• Puzzle initial 'P'(romissiones) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of book 17 in Augustine's De civitate dei. A 13th-century hand has corrected the capitula list in the lower margin., De Civitate Dei (index City of God)(ff. 3-177v); De trinitate (ff. 179-244v)

pasted onto f. 1), and his name (f. 3).Nicholas Wotton (b. c.1497, d. 1567), diplomat and dean of Canterbury and York: inscribed 'Dudum D. Nicolai wotton Decani cantuarien[sis] et eboracen[sis] in secretiori consilio R. Ma^tij^ consiliarij qui obijt xxv Januarij

• Miniature of angels supporting the coat of arms of George Neville, archbishop of York (f. 4v), and gold initial with tendrils in a white vine style extending into the margin and including a bird and a head, at the beginning of the dedication text., Collectio Sententiarum aurearum, Greek moral sayings, vol. 1

of the translation by George Hermonymos, dedicated to George Neville, archbishop of York: prologue with dedication (ff. 5-6v). George Neville (b. 1432, d. 1476), administrator and archbishop of York: the presentation copy; his arms arms erroneously quartered with the arms

• Miniature of the Dukes of York, Gloucester and Ireland dining with Richard II., Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre

the Dukes of York, Gloucester and Ireland dining with Richard II. Includes the third volume of the Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre of Jean of Wavrin, preceded by a list of contents (ff. 1-9v). According to McKendrick (see McKendrick and Lowden

• Detail of a miniature of the Dukes of York, Gloucester and Ireland dining with Richard II., Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre

of the Dukes of York, Gloucester and Ireland dining with Richard II. Includes the third volume of the Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre of Jean of Wavrin, preceded by a list of contents (ff. 1-9v). According to McKendrick (see McKendrick and

• 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)

version of Poggio Bracciolini by Vasco da Lucena, a Portuguese in service of Isabella of Portugal and then Margaret of York; preceded by a list of contents (ff. 1-5v) and the prologue of the translator (ff. 7-10v).Catchwords written vertically, and

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

version of Poggio Bracciolini by Vasco da Lucena, a Portuguese in service of Isabella of Portugal and then Margaret of York; preceded by a list of contents (ff. 1-5v) and the prologue of the translator (ff. 7-10v).Catchwords written vertically, and

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

version of Poggio Bracciolini by Vasco da Lucena, a Portuguese in service of Isabella of Portugal and then Margaret of York; preceded by a list of contents (ff. 1-5v) and the prologue of the translator (ff. 7-10v).Catchwords written vertically, and

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

version of Poggio Bracciolini by Vasco da Lucena, a Portuguese in service of Isabella of Portugal and then Margaret of York; preceded by a list of contents (ff. 1-5v) and the prologue of the translator (ff. 7-10v).Catchwords written vertically, and

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

version of Poggio Bracciolini by Vasco da Lucena, a Portuguese in service of Isabella of Portugal and then Margaret of York; preceded by a list of contents (ff. 1-5v) and the prologue of the translator (ff. 7-10v).Catchwords written vertically, and

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

version of Poggio Bracciolini by Vasco da Lucena, a Portuguese in service of Isabella of Portugal and then Margaret of York; preceded by a list of contents (ff. 1-5v) and the prologue of the translator (ff. 7-10v).Catchwords written vertically, and

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

version of Poggio Bracciolini by Vasco da Lucena, a Portuguese in service of Isabella of Portugal and then Margaret of York; preceded by a list of contents (ff. 1-5v) and the prologue of the translator (ff. 7-10v).Catchwords written vertically, and

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

version of Poggio Bracciolini by Vasco da Lucena, a Portuguese in service of Isabella of Portugal and then Margaret of York; preceded by a list of contents (ff. 1-5v) and the prologue of the translator (ff. 7-10v).Catchwords written vertically, and

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

version of Poggio Bracciolini by Vasco da Lucena, a Portuguese in service of Isabella of Portugal and then Margaret of York; preceded by a list of contents (ff. 1-5v) and the prologue of the translator (ff. 7-10v).Catchwords written vertically, and

• 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

lozenge bearing a white rose of the York family with the Yorkist badge, 'Dieu et mon droit'. This manuscript contains the first volume (books 1-9) of the Speculum historiale and is now bound in two parts, foliated separately: part 1

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

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 list of contents (ff. 1-10).According to Avril and Reynaud 1993, illuminated

• 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)

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 list of contents (ff. 1-10).According to Avril and Reynaud 1993,

• 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)

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 list of contents (ff. 1-10).According to Avril and Reynaud 1993,

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

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 list of contents (ff. 1-10).According to Avril and Reynaud 1993,

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

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 list of contents (ff. 1-10).According to Avril and Reynaud 1993,

• Miniature of the death of Alexander king of Epirus during a battle, and a foliate initial 'A'(lexandre), with a full border, including grotesque hybrids, at the beginning of book 5., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

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 list of contents (ff. 1-10).According to Avril and Reynaud 1993,