4. _Psalter_, on purple vellum, written about the close of the ninth century. From the old library of the kings of France. See p. 249. A MS. of the _Horæ_, written on purple vellum, about 1500, is among the Canonici MSS. 5. _Boccaccio's Il Filocalo_; in folio, of the fifteenth century. A beautiful MS., with five exquisite miniatures, and interlaced arabesque borders of the richest character. A facsimile, with a notice of the book, will be found in Shaw's _Illuminated Ornaments_. From the Canonici collection. 6. _Horæ_, quarto; fourteenth century. A beautiful book. From the Douce collection. 7. _Horæ_, small quarto; end of the fifteenth century. The illuminations possess exquisite softness and delicacy. Also from the Douce collection. 8. _The Miracles of the B. Virgin_, in French. A Douce MS., in folio, executed about 1460, for Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, and enriched with most beautiful paintings of the tint called '_Camaieu gris_'. 9. _Horæ_, in quarto. A beautiful Douce book, the work of a French scribe in and about the year 1407. 10. _Horæ_, in duodecimo. Another gem from the Douce collection, executed about the year 1500, for the Emperor Maximilian and Mary of Burgundy his wife. The margins are adorned with charming figures of birds, and in one instance a border is filled with representations of pottery and glass. 11. _Horæ_, in quarto, of the commencement of the sixteenth century; from the Douce collection. An exquisite specimen of Flemish art. It belonged to Mary de Medici. 12. _Horæ_, in small folio. A most sumptuous volume, executed about 1410. The illuminations are of the school of Van Eyck. The borders of birds, butterflies, flowers, landscapes, &c., are marvels of nature in art; and many of the initials are distinguished by the utmost delicacy in design and finish in execution. Also from the Douce collection. 13. _Quatuor Evangelia_; commencement of the seventh century. See p. 24. 14. _Letters of Queen Henrietta Maria_ to Charles I before their marriage; in French. The volume forms part of the Clarendon State Papers, and contains fifteen of the Queen's letters, besides some from the King, and other documents. 15. _Latin Translation by Queen Elizabeth_, while Princess, of an Italian sermon by Bern. Ochini, _De Christo_; written entirely by herself, and sent as a New-year's gift to her brother Edward VI[383]. It forms a small 8vo. volume of thirty-six pages, on vellum, and was given to the Library by J. Bowle, of Idmerston, Aug. 15, 1765. The following dedication (hitherto unprinted) is prefixed by the Princess:--