• Miniature of various locations set out in a landscape: 'La Chastel en Chaire', 'Le jardin du baume,' 'La cite de Babiloine,' and 'Les Moulins de Babiloine'., Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances

Voyages of Marco Polo in a revised version attributed to Thibault de Cépoy, admiral of the fleet for Charles's of Valois projected crusade and Jean de Cépoy, admiral of the fleet for the projected crusade of Philip VI of France

• Miniature of Nectanebus receiving a letter; miniature of Nectanebus on a roof, in flight, having shaved his head., Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances

Voyages of Marco Polo in a revised version attributed to Thibault de Cépoy, admiral of the fleet for Charles's of Valois projected crusade and Jean de Cépoy, admiral of the fleet for the projected crusade of Philip VI of France

• Detail of the miniature of the Martyrdom of Blaise., Cuttings from a Missal of Clement VII

first publication of the catalogue of his collection in 1869 and the second edition of 1876 (see Robinson 1876). Purchased by the Department of Prints and Drawings of the British Museum in 1895.Transferred to the Department of Manuscripts of the

• Montage composed of a miniature of the Assumption of the Virgin above the inscription 'Assumpta Est Maria' (centre); a three-sided historiated border of the arms of Clement VII, the Medici devices of a diamond ring with three feathers and motto 'Semper' and a yoke with motto 'Suave', two prophets in medallions and anthropomorphic and zoomorphic grotesques (left); and a single historiated border of the Medici device of the motto 'Candor Illesus' inscribed on a banner curling round a tree and a trunk supporting a crystal ball through which pass sun rays, one of which hits the tree causing it to burst into flames and the other striking the banner but with no effect, two prophets in medallions and anthropomorphic and zoomorphic grotesques (right)., Cuttings from a Missal of Clement VII

first publication of the catalogue of his collection in 1869 and the second edition of 1876 (see Robinson 1876). Purchased by the Department of Prints and Drawings of the British Museum in 1895.Transferred to the Department of Manuscripts of the

• Montage composed of a miniature of the Martyrdom of Blaise surmounted by two Medici devices of a yoke with motto 'Suave' (centre); a three-sided historiated border of the arms of Clement VII, the Medici devices of a diamond ring with three feathers and motto 'Semper' and the motto 'Candor Illesus' inscribed on a banner curling round a tree and a trunk supporting a crystal ball through which pass sun rays, one of which hits the tree causing it to burst into flames and the other striking the banner but with no effect, and two sibyls in medallions and anthropomorphic and zoomorphic grotesques (left); and a single historiated border of the Medici 'Candor Illesus' device, two prophets in medallions and anthropomorphic and zoomorphic grotesques (right)., Cuttings from a Missal of Clement VII

Montage composed of a miniature of the Martyrdom of Blaise surmounted by two Medici devices of a yoke with motto 'Suave' (centre); a three-sided historiated border of the arms of Clement VII, the Medici devices of a diamond ring with

• Initial with penwork decoration., Life of Thomas Becket (index Vie de Thomas Becket), in Anglo-Norman verse, followed by an Anglo-Norman crusade noted song ‘S’onques nus hom pour dure’ (ff. 14-14v); Anglo-Norman romance Guy of Warwick (index Gui de Warewic) (ff. 15-26)

formed by manuscripts of different date and origin and includes:'Gui de Warewic', romance in Anglo-Norman verse, with initials in red, last quarter of the 13th or 1st quarter of the 14th century (ff. 15-26v);Life of Saint Robert of Knaresborough, prose

• Detail of a miniature of arms supported by a red dragon and a white greyhound., Chroniques de France ou de Saint Denis (from Louis le Gros to the death of Saint Louis, 1270)

Denis (from Louis le Gros to the death of Saint Louis, 1270) Thomas Thwaytes (d. 1503), chancellor of the Exchequer, chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster under Edward IV, and treasurer of Calais until 1490, arrested for treason in 1494,

• Detail of a miniature of the siege of Acre., Chroniques de France ou de Saint Denis (from Louis le Gros to the death of Saint Louis, 1270)

Denis (from Louis le Gros to the death of Saint Louis, 1270) Thomas Thwaytes (d. 1503), chancellor of the Exchequer, chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster under Edward IV, and treasurer of Calais until 1490, arrested for treason in 1494,

• Miniature of the siege of Acre, with a partial border including the royal arms of England, the Beaufort's badge of a portcullis, used by Henry VII, a scroll inscribed with a motto 'Dieu et mon droit', and red and white roses., Chroniques de France ou de Saint Denis (from Louis le Gros to the death of Saint Louis, 1270)

Denis (from Louis le Gros to the death of Saint Louis, 1270) Thomas Thwaytes (d. 1503), chancellor of the Exchequer, chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster under Edward IV, and treasurer of Calais until 1490, arrested for treason in 1494,

• Miniature of Hugues de Puisac with the king in a palace, and outside, plotting, while behind, traitors are hanged, with a partial border including the royal arms of England supported by a red dragon and a white greyhound, and the Beaufort's badges of a portcullis, used by Henry VII., Chroniques de France ou de Saint Denis (from Louis le Gros to the death of Saint Louis, 1270)

Denis (from Louis le Gros to the death of Saint Louis, 1270) Thomas Thwaytes (d. 1503), chancellor of the Exchequer, chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster under Edward IV, and treasurer of Calais until 1490, arrested for treason in 1494,

• Miniature of Childebert and Clothaire before Saragossa meeting a bishop of Saragossa, with the bishop and clergy bringing out relics of Vincent, with a full border containing the royal arms of England surmounted by a crowned lion, a dragon holding a banner with the Yorkist motto 'Dieu et mon droit', and two red roses of Lancaster; and an illuminated initial 'L'(e roy) with a portcullis, the badge of Beauforts, used by Henry VII., Chroniques de France ou de Saint Denis (from Priam of Troy to 768)

1509), king of England and lord of Ireland: the royal arms of England, a banner with the Yorkist motto 'Dieu et mon droit', two red roses of Lancaster (f. 47), red roses of Lancaster and white roses ofYork (f.

• Full-page miniature of peasants and noblemen engaged in the occupations and labours of the month of October: peasants making wine in the background and nobles hawking in the foreground., Calendar leaf from the Book of Hours, Use of Rome, of Bona Sforza (the 'Sforza Hours') (index Sforza Hours) (October)

and gold, of the month of October. Calendar leaf from the Book of Hours, Use of Rome, of Bona Sforza (the 'Sforza Hours') (index Sforza Hours) (October) Bona Sforza (b. 1449, d. 1503), duchess of Milan, wife of Galeazzo Maria

• Pen-flourished initials 'O'(r' and 'M'(ost)., Roman de Tristan, imperfect at the beginning, with an index (ff. 149-154v) (index Romance of Tristan, Tristram, Romance of Tristam de Leonnais)

(index Romance of Tristan, Tristram, Romance of Tristam de Leonnais) Richard III, king of England (b. 1450, d. 1485): inscribed, as duke of Gloucester from 1461 to 1483) 'Iste Liber constat Ricardo Duci Gloucestre' (f. 155).Elizabeth ofYork (b. 1466,

• Text page with decorated initials., Roman de Tristan, imperfect at the beginning, with an index (ff. 149-154v) (index Romance of Tristan, Tristram, Romance of Tristam de Leonnais)

(index Romance of Tristan, Tristram, Romance of Tristam de Leonnais) Richard III, king of England (b. 1450, d. 1485): inscribed, as duke of Gloucester from 1461 to 1483) 'Iste Liber constat Ricardo Duci Gloucestre' (f. 155).Elizabeth ofYork (b. 1466,

• Pen-flourished initials 'C'(hrist) and 'P'(ride)., An explication of the ten commandments (imperfect at the beginning) (ff. 1-8v), Lavynham's Little Treatise on the Seven Deadly Sins (De septem mortalibus peccatis), a tract on the Pater Noster (ff. 28v-48v), and various other religious works (imperfect at the end)

fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Pen-flourished initials Richard Lavenham and various other authors (index Richard Lavynham,

• 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)

Detail of a miniature of Jean, duke of Berry, receiving the book from the translator, Laurent de Premierfait, at the beginning of the prologue. Contains the Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio in the French translation from the lost Latin version of

• Marginal image of king Lucius in a baptismal font, with a caption reading 'Rex luci[us] p[ri]mu[s] in Anglia', next to a fragment referring to the origins of the christianity in England during the reign of Lucius, with a marginal note by Matthew Paris beginning 'Luciu[s] rex britannie p[ri]m[us] fuit in anglia/ baptizat[us]'., Series causae inter Henricum regem et Thomam archiepiscopum, Abbreviationes chronicorum, and Imagines historiarum

of the christianity in England during the reign of Lucius, with a marginal note by Matthew Paris beginning 'Luciu[s] rex britannie p[ri]m[us] fuit in anglia/ baptizat[us]'. Includes 3 works of Ralph de Diceto (d. 1199/1200), chronicler and ecclesiastic, dean

• Calendar page for November., Calendar, diagrams; medical texts

initials in red or blue. Highlighting of letters in red. Diagrams in brown and red. Calendar, diagrams; medical texts The Guild of the Barber Surgeons ofYork, made in 1486: inscription, a later copy of an earlier colophon (f. 5);

• Calendar page for December., Calendar, diagrams; medical texts

initials in red or blue. Highlighting of letters in red. Diagrams in brown and red. Calendar, diagrams; medical texts The Guild of the Barber Surgeons ofYork, made in 1486: inscription, a later copy of an earlier colophon (f. 5);

• Allegorical designs: the demolition of a house, etc., Allegorical designs, relating to political events in the reigns of James I. and Charles I.

demolition of a house, etc. Allegorical designs, in colours and gold (1-2v). Allegorical designs, relating to political events in the reigns of James I. and Charles I. Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839), 1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of