21. _Psalterium_; close of thirteenth century.

Bound in solid silver, on which are engraved the Annunciation and

the Coronation of the Blessed Virgin, seen beneath a coloured

transparency which gives an appearance of great richness to the

otherwise uncoloured silver.

A beautifully decorated volume, given by Sir Rob. Cotton to William

Butler, M.D. of Cambridge, in 1614; and to the Bodleian, July 15,

1648, by Dame Anne Sadler, wife of Ralph Sadler, of Stonden, Herts.

* * * * *

_The following objects of interest are dispersed in various parts of the

Library:--_

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