• Historiated initial 'L' of a miracle with Christ raising a sick man from bed (lower centre)., Cuttings from a choir book

Esq. dispersed / in 1838' (f. i).Payne and Foss, London booksellers: their sale, 24 June 1850, lot 1087; purchased by Boone on the fourth day of the sale, 27 June.William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £18;

• Historiated initial 'S' of Christ blessing., Cuttings from a choir book

Esq. dispersed / in 1838' (f. i).Payne and Foss, London booksellers: their sale, 24 June 1850, lot 1087; purchased by Boone on the fourth day of the sale, 27 June.William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £18

• Historiated initial 'Q' of Peter., Cuttings from a choir book

Esq. dispersed / in 1838' (f. i).Payne and Foss, London booksellers: their sale, 24 June 1850, lot 1087; purchased by Boone on the fourth day of the sale, 27 June.William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £18

• Historiated initial 'O' of Christ before Caiaphas., Cuttings from a choir book

Esq. dispersed / in 1838' (f. i).Payne and Foss, London booksellers: their sale, 24 June 1850, lot 1087; purchased by Boone on the fourth day of the sale, 27 June.William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £18

• Historiated initial 'U' of John the Baptist, measuring 85 x 80 mm (upper left)., Cuttings from liturgical manuscripts

Esq. dispersed / in 1838' (f. i).Payne and Foss, London booksellers: their sale, 24 June 1850, lot 1087; purchased by Boone on the fourth day of the sale, 27 June.William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £18;

• Historiated initial 'D' of a Benedictine monk praying, measuring 70 x 95 mm (upper right)., Cuttings from liturgical manuscripts

Esq. dispersed / in 1838' (f. i).Payne and Foss, London booksellers: their sale, 24 June 1850, lot 1087; purchased by Boone on the fourth day of the sale, 27 June.William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £18;

• Historiated initial 'L' of God, measuring 100 x 85 mm (lower left)., Cuttings from liturgical manuscripts

Esq. dispersed / in 1838' (f. i).Payne and Foss, London booksellers: their sale, 24 June 1850, lot 1087; purchased by Boone on the fourth day of the sale, 27 June.William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £18;

• Historiated initial 'S' of a man reading, measuring 60 x 60 mm (centre left)., Cuttings from liturgical manuscripts

Esq. dispersed / in 1838' (f. i).Payne and Foss, London booksellers: their sale, 24 June 1850, lot 1087; purchased by Boone on the fourth day of the sale, 27 June.William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £18;

• Historiated initial 'D' of a saint, possibly Stephen, measuring 75 x 85 mm (centre right)., Cuttings from liturgical manuscripts

Esq. dispersed / in 1838' (f. i).Payne and Foss, London booksellers: their sale, 24 June 1850, lot 1087; purchased by Boone on the fourth day of the sale, 27 June.William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £18;

• Historiated initial 'B' of a prophet holding a scroll inscribed 'Benedictus', measuring 75 x 75 mm (lower centre)., Cuttings from liturgical manuscripts

Esq. dispersed / in 1838' (f. i).Payne and Foss, London booksellers: their sale, 24 June 1850, lot 1087; purchased by Boone on the fourth day of the sale, 27 June.William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £18;

• Historiated initial 'U' of Christ with the body of the letter of architectural elements and a putto, measuring 110 x 120 mm (upper centre)., Cuttings from liturgical manuscripts

Esq. dispersed / in 1838' (f. i).Payne and Foss, London booksellers: their sale, 24 June 1850, lot 1087; purchased by Boone on the fourth day of the sale, 27 June.William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £18;

• Historiated initial 'O' of a seated man, measuring 85 x 80 mm (centre left)., Cuttings from liturgical manuscripts

Esq. dispersed / in 1838' (f. i).Payne and Foss, London booksellers: their sale, 24 June 1850, lot 1087; purchased by Boone on the fourth day of the sale, 27 June.William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £18;

• Historiated initial 'S' of Christ and martyr saints, measuring 65 x 70 mm (centre right)., Cuttings from liturgical manuscripts

Esq. dispersed / in 1838' (f. i).Payne and Foss, London booksellers: their sale, 24 June 1850, lot 1087; purchased by Boone on the fourth day of the sale, 27 June.William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £18;

• Historiated initial 'A' of a seated man, measuring 75 x 80 mm (lower centre)., Cuttings from liturgical manuscripts

Esq. dispersed / in 1838' (f. i).Payne and Foss, London booksellers: their sale, 24 June 1850, lot 1087; purchased by Boone on the fourth day of the sale, 27 June.William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £18;

• Miniature of Justice with her sword and scales in a quatrofoil surrounded by floral motifs, foliage and bezants., Cutting from a manuscript

Esq. dispersed / in 1838' (f. i).Payne and Foss, London booksellers: their sale, 24 June 1850, lot 1087; purchased by Boone on the fourth day of the sale, 27 June.William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £18;

• A historiated and foliate initial 'X' of the Crucifixion., Cuttings from a choir book

number. To see these cuttings in the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 29902. Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, Marlay Cuttings It. 80a-c; London, Victoria and Albert Museum, mss 846 (9024C), 848 (9024E), 9025A, 9025C, 883 (9025E) and 884 (9025F); Milan, Nella Longari

• A historiated initial ?'I' of Christ preaching to three men., Cuttings from a choir book

number. To see these cuttings in the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 29902. Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, Marlay Cuttings It. 80a-c; London, Victoria and Albert Museum, mss 846 (9024C), 848 (9024E), 9025A, 9025C, 883 (9025E) and 884 (9025F); Milan, Nella Longari

• A historiated and foliate initial 'A' with a medallion of pseudo-Oriental writing, of a saint preaching to a kneeling crowd., Cuttings from a choir book

number. To see these cuttings in the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 29902. Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, Marlay Cuttings It. 80a-c; London, Victoria and Albert Museum, mss 846 (9024C), 848 (9024E), 9025A, 9025C, 883 (9025E) and 884 (9025F); Milan, Nella Longari

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'Q'(uoniam) with the royal arms of England, at the beginning of the text., Tractatulus de regimine seu caritate principum

Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1661, Royal Appendix 86, f. 28.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Royal arms of England Stephen Baron London England, S. E. (London?)

• Petrucchio Ubaldini's letter of dedication addressed to Elizabeth I and dated 1577., Le Vite e i Fatti di sei Donne Illustri, dedicated to Queen Elizabeth (descriptions of six mythical or early princesses: Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra, Clotilda of France, Suanhuita (or Suanvita) of Sweden, Jutha (or Judith), daughter of the Emperor Otho II, Zarina, Queen of the Sacae, and Venda (or Wanda), Queen of Poland.

from 1558 to 1603, written for her by Petruccio Ubaldini and presented to her as a New Year's gift in London on 1 January, 1577 (ff. 2 r-v); the entry in the New Year's Gift Roll (P.R.O. Chanc. Misc. 3/39)