• 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

(see ~Miniature dell'Italia Settentironale nella Fondzione Giorgio Cini~, ed. by Giordana Mariani Canova (Vicenza: Neri Pozza, 1978), cat. nos. 108a-d); London, Wallace Collection, M325-M326, and M333-M335;); Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. 104 (2009.51); Milan, Longari collection, (see ~Una

• 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

(see ~Miniature dell'Italia Settentironale nella Fondzione Giorgio Cini~, ed. by Giordana Mariani Canova (Vicenza: Neri Pozza, 1978), cat. nos. 108a-d); London, Wallace Collection, M325-M326, and M333-M335;); Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. 104 (2009.51); Milan, Longari collection, (see ~Una

• 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

(see ~Miniature dell'Italia Settentironale nella Fondzione Giorgio Cini~, ed. by Giordana Mariani Canova (Vicenza: Neri Pozza, 1978), cat. nos. 108a-d); London, Wallace Collection, M325-M326, and M333-M335;); Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. 104 (2009.51); Milan, Longari collection, (see ~Una

• Historiated initial 'N' with John the Baptist, measuring 160 x 165 mm. On the reverse, two four-line staves, musical notation and partial text '...ni um p[er]hi /...e lumi nep'., Cuttings from a choir book

(see ~Miniature dell'Italia Settentironale nella Fondzione Giorgio Cini~, ed. by Giordana Mariani Canova (Vicenza: Neri Pozza, 1978), cat. nos. 108a-d); London, Wallace Collection, M325-M326, and M333-M335;); Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. 104 (2009.51); Milan, Longari collection, (see ~Una

• 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

(see ~Miniature dell'Italia Settentironale nella Fondzione Giorgio Cini~, ed. by Giordana Mariani Canova (Vicenza: Neri Pozza, 1978), cat. nos. 108a-d); London, Wallace Collection, M325-M326, and M333-M335;); Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. 104 (2009.51); Milan, Longari collection, (see ~Una

• 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

(see ~Miniature dell'Italia Settentironale nella Fondzione Giorgio Cini~, ed. by Giordana Mariani Canova (Vicenza: Neri Pozza, 1978), cat. nos. 108a-d); London, Wallace Collection, M325-M326, and M333-M335;); Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. 104 (2009.51); Milan, Longari collection, (see ~Una

• 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

(see ~Miniature dell'Italia Settentironale nella Fondzione Giorgio Cini~, ed. by Giordana Mariani Canova (Vicenza: Neri Pozza, 1978), cat. nos. 108a-d); London, Wallace Collection, M325-M326, and M333-M335;); Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. 104 (2009.51); Milan, Longari collection, (see ~Una

• 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

(see ~Miniature dell'Italia Settentironale nella Fondzione Giorgio Cini~, ed. by Giordana Mariani Canova (Vicenza: Neri Pozza, 1978), cat. nos. 108a-d); London, Wallace Collection, M325-M326, and M333-M335;); Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. 104 (2009.51); Milan, Longari collection, (see ~Una

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

(see ~Miniature dell'Italia Settentironale nella Fondzione Giorgio Cini~, ed. by Giordana Mariani Canova (Vicenza: Neri Pozza, 1978), cat. nos. 108a-d); London, Wallace Collection, M325-M326, and M333-M335;); Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. 104 (2009.51); Milan, Longari collection, (see ~Una

• 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

(see ~Miniature dell'Italia Settentironale nella Fondzione Giorgio Cini~, ed. by Giordana Mariani Canova (Vicenza: Neri Pozza, 1978), cat. nos. 108a-d); London, Wallace Collection, M325-M326, and M333-M335;); Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. 104 (2009.51); Milan, Longari collection, (see ~Una

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

(see ~Miniature dell'Italia Settentironale nella Fondzione Giorgio Cini~, ed. by Giordana Mariani Canova (Vicenza: Neri Pozza, 1978), cat. nos. 108a-d); London, Wallace Collection, M325-M326, and M333-M335;); Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. 104 (2009.51); Milan, Longari collection, (see ~Una

• Decorated initial 'U'(pon) with foliate feathering including a male figure, extending between the columns and into the margins at the beginning of book 4., Confessio amantis, imperfect

£10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated initial John Gower London England, S. E. (?London)

• Miniature of Benedictine monks chanting at a lectern; another takes holy water on entering, and an initial 'K'. On the reverse one and a half four-line red staves, musical notation and partial text 'Kyrie /... leison'., Cuttings from a Gradual

from the Twelfth to the End of the Nineteenth Century~, ed. by Robert Henry Benson, 2 vols (Oxford: University Press; London: H. Milford, 1927), I, no. 17, fig. 15). Musical notation. 1 miniature in colours and gold, of Benedictine monks

• Historiated and zoomorphic initial 'B' of Benedict seated and holding a crozier, the body of the initial composed of horns sprouting foliage and a hedgehog. One the reverse two four-line red staves, musical notation and text 'co[mmunio] / …te om[n]es a[n]'., Cuttings from a Gradual

from the Twelfth to the End of the Nineteenth Century~, ed. by Robert Henry Benson, 2 vols (Oxford: University Press; London: H. Milford, 1927), I, no. 17, fig. 15). Musical notation. 1 miniature in colours and gold, of Benedictine monks

• Historiated and zoomorphic initial 'S' of Pentecost, the body of the initial composed of two intertwining dragons. On the reverse two four-line red staves, musical notation and text '...lleluia alle / …luia. Ps(almus)'., Cuttings from a Gradual

from the Twelfth to the End of the Nineteenth Century~, ed. by Robert Henry Benson, 2 vols (Oxford: University Press; London: H. Milford, 1927), I, no. 17, fig. 15). Musical notation. 1 miniature in colours and gold, of Benedictine monks

• Historiated initial 'S' of the Apostles praying. One the reverse one four-line red stave, musical notation and partial text '…eus all'., Cuttings from a Gradual

from the Twelfth to the End of the Nineteenth Century~, ed. by Robert Henry Benson, 2 vols (Oxford: University Press; London: H. Milford, 1927), I, no. 17, fig. 15). Musical notation. 1 miniature in colours and gold, of Benedictine monks

• Text page., Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions

of the diocese of Liège (b. c.1466/1467, d. 1540) for John Colet (b. c.1456, d.1519), dean of St Paul Cathedral, London, and friend of Erasmus, as a memorial of his father Henry Colet (d. 1505): colophon 'Summe et Individue trinitiati...

• Full-page miniature of Luke painting seated at an easel supporting an arch-topped panel, and holding a brush and palette, with a winged bull, Luke's symbol, behind him, and a scroll bearing the opening words of Luke 1:5 ('Fuit in diebus Herodis'), with a full border including flowers, insects and a drum-beating ape., Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions

of the diocese of Liège (b. c.1466/1467, d. 1540) for John Colet (b. c.1456, d.1519), dean of St Paul Cathedral, London, and friend of Erasmus, as a memorial of his father Henry Colet (d. 1505): colophon 'Summe et Individue trinitiati...

• Detail of a miniature of Luke painting seated at an easel supporting an arch-topped panel, and holding a brush and palette, with a winged bull, Luke's symbol, behind him, and a scroll bearing the opening words of Luke 1:5 ('Fuit in diebus Herodis')., Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions

of the diocese of Liège (b. c.1466/1467, d. 1540) for John Colet (b. c.1456, d.1519), dean of St Paul Cathedral, London, and friend of Erasmus, as a memorial of his father Henry Colet (d. 1505): colophon 'Summe et Individue trinitiati...

• Text page., Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions

of the diocese of Liège (b. c.1466/1467, d. 1540) for John Colet (b. c.1456, d.1519), dean of St Paul Cathedral, London, and friend of Erasmus, as a memorial of his father Henry Colet (d. 1505): colophon 'Summe et Individue trinitiati...