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Detail of a miniature of sheep. This is a 'Second Family' bestiary; see James; Payne p. 15. Numerous (112) miniatures in brown, green, and red, on alternately blue and red backgrounds. Small initials in red. Bestiary Thomas Rawlinson (b. 1681,
colours and gold, with a foliate initial in colours and gold, and a partial border, at the beginning of the prologue (f. 9). 19 one-column miniatures in colours and gold, with puzzle initials in gold and blue with red and
drawing water and a pig being slaughtered. The date 1582 is inscribed in gold in a roundel on f. 15 and on blocks of stone on ff. 27, 28. 22 full page miniatures of alchemical subjects in colours and gold
287). Catchwords and bifolium signatures. 143 historiated initials in colours, gold, and silver, with full borders, at the beginnings of biblical books and prologues and 1 miniature in the margin (f. 192v). 23 large foliate initials in colours and gold,
predominantly blue or red flourishing and marginal extensions, respectively. Line-fillers in red and blue, sometimes in the form of fish. Chapter numbers and running titles in alternate red and blue characters, with flourishes. Guide-letters and guide-numerals. Bible with prologues, without
by angels, in colours and gold (ff. 15v, 24v, 29v, 32v, 34v, 36v, 38v, 41v, 44v, 54v). 1 small miniature, accompanied by a large decorated initial and a three-sided foliate border carried by angels, in colours and gold (f. 140).
by angels, in colours and gold (ff. 15v, 24v, 29v, 32v, 34v, 36v, 38v, 41v, 44v, 54v). 1 small miniature, accompanied by a large decorated initial and a three-sided foliate border carried by angels, in colours and gold (f. 140).
2 large miniatures in colours and gold with foliate initials in colours and gold and full bar borders with heraldic devices and vine leaves (ff. 1, 58). 162 one or two- column miniatures in colours and gold, at the beginning
2 large miniatures in colours and gold with foliate initials in colours and gold and full bar borders with heraldic devices and vine leaves (ff. 1, 58). 162 one or two- column miniatures in colours and gold, at the beginning
ff. 83, 86, 92). Foliate initials in colours and gold with extensions. Small initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white, and line-fillers in blue, rose and gold with penwork decoration in white in the
sheep returning home by the advice of the stag, at the beginning of Chapter 9 of Book 2. 1 large decorated initial with foliate extensions into the margins, in colours and gold (f. 1). 73 small miniatures, in colours
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
is missing. 11 full historiated borders on versos, in colours and gold, in the calendar (ff. 1v-11v). 3 full-page miniatures, in colours and gold (ff. 229, 251, 259). Texts and decoration added to a Book of Hours Letters 'IK' linked
is missing. 11 full historiated borders on versos, in colours and gold, in the calendar (ff. 1v-11v). 3 full-page miniatures, in colours and gold (ff. 229, 251, 259). Texts and decoration added to a Book of Hours Letters 'IK' linked
calendar pages with tinted drawings in colours of the labours of the months and the signs of the zodiac, and various pictures and emblems representing saints' days and other feasts (ff. 5-16). Drawings in colours of notable events; written above
of a fox, having grown old and setting off on a pilgrimage, refusing the companionship of the watch-dog, the wild ass, the bear, the lion, the peacock, the wolf, the pig,and the mule, and choosing the companionship of the
in colours and gold at the beginning of Psalms 38, 68, 97, 101, 109 and other divisions and at Lauds, Prime, Terce, Vespers and Compline of the Hours of the Virgin, and other divisions, including the Penetential Psalms and the
and a hybrid figure and an historiated initial 'D'(omine) of sheep, oxen and calves being killed and eaten. The former 18th-century binding now kept separately as Egerton 3277B. 15 very large historiated initials with three-sides bar borders in colours
in colours and gold at the beginning of Psalms 38, 68, 97, 101, 109 and other divisions and at Lauds, Prime, Terce, Vespers and Compline of the Hours of the Virgin, and other divisions, including the Penetential Psalms and the
in colours and gold at the beginning of Psalms 38, 68, 97, 101, 109 and other divisions and at Lauds, Prime, Terce, Vespers and Compline of the Hours of the Virgin, and other divisions, including the Penetential Psalms and the