• 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

• Illuminated initial with pen-flourished decoration., Fragment from a Missal, on parchment

unpublished notes): other fragments from the same manuscript can be found in Add. 62104, Oxford, Bodleian Library, Lat. Liturg. e.38; London, Westminster Abbey, 36/17-19, and two flyleaves in Lincoln, Cathedral, V.5.11 (see Rankin 1984, Ker and Watson 1987, Gameson 1996).

• Coloured initial 'U' with penwork decoration., Fragment from and Canon law (?) text, on paper

unpublished notes): other fragments from the same manuscript can be found in Add. 62104, Oxford, Bodleian Library, Lat. Liturg. e.38; London, Westminster Abbey, 36/17-19, and two flyleaves in Lincoln, Cathedral, V.5.11 (see Rankin 1984, Ker and Watson 1987, Gameson 1996).

• 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)

• Detail of arms with a rose supported between a white greyhound and a red dragon, from the bottom border of the folio., Poems; Art d'amour; Les demands d'amour; Le liver dot grace entire sure le fait du government d'un prince

George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Arms 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)

• Miniature of a lady Jeunesse presenting the author to lord Bel Accueil and lady Plaisance and their court, with a full border with two mottos, 'La plus eure' and 'Dieu et mon droit', the arms of Edward the Confessor and George, the royal arms of England and the arms of Elisabeth of York surmounted by a crown with two shields bearing the same arms differenced by labels of three points; white roses ~en soleil~ of York; red rose supported by a white greyhound and a red dragon between red and white roses., 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. Court 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 lady Jeunesse presenting the author to lord Bel Accueil and lady Plaisance and their court, with a full border with two mottos, 'La plus eure' and 'Dieu et mon droit', the arms of Edward the Confessor and George, the royal arms of England and the arms of Elisabeth of York surmounted by a crown with two shields bearing the same arms differenced by labels of three points; white roses ~en soleil~ of York; red rose supported by a white greyhound and a red dragon between red and white roses., 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. Court 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)

• Text page, with a detail written within the ascender of a letter: ‘ave ma / ri gratia / plena / d[omi]n[us] tecu[m].', Poems; Art d'amour; Les demands d'amour; Le liver dot grace entire sure le fait du government d'un prince

II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text page 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)

• Text page with illuminated initials and flourishes., Poems; Art d'amour; Les demands d'amour; Le liver dot grace entire sure le fait du government d'un prince

II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text page 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)

• An engraved historiated full-page border of medallions containing the four Evangelists and scenes from the life of the Virgin and the life and Passion of Christ: (anti-clockwise from top left) of the Annunciation, Luke, the Nativity, the Flight into Egypt, Christ's Dispute with the Doctors, the Baptism of Christ, John, the Feeding of the Five Thousand, the Last Supper, Matthew, the Agony in the Garden, Christ before Caiaphas, Christ before Pontius Pilate, the Crucifixion, Mark, and the Resurrection., Cuttings from a printed Missal, containing text from the Masses for the feasts of Pentecost and Augustus

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 sale, 8 May 1856,