• A section of foliate border of the Medici device of a diamond ring with three feathers and motto 'Semper', and below a lion's head sprouting from the foliage, measuring 440 x 40 mm (at right of image)., Cuttings from Missals of Pope Leo X

lot 82; New York, Private Collection, formerly Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection (see Pia Palladino, ~Treasures of a Lost Art: Italian Manuscript Painting of the Middle Ages and Renaissance~ (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2003), no.

• A section of foliate border with the initials 'L. X. P. M.', measuring 440 x 40 mm (at left of image)., Cuttings from Missals of Pope Leo X

lot 82; New York, Private Collection, formerly Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection (see Pia Palladino, ~Treasures of a Lost Art: Italian Manuscript Painting of the Middle Ages and Renaissance~ (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2003), no.

• A section of foliate border of the Medici device of a diamond ring with three feathers, the motto 'Semper', and a vase, measuring 455 x 40 mm (at right of image)., Cuttings from Missals of Pope Leo X

lot 82; New York, Private Collection, formerly Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection (see Pia Palladino, ~Treasures of a Lost Art: Italian Manuscript Painting of the Middle Ages and Renaissance~ (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2003), no.

• A section of foliate border of the Medici device of a diamond ring with three feathers, the motto 'Semper', measuring 425 x 40 mm (at centre of image)., Cuttings from Missals of Pope Leo X

lot 82; New York, Private Collection, formerly Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection (see Pia Palladino, ~Treasures of a Lost Art: Italian Manuscript Painting of the Middle Ages and Renaissance~ (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2003), no.

• A section of foliate border of a winged putto holding the Medici device of a diamond ring with three feathers and motto 'Semper', and part of an initial letter, measuring 440 x 50 mm (at left of image)., Cuttings from Missals of Pope Leo X

lot 82; New York, Private Collection, formerly Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection (see Pia Palladino, ~Treasures of a Lost Art: Italian Manuscript Painting of the Middle Ages and Renaissance~ (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2003), no.

• A section of foliate border of a winged putto standing above the Medici device of a diamond ring with three feathers and motto 'Semper', a cherub and vase, measuring 440 x 50 mm (at right of image)., Cuttings from Missals of Pope Leo X

lot 82; New York, Private Collection, formerly Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection (see Pia Palladino, ~Treasures of a Lost Art: Italian Manuscript Painting of the Middle Ages and Renaissance~ (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2003), no.

• A section of foliate border of the Medici device of a yoke with a scroll inscribed 'Suave' above the initials 'L.X.P.M', and the letter 'N', measuring 455 x 50 mm (at centre of image)., Cuttings from Missals of Pope Leo X

lot 82; New York, Private Collection, formerly Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection (see Pia Palladino, ~Treasures of a Lost Art: Italian Manuscript Painting of the Middle Ages and Renaissance~ (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2003), no.

• A section of foliate border of the Medici device of a diamond ring with three feathers, the motto 'Semper', and a cherub, measuring 430 x 45 mm (at left of image)., Cuttings from Missals of Pope Leo X

lot 82; New York, Private Collection, formerly Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection (see Pia Palladino, ~Treasures of a Lost Art: Italian Manuscript Painting of the Middle Ages and Renaissance~ (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2003), no.

• A section of foliate border of the Medici device of a yoke with a scroll inscribed 'Suave', and a winged putto, measuring 410 x 50 mm (at right of image)., Cuttings from Missals of Pope Leo X

lot 82; New York, Private Collection, formerly Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection (see Pia Palladino, ~Treasures of a Lost Art: Italian Manuscript Painting of the Middle Ages and Renaissance~ (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2003), no.

• Full-page border, from a detached leaf with the text removed, decorated with arabesques and seated figures of a pope, a cardinal, and two bishops, shrouded female figures, urns and floral motifs, framing miniatures of angels adoring the Host and the Last Supper., Cuttings from a Gospel Lectionary (index Evangelistary) of Gregory XIII

first publication of the catalogue of his collection in 1869 and the second edition of 1876 (see Robinson); ff. N and P were displayed at the British Museum in 1893. Purchased by the Department of Prints and Drawings of the

• 5 border pieces decorated with flowers, birds and insects., Cuttings from a Gospel Lectionary (index Evangelistary) of Gregory XIII

first publication of the catalogue of his collection in 1869 and the second edition of 1876 (see Robinson); ff. N and P were displayed at the British Museum in 1893. Purchased by the Department of Prints and Drawings of the

• Full-page border from a detached leaf with the text excised, decorated with four 'female' masks and figures of the four Evangelists in cartouches., Cuttings from a Gospel Lectionary (index Evangelistary) of Gregory XIII

first publication of the catalogue of his collection in 1869 and the second edition of 1876 (see Robinson); ff. N and P were displayed at the British Museum in 1893. Purchased by the Department of Prints and Drawings of the

• Miniature of the horoscope diagram for the day in which the world was created, including a world map within an astrological chart and personifications of winds, surrounded by 12 triangles with symbolic scenes representing aspects of life associated with the twelve astrological houses. The world map is a loose copy of the world map printed by Francesco Rosselli in Florence in 1492-3, which was copied from Henricus Martellus map (Additional 15760 f. 69)., Liber de Optimo fato Henrici Eboraci ducis et optimorum ipsius parentum

possible as a New Year Gift for 1503, before the death of Elisabeth ofYork, consort of Henry VII (d. 11 February 1503), for whome he foretold a life of eighty or ninety years.Inscribed 'De fortuna henrici principis Wallie' (f.

• Calligraphic initial 'L'(iber de optimo fato) at the beginning of William Parron's dedication., Liber de Optimo fato Henrici Eboraci ducis et optimorum ipsius parentum

possible as a New Year Gift for 1503, before the death of Elisabeth ofYork, consort of Henry VII (d. 11 February 1503), for whome he foretold a life of eighty or ninety years.Inscribed 'De fortuna henrici principis Wallie' (f.

• Historiated initial 'S'(apientissime) of king Henry VII enthroned, with Tudor roses and the royal arms of England in the border., Liber de Optimo fato Henrici Eboraci ducis et optimorum ipsius parentum

possible as a New Year Gift for 1503, before the death of Elisabeth ofYork, consort of Henry VII (d. 11 February 1503), for whome he foretold a life of eighty or ninety years.Inscribed 'De fortuna henrici principis Wallie' (f.

• Detail of a miniature of Charles the Bold enthroned and surrounded by his court receiving the book from Vasco da Lucena, at the beginning of the prologue., Cyropaedia (Cyropedie); De re militari (Lart de chevalerie)

service of Isabella of Portugal and then her son, Charles the Bold of Burgundy and his wife Margaret ofYork; addressed to Charles the Bold (b. 1433, d. 1477), duke of Burgundy (ff. 7-204v); preceded by a list of rubrics

• Miniature of Charles the Bold enthroned and surrounded by his court receiving the book from Vasco da Lucena, with a full border containing Charles's motto 'oublier ne puis' and the arms of Thomas Thwaytes, at the beginning of the prologue., Cyropaedia (Cyropedie); De re militari (Lart de chevalerie)

service of Isabella of Portugal and then her son, Charles the Bold of Burgundy and his wife Margaret ofYork; addressed to Charles the Bold (b. 1433, d. 1477), duke of Burgundy (ff. 7-204v); preceded by a list of rubrics

• Detail of a miniature of Imagination taking leave of the knight, with the city of Halle in the background, with a full trompe l'oeil border including a bird and an owl., Imaginacion de vraye noblesse

Roy dangleterre et de france' (f. 1); royal arms of England surmounted by a crown, with a white rose ofYork and a red rose of Lancaster (f. 3). ?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old

• Detail of an historiated initial 'A'(vous) of Henry VII receiving the book from the writer., Imaginacion de vraye noblesse

Roy dangleterre et de france' (f. 1); royal arms of England surmounted by a crown, with a white rose ofYork and a red rose of Lancaster (f. 3). ?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old

• Detail of a marginal painting of flowers and a bear, from the partial trompe l'oeil border., Imaginacion de vraye noblesse

Roy dangleterre et de france' (f. 1); royal arms of England surmounted by a crown, with a white rose ofYork and a red rose of Lancaster (f. 3). ?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old