Page:A guide to the manuscripts and printed books illustrating the progress of musical notation - British Museum - 1885.djvu/20

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outline tinted drawings, executed in St. Albans Abbey. Bagpipes. [Royal MS. 2 B. vi.]

102. Italy: 14th century. Treatise on Virtues and Vices, written by a citizen of Genoa, in Latin; with miniatures, and ornamentation depicting natural objects, in the style characteristic of the work of the Genoese miniaturist of the family of Cybo, known as the "Monk of Hyères." Eastern banquet; with organ, kettle-drums, and other instruments. [Add. MS. 27,695.]

103. France; early 15th century. Psalter, in Latin; with miniatures and borders executed by French artists for Henry VI. of England, the king's portrait being often introduced. The king, as David, playing the harp. [Cotton MS., Domit. A. xvii.]

104. France: 15th century. Romance of Petit Jehan de Saintré, in French; with miniatures by French artists. Flute. [Cotton MS., Nero D. ix.]

105. France: 15th century. History of Alexander the Great, in French; with miniatures by French artists. War trumpets. [Royal MS. 20. B. xx.]

106. France: late 15th century. Hours of the Virgin, in Latin; with miniatures by French artists. Belonged to Charles de Luxembourg, Comte de Brienne [d. 1530], and subsequently to members of the families of Brandenburg and Cleves. Harp, pipe, and guitar. [Eg. MS. 2045.]

107. England: 15th century. Pilgrimage of Life, in English verse, from the French of Guillaume de Deguilleville; with tinted drawings by English artists. Fiddle. [Cotton MS. Tiberius A. vii.]

108. France: end of the 15th century. Hours of the Virgin, in Latin; with miniatures by French artists. A band of various instruments. [Harl. MS. 2917.]

109. Netherlands: early 16th century. Hours of the Virgin, in Latin; with miniatures executed in the Abbey of Messines, near Ypres, in West Flanders. Harp and pipe. [Eg. MS. 2125.]

110. England: 16th century. Psalter, in Latin; with miniatures executed for Henry VIII. The king, as David, with harp; and his Fool, Will. Somers. [Royal MS. 2 A. xvi.]

111. France: 16th century. Songs, in French; with a miniature. Dulcimer. [Royal MS. 20 A. xvi.]