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There are thirteen full-page miniatures in Netherlandish style, very finely executed, but not of the finest drawing, with many smaller pictures, and elaborate borders of flowers, insects, fruit, jewels, gems, as well as scenes: but leaves presumably bearing miniatures are lost after fols. 33, 52, 55, 67, 76, 78, 80, 82, and perhaps elsewhere. See Waagen's Treasures of Art (1854), iii. p. 74. Stt. Gertrude and Gudule in the litany may indicate the neighbourhood of Brussels. The binding (early 19th cent. ?) is of green morocco, with fine gold ornament and gilt clasps: on one side in the centre is 'T. W.' with ' Deus alit me', on the other the arms of Williams, i.e. 'the rev. Theodore Williams, vicar of Hendon 1812-76', according to a note in the official copy of the Douce Catalogue, which refers to 'MS. Gr. Bib. d. 1.' The inside cover at each end is of white parchment, delicately and beautifully ornamented with a design in gold. [Is the white C on a butterfly's wing on f. 9 a marking, or a painter's initial? And can anything rational be made out of the inscriptions on plaques figured on f. 21v and on drapery figured on ff. 30, 46v (left of chair), 59v, 73v? E.W.B.N.].

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