• 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

• 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

• 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

• Detail of a full border containing the royal arms on a shield encircled by the Garter with the motto 'Honny soit qui mal y pense', and on a banner held by an angel, between two lozenges bearing a white rose of the York family with the Yorkist badge, 'Dieu et mon droit', at the beginning of chapter 1 of book 1., Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre

of the York family with the Yorkist badge, 'Dieu et mon droit', at the beginning of chapter 1 of book 1. Includes the third volume of the Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre of Jean of Wavrin, preceded by a list

• 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

• Miniature of the sortie from Nantes, with a full border containing the royal arms on a shield encircled by the Garter with the motto 'Honny soit qui mal y pense', in the lower margin, and on a banner held by an angel, between two lozenges bearing a white rose of the York family with the Yorkist badge, 'Dieu et mon droit', in the external margin, at the beginning of chapter 1 of book 2., Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre

rose of the York family with the Yorkist badge, 'Dieu et mon droit', in the external margin, at the beginning of chapter 1 of book 2. Includes the third volume of the Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre of Jean of Wavrin,

• Detail of a miniature of the Duke of Gloucester receiving Richard II at the Castle of Pleshy., Chroniques, Vol. IV, part 2

(a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Richard II Master of the Harley Froissart Master of the

• null, Prayer book

at the beginning of the Hours of the Passion of the Virgin (ff. 2v-3). 1 full-page miniature, framed by flowers, at the beginning of a prayer, misbound, the corresponding text missing (f. 62); 2 other miniatures of the same size

• null, Prayer book

at the beginning of the Hours of the Passion of the Virgin (ff. 2v-3). 1 full-page miniature, framed by flowers, at the beginning of a prayer, misbound, the corresponding text missing (f. 62); 2 other miniatures of the same size

• Detail of a miniature of Richard II giving the Duchy of Aquitaine to the Duke of Lancaster., Chroniques, Vol. IV, part 2

(a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Richard II Master of the Harley Froissart Master of the

• Miniature of King Richard II of England banishing the Earl Marshall and the Earl of Derby., Chroniques, Vol. IV, part 2

(a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Richard II Master of the Harley Froissart Master of the

• Detail of a miniature of Richard II setting out on an expedition to Ireland., Chroniques, Vol. IV, part 2

(a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Richard II Master of the Harley Froissart Master of the

• Detail of a miniature of the meeting of Richard II and Isabella., Chroniques, Vol. IV, part 2

(a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Meeting ofRichard II and Isabella Master of the Harley

• Miniature of the Duke of Gloucester receiving Richard II at the Castle of Pleshy, with a full foliate border including a bird, flowers, and a naked, helmeted man riding a hobby-horse and carrying a banner., Chroniques, Vol. IV, part 2

(a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Richard II Master of the Harley Froissart Master of the