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Fo. 213^- The Saviour in glory, on either fide the Virgin and Saints, in attitude of prayer. Below, lies the figure of a monk, habited in black, refting upon his arm, apparently afleep. Fo. 394*^. 34 Englijh Art. No. 15. EW Testament. Large folio, 16 inches by 12, vellum, ff. 128, double columns, 42 lines to a column. Fifteenth century. This volume, which contains a printed copy of the New" Teftament of the Vulgate verfion, is entered and defcribed as a manufcript by Dr. Todd, in his Catalogue of the Lambeth Library, who was probably deceived as to its real charadler by the fine illuminated letters and rich ornamentation with which it abounds. Upon ex- amination, it has proved to be a fine copy of the New Teftament portion of the fo-called Mazarine Bible, moft probably of the edition printed by Gutenberg and Fuft at Mentz, between the years 1450 and 1455, and is reputed to be the firft book printed with moveable metal types. The Mazarine Bible, commonly fo-called from the firft copy having been difcovered by M. de Bure in the library of Cardinal Mazarine, is the earlieft printed edi- tion of the Bible known. This Bible is of great rarity and value, and indeed, a typographical curiofity, from the fa(5l of the perfeftion of the printing at the time when that art was well nigh in its infancy. Added to this, the beauty of the vellum or paper on which it is printed, and the general magnificence of the work, caufes it to be held in very high eftimation. Perfe^ vellum copies are indeed few, and are faid to be reftridled to the libraries of Paris, Berlin, and the Britifli Mufeum, and one in the pofTeftion of Henry Perkins, Efq. Thofe on paper, both in public and private colledions, are faid to be about twenty in number. New Tejlament. 3^ The prefent copy has been collated with the cele- brated one in the Grenville Library at the Britifli Mufeum, and found to be complete from the beginning of St. Jerome's Prologue to St. Matthew's Gofpel to the end of the Apocalypfe. It is in a perfe(5l ftate of prefer- vation, the vellum foft and pure, and the margins from 2| inches to 3 inches in width. The illuminated por- tion is by an Englifh hand. The foliage, which is made to grow out of the larger initials, is bold and elegant, and the colours vivid and brilliant. The incipits and explicits are rubricated, as are likewife the headings in the upper margin of each page. One thing conneded with this book is particularly worthy of obfervation, viz., that the vellum is ruled with horizontal and perpendicular lines, as if prepared for manufcrlpts, in the form nearly always adopted by the early copyifts, the text being printed between the lines, as nearly as might be. This is not the cafe with the Gren- ville copy. It is alfo interefting to record that the writing, Novi teftamenti verfio vulgata Latina^ on the fly-leaf is pofTibly that of Bifliop Gibfon, who was Librarian at Lambeth. No. 34. ICKLIFFE'S Exposition. Large folio, ftout vellum, ff. 215, double columns, fifty-tw^o lines to the column. Early fifteenth century. A very fine copy of Wickliffe's^ Expofition of the firft eighty-nine Pfalms, with broad margins, well written in old ' "Hampole"? 36 Englijh Art. Englifh, in a Gothic charader, and elegantly ornamented in different parts with borders or brackets of colours and biirnifhed gold. Each bracket terminates at the four corners, either with a fquare interlaced ornament, or with inter-twining foliage. There are no large illuminations, nor illuminated initial letters, fave in the pages where the brackets appear, and thefe are in fimple colours of pink and blue, upon backgrounds of burnifhed gold. See ff. I, i^, 43^, yoi', loob^ 118, 161. The covers of the book are ftamped with the arms and initials (R.B.) of Richard Bancroft, Archbifhop of Canterbury, (1597- 1604) the founder of the Library. A note upon the fly-leaf records that, '*In y^ Kyngs Library, Weftminfter, E 1512 there is a copy which agrees exadly with y* and before the Pro- logue to y' is wrote with red ink as follows : " Here bigynneth the Prologe uppon the Sauter that Richard Heremyte of Hampole tranflated into Englyfshe aftir the fentence of Dodlours and Refun." No. 459. OURS OF THE Virgin. Small quarto, vellum, ff. 103. Early fifteenth century. A pretty copy of this clafs of Service Book, neatly written, and illuminated by an Englifh hand. The illuminations are twenty in number, of which three are nearly of the full fize of the page, and in the ufual ftyle of art. The border patterns, though few In number, are painted upon a background of gold, many of the fmall capitals are alfo of gold, fet off with pink and blue. The full page borders are extremely Hours of the Virgin ; Treatifes. 37 bold in defign, terminating in flowers, fruit, or other devices, and the prevaihng colours are pink, blue and orange. The diaper pattern is much ufed as a back- ground for the miniatures. The following fubjedls are reprefented : St, Jerome. Fo. y2>^. The Refurrecflion of our Saviour. Fo. 85. Chrift appearing to Mary Magdalene. Fo. Z^b. To the three Maries. Fo. 86. To St. James. Fo. %Gb. The Difciples find the tomb empty. Fo. 87. Chrift at Emmaus. Fo. 87^. His Appearance before his difciples. Fo. 2)Zb. The Nativity. Fo. 89. The Circumcifion. Fo. 89^. The Difputation in the Temple. Fo. 92. Baptifm of our Lord. Fo. 92^. Chrift waftiing the feet of his difciples. Fo. 93*^. His agony in the garden. Fo. 94. Peter draws his fword ; feizure of Chrift. Fo. 97/-, Chrift before Pilate. Fo. 99*^. The Scourging of Chrift. Fo. 100^. The nailing to the Crofs. Fo. lOi;^. The Crucifixion. Fo. 102^. Defcent from the Crofs. Fo. 103^^. No. 437. REATISES, &c. Small quarto, ftout vellum, ff. 147. Fifteenth century. A volume of mifcellaneous Treatifes, chiefly confifting of Meditations by St. Auguftine, St. Ambrofe and other Saints, written upon fair vellum and ranging between 38 EngliJJi Art. the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries. It is with the firft MS. in the volume, viz. Meditatio de Spiritu Sando, the Meditation upon the Holy Ghoft by St. Auguftine (if. 1-40) that we have to do. This MS. is neatly written upon fair vellum, with about thirty-one lines to a page. There is no'large illumination, but the ornament confifts in border decoration, |^and initial letters, the latter being of gold, with a pleafing defign of floriated ornament, fl:arting out at right angles into the broad margins. A pale green is much ufed for the body of the initial letters, as well as for the border ornament. No. 265. HE DiCTEs AND Sayinges of the Phi- losophers. Small folio, vellum, ff. 107, 24 lines to the page. Fifteenth century. "Tranflated oute of Latyn into Frenfhe, by Meffire lohan de Teonville, and from thence rendered into Englilh by Antony Wydville, Earl Rivers." Such is the title by which this interefting little MS. is defcribed in the Catalogue. The text, which is neatly written in a pointed charadler, with ink of a pale brown colour, is preceded by an illuminated miniature, of excellent art. In this, the author, drefl*ed in a furcoat emblazoned with his family arms, is reprefented as in- troducing a tonfured perfonage, who, kneeling, prefents a copy of the work to King Edward IV. accompanied by his Queen, and their fon. Prince Edward, afterwards Edward V., with their court. From the circumftance of Caxton having^printed the Di£fes and Sayinges ; Hours of the Virgin. 39 work at the expenfe of Earl Rivers in 1477, it has been conjedured by Walpole (who has given an engraving of the miniature in his " Royal and noble authors,") and others, that the kneeling figure is intended to reprefent that celebrated printer. Caxton, however, was no prieft, which the perfon repre- fented, from his tonfured head, muft have been. Be this as it may, the pidture is one of great intereft, well grouped, and difplaying much decorative detail in the coftume and furroundings. It has alfo been engraved by Strutt, in 1774, and a note on the infide cover of the MS. records this as the only drawing known to be extant of Edward V. The reprefentation of an author prefenting his book to his patron, is a favourite fubjedt in illuminated MSS. and highly interefting, as giving portraits of kings and princes, as well as literary men, of whom we fhould have no memorials, but for thefe drawings. The initial letters in this MS. are fomewhat Italian in charadler, being of burnifhed gold outlined with black, a white floriated interlaced ornament, flightly fhaded, filling in the background of each letter, a uniform arrangement throughout the MS. which prefents a fingular, but pleafing effedt. No. 474. OURS OF THE Virgin. Quarto vellum, ff. 184, 18 lines to a page. Early fif- teenth century. This, a very nice example, is fairly written, and orna- mented with a profufion of beautiful illuminated initials 40 Englijh Art. of Englifh art. The volume contains but two miniature paintings, the remainder, ufually found in MSS. of this clafs, having been abftradled. Their fubjeds are, the Annunciation, reprefented in the letter D at fo. 15, and a group of priefts chanting the Service for the Dead, fo. 72. The initial letters vary in fize and pattern, they are all upon backgrounds of gold, and frequently form, with their finials, fhort marginal ornaments of elegant tracery work. Pink, blue, and orange-brown are the prevailing colours, the blue being often heightened on the outer edge with flat white tints. The larger initials are ricii in defign, and varied in their colouring, and would fupply the artift or amateur with abundant material for ftudy. At fo. 15 occurs an exquifite border of fcroll-work, with heads, probably of faints, in medallions, beautifully executed. This MS. is better written than No. 459, and differs from it as to the contents, having many rhythmical prayers at the end. The binding, with but one clafp remaining, is of the 17th century. No. 7. RADUAL. Large folio, ftout vellum, fF. 193. Second half of fifteenth century. A fine copy of this clafs of Service Book, well written, with the mufic appointed to be fung at the various fervices (thirteen lines to the page), and rubricated inftrudlions for performing the fame throughout the volume. The art confifts in initial letters only, the greater part of which are fmall, with grotefque heads, &c., in outline, Gradual ; Caxtons Chronicle. 4 1 fo frequently {tzw in MSS. written in England towards the clofe of the 15th century. At the end of the volume is a Calendar, printed in neat Gothic type, upon vellum, not quite fo large as that of the MS. itfelf. The principal feafts and faints' days are rubricated. At the foot of each month are lines in Latin, defcriptive of the figns and feafons. The margins are broad, more efpecially the lower one ; upon the latter, at about an inch below the text, there occurs upon the redto of every page a line of white circles, about thirteen in number, and more than a quarter of an inch in diameter, impreffed into the vellum. At firft fight, thefe marks appear to be circles only, but upon ex- amination, the mediaeval forms of the letters G, M, and Q can be detedled. It cannot be difcovered that they form either words or dates. No. 84. AXTON'S Chronicle. Thick folio, flout vellum, ff. 202, about 41 lines to a page. Fifteenth century. This MS. has no claim to notice here, with reference to the art it exhibits, there being but one poorly exe- cuted drawing in the volume. This drawing (fo. i) is enclofed in an architedlural framework, and reprefents King Henry VI. feated beneath a canopy, addreffing his courtiers and attendants, fome of whom are ladies. The text, which is clearly written, has rubricated headings. It is ftated by Dr. Todd, in his Catalogue of MSS. at Lambeth, before referred to, that " it differs greatly from the Chronicle of England, printed by Caxtoa in 1480, 42 Flemijh Art. and is much more diffufe. It is imperfedt at the clofe, concluding with thefe words, And aftyr that came a gret dethe of pejlilence that lajied iij yer. And peple dyed myhtely in every place man woman and chylde^ on whos Joulys God haue mercy. Amen.'" The Chronicle extends from Brute to the beginning of the reign of Henry VI. At the foot of fo. I is the word "Lumley," fhewing that the volume formerly belonged to that illuftrious book collector, whofe name alfo appears on other books and MSS. in this library. FLEMISH ART. No. 1 86. ISALTER. Folio vellum, ff. 167; 22 lines to a page. Fifteenth century. A very nice example, well written in a fine, bold, Gothic charadier, with clear, broad margins. The ornamental portion of this MS. coniifts entirely in the initial letters and fcroll-work, depending there- from. The defigns of thefe are of an unufual and pleafing kind ; the centre ornament in moft cafes repre- sents a cone, ifluing from conventional foliage. The marginal ornaments confift for the moft part of filigree-work of blue and gold, iffuing from the fmaller initial letters ; this is more particularly noticeable in the calendar prefixed to the MS. ; the ornament proceeding P falter. 43 from the illuminated KL at the commencement of each month, extending itfelf round the entire page. There are no full-page illuminations, and the only- miniature paintings are to be found in the initial B at fo. I, and in the letter D at fo. 109, In the former of thefe. King David is reprefented within a walled garden, kneeling in prayer or fupplication. By his fide, reft his harp and crown, whilft above, is the figure of the Almighty ifliiing from the ftarry firmament. The face and robe of the King are exquifitely finifiied ; the border furrounding this page is compofed of the ftrawberry plant, pinks, and daifies, artiftically arranged; in the right hand margin, is a peacock, whilft in the lower, repofes a ftag, amongft flowers and ornamental devices. In the letter D, fo. 109, are depided the Three perfons of the Trinity, after the ufual conventional form ; the Father and Son are feated, an open volume refts upon the knees of both figures, whilft in the centre is the Dove defcending. Behind them is ftretched a drapery of blue, heightened with gold. Surrounding this page is a border compofed of flowers, fimilar to that above de- fcribed at fo. i, and difpofed in a bold and efl^edtive manner. In the lower margin, is a reprefentation of a peacock difplaying his plumage, with a monkey and an owl on either fide, very nicely painted. Of the remaining initial letters at fiF. 19^, 32^, 45, 58, 74 and 91, it will be fufiicient to fay that they moftly exhibit examples of the cone-like defign above-men- tioned, drawn with a free hand upon a background of burniflied gold. 44 Flemijh Art. No. 4^5. OURS OF THE Virgin. Vellum, ff. 143. Fifteenth century. This example is in fair prefervation, and profufely, if not artiftically illuminated ; feveral of the larger paintings have fuffered from damp, or been otherwife injured. They are unequal in point of merit, and the MS. probably owes its apparently unmutilated condition to the poornefs of the art reprefented. The fubjec5ls illuftrated are numerous, and fuch as are ufually found in MSS. of this clafs. A lift of them will be found below. The backgrounds are chiefly of a diapered pat- tern, with here and there a landfcape reprefentation. The borders are compofed of the well-known defigns in which the wild ftrawberry, rofe, panfy, daify, and other flowers, all take part, and are interlaced in graceful forms. The initial letters form no inconfiderable feature in the ornamentation of the MS., the interwoven branch- like defign being painted in vivid colours, upon back- grounds of burniflied gold. The following fubjedls are reprefented : Our Lord ftanding, the fymbolic globe at his feet. Fo. 7<^, The Trinity. Fo. 13^. St. John the Baptift, with the Lamb and the Book. Fo. \^b. Murder of St. Thomas a Becket. Fo. 18*^. St. George and the Dragon. Fo. loh. St. Chriftopher. Fo. iih. St. Anna (painting injured). Fo. i\h. Hours oj the Fir gin. 4^ St. Catherine. Fo. i-jb. St. Margaret. Fo. 30/". The Annunciation. Fo. 32. Chrift led to Crucifixion. Fo. 37^'. The Virgin and St. Anne. Fo. 38. Defcent of the Holy Spirit. Fo. 43^. St. Andrew. Fo. 44. St. Laurence. Fo, 44*^. All Saints, Fo. 45/^, Chrift brought before Pilate. Fo. 47. The Nativity. Fo. 48. The Scourging of Chrift, Fo. 51^. The Appearance to the Shepherds. Fo. 52. Chrift bearing his Crofs. Fo. 54/^. The Wife Men's Offerings. Fo. ^^. The Prefentation in the Temple. Fo. 57. The Defcent from the Crofs. Fo. 59^. The Murder of the Innocents. Fo. 60. The Flight into Egypt. Fo. 62. The Virgin and Child in Glory. Fo. Sc^b. The Dead Chrift in the arms of the Virgin. Fo. 70. Prefentation of the Virgin Mary. Fo. 75. Chrift nailed to the Crofs. Fo. 77/^, The ''3" Crofles. Fo. 78. The Head of Chrift. Fo. 78. The Wound in the right hand. Fo. 7 Si-. The Raifing of Lazarus. (?) Fo. ^6b. The Righteous carried to Heaven. Fo. 115^. Our Lord furrounded by the Inftruments of the Paffion. Fo. 126^. St. Jerome in his Study, Fo. 132/'. 46 French Art. FRENCH ART. No. 368. SALTER. Quarto. Vellum, twenty- one lines to a page. Ff. 141. End of thirteenth or early fourteenth century. This copy is poorly written, and the art not of a high clafs. At the commencement of the volume, are fix full page illuminations, painted upon backgrounds of burnifhed gold. The fubjedls are as follows : The Annunciation. Fo. 10. Meeting of Mary and Elizabeth. Fo. \oh. The Virgin and Child. Fo, 11. The Crucifixion, with the figures of the Virgin Mary and St. John. Fo. \\b. The Refurredion. Here, the foldiers are clad in lo- zenge-fhaped and in chain armour ; the heads covered with a coif of the fame. Fo. 1 2. Chrift as Judge. Beneath the feet is a fphere, upon which is infcribed the word HEUROPE. Fo. i ih. The Calendar, which precedes, is pretty, being rubri- cated, with the initial letters of the Kalends and Ides, in burnifiied gold. The figns of the Zodiac in fmall medallions, are placed at the foot of each month. The other fubjedls illufl:rated are : Jonah taken and reje6led by the whale. Letter S. Fo. 51. Pfalter ; Apocalypfe. 47 David playing upon the Bells. Letter E. " Exultate Deo." Fo. G^. Ecclefiaftics chaunting the Service. Letter C. " Can- tate Domino." Fo. 791^. Figure of an Ecclefiaftic feated at a delk reading. Letter D. "Domine exaudi oracionem meam." Fo. 81^. A Saint Veronica. Fo. 95*^. Our Lord feated in Glory. At his feet, the fymbolic globe in reference to the words, " Sit thou on my right hand until I make thine enemies my footftool." Letter D. " Dixit Dominus," Fo. 97. The initial letters are plain, and have in fome cafes, the ufual angular finial of the period ; the bands or marks dividing the verfes of the text, are of a light and fomewhat elegant pattern, introducing the ziz-zag, chain, cable, and other devices. No. 209. POCALYPSE. Small folio; flout vel- lum; fF. 53. Beginning of the four- teenth century. This fine and highly interefling MS. known as the ** Lambeth Apocalypfe " is, without queflion, one of the gems of the library, and offers a rare field for ftudy to the artifl, archaeologift, and fludent of biblical literature. Its contents may be divided into three parts, viz. I ft. The Apocalypfe, in Latiriy with explanatory notes. 2nd. Effigies of various Saints, and Martyrs. 3rd. Pidorial illuflrations of mediaeval Legends. The Apocalypfe formed a theme for illumination from early times, a few inftances being on record of the fub- 48 French Art. jed being painted by the Saxon fchool, in England, and that of Charlemagne, abroad ; but the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth centuries are thofe in which the vifion is of moft frequent reprefentation in illuminated art. The application of fome of the fcenes to the events of the laft days of Roman hiftory, and the perfecution of the Chriftians, unfolds a tale of extraordinary intereft, in its various treatments on the illuminated page. Rome herfelf is pidured under the figure of the Beaft, and other allufions to the Chriftian and Pagan world are numerous. The Lambeth Apocalypse, which extends from folio I to folio 39*^, contains feventy-eight coloured defigns, illuftrating the chief pafTages of that -myfterious Vifion, remarkable for the fpirited form of the drawing, and the brilliancy of the colouring, heightened by the back- grounds of burnirhed gold, or dark blue, with which moft of the illuminations are accompanied. The proportions of the figures are fomewhat long, the hands and feet rather fmall and thin ; but the general treatment and grouping of each fcene is very harmo- nious, while the outhnes and folds of the drapery, heightened with white, are drawn with much finifh and elegance. Some acceflbries depi6ling armour, architec- tural details and minor fubjedts, are alfo reprefented. The Apocalyptic defigns, which occupy the upper half of the page, are accompanied by the text in double columns, in gothic charader, with a profufion of fmall illuminated initial letters, of the ufual filigree pattern, with finials and other marginal embellifhments. Prefixed to folio i, is the full-length painting of a prieft, habited in a black robe with hanging fleeve, and wearing the tonfure. In front of him ftands a pedeftal, Y,ly /(^t^^^^ r :\- r/'^ "^ &<-f-^"^ -^^^^t^^^n^t^^-x ^-S^^Ji cf^J Apocalypfe. 49 upon which is placed a figure of the Virgin and Child, which he appears to be in the a6t of colouring. In his right hand he holds a pen or brufh, and in his left, a kind of faucer containing colours. The head, the cha- racter of which is very expreffive, is in outline. Above the figure is written, " Memento mei arnica Dei,'' in rubricated letters. The fubje(5ls of the Vifion are in general fo well known, that it is thought fit to mention thofe only that are pi£iorially interefting, viz. : St. John vifited by an Angel, in the Ifle of Patmos. Fo. I. St. John before the Son of Man, out of whofe mouth went the fword, in the prefence of the Seven Angels and the Seven Golden Candlefticks. Fo. \b. The Deity (on the throne), holding the book fealed with (tYtn feals, the worfhip of the four-and-twenty Elders. Fo. 3. The Lamb, with the feven horns, and feven eyes, fur- rounded by the four fymbolic animals and the Elders. Fo. i^b. The Lamb holding the book. Fo. 4. The feveral Horfes of the Vifion, white, red, black, and pale, their riders, reprefented with the refpeftive accompaniments of the bow, the fword, the balances and death. Ff. ^b, 5, 5/^, 6. The Souls of the Martyrs flain for the word of God. Fo. 6b. The Four Angels fl:anding on the four corners of the earth. Fo. 7^. The Song of the great Multitude in worftiip ; the Elder and St. John, the four Apocalyptic animals fur- rounding the throne of God and the Lamb. Fo. 8. E 50 French Art. The OfFering of the Golden Cenfer, with the Prayers of the Saints ; the Seven Angels with trumpets, (landing before the golden altar. Fo. %h. The various Phenomena produced by the angels founding the trumpets. Ff. 9, 9^, 10, 10^, 11. The Vifion of the Locufts fhaped like unto horfes, the riders are reprefented in full armour. Fo. i \b. The Angel, with a rainbow upon his head and book in hand, {landing upon the fea and the earth, declaring time fhall be no longer. Fo. 12. St. John, commanded by the angel to rife and meafure the Temple of God and the Altar, wherein are the two candlefticks. Fo. \ib. The two WitnefTes afcending to heaven. Fo. 14. The worfhip of the four-and-twenty Elders. Fo. 14^. The feven-headed Dragon ftanding before the Woman clothed with the fun. Fo. 15. The Woman, flying from the Dragon, cafting out water as a flood. Fo. 16/^. The two Beafl:s, one like to a leopard, rifing out of the fea, the other the feven-headed dragon. Fo. lyi^. The worfliip of the Beafl:. Ff. 18-^, 19^, 20. The Lamb on Mount Sion, the faithful within the city of God. Fo, 2 1 . The Angel of Judgment flying in the midft of heaven. Fo. 22. Another Angel denouncing the fall of Babylon. Fo. 22-^. The ripe Harveft, the Son of Man and his angels with the fickles ; the gathering of the vines. Ff. 24, 24/^. The feven Angels coming out of the temple of the tabernacle of testimony, receive the golden vials from one of the Apocalyptic beafts. Fo. 26. Apocalypfe. 5 1 The feven Angels pouring out the vials on the earth. Ff. 26^, 27, 27^, 28, 'i%b, 29, i<^b. The Woman of the Apocalypfe, Fo. 30. The Angel cafting a millftone into the fea. Fo. 31. The Marriage Supper of the Lamb. Fo. 32. St. John writing at the didlation of the Angel — falling down to worfhip the Angel. Fo. i^ib. The Vifion of heaven opened, our Saviour on a white horfe, followed by his company. Fo. 33. The Angel chaining the dragon. Fo. i^c^. The firft Refurredion. Fo. 35^. The New Jerufalem. Ff. 37^, 38. St. John worfhipping the Angel. Fo. 39. St. John hearing from the Deity the prophecies of the Book of Revelation. Fo. 391^. At the end of the Apocalypfe, are reprefentations from the lives of Saints, with fcenes from legendary hiftory, executed with much care, and apparently by another artift. Thefe drawings, twenty-eight in number, from fo. 40^. to fo. 47, are two to a page, and are unaccom- panied by any text or defcription. The fubjeds of the compofitions are various, feveral appear to depid: a different treatment of the Apocalyptic vifion, fome illuftrate paflages in the life of Chrift, whilft others are allegorical. Each drawing, which extends from fo. 47^ to the end of the MS. fo. c^n^ (of which a defcription follows hereafter), occupies the entire page. The backgrounds are chiefly of chocolate colour, though blue is alfo ufed, and a narrow border of pale green furrounds each illumination. St. Chriftopher carrying the infant Saviour; finely drawn, the drapery dark blue with a greenifh tint; back- ground, a light chocolate. Fo. 40. 52 French Art. Scenes from the life and miracles of Chrift and St. John. Ff. 41-43. Subjedls apparently from the Apocalyptic vifion. Fo. 45^-47- St. John writing his Gofpel, the ifland is reprefented in a plain chocolate ground, round about is the green fea with its iflands. A fcroll, on which are the words " In principio erat verbum," etc. hangs from near the book in which the Evangelift is writing. Fo. 47^. The Virgin and Child within a canopy, furmounted by a church in the pointed ftyle ; at the foot of the pidure is the kneeling figure of a lady, in a mantle of heraldic devices, reading a book. Fo. 48. An allegorical reprefentation of an Angel with fix wings, upon which are infcribed fhort texts of Scripture in Latin ; the figure is probably that referred to by the Prophet Ezekiel. Fo. 48^. Chrift appearing to Mary. (Tinted outline.) Fo. 49. St. Laurence. Fo. \^b. St. Catherine, fo. 50. St. Martha, Fo. 50^. The figure of St. Edmund, king and martyr, repre- fented crowned, bound to a tree and fhot to death with arrows. Fo. 5 i. The five following drawings are exceedingly fine : The Crucifixion. A curious and fomewhat confufed reprefentation. In the centre our Saviour upon the crofs, to which he is being nailed by men refting upon the tree. On either fide the Virgin and St. John ; around, a deriding crowd, foldiers, &c. The crofs is planted upon a fmall mound in a cavity, out of which two figures are rifing, as from the grave, in allufion to the paflage ** Many bodies of the faints which flept arofe." (Matt. Apocalypfe. 53 xxvii, 52.) The feet of our Lord are croffed, the right foot over the left, and are about to be fecured by a fingle nail. A blank fcroll is being fattened over the head of Chrift, and the fun and moon are reprefented as prefent. The colours employed are a light fepia for the flefh tones, and pale green or blueifh grey for the drapery, ^o, c^\b. A full-length figure of an Archbifhop, fully attired, wearing a mitre and bearing a paftoral ftaff. The right hand, gloved and ringed, is raifed in the ad of benedidion. Fo. 52. Another drawing fimilar to the preceding, the only exception being that there is no ring upon the finger. Fo. ^ib. A very curious and interefting allegorical reprefenta- tion of the Virgin Mary (probably here employed as typical of Religion) fubjeded to the machinations of the Evil One. A tree, tall and partly covered with foliage, forms the centre ; and at the top of this tree is perched a cock, fymbolic of the preacher, crowing luftily, with the words '* Par le coc en larbre, eft fignifie le precheur qui defule et le preie a defpire." Near the centre of the tree hangs a fhield charged with the fymbols of the Trinity.^ To the left of the tree is the figure of a woman, probably the Virgin Mary, feated in a chair, fup- porting the fhield, her feet refting upon a ferpent. The ' The reprefentation of the Trinity as a fhield on which is infcribed three names, was a favourite mediaeval fymbol. In later art the three perfons of the Trinity are moft diftinftly defined, the Holy Ghoil being generally reprefented between the Father and Son, either as a dove only, with the nimbus, or as a human form with a dove perched upon his arm or fhield. 54 French Art. Holy Spirit in the likenefs of a dove, refts upon the back of the chair. At the foot of the tree a peafanr, kneeling, is engaged in fevering the roots with an axe. Upon the right, at a little diftance, ftands the Evil One, who aims an arrow from a bow at the feated figure of the Virgin. Above, and ifluing from clouds, are the figures of Angels, one of whom prefents a fword to the feated figure, whilft the other is driving away a number of flies, here ufed allegorically to defignate the evil thoughts which difturb repentance. Fo. c^'t^. A "St. Veronica." Fo. c^i^b. No. 434. POCALYPSE. Small quarto, ftout vellum, ff. 45. End of the thirteenth century. Another copy in French, illuftrated by ninety illumi- nations, poor in execution but curious and interefting. The paintings are about 5 inches long by 4-J broad, each enclofed in a plain framework with from three to fix lines of text underneath. Preceding the Apocalypfe, are four full-page illuminations, illuftrating pafiages in the Life of St. John the Evangelift ; viz. His Preaching in the Wildernefs. Fo. i. His Baptifm of Drufiana. Fo. \b. His condemnation by the Emperor Domitian. Fo. 2. His Martyrdom. Fo. ib. The text which is fairly written, has no illuminated initial letters. Although this MS. has been affigned by Dr. Todd to the twelfth century, it is evident from the armour delineated upon ff. 13^^, 22 and 40, that it belongs to the latter half of the thirteenth. Apocalypfe. rr No. ^^. POCALYPSE. Folio; ftout vellum; double columns; 29 lines to a page ; ^. ^^. Fourteenth century. A copy, alfo in French, written in a large charadler, with ink of a brown colour and illuftrated by feventy miniatures of various fizes, in rather a hard ftyle of French art, of the early part of the fourteenth century. The defigns are more curious than artiftic ; the heads and hands are in outline, and the drapery, which is often in thick body colour, is of the ufual conventional de- fcription. Each fubjecft is very flightly in detail, but there is a certain boldnefs about the drawing and quaint originality In the grouping. The backgrounds of the illuminations are varied, being either entirely of burnifhed gold, or of blue ftudded with gold ftars. The illuminated letters are in general very poorly executed, being of gold, ultramarine, or fome other fimple colour, neftled in filigree work. The fubjedls which for the moft part depidlfcenes of a fimilar charader to the Apocalypfe (No. 209), though of a very different treatment are not given in detail, as they do not call for very particular mention ; but upon fo. I are fome very grotefque paintings. ^6 French Art. No. 233. ^SALTER. Folio; vellum; ff. 242; 17 lines to the page. Fourteenth century. This, the gem of the Lambeth Pfalters, is an exceed- ingly fine MS., written in a clear, bold charadler of the early part of the fourteenth century, and richly adorned with eleven large initial letters, each occupying nearly half the page, having backgrounds of burnifhed gold, either of tefTelated or mofaic work architedlurally de- vifed, or as trefoils and quatrefoils enclofing miniatures. The margins are occupied by the ufual angular Gothic bracket, chiefly fpringing from, and forming the termina- tion of the initial letters (of the fmaller of which there is a great profufion), and in mofl: cafes furrounding the page. In fome of the letters, heads of human beings and grotefque animals are drawn ; and around the large illuftrations are fet drolleries, animals, birds, figures playing upon mufical infliruments &c., which are intro- duced in endlefs form and variety. In addition to thefe ornaments, the terminations of the verfes are prolonged by bands, or ftrips of gold and filver, covered with zig- zag, fcroll, mofaic, or other patterns, with the occafional introdudion of a chafe or combat with animals. Prefixed is the Calendar, written in a fimilar character to the reft of the MS. fet in brackets as before de- fcribed, the entries being in letters of blue and vermilion. Within circles of burnifhed gold are painted the Zodiacal Signs and Seafons, the latter illuftrating mediaeval occupa- tions and coftume. "a^"~l O Pfalter. ^j The large illuminations with their fubjedls, are as follows : Our Lord in Majefty, reprefented within a quatrefoil, the right hand is uplifted in benedidion, whilft the left refts upon the fymbolic globe ; within the four corners are the Evangeliftic emblems. Fo. i/i^b. The letter B forming the beginning of the word "Beatus." Subjedl : The genealogical defign known as the Jefle tree, containing fourteen medallion pidlures ; thofe forming the ftem of the tree arifing from the keep- ing figure of the Patriarch are the Crucifixion, Virgin and Child, and God as the Creator ; others illuftrate fcenes from the Law and the Prophets. The whole defign was a favourite fubjedl with mediaeval illuminators, and is often found on fliained glafs. Fo. 15. Samuel anointing David (" Dominus illuminatio mea.") Letter D. Fo. 44. David kneeling in fupplication before Chrift (?) (" Dixi cufliodiam vias meas ut non delinquam.") Letter D. Fo. 64. David flaying Goliath, the latter in banded armour holds a fmall circular fliield. (" Quid gloriaris.'' Letter Q. Fo. 81^. Illufl:ration of the Pfalm, " Dixit infipiens." The naked figure of a man holding an apple (?) in his right hand, and in his left a flagellum, addrefling the feated figure of a King. Letter D. Fo. ^ib. " Salvum me fac." In the upper part of the letter S is the figure of our Lord, with his right hand upraifed, the left bearing the globe ; in the lower, Jonah and the whale. Fo. loi. King David playing upon the bells, in reference to the pfalm, '* Exultate Deo." Letter E. Fo. 1 23^. 58 French Art. '' Cantate Domino." Letter C. A group of eccle- fiaftics chanting from a roll placed on a iedern. This letter is elegantly defigned under a trefoil-fhaped canopy, with a rich mofaic background. Fo. \\^b. The figure of a King ( ? David) kneeling before an altar, " Ad Dominum." Letter D. Fo. 148/^. "Domine exaudi oracionem meam." Letter A. In the upper part the figure of our Lord, holding the globe, his right hand upraifed. In the lower, which is divided into a triple compartment by Gothic-formed panels, the figure of a female kneeling in prayer before an altar. Fo. 189^. Letter C. A fimilar fubje6l to that at fo. 148^. Fo. 215. No. 558. PSALTER. Vellum. Ff. 282; i2mo. Eighteen lines to a page. Fourteenth century. A Pfalter with Hymnarium and various offices, inujutn Ecclefia Chrijii Cantuarienfis . This MS. has but few illuminations, fome of which are much obliterated. Six of thefe are prefixed to the Pfalter. Each is furmounted by an architedlural canopy of the tranfition period, when the femi-circular arch gave way to the pointed gothic. The backgrounds upon which thefe are painted are of burniftied gold. The fubjedls are : The Annunciation. Fo. 8*^. The Nativity. Fo. 9^. The Angel appearing to the Shepherds. Fo. \oh. The Offerings of the Wife Men. Fo. 11. Herod's command to flay the Innocents. Fo. 12. The St. Alb an s Chronicle, 59 A Genealogical or " JefTe tree." Fo. 13^. , The Betrayal of Chrift. Fo. 34^. Chrift bearing his Crofs. Fo. 73^. The Defcent from the Crofs. Fo. 1051^. The Entombment. Fo. 123. No. 6. |HE St. Alban's Chronicle. Large folio, 17 inches long, by 12 wide, vellum, double columns, thirty-four lines to a column. Ff. 257. Fifteenth century. A very fine copy of the work known as the St. Albans Chronicle^ fairly written in Englifii, in a pointed gothic chara6ler, and profufely ornamented with nineteen large, and fifty fmall illuminations in the French ftyle oi art, illuftrative of the principal fubje6ls contained in the text. Thefe confift chiefly of reprefentations of battles, tournaments, joufts, &c., fo frequently occurring in ancient chronicles. Great boldnefs of grouping and fpirit in the adion chara<^erize thefe illuminations, which offer to the artift an inexhauftible field for the ftudy of coftume, ecclefiafl:ical and domeftic architecture, heraldry, furniture, with many other details. Gold has been much and moft efFedlively ufed in heightening the effedt of coftume and ornament, and a delicate finifh is difcernible throughout nearly every painting. The border decorations are few, and finifh abruptly, the leading pattern is formed of an intertwining of the wild ftrawberry, grape-vine, forget-me-not, daifies, &c. The Chronicle commences with, ** Here begynne the cronicles of kynges of Englond, fith the tyme that it was firft inhabit and of their adles as be dyv's audlores is 6o French Art. declared and teftyfyed." The laft date mentioned is 1436. The Chronicle concludes with a copy of" rymes made among englifshmen aftir the flemmynges were thus fhamfully fled frome Caleis." Thefe are in ftanzas of irregular length, beginning, " When ye flemyng wer frefsh florifshid in your flouris, " And had weth at your will ye wolde be conquerouris." And ending thus, " Ye be nothing elles worth, but gret wordes to camp, " Sette ye ftill and bith in pees, God gyve you quadren ramp." In the lower margin of folio i is a fhield of arms, bearing y/^^r/^r/y, i and 4, argent on afejsgules^ 3 bezants ; 1 and 3, argent y a lion rampant y azure. Here likewife occur the autograph fignatures of John, Lord Lumley, and Henry Fitz- Alain Earl of Arundel, the former of whom (who died in 1609) had obtained the valuable MS. treafures colledted by Lord Arundel at the time of the diflblution of the monafteries. This fine colleftion was, by Prince Henry's influence, fecured for the Royal Library. A lifl: of the more important and larger paintings in this chronicle is here fubjoined. The landing of Julius Casfar, and his attack on the Britons. Fo. i^b. Saint Urfula, and the 11,000 Virgins at Cologne, their martyrdom, &c. Fo. 34. A combat of a white and red dragon before King Vortigern and his attendants. Fo. 43*^. Coronation of Arthur, King of Great Britain. Fo. 54/^. Combat between Saxons, Angles, and Nyghtes. Fo. 77. .AHvatJiUtu'. The St. Albans Chronicle. 6i Athel wolf received by the Pope of Rome. Fo. %ib. Baptifm of Rollo, Duke of Denmark. Fo. 85. King Edmund Ironfide, killed by an arrow in his bedchamber. Fo. 97. The miracles fliewed to King Edward — Mafs pro- ceeding in the Trinity Chapel, at Weftminfter. Fo, 105^. Marriage of Henry, Emperor of Rome, to Maude, daughter of Henry I. of England. Fo, 122. The Murder of St. Thomas a Becket. Fo. 136^. King Richard befieging the city of Acre. Fo. 147, King John driving out the monks of Canterbury, an event preceding the interdidlion of mafs in England and Wales, Fo. 1 54. King John at table, with the attendant monks, in the Abbey of Swyneftiede, in Lincolnfhire. Fo. 160^. Edward I. receiving the homage of the King of Scotland and his nobles at Newcaftle, where a Parlia- ment was being held, Fo. 209. The citizens of Calais furrendering themfelves to King Edward. Fo. 218. A royal Tournament at Smithfield before Richard II. Fo. 233. The figning of the Treaty of Arras. Fo. 251^. The Jmall illuminations difplay fcenes and incidents of an interefting charafter, coflume, architedure, and land- fcape fcenery being freely introduced ; thofe paintings which particularly embody thefe and other details will be found at the undermentioned pages. Ff. 1 8, 20, 23, 27^, 32, 33, 52, 79, 82^, 87^, 91^, 122, 136^, 142, 147, 160^, 231, 240. 62 French Art. No. 65. HE Limoges Missal. Thick folio, vel- lum, ff. 398, double columns, 30 lines to a column. Fifteenth century, A fplendid example, in fine condition and ample margins, written in a large charafter, with finely illumi- nated letters of the ufual interlaced ornaments ; fome with rich teffelated backgrounds, others with burnifhed gold beautifully frefh and brilliant. A profufion of fmaller initials in plain colour or gold, neftling in delicate filigree-work further enriches the volume. Many half borders occur, compofed of the ufual bold and elegant conventional foliage in blue and gold, interfperfed with the wild flrawberry, daify, and other flowers. The commencement of the various fervices is indicated by a border entirely round the page, and the large illuminated initial has generally a marguerite or daify infide. Prefixed to the volume is the following title-page, upon modern vellum within letters of gold : " MifTale fecvndum vfum Ecclefias Lemovicenfis. Rerum fapientia cuflos," below which occurs a large coloured coat of arms, bearing quarterly i and 4, gules, 3 rqfes argent ; 1 and 3, azure y an efquire's helmet , argent, the whole fur- mounted by a bifhop's mitre and crozier. Under the arms, is the following infcription : " Joannes Delau- befpine Epifcopus Lemovicenfis. Abbas Sandi Mar- tialis, A.D. millefimo qvingentefimo odlvagefimo quarto. The arms, which are probably thofe of John de Laubefpine, Bifhop of Limoges, are introduced into the margins in many parts of the volume. Limoges Mijfal. 63 The ufual Calendar of faints is prefixed. The fervice follows upon fo. 7 with the rubricated heading, " Incipit Miffale fecundum ufum et confuetudinem ecclefias lemouicenfis." This page is furrounded by a border, the letter A of the fentence commencing — " Ad te levavi animam" being very large, with a brilliant tefTelated interior. It is with this page that the original foliation com- mences, and continues to fo. 131, where a fimilar page and border occur, the text commencing with a large initial R (Refurrexi et ad hue) fhaded with pink, heightened with a white ornament of a fleur-de-lis crofs fhape ; withinfide is a marguerite beautifully and deli- cately painted. The foliation is continued from this page to fo. 214. Then follow Orationes for various Saints' days, with mufical notes, fome portion of which is written in very large charaders. At the end of the Orations a new pagination begins, and continues as far as fo. 150, the firfl: page of which has the ufual borders, with a rubric, *' Incipit Sanftorale fecundum ufum et confuetudinem Eccles' Lem'." Seven unnumbered leaves of prayer conclude the volume. There are but two large illuminations in this MS., thefe, like the title-page, are infertions of a later date, and were probably executed by the bifhop's order, and about the fame period as the title-page. The fubjeds are the Crucifixion, and the Almighty in Majefty, and are inferted between the pages containing the Orations above mentioned. The reprefentation of the Crucifixion is replete with fcenery, figures and life. The artifl: has chofen the occa- fion when the foldier is piercing our Saviour's fide. The 64 French Art. two thieves are reprefented, at the foot of the crofs, upon the left, ftands the Virgin with the group of women, and the right, is occupied by the figure of the centurion. He is armed cap-a-pie in gold armour, with vifor up, feated upon a white horfe, with trappings of blue and crimfon, his right hand raifed as if giving diredtions. Behind him appear other foldiers mounted, one of whom, not habited in armour, pierces our Lord with a lance. The grouping in the rear of the crofs is cleverly arranged. Upon the hill are {^^n horfemen (in miniature), riding up the afcent towards the gates of the city. The coming darknefs is indicated by the glimmering of the ftars, and the whole picture is remarkable for varied and brilliant colouring, with a great amount of animation. The painting of the Almighty in Majefty faces that of the Crucifixion, and reprefents an aged figure feated in an azure fky, in the oval-fhaped glory, crowned with the triple tiara. In the left hand he holds the fymbolic fphere, whilft the right is uplifted as in benedidion. At each of the four corners is a figure of an Evangelift, accompanied by their diftin6live fymbols, whilft in the margin below are figures of two kneeling angels, fup- porting the fhield of arms before defcribed, enclofed in a laurel chaplet. Both thefe paintings are fine illuftrations of French pidlorial art, towards the clofe of the fixteenth century, and are furrounded by a border of daifies, panfies, and the wild ftrawberry gracefully interwoven among con- ventional foliage and fcroll work. Hours of the Virgin. 65 No. 496. OURS OF THE Virgin. Odlavo ; vellum; ff. 146. 19 lines to a page. Fifteenth century. Another example of this clafs of Service Book fairly written upon clear vellum, with ample margins, contain- ing twelve full-page illuminations, of fomewhat inferior art, in which landfcape backgrounds are occafionally employed with much efFedl. The larger paintings are nearly all enclofed in an architedural fetting or recefs, which is outlined with a narrow band of filver. The figures are effedlively grouped, and in fome cafes prefent a fharp, vigorous out- line. The initial letters are, comparatively fpeaking, plain ; the borders harmonize with the reft of the illuminations, and confift of the ufual conventional foliage, introducing the panfy, wild ftrawberry, and other flowers in detached groups. The following fubjedls are depicted : — Our Lord holding the fymbolic globe ; the right hand upraifed. Fo. 15^. St. John the Apoftle, with the chalice from which the ferpent is rifing. Fo. 26b. St. Chriftopher and the infant Chrift. Fo. iZb. ' St. Anna, the Virgin and Child. Fo. 30^. St. Mary Magdalene, with the box of ointment. Fo. 2,'^b. St. Catherine, with the broken wheel. Fo. 34/*. St. Margaret and the dragon. Fo, 2^b. F 66 French Art. Meeting of Mary and Elizabeth. Fo. A^A^h. The Holy Spirit as the Dove. Fo. 51. The Crucifixion ; St. Michael the Archangel. Fo. 52. St. Peter and St. Paul, Fo. c^i^. St. Andrew and St. Stephen. Fo. 53^'. St. Laurence. Fo. 54. St. Thomas a Becket (text obliterated). Fo. 54^. St. Nicholas. Fo. 55. Our Lord with his Apoftles. Fo. c^d. The Nativity. Fo. ^U. Appearance of angel to the Shepherds. Fo. ^■;i^b. The Prefentation in the temple. Fo. 69. St. Jerome in his ftudy. Fo. 137. No. 545. lOURS OF THE Virgin. Small quarto; vellum ; thirteen lines to a page ; ff. 195. Fifteenth century. This example is written In a large Gothic charadler, with a few illuminations, of apparently French art, ac- companied by narrow borders of the ivy-leaf pattern, furrounding the page. The initial letters differ fome- what in defign from thofe ufually found in MSS. of this period ; many of the larger ones having a dragon or lion's head, from the mouth of which iffues a fcroll- like ornament in a ftrange, grotefque manner. The miniatures vary as to treatment, thofe near the end difplaying much greater finifh. The following fubjeds are reprefented — viz. : Our Lord fhowing his wounds, prefixed to the prayer, " Deus deus meus refplce in me." The head of the Hours of the Virgin. 67 Saviour is beautifully treated; the figure is reprefented nude, three-quarter length, the hands crofled in front of the body, the background of a pink colour, upon which is wrought elegant fcroll work in narrow gold lines. On this background, nearly parallel with the head of the Saviour, are thefe letters, alfo in gold, ihc xpc. Fo. 144. The Annunciation ; a very excellent painting, with an elegant border of birds, fruits, and flowers. The em- blematical lily is here introduced between the figures of the Angel and the Virgin Mary ; the crucified figure of our Saviour appears between the branches of the flower. Fo. iG^b. The Crofs of Calvary, wreathed with a crown of thorns, with a neat landfcape background. Fo. 184. A heart-fliaped device in gold, within which is painted the figure of Chrifl; crucified. In the centre is a rhythmical prayer in Latin, and around, a rubricated infcription as follows : *' This cros |)at here peynted is " " Signe of the cros of bromholm is." This painting, as an infertion, does not form any part of the original MS., being fafliened down upon one of the leaves. Fo. 185. Another infertion (fo. 78/^.), being a Angular repre- fentation of the wound of Chrifl:, furrounded with the words : ^' The mefur of he wonde of our Lorde Ihu Crift, he fuffurde on y*" crofe for our redempcion." At the end, and in other parts of the MS. are obituary notices of the family of Lewkenor, between the years 1473 and 1543. 68 French Art. No. 535. [SALTER. Small quarto, vellum, 17 lines to a page, ff. 274. Second half of fifteenth century. This copy is well written in a fquare gothic charadler, fparfely illuminated, with miniatures in the initial letters only. The border ornaments, fome of which are pretty, occur only in connexion with the miniatures, and form a broad ground of a pink colour, upon which is painted the conventional daify and fcroll pattern. The fubjedls illuftrated are : The Agony in the Garden. Letter B. Fo. 8. Judas ? brought before Chrift. Letter D. Fo, 43. The Arraignment before Pilate. Letter D. Fo. 66. The Crucifixion. Letter S. Fo. \oc)b. The Defcent of the Holy Ghoft. Letter C. Fo. 161. Chrift feated on the rainbow as Judge of the World. Letter D. Fo. 187^. The binding, which is probably of the fixteenth century is ftamped with a fcroll-work pattern and the words : AVE. MAR. GRAT. PLEN. DOM. TECVM, Old Tejia?nent. 69 GERMAN ART. No. 3. HE Old Testament. Large folio, 20^ inches by 14; ftout vellum, ff. 328 ; 46 lines to a column. Twelfth century. A very fine copy of a portion of the Scriptures, commencing with Genefis and concluding with the Book of Job, in Latin, well written with brownifh ink, of the fame date and in the fame ftyle of art as the celebrated Worms Bible, at the Brltifli Mufeum. Although, in Dr. Todd's Catalogue (already referred to) this volume and No. 4 (alfo a portion of the Scrip- tures) are defcribed as comprifing one and the fame MS. this really is not the cafe, thefe two volumes forming portions of two feparate copies, both written in Germany, in the twelfth century, but differing from each other as regards the hand-writing and the quality of the art. This MS. prefents an unufually fine example of Ger- man art of the twelfth century. The illuminated letters, moft of which are very large, occupying a fourth of the page, are compofed of branches interlacing each other, in graceful fymmetrical forms, combined with grotefques, as dragons' heads, &c., a ftyle of ornament charadleriftic of the illuminations of that period. The colouring is frefh and vivid, and aided by the back-grounds of burniftied gold, contributes greatly to the fplendour of the volume. Several of thefe letters 70 German Art. are filled with figures illuftrative of Bible hiftory, the fiabjeds of which are defcribed as follows. In addition to the illuminated letters, the volume contains ftx full or three-quarter page illuminations in a fuperior and interefting ftyle of art, brilliant in colouring, and offering numerous examples of coftume, architecture, implements of hufbandry, furniture, &c. The following are the fubjeds moft worthy the atten- tion of the artift and archasologift : — A fine example of the letter F, occupying the whole length of the page, 20 inches. In the upper portion is the figure of a fcribe (probably intended for St. Jerome), feated, writing upon a fcroll. Fo. i. The letter D. Fo. \b. A full-page illumination, in which the following fubjedts are reprefented : — I ft. Jacob's Vifion. 2nd. Abraham's Sacrifice. 3rd. Abraham entertaining the three Angels. Fo. 6. The firft-named fubjedl occupies nearly the whole of the page, and above the ladder is the femi-figure of the Almighty, holding a fcroll infcribed with the words ; *' Ego fum Deus Bethel ubi vnxifti lapidem." The letter I (In principio), formed of eight medallions, illuftrating the Creation of the world. Fo. db. The letter V. In the upper portion is a reprefenta- tion of Mofes receiving the Commandments on the Mount ; in the lower, the offering of a burnt facrifice. Fo, 52. A large illumination, occupying two-thirds of the page, and divided longitudinally into three equal por- tions. Fo. d^ib. Old Tejlament. y\ [Numbering the Ifraelites ?J i. The principal group confifts of two venerable men and fome women, who ap- pear to be taking leave of a number of people, afTembled upon the left hand ; on the right, at a little diftance, an aged man (probably Mofes) is kneeling upon a mount, and receiving a plain fcroU from a hand extended from the clouds. 2. A proceiTion of people carrying the ark, pillars, cups, &c. 3. The offerings in the Temple. Fo. 66b. The letter L (7 inches long). Fo. 67. The letter H (6^ inches long). Fo. 88. The letter R, occupying the lower half of the page, and unequally divided into three compartments. Fo. 130. The illuftrations are, viz. : {a) Ruth gleaning, and Boaz fuperintending, in the fields. {b) Ruth and Naomi, (f) Ruth repofing at the feet of Boaz. The letter I, compofed of three medallions and ex- tending the full length of the page, containing further illuftrations of the ftory of Ruth. Fo. 130^, viz.: {a) Boaz giving fix meafures of barley to Ruth. (^) The people in the gate, and the elders appearing as witnefTes to the declaration of Boaz concerning Ruth. {c) Ruth's kinfman giving his fhoe as a teftimony to Boaz. The letter V. Fo. 132. The letter F, extending the full length of the page ; in the upper portion are illuftrations of the combats of the Philiftines, and the death of Saul. Fo. 151. The letter M. Fo. 164^. 72 German Art. The letter E (4^, inches fquare). Fo, 165. The letter C (the bow of the letter is of filver, tar- nifhed). Fo. 182. A fine full-page reprefentation of the Tree of Jefie, comprifed o^ fix large circular medallions, the upper one of which is fupported by a finely-draped figure of the Virgin, habited in blue, with a nimbus of gold furround- ing the head. The whole is fet within a fquare frame, at each corner of which is a medallion containing three- quarter figures of the Prophets, bearing fcrolls. In the centre of the frame at the top, is a reprefentation of the head of Chrift, upon a blue ground, furrounded by feven white doves. Fo. 198. The fubjeds of the medallions are as follows, viz. I . The Old Teftament pourtrayed under the form of a female, veiled, fupported by Mofes, and a figure wear- ing a nimbus. 1. The New Teftament, as a female figure crowned, accompanied by two venerable nude figures, one of whom bears a fcroll. 3. Two female figures, Juftice and Mercy ("Juftice and Mercy have kifTed each other"). 4. Two female figures hand-in-hand, one of whom bears a vafe or cup, the other a fmall crook. 5 and 6. The four greater Prophets looking up to the Virgin, one of whom bears a fcroll infcribed " Egre- dietur Virga de radice Jefie," &c. The letter V (5^^ inches). Within the arms of the letter is a reprefentation of King Manaffes directing the execution of the Prophet Ifaiah .? Fo. 198/^. The letter H., with the figure of the prophet Baruc. Fo. 254. Plod^7. A.BwVjjpChx). Old Tejiament. 73 The letter P. (8 inches in length), with the figure of Nebuchadnezzar. Fo. 256/^. A large and brilliant illumination. It occupies two- thirds of the lower part of the page divided latitudinally into two parts, the upper of which is again divided longitudinally into two, and the lower into three parts. Fo. 258. In thefe are reprefented, 1. Ezekiel brought into the chambers of imagery. 2. The fix men going forth to deftroy. 3. The marking of the righteous upon their foreheads. 4. The deftrudlion of the wicked. The letter E (4^ inches fquare). Ezechiel eateth the roll. Fo, 2581^. The letter D, with the figure of St. Jerome (?). Fo, 284^. The letter D, with the head of Daniel. Fo. 285. A full-page illumination, divided into fix compartments, illuftrating the following fubje6ls, viz, : 1. The Vifion of Nebuchadnezzar. 2. The Wife Men called upon to explain it. 3. Daniel brought from prifon to interpret the dream. 4. The worfhip of the Golden Image. 5. Nebuchadnezzar worfhips Daniel. 6. Shadrach, Meflnach and Abednego caft into the fiery furnace. Fo. i%^b. The letter A (6 inches fquare), Daniel in the den of lions. Fo. 286. The letter V. The prophet Hofea holding a fcroll. Fo. 296^^. Three examples of the preceding letter V., within which are reprefented : I. The prophet Joel foretelling the deftrudlion that is to come. This fubjedl is quaintly fymbolized by a 74 German Art. number of birds, which, frightened by the darknefs, have afiembled over the houfes of the city. Fo. 300. 2. The burning of the palaces foretold by the prophet Amos, who, feated with a fcroll in his hand, is reprefented as delivering his denunciations. Fo. 301^. 3. The prophet Micah foretelling the wrath of God againft Jacob. Fo. 304. The letter O. The prophet Nathan foretelling the deftrudion of Nineveh. Fo. 306. The letter O. The Saviour upon the crofs. At the foot, the prophet Habakkuk. holding a fcroll. On either fide of the crofs are fymbolical reprefentations of the Old and New Covenant, in the form of two female figures, the one veiled and bearing a broken fpear, the other crowned, and holding a chalice, into which flows the blood from the Saviour's fide. Fo. 307. The letter V. Fo. 308. The letter I (11 inches in length) containing three fmall medallions illufi:rating the vifions of the prophet Zechariah, Fo. 310, viz.: 1. The man " riding upon a red horfe," " and behind him there were red horfes, fpeckled and white." 2. The "candleftick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his feven lamps thereon," . . . and two olive trees by it, "one upon either fide." 3. " Thy King cometh unto thee, lowly, and riding upon an afs, and upon a colt the foal of an afs." The letter O, in outline. The prophet (Malachi) feated, with a fcroll in his hand. In the upper part of the letter is feen the half-length figure of the Almighty, the right hand uplifted, the left holding a fcroll. The Prophet appears to be writing down the infpired words. Fo. 314^. Sacred Scriptures. y ^ No. 4. PORTION OF THE Bible. Large folio; flout vellum ; ff. 217; double columns; ^^ lines to a column. Early twelfth century. Another fine example of a portion of the Sacred Scriptures, in Latin, well-written, by a German hand, commencing with the Pfalms of David and ending with the Apocalypfe. As ftated in the defcription of the manufcript (No. 3, p. 69), this volume is the one erroneoufly defcribed as forming the fecond part of that manufcript. The prefent volume is larger and better written than the former, but cannot in any way compete with it in refpedl to its artiftic embellifhments. Independently of the abfenceof the full-page illumina- tions, which form fo ftriking a feature of No. 3, the initial letters of No. 4, of the interlaced ftyle of defign, are, in general, very inferior in execution, and fuffer by comparifon, though fome few of the initial letters, placed at the commencement of the feveral books, are grand and varied. Of thefe the more noteworthy are the letter B (fo. 3), which meafures 8 inches in length by 44 broad ; alfo the letters I and D (on ff. 27 and ^ob). Dr. Todd fays of this MS. that in almoft all the prefaces of the books, St. Jerome is not called " Hiero- nimus," but " Eufebius Jeronimus." 76 Italian Art, ITALIAN ART. No. 563. SALTER. Duodecimo, vellurn, ff. 169; twenty-four lines to a page. Thir- teenth century. A very pretty example, minutely written, and fpar- ingly illuminated, but in a very neat and unufual ftyle of art, probably by an Italian hand. The ornament confifts of illuminated letters only, feven in number, in each a miniature, exquifitely painted upon a plain background of burnifhed gold. The following are the fubjedls depided. " Beatus vir ;" Letter B; the groundwork, elegant fcroll pattern on gold ; at the four corners of the letter are fmall medallions, reprefenting perfons playing upon mufical inftruments. Fo. 20. David anointed by Samuel. Letter D. Fo. ^S- A feated figure in meditation. Letter D. Fo. 44 b David and Goliath. Letter O. Fo. 53. Jonah and the Whale. Letter S. Fo. Gib. A figure (David ?) in prayer before an altar. Letter D. Fo. 87^. The Creation of Eve. Letter D. Fo. 100. In addition to the Pfalter, the MS. contains the Cantica, Symbola, and Hymns for the whole year. 'Jura et Privilegia, &c. 77 Upon the covers of the book are the initials R. B., Richard Bancroft, Archbifhop of Canterbury, and founder of the library. This neat little MS. has been ruthlefsly cropped in binding, exterminating fome of the elegant finials to the illuminated letters. No. 323. URA ET Privilegia, &:c. Large thick folio. Stout vellum, ff. 297. Seven- teenth century. This ponderous MS. bound in crimfon velvet, and ftrengthened with boffes and corners of brafs, is known as "Jura et Privilegia clero Anglicano adjudicata," and was compiled and written at the exprefs command of Archbifhop Laud, by William Reyley, Blewmantle, in the year 1637. ^^ confifts of tranfcripts of various Records, relating to the Rights and Privileges of the Englifh clergy, extradled from the Rolls of Parliament, between the twentieth year of Edward I., and the fourteenth year of Edward IV. inclufive. This exceedingly valuable and interefting MS. is thus referred to in the printed copy of Archbifhop Laud's Diary, depofited in the library. 1637, June 10. " My book of the Records in the Tower, which concerned the clergy, and which I caufed to be colle6led and written on vellum, was brought to me finifhed." Fo. 54. 1637. "A book in vellum, fair written, containing the Records which are in the Tower and concern the clergy. This book I got done at my own charge, and yS Italian Art. have left it in my ftudy at Lambeth, for pofterity." Fo. 69. The frontifpiece, which is the only artiftic embellifh- ment the book contains, reprefents an architedlural ele- vation, having a pediment, fupported upon four pillars of the Corinthian order. In the centre, between thefe, is a fcroll, upon which the title, with the date 1637, is infcribed. The artift has fo arranged that by a curling- up of the fcroll, a diftant view of the front (probably) of Lambeth Palace, as it appeared at the time of this paint- ■ ing, is intended. To the left is the figure of a male perfonage, dreffed in fables, kneeling upon the right knee, holding a pen in the right hand, whilft with the left he points to the title upon the fcroll. Beneath, is the word industria. Between the columns, upon either fide, ftands a draped figure, the one fubfcribed. ANTiQuiTAS, the Other Veritas. Surmounting the pediment are winged figures, holding a mitre rayonnee, whilft, in the centre, is the fhield of arms of Archbifiiop Laud, viz. fable, on a chevron, between three eftoiles or, three crofies-pattee fitchee, gules, im- paling thofe of the fee of Canterbury, fimilarly fupported. At the corners of the pediment, are two figures, fub- fcribed RELIGIO and PIETAS. At the bafe are five coloured fhields of arms, viz. of the Univerfities of Oxford and Cambridge, and of Arch- bifhop Laud, as bifhop fuccefiively of Bath and Wells, London and St. David's impaling Canterbury as above. This painting is a beautiful example of Renaiflance art, and is probably by the hand of an Italian artift. The draperies and motives of the figures are remarkably good, and the colouring foft and harmonious. Tippoo Saib's Koran. 79 PERSIAN ART. No. I 210. IPPOO Saib's Koran. Folio, paper, ff. 262. Sixteenth century. T.i e Koran, or facred book of the Maho- metans, was written about 610 by Mahomet; it is divided into 1 14 large portions or chapters of very unequal length, compofed in a rhapfodical ftyle ; its ge- neral aim was to unite the profeflbrs of idolatry, and the Jews and Chriftians in the worfhip of one God under certain laws and ceremonies exadling obedience to Mahomet as the prophet, who was believed to be the author. The reverence in which the Koran was held was fuch that none dare touch it, without being wafhed or legally purified ; it was carried to war, confulted on weighty occafions, and taken on oath. The Koran was tranf- lated into Latin in 1 143, into French 1647, and i^ito Englifh by Sale in 1734, of which laft, a copy exifts in the Lambeth Library. There are two copies of the Koran in the Lambeth Library, of which the volume defcribed under this number (1210) is the larger, and more fully illuminated of the two, with paintings and oriental enamel. It is faid to have been written by the pen of the Sultan, Allavud- deen Siljuky, about 400 years ago, and defcended to thefe times in the line of Emperors, was found in the 8o Perjian Art, Library of Tippoo Saib, at Seringapatam, on the cap- ture of that place by the Britlfh armies.' Its prefentation by the College of Fort William, in Bengal, by permifllon of Richard Marquis Wellefley, Governor-General of India, to Archbifhop Manners- Sutton, about 1805, offers interefting data. The text, written in Arabic, is enclofed by decorative borders. Blue, white, and gold are the prevailing colours ufed ; definite patterns or bands divide the chapters, while elegant defigns of a ftar-like fhape indicate the verfes upon every page. The commencement of the Koran has feveral pages of illumination only, and thefe, when expofed to a cer- tain light, refle6l dazzling hues of brightnefs ; altogether this copy, which is in the original oriental binding, is unufually fine, and remarkable, in addition, for its excel- lent prefervation. The fpecial artiftic features of the work, flyle of ornament, &c., are of that Eaftern character fo well known to artifts by a gorgeous and dazzling brilliancy variety, richnefs, and harmony of colour. The general decorative charadterifiics are reproduced in that marvel of Moorifh art, the Palace of the Alhambra, and exemplified in Mr, Owen Jones's elaborate work, " The Grammar of Ornament." * This colleftion, which was well felefted, is now preferved partly at the India Mufeum, partly at the College of Fort William, in Bengal. Genealogical and Heraldic MSS. No. I 2 I I . ORAN. Oaavo, paper, ff. 314. Six- teenth century. Another and exceedingly pretty copy of the Koran, written in Arabic, and in the original oriental binding. The fine full-page fpecimens of Perfian art, contain- ing the ufual Anwar or invocation to Mahomet, precede the text, and thefe, with the occafional headings in blue and gold, prefixed to the feveral divifions, conftitute the principal ornaments of the MS. There are fifteen lines of text to a page. GENEALOGICAL AND HERALDIC MSS. |HE manufcripts em.braced under this head are about eighteen in number, of which no lefs than thirteen are in the handwriting of, or belonged to, the celebrated William Cecil, Lord Burleigh. They chiefly relate to Englifh and foreign nobility, the exceptions being two volumes of Arms and Pedigrees of Kentifli families. Their intro- du6lion here is explained at p. 26 of this book; and their order is as follows : — No. 257. NGLISH AND French Large folio, paper, ff. 318. Nobility. A volume in the handwriting of William Glover, Somerjet Herald^ containing — ift. Pedigrees of Englifh G 82 Genealogical and Heraldic MSS. nobility. Prefixed to each is a blank fhield, with the fupporters in dotted outline. The fmaller (hields have the arms neatly drawn in trick. 2nd. Arms of Englifh nobility between 1616 and 1626. 3rd. Genealogies of French nobility. No. 278. NGLISH Nobility. Small folio, paper, ff. 63. Pedigrees of Englifh nobility, entitled " Baronagium Anglic 1 597- Magnatum fcillicet illius Regni Stemmata recentiora, ad confanguinitates affinitatefque, per inter- mixta Connubia difcernendas, delineata." A large coloured coat is prefixed to each pedigree. No. 302. NGLISH Kings, &c. Small thick folio, paper, ff. 191. Pedigrees of Englifh kings and nobility, in the hand- writing of Lord Burleigh. Very full, but haflily written in his well-known fcratchy hand. A few coats in outline. No. 299. OREIGN Princes. Quarto, paper, ff. 183. Pedigrees of Foreign Princes, fhewing their relation in degrees of kindred to Anne, queen of James I. In the handwriting of Lord Burleigh. Genealogical and Heraldic MSS. 83 No. 305. NGLISH AND French Nobility. Thin folio, paper, ff. 93. A volume formerly belonging to Lord Burleigh, containing — ift. Arms of Englifh knights arranged under counties. 2nd. Arms of knights at the fiege of Carlaverock. 3rd, Genealogy of Englifh and French nobility. Roughly written within circles. No. 258. NGLISH Nobility. folio, paper, ff 279. Fine MS. Large Arms and quarterings of Englifh nobility temp. Jas. L One large coloured fhield in each page. No. 313. NGLISH AND French Folio, paper, ff. 1 54. Nobility. Pedigrees of Englifh and French nobility, partly in the handwriting of Lord Burleigh. Haftily written, and without coats of arms. No. 318. NGLISH AND Foreign Thick folio, paper, ff. 380. Nobility Pedigrees of Englifh, French, Spanifh, Italian, Ger- man, and Flemifh families, many of which are in the handwriting of Lord Burleigh. Some few coats of arms. Genealogical and Heraldic MSS. No. 312. ENTISH Families. Thin folio, paper, fF. 58. Pedigrees of Kentifh families to a. d, 1574, with Arms. roughly tricked, and corre6tions in the handwriting of Lord Burleigh. No. 300. ENTISH Families. Oblong 410., paper, ff. 39. Arms of lords, knights, and gentlemen of the County of Kent, 1593; alphabetically arranged; well drawn and coloured. This MS. formerly belonged to Hafted, the Kentifh hiftorian, who prefented it to the Lambeth Library. (25 Jan. 1766.) No. 316. COTTISH Nobility, &c. Folio, paper, ff. 140. A volume formerly in the pofTeffion of Lord Burleigh, containing — ift. Effigies of the Kings and Queens of Scotland from Baliol I. to Mary, Queen of Scots, quaintly drawn, and flightly wafhed with colours; ff. 2-18. 2nd. Arms of Scottifh nobility to 1604, fairly drawn, and flightly coloured. One large coat to each page, ff. 19-84. 3rd. Arms of Scottifli gentry, alphabetically arranged, fome few coloured. Sixteen fhields to a page, ff, 89-130. Genealogical and Heraldic MSS. 85 No. 320. COTTISH Nobility, &c. Thin folio, paper, ff. 34. Genealogies of Scottifh Kings and nobility, roughly written and without coats of arms. At the end is a fheet of genealogical tracings, princi- pally by Lord Burleigh. No. 317. RENCH Families. Folio, paper, ff. 56. Genealogies of French families, without coats of arms, written within circles. Some few are in the handwriting of Lord Burleigh. No. 301. RENCH Nobility. Thin folio, paper, ff. 56. Genealogies of French nobility, in French, written within fmall circles. A few coats of arms in trick. No. 307. OREIGN Nobility, &c. Folio, paper, ff. 219. Mifcellaneous coats of arms in trick, divided into four books, with alphabetical indexes. Arms in trick of foreign kings and nobility. Formerly in the pofleflion of Lord Burleigh. 86 Genealogical and Heraldic MSS. Nos. 314, 315. PANISH Nobility. Thin folio, paper, ff. 87, 80. 2 vols. Genealogies of Spanifli nobility, partly in the hand- writing of Lord Burleigh. Numerous rtiields of arms fairly tricked. Index of Names. No. 319. |ORTUGUESE Families. Large folio, paper; if. 217. Genealogies of Portuguefe families, with a few coats of arms in outline. Upon the cover is written " Ffor- raigne genealogies ; my Lord's (Lord Burleigh's) owne writing." No. 508. ESCRIPTION OF NUREMBURG, Thin 4to., paper, ff. 36. &c. Whilft upon the fubjeft of heraldry, it may not be inappropriate to call attention to an interefting little volume (No. 508) containing "A breef defcription of the famovs Cittie of Norenberg in High Germany," written by W. Smith, about the year 1594. There are three dedicatory epiftles addreiTed refpec- tively to Sir George Carey, Knt. Marfhall of the Houfe- hold, Captain and Governor of the Ifle of Wight ; to Edward, Lord Zouch, Cantelope and St. Maur ; and to Printed Books. 87 the Right Honorable Sir William Cicell, Lord Burghley. Prefixed to each of thefe is a large fhield of arms of many quarterings, whilft at the beginning and ending of the volume are numerous coloured coats of arms of the fenators and gentry of that city. This MS. is very neatly written, with maps of the city and territory of Nuremberg, in addition to notes of its '' gouernment, cuftomes and ceremonies. PRINTED BOOKS. HE introdudtion of the two following Printed Books among the lift of Illuminated MSS. may require fome flight explanatory remarks. Firft, having been placed in the printed Catalogue of the MSS. compiled by Dr. J. H. Todd, it is thought better they fhould retain that pofition. Second, the longer defcription necefTary to point out their Jpecial hiftorical and artiftic features, renders them unfuitable to be placed among the ordinary collection of Printed Books to which a general reference only will be m ad( No. 1049. HRISTIAN Prayers, &c. Small quarto, ff. 173. London, John Daye, 1569. This very interefting little book intitled " Chriftian Prayers and Meditations," &c., is one of the treafures. 88 Printed Books. hiftorical and artiftic, of this library, and once belonged to Oueen Elizabeth. The account of its tranfmifTion to Lambeth is fomewhat uncertain, Botfield in his work on " Cathedral Libraries" alleging that it was in the pofTeflion of Queen Anne, by whofe means it may have been prefented to the library ; Douce, the noted book collector, mentions that it was prefented by Archbifhop Tiliotfon. Whichever interpretation may be true, fome light is thrown on the hiftory of this volume, by a MS. note on the fly-leaf, which records " This book had from Queene Elizabeth's dayes remained in the Ward- rope att Whitehall till the time of Cromwell, and then it was referved by Mr. JolifFe, one of the keepers of ye Wardrope who fometime after gave it to the wife of Mr. Lodowick Carlifle, by whome it was given to Mrs. Burwell ; by whofe diredlion it was taken out of the old cover and thus bound." The editions of this illuftrated *' Book of Chriftian Prayers," though rare, are fomewhat numerous, and may be diftinguifhed by that of the firft, publifhed in 1569, followed by others in 1578, 1581, 1590, 1608. The Britifh Mufeum and Bodleian Libraries poflefs copies of the editions of 1578, the later editions are more com- mon, and reprints have been made from fome of them. A much fuller account of the various editions and their hiflory, can be obtained in a volume of the Tranfadions of the Parker Society, entitled " Private Prayers of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, 8vo., 1851." After this introdu6tory notice of the book, the Lambeth copy will fpecially invite attention, as having been in the pofTeflion of Queen Elizabeth, and in all probability printed and arranged for her as '' portions of it fuit Elizabeth herfelf and no one elfe." The Litany and Chrijlian Prayersy&c. 89 prayer for the Queens Majeftie are in the firft perfon. Prayers and meditations for various occafions are in Greek, Latin, EngHfh, French, Italian, and Spanifli. The artijlic portion of the book comprifes page and border illuftrations, defigned after Holbein and Albert Diirer, and coloured by a more recent hand. The marginal ornament at the foot of each page exhibits the Royal and Elizabethan emblems, viz. : the rofe, fham- rock, fleur-de-lis, portcullis, &c., with thofe of the bear and ragged ftaff of the Earl of Leiceflier. There are alfo feveral other elegant enrichments and fcroll devices, which difplay the Tudorefque ftyle of embellifhment. The fubjeds of the Illuftrations are as follows : — I ft. The frontifpiece reprefents the Genealogical or Jefte tree, on the reverfe are the arms of Elizabeth, within the garter and furmounted by a crown. 2nd. Facing the commencement of the text, is a repre- fentation of the figure of the Queen in prayer, kneeling upon a cuftilon with the fword at her feet. 3rd. The firft and greater portion of the contents Is In Englifti, the text furrounded by engraved borders, confifting of fcenes from the life of Chrift, between two parallel fubjedls from the Old Teftament, thefe illuftra- tions are fix times repeated. 4th. Then follow prayers In French, entitled " Un bref formulaire d'oraifon." Signature H h. 5th. The Dance of Death. Signature K k. Twice repeated, the firft time accompanied by prayers in French and Italian ; the fecond, in Spanifli, Latin, and Greek. 6th. The laft Judgment as a border Illuftratlon. The Royal Arms as upon the firft page. 90 Printed Books. No. 279. lA Dance Macabre. A fine copy of the French verfion of this celebrated work, printed at Paris, upon twelve leaves of vellum, without date, but probably towards the clofe of the fifteenth century. The fubjedt of this volume is fo interefting in its nature, and has been fo often reprefented both in Eng- land and abroad, that a fhort introdu6lion may not be deemed out of place. The origin of the word iVIacaber, or Macabre, is very involved, fome contending that a German poet is meant, the more likely interpretation, however, feems to be, that the name Macaber is a corruption of Macarius, who forms one of the chief figures in the illuftrations of this book. The Macaber Dance differs in its compofition and treatment from the noted Dance of Death ; the fame realiftic or moral meaning runs through all its verfes and reprefentations, but it has, as an appendage, the ftory called " les trois mors et les trois vifs," in which the Saint Macarius plays a prominent part. The earlieft appearance of " La Dance Macabre," with a definite date, is faid to be on the church of the Innocents at Paris, 1434, the fubjeft is alfo pictured on the cloifter of St. Chapelle at Dijon (1436?), and again reprefented on the buildings forming a kind of fhed, in the churchyard of the Dominican convent at Bafle. In England, the Macaber Dance ornamented fome portion of old St. Paul's, and there are faid to be traces of its appearance in the now ruinous Archiepifcopal Palace at Croydon, La Dance Macabre. gi This popular fubjed was fometimes introduced in the tapeftries that decorated our mediaeval buildings, and from forming the illuftrative adornment of fome ecclefiaftical and domeftic ftrudlures, this moral pidure found its way into illuminated MSS. and printed books. Having fketched the time of the introduction and manner of application of the Macaber Dance, it will be worthy of mention to ftate, that many printed editions of this ftory have appeared. Their number and rarity can be learnt more at length by confulting Deuce's learned diflertation on the Macaber Dance, and that on Death afcribed to Hans Holbein. 8vo. i 833. The Lambeth copy has thirty-three defigns, all of which occupy the upper half of the page. The under portion is filled by the text, arranged in verfes in a converfational form, between Death and the different perfonages whom he addrefTes. The title-page has the following reprefentation ; a dignified figure (an ecclefiaftic), feated under a gothic canopy in his ftudy, about which writing materials, books, and tables are placed, an angel appearing from above, holds a fcroll, on which are infcribed thefe lines : ** Hec pidlura decus, pompa, luxumque relegat : Inque choris noftris ducere fefta monet." The feveral figures accompanied by that of Death ; each portrayed in the coftume appropriate to his rank or occupation, and two diftind charadlers are given on each page. The perfons are arranged chiefly according to their pofition in life, and begin with a figure of the Pope, Emperor, Cardinal, King, Archbifhop, Knight, and Bifhop. The next clafs is taken from a lower rank, and reprefents the Squire, Bailiff, Aftrologer, Citizen, Mer- chant, and Money changer, &c. Ff. ib-c^b. 92 Printed Books. A third clafs portrays the Monk, the Phyfician, the Judge, the Lover, the Cure, the Labourer, the Infant, the Clerk, and the Hermit. Ff. 6-8^. The appendage to the Macaber Dance, known as *' Les trois mors et les trois vifs." Fo. \ob. This fubjed, alfo accompanying the reprefentation of the Macaber Dance, had appeared in fculptured work, over the porch of the church of the Innocents at Paris. The earlieft allufion, however, to the vifion of " Les trois mors," feems to occur in a painting by Andrea Orgagna in the Campo Santo, at Pifa. The painter has there reprefented. three young men on horfeback, in the purfuit of hawking, with coronets in their caps, and attended by feveral domeftics ; they arrive at the cell of St. Macarius, who, with one hand prefents them with an infcribed fcroll or label, with the other points to three open coffins, in one of which is a King. The Lambeth illuftration nearly pidtures the former part of that fcene, (fo. ii,) the latter portion, however, reprefents three fkeleton figures of death, approaching a crucifix plactd on a pedeftal, the Saint (Macarius) feated outfide his cell, appears to be in the aft of praying ; a fcroll with the words, " Omnium terribilium mors," is placed on one fide of the entrance to the cell. Fo. \oh. All the fubjefts are coloured, and each is enclofed in a fpecies of Gothic framework ; the defigns are free and uniform, gold is much ufed as an outline in the drapery, and many interefling examples of mediasval coflume and details are introduced. At the end of the book is the following colophon ; " Cy finifl la dace Macabre hifloriee et augmentee de plufieurs nouueaux perfonnages et beaux dits, Et les trois mors et trois vifs enseble nouuellemet ainfi copofee et imprimee a paris." The Lambeth Colle5iion. 03 T is thought unadvifable to conclude this Manual without Tome flight reference to the Printed Books with illuilrations; they are about eighty in number, and difplay various degrees of excellence and intereft, both as regards the ftyle of the engravings, and the fubjeds illuftrated. Though thefe works do not call for a detailed notice, yet they offer many varied charaderiflics as to fubjed and treatment, and their titles will all be found in the Catalogue, newly arranged for library ufe. " The early Printed Books in Lambeth Library," having already been defcribed by Dr. Maitland, leaves therefore little to be faid of the remaining volumes now to be noticed which can claim bibliographical or artiftic merit. Their illuftrations on wood and copper, in line, mez- zotint, etching, &c., are executed by well-known Englifh and foreign engravers, and fome with the addition of hand colouring. Scripture fcenes and legends, art and antiquities, alle- gory, fymbolifm, coflume, ceremonies, geography and hiflory, are the chief fubjedls treated and elucidated. Many appropriate defigns are introduced on the frontifpieces of the books, while decorative details form a border ornament, and are fuggeflive and ufeful in many ways. In works relating to fcience and invention, thefe accompaniments fometimes ferved the double pur- pofe of ornament and explanation, and it is well known that, in devotional books and miffals, illuftrations were confidered almofl as important an aid to religion as the prayers they accompanied. The Lambeth colledtion alfo includes engraved por- traits, which occur either on the frontifpiece, or in the 94- Printed Books with Illujlrations. body of the book ; they are of Britifh and foreign fovereigns, nobles, divines, poets, philofophers, artifts, men of letters, &c. Laftly, it may not be inappropriate to call attention to the examples of a few elegant bind- ings of Englifh and foreign workmanfhip, in offering fome points of art intereft, both as regards ornament and defign. Though fmall, a colledlion of Printed Books with illuftrations enables the ftudent to teft his knowledge of engraved art, and to make himfelf acquainted with the progreffive ftages of its feveral branches. In fuch volumes the defigns of fome of the great artifts of the paft can be ftudied, for it is a known fa6t, that Otho Venius, Rubens, Guido, Diirer, Holbein, and others, occafionally lent their aid to the embellifhment of rare books. The Significance of illuftrated works may be beft underftood by their having been made the me- dium of refledling the fpirit of the age, whether in religion, politics, or art. Thus, at one period, fymbo- lifm was the inftrument by which moral leflbns were con- veyed to the mind, and many books were replete with defigns illuftrating thefe truths. At another time, literature, veiled almoft by neceffity, under certain enigmatical forms and perfonifications, was accompanied by illuftrations of a character in keeping with fuch mannered expreffions. Each age in turn, as it produced the chivalric, paftoral, allegorical, or fatirical forms of literature, found artifts who elucidated by their pencil, thefe modes of writing. A nation's annals fubjedl by neceflity to fluctuation, will always find record in fome form or other, whether in religion, hiftory, or art. Printed Books with Illujlrations. 95 All that depids emotion, imagination, or paffionate expreffion is conveyed through the arts, and thus they are fpecially adapted to portray feelings which cannot be fo well reprefented in any other form. Although referved for painting, architedure, and fculpture to take the prominent part, yet engraving offers many advan- tages, both fpecial and univerfal. Engraving enables us to poffefs faithful tranfcriptions of the works of the great matters, in all ages and countries, embodying events of hiftory, giving fubftance and form to the imaginations of poetry and romance, and being one medium of prefenting to the eye reprefen- tations which words can inadequately defcribe. Many prints too are publifhed, the fubjeds of which were never painted, thereby much enhancing their value. An accurate idea of the ftyle of a painter, who is fre- quently his own engraver, is obtained from his prints, which ufually exhibit the fame charadleriftics as the original. Of this combination fome examples exift in the Lambeth Colle6lion. The intimate connection between Illuftrated Printed Books and the literature of the age, renders the ftudy of engraved art one of value and intereft, inafmuch as it helps to recall the charaderiftics of the paft, and to ufe them as aids to prefent ftudy. INDEX OF THE PRINCIPAL INITIAL LETTERS IN THE ILLUMINATED MSS. The Roman numerals reprefent the century of the MS. and the next figures the number of the MS. in Todd's Catalogue. A X. XII. XIII. XIV. XV. XII. XIII. XIV. XV. 200 3 4 209 233 6 15 65 69 455 474 4 563 233 6 15 34 65 69 186 455 459 474 535 545 ff. 70, 71, 75, 84, 85^, 9+^. ff. 286, 307, 309. fF. 6z5, 100, 21 ii^. f. I. fF. 45^^, 189/^, 222^. ff. I, 50. ff. 86, 121. ff- 7< 33^- ff. 4^, 118^. ff. 44. 78. ff lib, \job. r-3. f. zob. ff. '5. 51- f. 158. f. 1. f. lb. ff. 170, 290^. f. 209. ff. I, 139/^. f. 116. f. 54- ff. 27, 901^. f. 8. f. 124. X. 200 f 82^. H 98 Index. C XII. 3 f. 182. „ XIII. 563 f. 85^. „ XIV. 233 fF. 17, 21^, 28, 145-^, 214, 215. „ XV. 15 fF.67, 83. 65 ff. 40, 150. 69 f. 237. „ 186 f, 91. 474 ff. 49'i2+- „ 535 f. 161, D X. 200 fF. 79^, 98^. XII. 3 ff. 4, 284^, 285, 296^. „ 4 f, JfOb. „ XIII. 563 ff. 35, 44^, 53^87^. „ XIV. 233 ff. \6b, 19, 27^, 44, 64,82^, 148^. XV. 15 f. 114^. 65 ff. 19, loib, 155, 173. „ 69 ff, I, 156^, 2151^, 219^, 223^, 242, 373^. „ 186 ff. 19^, 32^, 45, 93/^, 109. 455 ff- 32> 48- 459 ff- 7. ii> «9^- 474 ff- 2/^, 15. 25, 37^, 41, 72, loi, 136/J. „ 535 ff 43, 66, 88, 187^. „ 545 ff- 8, 48, 55- E X. 200 ff. 70, 76. „ XII. 3 ff. 165, 251, 2581^, 294^. „ 4 f. 104^. „ XIII. 563 f. 73^. „ XIV. 233 ff. 29, 123^, 197. „ XV. 15 i.79- „ 6 f. 171. „ 34 f. 161. „ 65 ff. 26, 187^, 239. „ 69 ff. 232, 262. 300^. 186 f. 74. „ 474 ff- 9' 10^ '8-^. F XII. 3 ff. 1,151. XV. 15 f. 28^. „ 474 f. 20/5. X. 200 f. 84^. XV. IS f. 77. 65 ff. loi, 223, 324/i 69 f. 145^. 455 f. 16. Index. 99 H X. 200 fF. 72, jzb, jjb, 86. XII. 3 fF. 88, 254. „ XV. 15 f.46. „ 6g f. 26^. „ 474 fF. 45, 47. I X. 200 fF. 71, 763, 77^. „ XII. 3 fF. 6^, 130^, 310. „ 4 f. 1 56. „ XV. 6 f.74. 15 fF. 46, 91. 474 ff- 54> 95^- IN \X. MacDurnan, fF 72, 172. J X. 200 ff. 69, 81. XV. 65 i.gib. 186 f. 36^. 474 fF. 25^, 134. KL XIV. 233 fF i^, 2^, 3^, &c. XV. 474 f. 3, &c. L XII. 3 f. ej. 4 ff-4o^ 125. „ XIV. 233 f. 170^. „ XV. 6 f. 63^. ,, 15 ff. 2, 28. 65 ff. 20/^, 81^. „ 69 f. 261. „ 186 f. 131^. „ 455 f. 44^. „ 474 f. 28. LI IX. MacDurnan, f. 2. M X. 200 ff. 87^, 91, 97^. XII. 3 ff 164^ 314. „ 4 f. 208. „ XIV. 233 ff79^, 86. XV. 15 ffi8, 91. 65 ff. 16, 341. „ 474 ff 29^, 109. N X. 200 f. 74. XII. 3 ff. 296^, 306. „ XIV. 233 ff. H3, 193^. XV. 15 f. 112. „ 65 f. 277. 69 f. 329^. I oo Index. N XV. 1 86 f. z()b. 474 ff- 43^^. 4^- O X. 200 f. 107. XII. 3 fF. 306, 307, 314^. „ 4 f. 38^. XV. 6 f. 160^. „ 65 f. 71^. 69 fF. 55, 192^, 313, 334. „ 455 fF. 8, 45^, 70. ■ „ 459 f-68. „ 474 fF. 2, 31^, 145^. „ 545 fF. 164^, 184. P X. 200 f. 743. XII. 3 f. 256^. „ 4 fF. 28, 124, 165, 184/^. „ XIV. 233 f- '88. XV. 15 fF. 59, 60-^,67, 73,81^, 87, „ 65 fF. 21^, 264^. „ 69 fF. 64, 137. „ 474 f. 32. Q^ IX. MacDurnan, f. 117. „ X. 200 fF "jS, 90, 96. „ XIII. 563 f- 53- „ XIV. 233 fF. 15^,81^, 232. XV. 15 fF. zSb, w-jb. „ 65 f. 144^. „ 474 f. 44. R X. 200 f. 68^. „ XIV. 233 f. 235. XV. 6 f. 142. „ 15 ff. 60, Sob, iiyb. 65 ff. 6zb, 137, 384. ,, 545 f- 70- X. 200 fF, 80-^, 100. XII. 3 f". 308. 4 F. 179. XIII. 563 F. 62b. XIV. 233 fF 25^, 194^, 200. XV. 6 fF 43^, 174. 15 fF, 1 16, 1 19. 34 f. 118. 65 fF 161^, 254, 371^. 69 f}". 148^, 227^, 342. 394^. Index. lOI u V w X XV. X. XII. XV. 1 86 f. 58. 455 ff. 23, 66, -jU. 474 ff- 23' 152, 164. 535 f-^>°- 200 3 6 15 65 455 474 f.95. f. 289. f. 105. fF. 85, 87, 90. f. 231. f. 78. fF. 13, 24. XIV. 233 f. 26. XV. 15 f. 119. 69 f. 282. XII. 3 fF. 52, 132, 198^5, 296;^, 300, 301^, 304, 30J 4 f-36. XIV. 233 fF. 18, 206. XV. 69 f. 141. 455 ff-75. 133. 474 fF 13^, wzb, \6zb. XV. 6 f. 37^. IX. MacDurnan, f. 5. INDEX. I'BECKETT, St. Thomas, murder of, reprefented, 44, 61. Abel, the employments of, 30. Abraham, fcenes from life of, 31, 70. Aldhelm, Bilhop, treatife De Virginitate, 25,29, 30; illumination engraved by Strutt, 30 ; other orna- ment, 30. Allegorical reprefentations, 14, 53, 54; in printed books, 93. Amos the prophet, reprefented, 74. Angels, reprefentations of, 49-52, 54, 64, 67, 70, 91. Anglo-Saxon Art, 10, 29; MS. at Bodleian Library, 30; engraved in outline, 30; fubjedts taken from Scripture, 30, 31. Annunciation, the, reprefented, 32, 40, 45, 46, 58, 67. Antiquity, figure of, 78. Apocalypie, the, 21, 47 ; a favourite fubjef^, 21 ; delineated in various ways, 21 ; its fcenes applied to hirtory, 48 ; fpecial features of the three Lambeth copies, 48, 54, 55 ; lift of illuminations, 49-51, 52. 54' 55' Apoftles, the, reprefented, 66. Archbifhop, figure of, attired, 53. Archbifliops : Abbott, i, 2; Bancroft, I, 2, 36, 77; Chichele, 32; Cornwallis, 3, 6 ; Herring, 3 ; Howley, 3, 6 ; Hutton, 3, 6 ; Juxon, 2; Laud, i, 2, "Ji^ 78; Longley, 7 ; Manners-Sutton, 3, 4; Moore, 6 ; Peckham, 4, 6; Potter, 3, 4, 6; Sancroff, 2, 5 ; Seeker, 3, 6; Sheldon, 2; Tenifon, 3, 5,6; Tillotfon, 3; Wake, 5,6. Architedlural acceflbries reprefented, 41, 48, 56, 58, 59, 61, 65, 70, 78,91,92. Armorial bearings, 38, 60, 78; Archbifliop Chichele, 32; [John de Laubefpine], 62; Laud, 78. Armour, examples of, 32, 46, 48, 54, 57, 64. Arraignment of Chrift, &c., 37, 68. Art, examples of illuminated, during the ninth century, 27, 28, 29 ; tenth century, 29, 30, 31; twelfth century, 69-75 ; thirteenth century, 46, 54, "jG-y fourteenth century, 46, 47-54, 55-58, 80; fif eenth century, 31-45, 59-68 ; fixteenth century, 79, 80, 81 ; feventeenth century, "]"], 80. 1 04 Index. Art, hiftory of, illuminated, 8-13. Art and Antiquities, engraved examples of, 93, 94. Afcenfion of our Lord, 32. Affumption of che Virgin, 33. Auguitine, St., meditations of, 37 ; ornamentation of MS., 38. Author prefenting his book, 39. Autographs in the Lambeth books, 4. Babel, the building of, 31. Baptifm of our Lord, 32, 37. Baruc the prophet, figure of, 72. Betrayal, the, 29, 59, Bibles, 20: early printed, 21 ; illuminated MSS. of, 34, 35, 69-75; St. Jerome's verfion, 21 ; the Mazarine, 34, 35 ; itate of preferva- tion, 35 ; hiftory, &c., 34-35. Bible hiftory, in illuminated letters, 24, 70-74. Binding, examples of, 68, 77, 93. Books printed with illuftrations, defign, and ornamentation, 94. Breviary, the, 22, 23 ; Chichele, at Lambeth, 23, 31-33 ; ftyle of or- nament and fubjeds of illumination, 31-33. Byzantine art, re-introduftion of, in illuminations, 11. Cain, the employments of, 30. Cambridge, Univerfity library of, i, 2. Ceremonies, examples of, in books, 93 ; ecclefiaftical, in MSS., 32, 33, .47,58. Chrirt, the head of, 72 ; illuftrations from life of, 28, 51, 52. Chriftian prayers. Queen Elizabeth's book of, 26, 87 ; its hiftory, 88 ; editions of, 88 ; ornamental features, 89 ; prayers in different lan- guages, 89. Chronicles: Caxton's, 25, 41, 42 ; the St. Alban's, 25, 59; ornament and contents, 59-61. Circumcifion, the, 37. Clergy, " Records concerning the," 26, 77 ; compiled at command of Archbifhop Laud, 77 ; title-page, embellifhed, 78. Confecration of a church, 32. Corpus Chrifti reprefented, 32. Cofiume, medieval, 17, 39, 59, 61, 70, 92 ; ecclefiaftical, 30,61, 70 ; in illuftrated books, 93. Covenant, the old and new, fymbolically reprefented, 72, 74. Creation of the world, 70. Crofs, different examples of, 45, 6j. Crucifixion, varioufly depided, 29, 37,45,46, 52, 57, 63, 64, 66, 67, 68, 74. Dance of Death, the, 89-91. Daniel, fcenes from life of, 73. David, fcenes from life of, 33, 43, 47, 57, 58, 76. Index. 105 Dead Chrift, reprefented in arms of the Virgin, 45. Defcent from the crofs, 37, 45, 59. Details, decorative, 17, 39, 48, 59, 6\ ; ecclefiaftical, 33 ; in printed books, 93. Defigns in printed books at Lambeth, 93. Diftes and fayinges of the philofophers, 25, 38; miniature engraved by Walpole and Strutt, 39. Difputation in the Temple, 37. Diirer, defigns after, 89, 94. Ecclefiaftics reprefented as chanting, 40, 47, 58 ; as reading, 47. Edward IV. and V., drawing of, 39. Elizabeth, Queen, figure of, in prayer, 89 ; Royal arms of, 89. Engraved art, 26 ; Iketch of, 93-95. Entombment, the, 29, 59. Evangelifts, the, 28, 64; figures of the four, 29; fymbols of, 15, 28, 57- Eve, creation of, 76. Ezekiel, fcenes from vifion of, 73. Figures, female, 74; reprefented in the Jefle tree, 72 ; in the old and new covenant, 72, 74; winged, 52, 78. Flemifli art, 1 1. Flight into Egypt, 45. French illuminations, 11. Genealogical and Heraldic MSS., 26, 81 ; relating to Englifh nobility, 81-83 5 toFlemifh, 83 ; French, 81, 82, 83, 85 ; German, 83 ; Italian, 83; Kentifh families, 84; Portuguefe, 86; Scottifh, 84, 85; Spanifh, 83, 86. Geographical fubjeds in illuftrated books, 93. Gofpels, the four, in Latin, 28, 29. Gradual, the, 23; inflrudions for mufical fervice of, 40; ornament, 41. Grotefques, 40, 55, 56, 69. Habakkuk reprefented, 74. Henry VI. addreffing his courtiers, 41. Heraldic MSS. written by or belonged to Lord Burleigh, 26, 81. Hibernian art, 27-29. Hiftorical fcenes, engraved in books, 93. Hillory, fcenes delineated from, 38, 39,41,48; in the St. Alban's Chronicle, from landing of Julius Caefar to Treaty of Arras, 59- 61. Holbein, defigns after, 89, 91. Holy Spirit, varioufly reprefented, 53, 66 ; deicent of, 43, 45, 63. Hofea reprefented, 73. io6 Index, Hours of the Virgin, books of, 24, 25 ; of Englifli art, 36, 37, 39, 40 ; Flemifh, 44, 45 ; French, 65, 66, 67. Illuminated MSS., their hiflory, 8-13 ; pradical ufes, 17, 18; fchools ofdefign, 10; afFefted by foreign influences, 10; by the religious orders, 10 ; by the Crufades, 10; by the RenaifTance, i 2 ; by dif- folution of monafteries, 12 ; by revival of learning, 12. Induftry, figure of, 78. Initial letters, 24, 29, 31, 32, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 47, 56, 57, 58, 62, 65, 66, 68, 69, 70, 74, 75, 76. Innocents, murder of the, reprefented, 45, 58. Irifh fchool of art, 9, I i. Ifaiah, execution of, 72. Jacob's vifion reprefented, 70. JelTe, or genealogical tree, defigns for, 33, 57, 58, 72, 89. Joel reprefented, 73. Jonah, various reprefentations of, 46, 57, 76. Jura et privilegia, &c. 77. Juftice, the figure of, 72. Koran, the, 26, 79 ; hiftory of its tranfmiffion to Lambeth Library, 80; artiftic features, 80, 81. Lambeth Palace, view of ancient, 78 ; memorials of, 5. Laud, Archbifhop, 2 ; his books, 2 ; works drawn up by his command, 25) 77, 78 ; his diary, j-j. Law, the, typically reprefented, 57. Laft Judgment, the, 68 ; as a border illuftration, 89. Legends, fcenes from, 47, 51-54 ; in illuftrated books, 93. Les trois mors et trois vifs, 90 ; appended to the Macaber dance, 91 ; how reprefented by Orcagna, 92 ; in the Lambeth illullration, 92. Librarians at Lambeth, account of fome, and their works, 5-7, Library, the, 1-7; bequefts by archbilhops, 1-4; printed books, 2, 4; the MSS. 3 ; now depofited in Great Hall, 4; roof of, 5 ; cata- logues of, 5-7. Lord, our, in Majefty or glory, 33, 47, 57, 63 ; as a Judge, 46, 68 ; fcenes from life of, 28, 52, 89 ; appears to Mary Magdalene, 37, 52; to the three Maries, 37 ; to His difciples at Emmaus, 37 ; wafhes the difciples' feet, 37; appears to St. James, 37; fhows His wounds, 66, 67 ; with His apollles, 66. Macaber dance, the, 26; origin of word, 90; how reprefented in England and abroad, 90; editions of, 91 ; fubjefls of illuftrations in the Lambeth copy, 91, 92. MacDurnan, Gofpels of, 21; ilyle of ornament, 27-29; other ex- amples of fame ftyle, 27 ; illuminations in, 28, 29. Index. 107 Malachi, reprefented as writing from infpiration, 74. Martyrs, reprefentations of, 47, 49. Mary and Elizabeth, the meeting of, 46. Mercy, the figure of, 72. Micah, reprefented in denunciation, 74. Miffa], the, 22 ; the Limoges MilTal at Lambeth, 22 ; ornamental features of, 62-64 ; arms of Bifhop of Limoges ? 62. Mofes, fcenes from the life of, 70-72. Mufical inftruments reprefented, 56, 76. Nathan, reprefented in denunciation, 74, Nativity, the, 32, 37, 45, 58, 66. Nebuchadnezzar, figure of, 72; vifion of, 73. Netherlands, art of the, 11, 12. Noah, fcenes from the life of, 31. Norfolk churches, decorative paintings of, 12. Nuremberg, defcription of, 86; armorial bearings of gentry of, 86; maps of, 87. Oxford, Bodleian Library at, 2, 25. Paflion of our Lord, the, 29, 37, 45, 68. Pentecoft, the day of, reprefented, 32. Pietas, figure of, 78. Portraits, engraved, in books at Lambeth, 93, 94. Prieft, figure of a, 47, 48. Prefentation in the Temple, 33, 45, 66. Prophets, the four greater, reprefented, 72 ; and the Law, 57. Pfalms, WiclifFe's expofition of the firft eighty-nine, 25 ; ftyle of or- nament, 35, 36. Printed books embellifhed by hand, 12 ; with illuflrations, 87-95. Pfalter: its contents, 23 ; fcope for illumination, 24; examples of, at Lambeth, 24; Flemifh, 42, 43; French, 46, 56-58, 68; Italian art, 76, jj. Records, &c., in Lambeth Library, 4. Regifters of the Archbifhops of Canterbury, 4. Religion, figure of, 78. Religious treatifes, illuminated, 38. Renaiffance art, examples of, 78 ; afFefted illuminated MSS., 12. Refurredion of our Lord, the, 32, 37, 46. Ruth, fcenes from hiftory of, 7 1 ; and Naomi, 7 1 ; and Boaz, 7 1 . Saints, the, reprefented, 40, 47, 51; St. Andrew, 33, 45,66; St. Anna, 44, 65 ; St. Barbara, 33 ; St. Catherine, 45, 52, 65 ; St. Chriftopher, 44, 51, 65 ; St. Edmund, 52; St. George, 44; St. James, 37 ; St. Jerome, 37, 45, 66, 70, 73 ; St. John the Baptiil, 33, 44; St. John, apollle and evangelilt, 33, 46. 49, 50-52, 54, io8 Index. 65 ; St. Laurence, 45, 52, 66 ; St. Luke, 33 ; St. Margaret, 45, 65 ; St. Martha, 52 ; St. Mary Magdalene, 37, 65 ; St. Matthew, 28; St. Michael, 66; St. Nicholas, 66; St. Paul, 33, 66 ; St. Peter, 33, 66; St. Stephen, 66; St. Thomas a Becket, 44, 61, 66 ; St. Urfula, 60 ; St. Veronica, 47, 54. Samuel, fcenes from life of, 33, 57. 76. Saul, fcenes from life of, 33, 71. Scourging of our Lord, 29, 37, 45. Scripture fcenes, typically employed, 15; aided by illumination, 20, • 21 ; reprefented in miniatures, 32 ; in illullrated books, 93. Scroll work, examples of, 32, 40, 42, 56, 66, 67, 76, 89. Services, ecclefiallical, repreiented, 32, 40, 47, 58. Shepherds, appearance of, to angels, 45, 58, 66. Stained glafs in Library, 5 ; fubjeds for, in illuminated MSS. 17, 57. Staff, the paftoral, of the Irifh bifhops, 28. St. John the Evangelill, fcenes from life of, 49-52, 54. Symbolifm, 13; its hiftory, 14; figures and forms ufed in, for facred fubjedls, 13-16; for fecular, 14, 16; employment of colour in, 16. Teftament, the New, 34, 35 ; reprefented typically as a female figure, 72 ; the Old, fubjedls of illuminations from, 70-74; reprefented as a female figure, 72. Treatifes, mifcellaneous, 29; illuminated, 37, 38. Trinity, the, varioufly reprefented, 32, 43, 44 ; fymbols of, on a fhield, 53- Ufes, praftical, of illumination, 17, 18. Vellum books, 34. Veritas, figure of, 78. Virgin Mary, variouily reprefented, 45, 46, 64; allegorically, 53, 54 ; prefentation of, 45 ; and Child, 45, 46, 52, 57, 65 ; and St. Anne, 45 ; and Saints, 33. WiclifFe's expofition offirll eighty-nine pfalms, 21, 35. Wife men's offering, 45, 58. 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