• Detail of page with miniature of two ships, one containing armed knights, the other King Nascien, his queen and their companions., L'estoire del Saint Graal (ff. 1-76); L'estoire de Merlin (ff. 76-216)

45).Louis César de Baume le Blanc, Duc de La Vallière (b. 1708, d. 1780): his sale, Paris, 1783, lot 3989. John Duke of Roxburghe (b. 1740, d. 1804), his sale, 1812, lot 6093. His family crest on the cover with

• Miniature of King Nascien alone in a boat being given bread by the commander of a ship., L'estoire del Saint Graal (ff. 1-76); L'estoire de Merlin (ff. 76-216)

45).Louis César de Baume le Blanc, Duc de La Vallière (b. 1708, d. 1780): his sale, Paris, 1783, lot 3989. John Duke of Roxburghe (b. 1740, d. 1804), his sale, 1812, lot 6093. His family crest on the cover with

• Miniature of the Persians putting Celidoine to sea with a lion as a punishment for predicting the death of King Label of Persia., L'estoire del Saint Graal (ff. 1-76); L'estoire de Merlin (ff. 76-216)

45).Louis César de Baume le Blanc, Duc de La Vallière (b. 1708, d. 1780): his sale, Paris, 1783, lot 3989. John Duke of Roxburghe (b. 1740, d. 1804), his sale, 1812, lot 6093. His family crest on the cover with

• Miniature of the young Celidoine on an island watching a storm at sea with two Persian ships in great danger, one containing King Label., L'estoire del Saint Graal (ff. 1-76); L'estoire de Merlin (ff. 76-216)

45).Louis César de Baume le Blanc, Duc de La Vallière (b. 1708, d. 1780): his sale, Paris, 1783, lot 3989. John Duke of Roxburghe (b. 1740, d. 1804), his sale, 1812, lot 6093. His family crest on the cover with

• Full page with miniature of Lancelot duelling for the queen's honour., La Queste del Saint Graal (ff. 2-53); Morte Artu (ff. 53-96)

45).Louis César de Baume le Blanc, Duc de La Vallière (b. 1708, d. 1780): his sale, Paris, 1783, lot 3989. John Duke of Roxburghe (b. 1740, d. 1804), his sale, 1812, lot 6093. His family crest on the cover with

• Miniature of griffins carrying Alexander into the heavens., Roman d'Alexandre en Prose, imperfect at the end (index Le Livre et la vraye hystoire du bon roy Alixandre, Alexander Romance)

d'Alexandre en Prose, imperfect at the end (index Le Livre et la vraye hystoire du bon roy Alixandre, Alexander Romance) John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: his name inscribed (f. 1); listed in

• Miniature of the abbess of the White Nuns cutting the hair of a novice., Lancelot du Lac

45).Louis César de Baume le Blanc, Duc de La Vallière (b. 1708, d. 1780): his sale, Paris, 1783, lot 3989. John Duke of Roxburghe (b. 1740, d. 1804), his sale, 1812, lot 6093. His family crest on the cover with

• Miniature of a bloody battle taking place on the bridge of a castle., Lancelot du Lac

45).Louis César de Baume le Blanc, Duc de La Vallière (b. 1708, d. 1780): his sale, Paris, 1783, lot 3989. John Duke of Roxburghe (b. 1740, d. 1804), his sale, 1812, lot 6093. His family crest on the cover with

• Miniature of Arthur on the Wheel of Fortune above an illuminated initial., La Queste del Saint Graal (ff. 2-53); Morte Artu (ff. 53-96)

45).Louis César de Baume le Blanc, Duc de La Vallière (b. 1708, d. 1780): his sale, Paris, 1783, lot 3989. John Duke of Roxburghe (b. 1740, d. 1804), his sale, 1812, lot 6093. His family crest on the cover with

• Text-page with flourished initials 'S'(alehadins) and 'I'(l)., Histoire d'Outremer, continued to 1232

later owned by Firmin-Didot; perhaps bound for him; annotated perhaps by him with several notes concerning the Hospitallers of St John, and '+ de moy patriarche de alexandrie +' and 'sera(?) de moy lyon(?) est' (f. 122).This is the earlier

• Text-page with flourished initials 'T'(andis) and 'I'(usqua)., Histoire d'Outremer, continued to 1232

later owned by Firmin-Didot; perhaps bound for him; annotated perhaps by him with several notes concerning the Hospitallers of St John, and '+ de moy patriarche de alexandrie +' and 'sera(?) de moy lyon(?) est' (f. 122).This is the earlier

• Puzzle initial ''R'(everendo) and smaller decorated initials, at the beginning of Guillelmus Duranti's Repertorium juris canonici. ., Legal miscellany, including Summa decreti, Quaestiones dominicales et veneriales, Repertorium juris canonici

Puzzle initial ''R'(everendo) and smaller decorated initials, at the beginning of Guillelmus Duranti's Repertorium juris canonici.. For other manuscripts owned by Morton see Arundel 366 and 454.Pecia notes occur throughout the manuscript.According to notes supplied by Magnus Ryan, the

• Text page, with small decorated initials and the pecia mark 'xvii p' in the right margin., Legal miscellany, including Summa decreti, Quaestiones dominicales et veneriales, Repertorium juris canonici

Text page, with small decorated initials and the pecia mark 'xvii p' in the right margin. For other manuscripts owned by Morton see Arundel 366 and 454.Pecia notes occur throughout the manuscript.According to notes supplied by Magnus Ryan, the

• Miniature of Gawain being beaten by the swords at the twelve tombs., Lancelot du Lac

45).Louis César de Baume le Blanc, Duc de La Vallière (b. 1708, d. 1780): his sale, Paris, 1783, lot 3989. John Duke of Roxburghe (b. 1740, d. 1804), his sale, 1812, lot 6093. His family crest on the cover with

• Miniature of Lancelot with a hermit putting his grandfather's head, which he has taken out of the water of the boiling spring, into the tomb with his body., Lancelot du Lac

45).Louis César de Baume le Blanc, Duc de La Vallière (b. 1708, d. 1780): his sale, Paris, 1783, lot 3989. John Duke of Roxburghe (b. 1740, d. 1804), his sale, 1812, lot 6093. His family crest on the cover with

• Illuminated initial 'C'(uilibet) with a full border, at the beginning of the text, with an inscription recording that the book was given to the cathedral priory of St. Andrew, Rochester by Thomas of Horsted, reading 'Liber de claustro Roffen[si] per fr[atr]em Tho[ma]m de Horstede, monachu[m].', Concordantia maior and Concordantiae morales bibliorum of Antony of Padua

of the loan of books and vestments, dated 1 June 1390, between William Bottlesham, bishop of Rochester (1389-1400), and Mr John Mory or Amory, rector of Southfleet, no. 2 (see Cotton Faustina C V, f. 50r).Added leaf containing a fragment

• Marginal drawing of the standard used at the Battle of the Standard, with an inscription reading 'Standard'., Chronica; Tractatus de legibus et consuetudinibus regum Angliae, and other texts

Marginal drawing of the standard used at the Battle of the Standard, with an inscription reading 'Standard'. Contains:Roger of Hoveden (d. 1201/2), Chronica, containing the history of England from 732 to 1180 (ff. 1-214v); the second volume, covering the

• Historiated initial 'D' with David pointing to his mouth, with hybrid creatures with a cither and a pipe in the borders., Psalter and Book of Hours (the 'Howard Psalter and Hours') (Arundel 83 I) (ends imperfectly); including a calendar of uncertain East Anglian destination (ff. 6-11v), a liturgical Psalter with canticles, litany, and Office of the Dead (ff. 14-113v), and an incomplete Hours of the Passion (ff. 113v-116v)

Hours of the Passion (ff. 113v-116v) 83 I ( ff. 2v-116v) (the 'Howard Psalter'), Arundel 83 I:? Perhaps made for John Fitton (d. 1326): arms (ff. 47, 55v). Theodore of Malinton, Baron of Wemme (d. 1408): inscribed 'Obitus domini Theodore

• Historiated initial 'D' with God and Christ enthroned, and grotesques in the border, at the beginning of Psalm 109., Psalter and Book of Hours (the 'Howard Psalter and Hours') (Arundel 83 I) (ends imperfectly); including a calendar of uncertain East Anglian destination (ff. 6-11v), a liturgical Psalter with canticles, litany, and Office of the Dead (ff. 14-113v), and an incomplete Hours of the Passion (ff. 113v-116v)

Hours of the Passion (ff. 113v-116v) 83 I ( ff. 2v-116v) (the 'Howard Psalter'), Arundel 83 I:? Perhaps made for John Fitton (d. 1326): arms (ff. 47, 55v). Theodore of Malinton, Baron of Wemme (d. 1408): inscribed 'Obitus domini Theodore

• Illuminated initial 'B'(Eati) with a floriate motif, in blue, red, green, and gold., Psalter and Book of Hours (the 'Howard Psalter and Hours') (Arundel 83 I) (ends imperfectly); including a calendar of uncertain East Anglian destination (ff. 6-11v), a liturgical Psalter with canticles, litany, and Office of the Dead (ff. 14-113v), and an incomplete Hours of the Passion (ff. 113v-116v)

Hours of the Passion (ff. 113v-116v) 83 I ( ff. 2v-116v) (the 'Howard Psalter'), Arundel 83 I:? Perhaps made for John Fitton (d. 1326): arms (ff. 47, 55v). Theodore of Malinton, Baron of Wemme (d. 1408): inscribed 'Obitus domini Theodore