• Detail of the roll with a change of dynasty, including 'Hue le grant', king 'Hue Cappet', and 'Guillaume le bastart'., Short Universal Chronicle (A tous nobles) from the death of Christ, of popes, Roman emperors, the kings of Briain then England, and the kings of France, written in four columns

grant', king 'Hue Cappet', and 'Guillaume le bastart'. A sister manuscript is New York, Columbia University MS Plimpton 286 (see Norbye 2007). Ends with Pope Sixtus IV (r. 1471-1484).Written in a dialect that replaces the 'c' sound by 'ch', as

• Detail of the roll with the genealogy of Philippe le bel, including a change of scribal hand., Short Universal Chronicle (A tous nobles) from the death of Christ, of popes, Roman emperors, the kings of Briain then England, and the kings of France, written in four columns

including a change of scribal hand. A sister manuscript is New York, Columbia University MS Plimpton 286 (see Norbye 2007). Ends with Pope Sixtus IV (r. 1471-1484).Written in a dialect that replaces the 'c' sound by 'ch', as in 'cheulx'

• Decorated initial 'D'(olor), at the beginning of the De compunctione cordis., De compunctione cordis, De die iudicii et de resurrectione, De beatitudine animae, De paenitentia, De luctaminibus and De die iudicii; patristic excerpts

1278-1279 (ff. 1-2, 83-84v).Added notes in English 14th-century hand (f. 2v).Thomas Wolsey (b. 1470/71, d. 1530), royal minister, archbishop of York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), (f. 3).The Old Royal Library (the

• Detail of a miniature of Vasca da Lucena offering the book to Charles the Bold., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

faiz du grant Alexandre by Vasco da Lucena, a Portuguese in service of Isabella of Portugal and then Margaret of York; first presented to Charles the Bold in 1468.Another copy of the same text copied by Jean Duchesne of Lille

• Detail of a marginal miniature of a man riding a grotesque bird, from the right-hand margin of the folio., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

faiz du grant Alexandre by Vasco da Lucena, a Portuguese in service of Isabella of Portugal and then Margaret of York; first presented to Charles the Bold in 1468.Another copy of the same text copied by Jean Duchesne of Lille

• Detail of an archer among foliage and strawberries, from the lower margin of the folio., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

faiz du grant Alexandre by Vasco da Lucena, a Portuguese in service of Isabella of Portugal and then Margaret of York; first presented to Charles the Bold in 1468.Another copy of the same text copied by Jean Duchesne of Lille

• Full page drawing of the Sacrifice of Isaac, with captions in Ashkenazi square script. Isaac is kneeling on the altar, Abraham is lifting the knife, but an angel prevents him from hurting his son by grabbing his knife. The same angel points to the ram caught in a bush on the left. Beneath, at the foot of the mountain, the two servants, the donkey and a dog are resting in a field., Commentary on the Pentateuch

1687, below it oval stamp perhaps of the Archiv (f. 480v); ee William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), appendix § 44.Moses Panzi of Ricanati: inscribed with his name, undated (f. 1).Inscriptions, partially illegible

• Full-page miniature of the menorah with caption in Ashkenazi square script., Commentary on the Pentateuch

1687, below it oval stamp perhaps of the Archiv (f. 480v); ee William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), appendix § 44.Moses Panzi of Ricanati: inscribed with his name, undated (f. 1).Inscriptions, partially illegible

• Miniature of the Holy Ark with two doves symbolizing the cherubs, the Tablet of Law, and the Altar, with captions in Ashkenazi square script., Commentary on the Pentateuch

1687, below it oval stamp perhaps of the Archiv (f. 480v); ee William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), appendix § 44.Moses Panzi of Ricanati: inscribed with his name, undated (f. 1).Inscriptions, partially illegible

• Miniature of the basin, the table, the table of showbread, plates and dishes for incense, the musical instruments and the cleansing instruments, with captions in Ashkenazi square script., Commentary on the Pentateuch

1687, below it oval stamp perhaps of the Archiv (f. 480v); ee William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), appendix § 44.Moses Panzi of Ricanati: inscribed with his name, undated (f. 1).Inscriptions, partially illegible

• Text page., Leaf from Bracciolini's 'De infelicitate principum', cropped

Herte (d. 1467), barber-surgeon in London: his name on the upper margin of f. 25, originally f. 107 in New York, Academy of Medicine, MS. 12 (see Wallner 1988).Entire collection:John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716), bookseller and antiquary: part of

• Coloured initial 'C'., Leaf from a Commentary on Psalm 70

Herte (d. 1467), barber-surgeon in London: his name on the upper margin of f. 25, originally f. 107 in New York, Academy of Medicine, MS. 12 (see Wallner 1988).Entire collection:John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716), bookseller and antiquary: part of

• Coloured initial with penwork decoration., Leaf from Hrabanus's 'De Universo', Book XIII, chapters 6-10

Herte (d. 1467), barber-surgeon in London: his name on the upper margin of f. 25, originally f. 107 in New York, Academy of Medicine, MS. 12 (see Wallner 1988).Entire collection:John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716), bookseller and antiquary: part of

• Coloured initials with pen-flourished decoration., Leaf from a Lectionary

Herte (d. 1467), barber-surgeon in London: his name on the upper margin of f. 25, originally f. 107 in New York, Academy of Medicine, MS. 12 (see Wallner 1988).Entire collection:John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716), bookseller and antiquary: part of

• Miniature of Vasca da Lucena offering the book to Charles the Bold, with a full foliate border including hybrid grotesques., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

faiz du grant Alexandre by Vasco da Lucena, a Portuguese in service of Isabella of Portugal and then Margaret of York; first presented to Charles the Bold in 1468.Another copy of the same text copied by Jean Duchesne of Lille

• Miniature of the death of Alexander of Epirus, with a decorated initial 'A' and a full foliate border containing hybrid grotesques., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

faiz du grant Alexandre by Vasco da Lucena, a Portuguese in service of Isabella of Portugal and then Margaret of York; first presented to Charles the Bold in 1468.Another copy of the same text copied by Jean Duchesne of Lille

• Text page., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

by Vasco da Lucena, a Portuguese in service of Isabella of Portugal and then Margaret of York; first presented to Charles the Bold in 1468.Another copy of the same text copied by Jean Duchesne of Lille is now Los Angeles,

• Detail of a miniature of Roxane being brought before Alexander., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

faiz du grant Alexandre by Vasco da Lucena, a Portuguese in service of Isabella of Portugal and then Margaret of York; first presented to Charles the Bold in 1468.Another copy of the same text copied by Jean Duchesne of Lille

• Miniature of Alexander addressing his troops., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

grant Alexandre by Vasco da Lucena, a Portuguese in service of Isabella of Portugal and then Margaret of York; first presented to Charles the Bold in 1468.Another copy of the same text copied by Jean Duchesne of Lille is now

• Miniature of the surrender of Arbela, with a full border including hybrid grotesques and a foliate initial 'S'(e), at the beginning of book 4., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

faiz du grant Alexandre by Vasco da Lucena, a Portuguese in service of Isabella of Portugal and then Margaret of York; first presented to Charles the Bold in 1468.Another copy of the same text copied by Jean Duchesne of Lille