• Litany of saints framed by arches decorated with animals, human figures, and coloured interlace patterns; with a seated queen (the Virgin Mary?) in the upper left., Psalter, with litany and additional prayers and canticles

in red, and display script in colours. Rubrics in red. Psalter, with litany and additional prayers and canticles ?The cathedral church of Augsburg [see Wright 1972].Added 12th-century prayers (with later initials?) to St. Francis and St. Anthony Confessoris (f. 1v).Added

• A montage (now dismembered) of a full-page historiated border, with the text removed, of floral motifs, trompe l'oeil fruit, and medallions containing figures in gold monochrome of the four Doctors of the Church (clockwise from top) Gregory the Great, Augustine, Ambrose and Jerome (f. 89a; 325 x 240 mm) and a section of border (f. 89b; 10 x 25 mm); an historiated initial 'P' of Christ Disputing with the Doctors in gold monochrome, a winged putto and banner inscribed 'Apparvit / gratia dei / salvatoris / nostri / omnibus / homi / nibus' from Titus 2:11 (f. 89c; 80 x 80 mm); a historiated initial 'T' of the Ascension in gold monochrome and a banner inscribed 'Euntes in / mundum uni / versum predi / cate evange / lium omni / creature' from Mark 16:15 (f. 89e; 80 x 80 mm); an historiated initial 'T' of the Holy Women at the Tomb in gold monochrome and a banner inscribed 'Non est hic / surrexit / enim si / cut dixit' from Matthew 28:6 (f. 89j; 85 x 85 mm); a historiated initial 'N' of the Supper at Emmaus in gold monochrome and a banner inscribed 'Pax / vobis ego / sum / no / lite time / re ' from Luke 24:36 (f. 89l; 85 x 85 mm); a historiated initial 'T' of the ?Last Judgment in gold monochrome and a banner inscribed 'Ascendit / ad celeos sedet / ad dextram dei /patris omnipotent / is' (f. 89o; 95 x 80 mm); a historiated faceted initial 'T' held by a putto and entwined with a scroll inscribed 'Memento / nostri / Domine / in bene / placito / populi / tui' from Matthew 28:6 (f. 89q; 95 x 90mm); and 9 strips of gold parchment (ff. 89d, f-i, k, m, n and p). On the reverse of the border and initials are lines of partial text ‘E…’ (f. 89a verso); '…cut erat in /… et n[u]nc et se/...cula seculo /e[n]. Iteru[m] re' (f. 89c verso); '…ferimus pro / sancta catho /…acificare: cu /…nare: et regi' (f. 89j verso); '…erat in prin / e et semper: / eculoru[m]. Am /…epetit[ur] introi' (f. 89l verso ); '…ius pro ec / …catholica q / …ustodire ad /…ere digner /…erraru[m] una (f. 89o verso); and '…i offerimus /… tua sancta /…m pacificar /…dunare, et i/…is toto orb' (f. 89q verso)., Cuttings from service books of Pius IV

trompe l'oeil fruit, and medallions containing figures in gold monochrome of the four Doctors of the Church (clockwise from top) Gregory the Great, Augustine, Ambrose and Jerome (f. 89a; 325 x 240 mm) and a section of border (f. 89b;

• A montage (now dismembered) of four sections of historiated border of cartouches, scrolls, trompe l’oeil pearls, cherubs, arabesques, and figures in monochrome of John, the Resurrection, Mark and two medallions inscribed 'De / dit / illi no / men' and 'Quod / est su / per omne / nome[n]' (f. 83a; 35 x 240 mm); of Augustine, Gregory, a scene with many figures and two plaques inscribed 'MDLXIIII' and 'Iulio' (f. 83e; 270 x 35 mm); of Matthew, the Ascension, Luke and two medallions inscribed 'Ut / in nomi / ne / Iesu' and 'Om / ne genus flecta / tur' (f. 83h; 35 x 240 mm); of Jerome, Ambrose, and a scene with many figures and two plaques inscribed 'Anno V' and 'Mense' (f. 83d; 270 x 35); four plaques inscribed 'Apollonius / de / Bonfratellis / de / Capranica' (f. 83b; 35 x 35 mm), 'Capellae / et / Sacrestiae / Apostolicae / Minaiator / Fecit' (f. 83c; 35 x 35 mm), 'Anno / Domini / MDLXIV / Mense Iulio' (f. 83f; 35 x 35 mm), and 'Sedente / Pio Iv / Pont. Opt. Max. / De Medicis / Mediolanense / Anno V' (f. 83g; 35 x 35 mm); and two strips of gold parchment (ff. 83i and j; 50 x 80 mm each)., Cuttings from service books of Pius IV

annotated Western Manuscripts departmental copy of the sale catalogue.William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased from him on the same day by the British Museum. Resurrection, Ascension, Evangelists and Doctors of the Church Apollonio de' Bonfratelli Rome Italy, Central (Rome)