• Detail of a border with birds, at the beginning of the Libre del Orde de cavayleria of Ramón Lull in anonymous French translation., 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,

• Text page with a space left for a miniature, at the beginning of the rubric, 'Charite parle des angeles'., 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,

• Text page, with a space left for an initial, at the beginning of Le breviaire des nobles of Alain Chartier., 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,

• Miniature of the Fortress of Faith defended by a king, a cardinal, bishops, and other men and women, with the fathers of the church, Gregory, Augustine, Jerome, and Ambrose at its walls and men and women representing vices, with a full border containing a space for a coat of arms, and an illuminated initial 'A'(pres), at the beginning of book 2., Fortalitium fidei (La forteresse de la foy)

in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 22; and in the Catalogue of 1666 (f. 13).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Fortress of Faith Jean

• Miniature of the Fortress of Faith with women at the windows, surrounded by the fathers of the church, Gregory, Augustine, Jerome, and Ambrose, with a group of women and men., Fortalitium fidei (La forteresse de la foy)

in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 22; and in the Catalogue of 1666 (f. 13).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Fortress of Faith Jean

• Miniature of the Fortress of Faith with an emperor and a woman at the centre window, surrounded by the fathers of the church, Gregory, Augustine, Jerome, and Ambrose, with a group of women and one man, on the right and a crowd of attacking Jews on the left; with a full border., Fortalitium fidei (La forteresse de la foy)

in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 22; and in the Catalogue of 1666 (f. 13).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Fortress of Faith Jean

• Miniature of the Fortress of Faith defended by the fathers of the church, Gregory, Augustine, Jerome, and Ambrose fighting demons, with a full border containing a space for a coat of arms, and an illuminated initial 'A'(pres), at the beginning of book 5., Fortalitium fidei (La forteresse de la foy)

of the Fortress of Faith defended by the fathers of the church, Gregory, Augustine, Jerome, and Ambrose fighting demons, with a full border containing a space for a coat of arms, and an illuminated initial 'A'(pres), at the beginning

• null, Facsimile of the Vatican Virgil (Rome, Vatican, Bibliotheca Apostolica, Cod. Vat. 3867) (index Virgilius; Vergilius; Vergil)

lot 419; bought by Lansdowne for twenty guineas.William Petty (~formerly~ Fitzmaurice) (b. 1737, d. 1805), 2nd earl of Shelburne and 1st marquess of Lansdowne, prime minister: his book-plate (inside upper cover); purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other

• Miniature in three registers., Facsimile of the Vatican Virgil (Rome, Vatican, Bibliotheca Apostolica, Cod. Vat. 3867) (index Virgilius; Vergilius; Vergil)

lot 419; bought by Lansdowne for twenty guineas.William Petty (~formerly~ Fitzmaurice) (b. 1737, d. 1805), 2nd earl of Shelburne and 1st marquess of Lansdowne, prime minister: his book-plate (inside upper cover); purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other

• null, Facsimile of the Vatican Virgil (Rome, Vatican, Bibliotheca Apostolica, Cod. Vat. 3867) (index Virgilius; Vergilius; Vergil)

lot 419; bought by Lansdowne for twenty guineas.William Petty (~formerly~ Fitzmaurice) (b. 1737, d. 1805), 2nd earl of Shelburne and 1st marquess of Lansdowne, prime minister: his book-plate (inside upper cover); purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other

• Miniature of Heloise addressing her pupil, and a group of women, with a full border containing the Yorkist motto 'Dieu et mon droit', an ostrich feather with a motto 'Ic dene', a crowned Beaufort's badge of a portcullis, and a red rose of Lancaster supported by a white greyhound and a red dragon; and an illuminated initial 'T'(ous) with a fleur de lis., Poems; Art d'amour; Les demandes d'amour; Le livre dit grace entiere sur le fait du gouvernement d'un prince

of the Royal arms (f. 73).Henry VII (b. 1457, d. 1509), king of England and lord of Ireland adapted for him: the royal arms of England (ff. 1, 73) and the arms of his wife, Elisabeth ofYork, daughter

• Detail of a miniature of Heloise addressing her pupil, and a group of women., Poems; Art d'amour; Les demandes d'amour; Le livre dit grace entiere sur le fait du gouvernement d'un prince

of the Royal arms (f. 73).Henry VII (b. 1457, d. 1509), king of England and lord of Ireland adapted for him: the royal arms of England (ff. 1, 73) and the arms of his wife, Elisabeth ofYork, daughter

• Detail of the red rose of Lancaster, with a hound and dragon, in the lower margin of the folio., Poems; Art d'amour; Les demandes d'amour; Le livre dit grace entiere sur le fait du gouvernement d'un prince

of the Royal arms (f. 73).Henry VII (b. 1457, d. 1509), king of England and lord of Ireland adapted for him: the royal arms of England (ff. 1, 73) and the arms of his wife, Elisabeth ofYork, daughter

• null, 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 in four parts, including scenes of Lucretia, and the Kings of Rome?, and an illuminated initial at the beginning of the first decade of Livy's Ab urbe condita, and a border added between 1471-1474 containing the arms of Cardinal Pietro Riario., Ab urbe condita; each Decade preceded by the tables attributed to Donato degli Albanzani (ff. 1-3v, 103-105v, 195-196v) (index History of Rome from its foundation)

four parts, including scenes of Lucretia, and the Kings of Rome?, and an illuminated initial at the beginning of the first decade of Livy's Ab urbe condita, and a border added between 1471-1474 containing the arms of Cardinal Pietro Riario.

• Miniature in four parts, including scenes of Hannibal, and an illuminated initial in Livy's Ab urba condita, and a border added in 1471-1474 containing the arms of Cardinal Pietro Riario., Ab urbe condita; each Decade preceded by the tables attributed to Donato degli Albanzani (ff. 1-3v, 103-105v, 195-196v) (index History of Rome from its foundation)

cardinal (added to ff. 4, 106, 197).? Iacopo Piccolomini (b. 1422, d. 1479), member of the household of Pope Pius II (d. 1464), and bishop of Lucca from 1470: with an eight-line inscription including ‘Dum vixi Iacobus Piccolomini domus papa

• Miniature in three parts, including battle scenes, and an illuminated initial in Livy's Ab urbe condita, with a border added in 1471-1474 containing the arms of Cardinal Pietro Riario., Ab urbe condita; each Decade preceded by the tables attributed to Donato degli Albanzani (ff. 1-3v, 103-105v, 195-196v) (index History of Rome from its foundation)

cardinal (added to ff. 4, 106, 197).? Iacopo Piccolomini (b. 1422, d. 1479), member of the household of Pope Pius II (d. 1464), and bishop of Lucca from 1470: with an eight-line inscription including ‘Dum vixi Iacobus Piccolomini domus papa

• Miniature in three parts, including scenes of battle, Hannibal crossing the alps, and a battle speech to the Senate, with an illuminated initial in Livy's Ab urbe condita; and the marginal inscription of Lodovico da Sambonifacio., Ab urbe condita; each Decade preceded by the tables attributed to Donato degli Albanzani (ff. 1-3v, 103-105v, 195-196v) (index History of Rome from its foundation)

cardinal (added to ff. 4, 106, 197).? Iacopo Piccolomini (b. 1422, d. 1479), member of the household of Pope Pius II (d. 1464), and bishop of Lucca from 1470: with an eight-line inscription including ‘Dum vixi Iacobus Piccolomini domus papa

• Initial 'A'(s) with full bar border and partial floral border. Arms of William le Neve in the margin., Orygynale Cronykil of Scotland (f. 1) with two prose Scottish chronicles

Arms of William le Neve in the margin. Contents include Andrew of Wyntoun's ~Orygynale Cronykil of Scotland~ (ff. 1-298v), the 'Chronicle of Scotland in a Part' (ff. 299-304), the 'Short Chronicle of 1482' (ff. 304-208) and a fragmentary letter of

• Historiated and foliate full border with three medallions of half-length figures of God the Father, a saint writing and a prophet holding a scroll inscribed: 'ecce virgo conc(ipiet) et pa(riet filium)', with a historiated initial 'V'(ultum) of the Annunciation with display script for the textual opening with letters in a four-colour sequence, and a foliate initial 'E'(uctavit)., Leaves from a Missal of Cardinal Domenico della Rovere

recto as verso. The verso of f. b contains text from the end of the rubric for the Blessing of the Palms from the Mass for Passion Sunday and is followed by the beginning of the Mass for Palm Sunday