Front matter
Reading edition
Passionale, etc., MS., circa 1100 A.D. Henry I.
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
COLOURED PLATES
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I. Passionale, etc., MS., circa 1100 A.D. Henry I. Frontispiece
II. Penitential Psalms, etc., MS., sixteenth century Henry VIII. 16
Novum Testamentum Græce. Lutetiæ, 1550 (gold centres) Queen Elizabeth 16
III. Deloenus. Libellus de tribus Hierarchiis, etc., MS. Henry VIII. 18
IV. ΒΑΣΙΛΙΚΟΝ ΔΩΡΟΝ. Written for Prince Henry, by King James VI. of Scotland. MS James I. 54
V. Ortelius. Theatre of the World. London, 1606 Do. 58
VI. New Testament, etc. London, 1643 Charles I. 66
VII. Gil. ΠΑΡΕΡΓΑ, etc. Londini, 1632 Do. 68
VIII. Order of the Coronation of George III. and Queen Charlotte. London, 1761 George III. 94
ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT
Indentures between Henry VII. and John Islippe, Abbot of Westminster, concerning the foundation of the Chantrey, etc., MS. Henry VII. 11
Opus eximium de vera differentia Regiæ Potestatis et Ecclesiasticæ. Londini, 1534 Henry VIII. 15
Description of the Holy Land, in French. By Martin Brion. MS. Do. 17
Le Chappellet de Ihesus, MS., sixteenth century Margaret Tudor, Queen of James IV. of Scotland 21
Il Petrarcha. Venetia, 1544 Queen Katharine Parr 23
Prayers, etc. Malborow, 1538 (Doublure) Edward VI. 29
Queen Mary’s Psalter, MS. Queen Mary 33
Prayers, etc. London, 1574-1591 Queen Elizabeth 35
Christian Meditations, in Latin, 1570 Do. 37
Parker. De antiqvitate Britannicæ Ecclesiæ. London, 1572 Do. 41
Orationis Dominicæ Explicatio, per L. Danaeum. Genevae, 1583 Do. 45
La Saincte Bible. Lyon, 1566 Do. 47
Gospels in Anglo-Saxon and English. London, 1571 Do. 49
Trogi Pompeii Historiarum Philippicarum epitoma. Parisiis, 1581 Do. 53
Livius. Romana Historia. Avreliæ Allobrogvm, 1609 Henry Prince of Wales 61
Collection of Miscellaneous Tracts in MS. Do. 63
Dallington. Aphorismes, Civill and Militarie. London, 1613 Charles Prince of Wales 67
Common Prayer. London, 1662 Charles II. 69
A short View of the late Troubles in England, etc. Oxford, 1681 Do. 73
Bible. Cambridge, 1674 James II. 75
Euclide. Oxford, 1705 Queen Anne 79
Ælfric. An English-Saxon Homily on the Birthday of St. Gregory. London, 1709 Queen Anne 81
Account of what passed in a Conference concerning the Succession to the Crown, MS. George I. 85
Le Nouveau Testament. Amsterdam, 1718 George II. 87
Chandler. A Vindication of the Defence of Christianity. London, 1728 Do. 88
Common Prayer. Cambridge, 1760 Queen Charlotte 90
Portfolio containing the Royal Letter concerning the King’s Library George IV. 92
⁂The Coloured Plates are printed by Edmund Evans.
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