• Volvelle with three moving parts representing the zodiac, the sun, and the moon, and showing their relative positions and the moon's phases, and astronomical diagram., Medical miscellany, including an astronomical calendar

the subsequent provenance suggests an origin in London.? John Smith, London, 16th century: a memorandum records that '… I, John Fysh(?), Dyer of London doythe owe unto John Smith of London cloth worker the some of 2s xd …' (f.

• Detail of calligraphic specimens with decorated initial 'O' signed by Petruccio Ubaldini, dated 1550, and dedicated to Edward VI (in the fourth year of his reign)., Specimens of Calligraphy

Gilson 1921).In the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 42, no, 3.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Calligraphic specimens Petruccio Ubaldini Petruccio Ubaldini London England, S. E. (London)

• Historiated initial 'C' of the Vision of Ezechiel. On the reverse, two four-line red staves, musical notation and text '...ue sub ipso /…le bant'., Cuttings from an Antiphoner (index antiphonar, antiphonal)

1800; Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, Marlay Cuttings It 19; Lille, Musée des Beaux-Arts, inv. PL 708; London, Victoria and Albert Museum, ms. 1005 n. 4145; London, Wallace Collection, M330; Munich, Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, inv. no. 19796; Paris, Musée Marmottan, Wildenstein Collection,

• Historiated initial 'C' of Helen praying before the Cross. On the reverse, two four-line red staves, musical notation and text '...cut docuit /…lo'., Cuttings from an Antiphoner (index antiphonar, antiphonal)

1800; Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, Marlay Cuttings It 19; Lille, Musée des Beaux-Arts, inv. PL 708; London, Victoria and Albert Museum, ms. 1005 n. 4145; London, Wallace Collection, M330; Munich, Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, inv. no. 19796; Paris, Musée Marmottan, Wildenstein Collection,

• Historiated initial 'O' of a funeral with a saint burying a man. On the reverse, two four-line red staves, musical notation and text '…meoru[m] neq[ue] /…as de pecca'., Cuttings from an Antiphoner (index antiphonar, antiphonal)

1800; Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, Marlay Cuttings It 19; Lille, Musée des Beaux-Arts, inv. PL 708; London, Victoria and Albert Museum, ms. 1005 n. 4145; London, Wallace Collection, M330; Munich, Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, inv. no. 19796; Paris, Musée Marmottan, Wildenstein Collection,

• Detail of an historiated initial 'A'(d) of David in prayer, from the beginning of a Gradual., Leaf from a Gradual

1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London. Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. David Master of Mary of Burgundy

• Page of music on the verso of the folio., Leaf from a Gradual

1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London. Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Music Master of Mary of Burgundy

• 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 'A'(d) of David in prayer, from the beginning of a Gradual., Leaf from a Gradual

1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London. Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. David Master of Mary of Burgundy

• Detail of the last 4 staves of music and an inscription., Leaf from a Gradual

1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London. Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Music Master of Mary of Burgundy

• Historiated initial 'N' of the Annunciation. On the reverse, two four-line red staves, musical notation, and text '...Rorate celi / …s pluant in'., Cuttings from a choir book, probably a Sanctorale

W. Y. Ottley's Collection. / F. M.'.Payne and Foss, London booksellers: their sale, 24 June 1850, lot 1088; purchased by Boone on the fourth day of the sale, 27 June.William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £4

• Historiated initial 'D' of a blessed Benedictine Cardinal reading in a walled garden. On the reverse, two four-line red staves, musical notation and text 'ad / ma[tins] / an[tiphona] Gloria /…vir q tun et'., Cuttings from a choir book, probably a Sanctorale

W. Y. Ottley's Collection. / F. M.'.Payne and Foss, London booksellers: their sale, 24 June 1850, lot 1088; purchased by Boone on the fourth day of the sale, 27 June.William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £4

• Miniature of a view of London with the Tower Bridge and the Tower of London with duke Charles inside writing his poems, with a full border containing the royal arms of England surmounted by a crown and supported by two white lions, and a foliate initial 'D'(es nouvelles), introducing the poem Des nouvelles d'Albyon., Poems; Art d'amour; Les demands d'amour; Le liver dot grace entire sure le fait du government d'un prince

Miniature of a view of London with the Tower Bridge and the Tower of London with duke Charles inside writing his poems, with a full border containing the royal arms of England surmounted by a crown and supported by two

• Detail of a miniature of a view of London with the Tower Bridge and the Tower of London with duke Charles inside writing his poems., Poems; Art d'amour; Les demands d'amour; Le liver dot grace entire sure le fait du government d'un prince

Detail of a miniature of a view of London with the Tower Bridge and the Tower of London with duke Charles inside writing his poems. Includes the Poems of Charles, duke of Orléans, written during his captivity in England (1415-1440)