• Miniature with six scenes from Roman history., Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens (index Memorabilia, index Facta et Dicta Memorabilia) (part 2, vol. 1)

and 1687, and between 1710 and 1719 (see Kohler 1893).Charles Davis (bap. 1693, d. 1755), bookseller, an apprentice to the London bookseller Nathaniel Noel: sold to the Harleys on 24 January 1722/3 (see ~Diary~ 1966; Wright 1972 where a mistake

• Detail of the centre section of the miniatures: the spend-thrift son of Aesopus, the tragedian, feasts on costly song birds, and a Roman woman pleads for repeal of the Oppian law., Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens (index Memorabilia, index Facta et Dicta Memorabilia) (part 2, vol. 1)

and 1687, and between 1710 and 1719 (see Kohler 1893).Charles Davis (bap. 1693, d. 1755), bookseller, an apprentice to the London bookseller Nathaniel Noel: sold to the Harleys on 24 January 1722/3 (see ~Diary~ 1966; Wright 1972 where a mistake

• Detail of the lower right-hand section of the miniature: a Roman woman pleads for repeal of the Oppian law., Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens (index Memorabilia, index Facta et Dicta Memorabilia) (part 2, vol. 1)

and 1687, and between 1710 and 1719 (see Kohler 1893).Charles Davis (bap. 1693, d. 1755), bookseller, an apprentice to the London bookseller Nathaniel Noel: sold to the Harleys on 24 January 1722/3 (see ~Diary~ 1966; Wright 1972 where a mistake

• Detail of the centre section of the miniatures: the spend-thrift son of Aesopus, the tragedian, feasts on costly song birds., Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens (index Memorabilia, index Facta et Dicta Memorabilia) (part 2, vol. 1)

and 1687, and between 1710 and 1719 (see Kohler 1893).Charles Davis (bap. 1693, d. 1755), bookseller, an apprentice to the London bookseller Nathaniel Noel: sold to the Harleys on 24 January 1722/3 (see ~Diary~ 1966; Wright 1972 where a mistake

• Detail of the lower left-hand miniature with a scene of women spinning., Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens (index Memorabilia, index Facta et Dicta Memorabilia) (part 2, vol. 1)

and 1687, and between 1710 and 1719 (see Kohler 1893).Charles Davis (bap. 1693, d. 1755), bookseller, an apprentice to the London bookseller Nathaniel Noel: sold to the Harleys on 24 January 1722/3 (see ~Diary~ 1966; Wright 1972 where a mistake

• Detail of miniature with scenes illustrative of luxury, from book IX, chapter IX: Upper miniature: Tullia, daughter of Servius Tullius, orders her charioteer to leave the murdered body of her father beside the road. Lower miniature: Lucius Cinna kneels before Octavian., Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens (index Memorabilia, index Facta et Dicta Memorabilia) (part 2, vol. 1)

and 1687, and between 1710 and 1719 (see Kohler 1893).Charles Davis (bap. 1693, d. 1755), bookseller, an apprentice to the London bookseller Nathaniel Noel: sold to the Harleys on 24 January 1722/3 (see ~Diary~ 1966; Wright 1972 where a mistake

• Historiated initial 'A', with foliate borders., 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)

the late 1080s (see Gullick 1998).f. 25 [part 12]:? Hew Herte, possibly identifiable with Hugh Herte (d. 1467), barber-surgeon in London: his name on the upper margin of f. 25, originally f. 107 in New York, Academy of Medicine, MS.

• Historiated initial at the beginning of Mark., Four Gospels (the 'Golden Gospels', 'Harley Golden Gospels'; 'Codex Aureus'), with canon tables (ff. 6v-12), and capitulary (ff. 199-208v)

Harley for 1100 guilders (see C. E. Wright and Ruth C. Wright, ~The Diary of Humfrey Wanley 1715-1726~, 2 vols (London: Bibliographical Society, 1976), I, 38 n. 5).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl

• Miniature of Caesar's army and the view of Gaul with rivers and lands bearing inscriptions: 'Belges', 'sayne et marne', 'Rin', 'Celtes', 'Geronde', 'acquitai[n]s', at the beginning of book 2., Bellum Gallicum (Les commentaires de Cesar)

Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Caesar's army Jean Duchesne Jean Duchesne Master of the London Wavrin Caesar, translated by Jean Duchesne (or Du Quesne) Lille France, N. (Lille) and Netherlands, S. (Bruges?)

• Decorated iInitial 'Q'(uoniam) with foliate decoration, at the beginning of the prologue to Josephus's De bello Judaico., De bello Judaico

Britain: A List of Surviving Books~, ed. by N. R. Ker, 2nd edn, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 3 (London: Royal Historical Society, 1964), pp. 100, 269).A 'Marquiss of Donegall': book-plate withthis crest and coronet on a mantle (f.

• Puzzle initial 'N'(eronem) at the beginning of Book 3 of Josephus's De bello Judaico., De bello Judaico

Britain: A List of Surviving Books~, ed. by N. R. Ker, 2nd edn, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 3 (London: Royal Historical Society, 1964), pp. 100, 269).A 'Marquiss of Donegall': book-plate withthis crest and coronet on a mantle (f.

• Miniature of the royal arms of England with a crest of a lion, supported by a red dragon and a white greyhound, with a motto reading 'Dieu ets mon droit', and two Beaufort badges of portcullises, with a full border containing the arms of Claude de Seyssel, preceding the prologue of the translator addressed to Henry VII., Anabasis

~Ancient History and the Antiquarian: Essays in Memory of Arnaldo Momigliano~, ed by Michael H. Crawford and Christopher R. Ligota (London: Warburg, 1995), pp. 73-103 (pp. 91-95).Foliation in red referred to a list of contents (ff. 1-9). 10 miniatures in

• Miniature of Henry VII sitting on a throne decorated with the royal arms of England and inscribed with the motto 'Dieu est mon droit', and receiving the book from the translator, Claude de Seyssel, with an illuminated initial 'C'(ombien), and a full border including grotesque hybrids, at the beginning of the prologue addressed to Henry VII., Anabasis

~Ancient History and the Antiquarian: Essays in Memory of Arnaldo Momigliano~, ed by Michael H. Crawford and Christopher R. Ligota (London: Warburg, 1995), pp. 73-103 (pp. 91-95).Foliation in red referred to a list of contents (ff. 1-9). 10 miniatures in

• Detail of a miniature of Henry VII sitting on a throne decorated with the royal arms of England and inscribed with the motto 'Dieu est mon droit', and receiving the book from the translator, Claude de Seyssel, at the beginning of the prologue addressed to Henry VII., Anabasis

~Ancient History and the Antiquarian: Essays in Memory of Arnaldo Momigliano~, ed by Michael H. Crawford and Christopher R. Ligota (London: Warburg, 1995), pp. 73-103 (pp. 91-95).Foliation in red referred to a list of contents (ff. 1-9). 10 miniatures in

• Miniature of Louis XII enthroned receiving the book from the translator, Claude de Seyssel, with a full border including grotesque hybrids, flowers, and plants, at the beginning of the prologue of the translator addressed to Louis XII., Anabasis

~Ancient History and the Antiquarian: Essays in Memory of Arnaldo Momigliano~, ed by Michael H. Crawford and Christopher R. Ligota (London: Warburg, 1995), pp. 73-103 (pp. 91-95).Foliation in red referred to a list of contents (ff. 1-9). 10 miniatures in

• Miniature, prefacing Book III, arranged in three registers: Emilius Lepidus in battle whilst a child; Marcus Cato, as a child, witnessing Sulla's cruelties; Caius Cassius hits Sulla's son Faustus Sulla for defending his father's cruelties (left), Julius Caesar views the decapitated bodies of Pompey's nephews, and of Faustus Sulla and Pompeia. Arms of Philippe de Comines (quartered with that of his mother, Marguerite d'Arnemude) inserted into upper register, with 'PH' monogram of Philippe and Hélène de Chambres-Montsoreau, his wife, to left and right of middle register., Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens (index Memorabilia, index Facta et Dicta Memorabilia) (part 1, vol. 1)

and 1687, and between 1710 and 1719 (see Kohler 1893).Charles Davis (bap. 1693, d. 1755), bookseller, an apprentice to the London bookseller Nathaniel Noel: sold to the Harleys on 24 January 1722/3 (see ~Diary~ 1966; Wright 1972 where a mistake

• Miniature, prefacing Book IV, arranged in three registers: Sextus Tarquinius threatens Collatinus' wife, Lucretia, with death (left), Lucretia commits suicide before Collatinus, Lucretius, her father, Brutus and Publius Valerius; King Tarquinius Superbus expelled from Rome (left), Lucretius, Collatinus, Brutus and P. Valerius swear to avenge Lucretia (right); P. Valerius Publicola, as Consul, orders his troops to remove the axe symbols of Tarquinius' authority (left), and orders his imposing, fortress-like palace to be demolished (right). Arms of Philippe de Comines (quartered with that of his mother, Marguerite d'Arnemude) inserted into middle register, with 'PH' monogram of Philippe and Hélène de Chambres-Montsoreau, his wife, in middle and lower registers., Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens (index Memorabilia, index Facta et Dicta Memorabilia) (part 1, vol. 3)

and 1687, and between 1710 and 1719 (see Kohler 1893).Charles Davis (bap. 1693, d. 1755), bookseller, an apprentice to the London bookseller Nathaniel Noel: sold to the Harleys on 24 January 1722/3 (see ~Diary~ 1966; Wright 1972 where a mistake

• Miniature, prefacing Book III, arranged in three registers: Emilius Lepidus in battle whilst a child; Marcus Cato, as a child, witnessing Sulla's cruelties; Caius Cassius hits Sulla's son Faustus Sulla for defending his father's cruelties (left), Julius Caesar views the decapitated bodies of Pompey's nephews, and of Faustus Sulla and Pompeia. Arms of Philippe de Comines (quartered with that of his mother, Marguerite d'Arnemude) inserted into upper register, with 'PH' monogram of Philippe and Hélène de Chambres-Montsoreau, his wife, to left and right of middle register., Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens (index Memorabilia, index Facta et Dicta Memorabilia) (part 1, vol. 2)

and 1687, and between 1710 and 1719 (see Kohler 1893).Charles Davis (bap. 1693, d. 1755), bookseller, an apprentice to the London bookseller Nathaniel Noel: sold to the Harleys on 24 January 1722/3 (see ~Diary~ 1966; Wright 1972 where a mistake

• Illuminated initial 'N'(ulle), at the beginning of the Nova statuta., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from Edward III to Henry VI, ending in the year 1451

manuscripts and newspaper proprietor: with his book-plate inscribed '£ble.e.e [i.e. £190.0.0] / [bought from] Maggs / March 1924 (inside upper cover). Bequeathed to the British Museum in 1941 by Mrs Henry Yates Thompson. Illuminated initial London England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'N'(ulle), at the beginning of the Nova statuta., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from Edward III to Henry VI, ending in the year 1451

manuscripts and newspaper proprietor: with his book-plate inscribed '£ble.e.e [i.e. £190.0.0] / [bought from] Maggs / March 1924 (inside upper cover). Bequeathed to the British Museum in 1941 by Mrs Henry Yates Thompson. Illuminated initial London England, S. E. (London)