• Decorated line and initial 'E'., Speeches, including 'Olynthiaca' 1-3 (ff. 1-15) and 'Philippica' 1, 2, 3-4 (ff. 15v-23, 27v-32v, 48v-70)

and decorated initial in light brown (f. 1). Decorated lines, titles in display capitals, large decorated initials, rubrics and running titles in light brown. Speeches, including 'Olynthiaca' 1-3 (ff. 1-15) and 'Philippica' 1, 2, 3-4 (ff. 15v-23, 27v-32v, 48v-70) Written

• Detail of coloured initials., Regula sancti Benedicti (ff. 1-26v), and other related works

coloured initials. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue (f. 29). Small initials alternately red or blue, a few of them with penwork decoration in brown. Regula sancti Benedicti (ff. 1-26v), and other related works Charles Burney (b. 1757,

• Detail of decorated initials., Regula sancti Benedicti (ff. 1-26v), and other related works

decorated initials. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue (f. 29). Small initials alternately red or blue, a few of them with penwork decoration in brown. Regula sancti Benedicti (ff. 1-26v), and other related works Charles Burney (b. 1757,

• null, Manual on Heraldry

Only the illuminated part is described. 1 large decorated initial in brown ink with red and yellow infill, with red penwork decoration, preceeded by heraldic arms (f. 2v). 1 small initial in red with brown pen-flourishing (f. 7v). Manual on

• Coloured decorated headpiece, title in display capitals, and decorated initial 'A'., Speeches, including 'Olynthiaca' 1-3 (ff. 1-15) and 'Philippica' 1, 2, 3-4 (ff. 15v-23, 27v-32v, 48v-70)

and decorated initial in light brown (f. 1). Decorated lines, titles in display capitals, large decorated initials, rubrics and running titles in light brown. Speeches, including 'Olynthiaca' 1-3 (ff. 1-15) and 'Philippica' 1, 2, 3-4 (ff. 15v-23, 27v-32v, 48v-70) Written

• Initials in red and/or blue, many with guide letters, introducing the sixth to twelfth of the twelve degrees of humility., Regula sancti Benedicti (ff. 1-26v), and other related works

the sixth to twelfth of the twelve degrees of humility. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue (f. 29). Small initials alternately red or blue, a few of them with penwork decoration in brown. Regula sancti Benedicti (ff. 1-26v),

• 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),

• 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