• Detail of a miniature of the burial of Hector., Historia destructionis Troiae in a French translation

with penwork decoration in white and ivy extensions Historia destructionis Troiae in a French translation Inscription listing the number of quires (12,5) and miniatures (35): 'en cest livre sont xii caiers et demy et xxxv histoirez', 15th century (f. 100v).The

• Detail of a miniature of a battle., Historia destructionis Troiae in a French translation

with penwork decoration in white and ivy extensions Historia destructionis Troiae in a French translation Inscription listing the number of quires (12,5) and miniatures (35): 'en cest livre sont xii caiers et demy et xxxv histoirez', 15th century (f. 100v).The

• Detail of a miniature of Achilles sending a messenger to Hecuba., Historia destructionis Troiae in a French translation

with penwork decoration in white and ivy extensions Historia destructionis Troiae in a French translation Inscription listing the number of quires (12,5) and miniatures (35): 'en cest livre sont xii caiers et demy et xxxv histoirez', 15th century (f. 100v).The

• Decorated initial 'W', at the beginning of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales., Canterbury Tales (begins and ends imperfectly)

gold on red and blue grounds, with foliate extensions into the margins. Initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. Two quires also with small initials in red with brown pen-flourishing (ff. 199-214). 1 initial cut out (f. 183). Canterbury Tales

• Detail of text page., Canterbury Tales (begins and ends imperfectly)

gold on red and blue grounds, with foliate extensions into the margins. Initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. Two quires also with small initials in red with brown pen-flourishing (ff. 199-214). 1 initial cut out (f. 183). Canterbury Tales

• Text page., Canterbury Tales (begins and ends imperfectly)

gold on red and blue grounds, with foliate extensions into the margins. Initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. Two quires also with small initials in red with brown pen-flourishing (ff. 199-214). 1 initial cut out (f. 183). Canterbury Tales

• Detail of the lower full foliate border, including two angels supporting heraldic arms in the lower margin, at the beginning of Jacques Legrand's Livre des bonnes moeurs., Le livre des bonnes moeurs (The book of good manners) (ff. 1-86v), followed by a list of the seven deadly sins, the good confession, the good death, and the ten commandments (ff. 87-89v)

of Jacques Legrand's Livre des bonnes moeurs. Added alphabetical quire signatures of capital letters B-L, on the first page of quires. 1 half-page miniature with a large decorated initial and full foliate borders including two angels supporting heraldic arms in

• Miniature of the Fall of Lucifer and the rebel angels, decorated initial 'T'(ous), and full foliate borders including two angels supporting heraldic arms in the lower margin, at the beginning of Jacques Legrand's Livre des bonnes moeurs., Le livre des bonnes moeurs (The book of good manners) (ff. 1-86v), followed by a list of the seven deadly sins, the good confession, the good death, and the ten commandments (ff. 87-89v)

of Jacques Legrand's Livre des bonnes moeurs. Added alphabetical quire signatures of capital letters B-L, on the first page of quires. 1 half-page miniature with a large decorated initial and full foliate borders including two angels supporting heraldic arms in

• Last page with written text in the manuscript., Le livre des bonnes moeurs (The book of good manners) (ff. 1-86v), followed by a list of the seven deadly sins, the good confession, the good death, and the ten commandments (ff. 87-89v)

quire signatures of capital letters B-L, on the first page of quires. 1 half-page miniature with a large decorated initial and full foliate borders including two angels supporting heraldic arms in the lower margin, in colours and gold (f. 1).

• Miniature of a layman accompanied by an angel and by the devil, lectured about sin and grace by a religious, large initial 'Q'(ui), and three-sided foliate border, at the beginning of the list containing the seven deadly sins., Le livre des bonnes moeurs (The book of good manners) (ff. 1-86v), followed by a list of the seven deadly sins, the good confession, the good death, and the ten commandments (ff. 87-89v)

the list containing the seven deadly sins. Added alphabetical quire signatures of capital letters B-L, on the first page of quires. 1 half-page miniature with a large decorated initial and full foliate borders including two angels supporting heraldic arms in

• Miniature of a sick man in bed attended by a priest and a laymen, and illuminated initial., Le livre des bonnes moeurs (The book of good manners) (ff. 1-86v), followed by a list of the seven deadly sins, the good confession, the good death, and the ten commandments (ff. 87-89v)

illuminated initial. Added alphabetical quire signatures of capital letters B-L, on the first page of quires. 1 half-page miniature with a large decorated initial and full foliate borders including two angels supporting heraldic arms in the lower margin, in colours

• Miniature of the Adoration of the Magi, illuminated initial 'D'(eus) and foliate borders, at the beginning of Sext in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use effaced, probably Rouen

in colours and gold (ff. 17, 24v, 32, 35v, 38, 40v, 44, 55v, 58, 60v); 2 large miniatures excised: several quires including Compline of the Hours of the Virgin and the beginning of the Penitential Psalms lost after f. 44.

• Miniature of the Flight into Egypt, illuminated initial 'D'(eus) and foliate borders, at the beginning of Vespers in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use effaced, probably Rouen

in colours and gold (ff. 17, 24v, 32, 35v, 38, 40v, 44, 55v, 58, 60v); 2 large miniatures excised: several quires including Compline of the Hours of the Virgin and the beginning of the Penitential Psalms lost after f. 44.

• Miniature of Pentecost, decorated initial 'D'(omine) and foliate borders, at the beginning of the Hours of the Holy Spirit., Book of Hours, Use effaced, probably Rouen

in colours and gold (ff. 17, 24v, 32, 35v, 38, 40v, 44, 55v, 58, 60v); 2 large miniatures excised: several quires including Compline of the Hours of the Virgin and the beginning of the Penitential Psalms lost after f. 44.

• Illuminated initials., Book of Hours, Use effaced, probably Rouen

in colours and gold (ff. 17, 24v, 32, 35v, 38, 40v, 44, 55v, 58, 60v); 2 large miniatures excised: several quires including Compline of the Hours of the Virgin and the beginning of the Penitential Psalms lost after f. 44.

• Miniature of the Annunciation, decorated initial 'D'(omine) enclosing the coat of arms of Beatrice de la Porte, wife of Gilles de Tournemine, and foliate borders including a peacock, at the beginning of the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Nantes

of Christ (ff. 62, 67, 71, 74v, 78, 83, 161, 167, 171v, 176, 180, 184v); 2 smaller miniatures probably excised: quires with Prime in the Hours of the Virgin and the Hours of the Holy Cross lost after f. 61.

• Miniature of Christ nailed to the cross, followed by a decorated initial 'D'(eus) and foliate borders on verso, at the beginning of Sext in the Hours of the Passion of Christ., Book of Hours, Use of Nantes

of Christ (ff. 62, 67, 71, 74v, 78, 83, 161, 167, 171v, 176, 180, 184v); 2 smaller miniatures probably excised: quires with Prime in the Hours of the Virgin and the Hours of the Holy Cross lost after f. 61.

• Historiated initial 'S'(alvum) with David in the water praying to God at the beginning of Psalm 68., Psalter

erased. Possibly one leaf lost between ff. 8-9 (the original Beatus initial is missing here but the first and second quires are regular quarternions; the initial might have been executed on a separate leaf that is now lost), 1 leaf

• Initials 'V'(olentem) and 'Q'(uod) at the beginning of 'Super epistolam Pauli ad Romanos' by Origin in the translation of Rufinus. The red is heavily oxidised., Super epistolam Pauli ad Romanos; Commentary on the Epistle to the Ephesians

Initials 'V'(olentem) and 'Q'(uod) at the beginning of 'Super epistolam Pauli ad Romanos' by Origin in the translation of Rufinus. The red is heavily oxidised. ff. 1, 232 served as paste-downs. On f. 1 are remains of another paste-down

• Decorated initial 'A' at the beginning of Augustine's Sermones., Various texts including Augustine's Sermones (index Sermons)(ff. 1-107); 'Vitis mystica' (ff. 108-152v); 'De septem columpnis' (ff. 153-159), and Griselda (index Decameron)(ff. 223-228v)

Decorated initial 'A' at the beginning of Augustine's Sermones. The whole manuscript, although written in different hands, is contemporary with its first part which is dated 1407 (see Provenance). Catchwords written horizontally, not only at the end of quires.Numerous