• Initial 'D'(ormientem) at the beginning of epistle 1., Epistulae 1-123

the beginning of epistle 1. Puzzle initial with foliate decoration in red, green and yellow (ff. 1v). Initials with foliate decoration in red, green and yellow (ff. 87v, 147). Puzzle initial in red and green with penwork decoration (f. 114).

• Decorated headpiece with animals and foliate forms, and decorated foliate initial, at the beginning of the 8th book., History of the Peloponnesian war

decoration at the beginning of books (ff. 1, 31v, 56, 81v, 111v, 133v, 157, 179v). 8 large initials in brown with penwork decoration, including of heads at the beginning of books (ff. 1, 31v, 56, 81v, 111v, 133v, 157, 179v).

• Coloured initials and diagram., Miscellany, including charms and incantations (ff. 52v-60v)

Halliwell [-Phillipps] (b. 1820, d. 1889), antiquary and literary scholar: inscribed 'No. 60. J. O Halliwell' (f. 1) and stamped 'Bibliotheca Halliwelliana' (ff. 1, 60v); catalogued for sale, 27 June 1840, lot 29, but withdrawn, along with the other manuscripts,

• Cutting of an initial 'A'(nno) at the beginning of Daniel, with penwork decoration., Fragment of a Bible with the beginning of the book of Daniel (recto) and part of the chapter list (verso)

67-76, and 82 were printed fragments and have been removed.Musical notation (e.g., ff. 18v, 38, 40, 77r-v, 78r-v, 80r-v, 83r-v). 1 large initial in green, blue, yellow, and red, with filigree penwork decoration (f. 44). Small initials in red, yellow,

• Decorated initial 'I'(n), preceded by a rubric in display script, at the prologue to the Augustine's 'De quantitate animae'; the pigment is oxidised., De quantitate animae

2 large decorated initials in red, silver and gold, including geometric and foliate motifs (ff. 1, 2). Display script in red, green and mauve (f. 1, 2). Geometric figures and frames for captions in margins in red. De quantitate animae

• 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 'H'(ic est johannes) with acanthus motifs., Gospel of John with gloss

'H'(ic est johannes) with acanthus motifs. 2 large initials in colours and gold (ff. 1v, 4). 1 large plain initial in brown ink (f. 1). Small initials in blue or green with red penwork decoration or in red with blue

• 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 'O' and a full foliate border, in the Breviary., Breviary, Use of Rome

289v, 305v, 317v, 336, 346, 356v, 366, 382v [with a three-sided border]). 1 large decorated initial, accompanied by a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 173v). 1 small decorated initial in gold on a red and blue ground,

• Historiated initial 'U' with Andrew, and a full foliate border with a bird, in the Brevary., Breviary, Use of Rome

289v, 305v, 317v, 336, 346, 356v, 366, 382v [with a three-sided border]). 1 large decorated initial, accompanied by a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 173v). 1 small decorated initial in gold on a red and blue ground,

• Historiated initial 'S'(ancti) with a monk presenting relics, and a full foliate border, in the Brevary., Breviary, Use of Rome

289v, 305v, 317v, 336, 346, 356v, 366, 382v [with a three-sided border]). 1 large decorated initial, accompanied by a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 173v). 1 small decorated initial in gold on a red and blue ground,

• 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

• 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

• 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 'D'(omine) with king David (?) praying, from a fragment of Psalm 101 in a glossed Psalter., Fragment from a glossed Psalter, with Psalm 100: 8-101:1-8

Historiated initial 'D'(omine) with king David (?) praying, from a fragment of Psalm 101 in a glossed Psalter. The manuscript is a collection of fragments and leaves. Not described separately: ff. 1-23v; 25-29v; 31, 34, 36-37, 41-43, 45, 48-51,

• Zoomorphic initial 'N'(ullum), with display script, at the beginning of Augustine's commentary to Psalm 85., Enarrationes in Psalmos (Volume 2)

'Liber de claust[r]o Roffens[i]', and 'S[ecund]a p[ar]s psalt[er]ii s[ecundu]m Aug. Arnulphi p[ri]oris', 14th century (f. 1); included in the Rochester library catalogue of 1122-1123, no. 1 as 'Expositionem eiusdem super psalterium in iii voluminibus'; and in the catalogue of 1202,