• Detail of an illuminated initial 'A'(braham) between the third and fourth roundels., Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi

text between diagrams. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: listed in the 1609 catalogue of his

• Detail of roundel drawing of the Sacrifice of Abraham., Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi

text between diagrams. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: listed in the 1609 catalogue of his

• Detail of a roundel drawing of Salomon and queen Sabah., Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi

text between diagrams. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: listed in the 1609 catalogue of his

• Detail of a roundel drawing of Nebuchadnezzar's dream., Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi

text between diagrams. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: listed in the 1609 catalogue of his

• Detail of a roundel drawing of king Sedechias enthroned., Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi

text between diagrams. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: listed in the 1609 catalogue of his

• Illuminated initial 'B'(eata) above the twelfth picture., Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi

text between diagrams. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: listed in the 1609 catalogue of his

• Detail of a roundel drawing of the Nativity., Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi

text between diagrams. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: listed in the 1609 catalogue of his

• Detail of a roundel drawing of the Crucifixion., Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi

text between diagrams. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: listed in the 1609 catalogue of his

• Detail of a roundel drawing of the Resurrection of Christ., Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi

text between diagrams. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: listed in the 1609 catalogue of his

• Detail of a drawing of the Apostles., Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi

text between diagrams. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: listed in the 1609 catalogue of his

• Detail of a circular diagram of a wheel with the personifications of vices, and four roundels in corners of Christ Judge, God Creator, the Resurrection and the Nativity and an illuminated initial 'H'(ec) below., Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi

text between diagrams. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: listed in the 1609 catalogue of his

• Miniatures in roundels of biblical scenes and moralisations., Bible moralisée (section of the Oxford-Paris-London Bible moralisée), containing 1 Maccabees 1:57-2 Maccabees 14:46

century, where it was the basis of a copy, now Additional 18719 (see discussion Lowden 2000 p 185).? John Thwayte: 16th-century inscription 'John Thwayte' (f. 2v, Harley 1527). ? Sir Christopher Heydon (b. 1561, d. 1623), soldier and writer on

• Miniature of a marriage., Cutting from a manuscript

twelfth-century owner: inscribed 'Ab Anno 1160' (f. 17v); this cutting and ff. 7-21 pasted onto parchment leaves from another manuscript.Manuel John Johnson (b. 1805, d. 1859), astronomer: his sale, 27 May 1862, lot 34; purchased by Boone.William Boone, London bookseller

• Detail of a roundel drawing of Adam and Eve eating the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge, with a female-headed serpent twined around it., Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi

text between diagrams. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: listed in the 1609 catalogue of his

• Detail of a roundel with a miniature of Noah and his wife in the Ark with the animals., Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi

text between diagrams. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: listed in the 1609 catalogue of his

• Detail of an historiated initial 'B'(eatus) of David playing the harp, and David killing Goliath, at the beginning of Psalm 1, Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

both John and Genevieve (3rd January, f. 1), and the litany includes Fara, Honorine (f. 175; translated to Conflans Ste. Honorine, near Pontoise, in 1250), and a special listing of widows (f. 175).Added prayer to the Virgin and John for

• Detail of an historiated initial 'C'(antate) of three monks singing, at the beginning of Psalm 97., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

both John and Genevieve (3rd January, f. 1), and the litany includes Fara, Honorine (f. 175; translated to Conflans Ste. Honorine, near Pontoise, in 1250), and a special listing of widows (f. 175).Added prayer to the Virgin and John for

• Historiated initial 'C'(antate) of three monks singing, at the beginning of Psalm 97., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

both John and Genevieve (3rd January, f. 1), and the litany includes Fara, Honorine (f. 175; translated to Conflans Ste. Honorine, near Pontoise, in 1250), and a special listing of widows (f. 175).Added prayer to the Virgin and John for

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(ominus) of the anointing and coronation of David, at the beginning of Psalm 26., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

both John and Genevieve (3rd January, f. 1), and the litany includes Fara, Honorine (f. 175; translated to Conflans Ste. Honorine, near Pontoise, in 1250), and a special listing of widows (f. 175).Added prayer to the Virgin and John for

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) of David playing the harp, and David killing Goliath, at the beginning of Psalm 1, Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

both John and Genevieve (3rd January, f. 1), and the litany includes Fara, Honorine (f. 175; translated to Conflans Ste. Honorine, near Pontoise, in 1250), and a special listing of widows (f. 175).Added prayer to the Virgin and John for