• Inscriptions., Homilies for Sundays, with table of contents (vol 1, ff. 2-12)

(f. 13, vol. 1). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing, one with a face (f. 5v, vol. 1). Paraphs in red or blue. Homilies for Sundays, with table of contents (vol 1, ff. 2-12)

• Text page., Homilies for Sundays, with table of contents (vol 1, ff. 2-12)

(f. 13, vol. 1). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing, one with a face (f. 5v, vol. 1). Paraphs in red or blue. Homilies for Sundays, with table of contents (vol 1, ff. 2-12)

• Decorated initial., Homilies for Sundays, with table of contents (vol 1, ff. 2-12)

(f. 13, vol. 1). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing, one with a face (f. 5v, vol. 1). Paraphs in red or blue. Homilies for Sundays, with table of contents (vol 1, ff. 2-12)

• Inscriptions., Homilies for Sundays, with table of contents (vol 1, ff. 2-12)

(f. 13, vol. 1). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing, one with a face (f. 5v, vol. 1). Paraphs in red or blue. Homilies for Sundays, with table of contents (vol 1, ff. 2-12)

• Initials 'B'(e) and 'A'(fter) in blue with red pen-flourishing., Scale of Perfection (Books 1 and 2)

in red (ff. 3-114). Scale of Perfection (Books 1 and 2) Matthew Parker (b. 1504, d. 1575), archbishop of Canterbury and patron of scholarship: his typical red chalk markings on f. 1 (see Wright 1972, p. 268).The Harley Collection, formed

• Puzzle initial 'P'(ost) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of book 1 of Guillelmus Gemmeticensis's Gesta Normannorum ducum., Gesta Normannorum ducum

the beginning of book 1 of Guillelmus Gemmeticensis's Gesta Normannorum ducum. 8 large puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red at the beginning of the prologue and the books (ff. 1, 1v, 5, 8, 11,

• Detail of the puzzle initial Initial 'H'(ec) at the beginning of book 4 of Boethius's consolatio philosophiae., De Consolatione Philosophiae (index Consolation of Philosophy)

extensions forming a partial border at the beginning of each book (f. 1, 6, 13, 23v, 32v). Simple initials in red or blue. Paraphs in red or blue. 1 marginal drawing of a face (f. 37). De Consolatione Philosophiae (index

• Inscription of the Carthusians of Mainz, in the lower margin., Dialogus rationis, and other theological tracts

Carthusian abbey of Mainz, 15th century: inscribed 'Iste liber est fr(atru)m Carthus(iensium) p(ro)pe Mogu(n)cia(m)' (f. 1, cf. ff. 61v, 62). Inscribed 'Z 346' (f. 1, crossed through); similar inscriptions consisting of a 'Z' followed by a number are found in

• Puzzle initial., Livre de Sydrac (index Book of Sydrac; Book of Sidrac; La Fontaine de toutes sciences; Le Tresor des sciences; Le Roman du philosophe Sydrac)

half empty and only framed in blue with gold corners (f. 3). 1 large and 2 smaller decorated initials including heraldic arms, in colours and gold (f. 19). 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue

• Decorated initials., Livre de Sydrac (index Book of Sydrac; Book of Sidrac; La Fontaine de toutes sciences; Le Tresor des sciences; Le Roman du philosophe Sydrac)

half empty and only framed in blue with gold corners (f. 3). 1 large and 2 smaller decorated initials including heraldic arms, in colours and gold (f. 19). 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue

• Diagram., Miscellany of tracts on magic, including The Divine Seal of Solomon (ff. 127v-137v)

Diagram. f. 1 is a list of contents in Enlgish and Latin in an 18th-century (?) hand. 7 full-page drawings of angels in ink with a yellow or blue wash on parchment (ff. 124-127). 1 full-page drawing in ink (f.

• Illuminated initial 'E'(go) and a full border with the arms probably of the Del Drago family of Rome, at the beginning of Cicero's Epistolae ad familiares., Epistolae ad familiares

Del Drago family of Rome, at the beginning of Cicero's Epistolae ad familiares. 1 large decorated initial and a full decorated border, in colours and gold (f. 1). Large puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and

• Decorated initial 'R'(everendo) at the beginning of Walter Burley's Commentary on Aristotle's Politica., Commentary on Aristotle's Politica

Decorated initial 'R'(everendo) at the beginning of Walter Burley's Commentary on Aristotle's Politica. 1 large initial in blue with red penwork decoration (f. 1). Small initials alternately blue with red penwork, or red with brown penwork. Paraphs in blue or

• Flourished puzzle initial 'F'(inem) at the beginning of Cicero's Epistolae ad familiares, book 12., Epistolae ad familiares

puzzle initial 'F'(inem) at the beginning of Cicero's Epistolae ad familiares, book 12. 1 large decorated initial and a full decorated border, in colours and gold (f. 1). Large puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and

• Initial 'Q'(uintus) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Cicero's De amicitia., De amicitia

Initial 'Q'(uintus) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Cicero's De amicitia. 1 large initial, in blue with infill and flourishing in red (f. 1). Paraphs in red or blue. De amicitia Unidentified reader, 16th century: at the end of the

• null, Libro Imperiale

1 large white-vine initial including a human head and a three-sided white-vine border with heraldic arms and birds in the lower margin, in colours and gold (f. 1). 2 large white-vine initials with foliate extensions into the margins, in colours

• Illuminated initial 'E'(xpositionem) with a foliate border, at the beginning of chapter 1., Commentary on Matthew

of chapter 1. Catchwords, and bifolium signatures which begin with 'a2' suggesting one missing leaf at the beginning of the volume. 8 foliate initials in colours and gold with foliate borders, at the beginning of each chapter (ff. 1, 25,

• Detail of decorated initial with a lion., De apibus

in red and blue with foliate or zoomorphic penwork decoration (ff. 1, 18). Large and small initials in plain red, a few with penwork decoration. Capital letters highlighted in red. De apibus Franciscans of Dordrecht, 15th century: inscribed 'liber conventus

• Added text page written by a 15th-century scribe with the decorated initial 'O'(mnis)., Catiline

in hardpoint.Interlinear and marginal notes.f. 1* is a paper leaf pasted onto a former parchment pastedown. 1 large initial in red and blue (f. 1). Rubrics in red. Capitals marked in yellow. Catiline A note in a humanistic hand, beginning

• Arabesque initial 'M'(oriente), at the beginning of book 20 of the Antiquitates judaicae, to the left is a colour note 'R'., Antiquitates judaicae, chapters 15-20 (ff. 1-83v); De bello judaico, books 1-7 (ff. 83v-205)

initials in red and green with yellow, for the different chapters, and for the prologue and the different books (ff. 1, 1v, 15v, 27v, 45, 47v, 61v, 75, 83v, 85, 114, 138, 151v, 160, 168, 183v). Small initials in plain