• Decorated initial in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales., Canterbury Tales, imperfectly

sale, Sotheby's, 3 December 1906, lot 115. Bought by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829) (note on 2nd flyleaf). Decorated initial Chaucer England

• Decorated and illuminated initials., Canterbury Tales, imperfectly

his sale, Sotheby's, 3 December 1906, lot 115. Bought by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829) (note on 2nd flyleaf). Initials 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

• Full border and epigraphic initial with foliate decoration., Fables

Robert Henryson (c. 1439-1506) is known as the 'Scottish Chaucer'. This manuscript of his poems is a copy of Bassandyne's edition printed in Edinburgh in 1571 (see Bawcutt 2005). The drawing of the cock (f. 3v) and the representation of

• 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

• Puzzle initial 'A'(llas) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the book., The Consolation of Philosophy (index De consolatione philosophiae)

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 Boethius, translated by Geoffrey Chaucer England

• Illuminated initial 'A'(t) at the beginning of the Reeve's tale, identified by a rubric in the upper margin 'The Reve'., Canterbury Tales

prime minister: his book-plate with heraldic arms and the motto 'virtute non verbis' (inside upper cover); purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts in 1807. Illuminated initial Herman Scheerre Geoffrey Chaucer London England, S. E. (London?)

• Illuminated initial 'W'(hilom) at the beginning of the Miller's tale, identified by a rubric in the upper margin 'The Meller'., Canterbury Tales

prime minister: his book-plate with heraldic arms and the motto 'virtute non verbis' (inside upper cover); purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts in 1807. Illuminated initial Herman Scheerre Geoffrey Chaucer London England, S. E. (London?)

• Illuminated initial 'T'(her) and decorated catchword., Canterbury Tales

with heraldic arms and the motto 'virtute non verbis' (inside upper cover); purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts in 1807. Illuminated initial 'T'(her) and decorated catchword. Herman Scheerre Geoffrey Chaucer London England, S. E. (London?)