[30] Bibliographical Decameron, vol. i. p. xxxi.
[31] Earl Vivian, and eleven monks, in the act of presenting the volume to Charles.
[32] Vol. i. p. lvi.-vii.
[33] The present Emperor of Russia.
[34] A very minute and particular description of this Missal, together with a fac-simile of the DUKE OF BEDFORD kneeling before his tutelary SAINT GEORGE, will be found in the Bibliographical Decameron, vol. i. p. cxxxvi-cxxxix.
[35] For an account of these ancient worthies in the art of illumination, consult the Bibliographical Decameron, vol. i. p. cxlii.-clxiv.
[36] See the OPPOSITE PLATE. [The beautiful copy of the Original, by Mr. G. Lewis, from which the Plates in this work were taken, is now in the possession of Thomas Ponton, Esq.]
[37] [It was bought at Sir Mark's sale, by Messrs. Rivington and Cochrane. See a fac-simile of one of the illuminations in the Bibliographical Decameron, vol. i. p. clxxix.]
[38] Vol. i. p. ccxx-i.
[39] See Bibl. Spenceriana, vol. iv p. 421.