• Detail of a miniature of sheep., Bestiary

Detail of a miniature of sheep. This is a 'Second Family' bestiary; see James; Payne p. 15. Numerous (112) miniatures in brown, green, and red, on alternately blue and red backgrounds. Small initials in red. Bestiary Thomas Rawlinson (b. 1681,

• Detail of a miniature of Alexander's battle with sheep-horned dragons., Historia de proelis in a French translation (Le Livre et le vraye hystoire du bon roy Alixandre)(index Alexandre)

ff. 83, 86, 92). Foliate initials in colours and gold with extensions. Small initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white, and line-fillers in blue, rose and gold with penwork decoration in white in the

• Miniature depicting a pig, an ox, and a bull., Theological miscellany, including the Summa de vitiis (see Notes for contents)

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. Edward Harley bequeathed the library to

• Detail of a nine-part miniature of a lion, a bear, a boar, a stag, a leopard wearing a crown, a horse, a unicorn, a camel, and a sheep., De proprietatibus rerum (Livre des proprietez des choses)

colours and gold, with a foliate initial in colours and gold, and a partial border, at the beginning of the prologue (f. 9). 19 one-column miniatures in colours and gold, with puzzle initials in gold and blue with red and

• Calendar for November with drawings of a man killing a pig (labour of the month), all saints and all souls, emblems of saints: a chain (for Leonard), a bishop's mitre (Martin), Archbishop Edmund., Agricultural almanac containing an astronomical calendar (1420), miscellaneous tables, mnemonic verses and charms

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

• Detail of various scenes of daily life pictured in the border, including a man drawing water and a pig being slaughtered., Splendor Solis (an alchemical treatise) (index Splendor of the Sun)

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

• Detail of an historiated initial 'U' of Amos tending his sheep with God above., Bible (the 'Big' or 'Great Bible'), with the Gospel of Nicodemus and the Interpretation of Hebrew names

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,

• Miniature of a man beating down acorns for his pigs to feed, representing November; miniature of a man and a woman slaughtering a pig, representing December, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour., Breviari d'Amor (Catalan prose version)

miniature of a man and a woman slaughtering a pig, representing December, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour. The text is originally a Provencal poem composed between 1288 and 1292 by Matfré Ermengau of Béziers, and is an encyclopaedic

• Illuminated historiated initial 'U' at the beginning of Leviticus, showing Aaron(?), dressed as a thirteenth-century priest, sacrificing a sheep on an altar, watched by similarly dressed Israelites., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

predominantly blue or red flourishing and marginal extensions, respectively. Line-fillers in red and blue, sometimes in the form of fish. Chapter numbers and running titles in alternate red and blue characters, with flourishes. Guide-letters and guide-numerals. Bible with prologues, without

• Calendar page for December, with miniatures of a man slaughtering a pig and a horned ram (Capricorn)., Book of Hours, Use of Paris ('The Hours of René d'Anjou')

by angels, in colours and gold (ff. 15v, 24v, 29v, 32v, 34v, 36v, 38v, 41v, 44v, 54v). 1 small miniature, accompanied by a large decorated initial and a three-sided foliate border carried by angels, in colours and gold (f. 140).

• Calendar page for December, with miniatures of a man slaughtering a pig and a horned ram (Capricorn)., Book of Hours, Use of Paris ('The Hours of René d'Anjou')

by angels, in colours and gold (ff. 15v, 24v, 29v, 32v, 34v, 36v, 38v, 41v, 44v, 54v). 1 small miniature, accompanied by a large decorated initial and a three-sided foliate border carried by angels, in colours and gold (f. 140).

• Miniature of Alexander battling against giant men; miniature of Alexander encountering blemmyae (men with heads on their torsos); miniature of Alexander encountering sheep-headed dragons., Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances

2 large miniatures in colours and gold with foliate initials in colours and gold and full bar borders with heraldic devices and vine leaves (ff. 1, 58). 162 one or two- column miniatures in colours and gold, at the beginning

• Miniature of Alexander battling against giant men; miniature of Alexander encountering blemmyae (men with heads on their torsos); miniature of Alexander encountering sheep-headed dragons; miniature of Alexander mourning Bucephalus; miniature of the burial of Bucephalus., Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances

2 large miniatures in colours and gold with foliate initials in colours and gold and full bar borders with heraldic devices and vine leaves (ff. 1, 58). 162 one or two- column miniatures in colours and gold, at the beginning

• Detail of a miniature of a stray sheep returning home by the advice of the stag, at the beginning of Chapter 9 of Book 2., Spiegel der Weisheit

sheep returning home by the advice of the stag, at the beginning of Chapter 9 of Book 2. 1 large decorated initial with foliate extensions into the margins, in colours and gold (f. 1). 73 small miniatures, in colours

• Historiated border men driving sheep from a shed, for April., Texts and decoration added to a Book of Hours

is missing. 11 full historiated borders on versos, in colours and gold, in the calendar (ff. 1v-11v). 3 full-page miniatures, in colours and gold (ff. 229, 251, 259). Texts and decoration added to a Book of Hours Letters 'IK' linked

• Historiated border with sheep shearing, for June., Texts and decoration added to a Book of Hours

is missing. 11 full historiated borders on versos, in colours and gold, in the calendar (ff. 1v-11v). 3 full-page miniatures, in colours and gold (ff. 229, 251, 259). Texts and decoration added to a Book of Hours Letters 'IK' linked

• Detail of a miniature 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 panther, the ape, the lamb, the hare, the hedgehog, the ox, the young hound, and the ant, at the beginning of Chapter 24 of Book 1., Spiegel der Weisheit

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

• Calendar page for December, with inhabited 'KL' initials of the labour of the month, of a man killing a pig, and an illuminated roundel containing the zodiac symbol for Capricorn., Psalter, Use of Sarum ('The Bohun Psalter and Hours'), imperfect

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

• Text page with a bar border of a dragon and a hybrid figure and an historiated initial 'D'(omine) of sheep, oxen and calves being killed and eaten., Psalter, Use of Sarum ('The Bohun Psalter and Hours'), imperfect

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

• Text page with a bar border and an historiated initial 'B'(eatus) Nabal shearing sheep in Carmel, at the beginning of Psalm 40., Psalter, Use of Sarum ('The Bohun Psalter and Hours'), imperfect

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