• Detail of the last 4 staves of music and an inscription., Leaf from a Gradual

blue pen-flourishing. Small penwork initials in brown and red ink. 4 line red staves. Leaf from a Gradual Margaret of York (b. 1446, d. 1503), duchess of Burgundy: arms (recto), and later inscription (verso, see below). Friars of Greenwich, c.

• Detail of a miniature of the author, Jean de Courcy, brought to Reason by Prowess and Boldness, with a lozenge bearing a white rose of the York family with the Yorkist badge, 'Dieu et mon droit', in the margin., Le chemin de Vaillance, and other texts (see Notes below for contents)

by Prowess and Boldness, with a lozenge bearing a white rose of the York family with the Yorkist badge, 'Dieu et mon droit', in the margin. The manuscript also contains: Christine de Pisan, Lepistre Othea (ff. 295-331v);Alain Chartier, Le breviaire

• Miniature of the author, Jean de Courcy, sleeping at a fountain with Nature as a young woman approaching, with a full border containing the arms of Edward VI and four lozenges with a white rose of the York family, and a Yorkist badge 'Dieu et mon droit', at the beginning of book 2., Le chemin de Vaillance, and other texts (see Notes below for contents)

with a full border containing the arms of Edward VI and four lozenges with a white rose of the York family, and a Yorkist badge 'Dieu et mon droit', at the beginning of book 2. The manuscript also contains: Christine

• Detail of a miniature of the author, Jean de Courcy, in a boat with other men, following a rubric, 'L'acteur parle icy de soy et de ses dix naguers', a lozenge bearing a white rose of the York family, with the Yorkist badge 'Dieu et mon droit' in the margin., Le chemin de Vaillance, and other texts (see Notes below for contents)

rubric, 'L'acteur parle icy de soy et de ses dix naguers', a lozenge bearing a white rose of the York family, with the Yorkist badge 'Dieu et mon droit' in the margin. The manuscript also contains: Christine de Pisan, Lepistre

• Miniature of the author, Jean de Courcy, conducted to a garden by Charity; with a full border containing the arms of Edward IV and four lozenges with a white rose of the York family, and the Yorkist badge 'Dieu et mon droit', at the beginning of book 4., Le chemin de Vaillance, and other texts (see Notes below for contents)

border containing the arms of Edward IV and four lozenges with a white rose of the York family, and the Yorkist badge 'Dieu et mon droit', at the beginning of book 4. The manuscript also contains: Christine de Pisan, Lepistre

• Detail of a partial border containing a lozenge with a white rose of the York family, and a Yorkist badge 'Dieu et mon droit'., Le chemin de Vaillance, and other texts (see Notes below for contents)

lozenge with a white rose of the York family, and a Yorkist badge 'Dieu et mon droit'. The manuscript also contains: Christine de Pisan, Lepistre Othea (ff. 295-331v);Alain Chartier, Le breviaire des nobles (ff. 332-335v); Les complaintes des IX malheureux

• Miniature of the author, Jean de Courcy, accompanied by Virtues leaving the Forest of Temptation, with a full border containing the arms of Edward IV and three lozenges with a white rose of the York family, and the Yorkist badge 'Dieu et mon droit', at the beginning of book 3., Le chemin de Vaillance, and other texts (see Notes below for contents)

full border containing the arms of Edward IV and three lozenges with a white rose of the York family, and the Yorkist badge 'Dieu et mon droit', at the beginning of book 3. The manuscript also contains: Christine de Pisan,

• Miniature of Prowess and Boldness as soldiers addressing a group of women, following a rubric, 'Comment proesse et hardement se partirent et alerent devers les sept dames'; with a lozenge bearing a white rose of the York family, with a Yorkist badge 'Dieu et mon droit' in the margin., Le chemin de Vaillance, and other texts (see Notes below for contents)

hardement se partirent et alerent devers les sept dames'; with a lozenge bearing a white rose of the York family, with a Yorkist badge 'Dieu et mon droit' in the margin. The manuscript also contains: Christine de Pisan, Lepistre Othea

• Detail of a miniature of Prowess and Boldness as soldiers addressing a group of women, following a rubric, 'Comment proesse et hardement se partirent et alerent devers les sept dames'; with a lozenge bearing a white rose of the York family, with a Yorkist badge 'Dieu et mon droit' in the margin., Le chemin de Vaillance, and other texts (see Notes below for contents)

proesse et hardement se partirent et alerent devers les sept dames'; with a lozenge bearing a white rose of the York family, with a Yorkist badge 'Dieu et mon droit' in the margin. The manuscript also contains: Christine de Pisan,

• Miniature of the author, Jean de Courcy, in a boat with other men, following a rubric, 'L'acteur parle icy de soy et de ses dix naguers', a lozenge bearing a white rose of the York family, with a Yorkist badge 'Dieu et mon droit' in the margin., Le chemin de Vaillance, and other texts (see Notes below for contents)

parle icy de soy et de ses dix naguers', a lozenge bearing a white rose of the York family, with a Yorkist badge 'Dieu et mon droit' in the margin. The manuscript also contains: Christine de Pisan, Lepistre Othea (ff.

• A section of foliate border of the Medici device of a diamond ring with three feathers, the motto 'Semper' and the initials 'L. X. P. M.', measuring 440 x 45 mm. On the reverse the abbreviation 'e[m]'., Cuttings from Missals of Pope Leo X

December 1997, lot 82; New York, Private Collection, formerly 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,

• Full-page border, from a detached leaf with the text removed, decorated with arabesques and seated figures of a pope, a cardinal, and two bishops, shrouded female figures, urns and floral motifs, framing miniatures of angels adoring the Host and the Last Supper., Cuttings from a Gospel Lectionary (index Evangelistary) of Gregory XIII

35254P-V.Other cuttings from the same volume are Add. 21412, f. 98-110, Add. 49520; Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, 1982.438; New York, Brooklyn Museum, 11.499 and The Morgan Library and Museum, MS. 270; Philadelphia, Free library, Ms. 27:7; Texas, private collection

• 5 border pieces decorated with flowers, birds and insects., Cuttings from a Gospel Lectionary (index Evangelistary) of Gregory XIII

35254P-V.Other cuttings from the same volume are Add. 21412, f. 98-110, Add. 49520; Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, 1982.438; New York, Brooklyn Museum, 11.499 and The Morgan Library and Museum, MS. 270; Philadelphia, Free library, Ms. 27:7; Texas, private collection

• Full-page border from a detached leaf with the text excised, decorated with four 'female' masks and figures of the four Evangelists in cartouches., Cuttings from a Gospel Lectionary (index Evangelistary) of Gregory XIII

35254P-V.Other cuttings from the same volume are Add. 21412, f. 98-110, Add. 49520; Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, 1982.438; New York, Brooklyn Museum, 11.499 and The Morgan Library and Museum, MS. 270; Philadelphia, Free library, Ms. 27:7; Texas, private collection

• Miniature of Nature appearing to the author, Jean de Courcy, in a dream and showing him the lady Vaillance, at the beginning of book 1, with a full border containing the royal arms of England on a banner held by a knight and on a shield encircled by the Garter with the motto 'Honny soit qui mal y pense', and surmounted by a crowned helm with mantling in Edward's colours of red and blue, with two shields with the same arms differenced, for the king's two sons; lozenges bearing a white rose of the York family with the Yorkist badge, 'Dieu et mon droit', a shield with the arms of Edmund (three crowns) and a shield with the arms of Edward the Confessor (a cross bottony between five martels)., Le chemin de Vaillance, and other texts (see Notes below for contents)

with two shields with the same arms differenced, for the king's two sons; lozenges bearing a white rose of the York family with the Yorkist badge, 'Dieu et mon droit', a shield with the arms of Edmund (three crowns) and

• Miniature of the Castle of Love, with the lover addressing three women, with a full border containing the royal arms of Henry VII impaled with those of Elisabeth of York between red and white roses, the Yorkist motto 'Dieu et mon droet', an ostrich feather with a motto 'Ic dene'; and an initial 'D'(u) with a red and white rose., Poems; Art d'amour; Les demands d'amour; Le liver dot grace entire sure le fait du government d'un prince

full border containing the royal arms of Henry VII impaled with those of Elisabeth of York between red and white roses, the Yorkist motto 'Dieu et mon droet', an ostrich feather with a motto 'Ic dene'; and an initial 'D'(u)

• Illuminated initial 'Q'(uod) enclosing flowers combined with a full panel border with flowers and a bird. The roses, greyhound, and dragon are heraldic motifs referring to the royal Tudor family., Quaestiones de observantia quadragesimali (index Matters concerning Lenten observance)(ff. 1v-67); Poem in praise of Henry VII's marriage to Elizabeth of York and of the birth of prince Arthur (ff. 67v-86v)

were added, probably in England.Giovanni Gigli of Lucca's poem celebrates the marriage of Henry VII (r. 1485-1509) to Elizabeth of York in 1486 and the birth of their first son Arthur (b. 1486, d. 1502), prince of Wales. Gigli later

• Illuminated initial 'C'(ui) enclosing flowers combined with a full panel border with flowers, acorns, and a greyhound holding a banner with the coat of arms of Henry VII., Quaestiones de observantia quadragesimali (index Matters concerning Lenten observance)(ff. 1v-67); Poem in praise of Henry VII's marriage to Elizabeth of York and of the birth of prince Arthur (ff. 67v-86v)

were added, probably in England.Giovanni Gigli of Lucca's poem celebrates the marriage of Henry VII (r. 1485-1509) to Elizabeth of York in 1486 and the birth of their first son Arthur (b. 1486, d. 1502), prince of Wales. Gigli later

• Detail of the roll including the genealogy of the king Clovis (in a central roundel 'Clovis'); this membrane is pencilled '2' at the top, but is actually the third membrane., Short Universal Chronicle (A tous nobles) from the death of Christ, of popes, Roman emperors, the kings of Briain then England, and the kings of France, written in four columns

membrane is pencilled '2' at the top, but is actually the third membrane. A sister manuscript is New York, Columbia University MS Plimpton 286 (see Norbye 2007). Ends with Pope Sixtus IV (r. 1471-1484).Written in a dialect that replaces the

• Detail from the roll with the genealogy of Charlemagne ('Charle Maingne'), including Charles Martel, Pepin, and Charlemagne, and the change of dynasty., Short Universal Chronicle (A tous nobles) from the death of Christ, of popes, Roman emperors, the kings of Briain then England, and the kings of France, written in four columns

Martel, Pepin, and Charlemagne, and the change of dynasty. A sister manuscript is New York, Columbia University MS Plimpton 286 (see Norbye 2007). Ends with Pope Sixtus IV (r. 1471-1484).Written in a dialect that replaces the 'c' sound by 'ch',