• Border of floral motifs and bezants with the Medici devices of a diamond ring with three feathers and motto 'Semper' flanked by two winged putti and a yoke with a scroll inscribed 'Suave surmounted by an initial 'N' within a medallion, measuring 435 x 55 mm. Gold filigree ornament has been applied vertically on the left of the border., Cuttings from Missals of Pope Leo X

include Add. 21412, ff. 20-44; Cambridge, University Library, Ms Add. 4165 (15); Geneva, Bibliothèque de Genève, Comites Latentes, MS. 109; London, Sotheby's, 15 June 1959, lot 120, 21 June 1988, lots 36-37, 21 and 22 June 1993, lots 46 and

• Historiated and foliate border of a medallion with the Medici device of a yoke with a scroll inscribed 'Suave' surmounted by a standing winged putto, measuring 445 x 45 mm., Cuttings from Missals of Pope Leo X

include Add. 21412, ff. 20-44; Cambridge, University Library, Ms Add. 4165 (15); Geneva, Bibliothèque de Genève, Comites Latentes, MS. 109; London, Sotheby's, 15 June 1959, lot 120, 21 June 1988, lots 36-37, 21 and 22 June 1993, lots 46 and

• Illuminated initial 'D' in colours and gold with foliate decoration including acanthus leaves, ivy, and foliate feathering extending into the margins to form a partial border, including a male figure., 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. Illuminated initial John Gower London England, S. E. (?London)

• Detail of flowers in the border of the folio., 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 painting of a drum-beating ape, flowers, and a moth, from the borders of the folio., 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 marginal painting of two men with wicker armour riding on rams, as one unseats the other in a parody of tournament., 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 marginal painting of a butterfly and flowers, from the full border., 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 marginal painting of a peacock among flowers, from the lower margin of the folio., 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 added historiated initial in the margin., Bible in two volumes with prologues, in the Later Wycliffite version, preceded by a table of readings

~Transactions of the Bibliographical Society~, 9 (1906-1908), pp. 127-210, and Andrew G. Watson, ~The Manuscripts of Henry Savile of Banke~ (London: Bibliographical Society, 1969); and with an autobiographical note beginning 'Henricus Saville filius Henrici Saville de Blatheroide et franciscae uxor

• In the lower margin is an added historiated initial 'D' of God in a cloud throwing down arrows at men with swords, shields, and axes cut from an early 13th-century Magna Glossatura, pasted into the lower margin., Bible in two volumes with prologues, in the Later Wycliffite version, preceded by a table of readings

~Transactions of the Bibliographical Society~, 9 (1906-1908), pp. 127-210, and Andrew G. Watson, ~The Manuscripts of Henry Savile of Banke~ (London: Bibliographical Society, 1969); and with an autobiographical note beginning 'Henricus Saville filius Henrici Saville de Blatheroide et franciscae uxor

• Detail of historiated initial 'S' with the Crucifixion., Bible in two volumes with prologues, in the Later Wycliffite version, preceded by a table of readings

~Transactions of the Bibliographical Society~, 9 (1906-1908), pp. 127-210, and Andrew G. Watson, ~The Manuscripts of Henry Savile of Banke~ (London: Bibliographical Society, 1969); and with an autobiographical note beginning 'Henricus Saville filius Henrici Saville de Blatheroide et franciscae uxor

• Detail of historiated initial., Pontifical; Tabula

in a later phase.) Pontifical; Tabula Perhaps written for a bishop of London, such as Robert de Braybroke (d. 1404) or Roger Walden (d. 1406): the see of London mentioned (see Lowden 2003 p. 44).? The Benedictine abbey of Sts

• Detail of historiated initial., Pontifical; Tabula

in a later phase.) Pontifical; Tabula Perhaps written for a bishop of London, such as Robert de Braybroke (d. 1404) or Roger Walden (d. 1406): the see of London mentioned (see Lowden 2003 p. 44).? The Benedictine abbey of Sts

• Detail of a historiated initial 'C'(onsecratio) of a bishop consecrating a virgin., Pontifical; Tabula

in a later phase.) Pontifical; Tabula Perhaps written for a bishop of London, such as Robert de Braybroke (d. 1404) or Roger Walden (d. 1406): the see of London mentioned (see Lowden 2003 p. 44).? The Benedictine abbey of Sts

• Detail of marginal image of a rabbit., Pontifical; Tabula

in a later phase.) Pontifical; Tabula Perhaps written for a bishop of London, such as Robert de Braybroke (d. 1404) or Roger Walden (d. 1406): the see of London mentioned (see Lowden 2003 p. 44).? The Benedictine abbey of Sts

• Detail of marginal image of a hybrid creature., Pontifical; Tabula

in a later phase.) Pontifical; Tabula Perhaps written for a bishop of London, such as Robert de Braybroke (d. 1404) or Roger Walden (d. 1406): the see of London mentioned (see Lowden 2003 p. 44).? The Benedictine abbey of Sts

• Detail of historiated initials., Pontifical; Tabula

in a later phase.) Pontifical; Tabula Perhaps written for a bishop of London, such as Robert de Braybroke (d. 1404) or Roger Walden (d. 1406): the see of London mentioned (see Lowden 2003 p. 44).? The Benedictine abbey of Sts

• Detail of marginal image of a leper., Pontifical; Tabula

in a later phase.) Pontifical; Tabula Perhaps written for a bishop of London, such as Robert de Braybroke (d. 1404) or Roger Walden (d. 1406): the see of London mentioned (see Lowden 2003 p. 44).? The Benedictine abbey of Sts

• Detail of historiated initial., Pontifical; Tabula

in a later phase.) Pontifical; Tabula Perhaps written for a bishop of London, such as Robert de Braybroke (d. 1404) or Roger Walden (d. 1406): the see of London mentioned (see Lowden 2003 p. 44).? The Benedictine abbey of Sts

• Illuminated border with foliate decoration and animal faces, and initial ''T'(he) at the beginning of Psalm 26 (27)., Bible in two volumes with prologues, in the Later Wycliffite version, preceded by a table of readings

~Transactions of the Bibliographical Society~, 9 (1906-1908), pp. 127-210, and Andrew G. Watson, ~The Manuscripts of Henry Savile of Banke~ (London: Bibliographical Society, 1969); and with an autobiographical note beginning 'Henricus Saville filius Henrici Saville de Blatheroide et franciscae uxor