• Decorated initial 'W'(ete) and space left blank for miniature at the beginning of the Prologue of the Manciple's Tale, with space 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 'W'(han) with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Manciple'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 Parson'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 'N'(ow) with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of Chaucer's Retraction., 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

• A fragment of the original parchment flyleaf with ownership inscriptions., 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. Original flyleaf Possibly written by 3 professional scribes and corrected by a supervisor Geoffrey Chaucer England

• 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

• Marginal drawing in red ink of a fish and a stock in a tun, a rebus for the name 'Stoughton'., The Canterbury Tales (imperfect), and other works, including the Prose Brut Chronicle of England ('peculiar version' to 1419) (ff. 1-24v), extracts from Gower's Confessio Amantis, and Lydgate's Life of Edmund and Fremund (ff. 136-146v)

British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library: inscribed by Edward Harley, 'Oxford BH, Dec 1738' (f. 2). Rebus for the name 'Stoughton' John Shirley John Shirley Geoffrey Chaucer Leicester England, Central (Leicester)

• Decorated initial 'A'(t)., The Canterbury Tales (imperfect), and other works, including the Prose Brut Chronicle of England ('peculiar version' to 1419) (ff. 1-24v), extracts from Gower's Confessio Amantis, and Lydgate's Life of Edmund and Fremund (ff. 136-146v)

also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library: inscribed by Edward Harley, 'Oxford BH, Dec 1738' (f. 2). Decorated intial John Shirley John Shirley Geoffrey Chaucer Leicester England, Central (Leicester)

• Decorated initials at the knight's interruption of the Monk's Tale and the beginning of the of the Nun's Priest's Tale., The Canterbury Tales (imperfect), and other works, including the Prose Brut Chronicle of England ('peculiar version' to 1419) (ff. 1-24v), extracts from Gower's Confessio Amantis, and Lydgate's Life of Edmund and Fremund (ff. 136-146v)

also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library: inscribed by Edward Harley, 'Oxford BH, Dec 1738' (f. 2). Decorated initials John Shirley John Shirley Geoffrey Chaucer Leicester England, Central (Leicester)

• Text page., The Canterbury Tales (imperfect), and other works, including the Prose Brut Chronicle of England ('peculiar version' to 1419) (ff. 1-24v), extracts from Gower's Confessio Amantis, and Lydgate's Life of Edmund and Fremund (ff. 136-146v)

also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library: inscribed by Edward Harley, 'Oxford BH, Dec 1738' (f. 2). Text page John Shirley John Shirley Geoffrey Chaucer Leicester England, Central (Leicester)

• Decorated initial 'W'(hanne) at the beginning of the general prologue: 'Whanne that aprill with his shoures soote / The droghte of march hath perced to the roote'., The Canterbury Tales (imperfect), and other works, including the Prose Brut Chronicle of England ('peculiar version' to 1419) (ff. 1-24v), extracts from Gower's Confessio Amantis, and Lydgate's Life of Edmund and Fremund (ff. 136-146v)

also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library: inscribed by Edward Harley, 'Oxford BH, Dec 1738' (f. 2). Decorated initial John Shirley John Shirley Geoffrey Chaucer Leicester England, Central (Leicester)

• Miniature of the author, Thomas Hoccleve, presenting the book to prince Henry, with a partial border containing the arms of William FitzAlan, earl of Arundel, and a foliate initial 'H'(ye)., The Regement of Princes, with other poems

gold with foliate extensions, of the author presenting the book to king Henry V (f. 40). 1 marginal miniature of Chaucer (f. 93v). 23 initials in colours and gold with partial bar-borders (ff. 4, 40, 42v, 48, 53v, 57v, 63v,

• Illumianted initial ‘I'(n), with a partial bar border, and an added drawing of two interlaced gloves., The Regement of Princes, with other poems

gold with foliate extensions, of the author presenting the book to king Henry V (f. 40). 1 marginal miniature of Chaucer (f. 93v). 23 initials in colours and gold with partial bar-borders (ff. 4, 40, 42v, 48, 53v, 57v, 63v,

• Text page., The Regement of Princes, with other poems

gold with foliate extensions, of the author presenting the book to king Henry V (f. 40). 1 marginal miniature of Chaucer (f. 93v). 23 initials in colours and gold with partial bar-borders (ff. 4, 40, 42v, 48, 53v, 57v, 63v,

• Illuminated initial ‘M’ in colours and gold with a partial bar-border and the arms of William FitzAlan, earl of Arundel impaling those of his wife, Joan, daughter of Richard Neville, earl of Salisbury., The Regement of Princes, with other poems

gold with foliate extensions, of the author presenting the book to king Henry V (f. 40). 1 marginal miniature of Chaucer (f. 93v). 23 initials in colours and gold with partial bar-borders (ff. 4, 40, 42v, 48, 53v, 57v, 63v,

• Detail of a miniature of the author, Thomas Hoccleve, presenting the book to prince Henry., The Regement of Princes, with other poems

gold with foliate extensions, of the author presenting the book to king Henry V (f. 40). 1 marginal miniature of Chaucer (f. 93v). 23 initials in colours and gold with partial bar-borders (ff. 4, 40, 42v, 48, 53v, 57v, 63v,

• Illuminated initial 'T'(o) with a partial bar and foliate border., The Regement of Princes, with other poems

gold with foliate extensions, of the author presenting the book to king Henry V (f. 40). 1 marginal miniature of Chaucer (f. 93v). 23 initials in colours and gold with partial bar-borders (ff. 4, 40, 42v, 48, 53v, 57v, 63v,

• Drawing of a white horse in the lower margin of the folio, with a badge bearing the motto 'My trust ys'., The Regement of Princes, with other poems

gold with foliate extensions, of the author presenting the book to king Henry V (f. 40). 1 marginal miniature of Chaucer (f. 93v). 23 initials in colours and gold with partial bar-borders (ff. 4, 40, 42v, 48, 53v, 57v, 63v,

• Detail of an added drawing of a white horse in the lower margin of the folio, with a badge bearing the motto 'My trust ys'., The Regement of Princes, with other poems

gold with foliate extensions, of the author presenting the book to king Henry V (f. 40). 1 marginal miniature of Chaucer (f. 93v). 23 initials in colours and gold with partial bar-borders (ff. 4, 40, 42v, 48, 53v, 57v, 63v,

• Text page with coloured initials and a partial bar border., The Regement of Princes, with other poems

gold with foliate extensions, of the author presenting the book to king Henry V (f. 40). 1 marginal miniature of Chaucer (f. 93v). 23 initials in colours and gold with partial bar-borders (ff. 4, 40, 42v, 48, 53v, 57v, 63v,