• Historiated initial 'N' (cropped; the lower part of the letter is visible at the top right of the miniature) of the Last Supper beneath a cartouche inscribed in capitals 'Desiderio desideravi / hoc pascha manduc / are vobiscum', surrounded by a frame composed of four cuttings., Cuttings from a Missal of Paul III

Copenhagen, Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Fragment 1959/123 and former New York, Breslauer Collection (from A.II.14; see William M. Voelkle and Roger S. Wieck, ~The Bernard H. Breslauer Collection of Manuscript Illuminations~ (New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, 1992), cat. no. 91). 1

• Border of floral motifs and bezants with a medallion inscribed 'L.X.P.M.', the initials of Leo X, surmounted by a seated, winged putto, measuring 430 x 45 mm., Cuttings from Missals of Pope Leo X

December 1997, lot 82; New York, Private Collection, formerly Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection (see Pia Palladino, ~Treasures of a Lost Art: Italian Manuscript Painting of the Middle Ages and Renaissance~ (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art,

• Border of floral motifs and bezants with a winged putto holding a tablet inscribed 'L.X.P.M.', the initials of Leo X, and Medici device of a diamond ring with three feathers and motto 'Semper'. The present border is composed of three cuttings, measuring 205 x 45 mm, 135 x 45 mm and 185 x 45 mm., Cuttings from Missals of Pope Leo X

December 1997, lot 82; New York, Private Collection, formerly Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection (see Pia Palladino, ~Treasures of a Lost Art: Italian Manuscript Painting of the Middle Ages and Renaissance~ (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art,

• Border of floral motifs and bezants with a kneeling winged putto and the Medici device of a diamond ring with three feathers and motto 'Semper'. The present border is composed of two cuttings, the first measuring 200 x 45 mm and the second 240 x 45 mm., Cuttings from Missals of Pope Leo X

December 1997, lot 82; New York, Private Collection, formerly Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection (see Pia Palladino, ~Treasures of a Lost Art: Italian Manuscript Painting of the Middle Ages and Renaissance~ (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art,

• Border of floral motifs, bezants and a zoomorphic lion's head with a winged putto standing on a medallion inscribed 'L.X.P.M.', measuring 455 x 45 mm., Cuttings from Missals of Pope Leo X

December 1997, lot 82; New York, Private Collection, formerly Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection (see Pia Palladino, ~Treasures of a Lost Art: Italian Manuscript Painting of the Middle Ages and Renaissance~ (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art,

• Border of floral motifs and bezants with the Medici devices of a diamond ring with three feathers and motto 'Semper' flanked by two winged putti and a yoke with a scroll inscribed 'Suave surmounted by an initial 'N' within a medallion, measuring 435 x 55 mm. Gold filigree ornament has been applied vertically on the left of the border., Cuttings from Missals of Pope Leo X

December 1997, lot 82; New York, Private Collection, formerly Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection (see Pia Palladino, ~Treasures of a Lost Art: Italian Manuscript Painting of the Middle Ages and Renaissance~ (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art,

• Historiated and foliate border of a medallion with the Medici device of a yoke with a scroll inscribed 'Suave' surmounted by a standing winged putto, measuring 445 x 45 mm., Cuttings from Missals of Pope Leo X

December 1997, lot 82; New York, Private Collection, formerly Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection (see Pia Palladino, ~Treasures of a Lost Art: Italian Manuscript Painting of the Middle Ages and Renaissance~ (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art,

• Historiated full-page border of a portrait, the arms, unicorn, rainbow and lily emblems and Greek motto 'Dikes krinon' of Paul III, shells, flowers, putti, urns, butterflies and ladybirds (the text excised). Historiated initial 'N' (cropped; the lower part of the letter is visible at the top right of the miniature) of the Last Supper beneath a cartouche inscribed in capitals 'Desiderio desideravi / hoc pascha manduc / are vobiscum', surrounded by a frame composed of four cuttings., Cuttings from a Missal of Paul III

Copenhagen, Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Fragment 1959/123 and former New York, Breslauer Collection (from A.II.14; see William M. Voelkle and Roger S. Wieck, ~The Bernard H. Breslauer Collection of Manuscript Illuminations~ (New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, 1992), cat. no. 91). 1

• Initial 'T' of the dedication of a church., Cutting from an Antiphoner (index Antiphonal, antiphonary)

26, 28-30, 32, 33abc, 34abc; Paris, Musée National du Moyen Âge-Thermes, 22712-22713; Plzen (Czeck Republic), Západoceské Muzeum, inv. 2972; New York, ex-Stern Collection; Washington National Gallery of Art, inv. B 14842.Musical notation. 1 historiated initial 'T' in colours and gold,

• Calendar page for March with a man trimming vines (labour of the month), a ram (Aries), David's harp, and saints Chad and Gregory., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

(Watson, 1979).English saints in the calendar include Chad, Cuthbert (x 2), Dunstan, Guthlac, John of Beverley, Oswald, Swithin, William of York, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has been deliberately effaced.Text in English f. 22-22v:

• Calendar page for March with tinted drawings of saints Edward, Cuthbert, a blessing hand (Benedict), and a fleur-de-lis (for the feast of the Annunciation)., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

(Watson, 1979).English saints in the calendar include Chad, Cuthbert (x 2), Dunstan, Guthlac, John of Beverley, Oswald, Swithin, William of York, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has been deliberately effaced.Text in English f. 22-22v:

• Calendar page for April with tinted drawings of saints Tiburtius and Valerianus, George, Wilfrid, and Mark., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

(Watson, 1979).English saints in the calendar include Chad, Cuthbert (x 2), Dunstan, Guthlac, John of Beverley, Oswald, Swithin, William of York, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has been deliberately effaced.Text in English f. 22-22v:

• Circular diagram with the symbols of the zodiac., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

(Watson, 1979).English saints in the calendar include Chad, Cuthbert (x 2), Dunstan, Guthlac, John of Beverley, Oswald, Swithin, William of York, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has been deliberately effaced.Text in English f. 22-22v:

• Tinted drawing of Zodiac Man., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

(Watson, 1979).English saints in the calendar include Chad, Cuthbert (x 2), Dunstan, Guthlac, John of Beverley, Oswald, Swithin, William of York, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has been deliberately effaced.Text in English f. 22-22v:

• Table of the days of the week with various tinted drawings, possibly relating to the labours of the year and auspicious and inauspicious days., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

(Watson, 1979).English saints in the calendar include Chad, Cuthbert (x 2), Dunstan, Guthlac, John of Beverley, Oswald, Swithin, William of York, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has been deliberately effaced.Text in English f. 22-22v:

• Table of the days of the week with various tinted drawings., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

(Watson, 1979).English saints in the calendar include Chad, Cuthbert (x 2), Dunstan, Guthlac, John of Beverley, Oswald, Swithin, William of York, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has been deliberately effaced.Text in English f. 22-22v:

• Table of significant events, including the Nativity and the murder of king Edward II in 1327., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

(Watson, 1979).English saints in the calendar include Chad, Cuthbert (x 2), Dunstan, Guthlac, John of Beverley, Oswald, Swithin, William of York, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has been deliberately effaced.Text in English f. 22-22v:

• Table of English kings with twelve portraits, including those of William the Conqueror and Richard II., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

(Watson, 1979).English saints in the calendar include Chad, Cuthbert (x 2), Dunstan, Guthlac, John of Beverley, Oswald, Swithin, William of York, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has been deliberately effaced.Text in English f. 22-22v:

• Table of weights and measures, possibly for calculating the prices of bread or wheat, with a drawing of a balance and weights., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

(Watson, 1979).English saints in the calendar include Chad, Cuthbert (x 2), Dunstan, Guthlac, John of Beverley, Oswald, Swithin, William of York, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has been deliberately effaced.Text in English f. 22-22v:

• Detail of a miniature of the Nativity of John the Baptist., Breviary (the 'Breviary of John the Fearless and Margaret of Bavaria'), Use of Rome (index Breviary of Jean sans Peur)

(see Meiss 1974, esp. p. 232), started in c. 1410 after the completion of the Belles Heures in 1409 (New York, Cloister's, Acc. No. 54.1.1).This manuscript (summer portion) formed originally a single volume together with Additional 35311 (winter portion). The