1493. Les Chroniques All are well worth King’s 20(KL.) de France. studying, for the Library, 1493 Hours for beauty of the borders, Case X. and the use of as well as for 1498. the diocese general arrangement. of Rome (Paris.)— Pigouchet
1493. L’Art et A good specimen of Do. Science de the counterchanged Case VII. 13(KL.) Rhetorique border. (Paris.)
1470. Justinus’s Do. 19(KL.) Abridgement Case X. of Trogus Borders and Initials.
1471. Fichet— Do. 19(KL.) Rhetoricorum Case X. libri. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
[11] The Guide Book referred to has three sets of pagings: one for the King’s and Grenville Library, denoted here as KL.; one for the MSS. Saloon, denoted here as MS.; the third for the Prints and Drawings.
[In the three first specimens selected, an instance will be observed of a species of ornamentation to which the name of ‘pottering’ has been familiarly applied; it consists of a sort of fringe to the initial and part of the text, resembling in arrangement the ‘bracket,’ and in principle the flourishes of a modern writing master; but when tastefully applied, it is remarkably effective, and has the advantage of being very easy.]
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── PAGE IN DATE. NAME OF POINTS TO WHERE TO GUIDE SPECIMEN. BE NOTED. BE FOUND. BOOK.[12] ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 1455. The Mazarine Initial, red Case III. 1 7 Bible. and white ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 1457. The Mentz Initial and Do. 3 8 Psalter. border ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 1459. Do. Do. Do. 4 8 (2nd edition) ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 1462. Bible in A peculiar Do. 5 8 Latin. and bold kind of initial. ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 1469. Livy. The white Case VI. 2 11 branch on parti-coloured ground ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ” Cicero, Initial and Do. 3 11 Tusculanæ bracket Questiones. ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ” Cicero, The white Do. 10 11 Epistolæ branch, &c. familiares. ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 1470. Cicero, Border and Do. 12 12 Epistolæ, initial. &c. ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 1480. Æsop’s Border. Do. 8 11 Fables. ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 1481. Liber Border. Do. 9 11 Psalmorum. ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────