Gospel of John, ff 223r-282r, preceded by summary, ff 220v-221r, capitula, f 221v, and a portrait of St John the Evangelist with his disciple St Prochorus, f 222v.
Synaxarion (imperfect at the end), ff 283r-284v, preceded by short notes on the thirty pieces of silver (attributed to John Chrysostom) and the women at the Cross, f 282v.
A Book of Hours, probably made for a member of the court circle of France. The illumination is attributed to the ‘Master of Claude of France’, who was active in Tours around 1510–1525 and who is named after two manuscripts he produced for Queen Claude (b. 1499, d. 1524). Contents: ff. 1r-12v:...
The manuscript is a single cutting from a leaf originally part of a large choirbook, now Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Codice Corale 2. On the recto, the cutting comprises a very large historiated initial 'R' in gold and colours, within a border and on a gold background. Human heads...
Detached miniature from a Book of Hours ('The Hours of Louis XII')
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This single leaf originally belonged to a Book of Hours, known as 'The Hours of Louis XII', after Louis XII (r. 1498-1515), King of France, for whom it was made. The recto contains a framed miniature of the Virgin of the Annunciation, praying with an open book on her knees. The verso contains th...
Volume I of a collection of Scottish songs, with some arranged as duets, with symphonies and accompaniments by Franz Joseph Haydn
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passim. Scotch Songs, with symphonies and accompaniments for violin, violoncello and pianoforte, in score by F. J. Haydn, almost entirely in the hand of his amanuensis, J. Radnitzky. Most of them were published by George Thomson, of Edinburgh, in his Select Collection of original Scottish airs, ...