• 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, Libro Imperiale

1 large white-vine initial including a human head and a three-sided white-vine border with heraldic arms and birds in the lower margin, in colours and gold (f. 1). 2 large white-vine initials with foliate extensions into the margins, in colours

• Illuminated initial 'E'(xpositionem) with a foliate border, at the beginning of chapter 1., Commentary on Matthew

of chapter 1. Catchwords, and bifolium signatures which begin with 'a2' suggesting one missing leaf at the beginning of the volume. 8 foliate initials in colours and gold with foliate borders, at the beginning of each chapter (ff. 1, 25,

• 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.

• 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

• Added text page written by a 15th-century scribe with the decorated initial 'O'(mnis)., Catiline

in hardpoint.Interlinear and marginal notes.f. 1* is a paper leaf pasted onto a former parchment pastedown. 1 large initial in red and blue (f. 1). Rubrics in red. Capitals marked in yellow. Catiline A note in a humanistic hand, beginning

• 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,

• 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,

• 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

• Decorated initial 'T'(hees) and three-sided foliate border, at the beginning of the Mirror of the Life of Christ., Mirror of the Life of Christ (ff. 1-221v), and the first leaf of the Traité pour Essamples les Amantz Marietz (ff. 223-223v)

foliate border, at the beginning of the Mirror of the Life of Christ. 1 large decorated initial, developing a three-sided foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 1). Small initials in blue with red (foliate) pen-flourishing. Paraph marks in plain

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Detail of illuminated initial., 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 illluminated 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,