• Decorated intial 'L'(onge)., De rebus gestis francorum (Books 4 and 5)

in red. Ruled in red. De rebus gestis francorum (Books 4 and 5) Thomas Ballard, bookseller and book auctioneer in London: his sale, 20 February 1720/21, lot 5, bought for Edward Harley through Nathaniel Noel. Nathaniel Noel (fl. 1681, d.

• Pen-flourished initial 'Q'(ui)., Coustumes de Bretaigne (index Coutumes de Bretagne, with ordinances of Geoffrey, John and other dukes of Britany

185-238).The Loménie de Brienne family (index Lomenie de Brienne): sold by the son of Louis Henri de Loménie through the London bookseller James Woodman on 18 May 1724 to Edward Harley, his sale, lot 1206 (see Wright 1972). The Harley

• Front cover of 16th century binding., Commissione of the doge Leonardo Loredan to Francesco Barbarigo as ~podestà~ and captain of Feltre (index Commissione dogali)

M.D.XV' (with a notarial signature) (f. 21).Francisco Barbarigo, a Venetian, governor of Feltre: his arms (f. 1). Matthew de Varenne, London bookseller and auctioneer (fl. 1723/4): sold by him to Harley on 24 October 1722.The Harley Collection, formed by Robert

• Historiated initial 'P'(ost) depicting Quintilian(?) writing; with a three-sided border incorporating putti supporting heraldic arms., Institutiones

A finding list of uncatalogued or incompletely catalogued humanistic manuscripts of the Renaissance in Italian and other libraries~, 7 vols (London: Warburg Institute, 1963; repr. 1977-1997) IV (Alia Itinera II): ~Great Britain to Spain~ (1989), p. 45).Anthony Askew (bap. 1722,

• Illuminated white vine initial 'C'(um), at the beginning of Book 9 of Quintilian's Institutiones., Institutiones

A finding list of uncatalogued or incompletely catalogued humanistic manuscripts of the Renaissance in Italian and other libraries~, 7 vols (London: Warburg Institute, 1963; repr. 1977-1997) IV (Alia Itinera II): ~Great Britain to Spain~ (1989), p. 45).Anthony Askew (bap. 1722,

• Initial 'P'(ost) with white vine decoration, at the beginning of Pliny 's Epistola 2., Epistolae 1-7 and 9

J. G. Alexander and A. C. De la Mare, ~The Italian manuscripts in the library of Major J. R. Abbey~ (London: Faber, 1969), p. 98 n. 4).Perhaps in the anonymous sale, ‘Importation from Sicily’, 19 April, 1817, lot 53, bought

• Illuminated white vine initial 'F'(requenter) at the beginning of Pliny's Epistolae., Epistolae 1-7 and 9

J. G. Alexander and A. C. De la Mare, ~The Italian manuscripts in the library of Major J. R. Abbey~ (London: Faber, 1969), p. 98 n. 4).Perhaps in the anonymous sale, ‘Importation from Sicily’, 19 April, 1817, lot 53, bought

• The left-hand page has a drawing in the form of a hand holding a placard bearing the catchword; the right-hand page has a foliate initial 'P'(rima) at the beginning of Horace's Epistles., Ars poetica (ff. 1-9), Epistolae (ff. 9-35), with marginal and interlinear glosses

his inventory number, see, Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, p. 360: his London sale, 2 March 1789, lot 12844, bought by Edwards for £1 2s.; inscribed '1.2.0' (f. 1, top right).James Edwards

• Marginal drawing of a seated old man holding a round red object in his left hand, adjacent to Horace's account of the Seven Ages of Man., Ars poetica (ff. 1-9), Epistolae (ff. 9-35), with marginal and interlinear glosses

his inventory number, see, Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, p. 360: his London sale, 2 March 1789, lot 12844, bought by Edwards for £1 2s.; inscribed '1.2.0' (f. 1, top right).James Edwards

• Decorated headpiece and initial at the beginning of Manuel Chyrsoloras's Erotemata., Erotemata

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond. / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis', f. 1; its bookplate, f. 54**v).Purchased

• Foliate headpiece with four roundels enclosing birds and busts, and foliate border three roundels enclosing a bust and two armorial shields, (the border is possibly a later addition), at the beginning of Diogenes Laertius's De vitis philosophorum., De vitis philosophorum

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond. / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis', f. 1v).Purchased by the British Museum

• Decorated initials in Manuel Chyrsoloras's Erotemata., Erotemata

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond. / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis', f. 1; its bookplate, f. 54**v).Purchased

• White vine initial 'C'(um), and decorated initial 'P'(rincipio), at the beginning of Justin's Historiarium libri quadraginta quatuor., Historiarium libri quadraginta quatuor

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum

• Historiated initial 'H'(ec) with Moses crossing the red sea or bringing water from a rock with his rod(?), at the beginning of Deuteronomy., Glossed Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy (ends imperfectly)

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 2; its book-plate inside upper

• Historiated initial 'N' with Moses with the two tablets, at the beginning of Numbers., Glossed Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy (ends imperfectly)

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 2; its book-plate inside upper

• Illuminated initial 'M'(arcos) with foliate forms and gold balls at the beginning of Cicero's Epistolae ad familiares., Epistolae ad Familiares, imperfect

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 18; its book-plate, f. [iii],

• Puzzle initial 'R'(everendo) with foliate decoration, at the beginning of Thomas Cantimpre's De apibus; in the upper margin owner-inscriptions of Robert Hare and Henry Savile in shorthand., De apibus

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the

• Illuminated white vine initia 'V'(entum), at the beginning of Book 12 of Quintilian's Institutiones., Institutiones

A finding list of uncatalogued or incompletely catalogued humanistic manuscripts of the Renaissance in Italian and other libraries~, 7 vols (London: Warburg Institute, 1963; repr. 1977-1997) IV (Alia Itinera II): ~Great Britain to Spain~ (1989), p. 45).Anthony Askew (bap. 1722,

• Illuminated white vine initial 'C'(upis) at the beginning of Pliny's Epistola 4., Epistolae 1-7 and 9

J. G. Alexander and A. C. De la Mare, ~The Italian manuscripts in the library of Major J. R. Abbey~ (London: Faber, 1969), p. 98 n. 4).Perhaps in the anonymous sale, ‘Importation from Sicily’, 19 April, 1817, lot 53, bought

• Decorated initial 'H'(umano)at the beginning of Horace's Ars poetica., Ars poetica (ff. 1-9), Epistolae (ff. 9-35), with marginal and interlinear glosses

his inventory number, see, Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, p. 360: his London sale, 2 March 1789, lot 12844, bought by Edwards for £1 2s.; inscribed '1.2.0' (f. 1, top right).James Edwards