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MS. of the Fifteenth Century, written in French on 21 leaves of fine Vellum with Illuminated Initial Letters and borders. Small 4to, old half calf. Circa 1450. * Peter Le Neve's Copy, who has supplied three missing leaves from Chaucer's Tale of Meli- beus in the Canterbury Tales. Peter Le Neve was Norroy King at Arms; and at the end, are 20 finely drawn coats of arms of English Lords of the Elizabethan period. 2. COLONNA, EGIDIO. De Regiraine Principum. Folio i : A son especial seigneur ne de lignie roial & sainte mon seigneur phelippe ains ne fiz & oir mo sei- gneur phelippe tres noble roi de france par la grace de deu. frere Gile de Rome clerc. son . At cud: Ci fine li liures du gounement des rois & des princes q' frere Gires de Rome de lordre de saint Aug'tin a fet. Le ql liure mestre Henri de Ganchi par le comandemet le noble roi Phelipe de france a tnslate de latin en frangeis, folio, Manuscript on Vellum, 106 leaves in quires of twelve, dou- ble columns, with forty lines to the column ; beautifully written, with an ornamental border to the first page, with figures, which include a fight with swords between 2 dog and a rabbit, a falcon swooping on another bird, various grotesque non- descripts, and a large Initial Letter historiated with the Author presenting his book to the King; many smaller initial letters throughout the book finely illu- minated in gold and colours ; folio, bound in violet velvet, gilt edges, with ornamental brass corners, the arms of Clermont on sides. About A. d. 1300. * Egidio Colonna, better known as .^gidius Romanus, was a Pupil of Thomas Aqui- nas, and was surnamed the profound Scholar. He died at Avignon in i.'?t6, having been Arch- bishop of Bourges since 1292. This work was written before 1268, as shown by its dedication to Philippe le Bel while he was yet only heir to the crown. The date of Ganchi's translation is not ascertained, but the present MS. proves that it was anterior to 1300, probably almost contemporary with the Latin original. The above MS. was probably written in England, to judge from the handwriting and the style of ornament; and the linguistic forms, although more approximating to French than to English style, are not adverse to that view. Here is a specimen—"Quer cil q est fouslarges en sa ie'nesce puet estre avaricious en sa viellesce." The book was in Eng- lish possession in Henry VII. 's time, as several minute glosses in English (and also in Latin) *re visible on the margins in an English hand of that period. Amongst these we find boorder- esses=iangelars [i.e. idle gossippers], cncluine=anefeld [anvil], euxtres=dcdis or actis, aenutz= pig-earde, forslignent=doth ayenst kind, ramenez=broght ayen; etc. Consequently if the asser- tion is correct, which we find in a cutting from the Paris sale-catalogue of 1790, that this MS. belonged to Claude Durfe, he must have acquired it in England at the time of his mission here. The velvet binding in which the book is clothed at present was put upon it for Henri de Cler- mont Tonnere about 1580, as we can see from the impression left on the^ velvet by the (now removed) metal plaque which formed the center ornament. The metal pieces of the corners still remain. —A Mr. Concannon bought the MS. at a Paris auction in 1790; at the sale of his books at Christie's in 1800, it was purchased by Mr. W'odhuU. 3. COLONNA, EGIDIO. De Regimine Principum. Early Fifteenth Cen- tury Manuscript of German origin, written in red and black, in Latin, on 261 leaves of paper. Long lines, 22 to the page. The large Initial Letters are painted in red and blue. The Colophon states that the MS. was written by Petrus Schwalb for Magister Johannes de Fermer in 1412. Small folio, oak boards covered with light calf. 1412. 4. GUYGEMAR. Manuscript poem written in Old French on 175 pages of fine writing paper. Small 4to, full brown calf extra, inside borders. Saec XVIII. * From the Harleian Collection of MSS., No. 978. 5. ROMAN DE LA VIOLETTE. Le Romente de la Violette (ou de Ge- rard de Nevers, par Gibert de Montreuil).