• Decorated initial 'P'(ost) with foliate decoration including acanthus leaves combined with a three-sided border at the beginning of the prologue., Polychronicon to c. 1400 (imperfect)

117, 143v, 163v) or large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in red and purple (f. 94v) at the beginning of each book. Numerous smaller initials in blue with red pen-flourishing including foliate decoration and flowers. Polychronicon to

• Decorated initial 'V'(ideo) with pen-flourishing in Cicero's In catilinam., Disputationes tusculanae (ff. 1-67v), Orationes in Catilinam (ff. 67v-85v)

and vertically. Leaf signatures. 9 initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in the other colour (ff. 1, 3v, 17v, 39v, 51, 67v, 72v, 77, 81v). Coloured initials in red or blue. Capitals marked in red. Disputationes tusculanae (ff. 1-67v),

• Illuminated initial 'G'(allia)., De bello Gallico

in gold, outlined in black, on red and blue grounds ornamented with white filigree decoration (ff. 1, 12v, 18v, 23v, 30, 41, 49v, 67v). Rubrics in red. Paraphs in red or blue. De bello Gallico The Harley Collection, formed by

• Miniature, in two compartments, of a widow seeing the sun on Alkmund's breast, and on the right, Alkmund kneeling before the pope, with a Veronica's veil (an image of Christ's face on a linen cloth) in the background, with an illuminated initial, from John Lydgate's Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund., Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund

(ff. 1, 5). Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds, with foliate extensions into the margins. Small initials in gold with purple or blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund This

• Illuminated initial 'T'(his), and in the lower margin, the arms of Bury St Edmunds and an ownership inscription that 'Thys boke gyften to my lady beaumoun be har lovftng moder margaret ffytz wauter w^t^ all my hart’ ', in John Lydgate's Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund., Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund

(ff. 1, 5). Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds, with foliate extensions into the margins. Small initials in gold with purple or blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund This

• Detail of a miniature of an infant being handed to its mother by a man in a boat on the Thames, with the marginal inscription 'london bredge', from John Lydgate's Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund., Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund

(ff. 1, 5). Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds, with foliate extensions into the margins. Small initials in gold with purple or blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund This

• Detail of a miniature of a boy being thrown by cattle from London Bridge, and floating in the water with a boatman rowing towards him, from John Lydgate's Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund., Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund

(ff. 1, 5). Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds, with foliate extensions into the margins. Small initials in gold with purple or blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund This

• Detail of a miniature of the discovery of Edmund's head with a scroll with gold inscription 'heer heer herr', with a wolf guarding it, and a man blowing a horn, from John Lydgate's Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund., Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund

(ff. 1, 5). Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds, with foliate extensions into the margins. Small initials in gold with purple or blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund This

• Detail of a miniature of the death of King Offa, lying in a brocade canopied bed and giving a ring to his steward, from John Lydgate's Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund., Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund

(ff. 1, 5). Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds, with foliate extensions into the margins. Small initials in gold with purple or blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund This

• Detail of a miniature of King Offa and his retinue kneeling at the Holy Sepulchre, with a Cruxifixion image on the retable, from John Lydgate's Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund., Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund

(ff. 1, 5). Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds, with foliate extensions into the margins. Small initials in gold with purple or blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund This

• Detail of a miniature of John Lydgate kneeling at the shrine of Edmund, with an illuminated initial 'O', from John Lydgate's Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund., Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund

(ff. 1, 5). Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds, with foliate extensions into the margins. Small initials in gold with purple or blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund This

• Detail of a miniature of Edmund in battle against the Danes at Thetford, with God blessing above, from John Lydgate's Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund., Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund

(ff. 1, 5). Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds, with foliate extensions into the margins. Small initials in gold with purple or blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund This

• Miniature of King Offa and his retinue kneeling at the Holy Sepulchre, with a Cruxifixion image on the retable, from John Lydgate's Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund., Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund

(ff. 1, 5). Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds, with foliate extensions into the margins. Small initials in gold with purple or blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund This

• Miniature of Edmund in battle against the Danes at Thetford, with God blessing above, from John Lydgate's Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund., Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund

(ff. 1, 5). Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds, with foliate extensions into the margins. Small initials in gold with purple or blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund This

• Miniature of a boy being thrown by cattle from London Bridge, and floating in the water with a boatman rowing towards him, with a marginal inscription, from John Lydgate's Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund., Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund

(ff. 1, 5). Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds, with foliate extensions into the margins. Small initials in gold with purple or blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund This

• Miniature of an infant being handed to its mother by a man in a boat on the Thames, with the marginal inscription 'london bredge', from John Lydgate's Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund., Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund

(ff. 1, 5). Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds, with foliate extensions into the margins. Small initials in gold with purple or blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund This

• Illuminated initial 'T'(his), and in the lower margin, the arms of Bury St Edmunds and an ownership inscription that 'Thys boke gyften to my lady beaumoun be har lovftng moder margaret ffytz wauter w^t^ all my hart’ ', in John Lydgate's Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund., Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund

(ff. 1, 5). Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds, with foliate extensions into the margins. Small initials in gold with purple or blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund This

• Miniature of the death of King Offa, lying in a brocade canopied bed and giving a ring to his steward, from John Lydgate's Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund., Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund

(ff. 1, 5). Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds, with foliate extensions into the margins. Small initials in gold with purple or blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund This

• Miniature of the discovery of Edmund's head with a scroll with gold inscription 'heer heer herr', with a wolf guarding it, and a man blowing a horn, from John Lydgate's Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund., Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund

(ff. 1, 5). Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds, with foliate extensions into the margins. Small initials in gold with purple or blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund This

• Miniature of John Lydgate kneeling at the shrine of Edmund, with an illuminated initial 'O', from John Lydgate's Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund., Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund

(ff. 1, 5). Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds, with foliate extensions into the margins. Small initials in gold with purple or blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund This