• Detail of a miniature of Greek tents being overthrown by a storm., Troy Book

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. Greek tents overthrown John Lydgate London England, S. E. ( London)

• Detail of a miniature of the quartered arms of Percy and Lucy flanked by initials 'HP', accompanied by badges of crescent and shackle-bolt, and encircled by the Garter., Troy Book

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. Arms of Percy and Lucy John Lydgate London England, S. E. ( London)

• Text page of the beginning of 'A Treatise between Information and Truth' of William Cornish., Testament and The reignes of the kyngis of England, A Treatise between Information and Truth; On the Death of the Earl of Northumberland; Le assemble de dyeus; Descent of the Lords Percy

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. Text page John Lydgate, William Cornish, John Skelton, William Peeris London England, S. E. (London?)

• Text page of John Skelton's 'On the Death of the Earl of Northumberland', with calligraphic letters and decorated ascenders., Testament and The reignes of the kyngis of England, A Treatise between Information and Truth; On the Death of the Earl of Northumberland; Le assemble de dyeus; Descent of the Lords Percy

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. Text page John Lydgate, William Cornish, John Skelton, William Peeris London England, S. E. (London?)

• Miniature of the month of May, with a seated young man receives fruit and flowers from a courtly group composed of a dwarf, three girls and five youths, some of whom play musical instruments in the foreground. In the landscape in the background two peasants labour, one scything and the other carrying baskets., Calendar leaf from the Book of Hours, Use of Rome, of Bona Sforza (the 'Sforza Hours') (index Sforza Hours) (May)

F. Warner, ~Miniatures and Borders from the Book of Hours of Bona Sforza, Duchess of Milan in the British Museum~ (London: Trustees, 1894), pp. viii-ix). Three detached leaves, an Adoration of the Magi (Add. 45722), the calendar miniature for the

• Full-page miniature of peasants and noblemen engaged in the occupations and labours of the month of October: peasants making wine in the background and nobles hawking in the foreground., Calendar leaf from the Book of Hours, Use of Rome, of Bona Sforza (the 'Sforza Hours') (index Sforza Hours) (October)

F. Warner, ~Miniatures and Borders from the Book of Hours of Bona Sforza, Duchess of Milan in the British Museum~ (London: Trustees, 1894), pp. viii-ix). Three detached leaves, an Adoration of the Magi (Add. 45722), the calendar miniature for the

• Historiated initial 'C' of a saint (upper left)., Cuttings from a liturgical manuscript

1856. /Lots 1002, 1005, 1006, 1008, 1009./' and '150 specimens F. M. ' (on mounted leaf in box 1).William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £33 12s on the 8th day of the Roger's, according to an

• Historiated initial 'C' of a saint (upper right)., Cuttings from a liturgical manuscript

1856. /Lots 1002, 1005, 1006, 1008, 1009./' and '150 specimens F. M. ' (on mounted leaf in box 1).William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £33 12s on the 8th day of the Roger's, according to an

• Historiated initial 'D' of a saint (left centre)., Cuttings from a liturgical manuscript

1856. /Lots 1002, 1005, 1006, 1008, 1009./' and '150 specimens F. M. ' (on mounted leaf in box 1).William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £33 12s on the 8th day of the Roger's, according to an

• Historiated initial 'D' of a saint (right centre)., Cuttings from a liturgical manuscript

1856. /Lots 1002, 1005, 1006, 1008, 1009./' and '150 specimens F. M. ' (on mounted leaf in box 1).William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £33 12s on the 8th day of the Roger's, according to an

• Miniature of the Annunciation, at the beginning of the Hours of the Virigin., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

f. 1v), bought by Rodd for £81.Bought by the British Museum from Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller, 13 November 1847 (note on f. 1), for £90, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by

• Historiated border with the Tree of Jesse and decorated initial 'D'(omine), at the beginning of the Hours of the Virigin., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

f. 1v), bought by Rodd for £81.Bought by the British Museum from Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller, 13 November 1847 (note on f. 1), for £90, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by

• Puzzle initial with penwork decoration, at the beginning of book 10 of Vergil's Aeneid., Aeneid, and others

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 2; its book-plate with the

• Text page recording the miracles of Henry VI, including the revival of Thomas Paynston, a young man who was run over by a wagon, and the healing of a boy living in London., Miracles of Henry VI, comissioned by John Morgan, dean of Windsor from 1485 to 1496 and bishop of St. David's from 1496 to 1504, with a dedication to Morgan (f. 1) and a hymn and prayer to Henry VI (f. 1v)

man who was run over by a wagon, and the healing of a boy living in London. f. 112 is a paper flyleaf.ff. 1v-25v: A collection of 28 miracles, preceded by a table of contents. The date and circumstances of

• Text page recording the miracles of Henry VI, including the revival of Thomas Paynston, a young man who was run over by a wagon, and the healing of a boy living in London., Miracles of Henry VI, comissioned by John Morgan, dean of Windsor from 1485 to 1496 and bishop of St. David's from 1496 to 1504, with a dedication to Morgan (f. 1) and a hymn and prayer to Henry VI (f. 1v)

man who was run over by a wagon, and the healing of a boy living in London. f. 112 is a paper flyleaf.ff. 1v-25v: A collection of 28 miracles, preceded by a table of contents. The date and circumstances of

• A dismembered montage of a section of foliate and historiated border with zoomorphic figures, trompe l'oeil gems and a roundel containing a seated female personification of Roma (Rome) facing left in profile, holding a winged victory in her right hand and a sword in her left with at her feet piled trophies of arms and shields (f. 10b; 245 x 60 mm; at centre of image) and two sections of foliate border with anthropomorphic grotesques (f. 10a, 245 x 60 mm; f. 10c, 240 x 60 mm). On the reverse of f. 10b are remnants of a foliate, historiated border with two simulated cameos., Cuttings from a Missal of Cardinal Antoniotto Pallavacini

51-88; Present location unknown: London, Sotheby's, 21 June 1988, lot 38, ex-Curtis Baer Collection (see Alexander, 2002, p. 238), and a cutting reproduced in Henry Shaw, ~The Decorative Arts Ecclesiastical and Civil of the Middle Ages~ (London: William Pickering, 1851),

• A dismembered montage of a section of foliate border with the arms of Cardinal Antoniotto Pallavacini: chequy of three points or and azure, and a chief or an estacade sable, two cameos of male busts in profile flanked by the iitials 'M. C.' and 'T. A.', foliage and urns in monochrome (f. 6b; 80 x 155 mm), and two cuttings in gold inscribed in capitals 'Anton. Pallavicinus Genuensis Cardin. S. Praxedis' (f. 6a; 75 x 15 mm) and 'Creat. Ab Innoc. VIII An Domini MCCCCLXXXIX' (f. 6c, 80 x 15 mm)., Cuttings from a Missal of Cardinal Antoniotto Pallavacini

51-88; Present location unknown: London, Sotheby's, 21 June 1988, lot 38, ex-Curtis Baer Collection (see Alexander, 2002, p. 238), and a cutting reproduced in Henry Shaw, ~The Decorative Arts Ecclesiastical and Civil of the Middle Ages~ (London: William Pickering, 1851),

• A dismembered montage of a historiated initial 'T' of Christ supported in the Tomb as Man of Sorrows (f. 9e; 105 x 85 mm), sections of foliate and historiated border with the arms of Cardinal Antoniotto Pallavacini: chequy of three points or and azure, and a chief or an estacade sable (f. 9a; 250 x 60 mm) and God in roundels (f. 9b; 30 x 85 mm), foliage (f. 9d, 60 x 85 mm; 9f, 70 x 90 mm) and anthropomorphic figures (f. 9c; 255 x 55 mm) and cuttings in gold (f. 9g, 5 x 55 mm; f. 9-h, 5 x 90 mm)., Cuttings from a Missal of Cardinal Antoniotto Pallavacini

51-88; Present location unknown: London, Sotheby's, 21 June 1988, lot 38, ex-Curtis Baer Collection (see Alexander, 2002, p. 238), and a cutting reproduced in Henry Shaw, ~The Decorative Arts Ecclesiastical and Civil of the Middle Ages~ (London: William Pickering, 1851),

• Detail of a miniature of the Castle of Love, with the lover addressing three women., Poems; Art d'amour; Les demands d'amour; Le liver dot grace entire sure le fait du government d'un prince

in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Castle of Love Quentin Poulet? (ff. 137, 188, 210) Master of the Prayer Books of around 1500 Charles, duke of Orléans; Pseudo-Heloise Bruges England, S. E. (London) and Netherlands, S (Bruges)

• Detail of a miniature of a prince and his council, and a prince hearing mass., Poems; Art d'amour; Les demands d'amour; Le liver dot grace entire sure le fait du government d'un prince

1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Prince and his council Quentin Poulet? (ff. 137, 188, 210) Master of the Prayer Books of around 1500 Charles, duke of Orléans; Pseudo-Heloise Bruges England, S. E. (London) and Netherlands, S (Bruges)