• Detail of a foliate border with two hybrids and a peacock in the lower margin., Lisbon Mishneh Torah, volume 2

for £10,000 (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.See also the first volume of the work: Harley

• Illuminated initial 'B'., Leaves formerly used as a cover from a Missal

duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Inscribed '666' (f. 1).Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of

• Puzzle initial 'E'(dwardus) at the beginning of a register of briefs., Registrum brevium, from the reign of Edward III to Henry V

1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham. Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham

• null, Ordo coronacionis pariter et unccionis Regis et Regine secundum usum et ritum Anglicanum (ff. 2-11v), and others

1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos; sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the

• Title page with trompe-l'oeil border with naturalistic flowers, fruits and insects., Les Quatrains de Guy de Faur (ff. 1-65), Les Cinquante octonaires sur la vanité et inconsistance du monde (ff. 66-117)

Richard Heming, 1688: inscribed 'Richard Heming Hi Booke Anno Redemtionis between 1688 1687' (f. 27v), 'Richard' (f. 35v), 'Richard Hemin (f. 84v), .D. Hackluith, 1693: inscribed 'Libri H. Hackluith. 1693' (f. 118v). Robert Burscough (b. 1650/51, d. 1709), prebendary

• Decorated initials 'S'(hal) and 'S'(oules) in the fourth book of Sidrak and Bokkus, with inscriptions, possibly 'Thomas Walker Thomas Cowpland, John Bolton, Robert Spynk, Garry Jacson, James Loueden, Thomas Tomson, John Best, Richard Hilborn' in the margin below., Sidrak and Bokkus

the xvj day of Ianuarey in the year of our lord god Mcccccliij' witnessed by 'Wyllam Qwathey' (?) 'Ihon Walker', Richard Wytwortth' (?) (f. 80); 'thys byth made the xvj day of septembre In the yer of our lord god

• Miniature of Charles the Bold enthroned with the arms of Burgundy above, receiving the book from Vasco de Lucena, with a tapestry in the back of the room decorated with the flint and steel of Burgundy and Charles' motto 'Je lay emprins; encircled by a full border containing the royal arms of England on a shield and on two banners held by a siren and a knight, with a foliate initial 'A'(tres), at the beginning of the prologue., Cyropaedia (Cyropédie)

the beginning of the prologue. Contains Cyropaedia of Xenophon translated in French as the Cyropédie from a Latin version of Poggio Bracciolini by Vasco da Lucena, a Portuguese in service of Isabella of Portugal and then Margaret ofYork; preceded

• Miniature of the meeting of Cyrrus and Hyrcanian, with a partial border containing the royal arms of England., Cyropaedia (Cyropédie)

royal arms of England. Contains Cyropaedia of Xenophon translated in French as the Cyropédie from a Latin version of Poggio Bracciolini by Vasco da Lucena, a Portuguese in service of Isabella of Portugal and then Margaret ofYork; preceded by

• Miniature of Cyrrus enthroned and Chrysanthes addressing the Persians, with a partial border containing the Yorkist badge., Cyropaedia (Cyropédie)

Contains Cyropaedia of Xenophon translated in French as the Cyropédie from a Latin version of Poggio Bracciolini by Vasco da Lucena, a Portuguese in service of Isabella of Portugal and then Margaret ofYork; preceded by a list of contents

• Detail of a miniature of Cyrus and his troops in a phalanx, and an illuminated initial 'T'(andis)., Cyropaedia (Cyropédie)

Contains Cyropaedia of Xenophon translated in French as the Cyropédie from a Latin version of Poggio Bracciolini by Vasco da Lucena, a Portuguese in service of Isabella of Portugal and then Margaret ofYork; preceded by a list of contents

• Detail of a miniature of Cyrus and his army marching off to war., Cyropaedia (Cyropédie)

Contains Cyropaedia of Xenophon translated in French as the Cyropédie from a Latin version of Poggio Bracciolini by Vasco da Lucena, a Portuguese in service of Isabella of Portugal and then Margaret ofYork; preceded by a list of contents

• Detail of a miniature of the meeting of Cyrrus and Hyrcanian., Cyropaedia (Cyropédie)

Detail of a miniature of the meeting of Cyrrus and Hyrcanian. Contains Cyropaedia of Xenophon translated in French as the Cyropédie from a Latin version of Poggio Bracciolini by Vasco da Lucena, a Portuguese in service of Isabella of Portugal

• Detail of a large miniature of an army on the march with a king on horseback., Cyropaedia (Cyropédie)

Contains Cyropaedia of Xenophon translated in French as the Cyropédie from a Latin version of Poggio Bracciolini by Vasco da Lucena, a Portuguese in service of Isabella of Portugal and then Margaret ofYork; preceded by a list of contents

• Large miniature of an army on the march with a king on horseback., Cyropaedia (Cyropédie)

Contains Cyropaedia of Xenophon translated in French as the Cyropédie from a Latin version of Poggio Bracciolini by Vasco da Lucena, a Portuguese in service of Isabella of Portugal and then Margaret ofYork; preceded by a list of contents

• Detail of a miniature of Cyrrus enthroned and Chrysanthes addressing the Persians., Cyropaedia (Cyropédie)

Contains Cyropaedia of Xenophon translated in French as the Cyropédie from a Latin version of Poggio Bracciolini by Vasco da Lucena, a Portuguese in service of Isabella of Portugal and then Margaret ofYork; preceded by a list of contents

• Detail from the lower margin showing a lozenge bearing a white rose of the York family with the Yorkist badge, 'Dieu et mon droit'., Le miroir historial (a French translation of the Speculum historiale) books 1-5

included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 26.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. White rose of the York family Vincent of Beauvais, French translation

• Miniature of the destruction of Thebes., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

Miniature of the destruction of Thebes. Contains the Historia Alexandri translated as Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre by Vasco da Lucena, a Portuguese in the service of Isabella of Portugal and then of Margaret ofYork, first

• Miniature of Charles the Bold receiving the book from the translator, Vasco de Lucena, and a foliate initial 'T'(res), with a full border containing a man with a cross-bow and an added shield bearing the Tudor royal arms of England crowned and supported by a red dragon and a white greyhound, at the beginning of the prologue., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

service of Isabella of Portugal and then of Margaret ofYork, first presented to Charles in 1468; preceded by a list of contents (ff. 1-10).According to Avril and Reynaud 1993, illuminated by the Rambures Master, named after the Hours of

• Detail of a miniature of Charles the Bold receiving the book from the translator, Vasco de Lucena, at the beginning of the prologue., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

service of Isabella of Portugal and then of Margaret ofYork, first presented to Charles in 1468; preceded by a list of contents (ff. 1-10).According to Avril and Reynaud 1993, illuminated by the Rambures Master, named after the Hours of

• Detail of a miniature of Alexander and his army crossing a frozen river., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

service of Isabella of Portugal and then of Margaret ofYork, first presented to Charles in 1468; preceded by a list of contents (ff. 1-10).According to Avril and Reynaud 1993, illuminated by the Rambures Master, named after the Hours of