• Decorated initial 'U'(trum) and white vine border with flowers, a winged putto, birds, a gem, and 2 compartments with rabbits, at the beginning of the text., Orator (ff. 1-59v); Brutus (ff. 60-138)

Decorated initial 'U'(trum) and white vine border with flowers, a winged putto, birds, a gem, and 2 compartments with rabbits, at the beginning of the text. Catchwords.Very clean manuscript: no marginal annotations.This manuscript was made in Florence c. 1470-c.

• Illuminated border with putti and a coat of arms, and the historiated initial 'M'(agna)., Epistolae and various dialogues

Illuminated border with putti and a coat of arms, and the historiated initial 'M'(agna). f. [ii] is a former pastedown.The letter concerning the death of Cardinal Theanensis (ff. 17-35v) was written in 1492.Vertical catchwords. Full borders in gold and

• Architectural border with a reclining figure holding a heart, and the illuminated initial 'R'(everendissime)., Epistolae and various dialogues

Architectural border with a reclining figure holding a heart, and the illuminated initial 'R'(everendissime). f. [ii] is a former pastedown.The letter concerning the death of Cardinal Theanensis (ff. 17-35v) was written in 1492.Vertical catchwords. Full borders in gold and

• Architectural border with a rose bush and the historiated initial: 'S'(aepe)., Epistolae and various dialogues

Architectural border with a rose bush and the historiated initial: 'S'(aepe). f. [ii] is a former pastedown.The letter concerning the death of Cardinal Theanensis (ff. 17-35v) was written in 1492.Vertical catchwords. Full borders in gold and colours with all'

• Foliate border with a seated, armed woman, and an historiated initial of a figure holding a shield: 'P'(ersuasistis)., Epistolae and various dialogues

Foliate border with a seated, armed woman, and an historiated initial of a figure holding a shield: 'P'(ersuasistis). f. [ii] is a former pastedown.The letter concerning the death of Cardinal Theanensis (ff. 17-35v) was written in 1492.Vertical catchwords. Full

• Detail of decorated initial., Ars poetica (ff. 1-9), Epistolae (ff. 9-35), with marginal and interlinear glosses

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

• Detail of a decorated initial 'S' (epe et multum) at the beginning of Cicero's De inventione, Book I., De inventione (index Rhetorica)

Detail of a decorated initial 'S' (epe et multum) at the beginning of Cicero's De inventione, Book I. 1 large puzzle initial in red, blue, green, and yellow with foliate motifs, at the beginning of the first book (f.

• Detail of a illuminated initial 'D'(ix[it] insipiens in corde suo) at Psalm 52., Psalter (the 'Ramsey Psalter' or 'Psalter of Oswald'), in the Gallican version, with a litany (ff. 209-211) followed by prayers (ff. 211-214)

English saints in the litany include: Alban, Oswald, Kenelm, Edmund, Ethelbert, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Wilfred, John of Beverley, Chad, Erkonwald, Swithun, Birinus, Judoc, Machutus, Etheldreda, Sexburg, Withburg, and Werburg.The script of the Ramsey Psalter formed the basis of Edward Johnston's 'foundational

• Detail of illuminated initial 'B' (eati inmaculati) at Psalm 118., Psalter (the 'Ramsey Psalter' or 'Psalter of Oswald'), in the Gallican version, with a litany (ff. 209-211) followed by prayers (ff. 211-214)

in the litany include: Alban, Oswald, Kenelm, Edmund, Ethelbert, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Wilfred, John of Beverley, Chad, Erkonwald, Swithun, Birinus, Judoc, Machutus, Etheldreda, Sexburg, Withburg, and Werburg.The script of the Ramsey Psalter formed the basis of Edward Johnston's 'foundational hand' which

• Detail of illuminated initial 'B'(enedictus), with foliate motifs, at Psalm 143., Psalter (the 'Ramsey Psalter' or 'Psalter of Oswald'), in the Gallican version, with a litany (ff. 209-211) followed by prayers (ff. 211-214)

saints in the litany include: Alban, Oswald, Kenelm, Edmund, Ethelbert, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Wilfred, John of Beverley, Chad, Erkonwald, Swithun, Birinus, Judoc, Machutus, Etheldreda, Sexburg, Withburg, and Werburg.The script of the Ramsey Psalter formed the basis of Edward Johnston's 'foundational hand'

• Litany with the names of Mary and Michael in gold letters., Psalter (the 'Ramsey Psalter' or 'Psalter of Oswald'), in the Gallican version, with a litany (ff. 209-211) followed by prayers (ff. 211-214)

saints in the litany include: Alban, Oswald, Kenelm, Edmund, Ethelbert, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Wilfred, John of Beverley, Chad, Erkonwald, Swithun, Birinus, Judoc, Machutus, Etheldreda, Sexburg, Withburg, and Werburg.The script of the Ramsey Psalter formed the basis of Edward Johnston's 'foundational hand'

• Litany with the name of Benedict in gold letters followed by the number III, indicating that he is to be invoked three times., Psalter (the 'Ramsey Psalter' or 'Psalter of Oswald'), in the Gallican version, with a litany (ff. 209-211) followed by prayers (ff. 211-214)

to be invoked three times. English saints in the litany include: Alban, Oswald, Kenelm, Edmund, Ethelbert, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Wilfred, John of Beverley, Chad, Erkonwald, Swithun, Birinus, Judoc, Machutus, Etheldreda, Sexburg, Withburg, and Werburg.The script of the Ramsey Psalter formed the

• Miniature of David in Prayer, and a full trompe l'oeil border, at the beginning of the Penitential Psalms., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

the Virgin (ff. 32-37); the Gospel Lessons (ff. 37-41v); prayers to the Virgin (ff. 42-47v); suffrages to the Trinity, Michael, John the Baptist, Peter and Paul, Nicholas, Mary Magdalene, Catherine, and Barbara (ff. 48-51v); the Hours of the Virgin (ff.

• Detail of an illuminated foliate headpiece, with birds and flowers around it., Liturgy of John Chrysostom, with marginal annotations, and three troparia to him

many of or with foliate forms, some with other colours. Small red or brown initials. Knotted decorative forms. Liturgy of John Chrysostom, with marginal annotations, and three troparia to him Written mainly by Sebastianos Argyropoulos, the Metropolites of Ephesus, in

• Miniature of David in Prayer, at the beginning of the Penitential Psalms., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

the Virgin (ff. 32-37); the Gospel Lessons (ff. 37-41v); prayers to the Virgin (ff. 42-47v); suffrages to the Trinity, Michael, John the Baptist, Peter and Paul, Nicholas, Mary Magdalene, Catherine, and Barbara (ff. 48-51v); the Hours of the Virgin (ff.

• Full-page border, from a detached leaf with the text removed, decorated with arabesques and seated figures of a pope, a cardinal, and two bishops, shrouded female figures, urns and floral motifs, framing miniatures of angels adoring the Host and the Last Supper., Cuttings from a Gospel Lectionary (index Evangelistary) of Gregory XIII

Full-page border, from a detached leaf with the text removed, decorated with arabesques and seated figures of a pope, a cardinal, and two bishops, shrouded female figures, urns and floral motifs, framing miniatures of angels adoring the Host and

• 5 border pieces decorated with flowers, birds and insects., Cuttings from a Gospel Lectionary (index Evangelistary) of Gregory XIII

5 border pieces decorated with flowers, birds and insects. Italian cuttings.The present cuttings are kept in two boxes with Add. 35254H-I, L, M and O (there is no. f. J) and Add. 35254Q-V. To see these cuttings in the

• Full-page border from a detached leaf with the text excised, decorated with four 'female' masks and figures of the four Evangelists in cartouches., Cuttings from a Gospel Lectionary (index Evangelistary) of Gregory XIII

Full-page border from a detached leaf with the text excised, decorated with four 'female' masks and figures of the four Evangelists in cartouches. Italian cuttings.The present cuttings are kept in two boxes with Add. 35254H-I, L, M and O

• Full-page border and section of border pasted at its centre in colours and gold with a bar of burnished gold decorated with leaves, floral forms, and bezants., Cuttings from a manuscript of Innocent VIII

Full-page border and section of border pasted at its centre in colours and gold with a bar of burnished gold decorated with leaves, floral forms, and bezants. Italian cutting.The present cutting is kept in a box with Add. 35254I-O.

• Initial with penwork decoration., Life of Thomas Becket (index Vie de Thomas Becket), in Anglo-Norman verse, followed by an Anglo-Norman crusade noted song ‘S’onques nus hom pour dure’ (ff. 14-14v); Anglo-Norman romance Guy of Warwick (index Gui de Warewic) (ff. 15-26)

Initial with penwork decoration. The life of Thomas Becket in verse was composed c. 1184. It is based on one by Robert of Cricklade (d. c. 1174), prior of St. Frideswide's, Oxford, now lost. It can also be found