• Illuminated initial 'M' with the arms of Thomas of Brotherton, earl of Norfolk, ancestor of John Mowbray, 2nd duke of Norfolk., The Regiment of Princes (De Regimine Principum) (index Regement of Princes, The Government of Princes)

99. 1 presentation miniature in colours and gold (f. 37). 1 marginal drawing of the head of the royal figure in leadpoint (f. 37). 14 three-sided borders and large initials in colours and gold with foliate decoration (ff. 1, 37,

• Miniature of Prince Henry offering or receiving the book (the kneeling man is perhaps John Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk); and an illuminated initial 'H'(ye) with the arms of the Mowbray familly., The Regiment of Princes (De Regimine Principum) (index Regement of Princes, The Government of Princes)

99. 1 presentation miniature in colours and gold (f. 37). 1 marginal drawing of the head of the royal figure in leadpoint (f. 37). 14 three-sided borders and large initials in colours and gold with foliate decoration (ff. 1, 37,

• Marginal figure of a man on a grassy patch pulling on a rope, which encircles part of the text that was mistakenly omitted and therefore written in the right-hand margin., The Regiment of Princes (De Regimine Principum) (index Regement of Princes, The Government of Princes)

99. 1 presentation miniature in colours and gold (f. 37). 1 marginal drawing of the head of the royal figure in leadpoint (f. 37). 14 three-sided borders and large initials in colours and gold with foliate decoration (ff. 1, 37,

• Text page with coloured initials and a partial bar border., The Regiment of Princes (De Regimine Principum) (index Regement of Princes, The Government of Princes)

99. 1 presentation miniature in colours and gold (f. 37). 1 marginal drawing of the head of the royal figure in leadpoint (f. 37). 14 three-sided borders and large initials in colours and gold with foliate decoration (ff. 1, 37,

• Decorated arabesque initial 'F'(raternas) at the beginning of the text., Thebais (index Thebaid)

Watermark (f. [iv]).The prologue is incomplete (folio(s) missing before f. 1).Pricking holes. 1 large arabesque initial in brown with reserved designs and penwork decoration in green (f. 1). Smaller arabesque initial and plain initial in red ink (f. 21v). Plain

• Text page with cadels decorating the colophon of Richard Rolle of Hampole's 'Emendatio vitae'., Sermons and devotional texts and verse, including 'Emendatio vitae' (ff. 4-20), 'De duodecim patriarchis' (ff. 64-105), 'Formula moderni et usitati dictaminis' (ff. 133-145)

Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley, ‘13 Augusti, 1724’ (f. 1; see Wright and Wright 1966). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694,

• Detail of a marginal drawing of Samson carrying away the gates of Gaza., Bible (the 'Worms Bible') (index Frankenthal Bible), Genesis to Job

[inceptus est liber] ?' (f. 1): see Cohen-Mushlin 1990.The Augustinian monastery of St Mary, outside of Worms: 17th-century inscription 'Hic liber pertinet ad Ecclesiam Beatae Mariae Virginis in Suburbio Wormatiensis', signed 'J. G.' (f. 1). J. G. might be Joannes

• Decorated initial 'I'(n p[ri]mo) with reserved designs, in Cicero's De inventione., Miscellaneous texts including Cicero's De inventione (index Rhetorica) (ff. 1-45v), 'Biria' a poem attributed to Ovid (ff. 62v-69v), etc.

Cicero's De inventione. Watermarks (see ff. [v], [105]).Part 1: A few verses in Italian: f. 62v.Catchwords in the middle of the lower margin.The same scribe wrote Harley 6814 (ff. 98-112) in 1435 and Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Lat. class. e.

• Miniature of Jerome writing at a desk with a small monk below, and the illuminated initial 'F'(rater) with foliate interlace and bands, at the beginning of Jerome's letter to Ambrose., Bible (the 'Worms Bible') (index Frankenthal Bible), Genesis to Job

[inceptus est liber] ?' (f. 1): see Cohen-Mushlin 1990.The Augustinian monastery of St Mary, outside of Worms: 17th-century inscription 'Hic liber pertinet ad Ecclesiam Beatae Mariae Virginis in Suburbio Wormatiensis', signed 'J. G.' (f. 1). J. G. might be Joannes

• Ownership inscription identifying the manuscript as belonging to the Brigittine monastery at Syon, "near Shene" (Sheen), located near Twickenham., Ladder of Perfection (Scala perfectionis), imperfect, the first two parts only

partial border in blue, red, white and gold at the beginning of parts, the second with an animal head (ff. 1, 54). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, often in the form of leaves. Paraphs in red or blue.

• Illuminated initials., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

miniatures in colours and gold (ff. 1v, 3v), perhaps added later. 118 large framed rectangular miniatures in colours and gold. 1 large historiated initial in colours and gold, forming a 3-sided border (f. 10v). Large initials in colours on gold

• Coloured initial 'S' in geometric design., 'Panegyrici veteres', or a collection of classical eulogies mainly to Roman emperors, including panegyrics by Pliny to Trajan (ff. 1-31v), Latinus Pacatus to Theodosius (ff. 32-47v), Mamertinus to Julian and Maximianus (ff. 47-57, 93-97, 97-101v), and Nazarius to Constantine (ff. 57-67), and Eumenius's eulogy on rebuilding schools in France (ff. 88-93)

Publications Society, 1968), no. 14954 (Lessay, Geneva, Basel, Lubeck, Brunswick, 1430-1529). Initials with geometric design in red or purple (ff. 1, 32, 68, 82v). Initials and rubrics in red. Initials highlighted in red. 'Panegyrici veteres', or a collection of classical

• Miniature of the death of Sweyn, the king of the Danes., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

miniatures in colours and gold (ff. 1v, 3v), perhaps added later. 118 large framed rectangular miniatures in colours and gold. 1 large historiated initial in colours and gold, forming a 3-sided border (f. 10v). Large initials in colours on gold

• Detail of a miniature of the death of Sweyn, the king of the Danes., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

miniatures in colours and gold (ff. 1v, 3v), perhaps added later. 118 large framed rectangular miniatures in colours and gold. 1 large historiated initial in colours and gold, forming a 3-sided border (f. 10v). Large initials in colours on gold

• Miniature of a woman being pulled from the shrine of Edmund., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

miniatures in colours and gold (ff. 1v, 3v), perhaps added later. 118 large framed rectangular miniatures in colours and gold. 1 large historiated initial in colours and gold, forming a 3-sided border (f. 10v). Large initials in colours on gold

• Detail of a miniature of a woman being pulled from the shrine of Edmund., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

miniatures in colours and gold (ff. 1v, 3v), perhaps added later. 118 large framed rectangular miniatures in colours and gold. 1 large historiated initial in colours and gold, forming a 3-sided border (f. 10v). Large initials in colours on gold

• Detail of a miniature of the presentation of the text to the king, or alternatively, the admission of the king and leading courtiers into the confraternity of St Edmund, an event described in the poem, and illuminated initial., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

miniatures in colours and gold (ff. 1v, 3v), perhaps added later. 118 large framed rectangular miniatures in colours and gold. 1 large historiated initial in colours and gold, forming a 3-sided border (f. 10v). Large initials in colours on gold

• Miniature of Edmund appearing to Ailwyn, and Ailwyn sending a message to king Sweyn., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

miniatures in colours and gold (ff. 1v, 3v), perhaps added later. 118 large framed rectangular miniatures in colours and gold. 1 large historiated initial in colours and gold, forming a 3-sided border (f. 10v). Large initials in colours on gold

• Miniature of Edmund impaling Sweyn., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

miniatures in colours and gold (ff. 1v, 3v), perhaps added later. 118 large framed rectangular miniatures in colours and gold. 1 large historiated initial in colours and gold, forming a 3-sided border (f. 10v). Large initials in colours on gold

• Miniature of penitential knights at Edmund's shrine., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

miniatures in colours and gold (ff. 1v, 3v), perhaps added later. 118 large framed rectangular miniatures in colours and gold. 1 large historiated initial in colours and gold, forming a 3-sided border (f. 10v). Large initials in colours on gold