• Detail of initial 'M'(arcus) with interlace and bird's head decoration, a copy of a page from Cotton Otho C.V., Copy of a page from Cotton Otho C.V

Detail of initial 'M'(arcus) with interlace and bird's head decoration, a copy of a page from Cotton Otho C.V. The calligraphic copies include representations of a harp (f. 68) and a double flageolet (f. 101) (see Augustus Hughes-Hughes, ~Catalogue of

• Detail of initial with bird's head decoration, a copy of a page from Cotton Otho C.V., Copy of a page from Cotton Otho C.V

Detail of initial with bird's head decoration, a copy of a page from Cotton Otho C.V. The calligraphic copies include representations of a harp (f. 68) and a double flageolet (f. 101) (see Augustus Hughes-Hughes, ~Catalogue of Manuscript Music in

• Miniature of Saints, decorated initial 'M'(onseigneur), and full foliate border, at the beginning of the prologue of the Légende dorée., Légende dorée (vol. 1)

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

• Decorated initial 'H'(ortaris), at the beginning of the letter of Jerome to Dexter., De viris illustribus; Retractationes, a list of letters of Augustine, Epistulae ad Quodvulteum; De viris illustribus; De institutionibus divinarum litterarum; In libros veteris et novi testamenti prooemia, extracts from De ecclesiasticis officis, De ortu et orbitu patrum, De nominibus legis et evangelii sive Allegoriae

beginning of the letter of Jerome to Dexter. Includes 'De viris illustribus' of Jerome, preceded by the prefatoty letter to Dexter (ff. 1-18), 'Retractationes' of Augustine (ff. 18-52v), a list of letters of Augustine (ff. 52v-56), Epistulae ad Quodvultdeum of

• Miniature of Alexander the Great and his army make a sacrifice on the night before the Battle of Issus in Vasco da Lucena's French translation of Rufus's Historia Alexandri magni., History of Alexander the Great (Les faize d'Alexandre) (index De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni; Historia Alexandri Magni)

de Cluis (Cluys), Knight of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem and Bailiff of the Morea: purchased by him in 1475: dated inscription (f. 13); the arms of the Cluys family of Bourges and of his order (f. 11).

• Miniature of Alexander the Great encounters Diogenes in his barrel in Vasco da Lucena's French translation of Rufus's Historia Alexandri magni, executed mainly in grisaille., History of Alexander the Great (Les faize d'Alexandre) (index De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni; Historia Alexandri Magni)

de Cluis (Cluys), Knight of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem and Bailiff of the Morea: purchased by him in 1475: dated inscription (f. 13); the arms of the Cluys family of Bourges and of his order (f. 11).

• Miniature of Alexander the Great consulting his astrologers about an eclipse of the sun after the battle of Arbela and illuminated initial 'A'(lexandre) in Vasco da Lucena's French translation of Rufus's Historia Alexandri magni., History of Alexander the Great (Les faize d'Alexandre) (index De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni; Historia Alexandri Magni)

de Cluis (Cluys), Knight of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem and Bailiff of the Morea: purchased by him in 1475: dated inscription (f. 13); the arms of the Cluys family of Bourges and of his order (f. 11).

• Miniature of Nature appearing to the author, Jean de Courcy, in a dream and showing him the lady Vaillance, at the beginning of book 1, with a full border containing the royal arms of England on a banner held by a knight and on a shield encircled by the Garter with the motto 'Honny soit qui mal y pense', and surmounted by a crowned helm with mantling in Edward's colours of red and blue, with two shields with the same arms differenced, for the king's two sons; lozenges bearing a white rose of the York family with the Yorkist badge, 'Dieu et mon droit', a shield with the arms of Edmund (three crowns) and a shield with the arms of Edward the Confessor (a cross bottony between five martels)., Le chemin de Vaillance, and other texts (see Notes below for contents)

record of books in the Great Wardrobe Accounts of 1480 (see McKendrick 1994). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 26; and in the Catalogue of 1666,

• Detail of a miniature of Richard II preparing to go to Ireland., Chroniques

Detail of a miniature ofRichard II preparing to go to Ireland. Includes a volume 4 of the 'Chroniques' of Froissart, covering the period 1389-1400, preceded by a list of contents (ff. 2-5v).According to Kren and McKendrick 2003, two miniatures

• Detail of a miniature of Richard II in Flint Castle., Chroniques

Detail of a miniature ofRichard II in Flint Castle. Includes a volume 4 of the 'Chroniques' of Froissart, covering the period 1389-1400, preceded by a list of contents (ff. 2-5v).According to Kren and McKendrick 2003, two miniatures are attributed

• Detail of a miniature of the funeral of Richard II., Chroniques

Detail of a miniature of the funeral ofRichard II. Includes a volume 4 of the 'Chroniques' of Froissart, covering the period 1389-1400, preceded by a list of contents (ff. 2-5v).According to Kren and McKendrick 2003, two miniatures are attributed

• Miniature of Richard II preparing to go to Ireland., Chroniques

of Wales.Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library.

• Miniature of the betrothal of Isabella to Richard II., Chroniques

Miniature of the betrothal of Isabella to Richard II. Includes a volume 4 of the 'Chroniques' of Froissart, covering the period 1389-1400, preceded by a list of contents (ff. 2-5v).According to Kren and McKendrick 2003, two miniatures are attributed to

• Detail of a miniature of the betrothal of Isabella to Richard II., Chroniques

Detail of a miniature of the betrothal of Isabella to Richard II. Includes a volume 4 of the 'Chroniques' of Froissart, covering the period 1389-1400, preceded by a list of contents (ff. 2-5v).According to Kren and McKendrick 2003, two miniatures

• Miniature of Richard II resigning his crown., Chroniques

ofRichard II resigning his crown. Includes a volume 4 of the 'Chroniques' of Froissart, covering the period 1389-1400, preceded by a list of contents (ff. 2-5v).According to Kren and McKendrick 2003, two miniatures are attributed to the Master

• Detail of a miniature of Richard II resigning his crown., Chroniques

Detail of a miniature ofRichard II resigning his crown. Includes a volume 4 of the 'Chroniques' of Froissart, covering the period 1389-1400, preceded by a list of contents (ff. 2-5v).According to Kren and McKendrick 2003, two miniatures are attributed

• Miniature of the Birth of the Virgin with an inscription on the wall 'Joy sans fin', and of the Annunciation to Joachim and the meeting of Joachim and Anna at the Golden Gate, with a full border containing the royal arms of England surrounded by the Garter with the motto 'Honny soit qui mal y pense', surmounted by a crowned helm with a mantling in Edward VI's colours of red and blue, and the Yorkist badge of a white ~rose-en-soleil~ with the motto 'Dieu est mon droit', and an illuminated initial 'C'(ombien) with the white rose of the York family, at the beginning of the prologue to book 2., Fleur des histoires, books 2-3

VI's colours of red and blue, and the Yorkist badge of a white ~rose-en-soleil~ with the motto 'Dieu est mon droit', and an illuminated initial 'C'(ombien) with the white rose of the York family, at the beginning of the prologue

• Initial-word panel inhabited by animals and dragons including two hare hunting scenes, at the beginning of the section on the customs of Passover., ~Keter Malkhut~ (The Crown of Kingship) by Solomon ibn Gabirol (ff. 1-8r); festival prayer book (~mahzor~), Italian rite (ff. 8v-231v)

Initial-word panel inhabited by animals and dragons including two hare hunting scenes, at the beginning of the section on the customs of Passover. Erasures presumably by the censor (e. g., ff. 15, 116v, 224v, 227).Unfoliated blank leaf after ff. 105,

• Initial-word panel inhabited by animals, dragons and griffins, at the beginning of the section on fast days. Border filled with foliate, a dragon, and a dog chasing hare., ~Keter Malkhut~ (The Crown of Kingship) by Solomon ibn Gabirol (ff. 1-8r); festival prayer book (~mahzor~), Italian rite (ff. 8v-231v)

decorated (f. 168). Camillo Jaghel, censor: inscribed with his name, 1619 (f. 231v); see William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), appendix § 50-56.Owner's inscription in Italian, partially illegible: 'Questo lib[ro] .. David a

• Text page with a note referring to a fragment beginning, 'Gif hwa smeað hwæt se moyses wære…', which is not found in other manuscripts of Aelfric's Homilies., Catholic Homilies

found in other manuscripts of Aelfric's Homilies. Contains the earliest known version of the first series of Aelfric's 'Sermones Catholici' with autograph additions of Aelfric of Eynsham. Initials in red, turned gray as a result of oxidation. Catholic Homilies Added