• The arms of Thomas Wall, Windsor herald, in the right margin, the signature of Jo Starkey, in the upper margin, that of Sir Robert Cotton ('Robert Cotton Bruceaus') with the date 1610 in the lower margin., De Regimine Principum; Secrets of the Philosophers; Secretum Secretorum

our Lorde 1525. Wyttenesse Robert Lytylbouroug Sayewell etc, the viiith day of May', together with other inscriptions in French and English in Gothic cursive (f. 130v).? John Starky (d. 1613), father of Ralph Starkey, a close associate of Sir Robert

• Decorated initial 'G'(od)., De Regimine Principum; Secrets of the Philosophers; Secretum Secretorum

our Lorde 1525. Wyttenesse Robert Lytylbouroug Sayewell etc, the viiith day of May', together with other inscriptions in French and English in Gothic cursive (f. 130v).? John Starky (d. 1613), father of Ralph Starkey, a close associate of Sir Robert

• Miniature of Raymond de Peñafort presenting the Decretales to Gregory IX, with an illuminated initial 'G'(regorius), at the beginning of Gregory IX letter to the university of Bologna., Decretales, with the glossa ordinaria

and Ireland: purchased from Scott together with other 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Gregory IX Gregory IV, glossed by Bernard of Parma France, S.

• Decorated initial 'A'(s) with pen-flourishing., Poems, imperfect

poems on diet (f. 4v), human complexions and physiognomy (ff. 78v-79, 79-79v) and 'The Secrees of Old Philosoffres' (ff. 188v-224).Folios missing after ff. 18, 123, 135, 178, 183, 260, f. 273v is blank. The foliation is probably original.Catchwords written horizontally.For

• Detail of added marginal annotation (in the hand of Humfrey Wanley?)., Poems, imperfect

died in 1449.Including poems on diet (f. 4v), human complexions and physiognomy (ff. 78v-79, 79-79v) and 'The Secrees of Old Philosoffres' (ff. 188v-224).Folios missing after ff. 18, 123, 135, 178, 183, 260, f. 273v is blank. The foliation is probably

• Miniature of Duke Richard the Fearless supervising the rebuilding of the church of the Abbey of Fecamp, while in the background, a man destroys the old church., Grande Chronique de Normandie

of the Abbey of Fecamp, while in the background, a man destroys the old church. The clothing suggest a date somewhere around 1465. 15 half-page miniatures, the first accompanied by a full foliate border, in colours and gold (ff. 1,

• A foliate border of grotesques, flowers, a lion, the arms of Clement VII, roundels containing the Medici devices of an eagle perched on a diamond ring with three feathers and motto 'Semper', and the motto 'Candor Illesus' inscribed on a banner curling round a tree and a trunk supporting a crystal ball through which pass sun rays, one of which hits the tree causing it to burst into flames and the other strikes the banner but has no effect, measuring 255 x 35 mm., Cuttings from a service book of Clement VII

21412, ff. 26-34 [box 41]. To see the Samuel Rogers Album, which originally contained all the cuttings order Add. 21412, Old Covers.Another cutting from the same service book is part of Philadelphia, Rosenbach Museum and Library, 54.662 (see Roger S.

• A foliate border of grotesques, flowers, the arms of Clement VII, roundels containing the Medici devices of an eagle perched on a diamond ring with three feathers and motto 'Semper', and the motto 'Candor Illesus' inscribed on a banner curling round a tree and a trunk supporting a crystal ball through which pass sun rays, one of which hits the tree causing it to burst into flames and the other strikes the banner but has no effect, measuring 275 x 35 mm., Cuttings from a service book of Clement VII

21412, ff. 26-34 [box 41]. To see the Samuel Rogers Album, which originally contained all the cuttings order Add. 21412, Old Covers.Another cutting from the same service book is part of Philadelphia, Rosenbach Museum and Library, 54.662 (see Roger S.

• A foliate border of grotesques, flowers, trompe l'oeil gems, the arms of Clement VII, plaques inscribed in capitals 'Clemen / VII' and 'Pont / Max', roundels containing the Medici devices of an eagle perched on a diamond ring with three feathers and motto 'Semper', and the motto 'Candor Illesus' inscribed on a banner curling round a tree and a trunk supporting a crystal ball through which pass sun rays, one of which hits the tree causing it to burst into flames and the other strikes the banner but has no effect, measuring 290 x 30 mm., Cuttings from a service book of Clement VII

21412, ff. 26-34 [box 41]. To see the Samuel Rogers Album, which originally contained all the cuttings order Add. 21412, Old Covers.Another cutting from the same service book is part of Philadelphia, Rosenbach Museum and Library, 54.662 (see Roger S.

• A foliate border with scrolled ends of trompe l'oeil gems and flowers, the arms of Clement VII, roundels containing the Medici devices of an eagle perched on a diamond ring with three feathers and motto 'Semper', and the motto 'Candor Illesus' inscribed on a banner curling round a tree and a trunk supporting a crystal ball through which pass sun rays, one of which hits the tree causing it to burst into flames and the other strikes the banner but has no effect, measuring 255 x 35 mm., Cuttings from a service book of Clement VII

21412, ff. 26-34 [box 41]. To see the Samuel Rogers Album, which originally contained all the cuttings order Add. 21412, Old Covers.Another cutting from the same service book is part of Philadelphia, Rosenbach Museum and Library, 54.662 (see Roger S.

• A foliate border of trompe l'oeil gems, a vase and flowers, the arms of Clement VII, roundels containing the Medici devices of an eagle perched on a diamond ring with three feathers and motto 'Semper', and the motto 'Candor Illesus' inscribed on a banner curling round a tree and a trunk supporting a crystal ball through which pass sun rays, one of which hits the tree causing it to burst into flames and the other strikes the banner but has no effect, measuring 290 x 35 mm., Cuttings from a service book of Clement VII

21412, ff. 26-34 [box 41]. To see the Samuel Rogers Album, which originally contained all the cuttings order Add. 21412, Old Covers.Another cutting from the same service book is part of Philadelphia, Rosenbach Museum and Library, 54.662 (see Roger S.

• A foliate border in monochrome of trompe l'oeil gems and cameos, two Medici devices of an eagle perched on a diamond ring with three feathers and motto 'Semper', and the motto 'Candor Illesus' inscribed on a banner curling round a tree and a trunk supporting a crystal ball through which pass sun rays, one of which hits the tree causing it to burst into flames and the other strikes the banner but has no effect, measuring 280 x 30 mm., Cuttings from a service book of Clement VII

21412, ff. 26-34 [box 41]. To see the Samuel Rogers Album, which originally contained all the cuttings order Add. 21412, Old Covers.Another cutting from the same service book is part of Philadelphia, Rosenbach Museum and Library, 54.662 (see Roger S.

• A foliate border in monochrome of trompe l'oeil gems and cameos, two Medici devices of an eagle perched on a diamond ring with three feathers and motto 'Semper', and the motto 'Candor Illesus' inscribed on a banner curling round a tree and a trunk supporting a crystal ball through which pass sun rays, one of which hits the tree causing it to burst into flames and the other strikes the banner but has no effect, measuring 280 x 30 mm., Cuttings from a service book of Clement VII

21412, ff. 26-34 [box 41]. To see the Samuel Rogers Album, which originally contained all the cuttings order Add. 21412, Old Covers.Another cutting from the same service book is part of Philadelphia, Rosenbach Museum and Library, 54.662 (see Roger S.

• A border of trompe l'oeil flowers and birds on a black ground, two Medici devices of an eagle perched on a diamond ring with three feathers and motto 'Semper', and the motto 'Candor Illesus' inscribed on a banner curling round a tree and a trunk supporting a crystal ball through which pass sun rays, one of which hits the tree causing it to burst into flames and the other strikes the banner but has no effect, measuring 265 x 30 mm., Cuttings from a service book of Clement VII

21412, ff. 26-34 [box 41]. To see the Samuel Rogers Album, which originally contained all the cuttings order Add. 21412, Old Covers.Another cutting from the same service book is part of Philadelphia, Rosenbach Museum and Library, 54.662 (see Roger S.

• A border of trompe l'oeil flowers on a black ground and a roundel containing the motto 'Candor Illesus' inscribed on a banner curling round a tree and a trunk supporting a crystal ball through which pass sun rays, one of which hits the tree causing it to burst into flames and the other strikes the banner but has no effect, measuring 235 x 25 mm., Cuttings from a service book of Clement VII

21412, ff. 26-34 [box 41]. To see the Samuel Rogers Album, which originally contained all the cuttings order Add. 21412, Old Covers.Another cutting from the same service book is part of Philadelphia, Rosenbach Museum and Library, 54.662 (see Roger S.

• A montage (now dismembered) of a historiated border, with the text removed, of gold cartouche frames with four scenes in gold monochrome, two inscibed 'Protecta Vestae sussitatis mortuis' (centre left) and 'Johannes destruit templum Dian[a]e' (centre right), garlands of flowers and fruit, lions' heads, naturalistic birds, cherubs and angels, and four medallions inscribed (clockwise from left): 'Qui / timet / deum faci / et bona', 'qui / conti /nens est iu / stiae appre / hendit / illam', 'quasi / mater / honori / fica ta', and 'et / ?ob /?stabit / il / le' (f. 81a; 335 x 245 mm); a cartouche, with the centre removed, of two old men trampling on dragons and plaques inscribed 'Super aspidem ei pasi / lis cum ambulabis' and 'et conculcabis le / onem et draconem' (f. 81c; 45 x 160 mm); a centre for the cartouche inscribed 'Apollonius de Bonfratellis / de Capranica / Capellae et Sacrestiae Apostolicae Miniator / Fecit Anno Domini MDLXIV / Sedente Pio IV Pontif Opt. Max. / de Medicis Mediolanense', with off-setting of rubric and text from the verso of the cartouche (f. 81d; 45 x 170 mm); 1 section of architectural border (f. 81b; 10 x 245 mm); and two strips of scrolls (ff. 81e and f; 50 x 100 mm each). A montage of a miniature of the Adoration of the Shepherds (f. 82a; 85 x 70 mm) and four sections of painted gold frame (ff. 82c-d, 100 x 10mm; ff. 82b and e, 10 x 90 mm). On the reverse of f. 82a are five lines of partial text from the Kyrie Eleison: 'e eleison / e eleison / ste eleison / ste eleison / ste eleison'., Cuttings from service books of Pius IV

?ob /?stabit / il / le' (f. 81a; 335 x 245 mm); a cartouche, with the centre removed, of two old men trampling on dragons and plaques inscribed 'Super aspidem ei pasi / lis cum ambulabis' and 'et conculcabis le

• Miniature of a king enthroned surrounded by courtiers with Sir William Herbert and his wife, Anne Devereux wearing clothes decorated with their coats of arms, kneeling before him, with a full border with a scroll inscribed with William Herbert's and his wife's mottos reading 'e las sy longuement', and 'De toute'; a foliate initials 'O'(mighty), at the beginning of the Troy Book; and the arms of William Herbert and Anne Devereux with mottos, between the column of the text., Troy Book (ff. 6-146); Siege of Thebes (ff. 147v-162)

the Royal Library: included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 12.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. King enthroned John Lydgate London England, S. E. ( London?)

• Detail of a miniature of a king enthroned surrounded by courtiers with Sir William Herbert and his wife, Anne Devereux kneeling before him, wearing clothes decorated with their coats of arms., Troy Book (ff. 6-146); Siege of Thebes (ff. 147v-162)

the Royal Library: included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 12.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. King enthroned John Lydgate London England, S. E. ( London?)

• Detail of a miniature of the Wheel of Fortune with a king on the top, with a partial border and a foliate initial 'T'(henvyons), at the beginning of book 2., Troy Book (ff. 6-146); Siege of Thebes (ff. 147v-162)

Royal Library: included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 12.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Wheel of Fortune John Lydgate London England, S. E. ( London?)

• Detail of a miniature of Hector slaying Patroculus., Troy Book (ff. 6-146); Siege of Thebes (ff. 147v-162)

Royal Library: included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 12.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Hector slaying Patroculus John Lydgate London England, S. E. ( London?)