DEPARTMENT OF MSS. 31 



Breviary, in Latin ; imperfect. Executed in France in the 

 15th cent. With beautiful miniatures and illuminated 

 borders. The remainder of this breviary is in Harley MS. 

 2897, and the complete MS. belonged to John, Duke of 

 Burgundy, assassinated in 1419. 



Breviary, in Latin. Executed at Piacenza by Nicholas 

 Pignochus of Bagnacavallo in 1480. With numerous 

 miniatures, broad illuminated borders and initials. 

 Vellum. 



Two Books of Offices of the Virgin, in Latin. Executed in 

 Italy, in the 15th cent. With miniatures and illuminated 

 borders and initials. Vellum. 



Expositio Symboli Apostolorum, cum annotationibus. 

 Executed for Charles VIII. of France by Marc Picault in 

 1530. With 13 large miniatures. Vellum. 



Boccace, Le Decameron ; early 15th cent. Two vols. With 

 10 large paintings, one for each day. Probably executed 

 for a member of the House of Burgundy. Vellum. 



Boccace, Des Nobles Malheureux ; early 15th cent. With 9 

 large and 75 smaller miniatures by a Burgundian artist. 

 Vellum, 



Drawings of funeral processions of English Sovereigns and 

 nobility ; 16th cent. 



Among the other acquisitions, the following deserve special 

 TQotice : — • 



The Miracles and Passion of St. Thomas of Canterbury ; 

 12th cent. Vellum. 



Psalter, in Latin and French ; executed probably for 

 Finchale Priory, near Durham, in the 13th cent. Vellum. 



Missal of Gisburne or Guisbrough Priory, co. York ; middle 

 of the 13th cent., with additions to the 15tli cent. Vellum. 



Decretals, chiefly of Pope Alexander III., and other collec- 

 tions of Canon and Civil Law ; early 13th cent. Vellum. 



Photograph of Vatican MS. 4086, ff. 1-82 (early 14th cent.) 

 containing the Opus Majus of Roger Bacon, parts I-IV., with 

 an epitome of it sent by him to Clement IV. Presented by 

 Francis Aidan Gasquet, D.D., O.8.B. 



De reprobatione falsse Monarchise ; de potestate Summi 

 Pontificis ; 14th cent. Vellum. 



Tract in English against clerks, attributed to John WyclifFe ; 

 .circ. 1400. Vellum. 



Psalter, in the later Wycliffite version ; early 15th cent. 

 Vellum. 



The York Miracle Plays, the unique MS. ; 15th cent. 

 Vellum. 



The English version of the Legenda Aurea of Jacobus de 

 Voragine (the most perfect of the known MSS. of this 

 version) ; middle of the 15th cent. Vellum. 



The Vision of Piers Plowman ; circ. A.D. 1400. Vellum. 



