• Decorated initial 'C'(um) and partial border, at the beginning of Petrarch's De Remediis ad utramque fortunam., De Remediis ad utramque fortunam

partial border, at the beginning of Petrarch's De Remediis ad utramque fortunam. 1 large decorated foliate initial, developing a partial foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 1). Smaller initials in gold with blue or brown pen-flourishing or in blue

• Decorated initial 'H'(ere) with a face., Medical miscellany, including a leechbook containing medical recipes, charms, and prayers, and treatises on urines, bloodletting, etc.; a dietary (ff. 3v-4); verses on herbs, fragmentary

Decorated initial 'H'(ere) with a face. ff. [i] and 1 are parchment flyleaves. Large initials in red or black, 1 with a face (f. 12v). Diagrams in red and brown. Line fillers in red. Medical miscellany, including a leechbook containing

• Illuminated initial 'H'(ow a man shal have Cristeis passion in mynde . . .') and full decorated border at the beginning of a list of the chapters in English. The lower margin has a quartered heraldic shield, whose quartered arms have been identified as those of Shirley and Brewes., The Prickynge of Love (ff. 1-72v), Mixed Life (ff. 73-82)

surviving complete copies of The Prickynge of Love, according to Kane 1983. 1 large initial and full border with marginal heraldic decoration in colours and gold (f. 1). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red or blue.

• Note in Latin of the contents, followed by: 'Thys boyk longeth to Da(me) Alys Braintwath / the worchypfull p(ri)oras of Dartford'; then (in Latin): 'Pray for the soul of Lady Elizabith Rede of this place', and 'Pray for the soul of Joanna Newmarche'., The Prickynge of Love (ff. 1-72v), Mixed Life (ff. 73-82)

surviving complete copies of The Prickynge of Love, according to Kane 1983. 1 large initial and full border with marginal heraldic decoration in colours and gold (f. 1). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red or blue.

• Decorated initial 'P'(ater) within the 'Pricking of Love' is this section, headed 'A devoute exposition of ye Pater Noster [the Lord's Prayer]'. It begins with the first line of the Our Father in Latin, and continues in English: 'Pater noster qui es in celis. A ye unspekable goodenesse of god . . .', The Prickynge of Love (ff. 1-72v), Mixed Life (ff. 73-82)

surviving complete copies of The Prickynge of Love, according to Kane 1983. 1 large initial and full border with marginal heraldic decoration in colours and gold (f. 1). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red or blue.

• Historiated initial of Benedict with a partial border., Dialogues (ff. 1-98v), and a letter (ff. 99-107)

and gold (ff. 1, 19, 39v, 68). 1 large decorated foliate initial with a partial foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 18). 1 puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in red and purple (f. 1). Smaller initials

• Historiated initial of a seated bishop and kneeling woman, with a partial border., Dialogues (ff. 1-98v), and a letter (ff. 99-107)

and gold (ff. 1, 19, 39v, 68). 1 large decorated foliate initial with a partial foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 18). 1 puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in red and purple (f. 1). Smaller initials

• Partial white vine border inhabited by birds, deer, and putti, with the initial 'V'(oi), and an unidentified and damaged coat of arms., Rime (ff. 1-142v) ; Trionfi (index Triumphs) (ff. 143-179v)

animals and putti, with 1 large initial in colours and gold and a coat of arms, supported by putti, in the lower margin (the initial is damaged and the coat of arms effaced) (f. 1).1 white vine initial in

• Foliate initial 'C'(ogitanti) and full border, at the beginning of Cicero's De oratore., De oratore (ff. 1-88); De senectute (ff. 89-101); De amicitia (ff. 101v-116v); De optimo genere oratorum (ff. 116v-118v)

the beginning of Cicero's De oratore. 1 full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 1).1 partial foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 89). Large foliate initials, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 26v, 64, 89). 2 large

• Foliate initial 'T'(Tite), [should be 'O'], and partial border, at the beginning of Cicero's De senectute., De oratore (ff. 1-88); De senectute (ff. 89-101); De amicitia (ff. 101v-116v); De optimo genere oratorum (ff. 116v-118v)

the beginning of Cicero's De senectute. 1 full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 1).1 partial foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 89). Large foliate initials, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 26v, 64, 89). 2 large

• Initial 'I'(n) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of book 2 of Pseudo-Cicero's Rhetorica ad Herennium., Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium), with glosses

of book 2 of Pseudo-Cicero's Rhetorica ad Herennium. 1 historiated initial with a full border, in part foliate, with a bird, putti and a ram?, in colours and gold, and in part pen-flourished in red and blue with shell-gold infill,

• Historiated initial 'E'(t) with an old man, and a full border with heraldic arms in the lower margin, at the beginning of Pseudo-Cicero's Rhetorica ad Herennium., Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium), with glosses

arms in the lower margin, at the beginning of Pseudo-Cicero's Rhetorica ad Herennium. 1 historiated initial with a full border, in part foliate, with a bird, putti and a ram?, in colours and gold, and in part pen-flourished in red

• Decorated initial incorporating heraldic arms, at the beginning of a Breviary., Ordinal, and noted Breviary, Use of Sarum (ff. 1-100), Metrologus de plana musica (ff. 100-117v), Offences which deserve excommunication (f. 118, fragment)

he was known as Lord Poynings.Musical notation. 1 large initial in gold on a ground in blue and red, incorporating heraldic arms, and a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 1). Small initials (2-3 lines) in gold with

• Historiated initial 'E'(t) with an old man, at the beginning of Pseudo-Cicero's Rhetorica ad Herennium., Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium), with glosses

at the beginning of Pseudo-Cicero's Rhetorica ad Herennium. 1 historiated initial with a full border, in part foliate, with a bird, putti and a ram?, in colours and gold, and in part pen-flourished in red and blue with shell-gold infill,

• Heraldic arms in the lower margin, at the beginning of Pseudo-Cicero's Rhetorica ad Herennium., Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium), with glosses

the beginning of Pseudo-Cicero's Rhetorica ad Herennium. 1 historiated initial with a full border, in part foliate, with a bird, putti and a ram?, in colours and gold, and in part pen-flourished in red and blue with shell-gold infill, with

• Initial 'I'(n) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of book 2 of Pseudo-Cicero's Rhetorica ad Herennium., Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium), with glosses

of book 2 of Pseudo-Cicero's Rhetorica ad Herennium. 1 historiated initial with a full border, in part foliate, with a bird, putti and a ram?, in colours and gold, and in part pen-flourished in red and blue with shell-gold infill,

• Foliate initial 'C'(ogitanti) and part of the full border, at the beginning of Cicero's De oratore., De oratore (ff. 1-88); De senectute (ff. 89-101); De amicitia (ff. 101v-116v); De optimo genere oratorum (ff. 116v-118v)

the beginning of Cicero's De oratore. 1 full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 1).1 partial foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 89). Large foliate initials, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 26v, 64, 89). 2 large

• Lower part of the full border, at the beginning of Cicero's De oratore., De oratore (ff. 1-88); De senectute (ff. 89-101); De amicitia (ff. 101v-116v); De optimo genere oratorum (ff. 116v-118v)

the beginning of Cicero's De oratore. 1 full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 1).1 partial foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 89). Large foliate initials, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 26v, 64, 89). 2 large

• Detail of illuminated initial., De oratore (ff. 1-88); De senectute (ff. 89-101); De amicitia (ff. 101v-116v); De optimo genere oratorum (ff. 116v-118v)

Detail of illuminated initial. 1 full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 1).1 partial foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 89). Large foliate initials, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 26v, 64, 89). 2 large initials in

• Decorated initial sumounted by a crown and border with pen-work decoration., Composite miscellany including 'De disciplina scholarium', imperfect (ff. 1-8v), Horace's 'Ars poetica' (ff. 25-34) and 'Epistolae' (ff. 34v-40), Bernardus Silvestris's 'Experimentarius' (ff. 43-45)

book collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley, ‘18 Januarij, A.D. 1723/4’ (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime