• Coloured initials with pen-flourished decoration., Leaf from de Chauliac's 'Surgery' (index Chirurgia magna), Book VI, in English translation (originally ff. 107-107v in New York, Academy of Medicine, MS. 12, from which it was removed by John Bagford)

Coloured initials with pen-flourished decoration. The volume is a collection of fragments from manuscripts of different date and origin. It was originally part of a collection of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled by the

• Initial-word panel decorated with floral border inhabited by birds, at the beginning of Leviticus., Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary and Targum Onkelos (ff. 1-310v); ~Haftarot~ with commentary (ff. 311-399v); Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~, ff. 400-439)

the coat of arms represented in Harley 5716-5717, the patron of which was Joab Emmanuel. Thus the codex most probably was ordered by the same patron, Joab Emmanuel.Domenico Irosolimitano (fl. last quarter of the 16th century-first quarter of the 17th

• Detail of a pge: historiated initial-word panel, ~Bereshit~ (in the beginning), of the Original Sin, at the beginning of Genesis. Above the initial word, Adam and Eve are depicted under a tree holding apples, while the snake is rolled up on the trunk of the tree., Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary and Targum Onkelos (ff. 1-310v); ~Haftarot~ with commentary (ff. 311-399v); Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~, ff. 400-439)

the coat of arms represented in Harley 5716-5717, the patron of which was Joab Emmanuel. Thus the codex most probably was ordered by the same patron, Joab Emmanuel.Domenico Irosolimitano (fl. last quarter of the 16th century-first quarter of the 17th

• Detail of a page: decorated initial-word panel ~Elleh~ (these) and a medallion containing the coat of arms of Joab Emmanuel, at the beginning of Exodus., Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary and Targum Onkelos (ff. 1-310v); ~Haftarot~ with commentary (ff. 311-399v); Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~, ff. 400-439)

nation for £10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Coat of arms Samuel Samuel Solomon ben

• Detail of a page: initial-word panel decorated with floral border inhabited by birds, at the beginning of Numbers., Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary and Targum Onkelos (ff. 1-310v); ~Haftarot~ with commentary (ff. 311-399v); Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~, ff. 400-439)

the coat of arms represented in Harley 5716-5717, the patron of which was Joab Emmanuel. Thus the codex most probably was ordered by the same patron, Joab Emmanuel.Domenico Irosolimitano (fl. last quarter of the 16th century-first quarter of the 17th

• Miniature of the siege of Mortagne, with a partial border containing a lozenge bearing a white rose of the York family with the Yorkist badge, 'Dieu et mon droit', at the beginning of chapter 7 of book 1., Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre

of the York family with the Yorkist badge, 'Dieu et mon droit', at the beginning of chapter 7 of book 1. Includes the third volume of the Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre of Jean of Wavrin, preceded by a list

• Miniature of the death of de Lagurant, with a partial border containing a lozenge bearing a white rose of the York family with the Yorkist badge, 'Dieu et mon droit', at the beginning of chapter 11 of book 1., Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre

of the York family with the Yorkist badge, 'Dieu et mon droit', at the beginning of chapter 11 of book 1. Includes the third volume of the Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre of Jean of Wavrin, preceded by a list

• Detail of a miniature of the death of de Lagurant, with a partial border containing a lozenge bearing a white rose of the York family with the Yorkist badge, 'Dieu et mon droit', at the beginning of chapter 11 of book 1., Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre

of the York family with the Yorkist badge, 'Dieu et mon droit', at the beginning of chapter 11 of book 1. Includes the third volume of the Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre of Jean of Wavrin, preceded by a list

• Miniature of the Richard's council sending Earl of Buckingham abroad, and his embarkation on the ship, with a partial border containing a lozenge bearing a white rose of the York family with the Yorkist badge, 'Dieu et mon droit', at the beginning of chapter 18 of book 1., Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre

of the York family with the Yorkist badge, 'Dieu et mon droit', at the beginning of chapter 18 of book 1. Includes the third volume of the Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre of Jean of Wavrin, preceded by a list

• Miniature of the English army at the walls of Troyes, with two heralds summoning, with a partial border containing a lozenge bearing a white rose of the York family with the Yorkist badge, 'Dieu et mon droit', at the beginning of chapter 20 of book 1., Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre

of the York family with the Yorkist badge, 'Dieu et mon droit', at the beginning of chapter 20 of book 1. Includes the third volume of the Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre of Jean of Wavrin, preceded by a list

• Detail of a miniature of the English army at the wall of Troyes, with two heralds summoning, with a partial border containing a lozenge bearing a white rose of the York family with the Yorkist badge, 'Dieu et mon droit', at the beginning of chapter 20 of book 1., Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre

of the York family with the Yorkist badge, 'Dieu et mon droit', at the beginning of chapter 20 of book 1. Includes the third volume of the Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre of Jean of Wavrin, preceded by a list

• Miniature of a capture of a bastion at Troyes, with a partial border containing a lozenge bearing a white rose of the York family with the Yorkist badge, 'Dieu et mon droit', at the beginning of chapter 21 of book 1., Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre

of the York family with the Yorkist badge, 'Dieu et mon droit', at the beginning of chapter 21 of book 1. Includes the third volume of the Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre of Jean of Wavrin, preceded by a list

• Miniature of the death of Charles V, king of France, with a partial border containing a lozenge bearing a white rose of the York family with the Yorkist badge, 'Dieu et mon droit', at the beginning of chapter 22 of book 1., Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre

of the York family with the Yorkist badge, 'Dieu et mon droit', at the beginning of chapter 22 of book 1. Includes the third volume of the Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre of Jean of Wavrin, preceded by a list

• Miniature of the audience of the Master of the Staple with duke Albert, with a partial border containing a lozenge bearing a white rose of the York family, at the beginning of chapter 31 of book 3., Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre

bearing a white rose of the York family, at the beginning of chapter 31 of book 3. Includes the third volume of the Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre of Jean of Wavrin, preceded by a list of contents (ff. 1-9v). According

• Miniature of Edmund Langley remonstrating with the king of Portugal, with a full border containing grotesque drolleries and a lozenge bearing a white rose of the York family, at the beginning of book 4., Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre

king of Portugal, with a full border containing grotesque drolleries and a lozenge bearing a white rose of the York family, at the beginning of book 4. Includes the third volume of the Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre of Jean of

• Detail of the full border containing grotesque drolleries (a monkey, bird and a man) and a lozenge bearing a white rose of the York family, at the beginning of book 4., Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre

a lozenge bearing a white rose of the York family, at the beginning of book 4. Includes the third volume of the Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre of Jean of Wavrin, preceded by a list of contents (ff. 1-9v). According to

• Miniature of a battle between Portuguese and English army and a French vanguard of the King of Castile, with a partial border containing a lozenge bearing a white rose of the York family, at the beginning of chapter 14 of book 4., Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre

of the King of Castile, with a partial border containing a lozenge bearing a white rose of the York family, at the beginning of chapter 14 of book 4. Includes the third volume of the Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre

• Detail of a miniature of a battle between Portuguese and English army and a French vanguard of the King of Castile, with a partial border containing a lozenge bearing a white rose of the York family, at the beginning of chapter 14 of book 4., Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre

of the King of Castile, with a partial border containing a lozenge bearing a white rose of the York family, at the beginning of chapter 14 of book 4. Includes the third volume of the Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre

• Miniature of the coronation procession of Richard I., Anciennes et nouvelles chroniques d'Angleterre, volume 1

Miniature of the coronation procession ofRichard I. Contains the first volume of seven of the third edition of the Anciennes et nouvelles chroniques d'Angleterre of Jean de Wavrin (b. 1399/1400, d. c. 1473/4), which was intended to continue the

• Detail of a miniature of the coronation procession of Richard I., Anciennes et nouvelles chroniques d'Angleterre, volume 1

Detail of a miniature of the coronation procession ofRichard I. Contains the first volume of seven of the third edition of the Anciennes et nouvelles chroniques d'Angleterre of Jean de Wavrin (b. 1399/1400, d. c. 1473/4), which was intended