• null, 'Orders to be holden by a General in the conquest of a towne or contrie, and likewise necessarie for to be understanded unto him having townes and contreis in chardge'

1 large decorated initial, in colours and gold (f. 3). Space for large initial (f. 1). 'Orders to be holden by a General in the conquest of a towne or contrie, and likewise necessarie for to be understanded unto him

• Illuminated initials 'A's 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

• 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

• Decorated initials 'I'(nductus) and 'A'(ctiones) at the beginning of a Carthusian customary., Carthusian Customary

Surrey, in Flanders from 1568 to 1783 (see Ker 1964): note in English (f. 1); inscription 'Shene' (f. 2); date '1569' (f. 4v).? Prices '1-10-0-' (ff. 1, 4); '7. 6' (f. 4). William Petty (~formerly~ Fitzmaurice) (b. 1737, d. 1805),

• Miniature of the stage of the red elixir, a king or rosa rubea (red rose)., 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

• 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

• Detail of decorated initials with penwork and pen-flourishing., Chronica pontificum et imperatorum, to 1285

Detail of decorated initials with penwork and pen-flourishing. 1 small initial in gold on a red and blue ground with foliate filigree extending into the margins (f. 1). Initials in blue with red penwork decoration, sometimes foliate, and pen-flourishing. Chronica

• Micrography of a menorah, at Psalm 67., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~), Italian rite, volume 1

127v, 131v, 137). Numerous initial-word panels decorated with pen-flourishing, in blue and red ink. 1 micrography (f. 18v). Festival prayer book (~mahzor~), Italian rite, volume 1 Jacob ben Solomon: inscribed with his name (f. 1).Marchion: inscribed with his name (ff.

• Detail of decorated initial., The Life of Catherine (ff. 1-117v), etc.

Detail of decorated initial. 1 large initial in red with pen-flourishing in brown (f. 1). Smaller initials in plain red. Capital letters highlighted in red. The Life of Catherine (ff. 1-117v), etc. Table for Easter dating from 1446 to 1649

• Detail of inscription., The Life of Catherine (ff. 1-117v), etc.

Detail of inscription. 1 large initial in red with pen-flourishing in brown (f. 1). Smaller initials in plain red. Capital letters highlighted in red. The Life of Catherine (ff. 1-117v), etc. Table for Easter dating from 1446 to 1649 (ff.

• Decorated initial., De finibus (ff. 1-94), Disputationes tusculanae (ff. 95-190v)

a gold field, at the beginning of each book (ff. 1, 15v, 40v, 56v, 72v, 95, 119v, 133, 150v, 168), the first with matching partial borders incorporating heraldic arms. The initial in each of the two texts are in slightly

• Partial border of white foliage on a blue ground with an illuminated initial 'P'(artes)., Grammatical treatises

the lower margin of f. 1 has been trimmed off, probably to remove a coat of arms. Partial border of white foliage on a blue ground, perhaps a later addition, with an illuminated initial (f. 1). Numerous initials in red

• Pen-flourished initial 'O'(mnis)., Catilina (ff. 1-34v); Jugurtha (ff. 35-103)

Pen-flourished initial 'O'(mnis). Ruled in hardpoint. 1 large initial in blue with red pen-flourishing (f. 1). Catilina (ff. 1-34v); Jugurtha (ff. 35-103) Inscribed with the shelfmark: '156.D.22' (f. 1).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st

• White vine initial 'S'(emper)., Satires (index Saturae, Satirae)

White vine initial 'S'(emper). f. 1* is a parchment leaf.Lines ruled in ink. Vertical catchwords. 1 large white vine initial in colours and gold (f. 1). Plain initials in blue. Rubrics in red. Satires (index Saturae, Satirae) The Jesuit College

• Faceted initial 'Q'(uomodo)., Elegy to Longpres (Elegia ad Longredem)

final parchment flyleaf is glued to a modern paper one. 1 large faceted initial in blue on a dark red ground with acanthus motifs and grapes highlighted in gold (f. 1). Smaller plain initials in red or blue. Paraphs in

• White vine initial 'U'(trum) and an effaced coat of arms in the lower margin., De oratore (ff. 1-51v); Brutus (ff. 52-120v)

An effaced coat of arms on a gold ground in the lower margin (f. 1). 2 large white vine initials in colours and gold (ff. 1, 52). Incipits and explicits in red. De oratore (ff. 1-51v); Brutus (ff. 52-120v) Unidentified

• Illuminated white vine initial 'C', partial border with butterfly and grasshopper, and added heraldic arms, at the beginning of Suetonius's De vita Caesarum., De vita Caesarum (index XII Caesars)

Greek to be inserted. 1 large white vine initial with partial border incorporating two butterlies and a grasshopper, in colours and gold (f. 1). Large initials unfinished (e.g. ff. 19, 44v), or not started. Guide letters. 1 added partial border,

• Illuminated white vine initials 'A'(ntoni) and 'V'(xoris); guide-letters in the left margin; a catchword in the lower margin., Partenopeius

Hoepli, 1952). 1 miniature, in colours and gold, occupying the space left for a large initial, accompanied by a full inhabited border, with putti, birds, animals, etc., and heraldic arms and devices, in colours and gold (f. 1). Small white

• 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