• Foliate initial 'S', measuring 85 x 80 mm. On the reverse, one four-line stave, musical notation and partial text 'utatem' (upper right)., Cuttings from a choir book

Doctors (f. 19), Nicholas of Bari (f. 49), a bishop saint (f. 50), the Massacre of the Innocents (f. 51), John the Baptist (f. 52), Michael (f. 53), and Joseph and his brothers (f. 54) with two four-line red staves,

• Foliate initial 'Q', measuring 75 x 80 mm. On the reverse, one four-line stave, musical notation and partial text 'e ad' (bottom left)., Cuttings from a choir book

Doctors (f. 19), Nicholas of Bari (f. 49), a bishop saint (f. 50), the Massacre of the Innocents (f. 51), John the Baptist (f. 52), Michael (f. 53), and Joseph and his brothers (f. 54) with two four-line red staves,

• Foliate initial 'S' [inverted], measuring 80 x 85 mm. On the reverse, one four-line stave, musical notation and partial filigree initial and text (bottom right)., Cuttings from a choir book

Doctors (f. 19), Nicholas of Bari (f. 49), a bishop saint (f. 50), the Massacre of the Innocents (f. 51), John the Baptist (f. 52), Michael (f. 53), and Joseph and his brothers (f. 54) with two four-line red staves,

• Foliate initial 'I' with an statue in an alcove and two cherubs [inverted], measuring 160 x 140 mm. On the reverse, two four-line staves, musical notation and partial text 'no(n) te sa(n)cto / Hec' and filigree initial 'H'., Cuttings from a choir book

Doctors (f. 19), Nicholas of Bari (f. 49), a bishop saint (f. 50), the Massacre of the Innocents (f. 51), John the Baptist (f. 52), Michael (f. 53), and Joseph and his brothers (f. 54) with two four-line red staves,

• Historiated initial 'B' with Nicholas of Bari, measuring 80 x 80 mm. On the reverse, one four-line stave, musical notation and partial text 'r. V'., Cuttings from a choir book

Doctors (f. 19), Nicholas of Bari (f. 49), a bishop saint (f. 50), the Massacre of the Innocents (f. 51), John the Baptist (f. 52), Michael (f. 53), and Joseph and his brothers (f. 54) with two four-line red staves,

• Historiated initial G' of a bishop saint, measuring 75 x 80 mm. On the reverse, one four-line stave, musical notation and partial text 'dant'., Cuttings from a choir book

Doctors (f. 19), Nicholas of Bari (f. 49), a bishop saint (f. 50), the Massacre of the Innocents (f. 51), John the Baptist (f. 52), Michael (f. 53), and Joseph and his brothers (f. 54) with two four-line red staves,

• Historiated initial 'E' with the Massacre of the Innocents, measuring 160 x 160 mm. On the reverse, two four-line staves, musical notation and partial text '...ster qu(am) admi[r]a/ e(?)'., Cuttings from a choir book

Doctors (f. 19), Nicholas of Bari (f. 49), a bishop saint (f. 50), the Massacre of the Innocents (f. 51), John the Baptist (f. 52), Michael (f. 53), and Joseph and his brothers (f. 54) with two four-line red staves,

• Historiated initial 'B' with Michael trampling the devil and weighing souls, measuring 165 x 165 mm. On the reverse, two four-line staves, musical notation and partial text 'crisi / rum alle'., Cuttings from a choir book

Doctors (f. 19), Nicholas of Bari (f. 49), a bishop saint (f. 50), the Massacre of the Innocents (f. 51), John the Baptist (f. 52), Michael (f. 53), and Joseph and his brothers (f. 54) with two four-line red staves,

• Historiated initial 'U' with Joseph and his brothers, illustrating Genesis 37:18-21, measuring 165 x 165 mm. On the reverse, two four-line staves, musical notation and partial text 'cidam(ur) / amus si pro'., Cuttings from a choir book

Doctors (f. 19), Nicholas of Bari (f. 49), a bishop saint (f. 50), the Massacre of the Innocents (f. 51), John the Baptist (f. 52), Michael (f. 53), and Joseph and his brothers (f. 54) with two four-line red staves,

• Section of foliate and zoomorphic border decoration with birds, flowers and an urn inscribed 'IHS', measuring 50 x 210 (upper border)., Cuttings from a choir book

Doctors (f. 19), Nicholas of Bari (f. 49), a bishop saint (f. 50), the Massacre of the Innocents (f. 51), John the Baptist (f. 52), Michael (f. 53), and Joseph and his brothers (f. 54) with two four-line red staves,

• Section of foliate border decoration with two candelabra inscribed 'Noe', measuring 225 x 70 mm (lower border)., Cuttings from a choir book

Doctors (f. 19), Nicholas of Bari (f. 49), a bishop saint (f. 50), the Massacre of the Innocents (f. 51), John the Baptist (f. 52), Michael (f. 53), and Joseph and his brothers (f. 54) with two four-line red staves,

• Section of foliate border decoration with a bird and the heads of two cherubs, measuring 200 x 70 mm (upper border)., Cuttings from a choir book

Doctors (f. 19), Nicholas of Bari (f. 49), a bishop saint (f. 50), the Massacre of the Innocents (f. 51), John the Baptist (f. 52), Michael (f. 53), and Joseph and his brothers (f. 54) with two four-line red staves,

• Section of foliate border decoration with a female grotesque, measuring 45 x 50 mm (lower border)., Cuttings from a choir book

Doctors (f. 19), Nicholas of Bari (f. 49), a bishop saint (f. 50), the Massacre of the Innocents (f. 51), John the Baptist (f. 52), Michael (f. 53), and Joseph and his brothers (f. 54) with two four-line red staves,

• 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 various locations set out in a landscape: 'La Chastel en Chaire', 'Le jardin du baume,' 'La cite de Babiloine,' and 'Les Moulins de Babiloine'., 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

• Miniature of Nectanebus receiving a letter; miniature of Nectanebus on a roof, in flight, having shaved his head., 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

• 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