• Micrographical design at the end of Chronicles and at the colophon of the scribe. In the lower margin, there are Latin inscriptions of 1708., Hagiographa with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~

Micrographical design at the end of Chronicles and at the colophon of the scribe. In the lower margin, there are Latin inscriptions of 1708. In two volumes: Harley 5774 and Harley 5775.Watermark, f. [ii] of the monogram 'IHS' with

• Micrography at the beginning of Ezekiel., Prophets with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~

Micrography at the beginning of Ezekiel. In two volumes: Harley 5774 and Harley 5775.Watermark, f. [iii], of a of a crowned coat of arms (presumably with a fleur-de-lis and with the monogram 'WR'), similar to Edward Heawood, ~Watermarks~ (Monumenta

• Micrographical design at the end of Psalms, beginning of Proverbs., Hagiographa with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~

Micrographical design at the end of Psalms, beginning of Proverbs. In two volumes: Harley 5774 and Harley 5775.Watermark, f. [ii] of the monogram 'IHS' with a cross, similar to Edward Heawood, ~Watermarks~ (Monumenta Chartae Papyraceae Historiam Illustrantia, I) (Hilversum:

• Full border of micrographical design at the end of Joshua and beginning of Judges., Prophets with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~

Full border of micrographical design at the end of Joshua and beginning of Judges. In two volumes: Harley 5774 and Harley 5775.Watermark, f. [iii], of a of a crowned coat of arms (presumably with a fleur-de-lis and with the

• Micrographical design of birds on trees at the beginning of Samuel., Prophets with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~

Micrographical design of birds on trees at the beginning of Samuel. In two volumes: Harley 5774 and Harley 5775.Watermark, f. [iii], of a of a crowned coat of arms (presumably with a fleur-de-lis and with the monogram 'WR'), similar

• Full border of micrographical design at the beginning of Jeremiah., Prophets with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~

Full border of micrographical design at the beginning of Jeremiah. In two volumes: Harley 5774 and Harley 5775.Watermark, f. [iii], of a of a crowned coat of arms (presumably with a fleur-de-lis and with the monogram 'WR'), similar to

• Micrography of a bird on a tree at the beginning of Joel., Prophets with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~

Micrography of a bird on a tree at the beginning of Joel. In two volumes: Harley 5774 and Harley 5775.Watermark, f. [iii], of a of a crowned coat of arms (presumably with a fleur-de-lis and with the monogram 'WR'),

• Full border of micrographical design of floral and geometric motifs and lion heads, at the end of Malachi., Prophets with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~

Full border of micrographical design of floral and geometric motifs and lion heads, at the end of Malachi. In two volumes: Harley 5774 and Harley 5775.Watermark, f. [iii], of a of a crowned coat of arms (presumably with a

• Historiated initial 'S'(alve) with the Tree of Jesse with the Virgin and Child at its apex. The body of the letter is decorated with reserved designs and pen-flourishing extending into the margins. The flourishing includes acorns, oak and ivy leaves, a bird and a hybrid creature with the head of a king, a reference to the subject depicted inside the letter., Various religious and historical tracts (also known as 'Codex ruber' and 'Waltham Abbey Miscellany' ; beginning and end imperfect), part 2

of the Holy Cross, Waltham, Essex (founded 1177): inscribed 'Explicit liber q[ue] intitulatur liber niger qui fuit inventus cu[m] cruce magna de Waltham S[an]c]t]e Crucis' (f. 18v). This colophon indicates that this treatise was copied from the now lost 'Liber

• Decorated initial 'O'(mnis) and unidentified arms at the beginning of Sallust's Catalina. Both decorated initial and arms may be later additions., Catilina (imperfect)

yellow. Catilina (imperfect) Unidentified arms inscribed 'I A 8?' (added 16th century?, f. 1).Inscribed in Italian, 17th-18th century 'Manca una carta sola De conjuratione Catilina' (f. 19v).John Gibson (fl. 1720-1726), dealer: sold to Edward Harley on 28 August February 1724

• Table of contents., Ethica (index Ethics), Politica (index Politics), Rhetorica (index Rhetoric), Pseudo-Aristotle's Economica (index Economics), Magna moralia

Table of contents. Pecia marks. The Magna moralia is copied from Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, lat. 16584; that MS includes the Ethics, Magna moralia, and Metaphysics (see Pannier 1991). 1 historiated initial with three-sided foliate border and bas-de-page scene,

• Initials and border with penwork decoration in foliate design with hybrid creatures., A collection of statutes, including a calendar (ff. 1-6v), a table of the Magna Charta clauses (ff. 8-14v), Edward I's 1297 Magna Charta (ff. 15-25v), Edward I's Charter of the Forrest (ff. 25v- 30v), an extract from a register from the Benedictine Priory of Eye in Suffolk (ff. 68-71), the statutes of Berewike (possibly Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland; ff. 191-192) and York (ff. 262v-267), and the Ordinationes issued by Edward II in 1311 (ff. 231-262v)

red and blue. A collection of statutes, including a calendar (ff. 1-6v), a table of the Magna Charta clauses (ff. 8-14v), Edward I's 1297 Magna Charta (ff. 15-25v), Edward I's Charter of the Forrest (ff. 25v- 30v), an extract from

• Historiated initial 'L'(ibrum) of Jerome giving a book to a boy, at the beginning of the prologue to Esther, and historiated initial 'I'(n diebus) of King Ahasuerus' feast with Esther, princes and three musicians, at the beginning of Esther., Bible (the 'Big' or 'Great Bible'), with the Gospel of Nicodemus and the Interpretation of Hebrew names

and duke of Aquitaine: perhaps the magna Biblia mentioned in his will (see above]. Henry VI (b. 1421, d. 1471), king of England and lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine: perhaps the magna Biblia mentioned inherited from his father,

• Historiated initial 'A'(nno) of Nebuchadnezzar's siege of Jerusalem, at the beginning of Daniel., Bible (the 'Big' or 'Great Bible'), with the Gospel of Nicodemus and the Interpretation of Hebrew names

and duke of Aquitaine: perhaps the magna Biblia mentioned in his will (see above]. Henry VI (b. 1421, d. 1471), king of England and lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine: perhaps the magna Biblia mentioned inherited from his father,

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(eus) of Jerome as a cardinal giving a book to a kneeling young man, at the beginning of the argumentum to Malachi., Bible (the 'Big' or 'Great Bible'), with the Gospel of Nicodemus and the Interpretation of Hebrew names

and duke of Aquitaine: perhaps the magna Biblia mentioned in his will (see above]. Henry VI (b. 1421, d. 1471), king of England and lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine: perhaps the magna Biblia mentioned inherited from his father,

• Detail of an historiated initial 'O'(nus) of Malachi with a scroll reading 'in quo dilexisti nos', and Israelites and God with a scroll reading 'Dilexi vos'., Bible (the 'Big' or 'Great Bible'), with the Gospel of Nicodemus and the Interpretation of Hebrew names

and duke of Aquitaine: perhaps the magna Biblia mentioned in his will (see above]. Henry VI (b. 1421, d. 1471), king of England and lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine: perhaps the magna Biblia mentioned inherited from his father,

• Detail of an historiated initial 'C'(antem) of Jerome writing., Bible (the 'Big' or 'Great Bible'), with the Gospel of Nicodemus and the Interpretation of Hebrew names

and duke of Aquitaine: perhaps the magna Biblia mentioned in his will (see above]. Henry VI (b. 1421, d. 1471), king of England and lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine: perhaps the magna Biblia mentioned inherited from his father,

• Detail of an historiated initial 'E'(t factum) of Joshua and the crossing of the Jordan., Bible (the 'Big' or 'Great Bible'), with the Gospel of Nicodemus and the Interpretation of Hebrew names

and duke of Aquitaine: perhaps the magna Biblia mentioned in his will (see above]. Henry VI (b. 1421, d. 1471), king of England and lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine: perhaps the magna Biblia mentioned inherited from his father,

• Detail of an historiated initial 'C' of Jerome writing., Bible (the 'Big' or 'Great Bible'), with the Gospel of Nicodemus and the Interpretation of Hebrew names

and duke of Aquitaine: perhaps the magna Biblia mentioned in his will (see above]. Henry VI (b. 1421, d. 1471), king of England and lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine: perhaps the magna Biblia mentioned inherited from his father,

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D' of Joel., Bible (the 'Big' or 'Great Bible'), with the Gospel of Nicodemus and the Interpretation of Hebrew names

and duke of Aquitaine: perhaps the magna Biblia mentioned in his will (see above]. Henry VI (b. 1421, d. 1471), king of England and lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine: perhaps the magna Biblia mentioned inherited from his father,