• White-vine initial 'V'(t ex)., De Secundo Bello Punico

White-vine initial 'V'(t ex). 1 small miniature, accompanied by a full foliate border with putti, animals, birds, and grotesques, in colours and gold (f. 1). Large initials with white vine ornament, in colours and gold (ff. 25, 51v, 74v, 96,

• Decorated initials., Epigrammata ex sententiis S. Augustini, prefatory poem, and poema coniugis ad uxorem, Poems (ff. 1; 22-23v)

p(ro)sp(er). Glosati’ in a formal script (f. 1, upper margin). Small red initials, some decorated with simple patterns. Epigrammata ex sententiis S. Augustini, prefatory poem, and poema coniugis ad uxorem, Poems (ff. 1; 22-23v) The Cistercian abbey of St. Mary,

• Decorated initial 'D'(isciplina), at the beginning of Book 1 of Isidore's Etymologiae., Etymologiae

the beginning of Book 1 of Isidore's Etymologiae. Vertical lines ruled in blind, horizontals in leadpoint. Large initials in green, red or blue, usually with decoration in one of the other colours. Small initials in red, green, or blue. Diagrams

• Detail of a miniature of a knight in armour, with a full border inhabited by animals and putti, from Livy's De Secundo Bello Punic., De Secundo Bello Punico

by animals and putti, from Livy's De Secundo Bello Punic. 1 small miniature, accompanied by a full foliate border with putti, animals, birds, and grotesques, in colours and gold (f. 1). Large initials with white vine ornament, in colours and

• Detail of a section of the full border inhabited by animals (peacock, lion, bear, goat, roe deer, birds) and putti, from Livy's De Secundo Bello Punic., De Secundo Bello Punico

deer, birds) and putti, from Livy's De Secundo Bello Punic. 1 small miniature, accompanied by a full foliate border with putti, animals, birds, and grotesques, in colours and gold (f. 1). Large initials with white vine ornament, in colours and

• Detail of a section of the full border inhabited by animals (peacock, lion, bear, goat, roe deer, birds) and putti, from Livy's De Secundo Bello Punic., De Secundo Bello Punico

deer, birds) and putti, from Livy's De Secundo Bello Punic. 1 small miniature, accompanied by a full foliate border with putti, animals, birds, and grotesques, in colours and gold (f. 1). Large initials with white vine ornament, in colours and

• Detail of a section of the full border inhabited by animals (peacock, lion, bear, goat, roe deer, birds) and putti, from Livy's De Secundo Bello Punic, with heraldic arms., De Secundo Bello Punico

putti, from Livy's De Secundo Bello Punic, with heraldic arms. 1 small miniature, accompanied by a full foliate border with putti, animals, birds, and grotesques, in colours and gold (f. 1). Large initials with white vine ornament, in colours and

• Detail of a white-vine initial 'C'(ornelius)., De Secundo Bello Punico

Detail of a white-vine initial 'C'(ornelius). 1 small miniature, accompanied by a full foliate border with putti, animals, birds, and grotesques, in colours and gold (f. 1). Large initials with white vine ornament, in colours and gold (ff. 25, 51v,

• Detail of a white-vine initial 'V'(t ex)., De Secundo Bello Punico

Detail of a white-vine initial 'V'(t ex). 1 small miniature, accompanied by a full foliate border with putti, animals, birds, and grotesques, in colours and gold (f. 1). Large initials with white vine ornament, in colours and gold (ff. 25,

• White-vine initial 'C'(um transit)., De Secundo Bello Punico

White-vine initial 'C'(um transit). 1 small miniature, accompanied by a full foliate border with putti, animals, birds, and grotesques, in colours and gold (f. 1). Large initials with white vine ornament, in colours and gold (ff. 25, 51v, 74v, 96,

• Marginal drawing of diseased genitals., Treatise on Surgery, with tables and calendar

Marginal drawing of diseased genitals. f. 209 is an inserted paper half- leaf with receipts. 2 full-page drawings of surgical instruments and procedures in black ink and colours (ff. 110v-111). Numerous marginal illustrations or miniatures within the text in

• Marginal drawing of diseased genitals., Treatise on Surgery, with tables and calendar

Marginal drawing of diseased genitals. f. 209 is an inserted paper half- leaf with receipts. 2 full-page drawings of surgical instruments and procedures in black ink and colours (ff. 110v-111). Numerous marginal illustrations or miniatures within the text in

• Marginal drawing of diseased genitals and a knife., Treatise on Surgery, with tables and calendar

Marginal drawing of diseased genitals and a knife. f. 209 is an inserted paper half- leaf with receipts. 2 full-page drawings of surgical instruments and procedures in black ink and colours (ff. 110v-111). Numerous marginal illustrations or miniatures within

• Illuminated initial 'H'(ec) and ivy-leaf borders incorporating a dragon, at the beginning of Bertrand de la Tour's Sermones Quadragesimales., Sermones Quadragesimales, followed (ff. 244v-246v) by a table of contents

at the beginning of Bertrand de la Tour's Sermones Quadragesimales. 1 large iniital with foliage in colours on a gold ground, and full borders with a dragon (f. 2). Small initials alternately red with blue flourishing, or blue with red

• Anthropomorphic initial 'P'(atrem), in Suetonius's De Vita Caesarum., De vita Caesarum (index XII Caesars)

Suetonius's De Vita Caesarum. ff. 1 and 174 are fragments of a 15th-century document containing a reference to a notary public of the diocese of Bayeux, used as flyleaves. 3 large zoomorphic or anthropomorphic initials in ink and washes in

• Historiated initial 'C' of a doctor in red and blue coat with ermine collar and red hat lecturing in front of a sectioned corpse, with a spray border in colours and gold with foliate tendrils, small leaves, flowers and berries. Arbaleste's arms and motto 'Ingenium superat vires' in the lower margin., Commentary on the Canon Medicinae by Avicenna, Book III, Fen XVI-XVIII

and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘5 Septembris, 1720’ (unfoliated flyleaf before f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Text page., Commentary on the Canon Medicinae by Avicenna, Book I, Fen I

II Arbaleste (d. 1570), counsellor in the Parliament of Paris and bibliophile: his arms and motto 'Ingenium superat vires' (f. 1, lower border).Pierre Séguier (index Seguier) (b. 1588, d. 1672), count of Gien, chancellor of France from 1635 (see Wright

• Mniature of a doctor in an ermine coat and red hat (Avicenna?) standing in a large gothic hall, with a decorated initial 'D' in colours and gold., Commentary on the Canon Medicinae by Avicenna, Book I, Fen II

II Arbaleste (d. 1570), counsellor in the Parliament of Paris and bibliophile: his arms and motto 'Ingenium superat vires' (f. 1, lower border).Pierre Séguier (index Seguier) (b. 1588, d. 1672), count of Gien, chancellor of France from 1635 (see Wright

• Miniature of Galen visiting a kneeling patient and touching his head, with a spray border in colours and gold with foliate tendrils, small leaves, flowers and berries. Arbaleste's arms and motto 'Ingenium superat vires' in the lower margin., Commentary on the Canon Medicinae by Avicenna, Book III, Fen I

and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘5 Septembris, 1720’ (unfoliated flyleaf before f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Historiated initial of a doctor in a blue coat with ermine collar and red hat, seated on a stall in front of a round lectern and lecturing an audience of seated pupils in a hall with decorated tapestry, with a spray border in colours and gold with foliate tendrils, small leaves, and flowers and berries., Commentary on the Canon Medicinae by Avicenna, Book IV, Fen I

II Arbaleste (d. 1570), counsellor in the Parliament of Paris and bibliophile: his arms and motto 'Ingenium superat vires' (f. 1, lower border).Pierre Séguier (index Seguier) (b. 1588, d. 1672), count of Gien, chancellor of France from 1635 (see Wright