• Miniature of a man (Samson?) holding a column with a building above, and a man blowing a horn., Book of Hours, Use of Maastricht ('The Maastricht Hours')

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

• Historiated initial 'D'(eus) of the Mocking of Christ, with a partial bar border including two lions fighting one another., Book of Hours, Use of Maastricht ('The Maastricht Hours')

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

• Detail of a marginal image of a fox preaching to two roosters and a duck., Book of Hours, Use of Maastricht ('The Maastricht Hours')

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

• Historiated initial 'R'(esponde) with a woman, and a stag on the end of the bar border., Book of Hours, Use of Maastricht ('The Maastricht Hours')

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

• Miniature of Christ on the road to Calvary, with prophets in four roundels at the corners, and a jester in the lower margin., Book of Hours, Use of Maastricht ('The Maastricht Hours')

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

• Marginal image of an angel playing a tambourine, and a man playing the organ., Book of Hours, Use of Maastricht ('The Maastricht Hours')

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

• Detail of a marginal miniature of a rabbit., Book of Hours, Use of Maastricht ('The Maastricht Hours')

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

• Detail of a marginal miniature of a rabbit., Book of Hours, Use of Maastricht ('The Maastricht Hours')

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

• Detail of a marginal image of a cat in a snail shell., Book of Hours, Use of Maastricht ('The Maastricht Hours')

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

• Detail of a marginal painting of a friar with a musical instrument, and a woman dancing with upraised arms., Book of Hours, Use of Maastricht ('The Maastricht Hours')

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

• Marginal paintings of a woman playing a fiddle, while a man and a dog in a hooded coat dance, and a knight in armour battles a lion, with birds and grotesques in the margins., Book of Hours, Use of Maastricht ('The Maastricht Hours')

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

• Historiated initial 'H'(enri) with a king, and a three-sided foliate border, in the Statutes at the beginning of the reign of Henry V., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from 1 Henry IV to 12 Henry VI, in chronological order

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

• Decorated initial and border at the beginning of the cartulary of the Benedictine priory of St Neot's, with a list of places mentioned on the facing folio., Cartulary of the Benedictine priory of St Neot's, with 96 charters arranged topographically, with a list of places (f. 3v) and rental for the town of St Neots (ff. 55-56)

Cartulary of the Benedictine priory of St Neot's, with 96 charters arranged topographically, with a list of places (f. 3v) and rental for the town of St Neots (ff. 55-56) The Benedictine priory of St Neot's, Huntingdonshire, a cell of

• Miniatures with Noah, Noah's Ark, Annunciation, Nativity, in the Hymn to the Virgin., Meditations (begins and ends imperfectly)

with representations of the labours of the month and the signs of the Zodiac (ff. 1-6v). Large decorated initials in the calendar, in colours and gold (ff. 1-6v). Smaller initials in plain red. Capital letters at the beginning of a

• Miniatures with the Annunciation to the shepherds, Adoration of the Magi, Presentation, Christ and the doctors, in the Hymn to the Virgin., Meditations (begins and ends imperfectly)

with representations of the labours of the month and the signs of the Zodiac (ff. 1-6v). Large decorated initials in the calendar, in colours and gold (ff. 1-6v). Smaller initials in plain red. Capital letters at the beginning of a

• Roundels with representations of the labours of the month and the signs of the Zodiac, in the calendar., Meditations (begins and ends imperfectly)

with representations of the labours of the month and the signs of the Zodiac (ff. 1-6v). Large decorated initials in the calendar, in colours and gold (ff. 1-6v). Smaller initials in plain red. Capital letters at the beginning of a

• Decorated opening page ornamented with the royal arms in the middle and the date 1578, surrounded by the inscription 'Deus tueatur Reginam Elizabeth', at the beginning of the prayers., Prayers

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 headpiece, illuminated title, and large decorated initial 'O' (que), at the beginning of a prayer in French., Prayers

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 initials in the Calendar, and diagram for finding the dominical letter., Tables for finding the moveable feasts, epacts, duration of moonshine and sunshine, ebb and flow of tides, etc., preceeded by a Calendar

of moonshine and sunshine, ebb and flow of tides, etc., preceeded by a Calendar Edward Seymour (b. c.1500, d. 1552), duke of Somerset, (known as Protector Somerset), soldier and royal servant: inscribed 'Fere of the lord is the begenning

• Miniature of Richard I enthroned, holding a sword, with three Christian heads and three Saracen heads on either side of his throne., Drawings with various inscriptions, distichs and poems (ff. 1-9v), verse lament of Edward II (ff. 10 r-v), Chronicle of England (ff. 11-146v) Lancelot du Lac, imperfect (ff. 147-152v), a letter purporting to be from Joanna, Queen of Sicily to Hugh IV King of Cyprus (ff. 152v-154), La Queste del Saint Graal (ff. 155-169v), the latter imperfect at the beginning and at the end

Miniature ofRichard I enthroned, holding a sword, with three Christian heads and three Saracen heads on either side of his throne. Peter of Langtoft's Chronicle is prefaced by ten folios (the first quire) of tinted drawings with inscriptions, distichs,