• Decorated initial., Leviticus, glossed (ff. 7-58), and John, glossed, imperfect, with short thelogical treatises (ff. 3-7v)

initial. f. 1 is a leather fragment with text in English.f. 2 is a parchment flyleaf with text in Latin in a 12th-century hand.This is the earliest dated English Cistercian manuscript. Large initials in red, yellow, blue, brown or green,

• null, Bible ('The Arnstein Bible') (Genesis to Malachi), imperfect, the first of two volumes

Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘16 January 1720/21' (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Decorated initial 'P'(revaricatus) in column 2 at the beginning of IV Kings., Bible ('The Arnstein Bible') (Genesis to Malachi), imperfect, the first of two volumes

Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘16 January 1720/21' (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Detail of an inhabited initial 'F'(ratres) with foliage and hybrid creatures., Bible ('The Arnstein Bible') (Genesis to Malachi), imperfect, the first of two volumes

Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘16 January 1720/21' (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Detail of zoomorphic initial 'V' with hybrid dragon clasping a bird in its mouth, at the beginning of Leviticus., Bible ('The Arnstein Bible') (Genesis to Malachi), imperfect, the first of two volumes

Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘16 January 1720/21' (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Detail of decorated initial 'H'(ec) with foliage and clasps, at the beginning of Deuteronomy., Bible ('The Arnstein Bible') (Genesis to Malachi), imperfect, the first of two volumes

Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘16 January 1720/21' (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Detail of a decorated initial 'P'(ost) with a hybrid creature, birds, and clasps., Bible ('The Arnstein Bible') (Genesis to Malachi), imperfect, the first of two volumes

Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘16 January 1720/21' (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Detail of an historiated initial 'F'(uit) in colours with stannding figure, foliage and hybrid creatures at the beginning of Kings., Bible ('The Arnstein Bible') (Genesis to Malachi), imperfect, the first of two volumes

Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘16 January 1720/21' (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Detail of an inhabited initial 'F'(actum) with foliage and hybrid creatures., Bible ('The Arnstein Bible') (Genesis to Malachi), imperfect, the first of two volumes

Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘16 January 1720/21' (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Detail of an inhabited initial 'E'., Bible ('The Arnstein Bible') (Genesis to Malachi), imperfect, the first of two volumes

Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘16 January 1720/21' (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Detail of zoomorphic initial 'V'(isio) with a dragon at the beginning of Isaiah., Bible ('The Arnstein Bible') (Genesis to Malachi), imperfect, the first of two volumes

Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘16 January 1720/21' (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Detail of historiated initial 'Q' of a standing figure holding a flowering staff, with a bird as part of the letter form, at the beginning of the prologue to Daniel., Bible ('The Arnstein Bible') (Genesis to Malachi), imperfect, the first of two volumes

Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘16 January 1720/21' (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Detail of zoomorphic initial 'A'(nno) with a dragon and a bird's head at the beginning of Daniel., Bible ('The Arnstein Bible') (Genesis to Malachi), imperfect, the first of two volumes

Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘16 January 1720/21' (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Detail of ownership inscription., Bible ('The Arnstein Bible') (Genesis to Malachi), imperfect, the first of two volumes

Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘16 January 1720/21' (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Decorated initial 'Q'(ueris)., Dragmaticon philosophiae

Decorated initial 'Q'(ueris). We thank François Avril for the localisation and dating of this manuscript. 1 large decorated initial, in colours (f. 1).1 smaller initial in blue with red penwork decoration (f. 2). Smaller initials in plain red or

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uamvis)., Dragmaticon philosophiae

Decorated initial 'Q'(uamvis). We thank François Avril for the localisation and dating of this manuscript. 1 large decorated initial, in colours (f. 1).1 smaller initial in blue with red penwork decoration (f. 2). Smaller initials in plain red or

• null, Dragmaticon philosophiae

We thank François Avril for the localisation and dating of this manuscript. 1 large decorated initial, in colours (f. 1).1 smaller initial in blue with red penwork decoration (f. 2). Smaller initials in plain red or blue, some with

• null, Dragmaticon philosophiae

We thank François Avril for the localisation and dating of this manuscript. 1 large decorated initial, in colours (f. 1).1 smaller initial in blue with red penwork decoration (f. 2). Smaller initials in plain red or blue, some with

• null, Dragmaticon philosophiae

We thank François Avril for the localisation and dating of this manuscript. 1 large decorated initial, in colours (f. 1).1 smaller initial in blue with red penwork decoration (f. 2). Smaller initials in plain red or blue, some with

• null, Dragmaticon philosophiae

We thank François Avril for the localisation and dating of this manuscript. 1 large decorated initial, in colours (f. 1).1 smaller initial in blue with red penwork decoration (f. 2). Smaller initials in plain red or blue, some with