• Two sections of historiated border of cartouches and medallions containing full-length figures of apostles including John, Andrew and Philip in gold monochrome, and the inscriptions: 'Manifestum / eum fecit / non omni / populo' and 'sed …/ …./ prae ordi / natis' (f. 86; 40 x 245 mm); and cartouches and medallions containing a full-length figures of apostles including Philip and Thomas five in gold monochrome, and the inscriptions: 'Nobis qui / dem qui / manduca / vimu' and 'bibimus / cum illo / …/ surrexit' (f. 87; 40 x 240 mm)., Cuttings from service books of Pius IV

all the cuttings order Add. 21412, Old Covers.Musical notation (f. 90a verso).Other cuttings from service books of Pius IV include London, Sotheby's 26 Jan 1959, lot 47; part of Philadelphia, Rosenbach Museum and Library, 54.662 (see Roger S. Wieck, 'Papal

• A montage (now dismembered) of a full-page miniature of the Crucifixion with the Virgin fainting below, a historiated border of cartouches and medallions containing scenes and figures in gold monochrome: the Agony in the Garden, the Betrayal, Christ before Caiaphas and the Flagellation, prophets and sibyls, and the inscription ‘Christus factus est / pro nobis obediens / usque ad montem [sic; mortem] / mortem autem crucis’ divided among the four corners, and four plaques inscribed ‘Pius / IIII / Pont / Max', measuring 335 x 240 mm (f. 90a); and a strip of border, measuring 50 x 240 mm (f. 90b). The miniatures is signed ‘APF’ below the left foot of the figure holding the ladder. On the reverse of the miniature is one four-line red stave, musical notation and text of the Sanctus from the Palm Sunday procession liturgy '[fi] ne dicentes. Sanctus, / Sanctus, Sanctus do / minus deus sabaoth. / Pleni sunt c[a]eli et terra / gloria tua Osan[n]a in ex / celsis. Benedictus qui / venit in nomine domini / Osanna in excelsis. / Verte.'., Cuttings from service books of Pius IV

all the cuttings order Add. 21412, Old Covers.Musical notation (f. 90a verso).Other cuttings from service books of Pius IV include London, Sotheby's 26 Jan 1959, lot 47; part of Philadelphia, Rosenbach Museum and Library, 54.662 (see Roger S. Wieck, 'Papal

• A montage (now dismembered) of a full-page miniature of the Lamentation with Christ laid on a bier covered with cloths beneath the cross, the Virgin and the Holy Women surrounding him, a historiated border of cartouches and medallions containing scenes and figures painted in gold monochrome: the Coronation of the Virgin, the Resurrection, Christ before Pilate, the Harrowing of Hell, and the four Evangelists, and the inscription 'Sic oportuit / pati Christum/ et ita intrare / in gloriam suam’ from Luke 24:26, reclining prophets bearing texts from Amos 9:6 'qui edificat ascensionem suam'; Ezekiel 37:12 'educam vos de sepulchris vestris popule [sic; populus] meus'; Hosea 13:14 'O mors ero mors tua morsus tuus ero inferne' and John 19:37 'Viderunt [sic; Videbunt] in quem transfixerunt', and the inscription 'Dux vitae / mortuus / regnat / vivus' divided among the four corners, measuring 335 x 245 mm (f. 91a); a section of scroll, measuring 15 x 40 mm (f. 91b) and a strip of parchment, measuring 15 x 40 mm (f. 91c). On the reverse is text of the Sanctus from the Palm Sunday procession liturgy 'Sanctus, Sanctus, / Sanctus d[omi]n[u]s deus / sabaoth. Pleni sunt c[a]eli et terra gloria tua, / Osa[n]na in excelsis. Be / nedictus qui venit in / nomine domini Osa[n] / na in excelsis' (f. 91a verso) and the letters ‘h’ and ‘u’ (91b verso)., Cuttings from service books of Pius IV

all the cuttings order Add. 21412, Old Covers.Musical notation (f. 90a verso).Other cuttings from service books of Pius IV include London, Sotheby's 26 Jan 1959, lot 47; part of Philadelphia, Rosenbach Museum and Library, 54.662 (see Roger S. Wieck, 'Papal

• 4 montages (now dismembered) of a section of a border with scroll-work, two trompe l’oeil cameos, ladybirds and a plaque inscribed 'Leprosi / mundantur / svedi aud / ient' and ladybirds (f. 92b; 265 x 30 mm), 2 plaques inscribed 'Apollonius / de / Bonfratellis / de / Capranica' (f. 92a; 30 x 30 mm) and 'Anno / Domini / MDLXIII' (f. 92d; 30 x 30 mm) and a section of border (f. 92c; 10 x 10 mm); a miniature of a cartouche with the arms of Pius IV, a banner inscribed 'Pius IIII Pon. Max.', cornucopiae, scrolls and ladybirds (f. 93a; 85 x 230 mm), four sections of frame (ff. 93c and f; 15 x 25 each) and of trompe l’oeil marble (ff. 93d, 80 x 115 mm and 93g, 85 x 110 mm), and two parchment supports (ff. 93b, 15 x 115 mm and 93e, 20 x 125 mm); a section of border of scroll-work, two trompe l’oeil cameos, ladybirds a plaque inscribed 'Mortui / resur / gent pa / uperes / evange / liza[n]tur ' (f. 94b; 270 x 30 mm), two panels inscribed 'Capellae / et Sacrestiae / Apostolicae / Miniator / Fecit' (f. 94a; 30 x 30 mm) and 'Pius IV / Pont. Opt. Max. / de / Medicis / Mediolanense' (f. 94d; 35 x 30 mm), and a section of border (f. 94c; 15 x 10 mm); a section of border of scroll-work, ladybirds, and a plaque inscribed 'Ceci vi / dent claudi / ambulant' (94*b; 35 x 235 mm), and two sections of frame (f. 94*a, 35 x 15 mm; f. 94*c, 35 x 15 mm)., Cuttings from service books of Pius IV

all the cuttings order Add. 21412, Old Covers.Musical notation (f. 90a verso).Other cuttings from service books of Pius IV include London, Sotheby's 26 Jan 1959, lot 47; part of Philadelphia, Rosenbach Museum and Library, 54.662 (see Roger S. Wieck, 'Papal

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'S'(atis) with a marginal extension forming a partial border containing hybrids, at the beginning of the De humanitate Verbi contra gentes of Athanasius., Theological treatises

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6542.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Text page., Theological treatises

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6542.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Illuminated initial 'P'(auli) with a hybrid and a mask., Theological treatises

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6542.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Ownership inscriptions of Humfrey, duke of Gloucester, reading 'Cest livre est a moy Homfrey duc de / Gloucestre le quel Jay fait translater / de grec en latyn par Antoyne de Becaria / Veroneys mon serviteur.', Theological treatises

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6542.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Illuminated Initial 'R'(erum) with a dragon, and hybrid holding a kettle and a sword, at the beginning of the Contra gentes of Athanasius., Theological treatises

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6542.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Illuminated initial 'S'(atis) with a marginal extension forming a partial border containing hybrids, at the beginning of the De humanitate Verbi contra gentes of Athanasius., Theological treatises

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6542.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Illuminated initial 'C'(um), with hybrids and human heads., Theological treatises

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6542.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Colophon of Antonio Beccaria of Verona, reading 'Athanasii viri sanctissimi de unitate substantiae deitatis / dialogus ex Graeco in Latinu[m] conversus per Antonium / Becariam Veronesem ad serenissimu[m] principem d[omi]n[u]m/ Humfredum Gloucestrix Ducem d[omi]n[u]m suu[m] singularissimu[m] / Locutores Athanasius, Arius et c'; with an inscription identifying the text by John Theyer., Theological treatises

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6542.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Decorated initial 'S'(icut) at the beginning of the first text, and birds, oak leaves, acorns and crowned knight in armour in the margins., Various religious and historical tracts (also known as 'Codex ruber' and 'Waltham Abbey Miscellany') including the 'Vita Haroldi' (ff. 1-24v); 'De inventione sancte crucis de Waltham' (also known as the 'Waltham Chronicle', ff. 43-62v), part 1; the Voyage of St Brendan (ff. 67-75v)

(f. 63).Inscribed 'An Olde Calender belonginge to me John Prim[...?] ?servaunt to M. George h[...] chamberlaine of the cittie of London. 1568' (f. 128): owned probably only ff. 128-35.Inscribed ?16th century 'Hugo de Houeden' (f. 63).Lord William Howard (b. 1563,

• Decorated initial 'D'(e) with pen-flourishing including an oak leaf, at the beginning of a list of the relics given to Waltham abbey by Harold and others., Various religious and historical tracts (also known as 'Codex ruber' and 'Waltham Abbey Miscellany') including the 'Vita Haroldi' (ff. 1-24v); 'De inventione sancte crucis de Waltham' (also known as the 'Waltham Chronicle', ff. 43-62v), part 1; the Voyage of St Brendan (ff. 67-75v)

(f. 63).Inscribed 'An Olde Calender belonginge to me John Prim[...?] ?servaunt to M. George h[...] chamberlaine of the cittie of London. 1568' (f. 128): owned probably only ff. 128-35.Inscribed ?16th century 'Hugo de Houeden' (f. 63).Lord William Howard (b. 1563,

• Decorated initials with pen-flourishing in the 'Waltham Chronicle'., Various religious and historical tracts (also known as 'Codex ruber' and 'Waltham Abbey Miscellany') including the 'Vita Haroldi' (ff. 1-24v); 'De inventione sancte crucis de Waltham' (also known as the 'Waltham Chronicle', ff. 43-62v), part 1; the Voyage of St Brendan (ff. 67-75v)

(f. 63).Inscribed 'An Olde Calender belonginge to me John Prim[...?] ?servaunt to M. George h[...] chamberlaine of the cittie of London. 1568' (f. 128): owned probably only ff. 128-35.Inscribed ?16th century 'Hugo de Houeden' (f. 63).Lord William Howard (b. 1563,

• Decorated initial 'C'(um) with pen-flourishing. Arches drawn in the margin, possibly by William Howard in the early 17th century., Various religious and historical tracts (also known as 'Codex ruber' and 'Waltham Abbey Miscellany') including the 'Vita Haroldi' (ff. 1-24v); 'De inventione sancte crucis de Waltham' (also known as the 'Waltham Chronicle', ff. 43-62v), part 1; the Voyage of St Brendan (ff. 67-75v)

(f. 63).Inscribed 'An Olde Calender belonginge to me John Prim[...?] ?servaunt to M. George h[...] chamberlaine of the cittie of London. 1568' (f. 128): owned probably only ff. 128-35.Inscribed ?16th century 'Hugo de Houeden' (f. 63).Lord William Howard (b. 1563,

• A montage (now dismembered) of a full-page historiated border, with the text removed, of floral motifs, the arms of Pius IV, a banner inscribed 'Pius IIII Pont. Max.', medallions containing figures in gold monochrome of the four Evangelists, two bishops, and four cherubs (f. 88a; 325 x 240 mm); an historiated initial 'T' of the Crucifixion in gold monochrome flanked by two cherubim, and the inscriptions 'Crucem tuam / adoramus/d[omi]ne et san / ctam resurre / tionem tuam / laudamus et’ and ‘glorificamus / ecce enim / propter li / gnum venit / gaudium in uni / verso mundo'from text for Good Friday (f. 88c; 80 x 80); an historiated initial 'I' of Christ Driving out the Money Lenders in gold monochrome, and a banner inscribed 'si mortiferum / quid bibe / rint non / eis nocebit' from Mark 16:18 (f. 88e; 85 x 80 mm); an historiated initial 'T' of the Coronation of the Virgin in gold monochrome and banners inscribed ‘Ad Mariae Gloriam / Mariam coronans' and 'Mariam sanctificans / Mariam gubernans' (f. 88k; 50 x 75 mm); an historiated initial 'I' of the ?Money Lenders in the Temple in gold monochrome and the inscription 'Pecunia tua tecum sit in perditione' (f. 88m; 60 x 80 mm); an historiated faceted initial 'T' of the Resurrection in gold monochrome and a banner inscribed 'Qui mortem nostram moriendo destruxit et vitam resurgendo reparavit' (f. 88q; 85 x 75 mm); an historiated initial 'T' of ?Doubting Thomas in gold monochrome and a banner inscribed 'Quia vidisti me / Thoma credidisti / Beati qui non vide / runt e crediderunt' (f. 88s; 80 x 80 mm); 6 sections of painted frame (ff. 88h, i, j, l, n and o); 7 strips of gold parchment (ff. 88b, d, g, f, p, r, t); and two pieces of parchment with off-setting from the inscribed banners (ff. 88v and v). On their reverse are lines of partial text reading ‘…pi / …e / …c, / …ta / …t / …e /…t’ (f. 88a verso); '…bec + mi /… sancta + /…illibata /…s tibi off' (f. 88c verso); ‘...i offerimu /... iva sancta' (f. 88k verso); '…ge eos fecun /…d[?]mi sua in viarum /…ut te donante /…piantu et tota /…ant' (f. 88m verso); '…a catholic /…ficare: cust /…e et regere /…orbe terra /…simulo tuo' (f. 88q); and ‘…+ sacrifici /…primis qu /... pro eccle /…ta catholic' (f. 88s)., Cuttings from service books of Pius IV

all the cuttings order Add. 21412, Old Covers.Musical notation (f. 90a verso).Other cuttings from service books of Pius IV include London, Sotheby's 26 Jan 1959, lot 47; part of Philadelphia, Rosenbach Museum and Library, 54.662 (see Roger S. Wieck, 'Papal

• A montage (now dismembered) of a full-page historiated border, with the text removed, of floral motifs, trompe l'oeil fruit, and medallions containing figures in gold monochrome of the four Doctors of the Church (clockwise from top) Gregory the Great, Augustine, Ambrose and Jerome (f. 89a; 325 x 240 mm) and a section of border (f. 89b; 10 x 25 mm); an historiated initial 'P' of Christ Disputing with the Doctors in gold monochrome, a winged putto and banner inscribed 'Apparvit / gratia dei / salvatoris / nostri / omnibus / homi / nibus' from Titus 2:11 (f. 89c; 80 x 80 mm); a historiated initial 'T' of the Ascension in gold monochrome and a banner inscribed 'Euntes in / mundum uni / versum predi / cate evange / lium omni / creature' from Mark 16:15 (f. 89e; 80 x 80 mm); an historiated initial 'T' of the Holy Women at the Tomb in gold monochrome and a banner inscribed 'Non est hic / surrexit / enim si / cut dixit' from Matthew 28:6 (f. 89j; 85 x 85 mm); a historiated initial 'N' of the Supper at Emmaus in gold monochrome and a banner inscribed 'Pax / vobis ego / sum / no / lite time / re ' from Luke 24:36 (f. 89l; 85 x 85 mm); a historiated initial 'T' of the ?Last Judgment in gold monochrome and a banner inscribed 'Ascendit / ad celeos sedet / ad dextram dei /patris omnipotent / is' (f. 89o; 95 x 80 mm); a historiated faceted initial 'T' held by a putto and entwined with a scroll inscribed 'Memento / nostri / Domine / in bene / placito / populi / tui' from Matthew 28:6 (f. 89q; 95 x 90mm); and 9 strips of gold parchment (ff. 89d, f-i, k, m, n and p). On the reverse of the border and initials are lines of partial text ‘E…’ (f. 89a verso); '…cut erat in /… et n[u]nc et se/...cula seculo /e[n]. Iteru[m] re' (f. 89c verso); '…ferimus pro / sancta catho /…acificare: cu /…nare: et regi' (f. 89j verso); '…erat in prin / e et semper: / eculoru[m]. Am /…epetit[ur] introi' (f. 89l verso ); '…ius pro ec / …catholica q / …ustodire ad /…ere digner /…erraru[m] una (f. 89o verso); and '…i offerimus /… tua sancta /…m pacificar /…dunare, et i/…is toto orb' (f. 89q verso)., Cuttings from service books of Pius IV

all the cuttings order Add. 21412, Old Covers.Musical notation (f. 90a verso).Other cuttings from service books of Pius IV include London, Sotheby's 26 Jan 1959, lot 47; part of Philadelphia, Rosenbach Museum and Library, 54.662 (see Roger S. Wieck, 'Papal

• Zoomorphic initial 'Q'(uod) formed by two biting dragons, and in the lower margin, the ink stamp of the Royal Society of London., De eucharista contra Petrum Martyrem Vermilium

the lower margin, the ink stamp of the Royal Society of London. 1 large zoomorphic initial (f. 1). 2 large decorated initials (ff. 45, 78). Decorated descenders, one including a Crucifixion (f. 182v). De eucharista contra Petrum Martyrem Vermilium Written

• Foliate initial 'O'(rdo), and three-sided foliate border, in the Ordo Coronationis., Ordo Coronationis (fragment)

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Foliate initial London England,