• Detail of a miniature of a fox (vulpes) playing dead in order to catch two birds (aves), who swoop down to feed on its carcass., Aviarium (index Bestiary); Bestiary, in the Dicta Chrysostomi form (index Physiologus)

in red, usually with blue penwork decoration or pen-flourishing. Highlighting of letters in red. Aviarium (index Bestiary); Bestiary, in the Dicta Chrysostomi form (index Physiologus) Probably Archbishop George Neville ofYork (d.1476), (see James 1928). Inscription in Greek (f. 1*).Sir

• Detail of a miniature of an eagle., Aviarium (index Bestiary); Bestiary, in the Dicta Chrysostomi form (index Physiologus)

Detail of a miniature of an eagle. 1 full-page diagram with frame and central roundel in colours and gold (f. 2v). Numerous large miniatures in colours (29 of the aviarium; 24 of the bestiary). 1 large puzzle initial in blue

• null, Le Sacre de Claude de France

France Description of the coronation of Claude de France in St-Denis in 1517.Philippe, Comte de Béthune (d. 1649): binding with his arms.? Thomas Astle (b. 1735, d. 1803), archivist and collector of books and manuscripts: inscribed title of the manuscript

• null, Le Sacre de Claude de France

France Description of the coronation of Claude de France in St-Denis in 1517.Philippe, Comte de Béthune (d. 1649): binding with his arms.? Thomas Astle (b. 1735, d. 1803), archivist and collector of books and manuscripts: inscribed title of the manuscript

• Marginal miniatures of men playing a violent game, and a hybrid grotesque., Book of Hours, Use of Maastricht ('The Maastricht Hours')

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

• Historiated initial 'V'(ox) with a man, and marginal figures of a woman reading a book, and a couple embracing, with a dog and rabbit on the bar border., Book of Hours, Use of Maastricht ('The Maastricht Hours')

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

• Miniature of two female saints, with angels or musicians in the roundels., Book of Hours, Use of Maastricht ('The Maastricht Hours')

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

• Calendar page for May, with a man and a woman taking a bath in a tub, and a marginal painting of a bird with a fish., Book of Hours, Use of Maastricht ('The Maastricht Hours')

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

• Calendar page for September, with Virgo holding a mirror and a marginal painting of a grotesque (a gryllus)., Book of Hours, Use of Maastricht ('The Maastricht Hours')

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

• Historiated initial 'V'(enite) of a man with upraised hand, and a partial bar border including a female grotesque., Book of Hours, Use of Maastricht ('The Maastricht Hours')

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

• Marginal painting of a friar with a musical instrument, and a woman dancing with upraised arms., Book of Hours, Use of Maastricht ('The Maastricht Hours')

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

• Marginal miniature of a fox in a cloak and hood, preaching to two roosters and a duck., Book of Hours, Use of Maastricht ('The Maastricht Hours')

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

• Historiated initial of the disrobing of Christ, with an initial of two men wrestling, and marginal figures of prophets with scrolls, and in the margins, a monkey pouring water on a man spearing a boar, and a rabbit and a bird., Book of Hours, Use of Maastricht ('The Maastricht Hours')

Historiated initial of the disrobing of Christ, with an initial of two men wrestling, and marginal figures of prophets with scrolls, and in the margins, a monkey pouring water on a man spearing a boar, and a rabbit and a

• Marginal miniature of two men playing a board game, perhaps chess., Book of Hours, Use of Maastricht ('The Maastricht Hours')

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

• Marginal miniature of a couple embracing., Book of Hours, Use of Maastricht ('The Maastricht Hours')

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

• Marginal miniatures of a monkey turning a spit, and a man with a mortar and pestle., Book of Hours, Use of Maastricht ('The Maastricht Hours')

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

• Marginal miniature of animals, including foxes, rabbits, and monkeys, in a city and burrow., Book of Hours, Use of Maastricht ('The Maastricht Hours')

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

• Marginal miniature of the king of love sitting in a tree with two musicians, aiming his arrows at a couple sitting below., Book of Hours, Use of Maastricht ('The Maastricht Hours')

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

• Miniature of Theophilus making a pact with the devil., Book of Hours, Use of Maastricht ('The Maastricht Hours')

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

• Detail of marginal miniature of the Massacre of the Innocents., Book of Hours, Use of Maastricht ('The Maastricht Hours')

Detail of marginal miniature of the Massacre of the Innocents. Possible instruction to artist in minute script at the top of f. 10. 24 architectural, historiated borders for the calendar, in colours and gold (ff. 2v-13). 16 full-page miniatures, usually