• Historiated initial 'I'(mperator) of a man reading a book., 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., 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 holding an orb,with marginal drawings of birds, a dragon, and a harpie., 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 the history of the abbey with the death of Abbot Edwin, in the reign of Eadmund (Edmund Ironside), and events of the 10th century, telling of Cnut's taking of Mercia and London., Cartulary and Register of Evesham

it back whenever it could prove useful in a public trial, as recorded by Harley's librarian, Humfrey Wanley (see ff. 1 and 2; see Wright 1962; Wright and Wright 1966; Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661,

• Added miscellaneous documents, memoranda, and records of pensions or tenancies with documentation of the villages around Evesham, here Sanburne and Salford. At the bottom of the page is an added line of Old English 'letters' which includes the abbreviation for 'et' or 'and', which resembles the number 7., Cartulary and Register of Evesham

it back whenever it could prove useful in a public trial, as recorded by Harley's librarian, Humfrey Wanley (see ff. 1 and 2; see Wright 1962; Wright and Wright 1966; Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661,

• Text page including a charter of Kenred, king of Mercia (704-709), supports Ecgwin in his efforts to establish an abbey dedicated to the Virgin at the site where she appeared in a vision to Eoves (a herdsman after whom Evesham was named) and the bishop. The names of Brithwold, archbishop of Canterbury, and Waldhere, bishop of London, appear among the witnesses., Cartulary and Register of Evesham

it back whenever it could prove useful in a public trial, as recorded by Harley's librarian, Humfrey Wanley (see ff. 1 and 2; see Wright 1962; Wright and Wright 1966; Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661,

• Detail of zoomorphic initial of a bird., Bible (the 'Montpellier Bible')

Detail of zoomorphic initial of a bird. The second volume of this Bible, the continuation of Harley 4772.Uncrossed tironian ets, and ampersands.Quire signatures. Large initials in colours and sometimes gold, some partly zoomorphic at the beginning of most books

• Zoomorphic initial 'M'(ultorum)., Bible (the 'Montpellier Bible')

Zoomorphic initial 'M'(ultorum). The second volume of this Bible, the continuation of Harley 4772.Uncrossed tironian ets, and ampersands.Quire signatures. Large initials in colours and sometimes gold, some partly zoomorphic at the beginning of most books and other divisions (ff.

• Decorated initial with a dog at the beginning of Job., Bible (the 'Montpellier Bible')

Decorated initial with a dog at the beginning of Job. The second volume of this Bible, the continuation of Harley 4772.Uncrossed tironian ets, and ampersands.Quire signatures. Large initials in colours and sometimes gold, some partly zoomorphic at the beginning

• Decorated initial of a lion ? with a flowing tail eating a bird., Bible (the 'Montpellier Bible')

Decorated initial of a lion ? with a flowing tail eating a bird. The second volume of this Bible, the continuation of Harley 4772.Uncrossed tironian ets, and ampersands.Quire signatures. Large initials in colours and sometimes gold, some partly zoomorphic

• Decorated initial 'F'(ratribus)., Bible (the 'Montpellier Bible')

Decorated initial 'F'(ratribus). The second volume of this Bible, the continuation of Harley 4772.Uncrossed tironian ets, and ampersands.Quire signatures. Large initials in colours and sometimes gold, some partly zoomorphic at the beginning of most books and other divisions (ff.

• Decorated initial with animal heads at the beginning of Jerome's prologue., Bible (the 'Montpellier Bible')

Decorated initial with animal heads at the beginning of Jerome's prologue. The second volume of this Bible, the continuation of Harley 4772.Uncrossed tironian ets, and ampersands.Quire signatures. Large initials in colours and sometimes gold, some partly zoomorphic at the

• Decorated initial with foliate decoration, and one with animals heads., Bible (the 'Montpellier Bible')

Decorated initial with foliate decoration, and one with animals heads. The second volume of this Bible, the continuation of Harley 4772.Uncrossed tironian ets, and ampersands.Quire signatures. Large initials in colours and sometimes gold, some partly zoomorphic at the beginning

• Decorated initial 'H'(ic) and historiated initial 'I'(n principio) featuring John standing with a book at the beginning of John's Gospel., Bible including the Psalms and the Interpretation of Hebrew Names (ff. 600-644v)

annotations.Pigments oxidised.Watermark on f. [645] 77 historiated initials in gold and colours with foliate decoration, human heads, hybrid creatures. f. 1: cleric writing, for the beginning of Jerome's Prologue; f. 4v: Creation scenes, for Genesis; f. 28: Moses receives Tablets

• Headpiece and decorated initial., Acts of the Apostles, Catholic Epistles, Pauline Epistles, and Revelation, with tables and associated material

Headpiece and decorated initial. Ruled in hardpoint.Folio missing after f. 96.f. 100* (with notes in Covel's hand) after f. 100.Transcript of the Lexicon `ex codice graeco MS Actorum Epistolarum et Apocalypseos Covelliano' by Johann Friedrich Burg of Vratislava at

• Decorated initials 'V'(ere) and 'B'(enedictus)., Lives of the Egyptian monks, Lives of various male and female saints (including Johannes Eleemosynarius), Paradisus, and a book on visions, with a table of contents (ff. 1v-2v), imperfect at the end

and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘22 die mensis Junij, A.D. 1726’ (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Decorated initial 'C'(onticuere)., Opera (Works)

collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘11 die Martij, 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., Historia Anglorum

first medieval parchment flyleaf). Sketches of heraldic arms (f. 144). 1 bas-de-page drawing (f. 168v). Large initials in red, green and/or blue with penwork decoration or pen-flourishing in green (and red) or red (and green) (ff. 2, 3, 4, 20v,

• Decorated initial., Historia Anglorum

first medieval parchment flyleaf). Sketches of heraldic arms (f. 144). 1 bas-de-page drawing (f. 168v). Large initials in red, green and/or blue with penwork decoration or pen-flourishing in green (and red) or red (and green) (ff. 2, 3, 4, 20v,

• Detail of coloured initial., Historia Anglorum

of first medieval parchment flyleaf). Sketches of heraldic arms (f. 144). 1 bas-de-page drawing (f. 168v). Large initials in red, green and/or blue with penwork decoration or pen-flourishing in green (and red) or red (and green) (ff. 2, 3, 4,