• Miniature of Fortune with her wheel, surrounded by supplicants., Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens (index Memorabilia, index Facta et Dicta Memorabilia), replacement folio

the present manuscript). This folio was probably discarded intentionally so that volume 1 could neatly end with book 5 and volume 2 start with book 6.Leaf signatures. Catchwords.Vol. 1 is now Harley 4372. Large miniature with full border with acanthus

• Miniature of the death of William Rufus, and the report to Henry I, to the right, with a decorated intial 'C'(i), in the Grande Chronique de Normandie., Grande Chronique de Normandie

date somewhere around 1465. 15 half-page miniatures, the first accompanied by a full foliate border, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 24v, 35v, 74, 88, 89, 101, 138v, 155v, 160v, 167, 176, 186, 213v, 244v). Large initials with monochrome grotesque

• Detail of a miniature in colours and gold showing Pliny writing in his study and a landscape with animals, rivers, the sea, sun and moon., Historia naturalis (index Natural history)

Library, Oxford.Leaf signatures. Catchwords.Written by two scribes and decorated in different hands (change particularly noticeable from f. 91, for instance). 1 miniature in colours and gold showing Pliny writing in his study and a landscape with animals, rivers, the sea,

• Detail of a white vine initial 'M'., Historia naturalis (index Natural history)

Library, Oxford.Leaf signatures. Catchwords.Written by two scribes and decorated in different hands (change particularly noticeable from f. 91, for instance). 1 miniature in colours and gold showing Pliny writing in his study and a landscape with animals, rivers, the sea,

• Detail of arms from the lower border of the folio., Historia naturalis (index Natural history)

Library, Oxford.Leaf signatures. Catchwords.Written by two scribes and decorated in different hands (change particularly noticeable from f. 91, for instance). 1 miniature in colours and gold showing Pliny writing in his study and a landscape with animals, rivers, the sea,

• Detail of a marginal drawing of David and Goliath., 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

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'S'(aepe) at the beginning of Tacitus' Dialogus de oratoribus., De grammaticis et rhetoribus (ff. 2-14v); Dialogus de oratoribus (ff. 15-42v)

the beginning of Tacitus' Dialogus de oratoribus. f. 1 is a parchment ruled leaf.List of contents (f. 1v). White vine initial and wreath enclosing the arms and crest of John Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester (f. 2). Large initial in gold

• Full white vine border, inhabited by putti, with various vignettes, a large historiated initial with a male bust (possibly Juvenal), and, in the lower margin, the coat of arms of the Capilupi family of Mantua., Satires (index Saturae, Satirae)

in red, blue, and green (ff. 1, 86). Satires (index Saturae, Satirae) The Capilupi family of Mantua: its arms of a wolf's head in profile on a gold ground and 3 silver balls (f. 1); inscribed, 'Laelii Capilupi Codex' (f.

• Miniature of the Nativity, the Adoration of the Child by Mary and Joseph, at the beginning of Prime in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

red penwork decoration. Book of Hours, Use of Rome Cut strip from another manuscript written on paper pasted on f. 1, ?15th century.Nathaniel Noel (fl. 1681, d. c. 1753), bookseller, employed by Edward Harley for buying books and manuscripts chiefly

• Miniature of the Massacre of the Innocents at the beginning of Vespers in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

red penwork decoration. Book of Hours, Use of Rome Cut strip from another manuscript written on paper pasted on f. 1, ?15th century.Nathaniel Noel (fl. 1681, d. c. 1753), bookseller, employed by Edward Harley for buying books and manuscripts chiefly

• Miniature in colours and gold showing Pliny writing in his study and a landscape with animals, rivers, the sea, sun and moon; text with a decorative initial 'M', and decorated borders with a coat of arms., Historia naturalis (index Natural history)

Library, Oxford.Leaf signatures. Catchwords.Written by two scribes and decorated in different hands (change particularly noticeable from f. 91, for instance). 1 miniature in colours and gold showing Pliny writing in his study and a landscape with animals, rivers, the sea,

• Detail of a miniature of Fortune with her wheel, surrounded by supplicants., Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens (index Memorabilia, index Facta et Dicta Memorabilia), replacement folio

the present manuscript). This folio was probably discarded intentionally so that volume 1 could neatly end with book 5 and volume 2 start with book 6.Leaf signatures. Catchwords.Vol. 1 is now Harley 4372. Large miniature with full border with acanthus

• Detail of a miniature of the funeral of William the Conqueror in the Abbaye aux hommes at Caen; on the right, a miniature of Lanfranc crowning William Rufus before a watching group of men, from the Grande Chronique de Normandie., Grande Chronique de Normandie

date somewhere around 1465. 15 half-page miniatures, the first accompanied by a full foliate border, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 24v, 35v, 74, 88, 89, 101, 138v, 155v, 160v, 167, 176, 186, 213v, 244v). Large initials with monochrome grotesque

• Miniature of Rollo marrying the daughter of Charles the Simple, the king of France, before the king and his court., Grande Chronique de Normandie

date somewhere around 1465. 15 half-page miniatures, the first accompanied by a full foliate border, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 24v, 35v, 74, 88, 89, 101, 138v, 155v, 160v, 167, 176, 186, 213v, 244v). Large initials with monochrome grotesque

• Miniature of Duke Richard the Fearless supervising the rebuilding of the church of the Abbey of Fecamp, while in the background, a man destroys the old church., Grande Chronique de Normandie

date somewhere around 1465. 15 half-page miniatures, the first accompanied by a full foliate border, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 24v, 35v, 74, 88, 89, 101, 138v, 155v, 160v, 167, 176, 186, 213v, 244v). Large initials with monochrome grotesque

• Miniature of Duke Richard III attacking the castle of Falais which his brother Robert had seized. In the background on the left, two men are playing chess under a tent; one of them is possibly Duke Robert., Grande Chronique de Normandie

date somewhere around 1465. 15 half-page miniatures, the first accompanied by a full foliate border, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 24v, 35v, 74, 88, 89, 101, 138v, 155v, 160v, 167, 176, 186, 213v, 244v). Large initials with monochrome grotesque

• Miniature of Duke Robert, unable to walk due to his illness, being carried on a litter by Ethiopians into the city of Jerusalem, while pilgrims unable to pay the toll into the city wait in ships in the background., Grande Chronique de Normandie

date somewhere around 1465. 15 half-page miniatures, the first accompanied by a full foliate border, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 24v, 35v, 74, 88, 89, 101, 138v, 155v, 160v, 167, 176, 186, 213v, 244v). Large initials with monochrome grotesque

• Detail of a miniature of the Battle of Hastings., Grande Chronique de Normandie

1465. 15 half-page miniatures, the first accompanied by a full foliate border, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 24v, 35v, 74, 88, 89, 101, 138v, 155v, 160v, 167, 176, 186, 213v, 244v). Large initials with monochrome grotesque and figural decoration,

• Detail of a miniature of the aftermath of the Battle of Hastings, including relatives seeking their dead, four monks carrying Harold's body to Waltham Abbey, and victorious Normans issuing from their pavilions, from the Grande Chronique de Normandie., Grande Chronique de Normandie

date somewhere around 1465. 15 half-page miniatures, the first accompanied by a full foliate border, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 24v, 35v, 74, 88, 89, 101, 138v, 155v, 160v, 167, 176, 186, 213v, 244v). Large initials with monochrome grotesque

• Detail of a miniature of the battle of Hastings, and decorated initial 'A'(insi), in the Grande Chronique de Normandie., Grande Chronique de Normandie

date somewhere around 1465. 15 half-page miniatures, the first accompanied by a full foliate border, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 24v, 35v, 74, 88, 89, 101, 138v, 155v, 160v, 167, 176, 186, 213v, 244v). Large initials with monochrome grotesque