• Zoomorphic initial 'IN' (primis) formed of a winged biped, at the beginning of the 'Oratio sancti Hugbaldi abbatis'., Prayer book (the 'Royal Prayer Book'), including the apocryphal letter of Christ to Abgar, and Gospel readings

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6393.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer's manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Miniature of Aimeri kneeling before Charlemagne., Cycle of Aimeri de Narbonne: 'Girart de Viane' by Bertrand de Bar-sur-Aube, 5560 lines, imperfect at the beginning (ff. 4-38v), 'Aimeri de Narbonne' and 'Narbonnais', 12850 lines (ff. 38v-120v), 'Siége de Barbastre', 8400 lines (ff. 121-175), and 'Guibert d'Andrenas' and 'Mort d'Aimeri', 6560 lines, imperfect at the end (ff. 176-217v)

lions [argent]; a couronne de marquis surmounting the shield (f. 1v; see Wright 1972).Thomas Ballard, bookseller and book auctioneer in London; his sale, 20 February 1720/21, lot 192, bought for Edward Harley possibly through Nathaniel Noel (see Wright and Wright

• Detail of angels holding a shield with the arms of Holy Trinity Priory, Aldgate, London in the upper margin of the folio., Lectionary, imperfect (the 'Lovell Lectionary')

the arms of Holy Trinity Priory, Aldgate, London in the upper margin of the folio. ff. 1-3 are paper leaves.The name John Siferwas occurs in the Sherborne Missal with 'Illuminator': see Scoft 1996 p. 62. Large miniature in colours of

• Calendar page for February with tinted drawings of a man with a shovel (the labour of the month), two fish (Pisces), saint Brigida, a fleur-de-lis (for the feast of the purification), and saints Blaise, Agatha, Valetine, Peter in cathedra [in Antiocha], and Matthew., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

of Corne so ever that it be' ( ~A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum~, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-12), II (1808), no. 2332. 12 calendar pages, one opening for each month, with tinted drawings

• Calendar page for April with tinted drawings of a man with a flower (the labour of the month), a bull (Taurus), saints Mary of Egypt, Ambrose, Guthlac's scourge, and saints Tiburtius and Valerianus, George, Wilfrid, and Mark., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

of Corne so ever that it be' ( ~A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum~, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-12), II (1808), no. 2332. 12 calendar pages, one opening for each month, with tinted drawings

• Miniature of John the Evangelist writing, with his symbol, the eagle, before him, with a full border including grotesques, two angels holding a shield with the arms of Holy Trinity Priory, Aldgate, London in the upper margin, and the arms of the Holand and Lovell families in the lower margin., Lectionary, imperfect (the 'Lovell Lectionary')

border including grotesques, two angels holding a shield with the arms of Holy Trinity Priory, Aldgate, London in the upper margin, and the arms of the Holand and Lovell families in the lower margin. ff. 1-3 are paper leaves.The name

• Large miniature of Tarquinus and Lucrecia at the beginning of book 6. Full border copied from f. 88v, with acanthus leaves, flowers, fruits and gold leaves on unpainted ground, inhabited by a man climbing on a vine and a hybrid wrestling a bear. Decorated initial 'U'(nde) in gold and blue, and an original 15th-century initial 'D'(ux) which was cut-out from the original folio and pasted onto the present folio., Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens (index Memorabilia, index Facta et Dicta Memorabilia), replacement folio

1487): his arms (in vol. 1: Harley 4372, f. 12).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 initials 'T'(he) and 'A'(prentys) with partial foliate bar borders at the opening of the Cook's Tale., The Canterbury Tales

one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Illuminated initials Scribe of Egerton 1991 and Oxford, Corpus Christi College, MSS 67 and 198. Geoffrey Chaucer (b. c. 1340, d. 1400) London England, S. E. (probably London or East Anglia)

• Detail of a scribal (?) note reading 'Icy commencera le fable de Gamelyn' ('Here will begin Gamelyn's tale')., The Canterbury Tales

form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Note Scribe of Egerton 1991 and Oxford, Corpus Christi College, MSS 67 and 198. Geoffrey Chaucer (b. c. 1340, d. 1400) London England, S. E. (probably London or East Anglia)

• Illuminated initial 'O'(hateful) with a partial foliate bar border at the beginning of the prologue to the Man of Law's Tale., The Canterbury Tales

one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Illuminated initial Scribe of Egerton 1991 and Oxford, Corpus Christi College, MSS 67 and 198. Geoffrey Chaucer (b. c. 1340, d. 1400) London England, S. E. (probably London or East Anglia)

• Illuminated initial 'T'(her) with a partial foliate bar border at the beginning of the Clerk's Tale., The Canterbury Tales

one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Illuminated initial Scribe of Egerton 1991 and Oxford, Corpus Christi College, MSS 67 and 198. Geoffrey Chaucer (b. c. 1340, d. 1400) London England, S. E. (probably London or East Anglia)

• Illuminated initial 'A'(t) with a partial foliate bar border at the beginning of the Squire's Tale., The Canterbury Tales

one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Illuminated initial Scribe of Egerton 1991 and Oxford, Corpus Christi College, MSS 67 and 198. Geoffrey Chaucer (b. c. 1340, d. 1400) London England, S. E. (probably London or East Anglia)

• Illuminated initial 'L'(ordyngs) with a partial foliate bar border at the beginning of the Pardoner's Tale. ., The Canterbury Tales

one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Illuminated initial Scribe of Egerton 1991 and Oxford, Corpus Christi College, MSS 67 and 198. Geoffrey Chaucer (b. c. 1340, d. 1400) London England, S. E. (probably London or East Anglia)

• Illuminated initial 'T'(her) with a partial foliate bar border at the beginning of the Prioress's Tale., The Canterbury Tales

one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Illuminated initial Scribe of Egerton 1991 and Oxford, Corpus Christi College, MSS 67 and 198. Geoffrey Chaucer (b. c. 1340, d. 1400) London England, S. E. (probably London or East Anglia)

• Illuminated initial 'A'(pore) with a partial foliate bar border at the beginning of the Nun's Priest's Tale., The Canterbury Tales

one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Illuminated initial Scribe of Egerton 1991 and Oxford, Corpus Christi College, MSS 67 and 198. Geoffrey Chaucer (b. c. 1340, d. 1400) London England, S. E. (probably London or East Anglia)

• Illuminated initial 'W'(han) and foliate bar border at the beginning of the text., The Canterbury Tales

foundation collections of the British Library. Illuminated initial and bar border Scribe of Egerton 1991 and Oxford, Corpus Christi College, MSS 67 and 198. Geoffrey Chaucer (b. c. 1340, d. 1400) London England, S. E. (probably London or East Anglia)

• 'Champ' initial 'S'(ir) with ivy tendril decoration at the opening of the prologue to the Clerk's Tale., The Canterbury Tales

one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Illuminated initial Scribe of Egerton 1991 and Oxford, Corpus Christi College, MSS 67 and 198. Geoffrey Chaucer (b. c. 1340, d. 1400) London England, S. E. (probably London or East Anglia)

• Miniature of the author, Jean Creton, and the French knight who requests him to go to England., La Prinse et mort du roy Richart (Book of the Capture and Death of King Richard II) (index Histoire rimée de Richard II, The Capture and Death of king Richard, Account of the Fall of Richard II, The Chronicle of Jean Creton)

oath (f. 41v), Richard captured (f. 44), Richard and Bolingbroke at Flint (f. 50), Richard delivered to the citizens of London (f. 53v), Parliament recognizes Bolingbroke as king (f. 57). 1 large initial in colours and gold 'A'(u) with foliate

• Miniature of Richard II knighting Henry of Monmouth in Ireland., La Prinse et mort du roy Richart (Book of the Capture and Death of King Richard II) (index Histoire rimée de Richard II, The Capture and Death of king Richard, Account of the Fall of Richard II, The Chronicle of Jean Creton)

oath (f. 41v), Richard captured (f. 44), Richard and Bolingbroke at Flint (f. 50), Richard delivered to the citizens of London (f. 53v), Parliament recognizes Bolingbroke as king (f. 57). 1 large initial in colours and gold 'A'(u) with foliate

• Miniature of MacMorogh, the Irish chieftian, coming to confer with the Earl of Gloucester., La Prinse et mort du roy Richart (Book of the Capture and Death of King Richard II) (index Histoire rimée de Richard II, The Capture and Death of king Richard, Account of the Fall of Richard II, The Chronicle of Jean Creton)

oath (f. 41v), Richard captured (f. 44), Richard and Bolingbroke at Flint (f. 50), Richard delivered to the citizens of London (f. 53v), Parliament recognizes Bolingbroke as king (f. 57). 1 large initial in colours and gold 'A'(u) with foliate