• Detail of an inserted miniature of a kneeling pilgrim, accompanied by a monk, presenting a book to a standing knight in armour. A later inscription on the facing folio identifies the monk as John Lydgate, and the knight as the Earl of Salisbury, to whom Lydgate's 'The Pilgrimage of the Life of Man' was dedicated. The figure of the monk may represent either Lydgate (d. c. 1450), a Benedictine monk at the abbey of Bury St Edwards, Suffolk, or Deguileville (d. c. 1358), a Cistercian at the abbey of Chalis in Valois, and the earl of Salisbury, Thomas Montague (d. 1428) may be the figure in armour (see Scott 1996, p. 305)., Lives of St Edmund and St Fremund (ff. 4-46); Secrees of Old Philisoffres (ff. 52-81); Regiment of Princes (ff. 84-144v); imperfect

Fremund (ff. 4-46); Secrees of Old Philisoffres (ff. 52-81); Regiment of Princes (ff. 84-144v); imperfect Part 1:Added poem (on the Chaucer page), 15th century:'Off worthy Chaucerhere the pickture stoodThat much did wryghtand all to doo us good.Summe ffuryous ffoole have

• Bar border and initial 'W'(han) with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Prologue of the Canterbury Tales., The Canterbury Tales, including the spurious Tale of Gamelyn (ff. 46-55), imperfect

of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated bar border and initial Possibly written by 3 professional scribes and corrected by a supervisor Geoffrey Chaucer England

• Bar border and initial 'A'(t) with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Reeve's Tale., The Canterbury Tales, including the spurious Tale of Gamelyn (ff. 46-55), imperfect

Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated border and initial Possibly written by 3 professional scribes and corrected by a supervisor Geoffrey Chaucer England

• Bar border and initial 'T'(he) with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Prologue of the Cook's Tale, with space left blank for a miniature., The Canterbury Tales, including the spurious Tale of Gamelyn (ff. 46-55), imperfect

Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated border and initial Possibly written by 3 professional scribes and corrected by a supervisor Geoffrey Chaucer England

• Bar border and initial 'O' (hatefull) with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Man of Law's Tale., The Canterbury Tales, including the spurious Tale of Gamelyn (ff. 46-55), imperfect

Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated border and initial Possibly written by 3 professional scribes and corrected by a supervisor Geoffrey Chaucer England

• Bar border and initial 'A'(t) with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Squire's Tale., The Canterbury Tales, including the spurious Tale of Gamelyn (ff. 46-55), imperfect

Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated border and initial Possibly written by 3 professional scribes and corrected by a supervisor Geoffrey Chaucer England

• Bar border and initial 'W'(hilom) with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Merchant's Tale., The Canterbury Tales, including the spurious Tale of Gamelyn (ff. 46-55), imperfect

Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated border and initial Possibly written by 3 professional scribes and corrected by a supervisor Geoffrey Chaucer England

• Bar border and initial 'I'(n) with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Wife of Bath's Tale., The Canterbury Tales, including the spurious Tale of Gamelyn (ff. 46-55), imperfect

Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated border and initial Possibly written by 3 professional scribes and corrected by a supervisor Geoffrey Chaucer England

• Bar border and initial 'T'(his) with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Prologue of the Friar's Tale, with space left blank for a miniature., The Canterbury Tales, including the spurious Tale of Gamelyn (ff. 46-55), imperfect

Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated border and initial Possibly written by 3 professional scribes and corrected by a supervisor Geoffrey Chaucer England

• Bar border and initial 'L'(ordyngis) with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Summoner's Tale., The Canterbury Tales, including the spurious Tale of Gamelyn (ff. 46-55), imperfect

Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated border and initial Possibly written by 3 professional scribes and corrected by a supervisor Geoffrey Chaucer England

• Bar border and initial 'T'(her) with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Clerk's Tale., The Canterbury Tales, including the spurious Tale of Gamelyn (ff. 46-55), imperfect

Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated border and initial Possibly written by 3 professional scribes and corrected by a supervisor Geoffrey Chaucer England

• Decorated initial 'T'(his) at the beginning of the Prologue of the Franklin's Tale, and records of the births of Edward Foxe's children in the space originally left blank for a miniature., The Canterbury Tales, including the spurious Tale of Gamelyn (ff. 46-55), imperfect

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 Possibly written by 3 professional scribes and corrected by a supervisor Geoffrey Chaucer England

• Bar border and initial 'T'(his) with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Second Nun's Tale., The Canterbury Tales, including the spurious Tale of Gamelyn (ff. 46-55), imperfect

Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated border and initial Possibly written by 3 professional scribes and corrected by a supervisor Geoffrey Chaucer England

• Bar border and initial 'W'(ith) with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Canon's Yeoman's Tale., The Canterbury Tales, including the spurious Tale of Gamelyn (ff. 46-55), imperfect

Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated border and initial Possibly written by 3 professional scribes and corrected by a supervisor Geoffrey Chaucer England

• Bar border and initial 'L'(ordyngis) with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Pardoner's Tale., The Canterbury Tales, including the spurious Tale of Gamelyn (ff. 46-55), imperfect

Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated border and initial Possibly written by 3 professional scribes and corrected by a supervisor Geoffrey Chaucer England

• Bar border and initial 'A' with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Shipman's Tale., The Canterbury Tales, including the spurious Tale of Gamelyn (ff. 46-55), imperfect

Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated border and initial Possibly written by 3 professional scribes and corrected by a supervisor Geoffrey Chaucer England

• Bar border and initial 'O' with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Prioress's Tale., The Canterbury Tales, including the spurious Tale of Gamelyn (ff. 46-55), imperfect

Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated border and initial Possibly written by 3 professional scribes and corrected by a supervisor Geoffrey Chaucer England

• Bar border and initial 'L'(istneth) with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Chaucer's Tale of Sir Thopas., The Canterbury Tales, including the spurious Tale of Gamelyn (ff. 46-55), imperfect

Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated border and initial Possibly written by 3 professional scribes and corrected by a supervisor Geoffrey Chaucer England

• Initials with penwork decoration., The Canterbury Tales, including the spurious Tale of Gamelyn (ff. 46-55), imperfect

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 initials Possibly written by 3 professional scribes and corrected by a supervisor Geoffrey Chaucer England

• Bar border and initial 'A' with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Nun's Priest's Tale., The Canterbury Tales, including the spurious Tale of Gamelyn (ff. 46-55), imperfect

Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated border and initial Possibly written by 3 professional scribes and corrected by a supervisor Geoffrey Chaucer England