• 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

• A section of foliate border of the Medici device of a diamond ring with three feathers, the motto 'Semper' and the initials 'L. X. P. M.', measuring 440 x 45 mm. On the reverse the abbreviation 'e[m]'., 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 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

• Coloured initials 'R'(icardus) and 'O'(mnibus)., Register of the Augustinian priory of Kenilworth, Warwickshire

13th-century register.Morgan Graves, son ofRichard Graves of Mickelton Gloucestershire: inscribed by James West with his name and the following memo, 'I bought this Book of Morgan Graves Esq. Son of that Excellent Antiquary Richard Graves of Mickelton in Gloucestershire,

• 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

• 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

• Detail of a miniature of Olympias giving birth to Alexander the Great, with two eagles on the roof of the palace (foretelling Alexander's two empires in Europe and Asia). The temple of Diana at Ephesus burns in the background as a portent of Alexander's revenge on the Persians for their invasion of Greece under Xerxes in 480 BC., Historia Alexandri Magni

da Lucena, a Portuguese in the service of Isabella of Portugal and then of Margaret ofYork, first presented to Charles in 1468; preceded by a table of contents (ff. 1-11v). ?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink

• Miniature of John on Patmos, at the beginning of his Gospel., Miniatures added to a Book of Hours

(b. 1418, d. 1475), Count of Saint-Pol and Constable of France: inscribed '[Ainsi?] sera Luxembourg' (inside upper cover)? Albert Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg, who married, in 1573, Mary Eleanora, elder daughter of William, 5th Duke of Juliers and Clèves: inscribed

• Miniature of the Mass of Gregory, at the beginning of the verses of Gregory., Miniatures added to a Book of Hours

Miniature of the Mass of Gregory, at the beginning of the verses of Gregory. 1 full-page miniature (f. 16v) and 5 full-page miniatures surrounding three or four lines of text (ff. 185v, 216v, 233v, 254v, 260v). Miniatures added to a

• Miniature of Mary teaching the Christ child to read, at the beginning of the Litany for Mary., Miniatures added to a Book of Hours

(b. 1418, d. 1475), Count of Saint-Pol and Constable of France: inscribed '[Ainsi?] sera Luxembourg' (inside upper cover)? Albert Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg, who married, in 1573, Mary Eleanora, elder daughter of William, 5th Duke of Juliers and Clèves: inscribed