• Detail of KL initials., Calendar

Detail of KL initials. 1 zodiac man, in colours (f. 10). Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Diagrams. Calendar Inscription, 15th-century: 'Joh…' (f. 1, erased).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d.

• Detail of eclipses., Calendar

Detail of eclipses. 1 zodiac man, in colours (f. 10). Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Diagrams. Calendar Inscription, 15th-century: 'Joh…' (f. 1, erased).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753),

• Miniature of Zodiac man., Calendar

Miniature of Zodiac man. 1 zodiac man, in colours (f. 10). Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Diagrams. Calendar Inscription, 15th-century: 'Joh…' (f. 1, erased).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d.

• 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

• Initial 'H'(ec) and coloured initials 'S'(unt) and 'T'(unc) 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

• 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

• Initial in foliate design in a foliate design, in gold and colours, inhabited by snakes., World chronicle from the Creation to 1574

(ff. 1, 861); the impression of Parthenios's seal (f. 861).John Covel (b. 1638, d. 1722), chaplain of the Levant Company in Constantinople, 1670-1676, and later Master of Christ's College, Cambridge: owned in Constantinople in 1677, his notes (ff. 1*, 1);

• Initial B(ENIST) with anthropomorphic and zoomorphic features and interlace decoration, and coloured drawings of a cock and a plant., A collection of French 'airs de cour'

century: his inscription dated 1664 (f. 62v).Louis Villette, 17th century: his inscription (f. 1).Robert Rougeolle, 17th century: his inscriptions (ff. 1, 62v) and list of previous owners (f. 63v).Nathaniel Noel (fl. 1681, d. c. 1753), bookseller, employed by Edward Harley

• Historiated initial 'L' of the Nativity and the Annunciation to the Shepherds (bottom miniature)., Cutting from a Gradual

same Mass. 1 initial in penwork (verso). Cutting from a Gradual Presented by John E. Leary, violin and pianoforte instructor, of 59 Hazelville Road, Hornsey Lane, [London] N, 1930: his business card attached to the mount (f. 1). Nativity and

• Historiated initial 'S'(ororem) with a man reading (Terence?), and full border of acanthus and flowers on unpainted ground, with a bird, and an angel holding unidentified arms., Comoediae (index comedies), preceded by arguments and prologues: Andria (ff. 1-23v), Eunuchus (ff. 23v-47), Heauton tirorumenos (ff. 47-68v), Adelphoe (ff. 68v-88v), Hecyra (ff. 88v-106), Phormio (ff. 106v-128)

coat of arms (f. 1). A large initial in gold on blue and red panel at the beginning of each subsequent comedy (ff. 23v, 47, 68v, 88v, 106v). Smaller initial on a coloured panel (f. 1). Coloured initials and paraphs

• 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

• The last page of the text, with a verse added by an unidentified sixteenth-century reader: 'Virginis intacte cum veneris ante figuram/ Pretereundo cave. ne sileatur ave'., De amicitia

unidentified sixteenth-century reader: 'Virginis intacte cum veneris ante figuram/ Pretereundo cave. ne sileatur ave'. 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

• null, 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 text is added 'Virginis intacte cum veneris ante figuram/ Pretereundo cave.

• Illuminated initial 'G'(od) at the beginning of John Lydgate and Benedict Burgh's Secrets of the Philosophers., Secrets of Philosophers

of Burgundy (b. 1446, d. 1503), Yorkist matriarch and mediator. 1 3-sided foliate border in colours and gold and 1 large initial in colours on a gold ground (f. 1). Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds with

• Illuminated initials 'A' in John Lydgate and Benedict Burgh's Secrets of the Philosophers., Secrets of Philosophers

of Burgundy (b. 1446, d. 1503), Yorkist matriarch and mediator. 1 3-sided foliate border in colours and gold and 1 large initial in colours on a gold ground (f. 1). Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds with

• Decorated initial 'Q'(ui), and full foliate border with putti and birds, at the beginning of the Alchemical treatises., Alchemical treatises

11, 12, 13, 14, 15). 1 large decorated initial with a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 1). Smaller initials in plain red, blue or gold (a few with red pen-flourishing, and 1 on f. 15 with foliate

• Painted diagram of the stage of the white elixir, a queen or Rosa alba (white rose) in an alchemical treatise., Alchemical treatises

11, 12, 13, 14, 15). 1 large decorated initial with a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 1). Smaller initials in plain red, blue or gold (a few with red pen-flourishing, and 1 on f. 15 with foliate