Cohen and Teviotdale 2002). The punctuation is unusual, and is similar to that
foundation of the abbey in 973. The earlier names concur with those in the 12th-century lists and entries extend to John Ramsey, abbot from 1450 to 1457. Full page-length or large initials with geometric and foliate decoration in colours (f.
White vine initial 'P'(lutarchus) combined with a three-sided white vine border with a wreath enclosing the arms of Lodovico Petroni, at the beginning of the text. Many books are preceded by a capitula list (ff. 59v-60v, 72v-73v, 86-87, 96v-97v,
Agony in the Garden, the Crowning with Thorns, the Road to Calvary, and the Flagellation), and portraits of the Evangelists John (lower left) and Matthew (lower right) in monochrome. In the lower border, flanked by two winged putti and doves,