• Miniature of Alexander the Great encounters Diogenes in his barrel in Vasco da Lucena's French translation of Rufus's Historia Alexandri magni, executed mainly in grisaille., History of Alexander the Great (Les faize d'Alexandre) (index De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni; Historia Alexandri Magni)

de Cluis (Cluys), Knight of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem and Bailiff of the Morea: purchased by him in 1475: dated inscription (f. 13); the arms of the Cluys family of Bourges and of his order (f. 11).

• Miniature of Alexander the Great consulting his astrologers about an eclipse of the sun after the battle of Arbela and illuminated initial 'A'(lexandre) in Vasco da Lucena's French translation of Rufus's Historia Alexandri magni., History of Alexander the Great (Les faize d'Alexandre) (index De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni; Historia Alexandri Magni)

de Cluis (Cluys), Knight of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem and Bailiff of the Morea: purchased by him in 1475: dated inscription (f. 13); the arms of the Cluys family of Bourges and of his order (f. 11).

• Historiated initial 'I' of Augustine dressed as a Bishop enthroned blessing two groups of kneeling Augustinian canons., Cutting from a Gradual or Antiphoner (index antiphoner; antiphonal)

and Private collection, formerly New York, 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), cat. nos.

• Decorated initial 'E'(t)., The Historia Aseneth (ff. 53-64v) and Testamenta xii. Patriarcharum filiorum Jacob (ff. 65-96v)

British Museum, using the Farnborough Fund (£3,000 bequeathed in 1838 by Charles Long, Baron Farnborough (b. 1761, d. 1838), a cousin of Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829), founder of the collection. Decorated initial England

• Decorated initial 'I'(n the name of God)., Statutes of the Hospital of Ewelme, Oxfordshire

contained the Statutes of the Hospital of Ewelme in the County of Oxford; founded by William de la Pole Duke of Suffolke & Alice his Wife, with the consent of King Henry VI for the maintenance of two Priests &

• Miniature of the martyrdom of Becket, with a full foliate border., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

book-market. Book of Hours, Use of Sarum Perhaps made for a woman: the devotions in the feminine form.The name of Thomas of Canterbury has been erased throughout, and the suffrage to Thomas and rubrics referring to promises of indulgences have

• Illuminated initial 'L' and text, with references to Thomas Becket erased on the order of Henry VIII., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

book-market. Book of Hours, Use of Sarum Perhaps made for a woman: the devotions in the feminine form.The name of Thomas of Canterbury has been erased throughout, and the suffrage to Thomas and rubrics referring to promises of indulgences have

• Detail of a miniature of the Duke of Gloucester receiving Richard II at the Castle of Pleshy., Chroniques, Vol. IV, part 2

(a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Richard II Master of the Harley Froissart Master of the

• null, Prayer book

at the beginning of the Hours of the Passion of the Virgin (ff. 2v-3). 1 full-page miniature, framed by flowers, at the beginning of a prayer, misbound, the corresponding text missing (f. 62); 2 other miniatures of the same size

• null, Prayer book

at the beginning of the Hours of the Passion of the Virgin (ff. 2v-3). 1 full-page miniature, framed by flowers, at the beginning of a prayer, misbound, the corresponding text missing (f. 62); 2 other miniatures of the same size

• Detail of a miniature of Richard II giving the Duchy of Aquitaine to the Duke of Lancaster., Chroniques, Vol. IV, part 2

(a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Richard II Master of the Harley Froissart Master of the

• Miniature of King Richard II of England banishing the Earl Marshall and the Earl of Derby., Chroniques, Vol. IV, part 2

(a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Richard II Master of the Harley Froissart Master of the

• Detail of a miniature of Richard II setting out on an expedition to Ireland., Chroniques, Vol. IV, part 2

(a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Richard II Master of the Harley Froissart Master of the

• Detail of a miniature of the meeting of Richard II and Isabella., Chroniques, Vol. IV, part 2

(a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Meeting ofRichard II and Isabella Master of the Harley

• Miniature of the Duke of Gloucester receiving Richard II at the Castle of Pleshy, with a full foliate border including a bird, flowers, and a naked, helmeted man riding a hobby-horse and carrying a banner., Chroniques, Vol. IV, part 2

(a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Richard II Master of the Harley Froissart Master of the

• Detail of a miniature of King Richard II of England banishing the Earl Marshall and the Earl of Derby., Chroniques, Vol. IV, part 2

(a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Richard II Master of the Harley Froissart Master of the

• Detail of a miniature of Richard II riding to the Castle of Flint., Chroniques, Vol. IV, part 2

(a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Richard II Master of the Harley Froissart Master of the

• Detail of a miniature of Richard II surrendering to the Earl of Derby., Chroniques, Vol. IV, part 2

(a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Richard II Master of the Harley Froissart Master of the

• Detail of a miniature of Richard II being placed in the Tower of London., Chroniques, Vol. IV, part 2

(a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Richard II in the Tower of London Master of the

• Detail of a miniature of the beheading of Richard II's partisans., Chroniques, Vol. IV, part 2

of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Beheading ofRichard II's partisans Master of the Harley Froissart Master