• Decorated initial 'I'(n) and display script at the beginning of Genesis., Old Testament with prologues, Vol. I: Genesis-Nehemiah

prologues, Vol. I: Genesis-Nehemiah Unidentified contemporary readers: with numerous marginal annotations, often in red ink, especially in vol. II.? Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: perhaps his sale 6 April 1807, lot 1102,

• Illuminated initials 'P'(hebeo) and 'S'(epe) at the beginning of the first text, the lower margin with the ownership inscription and shelfmark of the reformed fathers of Conegliano., Works

1). Small initials in red, with simple penwork ornament. Works Unidentified owner: a prayer added in Italy(?), 14th century(?), mentions John and Paul and ‘in ista parochia’ (f. 88v).Unidentified owner, 1359(?): inscribed '1359' (f. 88v, lower edge).The reformed fathers of

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simple penwork ornament. Works Unidentified owner: a prayer added in Italy(?), 14th century(?), mentions John and Paul and ‘in ista parochia’ (f. 88v).Unidentified owner, 1359(?): inscribed '1359' (f. 88v, lower edge).The reformed fathers of Conegliano, N.E. Italy, 16th century: 'Ste

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simple penwork ornament. Works Unidentified owner: a prayer added in Italy(?), 14th century(?), mentions John and Paul and ‘in ista parochia’ (f. 88v).Unidentified owner, 1359(?): inscribed '1359' (f. 88v, lower edge).The reformed fathers of Conegliano, N.E. Italy, 16th century: 'Ste

• Illuminated miniature of a bearded John seated before a lectern; his name inscribed above him., Four Gospels (ff. 6v-288v), adapted for liturgical use, each preceded by a table of capitula

of a bearded John seated before a lectern; his name inscribed above him. 4 miniatures (evangelist portraits: ff, 6v, 90v, 142v, 226v), before each Gospel. Four foliate headpieces (ff. 7, 91, 143, 227), titles in gold, and large initials in

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simple penwork ornament. Works Unidentified owner: a prayer added in Italy(?), 14th century(?), mentions John and Paul and ‘in ista parochia’ (f. 88v).Unidentified owner, 1359(?): inscribed '1359' (f. 88v, lower edge).The reformed fathers of Conegliano, N.E. Italy, 16th century: 'Ste

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simple penwork ornament. Works Unidentified owner: a prayer added in Italy(?), 14th century(?), mentions John and Paul and ‘in ista parochia’ (f. 88v).Unidentified owner, 1359(?): inscribed '1359' (f. 88v, lower edge).The reformed fathers of Conegliano, N.E. Italy, 16th century: 'Ste

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simple penwork ornament. Works Unidentified owner: a prayer added in Italy(?), 14th century(?), mentions John and Paul and ‘in ista parochia’ (f. 88v).Unidentified owner, 1359(?): inscribed '1359' (f. 88v, lower edge).The reformed fathers of Conegliano, N.E. Italy, 16th century: 'Ste

• Historiated initial 'I'(n) with John and the eagle, in the Bible., Bible ('The Brantwood Bible')

'I'(n) with John and the eagle, in the Bible. A list of the decorated iniitals, in the handwriting of Ruskin, is kept as Yates Thompson 53, ff. 4-8. 81 large and smaller historiated initials, developing partial borders, in colours and

• Puzzle initial 'Q'(uia), in Johannes de Gaddesden's Rosa medicinae., Rosa medicinae

Rosa medicinae. The Rosa medicinae was written by John Gaddesden while he was at Oxford, probably between 1302 and 1317. This copy is one of 13 known surviving manuscripts. 4 large puzzle initials in red and blue with foliate pen-flourishing

• Historiated initial 'I'(n principio) of Christ with the symbols of the Evangelistes in medallions, with display script and a drawing of a dragon with penwork decoration in the lower margin, at the beginning of Genesis., Bible

Junior' (f. 1), his monogram (f. 323v).Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession assessed in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix, 70, no. 5.Charles

• Detail of initial 'H'(ic est), at the beginning of the prologue to John., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Lumley Bible')

the beginning of the prologue to John. Associated with a group of manuscripts (the 'William of Devon group'): now Egerton 1151, Pierpont Morgan Library M. 756, Cambridge, Emmanuel College 116 (2.I.6), Bodleian Library Auct. D. I. 17, Royal 1 D

• Detail of initial 'I'(n principio), at the beginning of John., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Lumley Bible')

principio), at the beginning of John. Associated with a group of manuscripts (the 'William of Devon group'): now Egerton 1151, Pierpont Morgan Library M. 756, Cambridge, Emmanuel College 116 (2.I.6), Bodleian Library Auct. D. I. 17, Royal 1 D I,

• Detail of initial 'Q'(uod), at the beginning of 1 John., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Lumley Bible')

at the beginning of 1 John. Associated with a group of manuscripts (the 'William of Devon group'): now Egerton 1151, Pierpont Morgan Library M. 756, Cambridge, Emmanuel College 116 (2.I.6), Bodleian Library Auct. D. I. 17, Royal 1 D I,

• Detail of initial 'S'(enior), at the beginning of 2 John., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Lumley Bible')

at the beginning of 2 John. Associated with a group of manuscripts (the 'William of Devon group'): now Egerton 1151, Pierpont Morgan Library M. 756, Cambridge, Emmanuel College 116 (2.I.6), Bodleian Library Auct. D. I. 17, Royal 1 D I,

• Detail of initial 'S'(enior), at the beginning of 3 John., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Lumley Bible')

at the beginning of 3 John. Associated with a group of manuscripts (the 'William of Devon group'): now Egerton 1151, Pierpont Morgan Library M. 756, Cambridge, Emmanuel College 116 (2.I.6), Bodleian Library Auct. D. I. 17, Royal 1 D I,

• Puzzle initial 'U'(erbum) with a foliate decoration, at the beginning of Hosea., Minor Prophets and Job, with gloss

Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6537.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix, 70, no. 30.Charles

• Zoomorphic initial 'V'(erba) with foliate decoration, at the beginning of Jeremiah., Jeremiah and Daniel with the Glossa Ordinaria

Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6449.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix, 70, no 95.Charles

• Inhabited initial 'P'(er) of a double headed eagle, at the beginning of the Sententia de libro retractationum and an inhabited initial 'I'(nter) with double headed eagles and white lions, at the beginning of Book 1 of the De consensu evangelistarum., De consensu evangelistarum

Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6427.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix, 70, no 298.Charles

• Decorated initial 'C'(unctis), at the beginning of Bede's Commentary to Ezra., Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah

sc[r]ipt[us] / p[er] manu[m] D[omini] Fulconis can[oni]ci p[ost]ea / p[r]ioris D[omino] Alexand[r]o de Weleue t[un]c Can/tore' (f. 1); noted by John Leland c. 1536-40 (see ~J. Lelandi antiquarii de rebus Britannicis Collectanea: Cum Thomæ Hearnii præfatione notis et indice ad