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Maria Pita - Spanish heroine. Memorial of Maria PitaMaria Pita (Maria Mayor Fernandez de Camara y Pita) (1565-1643). Spanish heroine. King Philip II awarded her the rank of ensign for the defense of Corunna in 1589 against the attack of the English
Hudson's Soap AdvertisementAn illustrated advertisement for R. S. Hudson Limited, which shows a hooded girl leaning on a wall, smiling, with a basket containing a packet of Hudson's soap. Text reads
Japan - Lantern PaintingLantern Painting, Japan. Date: circa 1920s
White Star Line - Official Guide, bound volumeWhite Star Line - 1877 hardbound volume, White Star Line, Official Guide, United States Mail Steamers, Ismay, Imrie & Co, London and Liverpool
The Engineer, three bound volumes, 1910-1911The Engineer, three bound volumes CXI from January to June 1910, July to December 1910 and January to June 1911, including in supplement Olympic launch, page 209 Olympic fitting-out
White Star Line, decorative endpapers, presentation bookWhite Star Line, decorative endpapers of presentation book. Extremely rare T.H. Ismay hardbound volume presented to the managers
P&O Cruises - Sea Princess brass name plaque on an oak backing board. 34 x 6 inches. Date: 20th century
White Star Line - Information for PassengersWhite Star Line - rare early information for passengers and cabin plan of Screw Steam Ships Britannic, Germanic, Celtic, Adriatic, Republic and Baltic. 5 x 8 inches. Date: circa 1880
RMS Lusitania - propaganda medal, leaflet and other itemsRMS Lusitania - Carlton ware model 6.5 inches, together with German propaganda medal, leaflet, and other items. The bronze German Lusitania medal was designed by Karl Goetz
White Star Line, RMS Olympic, cover design, red hardbound promotional volume profusely illustrated with photos of passenger accommodation and facilities, First and Second Class
P & O Sketches in Pen and Ink, by Harry FurnissCover design, P & O Sketches in Pen and Ink, by Harry Furniss. Rare hardbound volume, published by The Studio of Design and Illustration Supply Agency, London, 204 pages
RMS Lusitania - WW1 recruitment poster Remember the Lusitania, it is your duty to take up the Sword of Justice, enlist today'. 19 x 29 inches
Theatre poster - The Great Ocean CatastropheTheatre poster - rare early 20th century, advertising the King's Hall, Gloucester for a production of the Great Ocean Catastrophe. Date: early 20th century
Antiphonal (Incunable Fragment)Two consecutive leaves from an incunable antiphonal, parchment. Text in black ink with red rubrics. Musical notation in a German gothic hufnagel style on a 5-line stave printed in red with F
Noted Breviary (Incunable Fragment)Fragment of a leaf from an incunable breviary, parchment. Includes printed 4-line staves but the musical notation has not been added
Sacramentary (Incunable Fragment)Two consecutive bifolios from an incunabula, parchment. Part of a liturgical text, probably a sacramentary but possibly a missal. Date: Late circa 15th Century
Noted Hymnal (Fragment)Leaf from a hymnal, parchment. Text in a gothic script in two columns interspersed with musical notation in a German gothic hufnagel style on a 4-line stave with C marked. Date: 13th Century
Noted Breviary (Fragment)Leaf from a noted breviary, parchment. The text is a series of lessons based on the Gospel of John (identified passages include John 7)
Noted Missal (Fragment)Parchment leaf, probably from a missal, cut to about 1/3 of its original size. The liturgical text on this fragment is from the Second Book of Kings, featuring the widow visiting the prophet Elisha
Antiphonal (Fragment)Two vellum leaves from an antiphonal. Possibly two halves of a bifolium. Text contains chants for St Elizabeth of Hungary, St Celia and St Clement. Date: Late circa 13th Century
Fragments of Codex Justinianus and DigestaTen strips of parchment manuscripts cut to similar size and shape, probably used to reinforce the spines of later bindings. They all appear to be from Justinian's Codex and Digesta
Epistles of St AugustineFragment from the Epistles of St Augustine, parchment. This is a long strip that has been cut from a folio-sized leaf, there is approximately half a column of text plus the edge of another column
Moralia in Job (Fragments)Two non-consecutive folios from a manuscript copy of St Gregory's Commentary on Job (the Moralia in Job of Pope Gregory the Great). Main body text in two columns with red rubrics
St Jerome's Commentary on the Prophet Amos (Fragment)Half of a leaf from a copy of St Jerome's Commentary on the Prophet Amos (Commentariorum Sancti Hieronymi In Amos Prophetae), parchment
Epistles of St Jerome (Fragment)Bifolium from a religious commentary, possibly an edition of the Epistles of St Jerome, or similar, parchment. Main body text in brown in a single column in a Caroline minuscule
Biblical Commentary (Fragments)Two leaves from a Biblical commentary, parchment. From the same manuscript, possibly two halves of a bifolium, although the text is not consecutive
Justinian Institutiones (Fragment)Leaf from a copy of Justinian's Institutiones, parchment. Main body text in two columns in black in a protogothic hand with alternating red and blue decorated initials and red
Sacramentary (Fragment)Leaf from a liturgical text, possibly a sacramentary, parchment. The text contains various prayers and instructions. Text in black in a single column in a Caroline minuscule hand with red capitals
Liturgical Text (Fragment)Leaf from a liturgical text, either a missal or a breviary, parchment. Text in a single column in dark brown ink in a Caroline minuscule with red capitals and rubrics. Date: circa 11th Century
Psalter (Fragments)Parts of three bifolia from a psalter, parchment. Text in a single column in a Gothic rotunda script in dark brown ink with alternating red and blue decorated capitals and larger red
Statutes for Elections (Fragment)Bifolium from an unidentified text, possibly a work such as book of statutes or constitution for a monastic community, on parchment
Decretales Gregorii IX (Fragments)Fragments of two leaves from the same manuscript, not consecutive, parchment. The text is from the Decretals of Gregory IX or Decretales Gregorii IX, also known as the Liber Extra, Book III
Theological Text (Fragment)Part of a bifolium, parchment. Fragment of an unknown theological text. Main body text in black in two columns. The bifolium is cut vertically through column A on folio 2
Bible (Fragment)Leaf from a Bible, parchment. Main body text in a rounded Gothic script in black in two columns. No coloured pigments. Date: circa 14th Century
Ritual (Fragment)Fragment of a bifolium, probably from a ritual book or Rituale Romanum, parchment. Main body text in black ink in a Caroline minuscule with red capitals and rubrics
Liber Sextus Decretalium (Fragment)Leaf from a copy of the Liber Sextus Decretalium or Decretals of Pope Boniface VIII, parchment. Main body text in two columns in a cursive documentary script
Preface to Martial's Epigrammata by MerulaTwo attached folios, paper, probably the endpaper and first leaf of a volume. Folio 1, which would have been the endpaper
Legal Text? (Fragment)Two fragments from the same manuscript, parchment. Original text unknown. Text is in a cursive documentary script in brown in a single column recto and verso on both fragments
Philosophical Text (Fragment)Bifolium from an unidentified text, parchment. Content seems to be a commentary of philosophical and religious nature. The text on each folio is written in two different but near-contemporary hands
Gregory Homilia in Evangelia (Fragment)Single leaf of parchment, cut to size for use as a binding cover. The text is from Homilia in Evangelia by Pope Gregory I
Categoriae Decem (Fragment)Single quarto sized leaf, parchment, with text from the Categoriae Decem, a summary of the categories of Aristotle, originally attributed to St Augustine. Text in a minuscule script in dark brown
Decretales Gregorii IX (Fragment)Leaf fragment, parchment, from a copy of Decretals of Gregory IX (Decretales Gregorii IX, also known as the Liber Extra). The text on this leaf is from Book III.XVII
Justinian Digesta, Book XXXIII (Fragment)Double folio, parchment, from Justinian's Digesta. Main body text in black ink written in two columns with contemporary marginal and interlineal gloss
Codex Justinianus, Book VIII (Fragment)Double folio, parchment, from a copy of Justinian's Codex. Main body text in two columns in black ink surrounded by gloss, also black. Date: Late 13th Century
Psalter (Fragment)Fragment of a psalter, parchment double leaf, quarto size. Text on f.1r begins at Psalm 46:7 Psallite deo nostro psallite: psallite regi nostro psallite: Quonia(m) rex omnis terre deus
Donatus Liber de Octo Partibus Orationis (Fragments)Two double leaves (bifolia), parchment, from Liber de Octo Partibus Orationis, part of Donatus Ars Grammatica, specifically Ars Minor
Justinian's Codex, Book V. XIII (Fragment)Single folio, parchment, from Justinian's Codex. The text on this leaf is from Book V.XIII Dei Uxoriae Actione 1.1.a. Main body text and marginal gloss with additional minute gloss on verso
Medical Text (Pietro D'Abano?) (Fragment)Six folios from a medical text, parchment. The text has yet to be positively identified but has been suggested as Pietro D'Abano's adaptation of the Universal Canons of Johannes Mesue