• 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)

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

• 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)

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

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

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

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

of a miniature of Roxane being brought before Alexander. Contains the Historia Alexandri translated as Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre by Vasco da Lucena, a Portuguese in service of Isabella of Portugal and then Margaret of

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

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

• Miniature of the surrender of Arbela, with a full border including hybrid grotesques and a foliate initial 'S'(e), at the beginning of book 4., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

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

• Ink drawings of the cities of Sycambria and Lutetia (Paris); genealogy., Short Universal Chronicle (A tous nobles) from the death of Christ, of popes, Roman emperors, the kings of Briain then England, and the kings of France, written in four columns

the death of Christ, of popes, Roman emperors, the kings of Briain then England, and the kings of France, written in four columns William Harvey (d. 1567), herald: inscribed 'William hervy als Clarencieulx king of Armes' (top of membrane 1).The

• Detail of a miniature of Charles the Bold enthroned and surrounded by his court receiving the book from Vasco da Lucena, at the beginning of the prologue., Cyropaedia (Cyropedie); De re militari (Lart de chevalerie)

service of Isabella of Portugal and then her son, Charles the Bold of Burgundy and his wife Margaret ofYork; addressed to Charles the Bold (b. 1433, d. 1477), duke of Burgundy (ff. 7-204v); preceded by a list of rubrics

• Miniature of the birth of Cyrus, at the beginning of book 4., Le miroir historial (a French translation of the Speculum historiale) books 1-5

of Cyrus, at the beginning of book 4. This manuscript contains the first volume (books 1-9) of the Speculum historiale and is now bound in two parts, foliated separately: part 1 contains books 1-5 with a table of contents

• Miniature of the birth of Alexander, at the beginning of book 5., Le miroir historial (a French translation of the Speculum historiale) books 1-5

of Alexander, at the beginning of book 5. This manuscript contains the first volume (books 1-9) of the Speculum historiale and is now bound in two parts, foliated separately: part 1 contains books 1-5 with a table of contents

• Miniature of the death of Bertrand du Guesclin, at the siege of Randon, with a partial border, at the beginning of chapter 17 of book 1., Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre

Miniature of the death of Bertrand du Guesclin, at the siege of Randon, with a partial border, at the beginning of chapter 17 of book 1. Includes the third volume of the Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre of Jean of Wavrin,

• Miniature of the joust between Nicholas Clifford and a Frenchman, with a partial border, at the beginning of chapter 8 of book 2., Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre

Miniature of the joust between Nicholas Clifford and a Frenchman, with a partial border, at the beginning of chapter 8 of book 2. Includes the third volume of the Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre of Jean of Wavrin, preceded by a

• Miniature of Charles the Bold enthroned and surrounded by his court receiving the book from Vasco da Lucena, with a full border containing Charles's motto 'oublier ne puis' and the arms of Thomas Thwaytes, at the beginning of the prologue., Cyropaedia (Cyropedie); De re militari (Lart de chevalerie)

service of Isabella of Portugal and then her son, Charles the Bold of Burgundy and his wife Margaret ofYork; addressed to Charles the Bold (b. 1433, d. 1477), duke of Burgundy (ff. 7-204v); preceded by a list of rubrics

• Detail of a miniature of Vincent of Beauvais, a Dominican monk, sitting at a desk and writing his book, at the beginning of book 1., Le miroir historial (a French translation of the Speculum historiale) books 1-5

Detail of a miniature of Vincent of Beauvais, a Dominican monk, sitting at a desk and writing his book, at the beginning of book 1. This manuscript contains the first volume (books 1-9) of the Speculum historiale and is now

• Detail of a miniature showing cannon and mortar at siege of Pamplona., Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre

Detail of a miniature showing cannon and mortar at siege of Pamplona. 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 divided into two scenes, at the order of the services for Shabbat. In the upper register, men are praying in the synagogue; in the lower register, the Shabbat bride is under the ~huppah~ (wedding canopy) surrounded by her entourage. The miniature is framed with a floral border., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) with miscellaneous works in the margins

1984, p. 306).Hippolite of Ferrara, Franciscan censor (active at the end of the 16th century-beginning of 17th century, in Cremona?): inscribed with his name, 1601 (f. 449), see William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House,

• Miniature of people celebrating Seder with a group of young men lifting the Seder basket over the table., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) with miscellaneous works in the margins

1984, p. 306).Hippolite of Ferrara, Franciscan censor (active at the end of the 16th century-beginning of 17th century, in Cremona?): inscribed with his name, 1601 (f. 449), see William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House,

• Detail of birds from the right side of the full border., Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre

Detail of birds from the right side of the full border. 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

• Initial-word panel with gold letters and penwork decoration, full foliate border in the margins., Lisbon Mishneh Torah, volume 1

for £10,000 (a 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.See also the second volume of the work: Harley

• Initial-word panel with gold letters and penwork decoration, full foliate border in the margins., Lisbon Mishneh Torah, volume 1

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.See also the second volume of the work: Harley 5699. Introduction of