• Decorated initial 'Q'(uoniam) enclosing a flower at the beginning of Luke's gospel., Bodmin Gospels (St Petroc Gospels); records of grants of manumission in Old English and Latin added on blank leaves and in margins (ff. 1, 8, 13, 141)

outline for a Christ in Majesty composition, as in the Landevennec gospels (see Wormald 1977).X-rays of both boards are in London, British Library Manuscript Facsimile 800. Decorated canon tables in brown and red (ff. 12v-13). A frame with five roundels,

• Text page with rubric in capitals at the beginning of the Gospel of John., Bodmin Gospels (St Petroc Gospels); records of grants of manumission in Old English and Latin added on blank leaves and in margins (ff. 1, 8, 13, 141)

outline for a Christ in Majesty composition, as in the Landevennec gospels (see Wormald 1977).X-rays of both boards are in London, British Library Manuscript Facsimile 800. Decorated canon tables in brown and red (ff. 12v-13). A frame with five roundels,

• Historiated initial 'M' of the Calling of Peter and Andrew., Cutting from a choir book

(see ~Miniature dell'Italia Settentironale nella Fondzione Giorgio Cini~, ed. by Giordana Mariani Canova (Vicenza: Neri Pozza, 1978), cat. nos. 108a-d); London, Wallace Collection, M325-M326, and M333-M335; Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. 104 (2009.51); Milan, Longari collection, (see ~Una

• Detail of a miniature of Paul writing an epistle, with a messenger waiting to carry it for him, and with John Colet, kneeling, with the full border including flowers, insects and a peacock, and a foliate initial 'P'(aulus) at the beginning of Romans., Pauline and Catholic Epistles in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions

ac Serenissimi Re/gis Anglie Henrici Septimi vigesimo s[e]c[un]do. / ...'(vol. II, f. 358v). Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Paul Pieter Meghen Pieter Meghen London England, S. E (London)

• Historiated and foliate initial 'G' of the Assumption of the Virgin. The Virgin, supported by six seraphim, lowers her girdle to Thomas, who kneels with the other apostles by the empty bed., Cutting from a choir book

eighth day (6 May 1856) of the sale by Tiffin for £1 10s. Walter Benjamin Tiffin (b. 1795, d. 1877), London art dealer and publisher: purchased from him by the Department of Prints and Drawings of the British Museum on

• Historiated and foliate initial 'O' of Christ blessing Peter, with bezants and floral motifs in the margin., Cutting from a choir book

by her soon after World War II through her brother, Tomás Harris, managing director of the Spanish Art Gallery in London. Accepted by HM Treasury in lieu of inheritance tax from the estates of Miss Violeta Harris and her sister,

• Decorated headpiece at the beginning of Hermogenes's Peri ton staeon., Peri ton stason, Peri eureseon, Peri ideon logou, with prologues, and various notes, proverbs, and verses

his inventory number, see Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, no. 7909): his London sale, 2 March 1789, lot 1281, bought by Burney. Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical scholar.Acquired by

• null, Commentaria in Epistolas beati Pauli

pp. 1-24, reprinted in N. R. Ker, ~Books, Collectors and Libraries: Studies in the Medieval Heritage~, ed. A. G. Watson (London and Ronceverte, 1985), pp. 471-96; the present manuscript cited with the siglum 'P. 8.'Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817),

• null, Commentaria in Epistolas beati Pauli

pp. 1-24, reprinted in N. R. Ker, ~Books, Collectors and Libraries: Studies in the Medieval Heritage~, ed. A. G. Watson (London and Ronceverte, 1985), pp. 471-96; the present manuscript cited with the siglum 'P. 8.'Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817),

• Decorated initials 'N'(atus), 'S'(ororum), and 'P'(oeta)., Comoediae (index Comedies)

names in red. Comoediae (index Comedies) N. Thiboust: inscribed with his name in the 16th century (f. 1*).Matthew de Varenne, London bookseller and auctioneer (fl. 1723/4): his sale, 21 December 1723, lot 231.The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b.

• Historiated initial 'D' in colours and gold, of a young male martyr saint holding a sword, a palm frond and an arrow., Leaf of a Hymnal, containing portions of the hymns beginning 'Exultet celum laudibus' for the Vespers of the Commune Apostolorum, and 'Deus tuorum militum' for the Vespers of the Commune Unius Martyris.

Foliated (?) lower right '25' (struck out) and '154'.Presented by John E. Leary, violin and pianoforte instructor, of 59 Hazelville Road, Hornsey Lane, [London] N, 1930: his business card attached to the mount (f. 1). Martyr Lombardy Italy, N. (?Lombardy)

• Foliate headpiece and initial with penwork decoration at the beginning of John Koukouzeles's Anagrammatismoi., Anagrammatismoi for the principal feasts, and hymns, tropes, and other theological miscellanea

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond. / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis', f. 11).Purchased by the British Museum

• Illuminated initial 'O'(ratius), and partial foliate border, at the beginning of Pseudo Acro's Commentaries on Horace., Commentaries on Horace (ff. 1-180v and ff. 181-183)

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its pencil inscription: ‘XV.6.19’,

• Initial 'H'(ec) and coloured initials 'S'(unt) and 'T'(unc) at the beginning of book 4 of Boethius's consolatio philosophiae., De Consolatione Philosophiae (index Consolation of Philosophy)

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the

• Detail of diagram., Theological miscellany, including provebial Latin poetry, and William of Waddington's Le Manuel des Pechiez (f. 81r-v); the 'Speculum theologie'

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 2).Purchased by the British Museum

• Full, historiated border with the text excised, of trompe l'oeil flowers and insects, doves and olive branches and roundels with scenes from the Passion (clockwise from top left; the Betrayal, the Agony in the Garden, the Crowning with Thorns, the Road to Calvary, and the Flagellation), and portraits of the Evangelists John (lower left) and Matthew (lower right) in monochrome. In the lower border, flanked by two winged putti, are the arms of pope Innocent X. The border frames miniatures of Christ's Entry into Jerusalem and an initial letter 'D', and Pentecost., Cuttings from Missals of Innocent X

departmental copy of the sale catalogue. Payne and Foss, London booksellers: their sale, 24 June 1850, lot 1087; purchased by Boone on the fourth day of the sale, 27 June.William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £18;

• Miniature of Pentecost., Cuttings from Missals of Innocent X

departmental copy of the sale catalogue. Payne and Foss, London booksellers: their sale, 24 June 1850, lot 1087; purchased by Boone on the fourth day of the sale, 27 June.William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £18;

• Miniature of Christ's Entry into Jerusalem and an initial letter 'D'., Cuttings from Missals of Innocent X

departmental copy of the sale catalogue. Payne and Foss, London booksellers: their sale, 24 June 1850, lot 1087; purchased by Boone on the fourth day of the sale, 27 June.William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £18;

• Detail of a miniature of the marriage of Alfour, king of Sicily, and princess Sybil of Spain., Edward's IV's Descent from Rollo (ff. 1-7); Romance of the Three Kings' Sons (ff. 8-123)

is written on paper. This section of the manuscript is not illuminated.Ruled in ink.The same artist painted the miniatues in London Lambeth Palace 265, dated by its scribe to 1477 (according to Scot, 1996, no. 125). 4 half-page miniatures in

• Detail of a miniature of prince Philip surreptitiously leaving Paris to go to the aid of the king of Sicily., Edward's IV's Descent from Rollo (ff. 1-7); Romance of the Three Kings' Sons (ff. 8-123)

is written on paper. This section of the manuscript is not illuminated.Ruled in ink.The same artist painted the miniatues in London Lambeth Palace 265, dated by its scribe to 1477 (according to Scot, 1996, no. 125). 4 half-page miniatures in