• Detail of a miniature of the beheading of Richard II's partisans., Chroniques, Vol. IV, part 2

of Richard II's partisans. Vol. IV, part 1 is Harley 4379. 12 large miniatures with large decorated initials and full foliate borders including hybrid figures and birds, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 10v, 40, 58v, 84, 89, 117, 134,

• Detail of a miniature of Charles VI of France leaving with his army on expedition to Calais., Chroniques, Vol. IV, part 2

on expedition to Calais. Vol. IV, part 1 is Harley 4379. 12 large miniatures with large decorated initials and full foliate borders including hybrid figures and birds, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 10v, 40, 58v, 84, 89, 117, 134,

• Detail of a miniature of the funeral of Richard II., Chroniques, Vol. IV, part 2

funeral of Richard II. Vol. IV, part 1 is Harley 4379. 12 large miniatures with large decorated initials and full foliate borders including hybrid figures and birds, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 10v, 40, 58v, 84, 89, 117, 134,

• Detail of a miniature of Londoners welcoming the Earl of Derby., Chroniques, Vol. IV, part 2

the Earl of Derby. Vol. IV, part 1 is Harley 4379. 12 large miniatures with large decorated initials and full foliate borders including hybrid figures and birds, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 10v, 40, 58v, 84, 89, 117, 134,

• Text page, from Suetonius's De Vita Caesarum., De vita Caesarum (index XII Caesars)

Text page, from Suetonius's De Vita Caesarum. 1 large white-vine initial, accompanied by a three-sided white-vine border, including heraldic arms in the lower margin, in colours and gold (f. 1). 11 smaller white-vine initials, in colours and gold (ff. 30v,

• Decorated initials., Sir John Paston's 'Grete Booke', a miscellany, including the challenge of an Auncestre of Therle of Warrewik (ff. 16-17v); the tournament between Lord Scales and the Bastard of Burgundy (ff. 18-22v; 29v-43)

Gilbert/Willm Dethick Garter' (f. 1); inscription 'Sr Gilbert Garter/ Roy d'Ams' (f. 218).Sir William Dethick (b. 1543, d. 1612), herald and antiquary, the second son of Sir Gilbert Dethick: inscription 'Sr Gilbert/Willm Dethick Garter' (f. 1); perhaps his hand in

• Text page., Sir John Paston's 'Grete Booke', a miscellany, including the challenge of an Auncestre of Therle of Warrewik (ff. 16-17v); the tournament between Lord Scales and the Bastard of Burgundy (ff. 18-22v; 29v-43)

Gilbert/Willm Dethick Garter' (f. 1); inscription 'Sr Gilbert Garter/ Roy d'Ams' (f. 218).Sir William Dethick (b. 1543, d. 1612), herald and antiquary, the second son of Sir Gilbert Dethick: inscription 'Sr Gilbert/Willm Dethick Garter' (f. 1); perhaps his hand in

• Text page., Sir John Paston's 'Grete Booke', a miscellany, including the challenge of an Auncestre of Therle of Warrewik (ff. 16-17v); the tournament between Lord Scales and the Bastard of Burgundy (ff. 18-22v; 29v-43)

Gilbert/Willm Dethick Garter' (f. 1); inscription 'Sr Gilbert Garter/ Roy d'Ams' (f. 218).Sir William Dethick (b. 1543, d. 1612), herald and antiquary, the second son of Sir Gilbert Dethick: inscription 'Sr Gilbert/Willm Dethick Garter' (f. 1); perhaps his hand in

• Cadel., Sir John Paston's 'Grete Booke', a miscellany, including the challenge of an Auncestre of Therle of Warrewik (ff. 16-17v); the tournament between Lord Scales and the Bastard of Burgundy (ff. 18-22v; 29v-43)

Gilbert/Willm Dethick Garter' (f. 1); inscription 'Sr Gilbert Garter/ Roy d'Ams' (f. 218).Sir William Dethick (b. 1543, d. 1612), herald and antiquary, the second son of Sir Gilbert Dethick: inscription 'Sr Gilbert/Willm Dethick Garter' (f. 1); perhaps his hand in

• Text page., Sir John Paston's 'Grete Booke', a miscellany, including the challenge of an Auncestre of Therle of Warrewik (ff. 16-17v); the tournament between Lord Scales and the Bastard of Burgundy (ff. 18-22v; 29v-43)

Gilbert/Willm Dethick Garter' (f. 1); inscription 'Sr Gilbert Garter/ Roy d'Ams' (f. 218).Sir William Dethick (b. 1543, d. 1612), herald and antiquary, the second son of Sir Gilbert Dethick: inscription 'Sr Gilbert/Willm Dethick Garter' (f. 1); perhaps his hand in

• Decorated initial., Sir John Paston's 'Grete Booke', a miscellany, including the challenge of an Auncestre of Therle of Warrewik (ff. 16-17v); the tournament between Lord Scales and the Bastard of Burgundy (ff. 18-22v; 29v-43)

Gilbert/Willm Dethick Garter' (f. 1); inscription 'Sr Gilbert Garter/ Roy d'Ams' (f. 218).Sir William Dethick (b. 1543, d. 1612), herald and antiquary, the second son of Sir Gilbert Dethick: inscription 'Sr Gilbert/Willm Dethick Garter' (f. 1); perhaps his hand in

• Decorated initial 'F'(irst) at the beginning of a description of the order of service for the coronation of kings and queens of England, and in the lower margin, the crest of Sir Thomas Wriothesley (d. 1534), herald, with the letters 'Th' Wr'., Sir John Paston's 'Grete Booke', a miscellany, including the challenge of an Auncestre of Therle of Warrewik (ff. 16-17v); the tournament between Lord Scales and the Bastard of Burgundy (ff. 18-22v; 29v-43)

Gilbert/Willm Dethick Garter' (f. 1); inscription 'Sr Gilbert Garter/ Roy d'Ams' (f. 218).Sir William Dethick (b. 1543, d. 1612), herald and antiquary, the second son of Sir Gilbert Dethick: inscription 'Sr Gilbert/Willm Dethick Garter' (f. 1); perhaps his hand in

• Decorated initial 'G'(od) at the beginning of John Lydgate's Book of Governance of Kings and Princes., Sir John Paston's 'Grete Booke', a miscellany, including the challenge of an Auncestre of Therle of Warrewik (ff. 16-17v); the tournament between Lord Scales and the Bastard of Burgundy (ff. 18-22v; 29v-43)

Gilbert/Willm Dethick Garter' (f. 1); inscription 'Sr Gilbert Garter/ Roy d'Ams' (f. 218).Sir William Dethick (b. 1543, d. 1612), herald and antiquary, the second son of Sir Gilbert Dethick: inscription 'Sr Gilbert/Willm Dethick Garter' (f. 1); perhaps his hand in

• Decorated initial 'F'(irst) at the beginning of a description of the order of service for the coronation of kings and queens of England., Sir John Paston's 'Grete Booke', a miscellany, including the challenge of an Auncestre of Therle of Warrewik (ff. 16-17v); the tournament between Lord Scales and the Bastard of Burgundy (ff. 18-22v; 29v-43)

Gilbert/Willm Dethick Garter' (f. 1); inscription 'Sr Gilbert Garter/ Roy d'Ams' (f. 218).Sir William Dethick (b. 1543, d. 1612), herald and antiquary, the second son of Sir Gilbert Dethick: inscription 'Sr Gilbert/Willm Dethick Garter' (f. 1); perhaps his hand in

• Crest of Sir Thomas Wriothesley (d. 1534), herald, with the letters 'Th' Wr'., Sir John Paston's 'Grete Booke', a miscellany, including the challenge of an Auncestre of Therle of Warrewik (ff. 16-17v); the tournament between Lord Scales and the Bastard of Burgundy (ff. 18-22v; 29v-43)

Gilbert/Willm Dethick Garter' (f. 1); inscription 'Sr Gilbert Garter/ Roy d'Ams' (f. 218).Sir William Dethick (b. 1543, d. 1612), herald and antiquary, the second son of Sir Gilbert Dethick: inscription 'Sr Gilbert/Willm Dethick Garter' (f. 1); perhaps his hand in

• null, Sir John Paston's 'Grete Booke', a miscellany, including the challenge of an Auncestre of Therle of Warrewik (ff. 16-17v); the tournament between Lord Scales and the Bastard of Burgundy (ff. 18-22v; 29v-43)

Gilbert/Willm Dethick Garter' (f. 1); inscription 'Sr Gilbert Garter/ Roy d'Ams' (f. 218).Sir William Dethick (b. 1543, d. 1612), herald and antiquary, the second son of Sir Gilbert Dethick: inscription 'Sr Gilbert/Willm Dethick Garter' (f. 1); perhaps his hand in

• Text page, from Suetonius's De Vita Caesarum., De vita Caesarum (index XII Caesars)

Text page, from Suetonius's De Vita Caesarum. 1 large white-vine initial, accompanied by a three-sided white-vine border, including heraldic arms in the lower margin, in colours and gold (f. 1). 11 smaller white-vine initials, in colours and gold (ff. 30v,

• Text page of the Greek-Latin Glossary., Greek-Latin Glossary, followed by other glossarial texts (ff. 241-272)

and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley, ‘18 die mensis Januarij, A.D. 1723/4’ (f. 1; see Wright and Wright 1966). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694,

• Text page with 9th century and 10th century scripts., Libri evangeliorum quattuor; Aenigmata; De arte metrica (extract)

the beginning of each line. Libri evangeliorum quattuor; Aenigmata; De arte metrica (extract) Two leaves and several lines of part 1 (ff. 7-7v, 59, 67) are lost and have been replaced in an English hand of a similar date and

• Initial 'D'(ominus) with penwork decoration at the beginning of the 'Liber scintillarum'., Theological miscellany, including the 'Liber scintillarum' attributed to Defensor, chapters 1-68, extracts (ff. 17-42), Eucherius's 'Formulae spiritualis intelligentiae' (ff. 57-63), and Arnulf's 'Delicie cleri', possibly imperfect (ff. 90-103v)

scintillarum'. Large initial in colours with interlace decoration and a bird (f. 1). Large initials in oxidised red with penwork decoration in green (f. 17) and in red (f. 89). Initials in oxidised red or in green, with the occasional