• Detail of a miniature of the Intercession of the Angels., 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

• Detail of a miniature of the contest of Mercy accompanied by Peace and Truth accompanied by Justice before the throne of God., 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

• Detail of a miniature of the Virgin Mary kneeling before the throne of God., 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

• Detail of a miniature of the Annunciation., 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

• Detail of a miniature of the Visitation., 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

• Detail of a miniature of an angel appearing to Joseph., 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

• Detail of a miniature of the Nativity., 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

• Detail of a miniature of the Circumcision of Christ., 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

• Detail of white vine initial 'Q' with the tail of the letter in the form of a bird., 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

• Miniature of the raising of the widow's son, with a preliminary sketch in the lower margin, a partial border, and a foliate initial 'E'(n ce temps), at the beginning of the chapter 26., 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 the healing of the woman with an issue of blood, with a preliminary sketch in the lower margin, a partial border and a foliate initial 'A'(la requeste), at the beginning of chapter 27., 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 the healing of the man (represented as woman) with a withered hand, with a preliminary sketch in the lower margin, a partial border, and a foliate initial 'E'(n un jour), at the beginning of chapter 33., 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 feeding the multitude, with a preliminary sketch in the lower margin, a partial border, and a foliate initial 'O'(n lit), at the beginning of chapter 34., 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

• Detail of puzzle initial., Glossed Digestum Novum, preceeded by an added table of contents (ff. 1-2v)

with pen-flourishing in blue or red, and large initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in blue or red, or 1 puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red (ff. 3, 31 [puzzle initial], 71, 97v,

• Detail of decorated initial., Glossed Digestum Novum, preceeded by an added table of contents (ff. 1-2v)

with pen-flourishing in blue or red, and large initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in blue or red, or 1 puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red (ff. 3, 31 [puzzle initial], 71, 97v,

• Initial with foliate extensions., Canzoni, Ballate, Rime, Trionfi (index Triumphs), and other poems

4 vols (Amsterdam: Paper Publications Society, 1968), no. 15865, att. Prato 1427, Pistoia, Fabriano 1430). 1 initial in gold and colours with foliate decoration (f. 1). 3 large blue initials with red penwork decoration (f. 26, 104v, 137). Numerous alternating

• Decorated initial 'P'(ace)., Ab Urbe condita (index Codex Aginnensis)

by Petrarch and Lorenzo Valla.Billanovich dates Decade III to the late twelfth or early thirteenth century (ff. 93-121v, 214-219v (col 1). The final section of Decade I (about 50 pages: ff. 65v-92r), and the end of Decade III (ff. 213,

• Puzzle initial 'I'(n)., Ab Urbe condita (index Codex Aginnensis)

by Petrarch and Lorenzo Valla.Billanovich dates Decade III to the late twelfth or early thirteenth century (ff. 93-121v, 214-219v (col 1). The final section of Decade I (about 50 pages: ff. 65v-92r), and the end of Decade III (ff. 213,

• Text page copied by Petrarch., Ab Urbe condita (index Codex Aginnensis)

by Petrarch and Lorenzo Valla.Billanovich dates Decade III to the late twelfth or early thirteenth century (ff. 93-121v, 214-219v (col 1). The final section of Decade I (about 50 pages: ff. 65v-92r), and the end of Decade III (ff. 213,

• Text page written by an anonymous scribe c. 1200., Ab Urbe condita (index Codex Aginnensis)

by Petrarch and Lorenzo Valla.Billanovich dates Decade III to the late twelfth or early thirteenth century (ff. 93-121v, 214-219v (col 1). The final section of Decade I (about 50 pages: ff. 65v-92r), and the end of Decade III (ff. 213,