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

13, 14, 62 (x2), 80, 119, 124, 137. 1 large initial in gold on a red and blue ground, with foliate extensions into the margins (f. 4). Initials in gold on red and blue grounds, with foliate extensions into the

• White vine initial 'C'(um)., Tusculanae Quaestiones (ff. 1-78); Paradoxa stoicorum (ff. 78-85)

the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘20 die mensis Januarij, A.D. 1721/22’ (f. 1); inscribed 'Oxford B.H.' (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during

• White vine initial 'A'(anima)., Tusculanae Quaestiones (ff. 1-78); Paradoxa stoicorum (ff. 78-85)

the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘20 die mensis Januarij, A.D. 1721/22’ (f. 1); inscribed 'Oxford B.H.' (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during

• Detail of a miniature of the Adoration of the Magi., Meditationes vitae Christi (Le Livre doré des meditations de la vie de nostre seigneur Jesu Christ)

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• Detail of a miniature of the presentation of Jesus in the Temple., Meditationes vitae Christi (Le Livre doré des meditations de la vie de nostre seigneur Jesu Christ)

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• Detail of a miniature of the Flight into Egypt, and the fall of idols., Meditationes vitae Christi (Le Livre doré des meditations de la vie de nostre seigneur Jesu Christ)

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• Detail of a miniature of Jesus's disputation in the Temple., Meditationes vitae Christi (Le Livre doré des meditations de la vie de nostre seigneur Jesu Christ)

32 and his assistant.Catchwords and bifolium signatures. 1 large miniature in colours and gold with a full border containing the royal arms of England, at the beginning of the preface (f. 1).1 small miniature in colours and gold, with

• Miniature of Christ praying in the synagogue, while two elders are reading from a roll., Meditationes vitae Christi (Le Livre doré des meditations de la vie de nostre seigneur Jesu Christ)

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• Detail of a miniature of Christ praying in the synagogue, while two elders are reading from a roll., Meditationes vitae Christi (Le Livre doré des meditations de la vie de nostre seigneur Jesu Christ)

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• Detail of a miniature of Christ and two saints., Meditationes vitae Christi (Le Livre doré des meditations de la vie de nostre seigneur Jesu Christ)

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• Detail of a miniature of the first temptation of Christ., Meditationes vitae Christi (Le Livre doré des meditations de la vie de nostre seigneur Jesu Christ)

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• Detail of a miniature of Christ opening the roll in the synagogue., Meditationes vitae Christi (Le Livre doré des meditations de la vie de nostre seigneur Jesu Christ)

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• Detail of a miniature of Christ calling the Apostles., Meditationes vitae Christi (Le Livre doré des meditations de la vie de nostre seigneur Jesu Christ)

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• Detail of a miniature of Christ delivering the Sermon on the Mount., Meditationes vitae Christi (Le Livre doré des meditations de la vie de nostre seigneur Jesu Christ)

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• Detail of a miniature of Christ, a nobleman, and the centurion's servant., Meditationes vitae Christi (Le Livre doré des meditations de la vie de nostre seigneur Jesu Christ)

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• Detail of a miniature of the paralytic being lowered from a roof., Meditationes vitae Christi (Le Livre doré des meditations de la vie de nostre seigneur Jesu Christ)

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