• On the left, a miniature of Adam naming the animals, with various animals including a lion, deer, dog, rabbit, and horse, and on the right, sheep and rams., Bestiary

lion, deer, dog, rabbit, and horse, and on the right, sheepand rams. This is a 'Second Family' bestiary; see James; Payne p. 15. Numerous (112) miniatures in brown, green, and red, on alternately blue and red backgrounds. Small initials

• Detail of a miniature of sheep and ewes., Bestiary (ff. 3-141), Lapidary (ff. 141v-149)

excommunicated as apostate and thief in 1387 (see Warner and Gilson, 1921): inscribed, 'Iste liber rep[ar]atu[m] fuit p[er] fratre[m] Joh[an]em Malli[n]gg', 14th century (f.150). Added leaves from a service book containing lessons and prayers for Trinity Sunday and preceding days,

• Detail from the left-hand margin of David tending his sheep., Bible (the 'Worms Bible') (index Frankenthal Bible), Genesis to Job

by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, and Edward Harley (b. 1689, d. 1741), 2nd earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts, probably acquired by George Suttie, their

• Calendar page for December, with Capricorn and a man killing a pig at the top., Psalter, fragment ('Psalter of Henry the Lion')

11, 1-9. 12 calendar pages in colours and gold, with the text in gold on purple parchment and scenes of the months and Zodiac signs (ff. 1v-7). 4 full-page miniatures in colours and gold (ff. 7v, 8, 10v, 11). 2

• Calendar page for December, with Capricorn and a man killing a pig at the top., Psalter, fragment ('Psalter of Henry the Lion')

11, 1-9. 12 calendar pages in colours and gold, with the text in gold on purple parchment and scenes of the months and Zodiac signs (ff. 1v-7). 4 full-page miniatures in colours and gold (ff. 7v, 8, 10v, 11). 2

• Historiated initials of a man praying and a man killing a pig or boar., Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 13-18v)

Historiated initials of a man praying and a man killing a pig or boar. The Veronica image is the earliest in Western art, according to Lewis 1987 p. 127.This is the earliest richly illuminated manuscript with fairly definite evidence of

• Calendar page for November with an inhabited initial 'KL' and two medallions, of a man killing a pig, and of Sagittarius., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

initial 'KL' and two medallions, of a man killing a pig,and of Sagittarius. Includes a calendar (ff. 9-14v) and litany (ff. 137-139). The calendar includes the erased name of Thomas of Canterbury in gold display script and a number

• Calendar page for December with illuminated 'KL' initials, and in the margin, roundels of a man killing a pig and of Capricorn, both on gold grounds., Psalter, with calendar

and in the margin, roundels of a man killing a pigand of Capricorn, both on gold grounds. Watermark visible: 'G. G.' (f. 1). 10 large 'KL' initials in the calendar (July and August missing) in gold on blue

• Calendar page for December with illuminated 'KL' initials, roundels of a man killing a pig and of Capricorn on gold grounds, and on the right, a full-page illuminated miniature in two registers of the Annuciation above, and the Visitation below., Psalter, with calendar

illuminated 'KL' initials, roundels of a man killing a pigand of Capricorn on gold grounds, and on the right, a full-page illuminated miniature in two registers of the Annuciation above, and the Visitation below. Watermark visible: 'G. G.' (f.

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of two men with a bowl, and on either side, a sheep and a cow., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

men with a bowl, and on either side, a sheepand a cow. Part I: the text and gloss written in Southern France, perhaps in Toulouse: lemmata underlined in yellow, with the decoration left unfinished.Catchwords and bifolium signatures; numerous corrections.Part

• Two-part miniature of mastiffs guarding sheep, with a note for the artist in the margin., Bestiary (ff. 3-141), Lapidary (ff. 141v-149)

excommunicated as apostate and thief in 1387 (see Warner and Gilson, 1921): inscribed, 'Iste liber rep[ar]atu[m] fuit p[er] fratre[m] Joh[an]em Malli[n]gg', 14th century (f.150). Added leaves from a service book containing lessons and prayers for Trinity Sunday and preceding days,

• Detail of a two-part miniature of mastiffs guarding sheep., Bestiary (ff. 3-141), Lapidary (ff. 141v-149)

excommunicated as apostate and thief in 1387 (see Warner and Gilson, 1921): inscribed, 'Iste liber rep[ar]atu[m] fuit p[er] fratre[m] Joh[an]em Malli[n]gg', 14th century (f.150). Added leaves from a service book containing lessons and prayers for Trinity Sunday and preceding days,

• Detail of an inhabited initial 'T'(empore) with a man and sheep., Passional (the 'Arnstein Passional'), the second of three volumes with June-September, with a portion of a calendar (ff. 1v-[1a]

by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, and Edward Harley (b. 1689, d. 1741), 2nd earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian,

• Drawings of a ram and of a goat., Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation, including a herbal and bestiary illustrating the pharmocopeial properties of animals (see Notes)

by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, and Edward Harley (b. 1689, d. 1741), 2nd earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts. Edward Harley bequeathed the library to

• Text; marginal drawings of David with the lion and sheep, and David with Goliath., Bible (the 'Worms Bible') (index Frankenthal Bible), Genesis to Job

drawings of David with the lion andsheep,and David with Goliath. The second volume of the Bible is Harley 2804.Ampersands.Instructions to rubricator (e.g., ff. 1v, 45v).Quire signatures. 1 large miniature in colours and gold of Jerome writing before his