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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
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
11, 1-9. 12 calendar pages in colours and gold, with the text in gold on purple parchment and scenes of the months and Zodiac signs (ff. 1v-7). 4 full-page miniatures in colours and gold (ff. 7v, 8, 10v, 11). 2
11, 1-9. 12 calendar pages in colours and gold, with the text in gold on purple parchment and scenes of the months and Zodiac signs (ff. 1v-7). 4 full-page miniatures in colours and gold (ff. 7v, 8, 10v, 11). 2
Historiated initials of a man praying and a man killing a pig or boar. The Veronica image is the earliest in Western art, according to Lewis 1987 p. 127.This is the earliest richly illuminated manuscript with fairly definite evidence of
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
the Labours of the months, in colours and gold, in the calendar. 1 full page prefatory miniature of the Annunciation in colours and gold, and 1 full page historiated initial in colours and gold, at the beginning of the Psalter
Donatian and Rogatian in red (24th May; venerated in Nantes and in the diocese of Meaux), and Fara (7th December, venerated in Faremoutier in Brie), but it includes as well both John and Genevieve (3rd January, f. 1), and the
initial 'KL' and two medallions, of a man killing a pig,and of Sagittarius. Includes a calendar (ff. 9-14v) and litany (ff. 137-139). The calendar includes the erased name of Thomas of Canterbury in gold display script and a number
and in the margin, roundels of a man killing a pigand of Capricorn, both on gold grounds. Watermark visible: 'G. G.' (f. 1). 10 large 'KL' initials in the calendar (July and August missing) in gold on blue
illuminated 'KL' initials, roundels of a man killing a pigand of Capricorn on gold grounds, and on the right, a full-page illuminated miniature in two registers of the Annuciation above, and the Visitation below. Watermark visible: 'G. G.' (f.
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,
men with a bowl, and on either side, a sheepand a cow. Part I: the text and gloss written in Southern France, perhaps in Toulouse: lemmata underlined in yellow, with the decoration left unfinished.Catchwords and bifolium signatures; numerous corrections.Part
excommunicated as apostate and thief in 1387 (see Warner and Gilson, 1921): inscribed, 'Iste liber rep[ar]atu[m] fuit p[er] fratre[m] Joh[an]em Malli[n]gg', 14th century (f.150). Added leaves from a service book containing lessons and prayers for Trinity Sunday and preceding days,
excommunicated as apostate and thief in 1387 (see Warner and Gilson, 1921): inscribed, 'Iste liber rep[ar]atu[m] fuit p[er] fratre[m] Joh[an]em Malli[n]gg', 14th century (f.150). Added leaves from a service book containing lessons and prayers for Trinity Sunday and preceding days,
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, inscribed as usual by their librarian,