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9 PSALTERIUM Latinum (WITH GOLDEN CAPITALS).

Small

4to. FINE MS. ON VELLUM, in an extremely regular and
beautiful hand, 20 lines to the page, with a superb interlaced
B at the beginning, and several large ornamental capitals in
rich orange gold upon blue and green; oak boards covered
with deerskin

£ s.

About 1240 40 0 0

The B referred to above is elaborately shaped by means of inter-
lacing lines in various colours upon a gold ground, the gold ground
resting on a dark blue diaper pattern. The letters EATUS VIR are
inserted in the lower compartment, but the whole page is occupied.
The first of the orange-gold letters is a D on leaf 19; the next another
D on leaf 31; the third a Q on leaf 41; the fourth another D on leaf
42;
the fifth an S on leaf 53; the sixth an E on leaf 67; the seventh
a C on leaf 80; the eighth a D on leaf 82; the ninth a D on leaf 94;
the tenth another D on leaf 140. Some additions were made towards
the end of the volume for the purpose of converting the book into a
Primer, at the beginning of the fourteenth century, by modifying the
Litany and otherwise. Where this was done is shewn by a rubric on
leaf 138 "So wer da wilt eině selt9 spreche vor di sundē. vnd di
lebendige der spreche al se her na geschreben steit." We may assign
the origin of the MS. to some place not far west of Cologne.

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10 BIBLE, French. PSALTER, CANTICLES, PROVERBS, ECCLESIASTES. Page 1: Ci commence le psaultier dont le pmer seaume est Beatus vir . . . Beneois est li home qui ne ala mie ou conseil des felons.. Page 114:.. Quiconques vuelt estre sauue il est mestier devant toutez choses quil tiengne la foy catholiq' This is the Athanasian creed and is left unfinished on p. 114. Pa. 115 begins: sentes. Adecertez leurs piez courent en mal et se hastent de espandre sang (This is the fifteenth verse of Proverbs of which the first fourteen are wanting) Page 152: . . Ci cōmace ecclastes. Les parolles decastes filz de dauid roy de ihrlm. Vanite des vanitez. Pa. 164: Ci finist Ecclesiastes.

Folio, FINE MS. ON VELLUM, written in batarde letters, in double columns, 35 lines to the column; with FIVE MINIATURES, and as many illuminated borders and large initials, besides a great many other illuminated letters; parts of the miniatures (which were works of first rate quality) rubbed and damaged; red morocco, from the Ashburnham collection About 1430 36 0

The leaf preceding the text bears the device of a lance from which waves a pennant argent, bearing a pattern of green leaves and blue flowers with the letter Z gules; which seems to suggest La TourChatillon-Zurlauben.

11 GREGORII IX DECRETALES CUM GLOSSA. Pa. 1: Gregorius VIIII Eeps seruus seruorum di dilectis filiis doctoribus et scolaribus. Pa. 432 : . . Expliciunt decretales dni Bertrandi in prima parte in seda. Finito libro Referimus grām atq3 laudez dno yhuxpo. Ego leonardus de groxis ciuis mutine huius (sic) apparatu in hac compi

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lation decretalium Fideliter scripsi in xi nomine die
mercurii xii intrat Iulio I mill° CCxli. Ind' xiii dno
Frederico impāt Ry

Folio, FINE MS. ON VELLUM, written in quadruple columns,
the inner two on each page containing the text, and the outer
two the Apparatus or Gloss; with numerous ornamental and
grotesque initials, and FIVE MINIATURES, one to each book;
bound

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An early and valuable MS. written in the very year of Pope Gregory's death. It is also interesting and important as giving the name of an unrecorded scribe and the exact date of his work.

To

The illustrations are: 1. The Pope enthroned receiving the book
from a kneeling monk, some standing figures and architectural orna-
ment in the blue background. On the same ground to the right of the
figures the text begins in gold with GRE | GgI | US U | IIII |
the right is a long initial F with a large grotesque bird in its exten-
sion.-2. On a ground of hard burnished gold, a prince with shaven
crown receives five standing figures, who come to complain that the
people do not pay the tithes. The colours are red, brown, green, and
light blue. 3. A scene within a basilica; a priest elevating the host
at the altar, eight figures bowing behind him, four of them tonsured
and four laics. 4. A Bishop celebrating a marriage; the groom (with
two men behind him) putting the ring on the finger of the bride,
behind whom are two maids.-5. A prisoner, with his hands tied,
with an accuser on his right and a woman on his left, is brought before
a seated bishop.-A good many grotesque figures of animals are
found in the pen and ink decoration, chiefly blue and red, that borders
each column of the text on every page.

The second miniature is reproduced in Quaritch's
Facsimiles, N.S. Part 2, price 25s.

12 GREGORII IX DECRETALES cum Glossa. Pa. 1:
Gregorius eps Seruus seruorum di dilectis filiis. . Pa. 707:
Explicit apparatus dectalium editus a bernardo cũ
omnib9 additōnib nouis z uet'ib' deo gcias amen.
Thoma
normanno milleno scribitur anno | et ducenteno domini
nouies quoz deno

Folio, MS. ON VELLUM, written in quadruple columns, the
two inner columns for the text, the two outer for the gloss; with
a large number of illuminated initials, and FIVE BEAUTIFUL

MINIATURES BY A FRENCH HAND OF THE UTMOST SKILL;
1290 84 00

in boards covered with rough white leather

The first Miniature represents a seated Pope receiving a book from
a kneeling monk behind whom two Cardinals are standing, on a
chequered background. The second has four figures of three monks and
a nun discussing, on a diapered background. The third has three
figures, a priest preparing the chalice, and another priest expelling a
woman from the chamber, on diapered grounds. The fourth is a
Marriage, with five figures on a diapered ground. The fifth represents
a Bishop hearing the complaint of one black monk against another.
There is a good deal of fine grotesque work in and about the
illuminated initials; from which an interesting grotesque alphabet
might be formed.

The first miniature is reproduced in Quaritch's
Facsimiles, N.S. Part 2, price 25s.

13 GREGORII IX DECRETALES CUM GLOSSA. Folio, FINE MS. ON VELLUM in quadruple columns; 326 leaves, with a great number of illuminated and painted initials, but wanting the first five leaves and having, therefore, only FOUR EXQUISITE MINIATURES painted in delicate French style on diapered grounds; bds. covered with modern stamped pigAbout 1300

skin

The Initials and the Miniatures are of purely French execution.
The writing of the book itself was done in Italy about 1300. The four
miniatures are: 2, Discussion of Monks and Nuns; 3, nine figures of
Clerics; 4, a picture of a Marriage with nine figures; 5, a Bishop
receiving a complaint, with nine figures.
All are on diapered
grounds. The large illuminated initials are strikingly fine work
throughout the book.

14 GREGORII IX DECRETALES CUM GLOSSA.

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Pa. 1:

Decretales.. Pa. 2: list of contents. Pa. 4: Gregorius
eps seruus suoru dei dilectis filijs doctoribus et scolarib
Gloss: Gregorius in huius libri principio qnq3 precipue
sunt prenotanda. . Pa. 180: . . Explicit liber primus
dec.. Pa. 181: .. Incip. liber ij. de iudicijs. . Pa. 325:
... Explicit prima pars appātus decretalium Pa. 327:
Incipit liber tertius de vita et honestate clericorum . . Pa.
457, at foot of the gloss: ber nar dus. Pa. 460: . . Explicit
liber tercius.. Pa. 461: . . Incip. lib. iiij de sponsalibus
nijs. Pa. 510: Explicit lib. iiij. Incipit 1. v. de
accusatioib'.. Pa. 634: Explicit liber v. Textus decretalium
Et est finis. Deo gratias Amen. At foot of the gloss:
Explicit aparatus decretatalium (sic) s'e ptis decretalium
Deo gratias Amen..

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Roy. folio, FINE MS. ON VELLUM, each page containing two columns of text written within two columns of gloss; with a great quantity of handsome painted initials, THREE VERY LARGE MINIATURES AND TEN SMALL ONES, painted by a contemporary of Giotto; in wooden boards partly

covered with leather

£ s. d.

78 00

About 1300-1310 85 00

The pictures are remarkable examples of early Italian art. They represent the first period of emancipation from the sombre colouring of the thirteenth century. Some parts of the burnished gold ground have flaked away; but the designs and figures are untouched. The first Miniature represents the Pope enthroned listening to the arguments of two ecclesiastics who kneel while they urge their cases, four assessors sitting on each side of the Pope. 2, 3. Two initials in the text below contain half-length figures. The fourth represents Christ enthroned, two angels behind Him, three seated figures on each side of Him (including Apostles), and below Him two men kneeling in prayer. The fifth is the figure of a hooded doctor enclosed in an initial. The sixth is a bishop in council receiving a roll from a kneeling monk; the seventh, below this, is a reading figure within an initial. The eighth contains thirteen figures all kneeling except the celebrant who lifts the holy bread above the altar. The ninth is a bust in an initial below. The tenth represents a wedding, the groom just placing the ring on his bride's finger, with five other figures. The eleventh is a bust in an initial below. The twelfth contains six figures and shows

a kneeling man complaining to a higher bishop or Pope against an
inferior bishop who turns away behind him. The thirteenth is the bust
of a prince in the initial below.

15 LE ROMAN DE LA ROSE. Cy est le roman de la rose
Ou lart damour est toute enclose. . Pa. 3: En ycelle
saison nouuelle | Cousant mes manches a videlle | Menuois
lors tous seulz esbatant | Et les oisillons escoutant ..
Pa. 314: A me q dillec me remuasse | Ou mon vueil encor
demourasse Par grant Jolivete cueilly | La fleur du bel
Rosier joly Ainsi oy la rose vermeille | A tant fu iour
et Je mesueille. | Explicit. Square small folio, MS. ON
VELLUM, written in a batarde hand in double columns, 34
and 35 lines to the column; with ornamental initials, and
13 MINIATURE-DESIGNS executed with pen and ink in a manner
closely resembling grisaille-work; in an old parchment
binding over wooden boards
About 1380-90

The first miniature was added in the seventeenth century on a
leaf of vellum inserted to supply the loss of the first leaf of the MS.--
Miniature No. 2 on the sixth leaf represents seven figures dancing,
two blowing horns, and a tenth looking on. No. 3 is the lover doing
homage to Cupid, two figures. No. 4 is the lover and the lady on leaf
29, just at the place where "comece maistre iehan de meun dit
clopinel." No. 5 Reason bidding good bye to the lover. No. 6 Faulx
semblant, Jalousie, and Love. No. 7 Jean de Meun writing. No. 8
Malebouche, Abstenance, and Faulx-semblant. No. 9 Love addressing
the armed Barons, six figures. No. 10 Venus in a cart drawn by
doves. No. 11 Genius hearing the confession of Nature. No. 12
Genius as a bishop preaching to seven persons. No. 13 Venus setting
fire to a tower in which three persons are visible.

16 VALERIUS MAXIMUS. Pp. 2, 3 contain list of chapters.
Pa. 5: Valerij maximi factorum dicto4 q3 memorabilium
ad Tiberium Cesarem liber primus Incipit.
Pa. 244:
Explicit liber nonus Valerij maximi Deo gratias Amen.-
On the first of three fly-leaves at the end, besides other
matter: Mccccxviij fuit completus.

Small folio, FINE MS. ON VELLUM, written in double
columns, 35 lines to the column, with a considerable number
of ornamental and illuminated letters, besides NINE BEAUTI-
FUL MINIATURED INITIALS WITH HANDSOME BORDERS; green
morocco, from the Didot collection
(Florence) 1418

A bright and handsome volume from the banks of the Arno, which
is probably a few years earlier than 1418, and cannot be later. The
large border on the first page of text contains the arms of Popoleschi
of Florence, with an in-escutcheon which represents probably the
marriage of a daughter and the alliance of a new family. The first
miniature represents a doctor with red hood and gown, lined with
white, and having green sleeves, writing with scholars beneath him.-
No. 2 a man in a green gown and brown cloak watching two doves
fly apart.-No. 3 a young Doctor with bushy golden hair and a
crimson gown, speaking.-No. 4 three men hammering and one
ordering.-No. 5 a judge ordering prisoners to be untied, altogether
six figures.-No. 6 the Death of Lucretia. No. 7 a sovereign on his
throne. No. 8 a prisoner brought before a judge, nine figures.-No. 9
four figures swimming in a bath.

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17 UGUCCIO PISANO, VOCABULARIUM. Pa. 1: Principia
partium libri Vgutionis.. Pa. 12 contains 153 emblazoned
escutcheons of Venetian families. Pa. 13: the text begins
with the words Cum libri Vgutionis sententia maxime
vtilitatis existat . . Lower down the Alpahabet of the book
begins with Abauus ui pater proaui.. Page 426: Explicit
expositio Vocabulor ex sententia Vgutionis compillatione
Jacobi quondam magistri Ysaac phisici de Padua completa
Clugie anno natiuitatis dni nri Yhu xpi Millessimo
trecentessimo vicessimo quarto de mense nouembris
scripta per me Johannem odam dui siluestri de luxa
Veneciar originariuz z taruisij ciuē z completa die Martis
primo mensis Februarij Mccccxxvj. In castro
In castro catari
cuius castri pro serenissimo z excellentissimo ducali dno
veneciar tunc fueram castelanus hunc cum librum scripsi
ad honore serenipsimi principis z excellentissimi dni mei
singularissimi dni Francisci Fuscari dei grati incliti ducis.
Venecia, etc.

Folio, MS. ON VELLUM, beautifully written and having
twelve decorative pages; orange morocco, from the

Ashburnham collection

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1426 25 0

This valuable Index to the yet unpublished Vocabularium of Uguccio, is in itself an important medieval Latin Dictionary. It gives the explanation of nearly 30,000 words.-The compiler was Jacob son of Isaac, a Paduan physician, in 1324; and the copy was made in 1426 by Zuan, or Giovan di Silvestro di Luxa, commander of the citadel of Cattaro. The Doge Foscaro, to whom it is dedicated, was afterwards deposed.

18 ACADEMIC CORRESPONDENCE on the Present State and Cultivation of the Arts of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, 1803, published by Prince Hoare, 4to., with a plate; sewed

1804

19 ACADEMIC ANNALS, published by authority of the Royal Academy of Arts, 1804-5; collected by Prince Hoare, 4to. sewed 1805

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20 ACADEMY NOTES, edited by H. Blackburn, Nos. 1-13, 15, 16, 17, 19, and 21, Svo., with upwards of 2000 illustrations of pictures exhibited at Burlington House; fourteen parts bound in three vols. half calf, the rest in parts 1875-95

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21

the same, Nos. 2-8, 10, 11, and 16, 8vo. with upwards of 1400 illustrations; sewed 1876-90

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22 AGRIPPA (H. C.) The Vanity of Arts and Sciences, small 8vo. with portrait; old calf

1676

116

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the same, without the portrait; sm. 8vo. half calf

1694

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24 ALPINE JOURNAL (The) : a Record of Mountain Adventure and scientific observation by members of the ALPINE CLUBb. A COMPLETE SET from the beginning in March, 1863, to 1893, inclusive; forming vols. I-XVI, with a General Index to the first fifteen vols. ;-17 vols. 8vo. with maps, plates, and woodcuts; sixteen vols. in calf gilt, marbled edges, the index vol. in half calf, VERY SCARCE

1863-93 25

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1858

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25 Alpine. KING'S (S. W.) Italian Valleys of the Pennine Alps, 8vo. plates,

cloth

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