• Flourished initials in Boniface VIII's Liber Sextus Decretalium; the left-hand margin with a pecia note: 'cor. fini. Iij^a^ pec. p.'., Glossed Liber Sextus Decretalium

Decretalium; the left-hand margin with a pecia note: 'cor. fini. Iij^a^ pec. p.'. Spaces for 1 large miniature and 1 large illuminated initial (f. 1). Spaces for smaller illuminated initials. Small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue

• Detail of decorated initial., Extracts from the Moralia in Job

darker brown ink. Large and small initials in red, some with patterned decoration, or red or blue penwork decoration. 1 blue initial with red penwork decoration (f. 148v); 2 blue initials without decoration (ff. 219v, 222v). Highlights in red at

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uinque) with interlace and zoomorphic decoration in book 1 of Virgil's Georgica, and circular map of the heavens directly related to the content of the text., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 1-14v), Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 14v-48v)

and zoomorphic decoration in book 1 of Virgil's Georgica, and circular map of the heavens directly related to the content of the text. The end of the text is written in a smaller script on 2 columns (f. 48v).Marginal glosses.

• Text page with decorated intial 'I'(ta), and the ownership inscription of Augustine Steward., Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (index Epistles), letters 1-52 only

Text page with decorated intial 'I'(ta), and the ownership inscription of Augustine Steward. Marginal annotations.'ae' caudatas. 1 large initial in blue and green (f. 1). Intials in red. Rubrics in red. Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (index Epistles), letters 1-52 only

• Decorated initial 'O'(iez seigneurs baruns deu uus creisse buntez)., Chanson of Gui de Bourgogne (ff. 1-32), Chastoiement d'un Père à son fils, imperfect at the end (ff. 32v-46v), an excerpt from the Romance of Alexander the Great, the ordinary abridgment of Julius Valerius (ff. 47-56), extracts from De ortu et obitu patriarcharum (ff. 56v-58), Chanson of Horn, imperfect at the beginning and at the end (ff. 59-73v)

added table of contents in a cursive hand. Large initial in green with red penwork decoration (f. 1). Smaller initials in green or red. Capitals marked in red. Chanson of Gui de Bourgogne (ff. 1-32), Chastoiement d'un Père à son

• Decorated initial 'A'(chelous) with foliate decoration at the beginning of the Fables., Liber fabularum (ff. 1-22), Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 22v-34v), Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 34v-67, incomplete)

the Fables. Written in various hands.Including a capitula list (f. 1). Large arabesque initial in red with foliate decoration (f. 1v). Coloured initials in red ink. Liber fabularum (ff. 1-22), Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 22v-34v), Georgica (index Georgics) (ff.

• Pen-flourished initials 'H'(ic) and 'N'(e)., Various religious treatises, including Libellus de emendatione vite (ff. 1-32v), Liber de gradis virtutem (ff. 33-42v), Monita Isodori (ff. 43-49v), Added text, Narratiunculae de alomone (f. 50-50v)

(b. 1609), probably son and heir of George Passmere of Exeter: inscribed, 'Liber Georgii Passemer' (f. 52); his monogram (ff. 1, 52).Robert Burscough (b. 1650/51, d.1709), prebendary of Exeter in 1701, archdeacon of Barnstaple in 1703, rector of Cheriton Bishop

• Text page from Usuard's Martyrologies., Martyrologium (Martyrologies), Pauline epistles with Jerome's prologue, Epistolae canonicae, imperfect at the end

193v, 195v, 196, 209v, 210, 215, 219v, 222v). 1 large initial in blue with gold penwork decoration and purple pen-flourishing (f. 1v). 1 initial in blue with red pen-flourishing (f. 228). 1 initial in red with purple pen-flourishing (f. 228v).

• Decorated initial with acanthus extensions., Liber sententiarum, imperfect; Poem coniugis ad uxorem

flyleaf (f. 15) wrongly bound before the last leaf of the text (f. 16). 1 large initial in colours, silver and gold with acanthus extensions (f. 1). Initials in red or blue throughout. Liber sententiarum, imperfect; Poem coniugis ad uxorem

• Decorated initial 'T'(ria)., De sacramente missae, Speculum ecclesie

initial 'T'(ria). Foliate motif in red in the lower margin (f. 74). 1 large initial in blue with penwork decoration in red and green, possibly added (f. 1). Smaller initials in red. Rubrics in red. Paraphs in red. Capitals marked

• Puzzle initial with pen-flourished decoration extending into the margin., 'Summa super titulis Decretalium', Books 1-5, preceded by 2 added table of contents (ff. 1-2v), and followed by an added prologue to 'Sententiae septem sapientium' (ff. 209v-210) and Theophrastus's 'Aureolus de nuptiis' (ff. 210r-v)

collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley, ‘20 die Januarij, A.D. 1721/2’ (f. 1; see Wright and Wright 1966). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694,

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) of David paying the harp, at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter, with the commentary of Peter Lombard

120v, 149v, 175, 200v), 1 with an instruction for illuminator (f. 46v). 8 foliate initials in colours and gold, some containing dragons or hybrids, at the beginning of the prologue and major gloss divisions (ff. 1, 46v, 72v, 95v, 120v,

• Historiated initial 'P' of a personification of Faith holding a disc bearing a gold cross, paten, and chalice, and a personification of Faithlessness worshipping an idol, from Guillelmus Alvernus's De moribus., De moribus (second part of De virtutibus et vitiis)

and founder of insurance offices: his stamp (f. 1); probably given to the New Philosophical Institution, founded shortly before his death. The New Philosophical Institution, Beaumont Square, Mile End: stamps (ff. 1, 174v). Sir John Trelawny: his sale, 28 June

• Historiated initial 'S'(pes) of a personification of Hope receiving a gift from God, and a personification of Desparation impaling himself on a sword, from Guillelmus Alvernus's De moribus., De moribus (second part of De virtutibus et vitiis)

and founder of insurance offices: his stamp (f. 1); probably given to the New Philosophical Institution, founded shortly before his death. The New Philosophical Institution, Beaumont Square, Mile End: stamps (ff. 1, 174v). Sir John Trelawny: his sale, 28 June

• Initial 'N'(unc) with pen-flourishing, from Guillelmus Alvernus's De moribus., De moribus (second part of De virtutibus et vitiis)

and founder of insurance offices: his stamp (f. 1); probably given to the New Philosophical Institution, founded shortly before his death. The New Philosophical Institution, Beaumont Square, Mile End: stamps (ff. 1, 174v). Sir John Trelawny: his sale, 28 June

• Historiated initial 'P'(ost) of a personification of Poverty clothing the naked and a personification of Greed stealing (or hoarding) a money bag, from Guillelmus Alvernus's De moribus., De moribus (second part of De virtutibus et vitiis)

and founder of insurance offices: his stamp (f. 1); probably given to the New Philosophical Institution, founded shortly before his death. The New Philosophical Institution, Beaumont Square, Mile End: stamps (ff. 1, 174v). Sir John Trelawny: his sale, 28 June

• Decorated initial 'P'(aulus) at the beginning of Orosius's Historiarum adversum paganos., Historia adversus paganos (ff. 11-90), preceded by a chapter list (ff. 4-10v)

paper leaves with 18th-century notes in English on Orosius, perhaps in the hand of Anthony Askew. 1 large historiated initial with partial border, in colours and gold (f. 4). Large puzzle initials in red and blue, with red and mauve

• Drawing of a siege engine as described by Biton in De constructione bellicarum machinarum., De machinis (ff. 1-9), De constructione bellicarum machinarum (ff. 9v-16)

a woven pattern (ff. 1, 99). Small red or brown initials. De machinis (ff. 1-9), De constructione bellicarum machinarum (ff. 9v-16) Written in 1545: colophon ( f. 358).The monastery of St Catherine, Mount Sinai: inscription (f. 1). ? John Spencer

• Historiated illuminated initial 'Q'(uoniam) with a mitred bishop holding a crosier, possibly the author Raymond of Peñafort., Summa de casibus poenitentiae, imperfect

Vespasian E XI, ff. 46-132.Later notes and inscriptions, and part of texts, ff. 75-79. 1 historiated initial in colours and gold of a bishop (f. 1). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, and in red with blue pen-flourishing, with flourishing

• Decorated initial 'E'(xpeditis), with a small guide letter in the left margin, nearly hidden in the gutter., Summa de casibus poenitentiae, imperfect

Vespasian E XI, ff. 46-132.Later notes and inscriptions, and part of texts, ff. 75-79. 1 historiated initial in colours and gold of a bishop (f. 1). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, and in red with blue pen-flourishing, with flourishing