• Coloured initials 'S'(i), 'C'(um), and 'E'(adem)., Treatise on the astrolabe

see Winstanley and Hunt.James Orchard Halliwell- [Phillipps] (b. 1820, d. 1889), antiquary and literary scholar: his stamp 'Bibliotheca Halliwelliana' (f. 1); catalogued for sale, 27 June 1840, lot 39, but withdrawn, along with the other manuscripts, all but one of

• Decorated initial with animal heads and interlace., The Pauline and Catholic Epistles (except III John and Jude), and Revelation, imperfect

of Hincmar (845-882) according to Bischoff.List of contents in pen, pasted onto f. [iii]. 1 full-page miniature in ink and colours (f. 71v). Large initial in brown and colours, with interlace and geometric patterns and often animal head decoration or

• Interlace initial 'P'(aulus)., The Pauline and Catholic Epistles (except III John and Jude), and Revelation, imperfect

(845-882) according to Bischoff.List of contents in pen, pasted onto f. [iii]. 1 full-page miniature in ink and colours (f. 71v). Large initial in brown and colours, with interlace and geometric patterns and often animal head decoration or animals. Initials

• Decorated letters 'In'(itium) with an animal head, a clawed foot, and a heart-shaped 'tail' at the beginning of the Gospel of Mark. A later reader has added a title at the top of the page ('Marcus') and numbered the chapters ('.1.' in the right-hand margin)., Gospel Book, imperfect, with glosses in Irish and Latin

of Mark. A later reader has added a title at the top of the page ('Marcus') and numbered the chapters ('.1.' in the right-hand margin). Henry and Marsh-Micheli's Group IVA: 'Middle and Late Twelfth-Century Manuscripts from the North-East of Ireland

• Miniature of Jacqueline Macheco, in prayer before James, and with empress Helena standing behind her with the Cross; decorated initial 'O'(lax) including her coat of arms, and foliate borders, at the beginning of the suffrage to James., Inserted leaf with the beginning of a suffrage to Jacobus

suffrage to James. We thank François Avril for the localisation, and for the identification of the heraldry in this manuscript. 1 full page miniature with a decorated initial including the coat of arms of Jacqueline Macheco, and full foliate borders

• Coloured initial 'D'(anielem) at the beginning of Jerome's 'Commentary on the Prophet Daniel' with the title 'The prologue of St Jerome, Exposition on the Prophet Daniel'., Theological miscellany (contents listed in Notes)

Notes) ? The Benedectine abbey of Saints Peter, Paul and Andrew, Peterborough, Northamptonshire: listed in its catalogue (see Ker 1964).f. 1 is a parchment leaf with a 12th-century ? list of contents.Charles Howard, the Earl of Carlisle, in the 18th

• Coloured initial 'A'(nno)., Theological miscellany (contents listed in Notes)

Notes) ? The Benedectine abbey of Saints Peter, Paul and Andrew, Peterborough, Northamptonshire: listed in its catalogue (see Ker 1964).f. 1 is a parchment leaf with a 12th-century ? list of contents.Charles Howard, the Earl of Carlisle, in the 18th

• Coloured initial 'B'(eatis) at the beginning of the Life of Nicholas of Myra (or Bari)., Theological miscellany (contents listed in Notes)

Notes) ? The Benedectine abbey of Saints Peter, Paul and Andrew, Peterborough, Northamptonshire: listed in its catalogue (see Ker 1964).f. 1 is a parchment leaf with a 12th-century ? list of contents.Charles Howard, the Earl of Carlisle, in the 18th

• Coloured initial 'O'(mnipotentis) at the beginning of the prologue written by the 11th-century abbot of Thorney, Fulcard, to his the lives of the anchorites Thancred, Torhtred and Tova, which he presented to Bishop Walcelin of Winchester. Their veneration seems to have been limited to Thorney and its dependent house, Deeping., Theological miscellany (contents listed in Notes)

Notes) ? The Benedectine abbey of Saints Peter, Paul and Andrew, Peterborough, Northamptonshire: listed in its catalogue (see Ker 1964).f. 1 is a parchment leaf with a 12th-century ? list of contents.Charles Howard, the Earl of Carlisle, in the 18th

• Historiated initials 'I'(mperator) of a cat and mouse, a king, a snail, and a dragon., Codex Justiniani in 9 books, with gloss (index Corpus iuris civilis)

and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘20 die mensis Januarij, A.D. 1721/22’ (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Historiated initials 'I'(mperator) of a mermaid, a bird, and a hedgehog., Codex Justiniani in 9 books, with gloss (index Corpus iuris civilis)

and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘20 die mensis Januarij, A.D. 1721/22’ (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Historiated initials 'I'(mperator) of hounds hunting a hare and a deer, and a hunter blowing his horn., Codex Justiniani in 9 books, with gloss (index Corpus iuris civilis)

and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘20 die mensis Januarij, A.D. 1721/22’ (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Historiated initial 'I'(ncipit) with entwined dragons, a bird, and a man., Codex Justiniani in 9 books, with gloss (index Corpus iuris civilis)

and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘20 die mensis Januarij, A.D. 1721/22’ (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Miniature of a Roman emperor at the beginning of the section of laws on debt and usury., Codex Justiniani in 9 books, with gloss (index Corpus iuris civilis)

and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘20 die mensis Januarij, A.D. 1721/22’ (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Historiated initials 'I'(mperator) of hybrid creatures and grotesques in a section on property and money matters, and manumission (the freeing of slaves)., Codex Justiniani in 9 books, with gloss (index Corpus iuris civilis)

and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘20 die mensis Januarij, A.D. 1721/22’ (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Miniature of an enthroned Roman emperor., Codex Justiniani in 9 books, with gloss (index Corpus iuris civilis)

and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘20 die mensis Januarij, A.D. 1721/22’ (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Miniature of the Emperor Justinian with a dragon at his feet, at the beginning of his law code., Codex Justiniani in 9 books, with gloss (index Corpus iuris civilis)

and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘20 die mensis Januarij, A.D. 1721/22’ (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Marginal sketches of hybrid creatures and grotesques., Codex Justiniani in 9 books, with gloss (index Corpus iuris civilis)

and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘20 die mensis Januarij, A.D. 1721/22’ (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Text page with marginal paintings of a grotesque hybrid and a dragon., Codex Justiniani in 9 books, with gloss (index Corpus iuris civilis)

and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘20 die mensis Januarij, A.D. 1721/22’ (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Historiated initials 'I'(mperator) of a woman reading and of a man wrestling with serpents., Codex Justiniani in 9 books, with gloss (index Corpus iuris civilis)

and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘20 die mensis Januarij, A.D. 1721/22’ (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime