• Decorated initial 'Q'(uerit[us]) in green ink., Various poems including Laurence of Durham's Hypognosticon (ff. 8-113) and the Fall of Troy (ff. 114v-115v)

Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by his librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘15 Augusti 1725’ (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Illuminated initial 'I'(nter)., Observationum ex libris antiquorum

initial 'I'(nter). The initials on ff. 153v, 163 are unfinished and the underdrawings are visible. 1 historiated initial in colours and gold (damaged) (f. 1). 19 large initials in colours and gold (ff. 1v, 14v, 29, 39v, 48, 58, 65v,

• Coloured initials 'Q'(uomodo) and 'C'(um) at the beginning of the preface and prologue of Solinus's De mirabilibus mundi., Collectanea rerum memorabilium (index De mirabilibus mundi), preceded by a preface (f. 1) and prologue (f. 1r-1v)

mirabilibus mundi. Initials in plain red, partly oxidised (ff. 1, 9). Unfinished: spaces left for all other initials. Collectanea rerum memorabilium (index De mirabilibus mundi), preceded by a preface (f. 1) and prologue (f. 1r-1v) Signed by one of the

• Illuminated headpiece and initial 'Pi', both with foliate decoration at the beginning of Gregory of Nazianzus's sermon Or. 39., Sermons

colours and gold, with large decorated initials in colours, and usually also in gold, at the beginning of sermons (ff. 1, 3, 21, 26v, 36v, 44v, 54v, 62v, 71v, 119v, 130v, 163v, 168, 189v, 206v, 230v). Small simple initials in

• Illuminated headpiece with a foliate pattern and decorated initial 'E'(n) at the beginning of the Gospel of John., Four Gospels, each preceded by a table of capitula (index New Testament, Bible)

in red decorated with coloured foliate and geometric patterns, some also with gold (ff. 1v-6). Diagram in red ink (f. 1). 4 large headpieces in gold and colours with foliate decoration (ff. 8, 64, 99, 157) at the beginning of

• Marginal drawing of a knight on horseback holding a sword., In Hexaemeron, imperfect

initials in brown or red. 1 marginal drawing of a knight on horseback holding a sword (Demetrios the Great) (f. 91). In Hexaemeron, imperfect ff. 2-8v, 10-15v, 17-120v, written by Nikephoros (inscription, f. 120v).ff. 1, 9, 16, are replacement paper

• Zoomorphic initial 'S'(Saepe) in foliate forms and an animal's neck and head, at the beginning of Cicero's De inventione, and the ink stamp of the Royal Society of London in the lower margin., De inventione (index Rhetorica); Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)

in brown ink with yellow and red washes, 2 with zoomorphic features of a animal head, or a bird (ff. 1, 3, 4, 24, 51v, 70). Large initials in red, most with yellow and/or red penwork decoration. Highlights in red

• Ink drawings of a beaver with a man blowing a horn, a crocodile swallowing a hydrus, a crocodile with fish, and a winged hyena., Bestiary

Ink drawings of a beaver with a man blowing a horn, a crocodile swallowing a hydrus, a crocodile with fish, and a winged hyena. In James's 'First Family' with text derived from the Physiologus with additions from the Etymologies

• Detail of ink drawings of an ibex and fire stones., Bestiary

Detail of ink drawings of an ibex and fire stones. In James's 'First Family' with text derived from the Physiologus with additions from the Etymologies of Isidore of Seville, McCullough's subdivision 'B-Is' version, see McCullough 1962 p. 31; Payne

• Ink drawings of animals., Bestiary

Ink drawings of animals. In James's 'First Family' with text derived from the Physiologus with additions from the Etymologies of Isidore of Seville, McCullough's subdivision 'B-Is' version, see McCullough 1962 p. 31; Payne 1990 p. 12. 28 drawings in

• Decorated initial 'P'(aulus) at the beginning of Paul's epistles, with gloss., Epistles of Paul, with prologues and gloss; Jerome's prologue to the Epistles (ff. 151-152v)

brown ink initials with colours, most with red, yellow, blue, and sometimes olive green (ff. 1, 27, 52, 69, 78, 87, 93v, 99v, 105, 108v, 116, 121v, 125, 127). Small initials in red. Epistles of Paul, with prologues and gloss;

• Decorated initial 'M'(ultiphariam) at the beginning of Paul's epistle to the Hebrews, with gloss., Epistles of Paul, with prologues and gloss; Jerome's prologue to the Epistles (ff. 151-152v)

foliate brown ink initials with colours, most with red, yellow, blue, and sometimes olive green (ff. 1, 27, 52, 69, 78, 87, 93v, 99v, 105, 108v, 116, 121v, 125, 127). Small initials in red. Epistles of Paul, with prologues and

• Decorated initial 'I'(n), at the beginning of the book Ezra., Job and Ezra, with prologues

Ezra. Headings and some explicits in large capital letters (ff. 1, 3v, 5v, 51, 52, 54v, 97v), some with colours, in yellow, red, or green (ff. 5v, 52, 54v). Large capital letters in brown ink. Added sketch of Christ on

• Heading in display capitals, and the first word 'Vir' in colours, at the beginning of the book of Job., Job and Ezra, with prologues

of the book of Job. Headings and some explicits in large capital letters (ff. 1, 3v, 5v, 51, 52, 54v, 97v), some with colours, in yellow, red, or green (ff. 5v, 52, 54v). Large capital letters in brown ink. Added

• Zoomorphic initial 'S'(aepe) in foliate forms and an animal's neck and head, at the beginning of Cicero's De inventione., De inventione (index Rhetorica); Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)

in brown ink with yellow and red washes, 2 with zoomorphic features of a animal head, or a bird (ff. 1, 3, 4, 24, 51v, 70). Large initials in red, most with yellow and/or red penwork decoration. Highlights in red

• Illuminated headpiece and initial 'Pi', both with foliate decoration at the beginning of Gregory of Nazianzus's sermon Or. 41., Sermons

colours and gold, with large decorated initials in colours, and usually also in gold, at the beginning of sermons (ff. 1, 3, 21, 26v, 36v, 44v, 54v, 62v, 71v, 119v, 130v, 163v, 168, 189v, 206v, 230v). Small simple initials in

• Zoomorphic initial 'E'(t) in the form of a bird, at the beginning of the Pseudo-Cicero Rhetorica ad Herennium., De inventione (index Rhetorica); Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)

in brown ink with yellow and red washes, 2 with zoomorphic features of a animal head, or a bird (ff. 1, 3, 4, 24, 51v, 70). Large initials in red, most with yellow and/or red penwork decoration. Highlights in red

• Historiated initial 'H'(enricus) enclosing the imperial falcon of Anne Boleyn against a background of the royal colours., Patents granted to Anne Boleyn as Marquess of Pembroke

Henry VIII, after she was created Marquess of Pembroke on 1 September 1532, but before she became queen in March 1533: her heraldic device of an imperial falcon (f. 1); see Carley 2000 and 2004).The Old Royal Library: 1542 Westminster

• Text page with initials and rubrics., De unitate sanctae trinitatis (f.1); De differentiis, Etymologiae (incomplete), De miraculis Christi

Text page with initials and rubrics. Initials and rubrics in red. De unitate sanctae trinitatis (f.1); De differentiis, Etymologiae (incomplete), De miraculis Christi The Cathedral Church of St Mary, Salisbury: probably to be identified with no. 23 in Patrick

• Inhabited initial 'G'(loriosissimam) formed of a dragon interlaced with foliage, at the beginning of book 1., De civitate Dei; Notae on De ciuitate Dei

interlaced with foliage, at the beginning of book 1. Includes Augustine's De civitate Dei preceded by the section relating to it in the Retractationes (f. 5v) and notes on the De civitate Dei by Lanfranc, written by a different but