• Drawing of a panel with a snake., Silloge, in the third recension (ff. 4-245), with calendar (ff. 1-3v), De xiv urbis regionibus (ff. 246-253v), De notis antiquis (ff. [254-269v]), and index of the locations of the inscriptions (ff. [270-271v])

Drawing of a panel with a snake. Original foliation, and ink foliation, which stops at f. 253. Full-page calendar in colours and gold (ff. 1-3v). Headings in panels with text in gold or colours, some in the form of

• Detail of a panel with a snake., Silloge, in the third recension (ff. 4-245), with calendar (ff. 1-3v), De xiv urbis regionibus (ff. 246-253v), De notis antiquis (ff. [254-269v]), and index of the locations of the inscriptions (ff. [270-271v])

Detail of a panel with a snake. Original foliation, and ink foliation, which stops at f. 253. Full-page calendar in colours and gold (ff. 1-3v). Headings in panels with text in gold or colours, some in the form of

• Text pages with drawing of a snake., Silloge, in the third recension (ff. 4-245), with calendar (ff. 1-3v), De xiv urbis regionibus (ff. 246-253v), De notis antiquis (ff. [254-269v]), and index of the locations of the inscriptions (ff. [270-271v])

Text pages with drawing of a snake. Original foliation, and ink foliation, which stops at f. 253. Full-page calendar in colours and gold (ff. 1-3v). Headings in panels with text in gold or colours, some in the form of

• Detail of a drawiing of a snake., Silloge, in the third recension (ff. 4-245), with calendar (ff. 1-3v), De xiv urbis regionibus (ff. 246-253v), De notis antiquis (ff. [254-269v]), and index of the locations of the inscriptions (ff. [270-271v])

Detail of a drawiing of a snake. Original foliation, and ink foliation, which stops at f. 253. Full-page calendar in colours and gold (ff. 1-3v). Headings in panels with text in gold or colours, some in the form of

• Detail of white vine initial 'B'(ucolica) at the beginning of Servius' Commentary on Virgil's Eclogues., Commentary on Virgil’s Eclogues (index Bucolica, Bucolics) (ff. 1-17); Commentary on Virgil's Georgica (index Georgics)(ff. 17v-53v); Commentary on Virgil's Aeneis (index Aeneid) (ff. 54-191v)

Augustinian monastery of S. Giovanni in Verdara, Padua: given to them in 1478 by Pietro de Montagnana (see inscription above). John Gibson (fl. 1720-1726), dealer: sold to Edward Harley on 12 February 1719/20 (~Diary~ 1966; Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed

• Detail of white vine initial 'B'(ucolica) at the beginning of Servius' Commentary on Virgil's Georgica., Commentary on Virgil’s Eclogues (index Bucolica, Bucolics) (ff. 1-17); Commentary on Virgil's Georgica (index Georgics)(ff. 17v-53v); Commentary on Virgil's Aeneis (index Aeneid) (ff. 54-191v)

Augustinian monastery of S. Giovanni in Verdara, Padua: given to them in 1478 by Pietro de Montagnana (see inscription above). John Gibson (fl. 1720-1726), dealer: sold to Edward Harley on 12 February 1719/20 (~Diary~ 1966; Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed

• Historiated initial 'D' (ominus)' with Virgin and Child at the beginning of Matins in the Hours of the Virgin, with full paneled border of gold foliate decoration on coloured ground. In the borders, medallions with heads of haloed saints, 'IHS' monogram and coat of arms of the Guicciardini family of Florence (three hunting horns on azur) held by putti., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

the manuscript. Book of Hours, Use of Rome A member of the Guicciardini family of Florence: its arms (f. 13). John Gibson (fl. 1720-1726), dealer; sold to Edward Harley on 13 February 1723/4 (see ~Diary~ 1966; Wright 1972).The Harley Collection,

• Historiated initial and paneled border with foliate decoration and medallions with haloed heads and psaltery at the beginning of the Penitential Psalms., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

the manuscript. Book of Hours, Use of Rome A member of the Guicciardini family of Florence: its arms (f. 13). John Gibson (fl. 1720-1726), dealer; sold to Edward Harley on 13 February 1723/4 (see ~Diary~ 1966; Wright 1972).The Harley Collection,

• Miniature of the Virgin with the Christ Child, adored by an angel, and a full trompe l'oeil border, at the beginning of the Mass of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

the Virgin (ff. 32-37); the Gospel Lessons (ff. 37-41v); prayers to the Virgin (ff. 42-47v); suffrages to the Trinity, Michael, John the Baptist, Peter and Paul, Nicholas, Mary Magdalene, Catherine, and Barbara (ff. 48-51v); the Hours of the Virgin (ff.

• Miniature of the Virgin with the Christ Child, adored by an angel, at the beginning of the Mass of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

the Virgin (ff. 32-37); the Gospel Lessons (ff. 37-41v); prayers to the Virgin (ff. 42-47v); suffrages to the Trinity, Michael, John the Baptist, Peter and Paul, Nicholas, Mary Magdalene, Catherine, and Barbara (ff. 48-51v); the Hours of the Virgin (ff.

• Miniature in grisaille of an army camped outside a city., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

a bend dancetty azure charged in chief with a six-pointed star argent erased, but visible under ultraviolet light (f. 219).Sir John Donne (d. 1503), soldier and administrator: his arms of a wolf rampant erased (f. 219); includes autograph greetings to

• Detail of a miniature in grisaille of an army camped outside a city., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

a bend dancetty azure charged in chief with a six-pointed star argent erased, but visible under ultraviolet light (f. 219).Sir John Donne (d. 1503), soldier and administrator: his arms of a wolf rampant erased (f. 219); includes autograph greetings to

• Detail of a man doing a handstand amongst the foliage in the lower border of the folio., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

a bend dancetty azure charged in chief with a six-pointed star argent erased, but visible under ultraviolet light (f. 219).Sir John Donne (d. 1503), soldier and administrator: his arms of a wolf rampant erased (f. 219); includes autograph greetings to

• Detail of the miniature of the Martyrdom of Blaise., Cuttings from a Missal of Clement VII

skill. At the centre is an initial T of extreme b[?eauty...style wherein is represented the Cardinal; the rest illeg. cropped]"'. John Malcolm of Poltalloch (b. 1805, d. 1893), art collector and landowner: acquired between the first publication of the catalogue

• Montage composed of a miniature of the Assumption of the Virgin above the inscription 'Assumpta Est Maria' (centre); a three-sided historiated border of the arms of Clement VII, the Medici devices of a diamond ring with three feathers and motto 'Semper' and a yoke with motto 'Suave', two prophets in medallions and anthropomorphic and zoomorphic grotesques (left); and a single historiated border of the Medici device of the motto 'Candor Illesus' inscribed on a banner curling round a tree and a trunk supporting a crystal ball through which pass sun rays, one of which hits the tree causing it to burst into flames and the other striking the banner but with no effect, two prophets in medallions and anthropomorphic and zoomorphic grotesques (right)., Cuttings from a Missal of Clement VII

skill. At the centre is an initial T of extreme b[?eauty...style wherein is represented the Cardinal; the rest illeg. cropped]"'. John Malcolm of Poltalloch (b. 1805, d. 1893), art collector and landowner: acquired between the first publication of the catalogue

• Montage composed of a miniature of the Martyrdom of Blaise surmounted by two Medici devices of a yoke with motto 'Suave' (centre); a three-sided historiated border of the arms of Clement VII, the Medici devices of a diamond ring with three feathers and motto 'Semper' and the motto 'Candor Illesus' inscribed on a banner curling round a tree and a trunk supporting a crystal ball through which pass sun rays, one of which hits the tree causing it to burst into flames and the other striking the banner but with no effect, and two sibyls in medallions and anthropomorphic and zoomorphic grotesques (left); and a single historiated border of the Medici 'Candor Illesus' device, two prophets in medallions and anthropomorphic and zoomorphic grotesques (right)., Cuttings from a Missal of Clement VII

skill. At the centre is an initial T of extreme b[?eauty...style wherein is represented the Cardinal; the rest illeg. cropped]"'. John Malcolm of Poltalloch (b. 1805, d. 1893), art collector and landowner: acquired between the first publication of the catalogue

• Historiated initial ?'O' of two male saints, measuring 155 x 100 mm. On the reverse, two four-line staves, musical notation and partial text 'eluia'., Cuttings from a choir book

Doctors (f. 19), Nicholas of Bari (f. 49), a bishop saint (f. 50), the Massacre of the Innocents (f. 51), John the Baptist (f. 52), Michael (f. 53), and Joseph and his brothers (f. 54) with two four-line red staves,

• Historiated initial 'G' with the Assumption of the Virgin, measuring 80 x 85 mm. On the reverse, one four-line stave, musical notation and partial text 'collau'., Cuttings from a choir book

Doctors (f. 19), Nicholas of Bari (f. 49), a bishop saint (f. 50), the Massacre of the Innocents (f. 51), John the Baptist (f. 52), Michael (f. 53), and Joseph and his brothers (f. 54) with two four-line red staves,

• Historiated initial 'N' with Peter and Paul, measuring 160 x 160 mm. On the reverse, two four-line staves, musical notation and partial text '...expectatio /…bis iude'., Cuttings from a choir book

Doctors (f. 19), Nicholas of Bari (f. 49), a bishop saint (f. 50), the Massacre of the Innocents (f. 51), John the Baptist (f. 52), Michael (f. 53), and Joseph and his brothers (f. 54) with two four-line red staves,

• Historiated initial 'I' or 'L' with Christ among the Doctors, measuring 165 x 160 mm. On the reverse, two four-line staves, musical notation and partial text '...Vidi m[us] /...in oriente et'., Cuttings from a choir book

Doctors (f. 19), Nicholas of Bari (f. 49), a bishop saint (f. 50), the Massacre of the Innocents (f. 51), John the Baptist (f. 52), Michael (f. 53), and Joseph and his brothers (f. 54) with two four-line red staves,