• Detail of a miniature of a man and woman, Francesco Salviati and Laudomia de' Medici, adoring the Virgin and Child, at the end of Lauds in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours ('The Hours of Laudomia de' Medici')

according to the handwritten annotations in the BL Manuscript Department's copy of ~Catalogue of the Manuscripts at Ashburnham Place: Appendix~ (London: Hodgson, 1853).Bertram Ashburnham, 5th earl of Ashburnham: his sale, May 1897, bought by Yates Thompson together with the entire

• Detail of the upper section of the full all'antica border with putti, gems, and biblical figures, at the end of Lauds in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours ('The Hours of Laudomia de' Medici')

according to the handwritten annotations in the BL Manuscript Department's copy of ~Catalogue of the Manuscripts at Ashburnham Place: Appendix~ (London: Hodgson, 1853).Bertram Ashburnham, 5th earl of Ashburnham: his sale, May 1897, bought by Yates Thompson together with the entire

• Detail of the lower section of the full all'antica border with putti holding the image of Noah, at the end of Lauds in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours ('The Hours of Laudomia de' Medici')

according to the handwritten annotations in the BL Manuscript Department's copy of ~Catalogue of the Manuscripts at Ashburnham Place: Appendix~ (London: Hodgson, 1853).Bertram Ashburnham, 5th earl of Ashburnham: his sale, May 1897, bought by Yates Thompson together with the entire

• Detail of a section of the full all'antica border with putti, gems, and biblical figures, at the end of Lauds in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours ('The Hours of Laudomia de' Medici')

according to the handwritten annotations in the BL Manuscript Department's copy of ~Catalogue of the Manuscripts at Ashburnham Place: Appendix~ (London: Hodgson, 1853).Bertram Ashburnham, 5th earl of Ashburnham: his sale, May 1897, bought by Yates Thompson together with the entire

• Detail of a miniature of the Visitiation shown as taking place in Florence, in front of the church of San Giovannino, with the Medici Palace on the right and a view up the Via Gori in the background, at the beginning of Lauds in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours ('The Hours of Laudomia de' Medici')

according to the handwritten annotations in the BL Manuscript Department's copy of ~Catalogue of the Manuscripts at Ashburnham Place: Appendix~ (London: Hodgson, 1853).Bertram Ashburnham, 5th earl of Ashburnham: his sale, May 1897, bought by Yates Thompson together with the entire

• Detail of the lower section of the full all'antica border with putti, gems, and biblical figures, at the beginning of Lauds in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours ('The Hours of Laudomia de' Medici')

according to the handwritten annotations in the BL Manuscript Department's copy of ~Catalogue of the Manuscripts at Ashburnham Place: Appendix~ (London: Hodgson, 1853).Bertram Ashburnham, 5th earl of Ashburnham: his sale, May 1897, bought by Yates Thompson together with the entire

• Detail of the upper section of the full all'antica border with putti, gems, and biblical figures, at the beginning of Lauds in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours ('The Hours of Laudomia de' Medici')

according to the handwritten annotations in the BL Manuscript Department's copy of ~Catalogue of the Manuscripts at Ashburnham Place: Appendix~ (London: Hodgson, 1853).Bertram Ashburnham, 5th earl of Ashburnham: his sale, May 1897, bought by Yates Thompson together with the entire

• Lower part of the full all'antica border with putti, gems, and biblical figures, at the beginning of Lauds in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours ('The Hours of Laudomia de' Medici')

according to the handwritten annotations in the BL Manuscript Department's copy of ~Catalogue of the Manuscripts at Ashburnham Place: Appendix~ (London: Hodgson, 1853).Bertram Ashburnham, 5th earl of Ashburnham: his sale, May 1897, bought by Yates Thompson together with the entire

• Detail of a section of the full all'antica border with putti, gems, and biblical figures, at the beginning of Lauds in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours ('The Hours of Laudomia de' Medici')

according to the handwritten annotations in the BL Manuscript Department's copy of ~Catalogue of the Manuscripts at Ashburnham Place: Appendix~ (London: Hodgson, 1853).Bertram Ashburnham, 5th earl of Ashburnham: his sale, May 1897, bought by Yates Thompson together with the entire

• Incipit with red infill, in the Council of Gangra., Dionisio-Hadriana

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIII.6.9’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Pen-flourished initial 'I'(n dei nomine amen)., The Endowment and Orders of Sherington’s Chantry, founded in Saint Paul’s Church, London

Church, London. 5 large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing (ff. 1, 2, 9, 10v, 11v). Marginal notations and rubrics in red. Paraphs in red or blue. The Endowment and Orders of Sherington’s Chantry, founded in Saint Paul’s Church, London

• 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

ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Heraldry and signatures Perhaps John Multon John Multon Thomas Hoccleve, Pseudo-Aristotle London England, S. E. (London)

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

/ ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Decorated initial Perhaps John Multon John Multon Thomas Hoccleve, Pseudo-Aristotle London England, S. E. (London)

• A dismembered montage of a section of border with the arms of Clement VII (f. 66b; 75 x 135) and two panels inscribed in capitals 'Clemens VII / Pont. Opt. Max. / Julius De Medicis / Florentius / Leonis X / Frater Patruelis' (f. 66a; 75 x 65) and 'Electus / Sum Pontif. / Anno / Domini / MDXXIII' (f. 66c; 75 x 60)., Cuttings from a Missals of Clement VII

Esther Rosenbaum Collection (see Sotheby's, London, 25 April 1983, lot 213 [not illustrated]).Former New York, Breslauer Collection (see Voelkle and Wieck, cat. no. 90).Former London, Northwick Collection (see Sotheby’s, London, 16 November 1925, lot 115). London, Ford Collection, RF13 (see

• A border of grotesques, a medallion inscribed in capitals 'Clem / VII Po. / O. / M.' and two diamonds, measuring 265 x 25 mm (at left of image)., Cuttings from a Missals of Clement VII

Esther Rosenbaum Collection (see Sotheby's, London, 25 April 1983, lot 213 [not illustrated]).Former New York, Breslauer Collection (see Voelkle and Wieck, cat. no. 90).Former London, Northwick Collection (see Sotheby’s, London, 16 November 1925, lot 115). London, Ford Collection, RF13 (see

• A border of grotesques, the Medici devices of a yoke with motto 'Suave', a diamond ring with three feathers and motto 'Semper', two plaques inscribed 'Leo X' and two diamonds, measuring 280 x 30 mm (at right of image)., Cuttings from a Missals of Clement VII

Esther Rosenbaum Collection (see Sotheby's, London, 25 April 1983, lot 213 [not illustrated]).Former New York, Breslauer Collection (see Voelkle and Wieck, cat. no. 90).Former London, Northwick Collection (see Sotheby’s, London, 16 November 1925, lot 115). London, Ford Collection, RF13 (see

• A dismembered montage of a section of border of grotesques, and the Medici device of a diamond ring with three feathers and motto 'Semper', the arms of Clement VII (f. 69b; 40 x 135) and two plain panels (f. 69a, 40 x 65; f. 69c, 45 x 60)., Cuttings from a Missals of Clement VII

Esther Rosenbaum Collection (see Sotheby's, London, 25 April 1983, lot 213 [not illustrated]).Former New York, Breslauer Collection (see Voelkle and Wieck, cat. no. 90).Former London, Northwick Collection (see Sotheby’s, London, 16 November 1925, lot 115). London, Ford Collection, RF13 (see

• A section of border of grotesques, two trompe l'oeil scrolls inscribed in capitals 'Clem / enti VII' and 'Pon / Ma', and the Medici device of a yoke with motto 'Suave' with the letter 'N', measuring 315 x 30 mm (at left of image)., Cuttings from a Missals of Clement VII

Esther Rosenbaum Collection (see Sotheby's, London, 25 April 1983, lot 213 [not illustrated]).Former New York, Breslauer Collection (see Voelkle and Wieck, cat. no. 90).Former London, Northwick Collection (see Sotheby’s, London, 16 November 1925, lot 115). London, Ford Collection, RF13 (see

• A section of border of grotesques, two plain trompe l'oeil scrolls, and the Medici device of a yoke with motto 'Suave' with the letter 'N', measuring 310 x 30 mm (at right of image)., Cuttings from a Missals of Clement VII

Esther Rosenbaum Collection (see Sotheby's, London, 25 April 1983, lot 213 [not illustrated]).Former New York, Breslauer Collection (see Voelkle and Wieck, cat. no. 90).Former London, Northwick Collection (see Sotheby’s, London, 16 November 1925, lot 115). London, Ford Collection, RF13 (see

• Illuminated initial 'H'(enry) and three-sided foliate border, at the beginning of the statutes of the reign of Henry IV, Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from 1 Edward III to 31 Henry VI

inscribed with his name (ff. i, 281v).Francis Hargrave (b. 1740/41, d. 1821), legal writer.Purchased as part of the Hargrave collection of legal manuscripts by the British Museum, 1813. Illuminated initial 'H' and three-sided foliate border London England, S. E.? (London?)