• Initial 'C'(arminis) with white vine decoration., Elegiae (index Elegies) (ff. 1-55); Carmina (ff. 55v-81v); Catullus (ff. 82-113v); Priapea (ff. 113v-122v)

with foliate extensions into the margins, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 55v, 82, 113v). Smaller initials in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials in plain red or blue. Elegiae (index Elegies) (ff. 1-55); Carmina (ff. 55v-81v); Catullus

• Marginal diagram of the continents and winds., Pharsalia, Books 1-10, with glosses

collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley, ‘18 die Januarij, 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

• Full white vine border, inhabited by putti, with various vignettes, a large historiated initial with a male bust (possibly Juvenal), and, in the lower margin, the coat of arms of the Capilupi family of Mantua., Satires (index Saturae, Satirae)

in red, blue, and green (ff. 1, 86). Satires (index Saturae, Satirae) The Capilupi family of Mantua: its arms of a wolf's head in profile on a gold ground and 3 silver balls (f. 1); inscribed, 'Laelii Capilupi Codex' (f.

• Historiated initial with God in Majesty, and roundels of the days of Creation in the margins., Catalan version of the Old Testament (Genesis to Psalms)

3, on f. 3v.Catchwords. 1 full foliate border in colours and gold with miniatures of Creation in medallions on a parchment folio (f. 3). Large miniature of God in Majesty in colours and gold (f. 3). 1 large decorated initial

• White vine initial 'M'(undum)., Historia naturalis (index Natural history)

large white vine initial 'S'(equitur) in colours and gold (f. 176). 35 large white vine initials in colours and gold, 1 at the beginning of each book (ff. 20v, 35v, 44v, 52, 60v, 72v, 84v, 97, 107, 116v, 129, 135,

• Title in display capitals and coloured initial 'Q'., Speeches, including 'Orationes in Catilinam' (ff. 1-24), 'Ciceronis in Sallustium et invicem Invectivae' (ff. 24-29), 'Pro Marcello' (ff. 29-33v, 75-75v), and 'Pro Ligario' (ff. 75v-76v)

and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘20 die mensis Octobris, A.D. 1725’ (ff. 1, 34). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her

• White vine initial 'F'(requenter)., Letters and other texts

white vine initials in gold and colours (ff. 1, 28, 43v, 59v, 76v, 92, 106, 123, 138v). Alternating initials in red or blue. Rubrics in red. Marginal notes in red. Letters and other texts Written by Pietro Cennini in Florence

• White vine initial 'O'(mnis) at the beginning of Sallust's Catilina., Various works including Catilina (ff. 1-34v), Jugurtha (ff. 35v-100), Letter 3 from Book 15 of Petrarch's Epistulae rerum senilium (ff. 104-113), Letter to Petrarch attributed to Leonardus Brunus Aretinus

Library, Oxford, this manuscript was made in Rome or Naples. 2 large white vine initials in gold and colours (ff. 1, 35v). 2 smaller initials in blue ink (ff. 2v, 37v). Display script. Spaces for initials left blank. A few

• Three-sided white vine border in colours and gold, inhabited by birds, with the Medici coat of arms in the lower margin, supported by putti, and a white vine initial 'L'(ibros)., Historia naturalis (index Natural history)

large white vine initial 'S'(equitur) in colours and gold (f. 176). 35 large white vine initials in colours and gold, 1 at the beginning of each book (ff. 20v, 35v, 44v, 52, 60v, 72v, 84v, 97, 107, 116v, 129, 135,

• Detail of a folio: Incipit: 'ramento capitur cum cetera…' Explicit: 'quinquagenas libras lundens cumi', Historia naturalis (index Natural history)

large white vine initial 'S'(equitur) in colours and gold (f. 176). 35 large white vine initials in colours and gold, 1 at the beginning of each book (ff. 20v, 35v, 44v, 52, 60v, 72v, 84v, 97, 107, 116v, 129, 135,

• Detail of a miniature of the funeral of William the Conqueror in the Abbaye aux hommes at Caen; on the right, a miniature of Lanfranc crowning William Rufus before a watching group of men, from the Grande Chronique de Normandie., Grande Chronique de Normandie

date somewhere around 1465. 15 half-page miniatures, the first accompanied by a full foliate border, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 24v, 35v, 74, 88, 89, 101, 138v, 155v, 160v, 167, 176, 186, 213v, 244v). Large initials with monochrome grotesque

• Detail of a roundel of a man warming himself before a fire, at the beginning of the calendar page for January., Book of Hours ('The Hours of Laudomia de' Medici')

for or after her marriage to Francesco Salviati in 1502: their arms, partly obliterated with gold (not obliterated on ff. 1, 20v, 31, 36v, 39v, 44v, 82, and 117v); the initials of Laudomia de' Medici and Francesco Salviati (ff. 33v,

• Detail of a medallion containing the zodiacal sign for Aquarius, at the beginning of the calendar page for January., Book of Hours ('The Hours of Laudomia de' Medici')

for or after her marriage to Francesco Salviati in 1502: their arms, partly obliterated with gold (not obliterated on ff. 1, 20v, 31, 36v, 39v, 44v, 82, and 117v); the initials of Laudomia de' Medici and Francesco Salviati (ff. 33v,

• Detail of the lower part of the full all'antica border with putti, gems, emblems, and biblical figures, facing the miniature at the beginning of Lauds in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours ('The Hours of Laudomia de' Medici')

for or after her marriage to Francesco Salviati in 1502: their arms, partly obliterated with gold (not obliterated on ff. 1, 20v, 31, 36v, 39v, 44v, 82, and 117v); the initials of Laudomia de' Medici and Francesco Salviati (ff. 33v,

• Detail of the upper part of the full all'antica border with putti, gems, emblems, and biblical figures, facing the miniature at the beginning of Lauds in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours ('The Hours of Laudomia de' Medici')

for or after her marriage to Francesco Salviati in 1502: their arms, partly obliterated with gold (not obliterated on ff. 1, 20v, 31, 36v, 39v, 44v, 82, and 117v); the initials of Laudomia de' Medici and Francesco Salviati (ff. 33v,

• Detail of a miniature of the Circumcision, at the beginning of None in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours ('The Hours of Laudomia de' Medici')

for or after her marriage to Francesco Salviati in 1502: their arms, partly obliterated with gold (not obliterated on ff. 1, 20v, 31, 36v, 39v, 44v, 82, and 117v); the initials of Laudomia de' Medici and Francesco Salviati (ff. 33v,

• Detail of the lower part of the full all'antica border with putti, gems, emblems, and biblical figures, at the beginning of None in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours ('The Hours of Laudomia de' Medici')

for or after her marriage to Francesco Salviati in 1502: their arms, partly obliterated with gold (not obliterated on ff. 1, 20v, 31, 36v, 39v, 44v, 82, and 117v); the initials of Laudomia de' Medici and Francesco Salviati (ff. 33v,

• Detail of a section of the full all'antica border with putti, gems, emblems, and biblical figures, at the beginning of None in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours ('The Hours of Laudomia de' Medici')

for or after her marriage to Francesco Salviati in 1502: their arms, partly obliterated with gold (not obliterated on ff. 1, 20v, 31, 36v, 39v, 44v, 82, and 117v); the initials of Laudomia de' Medici and Francesco Salviati (ff. 33v,

• Detail of a section of the full all'antica border with putti, gems, emblems, and biblical figures, at the beginning of None in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours ('The Hours of Laudomia de' Medici')

for or after her marriage to Francesco Salviati in 1502: their arms, partly obliterated with gold (not obliterated on ff. 1, 20v, 31, 36v, 39v, 44v, 82, and 117v); the initials of Laudomia de' Medici and Francesco Salviati (ff. 33v,

• Detail of a miniature of the Raising of Lazarus, at the beginning of the Office of the Dead., Book of Hours ('The Hours of Laudomia de' Medici')

for or after her marriage to Francesco Salviati in 1502: their arms, partly obliterated with gold (not obliterated on ff. 1, 20v, 31, 36v, 39v, 44v, 82, and 117v); the initials of Laudomia de' Medici and Francesco Salviati (ff. 33v,