• Detail of a miniature of three men at work pruning on a hillside., Ruralia commoda in French translation (Rustican des ruraulx prouffiz du labour des champs)

Detail of a miniature of three men at work pruning on a hillside. Contains the Commoda Ruralia of Petrus de Crescentiis, in twelve books, in a French translation attributed to Jean Cordechon and made for Charles V of France; preceded

• Detail of a miniature of a man seated before a fire and warming his hands during the winter; a table is laid with a meal beside him., Ruralia commoda in French translation (Rustican des ruraulx prouffiz du labour des champs)

Thott 463 2º.Edward IV (b. 1442, d. 1483), king of England and lord of Ireland: the royal arms of England surmounted by a crowned helm with mantling in Edward's colours of red and blue, and surrounded by the Garter, with

• Initial-word panel inhabited by animals and dragons including two hare hunting scenes, at the beginning of the section on the customs of Passover., ~Keter Malkhut~ (The Crown of Kingship) by Solomon ibn Gabirol (ff. 1-8r); festival prayer book (~mahzor~), Italian rite (ff. 8v-231v)

Initial-word panel inhabited by animals and dragons including two hare hunting scenes, at the beginning of the section on the customs of Passover. Erasures presumably by the censor (e. g., ff. 15, 116v, 224v, 227).Unfoliated blank leaf after ff. 105,

• Initial-word panel inhabited by animals, dragons and griffins, at the beginning of the section on fast days. Border filled with foliate, a dragon, and a dog chasing hare., ~Keter Malkhut~ (The Crown of Kingship) by Solomon ibn Gabirol (ff. 1-8r); festival prayer book (~mahzor~), Italian rite (ff. 8v-231v)

decorated (f. 168). Camillo Jaghel, censor: inscribed with his name, 1619 (f. 231v); see William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), appendix § 50-56.Owner's inscription in Italian, partially illegible: 'Questo lib[ro] .. David a

• Detail of a miniature of Vasca da Lucena offering the book to Charles the Bold., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

Vasco da Lucena, a Portuguese in service of Isabella of Portugal and then Margaret ofYork; first presented to Charles the Bold in 1468.Another copy of the same text copied by Jean Duchesne of Lille is now Los Angeles, Getty

• Detail of a marginal miniature of a man riding a grotesque bird, from the right-hand margin of the folio., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

Vasco da Lucena, a Portuguese in service of Isabella of Portugal and then Margaret ofYork; first presented to Charles the Bold in 1468.Another copy of the same text copied by Jean Duchesne of Lille is now Los Angeles, Getty

• Detail of an archer among foliage and strawberries, from the lower margin of the folio., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

Vasco da Lucena, a Portuguese in service of Isabella of Portugal and then Margaret ofYork; first presented to Charles the Bold in 1468.Another copy of the same text copied by Jean Duchesne of Lille is now Los Angeles, Getty

• Detail of a miniature of the author with a man holding a spade in an orchard, at the beginning of book 5., Ruralia commoda in French translation (Rustican des ruraulx prouffiz du labour des champs)

Detail of a miniature of the author with a man holding a spade in an orchard, at the beginning of book 5. Contains the Commoda Ruralia of Petrus de Crescentiis, in twelve books, in a French translation attributed to Jean

• Detail of a miniature of a man labouring an orchard, at the beginning of book 2., Ruralia commoda in French translation (Rustican des ruraulx prouffiz du labour des champs)

of a miniature of a man labouring an orchard, at the beginning of book 2. Contains the Commoda Ruralia of Petrus de Crescentiis, in twelve books, in a French translation attributed to Jean Cordechon and made for Charles V

• Detail of a miniature of the author and a gardener in a herb garden, at the beginning of book VI., Ruralia commoda in French translation (Rustican des ruraulx prouffiz du labour des champs)

Detail of a miniature of the author and a gardener in a herb garden, at the beginning of book VI. Contains the Commoda Ruralia of Petrus de Crescentiis, in twelve books, in a French translation attributed to Jean Cordechon and

• Detail of a miniature of peasants mowing and making hay, at the beginning of book 7., Ruralia commoda in French translation (Rustican des ruraulx prouffiz du labour des champs)

of a miniature of peasants mowing and making hay, at the beginning of book 7. Contains the Commoda Ruralia of Petrus de Crescentiis, in twelve books, in a French translation attributed to Jean Cordechon and made for Charles V

• Miniature of a man digging in a pleasure garden, with a partial bar border, at the beginning of book 8., Ruralia commoda in French translation (Rustican des ruraulx prouffiz du labour des champs)

at the beginning of book 8. Contains the Commoda Ruralia of Petrus de Crescentiis, in twelve books, in a French translation attributed to Jean Cordechon and made for Charles V of France; preceded by a list of contents (ff. 1-9).Catchwords

• Detail of a miniature of a man digging in a pleasure garden, with an illuminated initial 'D', at the beginning of book 8., Ruralia commoda in French translation (Rustican des ruraulx prouffiz du labour des champs)

Detail of a miniature of a man digging in a pleasure garden, with an illuminated initial 'D', at the beginning of book 8. Contains the Commoda Ruralia of Petrus de Crescentiis, in twelve books, in a French translation attributed to

• Detail of a miniature of a man fishing and another one fowling, with a partial border, at the beginning of book 10., Ruralia commoda in French translation (Rustican des ruraulx prouffiz du labour des champs)

Detail of a miniature of a man fishing and another one fowling, with a partial border, at the beginning of book 10. Contains the Commoda Ruralia of Petrus de Crescentiis, in twelve books, in a French translation attributed to Jean

• Detail of a miniature of a man fishing and another one fowling, with a partial border, at the beginning of book 10., Ruralia commoda in French translation (Rustican des ruraulx prouffiz du labour des champs)

Detail of a miniature of a man fishing and another one fowling, with a partial border, at the beginning of book 10. Contains the Commoda Ruralia of Petrus de Crescentiis, in twelve books, in a French translation attributed to Jean

• Text page., Leaf from Bracciolini's 'De infelicitate principum', cropped

Text page. The volume is a collection of fragments from manuscripts of different date and origin. It was originally part of a collection of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled by the bookseller and antiquary

• Coloured initial 'C'., Leaf from a Commentary on Psalm 70

Coloured initial 'C'. The volume is a collection of fragments from manuscripts of different date and origin. It was originally part of a collection of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled by the bookseller and

• Coloured initial with penwork decoration., Leaf from Hrabanus's 'De Universo', Book XIII, chapters 6-10

Coloured initial with penwork decoration. The volume is a collection of fragments from manuscripts of different date and origin. It was originally part of a collection of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled by the

• Coloured initials with pen-flourished decoration., Leaf from a Lectionary

Coloured initials with pen-flourished decoration. The volume is a collection of fragments from manuscripts of different date and origin. It was originally part of a collection of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled by the

• Text page with a note referring to a fragment beginning, 'Gif hwa smeað hwæt se moyses wære…', which is not found in other manuscripts of Aelfric's Homilies., Catholic Homilies

found in other manuscripts of Aelfric's Homilies. Contains the earliest known version of the first series of Aelfric's 'Sermones Catholici' with autograph additions of Aelfric of Eynsham. Initials in red, turned gray as a result of oxidation. Catholic Homilies Added