• 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

Esther Rosenbaum Collection (see Sotheby's, London, 25 April 1983, lot 213 [not illustrated]).Former New York, Breslauer Collection (see Voelkle and Wieck, cat. no. 90).Former London, Northwick Collection (see Sotheby’s, London, 16 November 1925, lot 115). London, Ford Collection, RF13 (see

• 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

Esther Rosenbaum Collection (see Sotheby's, London, 25 April 1983, lot 213 [not illustrated]).Former New York, Breslauer Collection (see Voelkle and Wieck, cat. no. 90).Former London, Northwick Collection (see Sotheby’s, London, 16 November 1925, lot 115). London, Ford Collection, RF13 (see

• A border with a bar of burnished gold decorated with leaves, floral forms, an urn, and bezants, measuring 360 x 45 mm., Cuttings from a manuscript of Pope Innocent VIII

Marchi, no. 29e); and Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, NMB. 1801 (de Marchi, no. 29a).From unidentified manuscripts: Add. 21412, ff. 45-65, Add. 35254H; London, Ford Collection, RF12 (see ~The Sixtieth Volume of the Walpole Society, 1998: the Ford Collection~, 2 vols, (Leeds: The

• A border with a bar of burnished gold decorated with leaves, floral forms, urns, and bezants, measuring 360 x 45 mm., Cuttings from a manuscript of Pope Innocent VIII

Marchi, no. 29e); and Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, NMB. 1801 (de Marchi, no. 29a).From unidentified manuscripts: Add. 21412, ff. 45-65, Add. 35254H; London, Ford Collection, RF12 (see ~The Sixtieth Volume of the Walpole Society, 1998: the Ford Collection~, 2 vols, (Leeds: The

• A border with a bar of burnished gold decorated with leaves, floral forms, urns, horns and bezants, measuring 360 x 35 mm., Cuttings from a manuscript of Pope Innocent VIII

Marchi, no. 29e); and Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, NMB. 1801 (de Marchi, no. 29a).From unidentified manuscripts: Add. 21412, ff. 45-65, Add. 35254H; London, Ford Collection, RF12 (see ~The Sixtieth Volume of the Walpole Society, 1998: the Ford Collection~, 2 vols, (Leeds: The

• A border with a bar of burnished gold decorated with leaves, floral forms, an urn, and bezants, measuring 360 x 40 mm., Cuttings from a manuscript of Pope Innocent VIII

Marchi, no. 29e); and Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, NMB. 1801 (de Marchi, no. 29a).From unidentified manuscripts: Add. 21412, ff. 45-65, Add. 35254H; London, Ford Collection, RF12 (see ~The Sixtieth Volume of the Walpole Society, 1998: the Ford Collection~, 2 vols, (Leeds: The

• A border with a bar of burnished gold decorated with leaves, floral forms, an urn, and bezants, measuring 360 x 40 mm., Cuttings from a manuscript of Pope Innocent VIII

Marchi, no. 29e); and Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, NMB. 1801 (de Marchi, no. 29a).From unidentified manuscripts: Add. 21412, ff. 45-65, Add. 35254H; London, Ford Collection, RF12 (see ~The Sixtieth Volume of the Walpole Society, 1998: the Ford Collection~, 2 vols, (Leeds: The

• A border with a bar of burnished gold decorated with leaves, floral forms, an urn, bezants, and an anthropomorphic head, measuring 360 x 45 mm., Cuttings from a manuscript of Pope Innocent VIII

Marchi, no. 29e); and Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, NMB. 1801 (de Marchi, no. 29a).From unidentified manuscripts: Add. 21412, ff. 45-65, Add. 35254H; London, Ford Collection, RF12 (see ~The Sixtieth Volume of the Walpole Society, 1998: the Ford Collection~, 2 vols, (Leeds: The

• Section of border with floral motifs, bezants and two zoomorphic heads. Remnants of illumination visible on reverse, measuring 40 x 175 mm., Cuttings from a manuscript of Pope Innocent VIII

Marchi, no. 29e); and Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, NMB. 1801 (de Marchi, no. 29a).From unidentified manuscripts: Add. 21412, ff. 45-65, Add. 35254H; London, Ford Collection, RF12 (see ~The Sixtieth Volume of the Walpole Society, 1998: the Ford Collection~, 2 vols, (Leeds: The

• Section of border with floral motifs and bezants, measuring 70 x 175 mm. Similar decoration visible on reverse., Cuttings from a manuscript of Pope Innocent VIII

Marchi, no. 29e); and Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, NMB. 1801 (de Marchi, no. 29a).From unidentified manuscripts: Add. 21412, ff. 45-65, Add. 35254H; London, Ford Collection, RF12 (see ~The Sixtieth Volume of the Walpole Society, 1998: the Ford Collection~, 2 vols, (Leeds: The

• Section of border with floral motif, an urn and bezants, measuring 65 x 170 mm. Similar decoration visible on the reverse., Cuttings from a manuscript of Pope Innocent VIII

Marchi, no. 29e); and Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, NMB. 1801 (de Marchi, no. 29a).From unidentified manuscripts: Add. 21412, ff. 45-65, Add. 35254H; London, Ford Collection, RF12 (see ~The Sixtieth Volume of the Walpole Society, 1998: the Ford Collection~, 2 vols, (Leeds: The

• Section of border with floral motifs and bezants. Similar decoration visible on reverse, measuring 35 x 170 mm., Cuttings from a manuscript of Pope Innocent VIII

Marchi, no. 29e); and Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, NMB. 1801 (de Marchi, no. 29a).From unidentified manuscripts: Add. 21412, ff. 45-65, Add. 35254H; London, Ford Collection, RF12 (see ~The Sixtieth Volume of the Walpole Society, 1998: the Ford Collection~, 2 vols, (Leeds: The

• Historiated initial with the presentation of an astrological textbook to King Henry VII, with the bishop and presenter of the book pointing to the stars, and an illuminated initial 'P'(ost), and floral scatter border with a bird in the lower margin, at the beginning of the Tractatus de revolutionibus in Guido Bonatti's ~Liber astronomiae~., Almagest (extract), Liber Astronomiae, Liber Arenalis, astronomical and geomantic tables, political prophecies

inscribed 'Gresham' (f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Henry VII Master of 1482 John Killingworth, Ptolemy, Guido Bonatti, Plato of Tivoli London England, S. E. (London)

• Miniature of the dragon constellation ('Draco'), in tables from Ptolemy's Almagest., Almagest (extract), Liber Astronomiae, Liber Arenalis, astronomical and geomantic tables, political prophecies

College: inscribed 'Gresham' (f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Dragon Master of 1482 John Killingworth, Ptolemy, Guido Bonatti, Plato of Tivoli London England, S. E. (London)

• Miniatures of Cephus (the King) and Boetes (Ploughman or Bear-Hunter), in tables from Ptolemy's Almagest. The tables give the locations of constellations at different times of the year., Almagest (extract), Liber Astronomiae, Liber Arenalis, astronomical and geomantic tables, political prophecies

'Gresham' (f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Cephus and Boetes Master of 1482 John Killingworth, Ptolemy, Guido Bonatti, Plato of Tivoli London England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of a historiated initial with the presentation of an astrological textbook to Henry VII., Almagest (extract), Liber Astronomiae, Liber Arenalis, astronomical and geomantic tables, political prophecies

inscribed 'Gresham' (f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Henry VII Master of 1482 John Killingworth, Ptolemy, Guido Bonatti, Plato of Tivoli London England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of illuminated initial and border with red and white roses., Almagest (extract), Liber Astronomiae, Liber Arenalis, astronomical and geomantic tables, political prophecies

College: inscribed 'Gresham' (f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Border Master of 1482 John Killingworth, Ptolemy, Guido Bonatti, Plato of Tivoli London England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of a miniature of the dragon constellation ('Draco'), in tables from Ptolemy's Almagest., Almagest (extract), Liber Astronomiae, Liber Arenalis, astronomical and geomantic tables, political prophecies

College: inscribed 'Gresham' (f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Dragon Master of 1482 John Killingworth, Ptolemy, Guido Bonatti, Plato of Tivoli London England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of a miniature of Cephus (the King) in tables from Ptolemy's Almagest., Almagest (extract), Liber Astronomiae, Liber Arenalis, astronomical and geomantic tables, political prophecies

College: inscribed 'Gresham' (f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Cephus Master of 1482 John Killingworth, Ptolemy, Guido Bonatti, Plato of Tivoli London England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of a miniature of Boetes (Ploughman or Bear-Hunter), in tables from Ptolemy's Almagest., Almagest (extract), Liber Astronomiae, Liber Arenalis, astronomical and geomantic tables, political prophecies

College: inscribed 'Gresham' (f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Boetes Master of 1482 John Killingworth, Ptolemy, Guido Bonatti, Plato of Tivoli London England, S. E. (London)