• Detail of an owl from a floral border, at the beginning of Matins of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Hours of the Earls of Ormond')

51v, 64, 66, 124v). Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Decorated catchwords. Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Hours

• Detail of a bear playing bagpipes from a floral border, at the beginning of Matins of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Hours of the Earls of Ormond')

51v, 64, 66, 124v). Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Decorated catchwords. Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Hours

• Decorated initial 'A'(lvredus) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of book 6., Polychronicon (to the 25th year in the reign of Henry VI, i.e. 1445), including 2 extracts from the Latin Brut Chronicle of England (ff. 227-228v) (imperfect)

(f. 37v). 5 initials in blue with blue, red and dark purple pen-flourishing extending into the margins at the beginning of each book (ff. 10, 32, 64, 89, 140v). Coloured initials in red or blue. Polychronicon (to the 25th year

• Full border with rinceaux decoration, foliate motifs, and birds, with the coat of arms of Petrus de Foix, supported by two angels, and the historiated initial 'E'(go) with a man at a lecturn., Epistolae (index Letters)

81v, 95v, 104, 115, 136, 144v). Large initial in red with blue and red penwork decoration (f. 132). Alternating blue initials with red penwork decoration and red initials with blue penwork decoration. Marginal sketches added in brown ink (ff. 29v,

• Detail of coloured drawings at the beginning of Le Temple de Boccace, with an angel addressing the author, Georges Chastellain (index George Chastelain), asleep on a bench, with a scroll inscribed 'lieve toy subz o George' in the upper register and, in the lower register, the author addressing the queen Margaret of Anjou to whom he dedicated his work. Puzzle initial 'U'(ne) with pen-flourishing enclosing an unidentified coat of arms., Various works including Le Quadrilogue (ff. 2v-24), Le Temple de Boccace (ff. 25-64v), Traité de noblesse (ff. 65-93v)

Coloured drawing (f. 25). Puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in the same colours enclosing an unidentified coat of arms (f. 25). 5 large initials in red or blue with reserved designs and pen-flourishing in the other colour

• Coloured drawings at the beginning of Le Temple de Boccace, with an angel addressing the author, Georges Chastellain (index George Chastelain), asleep on a bench, with a scroll inscribed 'lieve toy subz o George' in the upper register and, in the lower register, the author addressing the queen Margaret of Anjou to whom he dedicated his work. Puzzle initial 'U'(ne) with pen-flourishing enclosing an unidentified coat of arms., Various works including Le Quadrilogue (ff. 2v-24), Le Temple de Boccace (ff. 25-64v), Traité de noblesse (ff. 65-93v)

Coloured drawing (f. 25). Puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in the same colours enclosing an unidentified coat of arms (f. 25). 5 large initials in red or blue with reserved designs and pen-flourishing in the other colour

• Decorated initial 'P'(ost) with foliate decoration including acanthus leaves combined with a three-sided border at the beginning of the prologue., Polychronicon to c. 1400 (imperfect)

117, 143v, 163v) or large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in red and purple (f. 94v) at the beginning of each book. Numerous smaller initials in blue with red pen-flourishing including foliate decoration and flowers. Polychronicon to

• Illuminated initial 'G'(allia)., De bello Gallico

in gold, outlined in black, on red and blue grounds ornamented with white filigree decoration (ff. 1, 12v, 18v, 23v, 30, 41, 49v, 67v). Rubrics in red. Paraphs in red or blue. De bello Gallico The Harley Collection, formed by

• White vine initial 'M'(aiores), at the beginning of the book 7., De architectura

2, 16v, 33v, 49, 54, 63v, 81v, 95v, 108v, 123v, order of the books 4-6 reversed). Small initials in plain blue. De architectura Space for arms left blank (f. 1).Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th

• White vine initial 'C'(um), and part of the three-sided border, at the beginning of the prologue., De architectura

2, 16v, 33v, 49, 54, 63v, 81v, 95v, 108v, 123v, order of the books 4-6 reversed). Small initials in plain blue. De architectura Space for arms left blank (f. 1).Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th

• Lower part of the three-sided border, at the beginning of the prologue., De architectura

2, 16v, 33v, 49, 54, 63v, 81v, 95v, 108v, 123v, order of the books 4-6 reversed). Small initials in plain blue. De architectura Space for arms left blank (f. 1).Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th

• White vine initial 'M'(aiores), at the beginning of the book 7., De architectura

2, 16v, 33v, 49, 54, 63v, 81v, 95v, 108v, 123v, order of the books 4-6 reversed). Small initials in plain blue. De architectura Space for arms left blank (f. 1).Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th

• Coloured initials., De architectura

2, 16v, 33v, 49, 54, 63v, 81v, 95v, 108v, 123v, order of the books 4-6 reversed). Small initials in plain blue. De architectura Space for arms left blank (f. 1).Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th

• Detail of a miniature depicting a battle scene at sea, decorated initial 'L'(istoire) including heraldic arms and foliate borders., Roman de Mélusine (ends imperfectly)

214v); 1 miniature probably excised after f. 7. Small initials (1-2 lines), paraphs and line-fillers in gold on red and blue grounds. Roman de Mélusine (ends imperfectly) Jean V de Créquy, lord of Fressin and Canaples, knighted with the Order

• Miniature of women and maidens in Paris facing two dragons, decorated initial 'L'(istoire) including heraldic arms and foliate borders., Roman de Mélusine (ends imperfectly)

214v); 1 miniature probably excised after f. 7. Small initials (1-2 lines), paraphs and line-fillers in gold on red and blue grounds. Roman de Mélusine (ends imperfectly) Jean V de Créquy, lord of Fressin and Canaples, knighted with the Order

• Detail of a miniature of women and maidens in Paris facing two dragons, decorated initial 'L'(istoire) including heraldic arms and foliate borders., Roman de Mélusine (ends imperfectly)

214v); 1 miniature probably excised after f. 7. Small initials (1-2 lines), paraphs and line-fillers in gold on red and blue grounds. Roman de Mélusine (ends imperfectly) Jean V de Créquy, lord of Fressin and Canaples, knighted with the Order

• White vine initial 'C'(um), and three-sided border, at the beginning of the prologue. In the right margin Arundel's signature, with date and place of purchase, De architectura

2, 16v, 33v, 49, 54, 63v, 81v, 95v, 108v, 123v, order of the books 4-6 reversed). Small initials in plain blue. De architectura Space for arms left blank (f. 1).Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th

• Illuminated white vine initial 'C'(um) with a three-sided border incorporating birds and putti holding an escutcheon (the arms erased), at the beginning of Justinus's Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi., Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi

an escutcheon (the arms erased) (f. 3). 1 large initial in colours and gold (f. 3v). Small initials in plain blue. Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi Copied by the Florentine scribe Amerigo Corsini (b. 1452, d. 1501; active as a scribe

• Last page of Justinus's Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi, with the colophon by the Florentine scribe Amerigo Corsini (b. 1452, d. 1501: ‘Haec iustini volumina amerigus corsinus transcripsit., Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi

an escutcheon (the arms erased) (f. 3). 1 large initial in colours and gold (f. 3v). Small initials in plain blue. Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi Copied by the Florentine scribe Amerigo Corsini (b. 1452, d. 1501; active as a scribe

• Detail of illuminated initial and upper border., Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi

an escutcheon (the arms erased) (f. 3). 1 large initial in colours and gold (f. 3v). Small initials in plain blue. Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi Copied by the Florentine scribe Amerigo Corsini (b. 1452, d. 1501; active as a scribe