• 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

• Decorated initial-word panel ~Barukh~ (Blessed) and full foliate border inhabited by hybrids and including a scene of a pig-like figure lifting the first cup of wine and a hare placing a stick upon a dog's head., Haggadah, liturgical poems and biblical readings for Passover (The 'Barcelona Haggadah'), Sephardic rite

the year five thousand and two hundred and nineteen from the Creation of the World which we reckon here in Bologna; and in order that he may have good title and proof, I have signed and accomplished that which I

• Miniature of Anthony holding a Tau cross and with a pig, being burned., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('Hours of Eleanor Worcester')

red and blue ground with a three-sided foliate border (f. 15). Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds with foliate extensions into the margins. Small initials (1 line) and line fillers in gold on red and

• Calendar page for December with medallions of a man killing a pig with a hatchet, and Capricorn as a hybrid with the lower half as a blue curled tail., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours')

All pages with full foliate borders and bas-de-page scenes and grotesque decoration, in colours and gold. Large and smaller decorated foliate initials, in colours and gold. Small initials and line-fillers in gold on red and blue grounds. Book of Hours,

• Miniature of a crowned woman (probably the first owner of the manuscript) kneeling in prayer with a bearded man, with the dove of the Holy Spirit above, at the beginning of the Matins of the Holy Ghos. Below, Christ stands before a group of animals, including a crowned lion, two stags, an ass, a pig, a unicorn, an elephant with a castle, a horse and an ox., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours')

All pages with full foliate borders and bas-de-page scenes and grotesque decoration, in colours and gold. Large and smaller decorated foliate initials, in colours and gold. Small initials and line-fillers in gold on red and blue grounds. Book of Hours,

• Detail of a calendar page for December with roundels of a man disemboweling a pig, and Capricorn., Breviary, Use of Verdun, Winter portion ('The Breviary of Renaud de Bar' or 'The Breviary of Marguerite de Bar')

including heraldic arms and figural, zoomorphic and grotesque decoration, in colours and gold (ff. 7, 17v, 24v, 31, 37v, 45v, 53, 61, 92, 249v, 316, 330). Smaller and small decorated initials and line-fillers, numerous containing heraldic arms and figural or

• Miniature of a man beating down acorns for his pigs to feed, representing November; miniature of a man and a woman slaughtering a pig, representing December, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour., Breviari d'Amor (Catalan prose version)

miniature of a man and a woman slaughtering a pig, representing December, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour. The text is originally a Provencal poem composed between 1288 and 1292 by Matfré Ermengau of Béziers, and is an encyclopaedic

• Detail of a page: miniature of a pig-like figure lifting the first cup of wine and a hare placing a stick upon a dog's head., Haggadah, liturgical poems and biblical readings for Passover (The 'Barcelona Haggadah'), Sephardic rite

the year five thousand and two hundred and nineteen from the Creation of the World which we reckon here in Bologna; and in order that he may have good title and proof, I have signed and accomplished that which I

• Detail of a miniature of Joel with a flock of sheep., Bible historiale complétée moyenne (the 'Bible Historiale of John the Good')

colours and gold with foliate initials in gold and colours and full bar borders containing bas-de-page scenes, at the beginning of the prologue and Proverbs (ff. 1, 273). 87 one-column miniatures in colours and gold with foliate initials and partial

• Bas-de-page scene of a wolf with a sheep in his mouth, being pursued by a man and his dog., Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter')

1v-66v) and 4 miniatures in colours and gold of the tree of Jesse, Ancestors of Christ, and Apostles and Prophets (ff. 67v-70). 12 miniatures in colours and gold of the Labours of the Months and 12 miniatures in colours and

• Detail of a miniature of Joel seated, with a flock of sheep, and God above., La Bible historiale complétée (Proverbs - Revelation)

in grisaille, colours and gold, with a full bar border with a bas-de-page scene and birds, at the beginning of the text. 36 one-column miniatures partially in grisaille, colours and gold, and large foliate initials in colours and gold with

• Miniature of Simon de Hesdin presenting his book to the king of France Charles V (index presentation scene), in the foreground, a dog pursues a monkey. Full strew border in the Ghent-Bruges style with acanthus leaves, flowers, figures, and a monkey mounted on a sheep (damaged), with a space left blank for a coat of arms. Decorated initial 'L'(a briefte) at the beginning of book 1., Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens (index Memorabilia, index Facta et Dicta Memorabilia), vol. 1, imperfect

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,

• Miniature of courtiers and servants observing a couple lying in bed at the beginning of book 8, and full border with a man climbing a vine and a hybrid creature wrestling a bear., Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens (index Memorabilia, index Facta et Dicta Memorabilia), vol. 2

a sheep in its mouth and a crippled hybrid creature (f. 47v), a man climbing a vine and a hybrid creature wrestling a bear (f. 88v). Numerous initials in gold and colours, some with with tendrils of gold leaves and

• Bas-de-page scene of David with a slingshot and rocks, surrounded by sheep on a hillside. With illuminated initials in gold and colours and a partial bar border., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours')

a slingshot and rocks, surrounded by sheep on a hillside. With illuminated initials in gold and colours and a partial bar border. The style and subject, especially the many bas-de-page narratives ranging from romance and fabliau to biblical and hagiographic

• Illuminated historiated initial 'U' at the beginning of Leviticus, showing Aaron(?), dressed as a thirteenth-century priest, sacrificing a sheep on an altar, watched by similarly dressed Israelites., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

predominantly blue or red flourishing and marginal extensions, respectively. Line-fillers in red and blue, sometimes in the form of fish. Chapter numbers and running titles in alternate red and blue characters, with flourishes. Guide-letters and guide-numerals. Bible with prologues, without

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a wolf with a sheep in his mouth, being pursued by a man and his dog., Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter')

1v-66v) and 4 miniatures in colours and gold of the tree of Jesse, Ancestors of Christ, and Apostles and Prophets (ff. 67v-70). 12 miniatures in colours and gold of the Labours of the Months and 12 miniatures in colours and

• Bas-de-page scene of a wolf moving against the wind to take a sheep from its fold., Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter')

1v-66v) and 4 miniatures in colours and gold of the tree of Jesse, Ancestors of Christ, and Apostles and Prophets (ff. 67v-70). 12 miniatures in colours and gold of the Labours of the Months and 12 miniatures in colours and

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a wolf moving against the wind to take a sheep from its fold., Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter')

1v-66v) and 4 miniatures in colours and gold of the tree of Jesse, Ancestors of Christ, and Apostles and Prophets (ff. 67v-70). 12 miniatures in colours and gold of the Labours of the Months and 12 miniatures in colours and

• Miniature of eight saints (confessors), four in the upper register and four in the lower register, without nimbi or emblems, including a pope (Silvester) and two bishops, with a bas-de-page scene of Margaret spinning, with sheep feeding beside her, and the prefect Olybrius approaching on horseback., Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter')

1v-66v) and 4 miniatures in colours and gold of the tree of Jesse, Ancestors of Christ, and Apostles and Prophets (ff. 67v-70). 12 miniatures in colours and gold of the Labours of the Months and 12 miniatures in colours and

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of Margaret spinning, with sheep feeding beside her, and the prefect Olybrius approaching on horseback., Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter')

1v-66v) and 4 miniatures in colours and gold of the tree of Jesse, Ancestors of Christ, and Apostles and Prophets (ff. 67v-70). 12 miniatures in colours and gold of the Labours of the Months and 12 miniatures in colours and