• Detail of a marginal drawing of David and Goliath., Bible (the 'Worms Bible') (index Frankenthal Bible), Genesis to Job

[inceptus est liber] ?' (f. 1): see Cohen-Mushlin 1990.The Augustinian monastery of St Mary, outside of Worms: 17th-century inscription 'Hic liber pertinet ad Ecclesiam Beatae Mariae Virginis in Suburbio Wormatiensis', signed 'J. G.' (f. 1). J. G. might be Joannes

• Miniature in colours and gold showing Pliny writing in his study and a landscape with animals, rivers, the sea, sun and moon; text with a decorative initial 'M', and decorated borders with a coat of arms., Historia naturalis (index Natural history)

Library, Oxford.Leaf signatures. Catchwords.Written by two scribes and decorated in different hands (change particularly noticeable from f. 91, for instance). 1 miniature in colours and gold showing Pliny writing in his study and a landscape with animals, rivers, the sea,

• Medallion of Taurus and the illuminated initial 'T'(aurus)., Fragment of an astrological treatise, including a text on the use of spheres (ff. 6v-7v)

illuminated initial 'T'(aurus). ff. 8-102 + 1 unfoliated leaf and f. i are a late 16th-century paper codex in English. 3 medallions of Taurus, Libra, and Scorpio in colours and gold (ff. 2v, 4v, 5v). 7 large initials in gold

• Medallion of Scorpio and the illuminated initial 'S'(corpio)., Fragment of an astrological treatise, including a text on the use of spheres (ff. 6v-7v)

illuminated initial 'S'(corpio). ff. 8-102 + 1 unfoliated leaf and f. i are a late 16th-century paper codex in English. 3 medallions of Taurus, Libra, and Scorpio in colours and gold (ff. 2v, 4v, 5v). 7 large initials in gold

• Illuminated initial 'C'(um) with floral decoration in gold and colours at the beginning of the prologue, with foliate tendrils extending from the initial into the upper and left margin., Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi

from the initial into the upper and left margin (f. 1). Decorated lower border in gold and colours with foliate tendrils, flowers and besants, wreath encircling erased heraldry (f. 1). Initials in blue with red penwork decoration and pen-flourishing (or

• null, Chronica pontificum et imperatorum, ending imperfectly

major divisions. Small initials similar but simpler. Chronica pontificum et imperatorum, ending imperfectly Medieval ownership(?) inscription in red (erased, f. 1, lower margin).Francis Bernard (bap. 1628, d. 1698), apothecary and physician: listed as his in [Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum

• null, Chronica pontificum et imperatorum, ending imperfectly

major divisions. Small initials similar but simpler. Chronica pontificum et imperatorum, ending imperfectly Medieval ownership(?) inscription in red (erased, f. 1, lower margin).Francis Bernard (bap. 1628, d. 1698), apothecary and physician: listed as his in [Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum

• Detail of text at the beginning of Book XVI., Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi

from the initial into the upper and left margin (f. 1). Decorated lower border in gold and colours with foliate tendrils, flowers and besants, wreath encircling erased heraldry (f. 1). Initials in blue with red penwork decoration and pen-flourishing (or

• Historiated initial 'Q'(ui) of the Resurrected Christ, with foliate extensions and gold besants., Various religious texts, including De imitatione Christi, capitula (ff. 1-4)

Historiated initial 'Q'(ui) of the Resurrected Christ, with foliate extensions and gold besants. Written by several scribes, one of whom wrote the lists of ~capitula~ (ff. 1-4) and the text on ff. 5-106v. Several others wrote ff. 107-199 (see

• Astonomical diagram, Calendar, Computus, Alphonsine tables, Tractatus de arte numerandi (Algorismus), and Astronomical tables

Astonomical diagram 3 unfoliated paper flyleaves after f. 1*.3 blank unfoliated leaves after f. 115. Numerous astronomical diagrams in red and/or brown ink, including one with a vovelle (f. 53v). Large initials and headings in red. 'KL' initials in

• Miniature of the Crucifixion, and full foliate border, facing the historiated initial 'T'(e) with the Instruments of the Passion of Christ, at the beginning of the 'Te igitur' in a Missal., Missal, Use of Rome

Instruments of the Passion of Christ, at the beginning of the 'Te igitur' in a Missal. 1 large miniature, accompanied by a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 113v). 20 large historiated initials, in colours and gold (ff.

• Calendar page and historiated initial 'A'(d) with David, at the beginning of a Missal., Missal, Use of Rome

David, at the beginning of a Missal. 1 large miniature, accompanied by a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 113v). 20 large historiated initials, in colours and gold (ff. 7, 15, 20v, 114, 122, 132, 135, 141, 164,

• Historiated initial 'R'(esurrexi) with the Resurrection of Christ, in a Missal., Missal, Use of Rome

Resurrection of Christ, in a Missal. 1 large miniature, accompanied by a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 113v). 20 large historiated initials, in colours and gold (ff. 7, 15, 20v, 114, 122, 132, 135, 141, 164, 171,

• Detail of historiated initial., Miscellany, including Liber Hermetis de alchimia (ff. 155-157); Liber triginta verborum (ff. 164-166); De duodecim aquis (ff. 166v-167v); and De naturis colorum iuxta Aristotelem 70 preceptorum (ff. 185v-186).

no. 11798 (dated 1457 to Würzburg). 1 large red initial with a human face (f. 84). Large and small initials in red, green, blue, or brown, two decorated with patterns. Paraphs in red. Marginalia. 1 table (f. 121). Blank spaces

• Text page., Part of a lectionary

(ff. 4-66). Initials in red (oxidised) Part of a lectionary Samuell Compton and Ch. Kirten: inscribed with their names (f. 1) in a sixteenth-century hand.John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673), antiquary, included in the catalogue of his library left to

• Decorated initial., Medical miscellany, including Gilbertus Anglicus's Compendium medicinae (ff 91-139), imperfect, On buboes (ff. 139-140); Guy de Chauliac's On bloodletting (f. 147v); and On scarifying and cupping (f. 147v)

Decorated initial. ff. 1-2 are parchment flyleaves. Large and small initials in blue with red penwork decoration and pen-flourishing. Small initials in red or blue. Paraphs in red. Marginal drawing of a face (f. 83). From ff. 81v-86v, large

• Detail of puzzle initial., Facta et dicta memorabilia

red (and blue), with reserved designs, with brown pen-flourishing (ff. 1, 19v, 40, 60v, 82v, 105v, 125v, 142v, 162v). Smaller puzzle initials in red and blue with brown pen-flourishing or penwork decoration. Small initials in red or blue with brown

• Drawings, including of king Saul, the priest Eli, who falls dead after being told that his two sons had been killed and the ark of God taken by the Philistines (1 Samuel 4:17-18); and the destruction of the city of Jerusalem., Summary of the Liber Concordiae Novi ac Veteris Testamenti (Harmony of the Old and New Testaments), imperfect

his two sons had been killed and the ark of God taken by the Philistines (1 Samuel 4:17-18); and the destruction of the city of Jerusalem. Folios missing after f. 74.Joachim of Fiore, Cistercian abbot and mystic (b. at Celico,

• Three-sided white vine border with a large initial 'E'(usebium), a butterfly, two birds, and unidentified arms in the lower margin., De evangelica praeparatione

collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘13 die Februarij, A.D. 1723/4’ (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Decorated initial O(paca) in blue, magenta, and green with floral sprays and bezants. Marginal hand and text hand by Gunthorpe., Tragoediae (index Tragedies)

Decorated initial O(paca) in blue, magenta, and green with floral sprays and bezants. Marginal hand and text hand by Gunthorpe. Written by Gunthrope while he was in Ferrara attending Guarino da Verona's rhetoric lectures. Contains extensive marginal notations by