• Puzzle initial 'Q'(uoniam), at the beginning of Eberhardus Bethuniensis's Graecismus., Glossed Graecismus

beginning of Eberhardus Bethuniensis's Graecismus. 1 large puzzle initial in red and brown with penwork decoration in brown and red (f. 1v). Small initials in plain red, some with brown penwork decoration. Capital letters at the beginning of a line

• Puzzle initial 'Q'(uoniam), at the beginning of Eberhardus Bethuniensis's Graecismus., Glossed Graecismus

beginning of Eberhardus Bethuniensis's Graecismus. 1 large puzzle initial in red and brown with penwork decoration in brown and red (f. 1v). Small initials in plain red, some with brown penwork decoration. Capital letters at the beginning of a line

• null, Computus manual with commentary

a contemporary hand (ff. 109v-110). 1 large decorated initial in red (f. 2). Diagrams. Computus manual with commentary Inscribed 'Will(e)m Ballon 1603' (f. 39).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane

• Historiated initial of a scholar, with a partial border., Miscellany, including Patefit, Electiones laudabiles, Sermo de regulis compotistarum, Canones eclipsium, Ad habendam diversitatem aspectus lune pro situ in epiciclo

paper fragment with text.ff. 144-45 are parchment flyleaves with added notes in French in a late 14th-century hand. 1 diagram and 1 table in brown and red ink (f. 212v). 2 historiated initials in colours and gold with partial borders

• Gold text, in Luke 3:33-4:45., Gospels, with capitula (ff. 163-175)

Gold text, in Luke 3:33-4:45. Full-page canon tables in gold and red, within frames of gold and/or silver and colours (ff. 1-6v). Very large initials in colours and gold with interlace patterns within full-page rectangular frames of gold and

• Puzzle initial 'C'(irca) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Maurice of Ireland's Distinctiones., Distinctiones

Ireland's Distinctiones. Another leaf from the calendar of Part 1 is Sloane 1044 f. 78. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red (f. 5). 1 small initial in red with blue pen-flourishing (f.

• Historiated initial 'U' with an angel holding a book, a knight with a shield and spear, a crouching man, and a dragon's head forming part of the letter., Epistola de vita S. Dunstani; Life of St Dunstan

crouching man, and a dragon's head forming part of the letter. 2 historiated initials in colours (ff. 1, 2). Small simple initials in red, green, or blue. Epistola de vita S. Dunstani; Life of St Dunstan The Benedictine cathedral priory

• Miniature illustrating book III of Virgil's Georgics, with shepherds in a landscape with sheep, goats, cattle, sheep-shearing, and milking., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues)(ff. 1-16v); Georgica (index Georgics)(ff. 17-58), with argumenta; Aeneis (index Aeneid)(ff. 58v-244v), with argumenta and verse preface, omitting 2:567-588 ('The King's Virgil')

cornucopiae, dolphins, sphinxes, masks, trophies and heraldic decoration, in colours and gold, at the beginning of texts or books (ff. 1, 17, 26v-27 [miniature f. 26v, accompanying border f. 27], 37, 47v, 59, 73v, 88, 101v, 115, 131v, 148v, 164,

• Decorated initial at the beginning of the canon of the mass., Cistercian Missal, imperfect

or in red with blue penwork decoration, at the canon of the mass (ff. 115v-116). 1 large initial in blue with penwork decoration (f. 1). Large initials in red, green, or blue, some with penwork decoration, 3 with decoration in

• Puzzle initial 'E'(go), at the beginning of Nicolai's Antidotarium, and explicit of Rhasis' opera, dated 1327., Liber Almansoris (ff. 3-74) and other medical texts

116v, 125, 134v). Small initials (2 lines) in red with purple pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Small initials (1 line) in plain red or blue. Liber Almansoris (ff. 3-74) and other medical texts Dated 1327: 'Explicit liber rasys.

• Puzzle initials 'I'(n) and 'C'(reator), at the beginning of Rhasis's Liber Almansoris., Liber Almansoris (ff. 3-74) and other medical texts

116v, 125, 134v). Small initials (2 lines) in red with purple pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Small initials (1 line) in plain red or blue. Liber Almansoris (ff. 3-74) and other medical texts Dated 1327: 'Explicit liber rasys.

• Puzzle initial 'E'(go), at the beginning of Nicolai's Antidotarium., Liber Almansoris (ff. 3-74) and other medical texts

116v, 125, 134v). Small initials (2 lines) in red with purple pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Small initials (1 line) in plain red or blue. Liber Almansoris (ff. 3-74) and other medical texts Dated 1327: 'Explicit liber rasys.

• Puzzle initials 'I'(n) and 'C'(reator), at the beginning of Rhasis's Liber Almansoris., Liber Almansoris (ff. 3-74) and other medical texts

116v, 125, 134v). Small initials (2 lines) in red with purple pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Small initials (1 line) in plain red or blue. Liber Almansoris (ff. 3-74) and other medical texts Dated 1327: 'Explicit liber rasys.

• Puzzle initial., Liber Almansoris (ff. 3-74) and other medical texts

116v, 125, 134v). Small initials (2 lines) in red with purple pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Small initials (1 line) in plain red or blue. Liber Almansoris (ff. 3-74) and other medical texts Dated 1327: 'Explicit liber rasys.

• Puzzle initial., Liber Almansoris (ff. 3-74) and other medical texts

116v, 125, 134v). Small initials (2 lines) in red with purple pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Small initials (1 line) in plain red or blue. Liber Almansoris (ff. 3-74) and other medical texts Dated 1327: 'Explicit liber rasys.

• Puzzle initial., Liber Almansoris (ff. 3-74) and other medical texts

116v, 125, 134v). Small initials (2 lines) in red with purple pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Small initials (1 line) in plain red or blue. Liber Almansoris (ff. 3-74) and other medical texts Dated 1327: 'Explicit liber rasys.

• Puzzle initial., Liber Almansoris (ff. 3-74) and other medical texts

116v, 125, 134v). Small initials (2 lines) in red with purple pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Small initials (1 line) in plain red or blue. Liber Almansoris (ff. 3-74) and other medical texts Dated 1327: 'Explicit liber rasys.

• Decorated initials., Liber Almansoris (ff. 3-74) and other medical texts

116v, 125, 134v). Small initials (2 lines) in red with purple pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Small initials (1 line) in plain red or blue. Liber Almansoris (ff. 3-74) and other medical texts Dated 1327: 'Explicit liber rasys.

• Zoomorphic initial 'B'(eatus vir) with a bird and a fish and interlace decoration in ink and red, green, and yellow at the beginning of the Psalms., Psalter, in the Hebraicum version, with preface, and Canticles

patron of the arts: inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley '13 die Mensis Augusti, A. D. 1724' (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Decorated initial 'D'(ilecassimis) in brown with penwork decoration and floriate motifs., Psalter, in the Hebraicum version, with preface, and Canticles

patron of the arts: inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley '13 die Mensis Augusti, A. D. 1724' (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime