the eighth
century; an _Evangeliarium_ of the twelfth century, with beautiful
illuminations; _Officia Liturgica_, fifteenth century; and _Horae Beatae
Mariae Virginis_, written in the sixteenth century, richly illuminated.
These realised respectively two hundred and thirty pounds, three hundred
pounds, four hundred and sixty-seven pounds, and three hundred pounds.
On the 10th of June 1901 and the four following days the manuscripts in
the Barrois Collection, not previously disposed of, were sold by the
same auctioneers. There were six hundred and twenty-eight lots in this
sale, and the very large sum of thirty-three thousand two hundred and
seventeen pounds, six shillings and sixpence was obtained for them, the
choicest manuscripts fetching exceptionally high prices. The manuscripts
were of great importance and much interest. Among them were to be found
early copies of the Gospels and Epistles, and beautifully illuminated
manuscripts of the Latin and Italian Classics, Books of Devotion, and
early French Romances and Chronicles. The collection also contained a
number of papers relating to Mary, Queen of Scots, and a valuable
series of Anglo-Norman Charters, etc. The following are a few of the
more interesting and valuable manuscripts, together with the prices they
realised:--_Roman du Saint Graal et Lancelot du Lac_, on vellum, in
three folio volumes, with beautifully painted miniatures and initials,
fourteenth century--eighteen hundred pounds; _Psalterium Latinum_, on
vellum, fourteenth century, with paintings attributed to Giotto--fifteen
hundred and thirty pounds; _Vie du vaillant Bertrand du Guesclin_,
written on vellum in the fourteenth century, with miniatures in _camaieu
gris_--fifteen hundred pounds; _La Legende Doree_, translated by Jehan
de Vignay, fifteenth century, on vellum, with a large number of very
fine illuminated miniatures and ornamental initials--fifteen hundred
pounds; _Chronique Generale dite de la Bourcachardiere_, by Jehan de
Courcy, in two large folio volumes, on vellum, with large illuminations,
fifteenth century--fourteen hundred and twenty pounds; _Horae Beatae Mariae
Virginis_, with very fine illuminations, fifteenth century--eleven
hundred and sixty pounds; _Histoire Universelle_, on vellum, in two
volumes, with miniatures in _camaieu gris_, fifteenth century--nine
hundred and ten pounds; _Dante_, vellum, richly illuminated, fourteenth
century--six hundred and thirty pounds. The collection o