• Detail of a miniature of Achilles sending a messenger to Hecuba., Historia destructionis Troiae in a French translation

with penwork decoration in white and ivy extensions Historia destructionis Troiae in a French translation Inscription listing the number of quires (12,5) and miniatures (35): 'en cest livre sont xii caiers et demy et xxxv histoirez', 15th century (f. 100v).The

• Decorated initial 'W', at the beginning of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales., Canterbury Tales (begins and ends imperfectly)

gold on red and blue grounds, with foliate extensions into the margins. Initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. Two quires also with small initials in red with brown pen-flourishing (ff. 199-214). 1 initial cut out (f. 183). Canterbury Tales

• Detail of text page., Canterbury Tales (begins and ends imperfectly)

gold on red and blue grounds, with foliate extensions into the margins. Initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. Two quires also with small initials in red with brown pen-flourishing (ff. 199-214). 1 initial cut out (f. 183). Canterbury Tales

• Text page., Canterbury Tales (begins and ends imperfectly)

gold on red and blue grounds, with foliate extensions into the margins. Initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. Two quires also with small initials in red with brown pen-flourishing (ff. 199-214). 1 initial cut out (f. 183). Canterbury Tales

• Detail of an initial-word panel ~Sefer~ (book) flanked by foliate scrolls, at the beginning of the second book of Avicenna’s Canon., Hebrew translation of the first two books of Avicenna's Canon

the second book of Avicenna’s Canon. Chapter titles are given in Latin in the margins. Quires start with the fleshside. Numerous marginal notes. Ruling is visible. 3 decorated initial-word panels accompanied by foliate scrolls in the margins, in colours and

• Detail of the lower full foliate border, including two angels supporting heraldic arms in the lower margin, at the beginning of Jacques Legrand's Livre des bonnes moeurs., Le livre des bonnes moeurs (The book of good manners) (ff. 1-86v), followed by a list of the seven deadly sins, the good confession, the good death, and the ten commandments (ff. 87-89v)

of Jacques Legrand's Livre des bonnes moeurs. Added alphabetical quire signatures of capital letters B-L, on the first page of quires. 1 half-page miniature with a large decorated initial and full foliate borders including two angels supporting heraldic arms in

• Miniature of the Fall of Lucifer and the rebel angels, decorated initial 'T'(ous), and full foliate borders including two angels supporting heraldic arms in the lower margin, at the beginning of Jacques Legrand's Livre des bonnes moeurs., Le livre des bonnes moeurs (The book of good manners) (ff. 1-86v), followed by a list of the seven deadly sins, the good confession, the good death, and the ten commandments (ff. 87-89v)

of Jacques Legrand's Livre des bonnes moeurs. Added alphabetical quire signatures of capital letters B-L, on the first page of quires. 1 half-page miniature with a large decorated initial and full foliate borders including two angels supporting heraldic arms in

• Last page with written text in the manuscript., Le livre des bonnes moeurs (The book of good manners) (ff. 1-86v), followed by a list of the seven deadly sins, the good confession, the good death, and the ten commandments (ff. 87-89v)

quire signatures of capital letters B-L, on the first page of quires. 1 half-page miniature with a large decorated initial and full foliate borders including two angels supporting heraldic arms in the lower margin, in colours and gold (f. 1).

• Miniature of a layman accompanied by an angel and by the devil, lectured about sin and grace by a religious, large initial 'Q'(ui), and three-sided foliate border, at the beginning of the list containing the seven deadly sins., Le livre des bonnes moeurs (The book of good manners) (ff. 1-86v), followed by a list of the seven deadly sins, the good confession, the good death, and the ten commandments (ff. 87-89v)

the list containing the seven deadly sins. Added alphabetical quire signatures of capital letters B-L, on the first page of quires. 1 half-page miniature with a large decorated initial and full foliate borders including two angels supporting heraldic arms in

• Miniature of a sick man in bed attended by a priest and a laymen, and illuminated initial., Le livre des bonnes moeurs (The book of good manners) (ff. 1-86v), followed by a list of the seven deadly sins, the good confession, the good death, and the ten commandments (ff. 87-89v)

illuminated initial. Added alphabetical quire signatures of capital letters B-L, on the first page of quires. 1 half-page miniature with a large decorated initial and full foliate borders including two angels supporting heraldic arms in the lower margin, in colours

• Miniature of the Adoration of the Magi, illuminated initial 'D'(eus) and foliate borders, at the beginning of Sext in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use effaced, probably Rouen

in colours and gold (ff. 17, 24v, 32, 35v, 38, 40v, 44, 55v, 58, 60v); 2 large miniatures excised: several quires including Compline of the Hours of the Virgin and the beginning of the Penitential Psalms lost after f. 44.

• Miniature of the Flight into Egypt, illuminated initial 'D'(eus) and foliate borders, at the beginning of Vespers in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use effaced, probably Rouen

in colours and gold (ff. 17, 24v, 32, 35v, 38, 40v, 44, 55v, 58, 60v); 2 large miniatures excised: several quires including Compline of the Hours of the Virgin and the beginning of the Penitential Psalms lost after f. 44.

• Miniature of Pentecost, decorated initial 'D'(omine) and foliate borders, at the beginning of the Hours of the Holy Spirit., Book of Hours, Use effaced, probably Rouen

in colours and gold (ff. 17, 24v, 32, 35v, 38, 40v, 44, 55v, 58, 60v); 2 large miniatures excised: several quires including Compline of the Hours of the Virgin and the beginning of the Penitential Psalms lost after f. 44.

• Illuminated initials., Book of Hours, Use effaced, probably Rouen

in colours and gold (ff. 17, 24v, 32, 35v, 38, 40v, 44, 55v, 58, 60v); 2 large miniatures excised: several quires including Compline of the Hours of the Virgin and the beginning of the Penitential Psalms lost after f. 44.

• Miniature of the Annunciation, decorated initial 'D'(omine) enclosing the coat of arms of Beatrice de la Porte, wife of Gilles de Tournemine, and foliate borders including a peacock, at the beginning of the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Nantes

of Christ (ff. 62, 67, 71, 74v, 78, 83, 161, 167, 171v, 176, 180, 184v); 2 smaller miniatures probably excised: quires with Prime in the Hours of the Virgin and the Hours of the Holy Cross lost after f. 61.

• Miniature of Christ nailed to the cross, followed by a decorated initial 'D'(eus) and foliate borders on verso, at the beginning of Sext in the Hours of the Passion of Christ., Book of Hours, Use of Nantes

of Christ (ff. 62, 67, 71, 74v, 78, 83, 161, 167, 171v, 176, 180, 184v); 2 smaller miniatures probably excised: quires with Prime in the Hours of the Virgin and the Hours of the Holy Cross lost after f. 61.

• Historiated initial 'S'(alvum) with David in the water praying to God at the beginning of Psalm 68., Psalter

erased. Possibly one leaf lost between ff. 8-9 (the original Beatus initial is missing here but the first and second quires are regular quarternions; the initial might have been executed on a separate leaf that is now lost), 1 leaf

• Initial 'S'(ixtus) with foliate motifs., Martyrology for the period from 6 August to 6 February (ff. 1-167); Passion of Catherine of Alexandria (ff. 168-171v), imperfect

margin of f. 1.Some initials have been excised; numerous parchment repairs.Catchwords; uncrossed tironian ets. and occasionally ampersands. 16 leaves (2 quires) lost between ff. 23-24; leaves lost after f. 171v.This manuscript is probably a companion volume to Harley 4896. 1

• Detail of added historiated initial in the margin., Bible in two volumes with prologues, in the Later Wycliffite version, preceded by a table of readings

and sometimes with faces (e.g., vol. II, f. 326v) and pen-flourishing; inconsistently tinted with a yellow wash (e.g. vol. I, quires 3-14, 35, 43). [The style of the initials, borders, and running-titles changes from the beginning of volume II, f.

• In the lower margin is an added historiated initial 'D' of God in a cloud throwing down arrows at men with swords, shields, and axes cut from an early 13th-century Magna Glossatura, pasted into the lower margin., Bible in two volumes with prologues, in the Later Wycliffite version, preceded by a table of readings

and sometimes with faces (e.g., vol. II, f. 326v) and pen-flourishing; inconsistently tinted with a yellow wash (e.g. vol. I, quires 3-14, 35, 43). [The style of the initials, borders, and running-titles changes from the beginning of volume II, f.