• Detail of a marginal drawing of David and Goliath., Bible (the 'Worms Bible') (index Frankenthal Bible), Genesis to Job

[inceptus est liber] ?' (f. 1): see Cohen-Mushlin 1990.The Augustinian monastery of St Mary, outside of Worms: 17th-century inscription 'Hic liber pertinet ad Ecclesiam Beatae Mariae Virginis in Suburbio Wormatiensis', signed 'J. G.' (f. 1). J. G. might be Joannes

• Miniature in colours and gold showing Pliny writing in his study and a landscape with animals, rivers, the sea, sun and moon; text with a decorative initial 'M', and decorated borders with a coat of arms., Historia naturalis (index Natural history)

Library, Oxford.Leaf signatures. Catchwords.Written by two scribes and decorated in different hands (change particularly noticeable from f. 91, for instance). 1 miniature in colours and gold showing Pliny writing in his study and a landscape with animals, rivers, the sea,

• Decorated initial 'I'(ff), at the beginning of the prologue to the life of Anne in Osbern Bokenham's Lives of the Saints., Lives of female Saints in verse

large and small initials in gold with pen-flourishing in red, at the beginning of the lives of the Saints (ff. 1, 5, 7, 18). Small initials in red with green pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Ff. 27-193: 2

• Decorated initial 'I'(ff), at the beginning of the prologue to the life of Anne in Osbern Bokenham's Lives of the Saints., Lives of female Saints in verse

large and small initials in gold with pen-flourishing in red, at the beginning of the lives of the Saints (ff. 1, 5, 7, 18). Small initials in red with green pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Ff. 27-193: 2

• White-vine initial 'L'(eo) with decoration forming a partial border at the beginning of the text (should be 'D'(eo)); the arms of Jean Jouffroy, bishop of Arras from 1453, enclosed in a wreath with the name 'IOFRE' in the lower margin., De legibus

Jean Jouffroy, bishop of Arras from 1453, enclosed in a wreath with the name 'IOFRE' in the lower margin. ff. 1 and [166] are former pastedowns.Catchwords written horizontally. Leaf signatures.The translation was made between 1450-1451. White vine initial combined with

• Detail of the arms of Jean Jouffroy, bishop of Arras from 1453, enclosed in a wreath with the name 'IOFRE', in the lower margin., De legibus

enclosed in a wreath with the name 'IOFRE', in the lower margin. ff. 1 and [166] are former pastedowns.Catchwords written horizontally. Leaf signatures.The translation was made between 1450-1451. White vine initial combined with a partial border including heraldic arms (f.

• Illuminated initial 'C'(um) at the beginning of chapter 1 of book 1., Res publica (index Republic) (imperfect)

Illuminated initial 'C'(um) at the beginning of chapter 1 of book 1. The preliminary copy of Decembrio's translation of the first five books of the Republic, in his autograph.Beginning with correspondence between Pier Candido Decembrio (b. 1399, d. 1477) and

• Coloured initial and musical notations on 4-line staves., Life of Thomas Becket (index Vie de Thomas Becket), in Anglo-Norman verse, followed by an Anglo-Norman crusade noted song ‘S’onques nus hom pour dure’ (ff. 14-14v); Anglo-Norman romance Guy of Warwick (index Gui de Warewic) (ff. 15-26)

clefs), England, second half of the 13th century (f. 14) Large initial in blue with pen-work decoration in red (f. 1). Initials in red and blue. Musical notation on 4-line staves (f. 14). Life of Thomas Becket (index Vie de

• Text page with added notes., Life of Thomas Becket (index Vie de Thomas Becket), in Anglo-Norman verse, followed by an Anglo-Norman crusade noted song ‘S’onques nus hom pour dure’ (ff. 14-14v); Anglo-Norman romance Guy of Warwick (index Gui de Warewic) (ff. 15-26)

clefs), England, second half of the 13th century (f. 14) Large initial in blue with pen-work decoration in red (f. 1). Initials in red and blue. Musical notation on 4-line staves (f. 14). Life of Thomas Becket (index Vie de

• Detail of a text page of St Albans's Annals, datable to 1428-1431 (ff. 100-120)., Chronicle, AD 1-1135 (ff. 34-61), with additions up to 1266 (ff. 61v-73)

Detail of a text page of St Albans's Annals, datable to 1428-1431 (ff. 100-120). The life of Thomas Becket in verse was composed c. 1184. It is based on one by Robert of Cricklade (d. c. 1174), prior of

• White vine initial 'M'(ecenas) at the beginning of the text., Carmina (index Odes) (ff. 1v-86v), Epodae (ff. 87-104), Carmen saeculares (ff. 104-106v)

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

• White vine initial 'O'(di) in gold and colours with a bird and a moth., Carmina (index Odes) (ff. 1v-86v), Epodae (ff. 87-104), Carmen saeculares (ff. 104-106v)

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

• Illuminated initial 'C'(um) with floral decoration in gold and colours at the beginning of the prologue, with foliate tendrils extending from the initial into the upper and left margin., Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi

from the initial into the upper and left margin (f. 1). Decorated lower border in gold and colours with foliate tendrils, flowers and besants, wreath encircling erased heraldry (f. 1). Initials in blue with red penwork decoration and pen-flourishing (or

• null, De bello gallico with the additions of Aulus Hirtius and others, De bello alexandrino, De bello africo, De bello hispaniensis (index Bellum Gallicum, Commentarii de bello gallico)

f. 1 is a parchment flyleaf.Horizontal catchwords. Partial white vine border in colours and gold with a large white vine initial 'G'(allia); the lower margin (probably decorated with the arms of Robert Flemmyng), has been trimmed away (f. 2). 14

• null, De bello gallico with the additions of Aulus Hirtius and others, De bello alexandrino, De bello africo, De bello hispaniensis (index Bellum Gallicum, Commentarii de bello gallico)

f. 1 is a parchment flyleaf.Horizontal catchwords. Partial white vine border in colours and gold with a large white vine initial 'G'(allia); the lower margin (probably decorated with the arms of Robert Flemmyng), has been trimmed away (f. 2). 14

• null, De bello gallico with the additions of Aulus Hirtius and others, De bello alexandrino, De bello africo, De bello hispaniensis (index Bellum Gallicum, Commentarii de bello gallico)

f. 1 is a parchment flyleaf.Horizontal catchwords. Partial white vine border in colours and gold with a large white vine initial 'G'(allia); the lower margin (probably decorated with the arms of Robert Flemmyng), has been trimmed away (f. 2). 14

• Full border and white vine initial 'G'(allia) at the beginning of Julius Caesar's De bello gallico., De bello gallico with the additions of Aulus Hirtius and others, De bello alexandrino, De bello africo, De bello hispaniensis (index Bellum Gallicum, Commentarii de bello gallico)

the beginning of Julius Caesar's De bello gallico. f. 1 is a parchment flyleaf.Horizontal catchwords. Partial white vine border in colours and gold with a large white vine initial 'G'(allia); the lower margin (probably decorated with the arms of Robert

• null, De bello gallico with the additions of Aulus Hirtius and others, De bello alexandrino, De bello africo, De bello hispaniensis (index Bellum Gallicum, Commentarii de bello gallico)

f. 1 is a parchment flyleaf.Horizontal catchwords. Partial white vine border in colours and gold with a large white vine initial 'G'(allia); the lower margin (probably decorated with the arms of Robert Flemmyng), has been trimmed away (f. 2). 14

• null, De bello gallico with the additions of Aulus Hirtius and others, De bello alexandrino, De bello africo, De bello hispaniensis (index Bellum Gallicum, Commentarii de bello gallico)

f. 1 is a parchment flyleaf.Horizontal catchwords. Partial white vine border in colours and gold with a large white vine initial 'G'(allia); the lower margin (probably decorated with the arms of Robert Flemmyng), has been trimmed away (f. 2). 14

• Illuminated initial 'C'(um)., De bello gallico with the additions of Aulus Hirtius and others, De bello alexandrino, De bello africo, De bello hispaniensis (index Bellum Gallicum, Commentarii de bello gallico)

'C'(um). f. 1 is a parchment flyleaf.Horizontal catchwords. Partial white vine border in colours and gold with a large white vine initial 'G'(allia); the lower margin (probably decorated with the arms of Robert Flemmyng), has been trimmed away (f. 2).