• Miniature of Chaucer, wearing an inkhorn around his neck, clutching a rosary, and pointing at the text. The lines of verse at which Chaucer points refer to his portrait: 'I have heere his liknesse / Do make, to this ende, in sothfastnesse, / That they that han of him lost thoght and mynde / By this peynture may ageyn fynde'., The Regiment of Princes (De Regimine Principum) (index Regement of Princes, The Government of Princes)

Miniature of Chaucer, wearing an inkhorn around his neck, clutching a rosary, and pointing at the text. The lines of verse at which Chaucer points refer to his portrait: 'I have heere his liknesse / Do make, to this ende,

• Detail of a miniature of Chaucer, wearing an inkhorn around his neck, clutching a rosary, and pointing at the text., The Regiment of Princes (De Regimine Principum) (index Regement of Princes, The Government of Princes)

a miniature of Chaucer, wearing an inkhorn around his neck, clutching a rosary, and pointing at the text. Horizontal catchwords.f. 1* is a parchment flyleaf.f. 1: Added text in a later hand, with the rubric: 'Here begynnth the Book how

• Puzzle initial 'T'(he) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the text, and ownership inscription in the upper margin., Troilus and Criseyde

to the nation for £10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Puzzle initial Geoffrey Chaucer England

• Decorated initial 'L'(iggynge) at the beginning of book 4., Troilus and Criseyde

to the nation for £10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated initial Geoffrey Chaucer England

• Partial border with illuminated initial 'P'(itee)., The Regiment of Princes (De Regimine Principum) (index Regement of Princes, The Government of Princes)

was written in 1411 or 1412 for the instruction of Henry V, then Prince of Wales. Miniature in colours of Chaucer clutching a rosary and pointing at the text (f. 88). Miniature in colours of a man, reclining on the

• Partial border with illuminated initial 'M'(ercy)., The Regiment of Princes (De Regimine Principum) (index Regement of Princes, The Government of Princes)

was written in 1411 or 1412 for the instruction of Henry V, then Prince of Wales. Miniature in colours of Chaucer clutching a rosary and pointing at the text (f. 88). Miniature in colours of a man, reclining on the

• Partial border with illuminated initial 'G'(regorie)., The Regiment of Princes (De Regimine Principum) (index Regement of Princes, The Government of Princes)

was written in 1411 or 1412 for the instruction of Henry V, then Prince of Wales. Miniature in colours of Chaucer clutching a rosary and pointing at the text (f. 88). Miniature in colours of a man, reclining on the

• Partial border with illuminated initial 'T'(o)., The Regiment of Princes (De Regimine Principum) (index Regement of Princes, The Government of Princes)

was written in 1411 or 1412 for the instruction of Henry V, then Prince of Wales. Miniature in colours of Chaucer clutching a rosary and pointing at the text (f. 88). Miniature in colours of a man, reclining on the

• Partial border with illuminated initial 'O'(f)., The Regiment of Princes (De Regimine Principum) (index Regement of Princes, The Government of Princes)

was written in 1411 or 1412 for the instruction of Henry V, then Prince of Wales. Miniature in colours of Chaucer clutching a rosary and pointing at the text (f. 88). Miniature in colours of a man, reclining on the

• Partial border with illuminated initial 'N'(ow), effaced., The Regiment of Princes (De Regimine Principum) (index Regement of Princes, The Government of Princes)

was written in 1411 or 1412 for the instruction of Henry V, then Prince of Wales. Miniature in colours of Chaucer clutching a rosary and pointing at the text (f. 88). Miniature in colours of a man, reclining on the

• Partial border with illuminated initial 'A'(ristotil)., The Regiment of Princes (De Regimine Principum) (index Regement of Princes, The Government of Princes)

was written in 1411 or 1412 for the instruction of Henry V, then Prince of Wales. Miniature in colours of Chaucer clutching a rosary and pointing at the text (f. 88). Miniature in colours of a man, reclining on the

• Partial border with illuminated initial 'N'(ow)., The Regiment of Princes (De Regimine Principum) (index Regement of Princes, The Government of Princes)

was written in 1411 or 1412 for the instruction of Henry V, then Prince of Wales. Miniature in colours of Chaucer clutching a rosary and pointing at the text (f. 88). Miniature in colours of a man, reclining on the

• Text page., The Regiment of Princes (De Regimine Principum) (index Regement of Princes, The Government of Princes)

was written in 1411 or 1412 for the instruction of Henry V, then Prince of Wales. Miniature in colours of Chaucer clutching a rosary and pointing at the text (f. 88). Miniature in colours of a man, reclining on the

• Partial border with illuminated initial 'N'(ow)., The Regiment of Princes (De Regimine Principum) (index Regement of Princes, The Government of Princes)

was written in 1411 or 1412 for the instruction of Henry V, then Prince of Wales. Miniature in colours of Chaucer clutching a rosary and pointing at the text (f. 88). Miniature in colours of a man, reclining on the

• Partial border with illuminated initial 'N'(ow)., The Regiment of Princes (De Regimine Principum) (index Regement of Princes, The Government of Princes)

was written in 1411 or 1412 for the instruction of Henry V, then Prince of Wales. Miniature in colours of Chaucer clutching a rosary and pointing at the text (f. 88). Miniature in colours of a man, reclining on the

• Partial border and illuminated initial 'T'(ouche)., The Regiment of Princes (De Regimine Principum) (index Regement of Princes, The Government of Princes)

was written in 1411 or 1412 for the instruction of Henry V, then Prince of Wales. Miniature in colours of Chaucer clutching a rosary and pointing at the text (f. 88). Miniature in colours of a man, reclining on the

• Detail of a miniature of a man reclining on the ground and holding a lariat in which a stanza is inscribed: 'Plesaunt to God was that virginitee / Of his moder, but verray God and man / Coceyved was thurghe the humylitee / Whiche he beheld in that blissed woman....', The Regiment of Princes (De Regimine Principum) (index Regement of Princes, The Government of Princes)

was written in 1411 or 1412 for the instruction of Henry V, then Prince of Wales. Miniature in colours of Chaucer clutching a rosary and pointing at the text (f. 88). Miniature in colours of a man, reclining on the

• Illluminated initials in the Friar's tale., The Canterbury Tales

form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Opening Scribe of Egerton 1991 and Oxford, Corpus Christi College, MSS 67 and 198. Geoffrey Chaucer (b. c. 1340, d. 1400) London England, S. E. (probably London or East Anglia)

• Illuminated initials 'T'(he) and 'A'(prentys) with partial foliate bar borders at the opening of the Cook's Tale., The Canterbury Tales

one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Illuminated initials Scribe of Egerton 1991 and Oxford, Corpus Christi College, MSS 67 and 198. Geoffrey Chaucer (b. c. 1340, d. 1400) London England, S. E. (probably London or East Anglia)

• Detail of a scribal (?) note reading 'Icy commencera le fable de Gamelyn' ('Here will begin Gamelyn's tale')., The Canterbury Tales

form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Note Scribe of Egerton 1991 and Oxford, Corpus Christi College, MSS 67 and 198. Geoffrey Chaucer (b. c. 1340, d. 1400) London England, S. E. (probably London or East Anglia)