• Detail of an historiated initial 'S'(i) of Philip and two other saints, with a crowd below., Lives of the Saints

Detail of an historiated initial 'S'(i) of Philip and two other saints, with a crowd below. Translations of the lives of Martin of Tours, Brice, Ives of Provence, Martial, Nicolas, Jerome, Benedict, and Alexis were attributed to Wauchier de Denain

• Detail of an historiated initial 'C'(e) of the martyrdom of James the Less., Lives of the Saints

Detail of an historiated initial 'C'(e) of the martyrdom of James the Less. Translations of the lives of Martin of Tours, Brice, Ives of Provence, Martial, Nicolas, Jerome, Benedict, and Alexis were attributed to Wauchier de Denain (see Meyer 1906

• Detail of an historiated initial 'O' of Bartholomew being flayed., Lives of the Saints

Detail of an historiated initial 'O' of Bartholomew being flayed. Translations of the lives of Martin of Tours, Brice, Ives of Provence, Martial, Nicolas, Jerome, Benedict, and Alexis were attributed to Wauchier de Denain (see Meyer 1906 and Thompson 1999).According

• Detail of an historiated initial 'R'(esons) of Mark being torn asunder by horses., Lives of the Saints

Detail of an historiated initial 'R'(esons) of Mark being torn asunder by horses. Translations of the lives of Martin of Tours, Brice, Ives of Provence, Martial, Nicolas, Jerome, Benedict, and Alexis were attributed to Wauchier de Denain (see Meyer 1906

• Detail of an historiated initial 'M' of Longinus knocking down idols., Lives of the Saints

Detail of an historiated initial 'M' of Longinus knocking down idols. Translations of the lives of Martin of Tours, Brice, Ives of Provence, Martial, Nicolas, Jerome, Benedict, and Alexis were attributed to Wauchier de Denain (see Meyer 1906 and Thompson

• Historiated initial 'T'(uit) of the martyrdom of Vincent on a spiked wheel., Lives of the Saints

Historiated initial 'T'(uit) of the martyrdom of Vincent on a spiked wheel. Translations of the lives of Martin of Tours, Brice, Ives of Provence, Martial, Nicolas, Jerome, Benedict, and Alexis were attributed to Wauchier de Denain (see Meyer 1906 and

• Detail of an historiated initial 'M' of Christopher preaching to black men in a castle., Lives of the Saints

Detail of an historiated initial 'M' of Christopher preaching to black men in a castle. Translations of the lives of Martin of Tours, Brice, Ives of Provence, Martial, Nicolas, Jerome, Benedict, and Alexis were attributed to Wauchier de Denain (see

• Historiated initial 'A'(u) of Agatha being tortured with pincers., Lives of the Saints

1457, d. 1509), king of England and lord of Ireland, and Elizabeth [Elizabeth ofYork] (b. 1466, d. 1503), queen of England, his consort: inscribed, 'God save kyngge Harre / and kyenne Ellessabet' (f. i).?Shelfmark of a very large number

• Detail of an historiated initial 'A' of Lucy in a fire being pierced by a spear., Lives of the Saints

Detail of an historiated initial 'A' of Lucy in a fire being pierced by a spear. Translations of the lives of Martin of Tours, Brice, Ives of Provence, Martial, Nicolas, Jerome, Benedict, and Alexis were attributed to Wauchier de Denain

• Decorated initial 'O'(ssa) at the beginning of Stephen Langton's Commentary on the minor prophets., Theological miscellany including Commentary on the minor prophets; De cura pastorali; Liber exceptionum (Allegorie super Novum Testamentum)

Stephen Langton, Commentary on the 12 books of the prophetsff. 124 –149 Gregory the Great, Liber Pastoralis ad Johannem Ravennaeff. 150-163 Richardof St-Victor, Liber exceptionum: Allegorie in Novum Testamentumff. 163-164v Richardof St-Victor, De oratione dominicaff. 165–195 Pope Innocent

• Historiated initial 'I'(n principio) of the days of creation, at the beginning of Genesis., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names

1609 catalogue of his collection, no. 155 (see ~The Lumley Library~, pp. 14-17); his library acquired by Henry, prince of Wales.Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the

• Detail of an historiated initial ‘F’(rater) of Jerome writing at a writing desk, at the beginning of the Prologue., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names

1609 catalogue of his collection, no. 155 (see ~The Lumley Library~, pp. 14-17); his library acquired by Henry, prince of Wales.Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the

• Decorated initial 'S'(ero) with penwork decoration, at the beginning of Richard of Saint-Victor's 'De statu interioris hominis'., Theological works including De statu interioris hominis (ff. 1-31v, ends imperfectly); De sacrificio David Prophete (ff. 32-39v, begins imperfectly); De Sacrificio Abrahe (ff. 39v-51); Adnotationes in Psalmos (ff. 51-75v); Epistola (ff. 75v-81v).

initial 'S'(ero) with penwork decoration, at the beginning ofRichardof Saint-Victor's 'De statu interioris hominis'. Quire marks (in the centre of the lower margin of the verso of the last leaf of the quire).One leaf lost after f. 31.

• Puzzle initial 'U'(erbum) with a foliate decoration, at the beginning of Hosea., Minor Prophets and Job, with gloss

descenders in red and blue. Minor Prophets and Job, with gloss The Benedictine cathedral priory of St. Mary, Worcester: inscribed by William Thornhill ofYork, c. 1528 (see a dated inscription by him in Royal 2 D. XXVI), 'Liber ecclesiae

• Text page., Minor Prophets and Job, with gloss

descenders in red and blue. Minor Prophets and Job, with gloss The Benedictine cathedral priory of St. Mary, Worcester: inscribed by William Thornhill ofYork, c. 1528 (see a dated inscription by him in Royal 2 D. XXVI), 'Liber ecclesiae

• Puzzle initial 'I'(n mense) with a foliate decoration, at the beginning of Zechariah., Minor Prophets and Job, with gloss

descenders in red and blue. Minor Prophets and Job, with gloss The Benedictine cathedral priory of St. Mary, Worcester: inscribed by William Thornhill ofYork, c. 1528 (see a dated inscription by him in Royal 2 D. XXVI), 'Liber ecclesiae

• Puzzle initial 'V'(erbum) with a foliate decoration, at the beginning of Joel, and two puzzle initials 'S'(anctus) and 'J'(oel) at the beginning of the prologues to Joel., Minor Prophets and Job, with gloss

foliate decoration, at the beginning of Joel, and two puzzle initials 'S'(anctus) and 'J'(oel) at the beginning of the prologues to Joel. In a hand very close to Royal 2 E IV which is of a probable Christ Church, Canterbury

• Detail of a miniature of a phoenix biting a branch., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

1753 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. Phoenix England, S. (Salisbury?)

• Detail of a miniature of a phoenix burning, illustrating the text that when it felt that it was growing old, it would make its own funeral pyre, and allow itself to be consumed in the flames, which it fanned with its wings, and that it would rise again from the ashes., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

1753 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. Phoenix England, S. (Salisbury?)

• Detail of a miniature of a dragon attacking an elephant., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

1753 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. Dragon and elephant England,