separated from the first, and having strayed to England, eventually found its way into the Library of Colonel Townley, whence it was sold in 1814. At that time it still contained thirteen miniatures. It was not, however, until 1905 that it reappeared once more at a sale at Sotheby's when it contained but one miniature![56] Here it was secured by Mr. Yates Thomson, who recognised its author. Two years later Mr. Warner, Librarian of the Royal Library at Windsor, identified ten illuminated miniatures, then in the possession of King Edward VII, as the work of Fouquet and furthermore as belonging to the very MS. acquired by Mr. Yates Thomson. His Majesty graciously consented to unite his precious fragments with those of Mr. Yates Thomson, and the two owners agreed to present the whole work to President Fallières. Thus the two volumes were once more reunited after a separation of many centuries; but with two sheets still missing. The illuminations harmonise in every respect throughout, except that the designs in Volume I are somewhat superior to those in Volume II. Amongst them one representing the _Children of Israel led into Captivity by King Shalmaneser_ is most interesting and exhibits Fouquet at the zenith of his powers. We may specially notice the exquisitely beautiful landscape and the horses, which recall the art of Pisanello. Another scene labelled _Clementia_ shows the _Return from the Captivity_; and here we may observe a curious blending of classic architecture with the French domestic style of the painter's own day. This Codex of Fouquet's recalls the _Belles Heures_ of Ailly mentioned above, which is considered to be an early work of the Brothers Limbourg (_i.e._ circa 1403-13). [Illustration: Plate XLIII. Photo, Giraudon. THE ANNUNCIATION. Jean Fouquet. Musée Condé. _To face page 184._]