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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
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,
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
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
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
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
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. 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. 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. 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
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;
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
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
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
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
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
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
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. 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
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