• Text; miniature of a judgement scene at the beginning of book 4, as a man is being put into prison., Le livre des faits d'armes et de chevalerie

Text; miniature of a judgement scene at the beginning of book 4, as a man is being put into prison. 4 large miniatures with large decorated initials and full foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 3, 41, 71,

• Detail of a miniature of Christine writing her book; on the right, an armed female., Le livre des faits d'armes et de chevalerie

Detail of a miniature of Christine writing her book; on the right, an armed female. 4 large miniatures with large decorated initials and full foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 3, 41, 71, 95). Large initials in gold

• Detail of a miniature of a king and bishop with soldiers., Le livre des faits d'armes et de chevalerie

Detail of a miniature of a king and bishop with soldiers. 4 large miniatures with large decorated initials and full foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 3, 41, 71, 95). Large initials in gold on red and/or blue

• Text; miniature of a judgement scene at the beginning of book 4, as a man is being put into prison., Le livre des faits d'armes et de chevalerie

Text; miniature of a judgement scene at the beginning of book 4, as a man is being put into prison. 4 large miniatures with large decorated initials and full foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 3, 41, 71,

• Illuminated initials, in Sedulius's Carmen paschale., Carmen paschale, and related material, including the Epistola ad Macedonium, and Hymnus I, and a list of contents

24v, for a list of contents of the composite manuscript; inscribed ‘Seduli(us) & p(ro)sp(er). Glosati’ in a formal script (f. 1, top margin; the Prosper is now Burney 344). Simple red or green initials, some decorated with the other colour

• null, Ab urbe condita; each Decade preceded by the tables attributed to Donato degli Albanzani (ff. 1-3v, 103-105v, 195-196v) (index History of Rome from its foundation)

29 miniatures, in green and yellow camaïeu with red, mostly divided into two or more compartments, accompanied by 29 large initials in colours and gold (ff. 4, 15, 26, 39, 49v, 59, 67v, 75v, 84, 93v, 106, 115, 124v,

• Miniature in three parts, including scenes of battle, with an illuminated initial in Livy's Ab urbe condita., Ab urbe condita; each Decade preceded by the tables attributed to Donato degli Albanzani (ff. 1-3v, 103-105v, 195-196v) (index History of Rome from its foundation)

Miniature in three parts, including scenes of battle, with an illuminated initial in Livy's Ab urbe condita. 29 miniatures, in green and yellow camaïeu with red, mostly divided into two or more compartments, accompanied by 29 large initials in

• Detail of miniature in three parts, including scenes of battle, with an illuminated initial in Livy's Ab urbe condita., Ab urbe condita; each Decade preceded by the tables attributed to Donato degli Albanzani (ff. 1-3v, 103-105v, 195-196v) (index History of Rome from its foundation)

Detail of miniature in three parts, including scenes of battle, with an illuminated initial in Livy's Ab urbe condita. 29 miniatures, in green and yellow camaïeu with red, mostly divided into two or more compartments, accompanied by 29 large

• Ink drawing of a hunting scene with a boar, a stag, hunters, dogs and a hare (continued on the opposite page)., Tragoediae (index Tragedies)

collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘24 die Junij, A.D. 1723’ (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Illuminated initial 'H'(agelylaus) in Cornelius Nepos's Liber de excellentibus ducibus exterarum Gentium., Liber de excellentibus ducibus exterarum Gentium

Illuminated initial 'H'(agelylaus) in Cornelius Nepos's Liber de excellentibus ducibus exterarum Gentium. 1 large historiated initial, in colours and gold (f. 1). Heraldic arms (f. 1). Small initials alternately gold with blue penwork decoration or pen-flourishing, or blue with red

• null, Liber de excellentibus ducibus exterarum Gentium

1 large historiated initial, in colours and gold (f. 1). Heraldic arms (f. 1). Small initials alternately gold with blue penwork decoration or pen-flourishing, or blue with red penwork decoration or pen-flourishing. Liber de excellentibus ducibus exterarum Gentium Unidentified original(?)

• null, Liber de excellentibus ducibus exterarum Gentium

1 large historiated initial, in colours and gold (f. 1). Heraldic arms (f. 1). Small initials alternately gold with blue penwork decoration or pen-flourishing, or blue with red penwork decoration or pen-flourishing. Liber de excellentibus ducibus exterarum Gentium Unidentified original(?)

• null, Liber de excellentibus ducibus exterarum Gentium

1 large historiated initial, in colours and gold (f. 1). Heraldic arms (f. 1). Small initials alternately gold with blue penwork decoration or pen-flourishing, or blue with red penwork decoration or pen-flourishing. Liber de excellentibus ducibus exterarum Gentium Unidentified original(?)

• null, Legendae sanctorum

1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in red (f. 1). Small initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. Small initials in plain red. Legendae sanctorum Inscription in English (f. 166v).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753),

• Historiated initial 'N'(on) depicting crowned emperor(?) holding a gold staff/sceptre at the beginning of Cornelius Nepos's Liber de excellentibus ducibus exterarum Gentium; the lower margin with arms party per fess, ~gules~ and ~vert~, a letter 'B' ~or~, the shield depicted as if hanging from a hook., Liber de excellentibus ducibus exterarum Gentium

a letter 'B' ~or~, the shield depicted as if hanging from a hook. 1 large historiated initial, in colours and gold (f. 1). Heraldic arms (f. 1). Small initials alternately gold with blue penwork decoration or pen-flourishing, or blue with

• Illuminated initial 'A'(nte) and the arms of the Gonzaga family, at the beginning of Cicero's Philippica., Philippica, omitting 5.12-6.6

as used between 1433 and 1530 (f. 1); foliated and inscribed 'scrite 122', 15th century (f. 123; cf. Burney 159).? Mario Maffei (b. 1463, d. 1537): inscribed 'No. 325.', 18th century (f. 1; cf. Burney 144 and Burney 160, both

• Illuminated initial 'C'(oment') at the beginning of the statutes of Edward III in the Nova Statuta., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from 1 Edward III to 14 Henry VI, with a table of contents

are 3 unfoliated paper flyleaves after f. 3.Alphabetical quire signatures in the right-hand corners. 1 full border of flowers in colours and gold (f. 4). 1 large initial in colours and gold with foliate decoration (f. 4). Large initials in

• null, Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from 1 Edward III to 14 Henry VI, with a table of contents

are 3 unfoliated paper flyleaves after f. 3.Alphabetical quire signatures in the right-hand corners. 1 full border of flowers in colours and gold (f. 4). 1 large initial in colours and gold with foliate decoration (f. 4). Large initials in

• Puzzle initial 'E'(dwardus) at the beginning of a register of briefs., Registrum brevium, from the reign of Edward III to Henry V

Rust marks from two clasp-fittings visible (ff. [iii-iv]).Added index (ff. 1-8). 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue, with red penwork decoration and red, brown, and blue pen-flourishing extending into the margin as a partial border (f. 9). Paraphs

• Illuminated white vine initial 'F'(requentia), at the beginning of book 4 of Cicero's Philippica., Philippica, omitting 5.12-6.6

as used between 1433 and 1530 (f. 1); foliated and inscribed 'scrite 122', 15th century (f. 123; cf. Burney 159).? Mario Maffei (b. 1463, d. 1537): inscribed 'No. 325.', 18th century (f. 1; cf. Burney 144 and Burney 160, both