Bibliotheca Spenceriana; or, A descriptive catalogue of the ..library of George John, earl Spencer . ter the first three leaves, treatingof genealogical subjects, as before, we observe—on the recto of the 4thleaf, and at the commencement of the text of the work—one of themost brilliant illuminations that is to be seen. The subjoined fac-simile represents only the graceful outline of the original; Penice; 1476.] BONIFACE. 201 The pontiff is clothed in scarlet: the cardinals are in purple: the kneel-ing priest is in black; and the kneeling figure, at the extremity, inblue and purple. An ultramar
Bibliotheca Spenceriana; or, A descriptive catalogue of the ..library of George John, earl Spencer . ter the first three leaves, treatingof genealogical subjects, as before, we observe—on the recto of the 4thleaf, and at the commencement of the text of the work—one of themost brilliant illuminations that is to be seen. The subjoined fac-simile represents only the graceful outline of the original; Penice; 1476.] BONIFACE. 201 The pontiff is clothed in scarlet: the cardinals are in purple: the kneel-ing priest is in black; and the kneeling figure, at the extremity, inblue and purple. An ultramarine blue sky forms the back ground; andthe colouring of the whole is as vivid as if just executed. The squarepart beneath is filled by the prefix, thus :—the first line being in red: 3fncipit ^txta^ iihtt ticcretaiin. At the bottom of this first page of the work, which contains only thetwo preceding lines of text, and beneath the copious commentary bywhich it is surrounded, is another elegant illumination; of which alsothe reader is here presented with a wood-cut fac-simile of the outline:. In the original, both St. George and the Dragon are painted work concludes on the recto of s xi, ^vith this colophon : Eibet ^txtix^ txttutaimm una cum apparatu tiomini5[oanraiBf antircc 5 jefinjiriarem iuri^ utriujgfq; tioctoremiiottiinum 3ilejcantirum ncuum in patauino gpmnaiefioiuri^ canoniti lecturam ortiinanam oBtinentein tifli>gentifjefime eitienbatuie? fdiritcr ^ipvtim^0peraatci5impen3^a|^icoIai31enjBfon<^^.cctctetJt. The register is on the recto of the following and last leaf. The sig-natures run thus : a (not marked) 9 ; e, f, and n, each 6; r, 10; s, 12:the remainder, 8 leaves. In blue morocco binding. VOL. III. D D 202 MISCELLANEOUS. [Basil; 1477- 647. BoNiFAcius VIII; Papa. Liber SextusDecretalium. Printed hy Michael 1477 Folio. • The editions of this work, (says Freytag,) were superintended bythree Cardinals; namely,
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