• Drawings of a ram and of a goat., Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation, including a herbal and bestiary illustrating the pharmocopeial properties of animals (see Notes)

by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, and Edward Harley (b. 1689, d. 1741), 2nd earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts. Edward Harley bequeathed the library to

• Text; marginal drawings of David with the lion and sheep, and David with Goliath., Bible (the 'Worms Bible') (index Frankenthal Bible), Genesis to Job

drawings of David with the lion andsheep,and David with Goliath. The second volume of the Bible is Harley 2804.Ampersands.Instructions to rubricator (e.g., ff. 1v, 45v).Quire signatures. 1 large miniature in colours and gold of Jerome writing before his

• Decorated initial-word panel ~Barukh~ (Blessed) and full foliate border inhabited by hybrids and including a scene of a pig-like figure lifting the first cup of wine and a hare placing a stick upon a dog's head., Haggadah, liturgical poems and biblical readings for Passover (The 'Barcelona Haggadah'), Sephardic rite

the year five thousand and two hundred and nineteen from the Creation of the World which we reckon here in Bologna; and in order that he may have good title and proof, I have signed and accomplished that which I

• Calendar page for December with medallions of a man killing a pig with a hatchet, and Capricorn as a hybrid with the lower half as a blue curled tail., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours')

All pages with full foliate borders and bas-de-page scenes and grotesque decoration, in colours and gold. Large and smaller decorated foliate initials, in colours and gold. Small initials and line-fillers in gold on red and blue grounds. Book of Hours,

• Miniature of a crowned woman (probably the first owner of the manuscript) kneeling in prayer with a bearded man, with the dove of the Holy Spirit above, at the beginning of the Matins of the Holy Ghos. Below, Christ stands before a group of animals, including a crowned lion, two stags, an ass, a pig, a unicorn, an elephant with a castle, a horse and an ox., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours')

All pages with full foliate borders and bas-de-page scenes and grotesque decoration, in colours and gold. Large and smaller decorated foliate initials, in colours and gold. Small initials and line-fillers in gold on red and blue grounds. Book of Hours,

• Detail of a calendar page for December with roundels of a man disemboweling a pig, and Capricorn., Breviary, Use of Verdun, Winter portion ('The Breviary of Renaud de Bar' or 'The Breviary of Marguerite de Bar')

including heraldic arms and figural, zoomorphic and grotesque decoration, in colours and gold (ff. 7, 17v, 24v, 31, 37v, 45v, 53, 61, 92, 249v, 316, 330). Smaller and small decorated initials and line-fillers, numerous containing heraldic arms and figural or

• Detail of a page: miniature of a pig-like figure lifting the first cup of wine and a hare placing a stick upon a dog's head., Haggadah, liturgical poems and biblical readings for Passover (The 'Barcelona Haggadah'), Sephardic rite

the year five thousand and two hundred and nineteen from the Creation of the World which we reckon here in Bologna; and in order that he may have good title and proof, I have signed and accomplished that which I

• Bas-de-page scene of a wolf with a sheep in his mouth, being pursued by a man and his dog., Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter')

1v-66v) and 4 miniatures in colours and gold of the tree of Jesse, Ancestors of Christ, and Apostles and Prophets (ff. 67v-70). 12 miniatures in colours and gold of the Labours of the Months and 12 miniatures in colours and

• Bas-de-page scene of David with a slingshot and rocks, surrounded by sheep on a hillside. With illuminated initials in gold and colours and a partial bar border., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours')

a slingshot and rocks, surrounded by sheep on a hillside. With illuminated initials in gold and colours and a partial bar border. The style and subject, especially the many bas-de-page narratives ranging from romance and fabliau to biblical and hagiographic

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a wolf with a sheep in his mouth, being pursued by a man and his dog., Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter')

1v-66v) and 4 miniatures in colours and gold of the tree of Jesse, Ancestors of Christ, and Apostles and Prophets (ff. 67v-70). 12 miniatures in colours and gold of the Labours of the Months and 12 miniatures in colours and

• Bas-de-page scene of a wolf moving against the wind to take a sheep from its fold., Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter')

1v-66v) and 4 miniatures in colours and gold of the tree of Jesse, Ancestors of Christ, and Apostles and Prophets (ff. 67v-70). 12 miniatures in colours and gold of the Labours of the Months and 12 miniatures in colours and

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a wolf moving against the wind to take a sheep from its fold., Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter')

1v-66v) and 4 miniatures in colours and gold of the tree of Jesse, Ancestors of Christ, and Apostles and Prophets (ff. 67v-70). 12 miniatures in colours and gold of the Labours of the Months and 12 miniatures in colours and

• Miniature of eight saints (confessors), four in the upper register and four in the lower register, without nimbi or emblems, including a pope (Silvester) and two bishops, with a bas-de-page scene of Margaret spinning, with sheep feeding beside her, and the prefect Olybrius approaching on horseback., Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter')

1v-66v) and 4 miniatures in colours and gold of the tree of Jesse, Ancestors of Christ, and Apostles and Prophets (ff. 67v-70). 12 miniatures in colours and gold of the Labours of the Months and 12 miniatures in colours and

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of Margaret spinning, with sheep feeding beside her, and the prefect Olybrius approaching on horseback., Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter')

1v-66v) and 4 miniatures in colours and gold of the tree of Jesse, Ancestors of Christ, and Apostles and Prophets (ff. 67v-70). 12 miniatures in colours and gold of the Labours of the Months and 12 miniatures in colours and

• Detail of a miniature of Joel with a flock of sheep., Bible historiale complétée moyenne (the 'Bible Historiale of John the Good')

colours and gold with foliate initials in gold and colours and full bar borders containing bas-de-page scenes, at the beginning of the prologue and Proverbs (ff. 1, 273). 87 one-column miniatures in colours and gold with foliate initials and partial

• Decorated initial 'O'(mnipotens) combined with a partial border with acanthus leaves, flowers and foliate feathering at the beginning of a prayer to God the Father., Prayer book

acanthus leaves, flowers and foliate feathering (f. 8). Initials in colours and gold with foliate feathering, besants and ivy. Gold initial with brown pen-flourishing (ff. 30, 31v, 32v, ) and with foliate feathering (f. 30v). Initials and crosses (indicating when