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British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts
Decorated initial 'O'(mnis) with a hybrid creature holding an axe. The text and the commentary of Averroes (Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Rushd) are written in alternate paragraphs and often separated by the words 'in Greco album' or 'Alb[um] in
Decorated initial 'D'(ictum) with foliate decoration and pen flourishing with a peacock perched on top. The text and the commentary of Averroes (Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Rushd) are written in alternate paragraphs and often separated by the words 'in
Historiated initial 'C'(onsideratio) with adjoining image of monks instructing pupils with a lion atop the frame and foliate decoration. The text and the commentary of Averroes (Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Rushd) are written in alternate paragraphs and often separated
Decorated initial 'N'(ecesse) with pen-flourishing in foliate patterns with a parrot perched on top of the ascender. The text and the commentary of Averroes (Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Rushd) are written in alternate paragraphs and often separated by the
Initial 'I'(nitium) with foliate decoration including an animal head and a bird perched at the bottom. The text and the commentary of Averroes (Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Rushd) are written in alternate paragraphs and often separated by the words
and included in the list of manuscripts from Lincolnshire houses entitled 'de historiis antiquitatum ac divinitate tractancium', perhaps composed by John Longland, bishop of Lincoln and confessor of Henry VIII, Royal Appendix 69, f. 5v (see Carley 2000).Richard Philyp, perhaps
and included in the list of manuscripts from Lincolnshire houses entitled 'de historiis antiquitatum ac divinitate tractancium', perhaps composed by John Longland, bishop of Lincoln and confessor of Henry VIII, Royal Appendix 69, f. 5v (see Carley 2000).Richard Philyp, perhaps
and included in the list of manuscripts from Lincolnshire houses entitled 'de historiis antiquitatum ac divinitate tractancium', perhaps composed by John Longland, bishop of Lincoln and confessor of Henry VIII, Royal Appendix 69, f. 5v (see Carley 2000).Richard Philyp, perhaps
and included in the list of manuscripts from Lincolnshire houses entitled 'de historiis antiquitatum ac divinitate tractancium', perhaps composed by John Longland, bishop of Lincoln and confessor of Henry VIII, Royal Appendix 69, f. 5v (see Carley 2000).Richard Philyp, perhaps
and included in the list of manuscripts from Lincolnshire houses entitled 'de historiis antiquitatum ac divinitate tractancium', perhaps composed by John Longland, bishop of Lincoln and confessor of Henry VIII, Royal Appendix 69, f. 5v (see Carley 2000).Richard Philyp, perhaps
and included in the list of manuscripts from Lincolnshire houses entitled 'de historiis antiquitatum ac divinitate tractancium', perhaps composed by John Longland, bishop of Lincoln and confessor of Henry VIII, Royal Appendix 69, f. 5v (see Carley 2000).Richard Philyp, perhaps
and included in the list of manuscripts from Lincolnshire houses entitled 'de historiis antiquitatum ac divinitate tractancium', perhaps composed by John Longland, bishop of Lincoln and confessor of Henry VIII, Royal Appendix 69, f. 5v (see Carley 2000).Richard Philyp, perhaps
the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Nativity of the Virgin Master of the Eng. 1 manuscript John Lydgate England England, S. E. (London?)
value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated initial Master of the Eng. 1 manuscript John Lydgate England England, S. E. (London?)
value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated initial Master of the Eng. 1 manuscript John Lydgate England England, S. E. (London?)
Decorated initial 'D'(ilectissimo filio) at the beginning of the letters of Pope Leo I. f. 1 is a paper folio with a description of the contents of the manuscript by Humfrey Wanley, Harley librarian.ff. 126-127 is a parchment bifolio
393) (f. 84v);Pseudo-Augustine, Sermo de oratione dominica (serm. 58) (f. 84v) (all texts are attributed to Augustine in the manuscript); John of Damascus trad. by Burgundio of Pisa, De fide orthodoxa (ff. 85-107v); Thomas Gallus, 'Extractio' (attributed here to Dionysius
testimonio bonorum virorum inspexi et iterato decentius in hoc loco coalltum anno gratie m. cc. lix mense maii' (f. 136v).Sir John Cotton (b. 1621, d. 1702), 3rd baronet: inscription that it belonged to him with the date 20 March, 1665
Naworth Castle, Cumberland, the younger son of Thomas Howard (b. 1538, d. 1572), 4th duke of Norfolk (see Bernard 1697). John Warburton (b. 1682, d. 1759), of Bury, county Lancashire, antiquary and herald, Somerset Herald in 1720: sent in by
Coloured initials in a text page of the chronicle. 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.