• Detail of a miniature of an eagle, from the left-hand border of the suffrage of Thomas Becket., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

pages with full foliate borders, in colours and gold. Small decorated initials (2 lines), in colours and gold. Small initials (1 line) and line fillers in gold on red and blue grounds. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Book of Hours,

• Miniature of Christ carrying the cross, decorated initial 'H'(ora) and foliate borders including a hybrid grotesque figure, at the beginning of Sext in the Hours of Passion (intermixed with the Hours of the Virgin)., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

pages with full foliate borders, in colours and gold. Small decorated initials (2 lines), in colours and gold. Small initials (1 line) and line fillers in gold on red and blue grounds. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Book of Hours,

• Detail of a miniature of Christ carrying the cross, at the beginning of Sext in the Hours of Passion (intermixed with the Hours of the Virgin)., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

pages with full foliate borders, in colours and gold. Small decorated initials (2 lines), in colours and gold. Small initials (1 line) and line fillers in gold on red and blue grounds. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Book of Hours,

• Detail of a grotesque hybrid creature, with a tonsure and reading a book, in the right margin of the folio., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

pages with full foliate borders, in colours and gold. Small decorated initials (2 lines), in colours and gold. Small initials (1 line) and line fillers in gold on red and blue grounds. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Book of Hours,

• Detail of an historiated initial 'V'(isio) with Isaiah holding a scroll, at the beginning of Isaiah., Bible (the 'Worms Bible') (index Frankenthal Bible), Genesis to Job

[inceptus est liber] ?' (f. 1): see Cohen-Mushlin 1990.The Augustinian monastery of St Mary, outside of Worms: 17th-century inscription 'Hic liber pertinet ad Ecclesiam Beatae Mariae Virginis in Suburbio Wormatiensis', signed 'J. G.' (f. 1). J. G. might be Joannes

• Miniature of George fighting the dragon to rescue the princess, with patron in prayer, large decorated initial 'O' including heraldic arms, with foliate borders including a peacock, at the beginning of the suffrage to George., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

pages with full foliate borders, in colours and gold. Small decorated initials (2 lines), in colours and gold. Small initials (1 line) and line fillers in gold on red and blue grounds. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Book of Hours,

• Miniature of the Virgin and Child with patroness in prayer, with her heraldic arms, decorated initial 'O' and foliate borders including a peacock, at the beginning of the prayer 'O intemerata'., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

pages with full foliate borders, in colours and gold. Small decorated initials (2 lines), in colours and gold. Small initials (1 line) and line fillers in gold on red and blue grounds. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Book of Hours,

• Miniature of the Crucifixion before the beginning of the Psalms., Psalter

of the Psalms. Foliated until f. 214, but 1 double-leaf containing part of the additional text missing in the foliation (ff. 202/205).Several text leaves in the psalms missing: after f. 96: end of Psalm 72 and beginning of Psalm 73;

• Miniature of the Annunciation, decorated initial 'E'(cce) and foliate borders, at the beginning of the Temporale in the Breviary., Breviary, Use of Ste Genevieve, Paris

Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley '23.^tio^ Februarij 1720.21' (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Miniature in two compartments with David fighting a lion and a bear, decorated initial 'B'(eatus) and foliate borders, at the beginnign of the Psalter in the Missal., Breviary, Use of Ste Genevieve, Paris

Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley '23.^tio^ Februarij 1720.21' (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Miniature of God the Father and foliate borders, at the beginning of the Seven Penitential Psalms., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

the Virgin). 1 large decorated initial with three-sided foliate borders, in colours and gold, at the beginning of the prayer O intemerata (f. 95). Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in

• Miniature of Ethelburga., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

pages with full foliate borders, in colours and gold. Small decorated initials (2 lines), in colours and gold. Small initials (1 line) and line fillers in gold on red and blue grounds. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Book of Hours,

• Historiated initial 'D'(ominus) at the beginning of Psalm 26, with the Anointing of David by Samuel., Psalter, with a calendar (ff. 1-6v), Psalms, imperfect (ff. 7-190v), and Canticles, hymns and prayers

major Psalm divisions, including Psalms 51 and 101 (ff. 33, 51, 66v, 67, 84v, 106v, 129) (the text for Psalms 1 and 109 missing; Psalm 80 with a small initial). Initials in colours and gold, some with animals, figures, or

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uem) with an animal drinking and decorated line-fillers in the form of heads and a bird., Psalter, with a calendar (ff. 1-6v), Psalms, imperfect (ff. 7-190v), and Canticles, hymns and prayers

major Psalm divisions, including Psalms 51 and 101 (ff. 33, 51, 66v, 67, 84v, 106v, 129) (the text for Psalms 1 and 109 missing; Psalm 80 with a small initial). Initials in colours and gold, some with animals, figures, or

• Historiated initial 'Q'(uid) with David and Goliath, at the beginning of Psalm 51., Psalter, with a calendar (ff. 1-6v), Psalms, imperfect (ff. 7-190v), and Canticles, hymns and prayers

major Psalm divisions, including Psalms 51 and 101 (ff. 33, 51, 66v, 67, 84v, 106v, 129) (the text for Psalms 1 and 109 missing; Psalm 80 with a small initial). Initials in colours and gold, some with animals, figures, or

• Illuminated initial 'D'(ixit) with white lions, at the beginning of Psalm 52., Psalter, with a calendar (ff. 1-6v), Psalms, imperfect (ff. 7-190v), and Canticles, hymns and prayers

major Psalm divisions, including Psalms 51 and 101 (ff. 33, 51, 66v, 67, 84v, 106v, 129) (the text for Psalms 1 and 109 missing; Psalm 80 with a small initial). Initials in colours and gold, some with animals, figures, or

• Historiated initial 'S'(alvum) at the beginning of Psalm 68, with Christ blessing and a man below with two demons., Psalter, with a calendar (ff. 1-6v), Psalms, imperfect (ff. 7-190v), and Canticles, hymns and prayers

major Psalm divisions, including Psalms 51 and 101 (ff. 33, 51, 66v, 67, 84v, 106v, 129) (the text for Psalms 1 and 109 missing; Psalm 80 with a small initial). Initials in colours and gold, some with animals, figures, or

• Historiated initial 'C'(onfitebor) with a monk writing., Psalter, with a calendar (ff. 1-6v), Psalms, imperfect (ff. 7-190v), and Canticles, hymns and prayers

major Psalm divisions, including Psalms 51 and 101 (ff. 33, 51, 66v, 67, 84v, 106v, 129) (the text for Psalms 1 and 109 missing; Psalm 80 with a small initial). Initials in colours and gold, some with animals, figures, or

• Illuminated initial 'B'(eatus) and border at the beginning of the Psalms., Psalter

of the Psalms. Foliated until f. 214, but 1 double-leaf containing part of the additional text missing in the foliation (ff. 202/205).Several text leaves in the psalms missing: after f. 96: end of Psalm 72 and beginning of Psalm 73;

• Text page with cadels decorating the colophon of Richard Rolle of Hampole's 'Emendatio vitae'., Sermons and devotional texts and verse, including 'Emendatio vitae' (ff. 4-20), 'De duodecim patriarchis' (ff. 64-105), 'Formula moderni et usitati dictaminis' (ff. 133-145)

Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley, ‘13 Augusti, 1724’ (f. 1; see Wright and Wright 1966). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694,