• Decorated initial 'H'., Life of Bede

see Gameson.? Richard Bancroft, archbishop of Canterbury in 1604, former treasurer of St Paul's, canon of Westminster, and bishop of London: inscribed 'for Dr Bancroft' (f. 57v) (see discussion Barlow 1992 p. lxxix). [part 3].Sir Simonds d'Ewes (b.1602, d. 1650),

• Initial 'P'(ater) with penwork decoration., Theological works (imperfect), including Soliloquia, De immortalitate animae, De XII abusivis saeculi, De gratia et libero arbitrio and Sermons

patron of the arts: the Harley family seat Brampton Bryan (see ~Diary~ 1966, I, pp. xlii-xliii) and then brought to London after Robert's death in 1724, received in the library on 16 October 1725, inscribed by the librarian Humfrey Wanley

• Historiated initial 'D'(ominus) with king David pointing at his eyes at the beginning of Psalm 26., Psalter, imperfect, beginning in Psalm 16

and in Latin (ff. 276v-277).Added prayer, post-medieval (f. 284).?Christopher Bateman (fl. 1698, d. c. 1730), bookseller and book auctioneer in London (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford and Mortimer,

• Miniature of Jerome, seated under a canopy, with the hand of God above., Gospels (the 'Cologne Gospels') with prologue, argumentum, and the Capitulare evangelorum

in Düsseldorf: bought the entire Graevius library in 1703 (see Clark 1891; Wright 1972).Giovanni Giacomo Zamboni (d. 1753), resident in London for the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (c. 1723-1753), friend of Michael Mattaire, the classical scholar and historian of printing: bought

• Miniature of Matthew, quill in hand, seated at a lecturn., Gospels (the 'Cologne Gospels') with prologue, argumentum, and the Capitulare evangelorum

in Düsseldorf: bought the entire Graevius library in 1703 (see Clark 1891; Wright 1972).Giovanni Giacomo Zamboni (d. 1753), resident in London for the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (c. 1723-1753), friend of Michael Mattaire, the classical scholar and historian of printing: bought

• Detail of a miniature of Luke, quill in hand, seated at a lecturn., Gospels (the 'Cologne Gospels') with prologue, argumentum, and the Capitulare evangelorum

in Düsseldorf: bought the entire Graevius library in 1703 (see Clark 1891; Wright 1972).Giovanni Giacomo Zamboni (d. 1753), resident in London for the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (c. 1723-1753), friend of Michael Mattaire, the classical scholar and historian of printing: bought

• Miniature of John, holding a manuscript, seated at a lecturn., Gospels (the 'Cologne Gospels') with prologue, argumentum, and the Capitulare evangelorum

in Düsseldorf: bought the entire Graevius library in 1703 (see Clark 1891; Wright 1972).Giovanni Giacomo Zamboni (d. 1753), resident in London for the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (c. 1723-1753), friend of Michael Mattaire, the classical scholar and historian of printing: bought

• Marginal drawing of travellers, speaking In English, in the margin of Jacobus de Voragine's life of Cecila., Legenda aurea (index Legendae sanctorum; Legends of the saints; Golden Legend)

2nd baronet, antiquary, in 1626: signature and note that he purchased the manuscript from a bookseller ('librario publico'), in Aldersgate, London, 1626 (f. 245); probably his ink foliation throughout.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839), 1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos,

• Title and initial in display capitals at the beginning of Cicero 'Orationes in Catilinam'., Works, including 'Epistolae ad Familiares' (ff. 1v-51v), 'Philippics' (index Philippicae) (ff. 71-113), 'Ciceronis in Sallustium et invicem invectivae' (ff. 113-114v), 'Orationes in Catilinam' (ff. 115-125v), 'In Verrem actio II' (ff. 159v-164v), and 'De officiis' (ff. 164v-180')

in Düsseldorf: bought the entire Graevius library in 1703 (see Clark 1891; Wright 1972).Giovanni Giacomo Zamboni (d. 1753), resident in London for the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (c. 1723-1753), friend of Michael Mattaire, the classical scholar and historian of printing: bought

• Coloured initials in a text page of the chronicle., Chronicle, AD 1-1135 (ff. 34-61), with additions up to 1266 (ff. 61v-73)

14th century (ff. 15-26v);Life of Saint Robert of Knaresborough, prose version attributed to Richard Studley, 15th century (?) (ff. 74-77);A London chronicle, c. 1429-1430 (ff. 78-99);St Albans's Annals, datable to 1428-1431 (ff. 100-120);St Albans's register of burials (ff. 129r–137r);Genesis in

• Text in silver on a purple ground, framed by an acanthus border: 'Maiestas d[o]m[in]i celsu[m] sedet ecce tribunal'., Gospels (the 'Cologne Gospels') with prologue, argumentum, and the Capitulare evangelorum

in Düsseldorf: bought the entire Graevius library in 1703 (see Clark 1891; Wright 1972).Giovanni Giacomo Zamboni (d. 1753), resident in London for the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (c. 1723-1753), friend of Michael Mattaire, the classical scholar and historian of printing: bought

• Text in silver on a purple ground framed by an acanthus border: 'Hic pater in signis meritis Iheronimus almus scriptor et interpres divine legis habetur.', Gospels (the 'Cologne Gospels') with prologue, argumentum, and the Capitulare evangelorum

in Düsseldorf: bought the entire Graevius library in 1703 (see Clark 1891; Wright 1972).Giovanni Giacomo Zamboni (d. 1753), resident in London for the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (c. 1723-1753), friend of Michael Mattaire, the classical scholar and historian of printing: bought

• Text in silver on a purple ground framed by an acanthus border: 'Inter apostolicos d[omi]ni numeratus amicos hic est qui primus s[an]c[t]o[rum]q[ue] carismate plena.', Gospels (the 'Cologne Gospels') with prologue, argumentum, and the Capitulare evangelorum

in Düsseldorf: bought the entire Graevius library in 1703 (see Clark 1891; Wright 1972).Giovanni Giacomo Zamboni (d. 1753), resident in London for the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (c. 1723-1753), friend of Michael Mattaire, the classical scholar and historian of printing: bought

• Text in silver on a purple ground, framed by an acanthus border with male portrait busts in four medallions: 'Initium s[an]c[t]i aevangelii s[e]c[un]d[u]m Matheu[m]., Gospels (the 'Cologne Gospels') with prologue, argumentum, and the Capitulare evangelorum

in Düsseldorf: bought the entire Graevius library in 1703 (see Clark 1891; Wright 1972).Giovanni Giacomo Zamboni (d. 1753), resident in London for the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (c. 1723-1753), friend of Michael Mattaire, the classical scholar and historian of printing: bought

• Incipit page of Matthew's Gospel with illuminated initials, 'Li'(ber), framed by an acanthus border with male portrait busts in four medallions., Gospels (the 'Cologne Gospels') with prologue, argumentum, and the Capitulare evangelorum

in Düsseldorf: bought the entire Graevius library in 1703 (see Clark 1891; Wright 1972).Giovanni Giacomo Zamboni (d. 1753), resident in London for the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (c. 1723-1753), friend of Michael Mattaire, the classical scholar and historian of printing: bought

• Text in silver on a purple ground, framed by an acanthus border: 'Initium s[an]c[t]i aevangelii s[e]c[un]d[u]m Marcu[m].', Gospels (the 'Cologne Gospels') with prologue, argumentum, and the Capitulare evangelorum

in Düsseldorf: bought the entire Graevius library in 1703 (see Clark 1891; Wright 1972).Giovanni Giacomo Zamboni (d. 1753), resident in London for the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (c. 1723-1753), friend of Michael Mattaire, the classical scholar and historian of printing: bought

• Text in silver on a purple ground framed by an acanthus border:'Initium s[an]c[t]i aevangelii s[e]c[un]d[u]m Lucam.', Gospels (the 'Cologne Gospels') with prologue, argumentum, and the Capitulare evangelorum

in Düsseldorf: bought the entire Graevius library in 1703 (see Clark 1891; Wright 1972).Giovanni Giacomo Zamboni (d. 1753), resident in London for the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (c. 1723-1753), friend of Michael Mattaire, the classical scholar and historian of printing: bought

• Text in silver on a purple ground, framed by an acanthus border: 'Inter praecipuos paradysi quatuor amnes hic est verbi potens caeli simnista iohannes.', Gospels (the 'Cologne Gospels') with prologue, argumentum, and the Capitulare evangelorum

in Düsseldorf: bought the entire Graevius library in 1703 (see Clark 1891; Wright 1972).Giovanni Giacomo Zamboni (d. 1753), resident in London for the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (c. 1723-1753), friend of Michael Mattaire, the classical scholar and historian of printing: bought

• Text in silver on a purple ground, framed by an acanthus border: 'Initium s[an]c[t]i aevangelii s[e]c[un]d[u]m Iohannem.', Gospels (the 'Cologne Gospels') with prologue, argumentum, and the Capitulare evangelorum

in Düsseldorf: bought the entire Graevius library in 1703 (see Clark 1891; Wright 1972).Giovanni Giacomo Zamboni (d. 1753), resident in London for the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (c. 1723-1753), friend of Michael Mattaire, the classical scholar and historian of printing: bought

• Incipit page of John's Gospel with illuminated initials, 'In' (principio erat verbum) and Christ in the centre, framed by an acanthus border with male portrait busts in four medallions., Gospels (the 'Cologne Gospels') with prologue, argumentum, and the Capitulare evangelorum

in Düsseldorf: bought the entire Graevius library in 1703 (see Clark 1891; Wright 1972).Giovanni Giacomo Zamboni (d. 1753), resident in London for the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (c. 1723-1753), friend of Michael Mattaire, the classical scholar and historian of printing: bought