• A border of grotesques, the Medici devices of a yoke with motto 'Suave', a diamond ring with three feathers and motto 'Semper', two plaques inscribed 'Leo X' and two diamonds, measuring 280 x 30 mm (at right of image)., Cuttings from a Missals of Clement VII

Esther Rosenbaum Collection (see Sotheby's, London, 25 April 1983, lot 213 [not illustrated]).Former New York, Breslauer Collection (see Voelkle and Wieck, cat. no. 90).Former London, Northwick Collection (see Sotheby’s, London, 16 November 1925, lot 115). London, Ford Collection, RF13 (see

• A dismembered montage of a section of border of grotesques, and the Medici device of a diamond ring with three feathers and motto 'Semper', the arms of Clement VII (f. 69b; 40 x 135) and two plain panels (f. 69a, 40 x 65; f. 69c, 45 x 60)., Cuttings from a Missals of Clement VII

Esther Rosenbaum Collection (see Sotheby's, London, 25 April 1983, lot 213 [not illustrated]).Former New York, Breslauer Collection (see Voelkle and Wieck, cat. no. 90).Former London, Northwick Collection (see Sotheby’s, London, 16 November 1925, lot 115). London, Ford Collection, RF13 (see

• A section of border of grotesques, two trompe l'oeil scrolls inscribed in capitals 'Clem / enti VII' and 'Pon / Ma', and the Medici device of a yoke with motto 'Suave' with the letter 'N', measuring 315 x 30 mm (at left of image)., Cuttings from a Missals of Clement VII

Esther Rosenbaum Collection (see Sotheby's, London, 25 April 1983, lot 213 [not illustrated]).Former New York, Breslauer Collection (see Voelkle and Wieck, cat. no. 90).Former London, Northwick Collection (see Sotheby’s, London, 16 November 1925, lot 115). London, Ford Collection, RF13 (see

• A section of border of grotesques, two plain trompe l'oeil scrolls, and the Medici device of a yoke with motto 'Suave' with the letter 'N', measuring 310 x 30 mm (at right of image)., Cuttings from a Missals of Clement VII

Esther Rosenbaum Collection (see Sotheby's, London, 25 April 1983, lot 213 [not illustrated]).Former New York, Breslauer Collection (see Voelkle and Wieck, cat. no. 90).Former London, Northwick Collection (see Sotheby’s, London, 16 November 1925, lot 115). London, Ford Collection, RF13 (see

• Illuminated initial 'Q'(uoniam) with the royal arms of England, with a partial border including Tudor roses, 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?)

• Decorated intial., Travels of Sir John Mandeville

Sir John Mandeville ? The Benedictine Abbey of St Albans (see below).? Willyam Caxton, by 1490 (see below).? Richard Tottyl, London, by 1579 (see below).Hugh Tuthill, descendant of Tottyl (see below).E. Hill, M. D., 22 March 1803: note stating that

• Text page., Travels of Sir John Mandeville

Sir John Mandeville ? The Benedictine Abbey of St Albans (see below).? Willyam Caxton, by 1490 (see below).? Richard Tottyl, London, by 1579 (see below).Hugh Tuthill, descendant of Tottyl (see below).E. Hill, M. D., 22 March 1803: note stating that

• null, Indenture between Lady Margaret Beaufort, countess of Richmond, and John Islip, abbot of Westminster abbey

(see Catalogue 1819).William Petty (~formerly~ Fitzmaurice) (b. 1737, d. 1805), 2nd earl of Shelburne and 1st marquess of Lansdowne, prime minister; purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts in 1807. Detail London England, S. E. (London)

• Historiated initital 'D' of the Prophet Zacharias, with his name inscribed on his halo., Cutting from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal; antiphonary)

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 'R' of a king with foliate extension and bezants (top 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 'E' of a king praying (left 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 a king praying (right 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 'D' of a turbaned man with an architectural background in monochrome (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 'E' of a king praying (top)., 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 'D' of the prophet Ezechiel holding a scroll inscribed 'Zachiel Profecta' (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 'L' of Barnabas holding a scroll inscribed 'Barnabas [Prof]ecta' (bottom)., 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 'C'(ome) of Edward III, with a full foliate border, at the beginning of his Statutes., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from Edward III to Henry VI, ending in the year 1451

and newspaper proprietor: with his book-plate inscribed '£ble.e.e [i.e. £190.0.0] / [bought from] Maggs / March 1924 (inside upper cover). Bequeathed to the British Museum in 1941 by Mrs Henry Yates Thompson. King Edward III London England, S. E. (London)

• Historiated initial 'R'(ichard) of Richard II, with a full foliate border, at the beginning of his Statutes., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from Edward III to Henry VI, ending in the year 1451

and newspaper proprietor: with his book-plate inscribed '£ble.e.e [i.e. £190.0.0] / [bought from] Maggs / March 1924 (inside upper cover). Bequeathed to the British Museum in 1941 by Mrs Henry Yates Thompson. King Richard II London England, S. E. (London)

• Historiated initial 'H'(enry) of Henry IV, with a full foliate border, at the beginning of his Statutes., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from Edward III to Henry VI, ending in the year 1451

and newspaper proprietor: with his book-plate inscribed '£ble.e.e [i.e. £190.0.0] / [bought from] Maggs / March 1924 (inside upper cover). Bequeathed to the British Museum in 1941 by Mrs Henry Yates Thompson. King Henry IV London England, S. E. (London)

• Historiated initial 'I'(n) of Henry VI, with a full foliate border, at the beginning of his Statutes., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from Edward III to Henry VI, ending in the year 1451

and newspaper proprietor: with his book-plate inscribed '£ble.e.e [i.e. £190.0.0] / [bought from] Maggs / March 1924 (inside upper cover). Bequeathed to the British Museum in 1941 by Mrs Henry Yates Thompson. King Henry VI London England, S. E. (London)