• Detail of a miniature of Death, at the beginning of Matins in the Office of the Dead., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley '1 Martij, 1720/21.' (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during

• Detail of decorated initial 'P'(lacuit)., Topography of Ireland and other works (index Topographia Hiberniae, Topographia Hibernica)

score on three five-line red staves (C clef), England, second half of the 14th century 1 diagram in red and green (f. 27v). Large red or green initials, some with penwork decoration in the other colour or both colours. Topography

• Detail of decorated initials., Topography of Ireland and other works (index Topographia Hiberniae, Topographia Hibernica)

on three five-line red staves (C clef), England, second half of the 14th century 1 diagram in red and green (f. 27v). Large red or green initials, some with penwork decoration in the other colour or both colours. Topography of

• Detail of a decorated initial 'N'(unc)., Topography of Ireland and other works (index Topographia Hiberniae, Topographia Hibernica)

score on three five-line red staves (C clef), England, second half of the 14th century 1 diagram in red and green (f. 27v). Large red or green initials, some with penwork decoration in the other colour or both colours. Topography

• Detail of a decorated initial 'D'(ixim)., Epistola de vita S. Dunstani; Life of St Dunstan

2 historiated initials in colours (ff. 1, 2). Small simple initials in red, green, or blue. Epistola de vita S. Dunstani; Life of St Dunstan The Benedictine cathedral priory of Christ Church, Canterbury (see f. 2; Gameson 1999 p. 94).Dover

• Detail of historiated initial 'R'(ege) with a seated scribe labelled 'OSBEARNVS', a censing monk, animals, and animal heads., Epistola de vita S. Dunstani; Life of St Dunstan

censing monk, animals, and animal heads. 2 historiated initials in colours (ff. 1, 2). Small simple initials in red, green, or blue. Epistola de vita S. Dunstani; Life of St Dunstan The Benedictine cathedral priory of Christ Church, Canterbury (see

• Zoomorphic initial 'G'(lorio) of a dragon., De Civitate Dei (index City of God), books 1-9

Uncrossed tironian ets, and ampersands. ae caudatas. 1 large zoomorphic initial, in colours, in a decorated rectangular border, at the beginning of the first book (f. 2). 8 large initials in red, most with yellow penwork decoration, at the beginning

• Zoomorphic initial 'F'(ecit) at the beginning of the prologue to the Gospels., Glossed Matthew and Mark

Gospels. f. 1* is a medieval parchment flyleaf.Quire signatures of Roman numerals.f. 1 contains capitula referring to the quire and folio numbers of the manuscript. 5 large initials in gold and sometimes silver with penwork decoration in red, blue, and

• Illuminated initial 'M('atheus) at the beginning of the prologue to Matthew., Glossed Matthew and Mark

f. 1* is a medieval parchment flyleaf.Quire signatures of Roman numerals.f. 1 contains capitula referring to the quire and folio numbers of the manuscript. 5 large initials in gold and sometimes silver with penwork decoration in red, blue, and green,

• Illuminated initial 'L'(iber) at the beginning of Matthew, with acanthus leaf decoration., Glossed Matthew and Mark

decoration. f. 1* is a medieval parchment flyleaf.Quire signatures of Roman numerals.f. 1 contains capitula referring to the quire and folio numbers of the manuscript. 5 large initials in gold and sometimes silver with penwork decoration in red, blue, and

• Illuminated initial 'M'(arcus) at the beginning of the prologue to Mark, with foliate decoration., Glossed Matthew and Mark

foliate decoration. f. 1* is a medieval parchment flyleaf.Quire signatures of Roman numerals.f. 1 contains capitula referring to the quire and folio numbers of the manuscript. 5 large initials in gold and sometimes silver with penwork decoration in red, blue,

• Illuminated initial 'I'(nitium) at the beginning of Mark, with acanthus leaf decoration., Glossed Matthew and Mark

decoration. f. 1* is a medieval parchment flyleaf.Quire signatures of Roman numerals.f. 1 contains capitula referring to the quire and folio numbers of the manuscript. 5 large initials in gold and sometimes silver with penwork decoration in red, blue, and

• null, Lives of martyrs celebrated from 4 to 31 December (continues in Burney 44, volume 2)

and brown (volume I, f. 1). Other simple headpieces. Large red initials, some decorated with foliate shapes. Small red or gold initials. Lives of martyrs celebrated from 4 to 31 December (continues in Burney 44, volume 2) Written for Ioasaph,

• Miniature of the Crucifixion., Missal, including a calendar, a Gradual for summer, a Lectionary for the days after Easter and Pentecost

with clefs (ff. 7v-62v), brown (ff. 63-128v)], South-West Germany (Bohemia), end of the 12th century – beginning of the 13th. 1 miniature in brown and red ink, with washes in green, purple, and yellow (f. 40v). 4 large initials in

• Decorated initial, and zoomorphic initial., Passional (the 'Arnstein Passional'), the second of three volumes with June-September, with a portion of a calendar (ff. 1v-[1a]

Harley 2800, with January-May; and the third is Harley 2802, with October-December).Ampersands.Decorated quire signatures (e.g., ff. 46v, 62v, 94). 1 full-page miniature in colours of scenes from the lives of Peter and Paul (f. 21). Large zoomorphic initial in colours

• Decorated initial 'V'(etus), at the beginning of book 4., De universo seu De rerum naturis

to Haymo, bishop of Halberstadt (840-853) (ff. 2-2v), with a table of capitula (ff. 3-5v).Includes the punctus flexus punctuation mark. 1 large foliate initial inhabited with human figures and animals, in colours and gold, at the beginning of the text

• Decorated initial 'A' (rma) with foliate and zoomorphic motifs., Aeneid (index Aeneis) with verse preface

and interlinear annotations (extensive notes in Book VI).f. 1 is a parchment flyleaf inscribed, 'Flor. P. Pothenii'. Added drawing in brown ink of an armed knight with a spear and shield (f. 1). Decorated initial in red ink with foliate

• White vine initial 'I'(n) and border at the beginning of the prologue., Comoediae (index Comedies), with prologues and arguments: Amphitruo (ff. 1-19v), Asinaria (ff. 19v-35v), Aulularia (ff. 35v-50), Captivi (ff. 50-67), Circulio (ff. 67-79v), Casina (ff. 79v-93v), Cistellaria (ff. 93v-101), Epidicus (ff. 101-112)

combined with a partial white vine border and 2 smaller initials in green or blue on a gold panel (f. 1). Large initials in gold on a red, blue and/or green panel (ff. 19v, 35v, 50, 67, 79v, 93v). Coloured

• Decorated initials 'P'(lacuit), 'H'(ybernia), and 'H'(ispanicum) in Giraldus Cambrensis's Topographia Hiberniae., Topography of Ireland and other works (index Topographia Hiberniae, Topographia Hibernica)

(no coloration) in score on three five-line red staves (C clef), England, second half of the 14th century 1 diagram in red and green (f. 27v). Large red or green initials, some with penwork decoration in the other colour or

• Large initials 'F'(ons) and 'N'(unc) in Giraldus Cambrensis's Topographia Hiberniae., Topography of Ireland and other works (index Topographia Hiberniae, Topographia Hibernica)

coloration) in score on three five-line red staves (C clef), England, second half of the 14th century 1 diagram in red and green (f. 27v). Large red or green initials, some with penwork decoration in the other colour or both