• null, Breviary, Vallumbrosan Use

Florence: rubric 'Incipit psalterium componitum secundum morem et ordinem Vallis Umbrose' (p. 1); the litany includes Salvius, ‘Sancte pater Benedicte’, John (Gualbert?), and Reparata; Benedict and Salvius are emphasised in the Sanctorale (pp. 269, 407); inscribed, 17th century, ‘De s(an)c(t)o

• null, Breviary, Vallumbrosan Use

Florence: rubric 'Incipit psalterium componitum secundum morem et ordinem Vallis Umbrose' (p. 1); the litany includes Salvius, ‘Sancte pater Benedicte’, John (Gualbert?), and Reparata; Benedict and Salvius are emphasised in the Sanctorale (pp. 269, 407); inscribed, 17th century, ‘De s(an)c(t)o

• null, Breviary, Vallumbrosan Use

Florence: rubric 'Incipit psalterium componitum secundum morem et ordinem Vallis Umbrose' (p. 1); the litany includes Salvius, ‘Sancte pater Benedicte’, John (Gualbert?), and Reparata; Benedict and Salvius are emphasised in the Sanctorale (pp. 269, 407); inscribed, 17th century, ‘De s(an)c(t)o

• Decorated initial 'M'(ulta), at the beginning of Johannes de Giglis's Libellus de Canonizatione sanctorum., Libellus de Canonizatione sanctorum

44v). Large initials in gold on blue and red grounds, with foliate extensions into the margins. Libellus de Canonizatione sanctorum John Morton (d. 1500), administrator and archbishop of Canterbury: owned by him while bishop of Ely (1478-1486), perhaps when he

• Decorated initial 'D'(icto), at the beginning of the second part of Johannes de Giglis's Libellus de Canonizatione sanctorum., Libellus de Canonizatione sanctorum

44v). Large initials in gold on blue and red grounds, with foliate extensions into the margins. Libellus de Canonizatione sanctorum John Morton (d. 1500), administrator and archbishop of Canterbury: owned by him while bishop of Ely (1478-1486), perhaps when he

• Lower part of a full foliate border with a rebus of a bird perching on a tun inscribed 'MOK' (sic), at the beginning of the second part of Johannes de Giglis's Libellus de Canonizatione sanctorum., Libellus de Canonizatione sanctorum

44v). Large initials in gold on blue and red grounds, with foliate extensions into the margins. Libellus de Canonizatione sanctorum John Morton (d. 1500), administrator and archbishop of Canterbury: owned by him while bishop of Ely (1478-1486), perhaps when he

• Detail of decorated initial., Miscellany, including Seneschaucie (ff. 109v-116v)

Detail of decorated initial. Large initials in red with penwork decoration (ff. 52v, 54). From f. 76, large puzzle initials in red and black, large simple initials in red, and paraphs in red. Highlighting of letters in red. Miscellany,

• Detail of puzzle initials., Miscellany, including Seneschaucie (ff. 109v-116v)

Detail of puzzle initials. Large initials in red with penwork decoration (ff. 52v, 54). From f. 76, large puzzle initials in red and black, large simple initials in red, and paraphs in red. Highlighting of letters in red. Miscellany,

• null, Lectionary, including the life and miracles of saint Kyneburga in Gloucester, imperfect

red. Lectionary, including the life and miracles of saint Kyneburga in Gloucester, imperfect The Augustinian priory of St Mary and John the Baptist, Lanthony : evidence of the liturgy (see Ker 1964). ? Richard Graves (b. 1677, d.1729), antiquary: note

• Decorated foliate initial 'C'(um) and three-sided foliate border, at the beginning of book 2 of Petrus Crescentius Bononiensis's Liber ruralium., Liber ruralium, followed by a tabula (ff. 200-207)

of northern saints in red, e.g. Cuthbert (20 March), and his translation (4 Sept., with an octave), Wilfrid (24 April), John of Beverley (7 May); in plain ink are William of York (8 June), Carileffus (1 July), the rare Boisil

• Diagram, De chirobalistra (ff. 16v-19), Belopoeea (ff. 19-32v), Extracts (ff. 33v-52)

Extracts (ff. 33v-52) Written in 1545: colophon ( f. 358).The monastery of St Catherine, Mount Sinai: inscription (f. 1). ? John Spencer Smith, minister plenipotentiary to Turkey: sale catalogue notices that the manuscript was 'collected by one of His Majesty's

• Detail of marginal diagram., De chirobalistra (ff. 16v-19), Belopoeea (ff. 19-32v), Extracts (ff. 33v-52)

Extracts (ff. 33v-52) Written in 1545: colophon ( f. 358).The monastery of St Catherine, Mount Sinai: inscription (f. 1). ? John Spencer Smith, minister plenipotentiary to Turkey: sale catalogue notices that the manuscript was 'collected by one of His Majesty's

• Detail of the arms or the Urswick family and the motto 'Misericordia' in the lower border., Manuale (ff. 2-46v), Retractiones (extract), De beata vita (ff. 47-86v); and Psalms, Prayers, Litanies

Detail of the arms or the Urswick family and the motto 'Misericordia' in the lower border. The litany including saints Swithin, Dunstan, Edith, and Etheldreda.Watermark, f. 1, of a quartered coat of arms, similar to ~Monumenta Chartae Papyraceae, Historiam

• Detail of a miniature of a seated author with a book, with three other scholars; outside, two doctors consulting the stars., Régime de Senté, Li Livres dou Tresor (extract)

hind-quarters of a lion, collared, chained, and ringed or (f. 158v), inscribed twice 'the Lorde Morley's best' (ff. 157v, 158). John Messe, binder: inscribed twice by the same hand as above 'Iohannes Meese me ligavit', late 15th century (f. 158).The

• Miniature of a seated author with a book, with three other scholars; outside, two doctors consulting the stars., Régime de Senté, Li Livres dou Tresor (extract)

hind-quarters of a lion, collared, chained, and ringed or (f. 158v), inscribed twice 'the Lorde Morley's best' (ff. 157v, 158). John Messe, binder: inscribed twice by the same hand as above 'Iohannes Meese me ligavit', late 15th century (f. 158).The

• Detail of a miniature of John the Baptist being taken to prison., La Bible Historiale, part 4 (Bible Historiale of Edward IV)

a miniature of John the Baptist being taken to prison. Volume 4 of a set that includes Royal MS 18 D IX and Royal MS 18 D X; it is not known whether the third volume ever existed.Contains the second

• Detail of a miniature of the beheading of John the Baptist., La Bible Historiale, part 4 (Bible Historiale of Edward IV)

of the beheading of John the Baptist. Volume 4 of a set that includes Royal MS 18 D IX and Royal MS 18 D X; it is not known whether the third volume ever existed.Contains the second edition of the

• Miniature of the death of Meleager, with a partial border; and a miniature of a Tudor rose and pomegranates, between two lions surmounted by a fleur-de-lis and a crown, with the autograph inscriptions of Margaret of York, reading 'For yet not har that /ys on of yo[u]r treu frendes / Margarete of Yorke', and her doughter, Marie de Bourgogne, reading 'Prenez moy a jamais pour votre / bonne amie Marie .X. de bourg[og]ne', and erased arms of John Donne of a wolf rampant., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

de Bourgogne, reading 'Prenez moy a jamais pour votre / bonne amie Marie .X. de bourg[og]ne', and erased arms of John Donne of a wolf rampant. Contains the Historia Alexandri translated as Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre

• Miniature of John the Baptist being taken to prison, with a partial border., La Bible Historiale, part 4 (Bible Historiale of Edward IV)

of John the Baptist being taken to prison, with a partial border. Volume 4 of a set that includes Royal MS 18 D IX and Royal MS 18 D X; it is not known whether the third volume ever existed.Contains

• Miniature of the beheading of John the Baptist, with a partial border., La Bible Historiale, part 4 (Bible Historiale of Edward IV)

the beheading of John the Baptist, with a partial border. Volume 4 of a set that includes Royal MS 18 D IX and Royal MS 18 D X; it is not known whether the third volume ever existed.Contains the second