• Text page., Troy Book (ff. 6-146); Siege of Thebes (ff. 147v-162)

campaigns (Parts 1, 2, 4). The miniatures of the final stage were attributed to two artists, Gerard Horenbout (f. 148, see Kren and McKendrick 2003) and perhaps his daughter Susanna (see Backhouse 1997).Catchwords, some written on scrolls (Part 1), or

• Miniature of the Wheel of Fortune with a king on the top, with a partial border and a foliate initial 'T'(henvyons), at the beginning of book 2., Troy Book (ff. 6-146); Siege of Thebes (ff. 147v-162)

campaigns (Parts 1, 2, 4). The miniatures of the final stage were attributed to two artists, Gerard Horenbout (f. 148, see Kren and McKendrick 2003) and perhaps his daughter Susanna (see Backhouse 1997).Catchwords, some written on scrolls (Part 1), or

• Miniature of Hector slaying Patroculus, with an illuminated initial 'W'(hen) and a partial foliate border., Troy Book (ff. 6-146); Siege of Thebes (ff. 147v-162)

campaigns (Parts 1, 2, 4). The miniatures of the final stage were attributed to two artists, Gerard Horenbout (f. 148, see Kren and McKendrick 2003) and perhaps his daughter Susanna (see Backhouse 1997).Catchwords, some written on scrolls (Part 1), or

• Miniature of Michael driving Lucifer and the other fallen angels from heaven., Troy Book, Siege of Thebes, Testament and The reignes of the kyngis of England; A Treatise between Information and Truth; On the Death of the Earl of Northumberland; Le assemble de dyeus; Descent of the Lords Percy

campaigns (Parts 1, 2, 4). The miniatures of the final stage were attributed to two artists, Gerard Horenbout (f. 148, see Kren and McKendrick 2003) and perhaps his daughter Susanna (see Backhouse 1997).Catchwords, some written on scrolls (Part 1), or

• Miniature of Agamemnon at council in his tent, with Achilles in bed behind, with an illuminated initial 'E' and a partial foliate border., Troy Book (ff. 6-146); Siege of Thebes (ff. 147v-162)

campaigns (Parts 1, 2, 4). The miniatures of the final stage were attributed to two artists, Gerard Horenbout (f. 148, see Kren and McKendrick 2003) and perhaps his daughter Susanna (see Backhouse 1997).Catchwords, some written on scrolls (Part 1), or

• Text page with inhabited and flourished initials., Troy Book (ff. 6-146); Siege of Thebes (ff. 147v-162)

campaigns (Parts 1, 2, 4). The miniatures of the final stage were attributed to two artists, Gerard Horenbout (f. 148, see Kren and McKendrick 2003) and perhaps his daughter Susanna (see Backhouse 1997).Catchwords, some written on scrolls (Part 1), or

• Emblem of a man (a king?) wearing a crown of flames and holding an orb marked 'Sol' in the centre of a radiating Tudor Rose inscribed with verses 'Ex paterno trono radii splendoris/ ex matre candor virginii decoris/ ex patre flos rubi coloris / ex utroque redemptio nostri amoris', and tears dropping onto an eye weeping onto a word 'cor', with Percy badge of a crescent, and a scroll bearing an inscription reading, 'I receyue noo lighte but of thy bearmes bright. The light / benevoulent causith cor to relent for remembrynge / thy goodenes contenuall which remanith perpetuall / Cor cannot but of duti he muste distill yet he saith dutie / cannot recompence a cordinge too his goode will'., Troy Book (ff. 6-146); Siege of Thebes (ff. 147v-162)

campaigns (Parts 1, 2, 4). The miniatures of the final stage were attributed to two artists, Gerard Horenbout (f. 148, see Kren and McKendrick 2003) and perhaps his daughter Susanna (see Backhouse 1997).Catchwords, some written on scrolls (Part 1), or

• Decorated initial 'I'(n the name of God)., Statutes of the Hospital of Ewelme, Oxfordshire

name of God). f. 1 is a parchment leaf with various pen trials and inscriptions. Two parchment fragments have been pasted onto this folio.f. 2 is inscribed, 'henricus octavus dei gracia' and bears the ownership inscription of Richard St George.2

• Miniature of the Crucifixion., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

red penwork decoration. Book of Hours, Use of Rome Cut strip from another manuscript written on paper pasted on f. 1, ?15th century.Nathaniel Noel (fl. 1681, d. c. 1753), bookseller, employed by Edward Harley for buying books and manuscripts chiefly

• Miniature of the Pentecost., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

red penwork decoration. Book of Hours, Use of Rome Cut strip from another manuscript written on paper pasted on f. 1, ?15th century.Nathaniel Noel (fl. 1681, d. c. 1753), bookseller, employed by Edward Harley for buying books and manuscripts chiefly

• Miniature of the Virgin and Child., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

red penwork decoration. Book of Hours, Use of Rome Cut strip from another manuscript written on paper pasted on f. 1, ?15th century.Nathaniel Noel (fl. 1681, d. c. 1753), bookseller, employed by Edward Harley for buying books and manuscripts chiefly

• Illuminated initial 'A' with foliate decoration and title in display capitals., Pharsalia, Books 1-10, with glosses

collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley, ‘18 die Januarij, A.D. 1723/4’ (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Miniature of Fortune with her wheel, surrounded by supplicants., Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens (index Memorabilia, index Facta et Dicta Memorabilia), replacement folio

the present manuscript). This folio was probably discarded intentionally so that volume 1 could neatly end with book 5 and volume 2 start with book 6.Leaf signatures. Catchwords.Vol. 1 is now Harley 4372. Large miniature with full border with acanthus

• Miniature of the death of William Rufus, and the report to Henry I, to the right, with a decorated intial 'C'(i), in the Grande Chronique de Normandie., Grande Chronique de Normandie

date somewhere around 1465. 15 half-page miniatures, the first accompanied by a full foliate border, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 24v, 35v, 74, 88, 89, 101, 138v, 155v, 160v, 167, 176, 186, 213v, 244v). Large initials with monochrome grotesque

• Full white vine border, inhabited by putti, with various vignettes, a large historiated initial with a male bust (possibly Juvenal), and, in the lower margin, the coat of arms of the Capilupi family of Mantua., Satires (index Saturae, Satirae)

in red, blue, and green (ff. 1, 86). Satires (index Saturae, Satirae) The Capilupi family of Mantua: its arms of a wolf's head in profile on a gold ground and 3 silver balls (f. 1); inscribed, 'Laelii Capilupi Codex' (f.

• Miniature of the Nativity, the Adoration of the Child by Mary and Joseph, at the beginning of Prime in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

red penwork decoration. Book of Hours, Use of Rome Cut strip from another manuscript written on paper pasted on f. 1, ?15th century.Nathaniel Noel (fl. 1681, d. c. 1753), bookseller, employed by Edward Harley for buying books and manuscripts chiefly

• Miniature of the Massacre of the Innocents at the beginning of Vespers in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

red penwork decoration. Book of Hours, Use of Rome Cut strip from another manuscript written on paper pasted on f. 1, ?15th century.Nathaniel Noel (fl. 1681, d. c. 1753), bookseller, employed by Edward Harley for buying books and manuscripts chiefly

• Detail of a miniature of Fortune with her wheel, surrounded by supplicants., Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens (index Memorabilia, index Facta et Dicta Memorabilia), replacement folio

the present manuscript). This folio was probably discarded intentionally so that volume 1 could neatly end with book 5 and volume 2 start with book 6.Leaf signatures. Catchwords.Vol. 1 is now Harley 4372. Large miniature with full border with acanthus

• Detail of a miniature of the funeral of William the Conqueror in the Abbaye aux hommes at Caen; on the right, a miniature of Lanfranc crowning William Rufus before a watching group of men, from the Grande Chronique de Normandie., Grande Chronique de Normandie

date somewhere around 1465. 15 half-page miniatures, the first accompanied by a full foliate border, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 24v, 35v, 74, 88, 89, 101, 138v, 155v, 160v, 167, 176, 186, 213v, 244v). Large initials with monochrome grotesque

• Miniature of Rollo marrying the daughter of Charles the Simple, the king of France, before the king and his court., Grande Chronique de Normandie

date somewhere around 1465. 15 half-page miniatures, the first accompanied by a full foliate border, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 24v, 35v, 74, 88, 89, 101, 138v, 155v, 160v, 167, 176, 186, 213v, 244v). Large initials with monochrome grotesque