• Text page with heraldry from a heraldic treatise by Adam Loutfut; coats of arms., Various heraldic treatises, including 'the Gaige of Battail' (ff. 1-5), heraldic treatise by Adam Loutfut (ff. 5-44), 'The Book of the Ordre of Chyvalry', translation of the French version of Ramon Lull's 'Le libre del ordre de cavayleria' (ff. 83-109), a poem on heraldry (ff. 151-155), Tractatus de nobilitate (ff. 155-164v), De duellis (ff. 164v-173v), imperfect

Lee' (ff. 17, 20, 25) and 'George Lee Michall' in pencil: 18th century (f. 24v). Inscribed in the same hand 'John Lee' in pencil: 18th century (ff. 24v, 26v).Various inscriptions (ff. 77, 145).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b.

• Text pages with heraldry from a heraldic treatise by Adam Loutfut; coats of arms., Various heraldic treatises, including 'the Gaige of Battail' (ff. 1-5), heraldic treatise by Adam Loutfut (ff. 5-44), 'The Book of the Ordre of Chyvalry', translation of the French version of Ramon Lull's 'Le libre del ordre de cavayleria' (ff. 83-109), a poem on heraldry (ff. 151-155), Tractatus de nobilitate (ff. 155-164v), De duellis (ff. 164v-173v), imperfect

Lee' (ff. 17, 20, 25) and 'George Lee Michall' in pencil: 18th century (f. 24v). Inscribed in the same hand 'John Lee' in pencil: 18th century (ff. 24v, 26v).Various inscriptions (ff. 77, 145).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b.

• Text page with heraldry from a heraldic treatise by Adam Loutfut; coats of arms., Various heraldic treatises, including 'the Gaige of Battail' (ff. 1-5), heraldic treatise by Adam Loutfut (ff. 5-44), 'The Book of the Ordre of Chyvalry', translation of the French version of Ramon Lull's 'Le libre del ordre de cavayleria' (ff. 83-109), a poem on heraldry (ff. 151-155), Tractatus de nobilitate (ff. 155-164v), De duellis (ff. 164v-173v), imperfect

Lee' (ff. 17, 20, 25) and 'George Lee Michall' in pencil: 18th century (f. 24v). Inscribed in the same hand 'John Lee' in pencil: 18th century (ff. 24v, 26v).Various inscriptions (ff. 77, 145).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b.

• Text page with heraldry from a heraldic treatise by Adam Loutfut; coats of arms., Various heraldic treatises, including 'the Gaige of Battail' (ff. 1-5), heraldic treatise by Adam Loutfut (ff. 5-44), 'The Book of the Ordre of Chyvalry', translation of the French version of Ramon Lull's 'Le libre del ordre de cavayleria' (ff. 83-109), a poem on heraldry (ff. 151-155), Tractatus de nobilitate (ff. 155-164v), De duellis (ff. 164v-173v), imperfect

Lee' (ff. 17, 20, 25) and 'George Lee Michall' in pencil: 18th century (f. 24v). Inscribed in the same hand 'John Lee' in pencil: 18th century (ff. 24v, 26v).Various inscriptions (ff. 77, 145).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b.

• Miniature of the Virgin with the Christ Child, adored by an angel, and a full trompe l'oeil border, at the beginning of the Mass of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

the Virgin (ff. 32-37); the Gospel Lessons (ff. 37-41v); prayers to the Virgin (ff. 42-47v); suffrages to the Trinity, Michael, John the Baptist, Peter and Paul, Nicholas, Mary Magdalene, Catherine, and Barbara (ff. 48-51v); the Hours of the Virgin (ff.

• Miniature of the Virgin with the Christ Child, adored by an angel, at the beginning of the Mass of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

the Virgin (ff. 32-37); the Gospel Lessons (ff. 37-41v); prayers to the Virgin (ff. 42-47v); suffrages to the Trinity, Michael, John the Baptist, Peter and Paul, Nicholas, Mary Magdalene, Catherine, and Barbara (ff. 48-51v); the Hours of the Virgin (ff.

• Miniature in grisaille of an army camped outside a city., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

a bend dancetty azure charged in chief with a six-pointed star argent erased, but visible under ultraviolet light (f. 219).Sir John Donne (d. 1503), soldier and administrator: his arms of a wolf rampant erased (f. 219); includes autograph greetings to

• Detail of a miniature in grisaille of an army camped outside a city., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

a bend dancetty azure charged in chief with a six-pointed star argent erased, but visible under ultraviolet light (f. 219).Sir John Donne (d. 1503), soldier and administrator: his arms of a wolf rampant erased (f. 219); includes autograph greetings to

• Detail of a man doing a handstand amongst the foliage in the lower border of the folio., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

a bend dancetty azure charged in chief with a six-pointed star argent erased, but visible under ultraviolet light (f. 219).Sir John Donne (d. 1503), soldier and administrator: his arms of a wolf rampant erased (f. 219); includes autograph greetings to

• Detail of the miniature of the Martyrdom of Blaise., Cuttings from a Missal of Clement VII

skill. At the centre is an initial T of extreme b[?eauty...style wherein is represented the Cardinal; the rest illeg. cropped]"'. John Malcolm of Poltalloch (b. 1805, d. 1893), art collector and landowner: acquired between the first publication of the catalogue

• Montage composed of a miniature of the Assumption of the Virgin above the inscription 'Assumpta Est Maria' (centre); a three-sided historiated border of the arms of Clement VII, the Medici devices of a diamond ring with three feathers and motto 'Semper' and a yoke with motto 'Suave', two prophets in medallions and anthropomorphic and zoomorphic grotesques (left); and a single historiated border of the Medici device of the motto 'Candor Illesus' inscribed on a banner curling round a tree and a trunk supporting a crystal ball through which pass sun rays, one of which hits the tree causing it to burst into flames and the other striking the banner but with no effect, two prophets in medallions and anthropomorphic and zoomorphic grotesques (right)., Cuttings from a Missal of Clement VII

skill. At the centre is an initial T of extreme b[?eauty...style wherein is represented the Cardinal; the rest illeg. cropped]"'. John Malcolm of Poltalloch (b. 1805, d. 1893), art collector and landowner: acquired between the first publication of the catalogue

• Montage composed of a miniature of the Martyrdom of Blaise surmounted by two Medici devices of a yoke with motto 'Suave' (centre); a three-sided historiated border of the arms of Clement VII, the Medici devices of a diamond ring with three feathers and motto 'Semper' and the motto 'Candor Illesus' inscribed on a banner curling round a tree and a trunk supporting a crystal ball through which pass sun rays, one of which hits the tree causing it to burst into flames and the other striking the banner but with no effect, and two sibyls in medallions and anthropomorphic and zoomorphic grotesques (left); and a single historiated border of the Medici 'Candor Illesus' device, two prophets in medallions and anthropomorphic and zoomorphic grotesques (right)., Cuttings from a Missal of Clement VII

skill. At the centre is an initial T of extreme b[?eauty...style wherein is represented the Cardinal; the rest illeg. cropped]"'. John Malcolm of Poltalloch (b. 1805, d. 1893), art collector and landowner: acquired between the first publication of the catalogue

• null, Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances

de Pordenone, Merveilles de la terre d'outremer, written in 1330 and translated by Jean de Vignay in 1331 (ff. 136v-148); John of Plano Carpini, Travels to the East in the abridgement of Vincent de Beauvais, Speculum Historiale 32, 2-66, in

• Historiated full-page border with the text excised, of the arms (flanked by two hybrid creatures) of Cardinal Giulio de' Medici, the Medici device of a diamond ring with three feathers and motto 'Semper', a half-length figure of Peter in a roundel, a cameo of the Flagellation of Christ, flowers, strawberries, birds, pearls, snail shells, and medallions inscribed in capital letters 'Christus Deus Omniptens' and 'Deus in nomine tuo salvus me fac' on a gold-flecked black background. Historiated initial 'T' of the Elevation of the Host before an altar table with an image of Anthony Abbot, introducing the ~Te igitur~ of the Canon of the Mass. A cartouche inscribed 'Julius de Medicis, Cardin. Electus Sum. Pontif. (Clemens VII.) Anno Dom. MDXXIII'., Cuttings from a Missal of Cardinal Giulio de' Medici

skill. At the centre is an initial T of extreme b[?eauty...style wherein is represented the Cardinal; the rest illeg. cropped]"'. John Malcolm of Poltalloch (b. 1805, d. 1893), art collector and landowner: acquired between the first publication of the catalogue

• Detail of a miniature of John the Baptist baptising Christ., La Bible Historiale, part 4 (Bible Historiale of Edward IV)

a miniature of John the Baptist baptising Christ. Volume 4 of a set that includes Royal MS 18 D IX and Royal MS 18 D X; it is not known whether the third volume ever existed.Contains the second edition of

• Miniature of John the Baptist baptising Christ, with a partial border., La Bible Historiale, part 4 (Bible Historiale of Edward IV)

of John the Baptist baptising Christ, with a partial border. Volume 4 of a set that includes Royal MS 18 D IX and Royal MS 18 D X; it is not known whether the third volume ever existed.Contains the second

• Detail of the colophon: 'Anno dominicae incarnationis M^o^CCCC^o^LXX^o^ & vii^a^ decembris opus hoc consumatum est: die autum veneris summo mane. Laus & gloria sit omnipotenti yhu xpo per infinita secula'., Lives

Detail of the colophon: 'Anno dominicae incarnationis M^o^CCCC^o^LXX^o^ & vii^a^ decembris opus hoc consumatum est: die autum veneris summo mane. Laus & gloria sit omnipotenti yhu xpo per infinita secula'. Probably the second of two volumes; the first volume

• Detail of faceted initial 'D'(e) with a pair of dolphins, and, in the border, a lioness seizing a ram and the arms and mottos of Aragon: BIEN ELIR and SUST[I]NIRE., De Antiquitates Judaicae and Vetustate Judaica

Detail of faceted initial 'D'(e) with a pair of dolphins, and, in the border, a lioness seizing a ram and the arms and mottos of Aragon: BIEN ELIR and SUST[I]NIRE. The manuscript was copied in Florence and illuminated in

• Decorated initial 'B'(eatus) with animal heads and figures at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter, with litany and additional prayers and canticles

Xixti (6 August and 20 September); Afra (7 August); Willibrord (7 November).Ampersands.f. 8-8v contains the beginning of the Gospel of John (the Easter reading), with decoration consonant with the rest of the manuscript.Multi-coloured stitching in the margin of ff. 95,

• Miniature of John the Evangelist in Patmos, with a full border and a foliate initial 'S'(aint), at the beginning of the life of John., Assumption of the Virgin and saints' Lives

of John the Evangelist in Patmos, with a full border and a foliate initial 'S'(aint), at the beginning of the life of John. Miniatures were attributed to the Master of the Dresden Prayerbook (Brinkmann 1997), who also illuminated Sir John