• Historiated initial 'L'(ucii), with a portrait of Lucullus, crowned with a garland, holding a book., Lives

collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘24 die Junij, A.D. 1723’ (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Detail of the colophon: 'Anno dominicae incarnationis M^o^CCCC^o^LXX^o^ & vii^a^ decembris opus hoc consumatum est: die autum veneris summo mane. Laus & gloria sit omnipotenti yhu xpo per infinita secula'., Lives

collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘24 die Junij, A.D. 1723’ (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Detail of marginal imagery of a heart., 49 love sonnets

heart. 1 large historiated initial, and a three-sided foliate border with gold balls, with heraldry, devices, and monograms, in colours and gold; a large red heart on a burning wood fire with raindrops, in the right margin (f. 1). Small

• Unfinished miniature of the martyrdom of Laurence, with an illuminated initial 'L'(orens), and partial foliate borders, at the beginning of his legend., La légende dorée (index Legende doree; Golden legend; Legenda aurea; Legendae sanctorum; Legends of the saints)

of vols 1 and 2); his sale, 31 July 1844. Sir Thomas Brooke, Armitage Bridge: his book-plate (inside upper cover, vols 1 and 2). G. I. Ellis, London bookseller: cutting of his catalogue, no. 79 (pasted in vol. 1 to

• Unfinished miniatures of Pope Felix and of Simplicius and Faustina, with illuminated initials and partial foliate borders, at the beginning of their legends., La légende dorée (index Legende doree; Golden legend; Legenda aurea; Legendae sanctorum; Legends of the saints)

of vols 1 and 2); his sale, 31 July 1844. Sir Thomas Brooke, Armitage Bridge: his book-plate (inside upper cover, vols 1 and 2). G. I. Ellis, London bookseller: cutting of his catalogue, no. 79 (pasted in vol. 1 to

• Miniature of the death of Alexien, with an illuminated initial 'A'(lexien), and partial foliate borders, at the beginning of his legend., La légende dorée (index Legende doree; Golden legend; Legenda aurea; Legendae sanctorum; Legends of the saints)

of vols 1 and 2); his sale, 31 July 1844. Sir Thomas Brooke, Armitage Bridge: his book-plate (inside upper cover, vols 1 and 2). G. I. Ellis, London bookseller: cutting of his catalogue, no. 79 (pasted in vol. 1 to

• Detail of an unfinished miniature of the martyrdom of Laurence, with an illuminated initial 'L'(orens), at the beginning of his legend., La légende dorée (index Legende doree; Golden legend; Legenda aurea; Legendae sanctorum; Legends of the saints)

of vols 1 and 2); his sale, 31 July 1844. Sir Thomas Brooke, Armitage Bridge: his book-plate (inside upper cover, vols 1 and 2). G. I. Ellis, London bookseller: cutting of his catalogue, no. 79 (pasted in vol. 1 to

• Detail of an unfinished miniature of Pope Felix, with an illuminated initial 'F'(elix), at the beginning of his legend., La légende dorée (index Legende doree; Golden legend; Legenda aurea; Legendae sanctorum; Legends of the saints)

of vols 1 and 2); his sale, 31 July 1844. Sir Thomas Brooke, Armitage Bridge: his book-plate (inside upper cover, vols 1 and 2). G. I. Ellis, London bookseller: cutting of his catalogue, no. 79 (pasted in vol. 1 to

• Detail of an unfinished miniature of Simplicius and Faustina, with an illuminated initial 'S'(implicien), at the beginning of their legend., La légende dorée (index Legende doree; Golden legend; Legenda aurea; Legendae sanctorum; Legends of the saints)

of vols 1 and 2); his sale, 31 July 1844. Sir Thomas Brooke, Armitage Bridge: his book-plate (inside upper cover, vols 1 and 2). G. I. Ellis, London bookseller: cutting of his catalogue, no. 79 (pasted in vol. 1 to

• Detail of a miniature of the death of Alexien, with a partial foliate border, at the beginning of his legend., La légende dorée (index Legende doree; Golden legend; Legenda aurea; Legendae sanctorum; Legends of the saints)

of vols 1 and 2); his sale, 31 July 1844. Sir Thomas Brooke, Armitage Bridge: his book-plate (inside upper cover, vols 1 and 2). G. I. Ellis, London bookseller: cutting of his catalogue, no. 79 (pasted in vol. 1 to

• Marginal decoration of a dragon., Prayers for Rosh ha-Shanah and Yom Kippur, Ashkenazi rite (aka 'London Days of Awe Mahzor')

visible. 1 initial-word panel inhabited by birds, dragons, and hybrids in ink (f. 1). 2 initial words decorated with geometrical motifs/inhabited by hybrids and dragons in brown ink (ff. 28v, 48v). 8 marginal decorations in brown ink (ff. 1, 2,

• Initial word, ~Kol~ (all), at the beginning of ~Kol nidre~ (all vows) inhabited by dragons and hybrids., Prayers for Rosh ha-Shanah and Yom Kippur, Ashkenazi rite (aka 'London Days of Awe Mahzor')

visible. 1 initial-word panel inhabited by birds, dragons, and hybrids in ink (f. 1). 2 initial words decorated with geometrical motifs/inhabited by hybrids and dragons in brown ink (ff. 28v, 48v). 8 marginal decorations in brown ink (ff. 1, 2,

• Decorated catchword., Prayers for Rosh ha-Shanah and Yom Kippur, Ashkenazi rite (aka 'London Days of Awe Mahzor')

visible. 1 initial-word panel inhabited by birds, dragons, and hybrids in ink (f. 1). 2 initial words decorated with geometrical motifs/inhabited by hybrids and dragons in brown ink (ff. 28v, 48v). 8 marginal decorations in brown ink (ff. 1, 2,

• Full-page decoration at the beginning of a ~piyyut~ (liturgical poem) for Yom Kippur (Davidson vol. 1, no. 2106). The text of the poem is surrounded by an architectural frame with towers on both sides and with columns held by lions. The upper section of the frame is scallopped and is flanked by a dragon and a hybrid., Prayers for Rosh ha-Shanah and Yom Kippur, Ashkenazi rite (aka 'London Days of Awe Mahzor')

visible. 1 initial-word panel inhabited by birds, dragons, and hybrids in ink (f. 1). 2 initial words decorated with geometrical motifs/inhabited by hybrids and dragons in brown ink (ff. 28v, 48v). 8 marginal decorations in brown ink (ff. 1, 2,

• Illuminated interlace initial 'E'(go), at the beginning of Cicero's Epistolae ad familiares, Book 1, Epistolae ad familiares

Epistolae ad familiares, Book 1 The decoration is typically Veronese according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library, Oxford.The inserted first leaf has an Easter table, covering 1480-1831 (f. 1)1 large interlace initial,

• Detail of decorated initial., Ars poetica (ff. 1-9), Epistolae (ff. 9-35), with marginal and interlinear glosses

initials in blue, red, and green (ff. 1, 9, 26v). Initials for the lesser divisions are red with blue flourishing, or vice versa. Blue or red paraphs. Contemporary(?) marginal drawings (e.g. ff. 3v, 17v, 19, 21, 26v) and other designs

• Detail of a miniature of Vincent of Beauvais, a Dominican monk, sitting at a desk and writing his book, at the beginning of book 1., Le miroir historial (a French translation of the Speculum historiale) books 1-5

writing his book, at the beginning of book 1. This manuscript contains the first volume (books 1-9) of the Speculum historiale and is now bound in two parts, foliated separately: part 1 contains books 1-5 with a table of contents

• Detail of historiated initial with bishops., Lections for feasts of saints, including Vita Gregorii, the life of St Augustine; Nativitate St Maria, Vita Edwardi regis (one chapter), and other texts

pp. 74-77. 1 historiated initial of two bishops in green, red, and brown on a blue ground (f. 1). 2 large initials with animals or animals heads in red, green, and brown, or also with blue (ff. 1, 18v). Simple

• Detail of illuminated initial and red hearts replacing the word 'cuoere’ ('heart') in the text., 49 love sonnets

text. 1 large historiated initial, and a three-sided foliate border with gold balls, with heraldry, devices, and monograms, in colours and gold; a large red heart on a burning wood fire with raindrops, in the right margin (f. 1). Small

• Historiated initial 'D'(omino) with John Chrysostom and border., Homilies on Matthew (index In Matthaeum)

Historiated initial 'D'(omino) with John Chrysostom and border. 1 large historiated initial with a three-sided inhabited white vine border, in colours and gold (f. 1). 3 large white vine initials with foliate extensions into the margins, in colours and gold