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

for or after her marriage to Francesco Salviati in 1502: their arms, partly obliterated with gold (not obliterated on ff. 1, 20v, 31, 36v, 39v, 44v, 82, and 117v); the initials of Laudomia de' Medici and Francesco Salviati (ff. 33v,

• 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')

for or after her marriage to Francesco Salviati in 1502: their arms, partly obliterated with gold (not obliterated on ff. 1, 20v, 31, 36v, 39v, 44v, 82, and 117v); the initials of Laudomia de' Medici and Francesco Salviati (ff. 33v,

• 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')

for or after her marriage to Francesco Salviati in 1502: their arms, partly obliterated with gold (not obliterated on ff. 1, 20v, 31, 36v, 39v, 44v, 82, and 117v); the initials of Laudomia de' Medici and Francesco Salviati (ff. 33v,

• 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')

for or after her marriage to Francesco Salviati in 1502: their arms, partly obliterated with gold (not obliterated on ff. 1, 20v, 31, 36v, 39v, 44v, 82, and 117v); the initials of Laudomia de' Medici and Francesco Salviati (ff. 33v,

• 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')

for or after her marriage to Francesco Salviati in 1502: their arms, partly obliterated with gold (not obliterated on ff. 1, 20v, 31, 36v, 39v, 44v, 82, and 117v); the initials of Laudomia de' Medici and Francesco Salviati (ff. 33v,

• 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')

for or after her marriage to Francesco Salviati in 1502: their arms, partly obliterated with gold (not obliterated on ff. 1, 20v, 31, 36v, 39v, 44v, 82, and 117v); the initials of Laudomia de' Medici and Francesco Salviati (ff. 33v,

• 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')

for or after her marriage to Francesco Salviati in 1502: their arms, partly obliterated with gold (not obliterated on ff. 1, 20v, 31, 36v, 39v, 44v, 82, and 117v); the initials of Laudomia de' Medici and Francesco Salviati (ff. 33v,

• 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')

for or after her marriage to Francesco Salviati in 1502: their arms, partly obliterated with gold (not obliterated on ff. 1, 20v, 31, 36v, 39v, 44v, 82, and 117v); the initials of Laudomia de' Medici and Francesco Salviati (ff. 33v,

• 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')

for or after her marriage to Francesco Salviati in 1502: their arms, partly obliterated with gold (not obliterated on ff. 1, 20v, 31, 36v, 39v, 44v, 82, and 117v); the initials of Laudomia de' Medici and Francesco Salviati (ff. 33v,

• 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')

for or after her marriage to Francesco Salviati in 1502: their arms, partly obliterated with gold (not obliterated on ff. 1, 20v, 31, 36v, 39v, 44v, 82, and 117v); the initials of Laudomia de' Medici and Francesco Salviati (ff. 33v,

• White-vine initial 'I'(ulius), and white-vine border with putti and a parrot, with the arms of Pope Paul II (?) in the lower margin, at the beginning of Suetonius's De Vita Caesarum., De vita Caesarum (index XII Caesars)

margin, at the beginning of Suetonius's De Vita Caesarum. 1 large white-vine initial, accompanied by a three-sided white-vine border, including heraldic arms in the lower margin, in colours and gold (f. 1). 11 smaller white-vine initials, in colours and gold

• White-vine initial 'V'(itelliorum), from Suetonius's De Vita Caesarum., De vita Caesarum (index XII Caesars)

White-vine initial 'V'(itelliorum), from Suetonius's De Vita Caesarum. 1 large white-vine initial, accompanied by a three-sided white-vine border, including heraldic arms in the lower margin, in colours and gold (f. 1). 11 smaller white-vine initials, in colours and gold (ff.

• Detail of a white-vine initial 'I'(ulius), and the upper section of the white-vine border, at the beginning of Suetonius's De Vita Caesarum., De vita Caesarum (index XII Caesars)

border, at the beginning of Suetonius's De Vita Caesarum. 1 large white-vine initial, accompanied by a three-sided white-vine border, including heraldic arms in the lower margin, in colours and gold (f. 1). 11 smaller white-vine initials, in colours and gold

• Detail of the lower section of the white-vine border with putti and a parrot, with the arms of Pope Paul II (?), at the beginning of Suetonius's De Vita Caesarum., De vita Caesarum (index XII Caesars)

(?), at the beginning of Suetonius's De Vita Caesarum. 1 large white-vine initial, accompanied by a three-sided white-vine border, including heraldic arms in the lower margin, in colours and gold (f. 1). 11 smaller white-vine initials, in colours and gold

• Detail of a white-vine initial 'V'(itelliorum), from Suetonius's De Vita Caesarum., De vita Caesarum (index XII Caesars)

a white-vine initial 'V'(itelliorum), from Suetonius's De Vita Caesarum. 1 large white-vine initial, accompanied by a three-sided white-vine border, including heraldic arms in the lower margin, in colours and gold (f. 1). 11 smaller white-vine initials, in colours and gold

• Miniature of John the Baptist, and full foliate borders with birds, a dragon and a grotesque figure, for his suffrage., Prayer book

and blue grounds. Prayer book Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector: inscribed 'Bibliotheca Sloaniana' (f. 1). Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in

• Miniature of a knight in armour, with a full border inhabited by animals (peacock, lion, bear, goat, roe deer, birds) and putti, from Livy's De Secundo Bello Punic, with heraldic arms in the lower margin., De Secundo Bello Punico

Secundo Bello Punic, with heraldic arms in the lower margin. 1 small miniature, accompanied by a full foliate border with putti, animals, birds, and grotesques, in colours and gold (f. 1). Large initials with white vine ornament, in colours and

• White-vine initial 'C'(ornelius)., De Secundo Bello Punico

White-vine initial 'C'(ornelius). 1 small miniature, accompanied by a full foliate border with putti, animals, birds, and grotesques, in colours and gold (f. 1). Large initials with white vine ornament, in colours and gold (ff. 25, 51v, 74v, 96, 118,

• White-vine initial 'V'(t ex)., De Secundo Bello Punico

White-vine initial 'V'(t ex). 1 small miniature, accompanied by a full foliate border with putti, animals, birds, and grotesques, in colours and gold (f. 1). Large initials with white vine ornament, in colours and gold (ff. 25, 51v, 74v, 96,

• Decorated initials., Epigrammata ex sententiis S. Augustini, prefatory poem, and poema coniugis ad uxorem, Poems (ff. 1; 22-23v)

p(ro)sp(er). Glosati’ in a formal script (f. 1, upper margin). Small red initials, some decorated with simple patterns. Epigrammata ex sententiis S. Augustini, prefatory poem, and poema coniugis ad uxorem, Poems (ff. 1; 22-23v) The Cistercian abbey of St. Mary,