• Detail of a miniature of a battle between Portuguese and English army and a French vanguard of the King of Castile, with a partial border containing a lozenge bearing a white rose of the York family, at the beginning of chapter 14 of book 4., Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre

the King of Castile, with a partial border containing a lozenge bearing a white rose of the York family, at the beginning of chapter 14 of book 4. Includes the third volume of the Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre of Jean

• Historiated and foliate border of medallions with Peter, Isaiah and another prophet bearing scrolls inscribed 'Egredietur virga de radice Iesse et flos de radice' (Isaiah 11:1) and 'Ecce rex tuus venit sanctu(s) et s' and the Medici devices of Leo X: a diamond ring with three feathers and motto 'Semper' and a yoke with a scroll inscribed 'Suave', and three winged putti, measuring 445 x 35 mm., 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 Vincent of Beauvais as a Dominican monk, sitting at a desk and writing his book, at the beginning of book 1, with a full border containing the Royal arms of England, with Edward IV's colours of red and blue, on two banners held by angels and on a shield encircled by the Garter with the motto 'Honny soit qui mal y pense', with two shields with the same arms differenced by a label of three and five points for the king's two sons, in the lower margin, and a lozenge bearing a white rose of the York family with the Yorkist badge, 'Dieu et mon droit', on the external margin., Le miroir historial (a French translation of the Speculum historiale) books 1-5

five points for the king's two sons, in the lower margin, and a lozenge bearing a white rose of the York family with the Yorkist badge, 'Dieu et mon droit', on the external margin. This manuscript contains the first volume

• Miniature of Richard II with his court after his coronation, with a full border containing the royal arms on a shield encircled by the Garter with the motto 'Honny soit qui mal y pense', and on a banner held by an angel, between two lozenges bearing a white rose of the York family with the Yorkist badge, 'Dieu et mon droit', at the beginning of chapter 1 of book 1., Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre

mal y pense', and on a banner held by an angel, between two lozenges bearing a white rose of the York family with the Yorkist badge, 'Dieu et mon droit', at the beginning of chapter 1 of book 1. Includes

• Detail of a full border containing the royal arms on a shield encircled by the Garter with the motto 'Honny soit qui mal y pense', and on a banner held by an angel, between two lozenges bearing a white rose of the York family with the Yorkist badge, 'Dieu et mon droit', at the beginning of chapter 1 of book 1., Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre

mal y pense', and on a banner held by an angel, between two lozenges bearing a white rose of the York family with the Yorkist badge, 'Dieu et mon droit', at the beginning of chapter 1 of book 1. Includes

• Miniature of Vincent of Beauvais as a Dominican monk, sitting at a desk and writing his book, at the beginning of book 1, with a full border containing the Royal arms of England, with Edward IV's colours of red and blue, on two banners held by angels and on a shield encircled by the Garter with the motto 'Honny soit qui mal y pense', with two shields with the same arms differenced by a label of three and five points for the king's two sons, in the lower margin, and a lozenge bearing a white rose of the York family with the Yorkist badge, 'Dieu et mon droit', on the external margin., Le miroir historial (a French translation of the Speculum historiale) books 1-5

five points for the king's two sons, in the lower margin, and a lozenge bearing a white rose of the York family with the Yorkist badge, 'Dieu et mon droit', on the external margin. This manuscript contains the first volume

• Miniature of the sortie from Nantes, with a full border containing the royal arms on a shield encircled by the Garter with the motto 'Honny soit qui mal y pense', in the lower margin, and on a banner held by an angel, between two lozenges bearing a white rose of the York family with the Yorkist badge, 'Dieu et mon droit', in the external margin, at the beginning of chapter 1 of book 2., Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre

the lower margin, and on a banner held by an angel, between two lozenges bearing a white rose of the York family with the Yorkist badge, 'Dieu et mon droit', in the external margin, at the beginning of chapter 1

• 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)

faiz du grant Alexandre by Vasco da Lucena, a Portuguese in service of Isabella of Portugal and then Margaret of York; first presented to Charles the Bold in 1468.Another copy of the same text copied by Jean Duchesne of Lille

• 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)

faiz du grant Alexandre by Vasco da Lucena, a Portuguese in service of Isabella of Portugal and then Margaret of York; first presented to Charles the Bold in 1468.Another copy of the same text copied by Jean Duchesne of Lille

• 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)

faiz du grant Alexandre by Vasco da Lucena, a Portuguese in service of Isabella of Portugal and then Margaret of York; first presented to Charles the Bold in 1468.Another copy of the same text copied by Jean Duchesne of Lille

• Miniature of Vasca da Lucena offering the book to Charles the Bold, with a full foliate border including hybrid grotesques., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

faiz du grant Alexandre by Vasco da Lucena, a Portuguese in service of Isabella of Portugal and then Margaret of York; first presented to Charles the Bold in 1468.Another copy of the same text copied by Jean Duchesne of Lille

• Miniature of the death of Alexander of Epirus, with a decorated initial 'A' and a full foliate border containing hybrid grotesques., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

faiz du grant Alexandre by Vasco da Lucena, a Portuguese in service of Isabella of Portugal and then Margaret of York; first presented to Charles the Bold in 1468.Another copy of the same text copied by Jean Duchesne of Lille

• Text page., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

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

• Detail of a miniature of Roxane being brought before Alexander., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

faiz du grant Alexandre by Vasco da Lucena, a Portuguese in service of Isabella of Portugal and then Margaret of York; first presented to Charles the Bold in 1468.Another copy of the same text copied by Jean Duchesne of Lille

• Miniature of Alexander addressing his troops., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

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

• 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).

• Miniature of the Pieta, at the beginning of a prayer., Miniatures added to a Book of Hours

Miniature of the Pieta, at the beginning of a prayer. 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 Hours