• 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

• 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?)

• Illuminated white vine-stem border and illuminated initial 'A'(ntequam), with square capitals used as display script in an unfinished four-colour sequence; at the beginning of Cicero's Philippic orations., 14 Philippic orations (ff. 1-168); Somnium scipionis (ff. 168v-178v)

292 to the same scribe; see also John W. Bradley, ~A Dictionary of Miniaturists, Illuminators, Calligraphers and Copyists~, 3 vols (London: Quaritch, 1887-1889), I, 248; II, 11-2.Unidentified owner: with their overpainted arms, perhaps including a circle in the lower half

• Illuminated white vine-stem initial 'V'(ellem), and square capitals in a three-colour sequence; at the beginning of Cicero's ninth Philippic oration., 14 Philippic orations (ff. 1-168); Somnium scipionis (ff. 168v-178v)

292 to the same scribe; see also John W. Bradley, ~A Dictionary of Miniaturists, Illuminators, Calligraphers and Copyists~, 3 vols (London: Quaritch, 1887-1889), I, 248; II, 11-2.Unidentified owner: with their overpainted arms, perhaps including a circle in the lower half

• null, 14 Philippic orations (ff. 1-168); Somnium scipionis (ff. 168v-178v)

292 to the same scribe; see also John W. Bradley, ~A Dictionary of Miniaturists, Illuminators, Calligraphers and Copyists~, 3 vols (London: Quaritch, 1887-1889), I, 248; II, 11-2.Unidentified owner: with their overpainted arms, perhaps including a circle in the lower half

• null, 14 Philippic orations (ff. 1-168); Somnium scipionis (ff. 168v-178v)

292 to the same scribe; see also John W. Bradley, ~A Dictionary of Miniaturists, Illuminators, Calligraphers and Copyists~, 3 vols (London: Quaritch, 1887-1889), I, 248; II, 11-2.Unidentified owner: with their overpainted arms, perhaps including a circle in the lower half

• null, 14 Philippic orations (ff. 1-168); Somnium scipionis (ff. 168v-178v)

292 to the same scribe; see also John W. Bradley, ~A Dictionary of Miniaturists, Illuminators, Calligraphers and Copyists~, 3 vols (London: Quaritch, 1887-1889), I, 248; II, 11-2.Unidentified owner: with their overpainted arms, perhaps including a circle in the lower half

• Illuminated initial 'H'(e) at the beginning of John Lydgate's Fall of Princes., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium)

beast of c. 1520 commissioned by him (cf. ~Gothic: Art for England 1400-1547~, ed. by Richard Marks and Paul Williamson (London: V & A Publications, 2003), no. 156 [exhibition catalogue]; 'mastres ellenore suster to lord dacres (f. 1v). ? Anne

• Illuminated initials and decorated verses in John Lydgate's Fall of Princes., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium)

beast of c. 1520 commissioned by him (cf. ~Gothic: Art for England 1400-1547~, ed. by Richard Marks and Paul Williamson (London: V & A Publications, 2003), no. 156 [exhibition catalogue]; 'mastres ellenore suster to lord dacres (f. 1v). ? Anne

• Detail of a page: full foliate border in the margins inhabited by a lion, a peacock, a bird, and a dragon., Lisbon Mishneh Torah, volume 1

have watermarks similar to Edward Heawood, ~Watermarks~ (Monumenta Chartae Papyraceae Historiam Illustrantia, I) (Hilversum: Paper Publication Society, 1950), no. 2745 [London, 1755].Erasures by a censor (e.g. on ff. 38, 54v, 55, 264v, 266, 272v). 1 title page surrounded by penwork

• Detail of a page: initial-word panel with gold letters and penwork decoration and a gold crown, at the introduction of the Mishneh Torah., Lisbon Mishneh Torah, volume 1

have watermarks similar to Edward Heawood, ~Watermarks~ (Monumenta Chartae Papyraceae Historiam Illustrantia, I) (Hilversum: Paper Publication Society, 1950), no. 2745 [London, 1755].Erasures by a censor (e.g. on ff. 38, 54v, 55, 264v, 266, 272v). 1 title page surrounded by penwork

• Detail of a foliate border inhabited by animals and birds., Lisbon Mishneh Torah, volume 1

have watermarks similar to Edward Heawood, ~Watermarks~ (Monumenta Chartae Papyraceae Historiam Illustrantia, I) (Hilversum: Paper Publication Society, 1950), no. 2745 [London, 1755].Erasures by a censor (e.g. on ff. 38, 54v, 55, 264v, 266, 272v). 1 title page surrounded by penwork

• null, Du Cas des Nobles Hommes et Femmes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium)

D'Ewes, a large part of which was purchased by Harley, see Andrew George Watson, ~The Library of Sir Simonds D'Ewes~ (London: British Library, 1966). 8 large tinted drawings with partial borders in colours and gold at the beginning of each

• null, Du Cas des Nobles Hommes et Femmes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium)

D'Ewes, a large part of which was purchased by Harley, see Andrew George Watson, ~The Library of Sir Simonds D'Ewes~ (London: British Library, 1966). 8 large tinted drawings with partial borders in colours and gold at the beginning of each

• Historiated initial 'I' of Augustine dressed as a Bishop enthroned blessing two groups of kneeling Augustinian canons., Cutting from a Gradual or Antiphoner (index antiphoner; antiphonal)

eighth day (6 May 1856) of the sale by Tiffin for £1 10s. Walter Benjamin Tiffin (b. 1795, d. 1877), London art dealer and publisher: purchased from him by the Department of Prints and Drawings of the British Museum on