• Decorated initials 'C'(orynthis) and 'P'(oul) at the prologue of 1 Corinthians., Wycliffite New Testament, later version with the usual prologues and table of lections (index tabulae lectionum, capitularia, lists of pericopes)

in 1753 to the nation for £10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated initials England

• Border of floral motifs and bezants with a medallion inscribed 'L.X.P.M.', the initials of Leo X, surmounted by a seated, winged putto, measuring 430 x 45 mm., Cuttings from Missals of Pope Leo X

lot 82; New York, Private Collection, formerly Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection (see Pia Palladino, ~Treasures of a Lost Art: Italian Manuscript Painting of the Middle Ages and Renaissance~ (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2003), no.

• Border of floral motifs and bezants with a winged putto holding a tablet inscribed 'L.X.P.M.', the initials of Leo X, and Medici device of a diamond ring with three feathers and motto 'Semper'. The present border is composed of three cuttings, measuring 205 x 45 mm, 135 x 45 mm and 185 x 45 mm., Cuttings from Missals of Pope Leo X

lot 82; New York, Private Collection, formerly Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection (see Pia Palladino, ~Treasures of a Lost Art: Italian Manuscript Painting of the Middle Ages and Renaissance~ (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2003), no.

• Border of floral motifs and bezants with a kneeling winged putto and the Medici device of a diamond ring with three feathers and motto 'Semper'. The present border is composed of two cuttings, the first measuring 200 x 45 mm and the second 240 x 45 mm., Cuttings from Missals of Pope Leo X

lot 82; New York, Private Collection, formerly Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection (see Pia Palladino, ~Treasures of a Lost Art: Italian Manuscript Painting of the Middle Ages and Renaissance~ (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2003), no.

• Border of floral motifs, bezants and a zoomorphic lion's head with a winged putto standing on a medallion inscribed 'L.X.P.M.', measuring 455 x 45 mm., Cuttings from Missals of Pope Leo X

lot 82; New York, Private Collection, formerly Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection (see Pia Palladino, ~Treasures of a Lost Art: Italian Manuscript Painting of the Middle Ages and Renaissance~ (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2003), no.

• Border of floral motifs and bezants with the Medici devices of a diamond ring with three feathers and motto 'Semper' flanked by two winged putti and a yoke with a scroll inscribed 'Suave surmounted by an initial 'N' within a medallion, measuring 435 x 55 mm. Gold filigree ornament has been applied vertically on the left of the border., Cuttings from Missals of Pope Leo X

lot 82; New York, Private Collection, formerly Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection (see Pia Palladino, ~Treasures of a Lost Art: Italian Manuscript Painting of the Middle Ages and Renaissance~ (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2003), no.

• Historiated and foliate border of a medallion with the Medici device of a yoke with a scroll inscribed 'Suave' surmounted by a standing winged putto, measuring 445 x 45 mm., Cuttings from Missals of Pope Leo X

lot 82; New York, Private Collection, formerly Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection (see Pia Palladino, ~Treasures of a Lost Art: Italian Manuscript Painting of the Middle Ages and Renaissance~ (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2003), no.

• Historiated full-page border of a portrait, the arms, unicorn, rainbow and lily emblems and Greek motto 'Dikes krinon' of Paul III, shells, flowers, putti, urns, butterflies and ladybirds (the text excised). Historiated initial 'N' (cropped; the lower part of the letter is visible at the top right of the miniature) of the Last Supper beneath a cartouche inscribed in capitals 'Desiderio desideravi / hoc pascha manduc / are vobiscum', surrounded by a frame composed of four cuttings., Cuttings from a Missal of Paul III

first publication of the catalogue of his collection in 1869 and the second edition of 1876 (see Robinson 1876). Purchased by the Department of Prints and Drawings of the British Museum in 1895.Transferred to the Department of Manuscripts of the

• Decorated initial 'W'(e), and a message written in the margin by Lady Jane Grey to Sir John Bridges, Lieutenant of the Tower: 'Forasmutche as you have desired so simple a woman to wrighte in so worthye a booke (good) mayster lieutenaunte therefore I shall as a frende desyre you and as a christian require you to call uppon god to encline youre harte to his lawes to quicken you in his waye and not [on the next page] to take the worde of trewthe utterlye oute of youre mouthe...', Lady Jane Grey's Prayer book

page] to take the worde of trewthe utterlye oute of youre mouthe...' Contains prayers extracted from Richard Taverner's translation from the Latin of Wolfgang's Capito's ~Precationes Christianae ad imitationem psalmorum compositae~, printed as ~An epitome of the Psalmes, or briefe

• Initial 'T' of the dedication of a church., Cutting from an Antiphoner (index Antiphonal, antiphonary)

Plzen (Czeck Republic), Západoceské Muzeum, inv. 2972; New York, ex-Stern Collection; Washington National Gallery of Art, inv. B 14842.Musical notation. 1 historiated initial 'T' in colours and gold, of the Dedication of a Church. 1 decorated initial 'O' in colours

• Calendar page for March with a man trimming vines (labour of the month), a ram (Aries), David's harp, and saints Chad and Gregory., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

John of Beverley, Oswald, Swithin, William ofYork, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has been deliberately effaced.Text in English f. 22-22v: 'The Statwete of Wenchester, touching the Syse of bred, of what Grayn of

• Calendar page for March with tinted drawings of saints Edward, Cuthbert, a blessing hand (Benedict), and a fleur-de-lis (for the feast of the Annunciation)., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

John of Beverley, Oswald, Swithin, William ofYork, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has been deliberately effaced.Text in English f. 22-22v: 'The Statwete of Wenchester, touching the Syse of bred, of what Grayn of

• Calendar page for April with tinted drawings of saints Tiburtius and Valerianus, George, Wilfrid, and Mark., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

John of Beverley, Oswald, Swithin, William ofYork, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has been deliberately effaced.Text in English f. 22-22v: 'The Statwete of Wenchester, touching the Syse of bred, of what Grayn of

• Circular diagram with the symbols of the zodiac., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

John of Beverley, Oswald, Swithin, William ofYork, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has been deliberately effaced.Text in English f. 22-22v: 'The Statwete of Wenchester, touching the Syse of bred, of what Grayn of

• Tinted drawing of Zodiac Man., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

John of Beverley, Oswald, Swithin, William ofYork, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has been deliberately effaced.Text in English f. 22-22v: 'The Statwete of Wenchester, touching the Syse of bred, of what Grayn of

• Table of the days of the week with various tinted drawings, possibly relating to the labours of the year and auspicious and inauspicious days., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

John of Beverley, Oswald, Swithin, William ofYork, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has been deliberately effaced.Text in English f. 22-22v: 'The Statwete of Wenchester, touching the Syse of bred, of what Grayn of

• Table of the days of the week with various tinted drawings., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

John of Beverley, Oswald, Swithin, William ofYork, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has been deliberately effaced.Text in English f. 22-22v: 'The Statwete of Wenchester, touching the Syse of bred, of what Grayn of

• Table of significant events, including the Nativity and the murder of king Edward II in 1327., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

John of Beverley, Oswald, Swithin, William ofYork, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has been deliberately effaced.Text in English f. 22-22v: 'The Statwete of Wenchester, touching the Syse of bred, of what Grayn of

• Table of weights and measures, possibly for calculating the prices of bread or wheat, with a drawing of a balance and weights., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

John of Beverley, Oswald, Swithin, William ofYork, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has been deliberately effaced.Text in English f. 22-22v: 'The Statwete of Wenchester, touching the Syse of bred, of what Grayn of

• Detail of a miniature of the Nativity of John the Baptist., Breviary (the 'Breviary of John the Fearless and Margaret of Bavaria'), Use of Rome (index Breviary of Jean sans Peur)

fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Nativity of John the Baptist Master of the Breviary of John