• A section of foliate border of the Medici device of a diamond ring with three feathers and motto 'Semper', and below a lion's head sprouting from the foliage, measuring 440 x 40 mm (at right of image)., 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,

• A section of foliate border with the initials 'L. X. P. M.', measuring 440 x 40 mm (at left of image)., 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,

• A section of foliate border of the Medici device of a diamond ring with three feathers, the motto 'Semper', and a vase, measuring 455 x 40 mm (at right of image)., 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,

• A section of foliate border of the Medici device of a diamond ring with three feathers, the motto 'Semper', measuring 425 x 40 mm (at centre of image)., 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,

• A section of foliate border of a winged putto holding the Medici device of a diamond ring with three feathers and motto 'Semper', and part of an initial letter, measuring 440 x 50 mm (at left of image)., 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,

• A section of foliate border of a winged putto standing above the Medici device of a diamond ring with three feathers and motto 'Semper', a cherub and vase, measuring 440 x 50 mm (at right of image)., 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,

• A section of foliate border of the Medici device of a yoke with a scroll inscribed 'Suave' above the initials 'L.X.P.M', and the letter 'N', measuring 455 x 50 mm (at centre of image)., 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,

• A section of foliate border of the Medici device of a diamond ring with three feathers, the motto 'Semper', and a cherub, measuring 430 x 45 mm (at left of image)., 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,

• A section of foliate border of the Medici device of a yoke with a scroll inscribed 'Suave', and a winged putto, measuring 410 x 50 mm (at right of image)., 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,

• Miniature of the Castle of Love, with the lover addressing three women, with a full border containing the royal arms of Henry VII impaled with those of Elisabeth of York between red and white roses, the Yorkist motto 'Dieu et mon droet', an ostrich feather with a motto 'Ic dene'; and an initial 'D'(u) with a red and white rose., Poems; Art d'amour; Les demands d'amour; Le liver dot grace entire sure le fait du government d'un prince

full border containing the royal arms of Henry VII impaled with those of Elisabeth of York between red and white roses, the Yorkist motto 'Dieu et mon droet', an ostrich feather with a motto 'Ic dene'; and an initial 'D'(u)

• Illuminated initial 'Q'(uod) enclosing flowers combined with a full panel border with flowers and a bird. The roses, greyhound, and dragon are heraldic motifs referring to the royal Tudor family., Quaestiones de observantia quadragesimali (index Matters concerning Lenten observance)(ff. 1v-67); Poem in praise of Henry VII's marriage to Elizabeth of York and of the birth of prince Arthur (ff. 67v-86v)

were added, probably in England.Giovanni Gigli of Lucca's poem celebrates the marriage of Henry VII (r. 1485-1509) to Elizabeth of York in 1486 and the birth of their first son Arthur (b. 1486, d. 1502), prince of Wales. Gigli later

• Illuminated initial 'C'(ui) enclosing flowers combined with a full panel border with flowers, acorns, and a greyhound holding a banner with the coat of arms of Henry VII., Quaestiones de observantia quadragesimali (index Matters concerning Lenten observance)(ff. 1v-67); Poem in praise of Henry VII's marriage to Elizabeth of York and of the birth of prince Arthur (ff. 67v-86v)

were added, probably in England.Giovanni Gigli of Lucca's poem celebrates the marriage of Henry VII (r. 1485-1509) to Elizabeth of York in 1486 and the birth of their first son Arthur (b. 1486, d. 1502), prince of Wales. Gigli later

• Detail of the roll including the genealogy of the king Clovis (in a central roundel 'Clovis'); this membrane is pencilled '2' at the top, but is actually the third membrane., Short Universal Chronicle (A tous nobles) from the death of Christ, of popes, Roman emperors, the kings of Briain then England, and the kings of France, written in four columns

membrane is pencilled '2' at the top, but is actually the third membrane. A sister manuscript is New York, Columbia University MS Plimpton 286 (see Norbye 2007). Ends with Pope Sixtus IV (r. 1471-1484).Written in a dialect that replaces the

• Detail from the roll with the genealogy of Charlemagne ('Charle Maingne'), including Charles Martel, Pepin, and Charlemagne, and the change of dynasty., Short Universal Chronicle (A tous nobles) from the death of Christ, of popes, Roman emperors, the kings of Briain then England, and the kings of France, written in four columns

Martel, Pepin, and Charlemagne, and the change of dynasty. A sister manuscript is New York, Columbia University MS Plimpton 286 (see Norbye 2007). Ends with Pope Sixtus IV (r. 1471-1484).Written in a dialect that replaces the 'c' sound by 'ch',

• Detail of the roll with a change of dynasty, including 'Hue le grant', king 'Hue Cappet', and 'Guillaume le bastart'., Short Universal Chronicle (A tous nobles) from the death of Christ, of popes, Roman emperors, the kings of Briain then England, and the kings of France, written in four columns

grant', king 'Hue Cappet', and 'Guillaume le bastart'. A sister manuscript is New York, Columbia University MS Plimpton 286 (see Norbye 2007). Ends with Pope Sixtus IV (r. 1471-1484).Written in a dialect that replaces the 'c' sound by 'ch', as

• Detail of the roll with the genealogy of Philippe le bel, including a change of scribal hand., Short Universal Chronicle (A tous nobles) from the death of Christ, of popes, Roman emperors, the kings of Briain then England, and the kings of France, written in four columns

including a change of scribal hand. A sister manuscript is New York, Columbia University MS Plimpton 286 (see Norbye 2007). Ends with Pope Sixtus IV (r. 1471-1484).Written in a dialect that replaces the 'c' sound by 'ch', as in 'cheulx'

• Miniature of the Immaculate Conception and of Henry VII kneeling, with a trompe l'oeil border, and an illuminated large initial with the royal coat of arms., Proper of the Mass for the Immaculate Conception

i.e., the Ordinance of the Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception, with a portrait of Henry VII, his wife, Elizabeth of York and their children praying before the image of Anna and Joachim at the Golden Gate (see J. J. G.

• Detail of a miniature of the Immaculate Conception and of Henry VII kneeling., Proper of the Mass for the Immaculate Conception

i.e., the Ordinance of the Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception, with a portrait of Henry VII, his wife, Elizabeth of York and their children praying before the image of Anna and Joachim at the Golden Gate (see J. J. G.

• Text of a prayer mentioning Henry VII; ‘ut rex noster Henricus sep/timus…’., Proper of the Mass for the Immaculate Conception

i.e., the Ordinance of the Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception, with a portrait of Henry VII, his wife, Elizabeth of York and their children praying before the image of Anna and Joachim at the Golden Gate (see J. J. G.

• Detail of a miniature of Olympias giving birth to Alexander the Great, with two eagles on the roof of the palace (foretelling Alexander's two empires in Europe and Asia). The temple of Diana at Ephesus burns in the background as a portent of Alexander's revenge on the Persians for their invasion of Greece under Xerxes in 480 BC., Historia Alexandri Magni

grant Alexandre by Vasco da Lucena, a Portuguese in the service of Isabella of Portugal and then of Margaret of York, first presented to Charles in 1468; preceded by a table of contents (ff. 1-11v). ?Shelfmark of a very large