• Miniature of Darius' letter being delivered., Historia Alexandri Magni

grant Alexandre by Vasco da Lucena, a Portuguese in the service of Isabella of Portugal and then of Margaret of York, first presented to Charles in 1468; preceded by a table of contents (ff. 1-11v). ?Shelfmark of a very large

• 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,

• 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 Birth of the Virgin with an inscription on the wall 'Joy sans fin', and of the Annunciation to Joachim and the meeting of Joachim and Anna at the Golden Gate, with a full border containing the royal arms of England surrounded by the Garter with the motto 'Honny soit qui mal y pense', surmounted by a crowned helm with a mantling in Edward VI's colours of red and blue, and the Yorkist badge of a white ~rose-en-soleil~ with the motto 'Dieu est mon droit', and an illuminated initial 'C'(ombien) with the white rose of the York family, at the beginning of the prologue to book 2., Fleur des histoires, books 2-3

white ~rose-en-soleil~ with the motto 'Dieu est mon droit', and an illuminated initial 'C'(ombien) with the white rose of the York family, at the beginning of the prologue to book 2. Catchwords written vertically. Foliation in red beginning on f.

• Detail of a miniature of Jean, duke of Berry, receiving the book from the translator, Laurent de Premierfait, at the beginning of the prologue., Decameron (Les cent nouvelles)

arms differentiated by labels of three and five points for Edward's sons, Edward, prince of Wales, and Richard, duke of York (b. 1473), and a Yorkist badge (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): probably to be identified

• 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

of a cock and zoomorphic ornament, 11th-12th century? (ff. 191, 193v).Thomas Wolsey, (b. 1470/71, d. 1530), royal minister, archbishop of York, and cardinal: inscribed, 'T. Cardinalis Ebor' (f. 2).Robert Beale, perhaps to be identified with Robert Beale, clerk to the

• Detail of a miniature of Olympias giving birth to Alexander the Great, with two eagles on the roof of the palace (foretelling Alexander's two empires in Europe and Asia). The temple of Diana at Ephesus burns in the background as a portent of Alexander's revenge on the Persians for their invasion of Greece under Xerxes in 480 BC., Historia Alexandri Magni

grant Alexandre by Vasco da Lucena, a Portuguese in the service of Isabella of Portugal and then of Margaret of York, first presented to Charles in 1468; preceded by a table of contents (ff. 1-11v). ?Shelfmark of a very large

• Miniature of John on Patmos, at the beginning of his Gospel., Miniatures added to a Book of Hours

Miniature of John on Patmos, at the beginning of his Gospel. 1 full-page miniature (f. 16v) and 5 full-page miniatures surrounding three or four lines of text (ff. 185v, 216v, 233v, 254v, 260v). Miniatures added to a Book of

• Miniature of the Mass of Gregory, at the beginning of the verses of Gregory., Miniatures added to a Book of Hours

Miniature of the Mass of Gregory, at the beginning of the verses of Gregory. 1 full-page miniature (f. 16v) and 5 full-page miniatures surrounding three or four lines of text (ff. 185v, 216v, 233v, 254v, 260v). Miniatures added to

• Miniature of Mary teaching the Christ child to read, at the beginning of the Litany for Mary., Miniatures added to a Book of Hours

Miniature of Mary teaching the Christ child to read, at the beginning of the Litany for Mary. 1 full-page miniature (f. 16v) and 5 full-page miniatures surrounding three or four lines of text (ff. 185v, 216v, 233v, 254v, 260v).

• Miniature of Mary teaching the Christ child to read, at the beginning of the Litany for Mary., Miniatures added to a Book of Hours

Miniature of Mary teaching the Christ child to read, at the beginning of the Litany for Mary. 1 full-page miniature (f. 16v) and 5 full-page miniatures surrounding three or four lines of text (ff. 185v, 216v, 233v, 254v, 260v).