• Detail of white vine initial 'Q'(uam) at the beginning of De officiis., De officiis

Part 1: original foliation. Ends with a table of contents (ff. 87v-89) Large white vine initials in colours at the beginning of each book (ff. 1, 38v, 61). Coloured initials in alternating red or blue. De officiis Part 1 written

• Initial B(ENIST) with anthropomorphic and zoomorphic features and interlace decoration, and coloured drawings of a cock and a plant., A collection of French 'airs de cour'

century: his inscription dated 1664 (f. 62v).Louis Villette, 17th century: his inscription (f. 1).Robert Rougeolle, 17th century: his inscriptions (ff. 1, 62v) and list of previous owners (f. 63v).Nathaniel Noel (fl. 1681, d. c. 1753), bookseller, employed by Edward Harley

• null, Les Chroniques d'Angleterre (3 vols)

grounds. Cadels. Vol. II: 5 miniatures have been cut out (ff. 1, 28, 62v, 83v, 140v). 1 large initial in gold, incorporating heraldic arms on a red ground (f. 1). Smaller and small initials in gold on red and blue

• Micrography of a menorah, at Psalm 67., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~), Italian rite, volume 1

127v, 131v, 137). Numerous initial-word panels decorated with pen-flourishing, in blue and red ink. 1 micrography (f. 18v). Festival prayer book (~mahzor~), Italian rite, volume 1 Jacob ben Solomon: inscribed with his name (f. 1).Marchion: inscribed with his name (ff.

• Detail of decorated initial., The Life of Catherine (ff. 1-117v), etc.

Detail of decorated initial. 1 large initial in red with pen-flourishing in brown (f. 1). Smaller initials in plain red. Capital letters highlighted in red. The Life of Catherine (ff. 1-117v), etc. Table for Easter dating from 1446 to 1649

• Detail of inscription., The Life of Catherine (ff. 1-117v), etc.

Detail of inscription. 1 large initial in red with pen-flourishing in brown (f. 1). Smaller initials in plain red. Capital letters highlighted in red. The Life of Catherine (ff. 1-117v), etc. Table for Easter dating from 1446 to 1649 (ff.

• Decorated initial., De finibus (ff. 1-94), Disputationes tusculanae (ff. 95-190v)

a gold field, at the beginning of each book (ff. 1, 15v, 40v, 56v, 72v, 95, 119v, 133, 150v, 168), the first with matching partial borders incorporating heraldic arms. The initial in each of the two texts are in slightly

• Illuminated white vine initial 'C', partial border with butterfly and grasshopper, and added heraldic arms, at the beginning of Suetonius's De vita Caesarum., De vita Caesarum (index XII Caesars)

Greek to be inserted. 1 large white vine initial with partial border incorporating two butterlies and a grasshopper, in colours and gold (f. 1). Large initials unfinished (e.g. ff. 19, 44v), or not started. Guide letters. 1 added partial border,

• Historiated initial 'N'(on) depicting crowned emperor(?) holding a gold staff/sceptre at the beginning of Cornelius Nepos's Liber de excellentibus ducibus exterarum Gentium; the lower margin with arms party per fess, ~gules~ and ~vert~, a letter 'B' ~or~, the shield depicted as if hanging from a hook., Liber de excellentibus ducibus exterarum Gentium

a letter 'B' ~or~, the shield depicted as if hanging from a hook. 1 large historiated initial, in colours and gold (f. 1). Heraldic arms (f. 1). Small initials alternately gold with blue penwork decoration or pen-flourishing, or blue with

• Illuminated initial 'A'(nte) and the arms of the Gonzaga family, at the beginning of Cicero's Philippica., Philippica, omitting 5.12-6.6

as used between 1433 and 1530 (f. 1); foliated and inscribed 'scrite 122', 15th century (f. 123; cf. Burney 159).? Mario Maffei (b. 1463, d. 1537): inscribed 'No. 325.', 18th century (f. 1; cf. Burney 144 and Burney 160, both

• Unfinished initial 'G'(entem), at the beginning of Suetonius's Vita Augusti., De vita Caesarum (index XII Caesars)

Greek to be inserted. 1 large white vine initial with partial border incorporating two butterlies and a grasshopper, in colours and gold (f. 1). Large initials unfinished (e.g. ff. 19, 44v), or not started. Guide letters. 1 added partial border,

• Initial 'A' with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of John Capgrave's Life of Catherine., The Life of Catherine (ff. 1-117v), etc.

Initial 'A' with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of John Capgrave's Life of Catherine. 1 large initial in red with pen-flourishing in brown (f. 1). Smaller initials in plain red. Capital letters highlighted in red. The Life of Catherine (ff. 1-117v),

• Zoomorphic initial 'Q'(uod) formed by two biting dragons, and in the lower margin, the ink stamp of the Royal Society of London., De eucharista contra Petrum Martyrem Vermilium

two biting dragons, and in the lower margin, the ink stamp of the Royal Society of London. 1 large zoomorphic initial (f. 1). 2 large decorated initials (ff. 45, 78). Decorated descenders, one including a Crucifixion (f. 182v). De eucharista

• Zoomorphic initial 'D'(e) formed by a quadruped, foliage, and an animal head., Unum ex quatuor

1v, 13v). 1 small initial in plain red (f. 1v); blank spaces for others. Added marginal drawings including human figures. Unum ex quatuor The Carthusian abbey of Mainz, 15th century: inscribed 'Iste liber Carthusie(n)siu(m) p(ro)pe Magu(n)cia(m)' (f. 1, cf. f.

• Zoomorphic initial 'I'(n), formed by a peacock., Unum ex quatuor

1v, 13v). 1 small initial in plain red (f. 1v); blank spaces for others. Added marginal drawings including human figures. Unum ex quatuor The Carthusian abbey of Mainz, 15th century: inscribed 'Iste liber Carthusie(n)siu(m) p(ro)pe Magu(n)cia(m)' (f. 1, cf. f.

• Unfinished initial 'P'(atricia), at eh beginning of Suetonius's Life of Tiberius., De vita Caesarum (index XII Caesars)

Greek to be inserted. 1 large white vine initial with partial border incorporating two butterlies and a grasshopper, in colours and gold (f. 1). Large initials unfinished (e.g. ff. 19, 44v), or not started. Guide letters. 1 added partial border,

• Illuminated white vine initial 'B' (elli) in Cicero's Philippica., Philippica, omitting 5.12-6.6

as used between 1433 and 1530 (f. 1); foliated and inscribed 'scrite 122', 15th century (f. 123; cf. Burney 159).? Mario Maffei (b. 1463, d. 1537): inscribed 'No. 325.', 18th century (f. 1; cf. Burney 144 and Burney 160, both

• Detail of unfinished initial., De vita Caesarum (index XII Caesars)

Greek to be inserted. 1 large white vine initial with partial border incorporating two butterlies and a grasshopper, in colours and gold (f. 1). Large initials unfinished (e.g. ff. 19, 44v), or not started. Guide letters. 1 added partial border,

• Detail of decorated initial., De finibus (ff. 1-94), Disputationes tusculanae (ff. 95-190v)

on a gold field, at the beginning of each book (ff. 1, 15v, 40v, 56v, 72v, 95, 119v, 133, 150v, 168), the first with matching partial borders incorporating heraldic arms. The initial in each of the two texts are in

• null, De finibus (ff. 1-94), Disputationes tusculanae (ff. 95-190v)

gold field, at the beginning of each book (ff. 1, 15v, 40v, 56v, 72v, 95, 119v, 133, 150v, 168), the first with matching partial borders incorporating heraldic arms. The initial in each of the two texts are in slightly different