The history and antiquities of the parish of Lambeth, and the archiepiscopal palace .. . g, of Pall Mall, has lately engraved theportrait of Earl Rivers for his ingenious Illustration of Shak-speafe. The colours in this little picture are beautifully vivid,and the drawing of considerable merit for the age. 3. A very beautiful Salisbury missal on vellum, in folio, sup-posed to have belonged to Archbishop Chicheley, by his arms,finely emblazoned, being inserted in two places. 4 The Chronicle of St. Albans, on vellum folio, finely illu-minated, temp. Hen. VI. 5. A most beautiful folio MS. on vell
The history and antiquities of the parish of Lambeth, and the archiepiscopal palace .. . g, of Pall Mall, has lately engraved theportrait of Earl Rivers for his ingenious Illustration of Shak-speafe. The colours in this little picture are beautifully vivid,and the drawing of considerable merit for the age. 3. A very beautiful Salisbury missal on vellum, in folio, sup-posed to have belonged to Archbishop Chicheley, by his arms,finely emblazoned, being inserted in two places. 4 The Chronicle of St. Albans, on vellum folio, finely illu-minated, temp. Hen. VI. 5. A most beautiful folio MS. on vellum, supposed to be ofthe thirteenth century, representing the Apocalypse of St^John, with a short Latin exposition in seventy-eight matchlessilluminatioms, whose colours are in very fine preservation, andthe gold uncommonly brilliant. To this is added another sin-gular curiosity, containing several figures of our Saviour, theVirgin Mary, some saints, two antient archbishops of Canter-bury, the death of William Rufus, &c. &c. very curiouslydrawn, and in excellent SJTarji*? J,/,n From a, J£inu/i*riht in Zamieth Zilrary. C/aityi SruM
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