• Text page with a bar border and an historiated initial 'B'(eatus) Nabal shearing sheep in Carmel, at the beginning of Psalm 40., Psalter, Use of Sarum ('The Bohun Psalter and Hours'), imperfect

in colours and gold at the beginning of Psalms 38, 68, 97, 101, 109 and other divisions and at Lauds, Prime, Terce, Vespers and Compline of the Hours of the Virgin, and other divisions, including the Penetential Psalms and the

• Text page with a bar border and historiated initials 'D'(eus): Christ tells the fishermen where to cast their net; historiated nitial 'D'(eus): Christ manifests himself for the third time; historiated initial 'F'(idelium): Christ gives Peter the charge of his sheep., Psalter, Use of Sarum ('The Bohun Psalter and Hours'), imperfect

in colours and gold at the beginning of Psalms 38, 68, 97, 101, 109 and other divisions and at Lauds, Prime, Terce, Vespers and Compline of the Hours of the Virgin, and other divisions, including the Penetential Psalms and the

• Miniature of a man killing a pig, in the calendar for November., Psalter (for use in the diocese of Liège)

the Labours of the months, in colours and gold, in the calendar. 1 full page prefatory miniature of the Annunciation in colours and gold, and 1 full page historiated initial in colours and gold, at the beginning of the Psalter

• Detail of a miniature of a pig being slaughtered, in the calendar for December., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

Donatian and Rogatian in red (24th May; venerated in Nantes and in the diocese of Meaux), and Fara (7th December, venerated in Faremoutier in Brie), but it includes as well both John and Genevieve (3rd January, f. 1), and the

• Miniature of the sermon of a hypocritical priest, who preaches to six seated figures while a demon tugs on his hood, and a standing man holds a pig by his hind legs, in illustration of Paradiso XXIX., Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy)

tugs on his hood, and a standing man holds a pig by his hind legs, in illustration of Paradiso XXIX. Pope-Hennessy 1993 proposed a date after 1444, partly depending on the representations of the dome and cupola of Florence Cathedral,

• 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 miniature of the sermon of a hypocritical priest, who preaches to six seated figures while a demon tugs on his hood, and a standing man holds a pig by his hind legs, in illustration of Paradiso XXIX., Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy)

tugs on his hood, and a standing man holds a pig by his hind legs, in illustration of Paradiso XXIX. Pope-Hennessy 1993 proposed a date after 1444, partly depending on the representations of the dome and cupola of Florence Cathedral,

• Detail from the lower margin of a herald with a horn on the right, and two monkeys in hats jousting, riding a bear and a pig., Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre

the Vienna and Copenhagen Toison d’Or (ff. 14v, 281v, 284).Catchwords and bifolium signatures. Foliation in red beginning on f. 10.Written instructions to the illuminator. 5 half-page miniatures in colours and gold, with full borders, and initials in colours and gold

• Detail of an historiated initial 'U' of Amos tending his sheep with God above., Bible (the 'Big' or 'Great Bible'), with the Gospel of Nicodemus and the Interpretation of Hebrew names

287). Catchwords and bifolium signatures. 143 historiated initials in colours, gold, and silver, with full borders, at the beginnings of biblical books and prologues and 1 miniature in the margin (f. 192v). 23 large foliate initials in colours and gold,

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a man driving an oxen and sheep past a crippled and a king., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

andsheep past a crippled and a king. 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 II: the Calendarium illuminated

• 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 a marginal miniature of a woman shearing a sheep, illustrating the month of June in the calendar., Psalter

and the Trinity (f. 108v). Small marginal calendar miniatures in colours and gold with the labours of the months and Zodiac signs integrated in a full border of acanthus leaves, flowers, birds and fruits on a gold, blue, red

• 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,

• Full foliate border with an initial 'S'(ancta) of the Virgin and Christ and George killing the dragon. A hound chases a stag and a hare in the bas-de-page, and a woman, likely the patron, kneels at the feet of an angel and gazes up at the Virgin., Book of Hours with a calendar, Use of Metz

1500] of the enthroned Virgin and Child with several sheepand a Franciscan monk and a nun, is pasted to f. 1v. 13 three-sided bar borders with bas de page scenes in colours and gold, and large historiated initials, many

• Table of Virtues in the form of a tree, with coats of arms, a partial rinceaux border, and two wild men wielding clubs., Ethica (index Ethics); De quatuor virtutibus (index On the Four Virtues)

colours and gold with foliate motifs and a partial border with rinceaux decoration in the outer margin (f. 1). Another large initial in colours and gold and foliate motifs (f. 119). Initials in red and blue with red and black

• 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