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Letter X.
CAMBRIDGE.
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ornaments quite of an English character. The miniatures are exe-
cuted in the style of art which I have described in the first volume
of this work, p. 174, and some of them—for instance, the Bearing
of the Cross, and the Crucifixion — are the work of a clever
English artist. The portrait of the kneeling donor has great
individuality. A fine monument, executed about 1420-1430.
Presented by Thomas Coppinger.
Libri Apologetici de omni Statu Humanse Naturae docentis a
Thoma Cancellario Wellensis Ecclesise compilatus, and some other
treatises (R 14, 5), small folio, containing 15 drawings in Indian
ink, executed with the point of the brush, and only in some acces-
sories slightly coloured. The first represents the Fall of the Angels.
The following contain allegorical subjects, with explanations in
Latin. On the last we see the author, and perhaps also the
painter, presenting his work to Thomas of Beckington, priest of
Wells and Bath. These drawings are by a very clever artist in
the realistic style, fine, lively, and true to nature in the heads,
happy in the motives, indicating in the folds of the draperies the
influence of the school of the Van Eycks. One of the best speci-
mens of English art, about 1460-1470, I know.
CORPUS CHEISTI COLLEGE LIBRARY.
An Evangeliarium, folio, written throughout in capitals of a pure
Roman character, and containing now only two slight and rough
miniatures, which, in composition, recall the paintings in the cata-
combs at Rome. The tradition that this MS. was sent to England
by Pope Gregory the Great may therefore be right.
The fragment of an Evangeliarium, written throughout in
capitals. The initials, as well as the whole writing, and the only
miniature, representing St. John, show an Irish origin. I think
rightly assigned to the 7th century.
The first volume of the Vulgate, a very large folio, with several
pictures of moderate art, but excellent execution, and very beau-
tiful and large initials, of peculiar invention. In some places are
also good drolleries. I do not agree with those who think this
MS. only a little later than the time of William the Conqueror.
It can hardly have been executed earlier than about 1200-1220.
The pictures and initials have quite an English character.
A French translation of the Apocalypse, a small folio, with many
CAMBRIDGE.
525
ornaments quite of an English character. The miniatures are exe-
cuted in the style of art which I have described in the first volume
of this work, p. 174, and some of them—for instance, the Bearing
of the Cross, and the Crucifixion — are the work of a clever
English artist. The portrait of the kneeling donor has great
individuality. A fine monument, executed about 1420-1430.
Presented by Thomas Coppinger.
Libri Apologetici de omni Statu Humanse Naturae docentis a
Thoma Cancellario Wellensis Ecclesise compilatus, and some other
treatises (R 14, 5), small folio, containing 15 drawings in Indian
ink, executed with the point of the brush, and only in some acces-
sories slightly coloured. The first represents the Fall of the Angels.
The following contain allegorical subjects, with explanations in
Latin. On the last we see the author, and perhaps also the
painter, presenting his work to Thomas of Beckington, priest of
Wells and Bath. These drawings are by a very clever artist in
the realistic style, fine, lively, and true to nature in the heads,
happy in the motives, indicating in the folds of the draperies the
influence of the school of the Van Eycks. One of the best speci-
mens of English art, about 1460-1470, I know.
CORPUS CHEISTI COLLEGE LIBRARY.
An Evangeliarium, folio, written throughout in capitals of a pure
Roman character, and containing now only two slight and rough
miniatures, which, in composition, recall the paintings in the cata-
combs at Rome. The tradition that this MS. was sent to England
by Pope Gregory the Great may therefore be right.
The fragment of an Evangeliarium, written throughout in
capitals. The initials, as well as the whole writing, and the only
miniature, representing St. John, show an Irish origin. I think
rightly assigned to the 7th century.
The first volume of the Vulgate, a very large folio, with several
pictures of moderate art, but excellent execution, and very beau-
tiful and large initials, of peculiar invention. In some places are
also good drolleries. I do not agree with those who think this
MS. only a little later than the time of William the Conqueror.
It can hardly have been executed earlier than about 1200-1220.
The pictures and initials have quite an English character.
A French translation of the Apocalypse, a small folio, with many