• A foliate border of grotesques, flowers, a lion, the arms of Clement VII, roundels containing the Medici devices of an eagle perched on 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 strikes the banner but has no effect, measuring 255 x 35 mm., Cuttings from a service book of Clement VII

21412, ff. 26-34 [box 41]. To see the Samuel Rogers Album, which originally contained all the cuttings order Add. 21412, Old Covers.Another cutting from the same service book is part of Philadelphia, Rosenbach Museum and Library, 54.662 (see Roger S.

• A foliate border of grotesques, flowers, the arms of Clement VII, roundels containing the Medici devices of an eagle perched on 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 strikes the banner but has no effect, measuring 275 x 35 mm., Cuttings from a service book of Clement VII

21412, ff. 26-34 [box 41]. To see the Samuel Rogers Album, which originally contained all the cuttings order Add. 21412, Old Covers.Another cutting from the same service book is part of Philadelphia, Rosenbach Museum and Library, 54.662 (see Roger S.

• A foliate border of grotesques, flowers, trompe l'oeil gems, the arms of Clement VII, plaques inscribed in capitals 'Clemen / VII' and 'Pont / Max', roundels containing the Medici devices of an eagle perched on 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 strikes the banner but has no effect, measuring 290 x 30 mm., Cuttings from a service book of Clement VII

21412, ff. 26-34 [box 41]. To see the Samuel Rogers Album, which originally contained all the cuttings order Add. 21412, Old Covers.Another cutting from the same service book is part of Philadelphia, Rosenbach Museum and Library, 54.662 (see Roger S.

• A foliate border with scrolled ends of trompe l'oeil gems and flowers, the arms of Clement VII, roundels containing the Medici devices of an eagle perched on 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 strikes the banner but has no effect, measuring 255 x 35 mm., Cuttings from a service book of Clement VII

21412, ff. 26-34 [box 41]. To see the Samuel Rogers Album, which originally contained all the cuttings order Add. 21412, Old Covers.Another cutting from the same service book is part of Philadelphia, Rosenbach Museum and Library, 54.662 (see Roger S.

• A foliate border of trompe l'oeil gems, a vase and flowers, the arms of Clement VII, roundels containing the Medici devices of an eagle perched on 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 strikes the banner but has no effect, measuring 290 x 35 mm., Cuttings from a service book of Clement VII

21412, ff. 26-34 [box 41]. To see the Samuel Rogers Album, which originally contained all the cuttings order Add. 21412, Old Covers.Another cutting from the same service book is part of Philadelphia, Rosenbach Museum and Library, 54.662 (see Roger S.

• A foliate border in monochrome of trompe l'oeil gems and cameos, two Medici devices of an eagle perched on 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 strikes the banner but has no effect, measuring 280 x 30 mm., Cuttings from a service book of Clement VII

21412, ff. 26-34 [box 41]. To see the Samuel Rogers Album, which originally contained all the cuttings order Add. 21412, Old Covers.Another cutting from the same service book is part of Philadelphia, Rosenbach Museum and Library, 54.662 (see Roger S.

• A foliate border in monochrome of trompe l'oeil gems and cameos, two Medici devices of an eagle perched on 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 strikes the banner but has no effect, measuring 280 x 30 mm., Cuttings from a service book of Clement VII

21412, ff. 26-34 [box 41]. To see the Samuel Rogers Album, which originally contained all the cuttings order Add. 21412, Old Covers.Another cutting from the same service book is part of Philadelphia, Rosenbach Museum and Library, 54.662 (see Roger S.

• A border of trompe l'oeil flowers and birds on a black ground, two Medici devices of an eagle perched on 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 strikes the banner but has no effect, measuring 265 x 30 mm., Cuttings from a service book of Clement VII

21412, ff. 26-34 [box 41]. To see the Samuel Rogers Album, which originally contained all the cuttings order Add. 21412, Old Covers.Another cutting from the same service book is part of Philadelphia, Rosenbach Museum and Library, 54.662 (see Roger S.

• A border of trompe l'oeil flowers on a black ground and a roundel containing 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 strikes the banner but has no effect, measuring 235 x 25 mm., Cuttings from a service book of Clement VII

21412, ff. 26-34 [box 41]. To see the Samuel Rogers Album, which originally contained all the cuttings order Add. 21412, Old Covers.Another cutting from the same service book is part of Philadelphia, Rosenbach Museum and Library, 54.662 (see Roger S.

• A montage (now dismembered) of a historiated border, with the text removed, of gold cartouche frames with four scenes in gold monochrome, two inscibed 'Protecta Vestae sussitatis mortuis' (centre left) and 'Johannes destruit templum Dian[a]e' (centre right), garlands of flowers and fruit, lions' heads, naturalistic birds, cherubs and angels, and four medallions inscribed (clockwise from left): 'Qui / timet / deum faci / et bona', 'qui / conti /nens est iu / stiae appre / hendit / illam', 'quasi / mater / honori / fica ta', and 'et / ?ob /?stabit / il / le' (f. 81a; 335 x 245 mm); a cartouche, with the centre removed, of two old men trampling on dragons and plaques inscribed 'Super aspidem ei pasi / lis cum ambulabis' and 'et conculcabis le / onem et draconem' (f. 81c; 45 x 160 mm); a centre for the cartouche inscribed 'Apollonius de Bonfratellis / de Capranica / Capellae et Sacrestiae Apostolicae Miniator / Fecit Anno Domini MDLXIV / Sedente Pio IV Pontif Opt. Max. / de Medicis Mediolanense', with off-setting of rubric and text from the verso of the cartouche (f. 81d; 45 x 170 mm); 1 section of architectural border (f. 81b; 10 x 245 mm); and two strips of scrolls (ff. 81e and f; 50 x 100 mm each). A montage of a miniature of the Adoration of the Shepherds (f. 82a; 85 x 70 mm) and four sections of painted gold frame (ff. 82c-d, 100 x 10mm; ff. 82b and e, 10 x 90 mm). On the reverse of f. 82a are five lines of partial text from the Kyrie Eleison: 'e eleison / e eleison / ste eleison / ste eleison / ste eleison'., Cuttings from service books of Pius IV

?ob /?stabit / il / le' (f. 81a; 335 x 245 mm); a cartouche, with the centre removed, of two old men trampling on dragons and plaques inscribed 'Super aspidem ei pasi / lis cum ambulabis' and 'et conculcabis le

• 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)

death of the ninth abbot of Waltham, Richard of Hertford, who died in 1345 (ff. 38v-39).Some verses written in Middle English (f. 39; transcribed in Millar 1933, 117-18).The various texts have been numbered and these numbers have been written in

• 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)

death of the ninth abbot of Waltham, Richard of Hertford, who died in 1345 (ff. 38v-39).Some verses written in Middle English (f. 39; transcribed in Millar 1933, 117-18).The various texts have been numbered and these numbers have been written in

• 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)

death of the ninth abbot of Waltham, Richard of Hertford, who died in 1345 (ff. 38v-39).Some verses written in Middle English (f. 39; transcribed in Millar 1933, 117-18).The various texts have been numbered and these numbers have been written in

• 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)

death of the ninth abbot of Waltham, Richard of Hertford, who died in 1345 (ff. 38v-39).Some verses written in Middle English (f. 39; transcribed in Millar 1933, 117-18).The various texts have been numbered and these numbers have been written in

• Miniature of a king enthroned surrounded by courtiers with Sir William Herbert and his wife, Anne Devereux wearing clothes decorated with their coats of arms, kneeling before him, with a full border with a scroll inscribed with William Herbert's and his wife's mottos reading 'e las sy longuement', and 'De toute'; a foliate initials 'O'(mighty), at the beginning of the Troy Book; and the arms of William Herbert and Anne Devereux with mottos, between the column of the text., Troy Book (ff. 6-146); Siege of Thebes (ff. 147v-162)

the Royal Library: included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 12.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. King enthroned John Lydgate London England, S. E. ( London?)

• Detail of a miniature of a king enthroned surrounded by courtiers with Sir William Herbert and his wife, Anne Devereux kneeling before him, wearing clothes decorated with their coats of arms., Troy Book (ff. 6-146); Siege of Thebes (ff. 147v-162)

the Royal Library: included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 12.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. King enthroned John Lydgate London England, S. E. ( London?)

• Detail of a miniature of the Wheel of Fortune with a king on the top, with a partial border and a foliate initial 'T'(henvyons), at the beginning of book 2., Troy Book (ff. 6-146); Siege of Thebes (ff. 147v-162)

Royal Library: included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 12.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Wheel of Fortune John Lydgate London England, S. E. ( London?)

• Detail of a miniature of Hector slaying Patroculus., Troy Book (ff. 6-146); Siege of Thebes (ff. 147v-162)

Royal Library: included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 12.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Hector slaying Patroculus John Lydgate London England, S. E. ( London?)

• Detail of a miniature of Agamemnon at council in his tent, with Achilles in bed behind, Troy Book (ff. 6-146); Siege of Thebes (ff. 147v-162)

Royal Library: included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 12.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Agamemnon and Achilles John Lydgate London England, S. E. ( London?)

• Detail of a miniature of Ajax complaining to Agamemnon, while behind, the Greeks are preparing for departure., Troy Book (ff. 6-146); Siege of Thebes (ff. 147v-162)

Royal Library: included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 12.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Ajax and Agamemnon John Lydgate London England, S. E. ( London?)