• 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

• Initial 'P'(ost) with white vine decoration, at the beginning of Pliny 's Epistola 2., Epistolae 1-7 and 9

J. G. Alexander and A. C. De la Mare, ~The Italian manuscripts in the library of Major J. R. Abbey~ (London: Faber, 1969), p. 98 n. 4).Perhaps in the anonymous sale, ‘Importation from Sicily’, 19 April, 1817, lot 53, bought

• Illuminated white vine initial 'F'(requenter) at the beginning of Pliny's Epistolae., Epistolae 1-7 and 9

J. G. Alexander and A. C. De la Mare, ~The Italian manuscripts in the library of Major J. R. Abbey~ (London: Faber, 1969), p. 98 n. 4).Perhaps in the anonymous sale, ‘Importation from Sicily’, 19 April, 1817, lot 53, bought

• Illuminated white vine initial 'C'(upis) at the beginning of Pliny's Epistola 4., Epistolae 1-7 and 9

J. G. Alexander and A. C. De la Mare, ~The Italian manuscripts in the library of Major J. R. Abbey~ (London: Faber, 1969), p. 98 n. 4).Perhaps in the anonymous sale, ‘Importation from Sicily’, 19 April, 1817, lot 53, bought

• Detail of illluminated initial., Epistolae 1-7 and 9

J. G. Alexander and A. C. De la Mare, ~The Italian manuscripts in the library of Major J. R. Abbey~ (London: Faber, 1969), p. 98 n. 4).Perhaps in the anonymous sale, ‘Importation from Sicily’, 19 April, 1817, lot 53, bought

• Detail of illluminated initial., Epistolae 1-7 and 9

J. G. Alexander and A. C. De la Mare, ~The Italian manuscripts in the library of Major J. R. Abbey~ (London: Faber, 1969), p. 98 n. 4).Perhaps in the anonymous sale, ‘Importation from Sicily’, 19 April, 1817, lot 53, bought

• Detail of illluminated initial., Epistolae 1-7 and 9

J. G. Alexander and A. C. De la Mare, ~The Italian manuscripts in the library of Major J. R. Abbey~ (London: Faber, 1969), p. 98 n. 4).Perhaps in the anonymous sale, ‘Importation from Sicily’, 19 April, 1817, lot 53, bought

• Miniature of the Baptism of Christ, decorated initial 'I'(n) and foliate borders including hybrid figures, heraldic arms and the motto 'Vous et non plus'., Life of Christ (books 6-10)

supporters two lions [argent]; a couronne de marquis surmounting the shield (inside upper cover).Thomas Ballard, bookseller and book auctioneer in London: included in auction at Paul's Coffee House, 20 February 1720/1, lot 8; bought through Nathaniel Noel, bookseller, by Humfrey

• Miniature of the Crucifixion, decorated initial 'Q'(uis) and foliate borders including hybrid figures and coat of arms of Charles de Melun., Life of Christ (books 6-10)

supporters two lions [argent]; a couronne de marquis surmounting the shield (inside upper cover).Thomas Ballard, bookseller and book auctioneer in London: included in auction at Paul's Coffee House, 20 February 1720/1, lot 8; bought through Nathaniel Noel, bookseller, by Humfrey

• Miniature of the Resurrection, decorated initial 'E'(n) and foliate borders including hybrid figures, heraldic arms and the motto 'Vous et non plus'., Life of Christ (books 6-10)

supporters two lions [argent]; a couronne de marquis surmounting the shield (inside upper cover).Thomas Ballard, bookseller and book auctioneer in London: included in auction at Paul's Coffee House, 20 February 1720/1, lot 8; bought through Nathaniel Noel, bookseller, by Humfrey

• Detail of miniature of the Baptism of Christ., Life of Christ (books 6-10)

supporters two lions [argent]; a couronne de marquis surmounting the shield (inside upper cover).Thomas Ballard, bookseller and book auctioneer in London: included in auction at Paul's Coffee House, 20 February 1720/1, lot 8; bought through Nathaniel Noel, bookseller, by Humfrey

• Detail of miniature of the Crucifixion., Life of Christ (books 6-10)

supporters two lions [argent]; a couronne de marquis surmounting the shield (inside upper cover).Thomas Ballard, bookseller and book auctioneer in London: included in auction at Paul's Coffee House, 20 February 1720/1, lot 8; bought through Nathaniel Noel, bookseller, by Humfrey

• Detail of miniature of the Resurrection., Life of Christ (books 6-10)

supporters two lions [argent]; a couronne de marquis surmounting the shield (inside upper cover).Thomas Ballard, bookseller and book auctioneer in London: included in auction at Paul's Coffee House, 20 February 1720/1, lot 8; bought through Nathaniel Noel, bookseller, by Humfrey

• Detail of border with heraldry., Life of Christ (books 6-10)

supporters two lions [argent]; a couronne de marquis surmounting the shield (inside upper cover).Thomas Ballard, bookseller and book auctioneer in London: included in auction at Paul's Coffee House, 20 February 1720/1, lot 8; bought through Nathaniel Noel, bookseller, by Humfrey

• Detail of border with a hybrid creature holding a standard., Life of Christ (books 6-10)

supporters two lions [argent]; a couronne de marquis surmounting the shield (inside upper cover).Thomas Ballard, bookseller and book auctioneer in London: included in auction at Paul's Coffee House, 20 February 1720/1, lot 8; bought through Nathaniel Noel, bookseller, by Humfrey