• Detail of the full border containing grotesque drolleries (a monkey, bird and a man) and a lozenge bearing a white rose of the York family, at the beginning of book 4., Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre

a lozenge bearing a white rose of the York family, at the beginning of book 4. 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

• 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

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. Includes the third volume of the Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre

• 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

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. Includes the third volume of the Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre

• Miniature of the coronation procession of Richard I., Anciennes et nouvelles chroniques d'Angleterre, volume 1

Miniature of the coronation procession ofRichard I. Contains the first volume of seven of the third edition of the Anciennes et nouvelles chroniques d'Angleterre of Jean de Wavrin (b. 1399/1400, d. c. 1473/4), which was intended to continue the

• Detail of a miniature of the coronation procession of Richard I., Anciennes et nouvelles chroniques d'Angleterre, volume 1

Detail of a miniature of the coronation procession ofRichard I. Contains the first volume of seven of the third edition of the Anciennes et nouvelles chroniques d'Angleterre of Jean de Wavrin (b. 1399/1400, d. c. 1473/4), which was intended

• Detail of a miniature of the coronation procession of Richard I., Anciennes et nouvelles chroniques d'Angleterre, volume 1

Detail of a miniature of the coronation procession ofRichard I. Contains the first volume of seven of the third edition of the Anciennes et nouvelles chroniques d'Angleterre of Jean de Wavrin (b. 1399/1400, d. c. 1473/4), which was intended

• Miniature of the coronation procession of Richard I., Anciennes et nouvelles chroniques d'Angleterre, volume 1

Miniature of the coronation procession ofRichard I. Contains the first volume of seven of the third edition of the Anciennes et nouvelles chroniques d'Angleterre of Jean de Wavrin (b. 1399/1400, d. c. 1473/4), which was intended to continue the

• Detail of decorated initials, a copy of a page from Cotton Otho C.V., Copy of a page from Cotton Otho C.V

Detail of decorated initials, 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 the British Museum~,

• 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 the Nativity and foliate borders, at the beginning of Terce in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

Richard Plantagenet Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 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

• Miniature of the Pentecost, decorated foliate initial 'D'(omine), and full foliate borders, at the beginning of the Hours of the Cross., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

Richard Plantagenet Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 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

• Genealogy from David to Josaphat, shown in circles connected by a straight line., Genealogical roll of the kings of England to Edward IV, imperfect (the Shorter English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England)

margin (ff. 2v-23). Genealogical roll of the kings of England to Edward IV, imperfect (the Shorter English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England) Edward Rowe Mores (b. 1730, d. 1778), antiquary and historian of printing: inscribed 'Edw. Rowe Mores

• Miniature with heraldic arms of Antonius Cicinello and of the Emperor Charles V, and full architectural borders, at the beginning of the History of the family 'De Cignis' or 'Schwanen'., History of the family 'De Cignis' or 'Schwanen', beginning with the time of Trajan

hand of the authenticity of the work by the 'Proconsules ac Senatus' of Cologne, dated 7 February 1532, with remains of a seal (f. 19). Francesco Cicinello, 16th century (f. 1). Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839), 1st duke of

• Unfinished miniature of a seated figure of a king, on the left the drawing of a kneeling donor in prayer, and large decorated initial 'Q'(uando), at the beginning of the Ceremoniale., Ceremoniale

Unfinished miniature of a seated figure of a king, on the left the drawing of a kneeling donor in prayer, and large decorated initial 'Q'(uando), at the beginning of the Ceremoniale. 1 large unfinished miniature, in colours and gold (f.

• 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).

• 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

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, 2003), no.

• 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

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