• Decorated initial 'A'(sperat) at the beginning of book 9 of Statius' Thebaid., Thebais (index Thebaid)

collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘18 die Maij, A.D. 1724’ (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• White vine initial 'I'(n faciem) and decorated initial with pen-flourishing at the beginning of Plautus' comedy Amphitruo., Comoediae (index Comedies)

are ruled but unwritten.Catchwords. Large white vine initial in colours and gold at the beginning of the 1st comedy (f. 1). Large initial in red with blue and red pen-flourishing at the beginning of each subsequent comedy (ff. 22, 39,

• Large puzzle initial 'I' with pen-work decoration., Theological miscellany, including works by Anselm of Canterbury (ff. 1-34v, 44v-65v), Bernard (ff. 35-39v, 65v-66, 69-69v), Jerome (ff. 39v-43) and Augustine (ff. 43v-44), and a treatise on the plague (ff. 66-68v)

initial in red with pen-work decoration in purple (f. 1). Initials in red or blue with pen-work decoration in purple or red. Titles and rubrics in red; paraphs in red or blue. Theological miscellany, including works by Anselm of Canterbury

• Puzzle initial 'C'(um) and coloured initial 'I' with pen-work decoration extending into the margin., 'Summa de modo medendi' (ff. 2-36v), preceded by a table of contents (ff. 1-1v)

lxxvii, 23-26 (Gneuss 2001 and 2003). Puzzle initials with penwork decoration extending into the margin in red and blue (ff. 1, 2). Initials with penwork decoration extending into the margins in red or blue. 'Summa de modo medendi' (ff. 2-36v),

• Headpiece and initial 'H'(Eta) with foliate decoration executed in reddish-brown, at the beginning of the homily for the third Sunday after Epiphany, or of the Publican and Pharisee., Homilies on the Gospels for each Sunday of the ecclesiastical year

Headpiece and initial 'H'(Eta) with foliate decoration executed in reddish-brown, at the beginning of the homily for the third Sunday after Epiphany, or of the Publican and Pharisee. Foliate headpieces in reddish brown and/or red (ff. 4, 120, 278v).

• Puzzle initial 'F' with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of I Kings., Bible with prologues (ff. 1-373), with the Interpretations of Hebrew names (ff. 373v-405)

Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIII…'(?), inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of

• Illuminated page of a calendar for January., Leaves from a Sacramentary

page of a calendar for January. Another leaf from the calendar of Part 1 is Sloane 1044 f. 78. 1 miniature, in colours and gold (f. 2v). 1 illuminated page of a calendar for January, in colours and gold (f.

• Miniature of Pope Gregory the Great., Leaves from a Sacramentary

Miniature of Pope Gregory the Great. Another leaf from the calendar of Part 1 is Sloane 1044 f. 78. 1 miniature, in colours and gold (f. 2v). 1 illuminated page of a calendar for January, in colours and gold (f.

• Puzzle initial 'F' with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of I Kings., Bible with prologues (ff. 1-373), with the Interpretations of Hebrew names (ff. 373v-405)

Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIII…'(?), inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of

• Detail of a kneeling figure in the calendar for January., Leaves from a Sacramentary

figure in the calendar for January. Another leaf from the calendar of Part 1 is Sloane 1044 f. 78. 1 miniature, in colours and gold (f. 2v). 1 illuminated page of a calendar for January, in colours and gold (f.

• Detail of a figure in the calendar page for January., Leaves from a Sacramentary

in the calendar page for January. Another leaf from the calendar of Part 1 is Sloane 1044 f. 78. 1 miniature, in colours and gold (f. 2v). 1 illuminated page of a calendar for January, in colours and gold (f.

• Detail of a miniature of Pope Gregory the Great., Leaves from a Sacramentary

miniature of Pope Gregory the Great. Another leaf from the calendar of Part 1 is Sloane 1044 f. 78. 1 miniature, in colours and gold (f. 2v). 1 illuminated page of a calendar for January, in colours and gold (f.

• Puzzle initial 'B'(eatus) at the beginning of the Psalms., Bible with prologues (ff. 1-373), with the Interpretations of Hebrew names (ff. 373v-405)

Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIII…'(?), inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of

• Decorated initial 'I'(nitium) with animal heads and interlace at the beginning of Mark., Gospels, with the Epistle to Damasus, Canon tables, and prefaces, imperfect

text, and of Matthew, Mark, and John (ff. 1, 8, 46, 79). 4 smaller initials in yellow, orange, brown and sometimes blue, one with zoomorphic features, at the beginning of prefaces (ff. 1, 2v, 44v, 77v). Highlighing of letters in

• Miniature of an Evanglist portrait of a standing winged figure with a bird head in an interlace border, before the beginning of John., Gospels, with the Epistle to Damasus, Canon tables, and prefaces, imperfect

text, and of Matthew, Mark, and John (ff. 1, 8, 46, 79). 4 smaller initials in yellow, orange, brown and sometimes blue, one with zoomorphic features, at the beginning of prefaces (ff. 1, 2v, 44v, 77v). Highlighing of letters in

• Interlace initial 'T'(antum) at the beginning of the prologue to Joshua, with birds and animals heads. From the same manuscript as Sloane 1044, ff. 76-77., Fragment from a Bible with the start of the Prologue to Joshua (recto) and the end of Deuteronomy 34:1-6 (verso); from the same Bible as Sloane 1044, ff. 76-77

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 interlace initial in brown, with birds and animal heads (f. 100). Large simple initial in yellow (f. 100v).

• Text page with lettering in black and red., Pauline Epistles, in the new Latin translation of Jacques Lefèvre

volumes, now bound in two in Royal 1D XI-XII and in Royal 1 D XIII-XV, but with separate pagination for the five parts.Contains a new Latin translation of Pauline Epistles by Jacques Lefèvre. The changed reading of the Latin Vulgate

• Text page with lettering in black and red., Pauline Epistles, in the new Latin translation of Jacques Lefèvre

volumes, now bound in two in Royal 1D XI-XII and in Royal 1 D XIII-XV, but with separate pagination for the five parts.Contains a new Latin translation of Pauline Epistles by Jacques Lefèvre. The changed reading of the Latin Vulgate

• Text page with lettering in black and red, with a space left for an unfinished initial 'P'(aulus)., Pauline Epistles, in the Latin translation of Jacques Lefèvre

'P'(aulus). Originally in five volumes, now bound in two in Royal 1D XI-XII and in Royal 1 D XIII-XV, but with separate pagination for the five parts.Contains a new Latin translation of Pauline Epistles by Jacques Lefèvre. The changed reading

• Detail of an historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul sitting at a desk and writing his Epistle, at the beginning of Romans., Pauline Epistles, with the commentary of Peter Lombard

(e.g., f. 2). 3 historiated initials in colours and gold, at the beginning of the Epistles (ff. 3, 71, 121). 1 foliate initial in colours and gold, at the beginning of Peter Lombard's prologue (f. 2). Initials in red, some