• null, Chronica pontificum et imperatorum, ending imperfectly

major divisions. Small initials similar but simpler. Chronica pontificum et imperatorum, ending imperfectly Medieval ownership(?) inscription in red (erased, f. 1, lower margin).Francis Bernard (bap. 1628, d. 1698), apothecary and physician: listed as his in [Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum

• Three-sided white vine border with initial 'S'(emper), and unidentified arms, added in ink, in the lower margin., Satires (index Saturae, Satirae)

gold with a large gold initial, and an unidentified coat of arms inserted in ink in the lower margin (1).1 large white vine initial in colours and gold (f. 73). 21 gold initials on coloured panels (ff. 4, 7v,

• Historiated initial 'Q'(ui) of the Resurrected Christ, with foliate extensions and gold besants., Various religious texts, including De imitatione Christi, capitula (ff. 1-4)

Historiated initial 'Q'(ui) of the Resurrected Christ, with foliate extensions and gold besants. Written by several scribes, one of whom wrote the lists of ~capitula~ (ff. 1-4) and the text on ff. 5-106v. Several others wrote ff. 107-199 (see

• White vine border with a portrait of Horace in a roundel, two putti, an unidentified coat of arms, and a large white vine initial 'M'(ecenas)., Opera

putti, and an unidentified coat of arms, with a large initial in gold, and rubrics in gold and violet (f. 1). 9 large initials in gold on coloured panels at the beginning of each book (ff. 15, 24, 40, 49,

• Decorated initials 'A'(l)' and 'N'(ondum) at the beginning of book 12 of Statius' Thebaid., Thebais (index Thebaid)

163v, the pen-flourishing extends into the margin. Smaller initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in the other colour (f. 1 (x2)). Capitals marked with red mainly reserved for the openings with decorated initials (ff. 1-3, 14v-15, etc.). Catchword with

• Decorated initial 'Q'(ui) and white vine decoration in the border enclosing defaced arms, probably that of the Sassetti family, at the beginning of Ovid's Amores., Amores

probably that of the Sassetti family, at the beginning of Ovid's Amores. f. 1 is a parchment leaf. Ending with Ovid's epitaph (ff. 50v-51).Leaf signatures. Large initial in gold on a blue panel at the beginning of each book (ff.

• Illuminated initial 'S'(i)., Orationes in C. Verrem (index Orationes in Verrem; Oratio in Caecilium)(ff. 1-79); Orationes in Catilinam (ff. 80-97)

C, etc. Large initials in gold, outlined in black, on red and blue grounds ornamented with white filigree decoration (ff. 1, 10, 15, 30v, 54v, 80, 80v, 85 (x 2), 89, 93v). Rubrics in red. Paraphs in red or blue.

• Astonomical diagram, Calendar, Computus, Alphonsine tables, Tractatus de arte numerandi (Algorismus), and Astronomical tables

Astonomical diagram 3 unfoliated paper flyleaves after f. 1*.3 blank unfoliated leaves after f. 115. Numerous astronomical diagrams in red and/or brown ink, including one with a vovelle (f. 53v). Large initials and headings in red. 'KL' initials in

• Miniature of the Crucifixion, and full foliate border, facing the historiated initial 'T'(e) with the Instruments of the Passion of Christ, at the beginning of the 'Te igitur' in a Missal., Missal, Use of Rome

Instruments of the Passion of Christ, at the beginning of the 'Te igitur' in a Missal. 1 large miniature, accompanied by a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 113v). 20 large historiated initials, in colours and gold (ff.

• Calendar page and historiated initial 'A'(d) with David, at the beginning of a Missal., Missal, Use of Rome

David, at the beginning of a Missal. 1 large miniature, accompanied by a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 113v). 20 large historiated initials, in colours and gold (ff. 7, 15, 20v, 114, 122, 132, 135, 141, 164,

• Historiated initial 'R'(esurrexi) with the Resurrection of Christ, in a Missal., Missal, Use of Rome

Resurrection of Christ, in a Missal. 1 large miniature, accompanied by a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 113v). 20 large historiated initials, in colours and gold (ff. 7, 15, 20v, 114, 122, 132, 135, 141, 164, 171,

• Detail of historiated initial., Miscellany, including Liber Hermetis de alchimia (ff. 155-157); Liber triginta verborum (ff. 164-166); De duodecim aquis (ff. 166v-167v); and De naturis colorum iuxta Aristotelem 70 preceptorum (ff. 185v-186).

no. 11798 (dated 1457 to Würzburg). 1 large red initial with a human face (f. 84). Large and small initials in red, green, blue, or brown, two decorated with patterns. Paraphs in red. Marginalia. 1 table (f. 121). Blank spaces

• Decorated initial., Medical miscellany, including Gilbertus Anglicus's Compendium medicinae (ff 91-139), imperfect, On buboes (ff. 139-140); Guy de Chauliac's On bloodletting (f. 147v); and On scarifying and cupping (f. 147v)

Decorated initial. ff. 1-2 are parchment flyleaves. Large and small initials in blue with red penwork decoration and pen-flourishing. Small initials in red or blue. Paraphs in red. Marginal drawing of a face (f. 83). From ff. 81v-86v, large

• Detail of puzzle initial., Facta et dicta memorabilia

red (and blue), with reserved designs, with brown pen-flourishing (ff. 1, 19v, 40, 60v, 82v, 105v, 125v, 142v, 162v). Smaller puzzle initials in red and blue with brown pen-flourishing or penwork decoration. Small initials in red or blue with brown

• Drawings, including of king Saul, the priest Eli, who falls dead after being told that his two sons had been killed and the ark of God taken by the Philistines (1 Samuel 4:17-18); and the destruction of the city of Jerusalem., Summary of the Liber Concordiae Novi ac Veteris Testamenti (Harmony of the Old and New Testaments), imperfect

his two sons had been killed and the ark of God taken by the Philistines (1 Samuel 4:17-18); and the destruction of the city of Jerusalem. Folios missing after f. 74.Joachim of Fiore, Cistercian abbot and mystic (b. at Celico,

• Three-sided white vine border with a large initial 'E'(usebium), a butterfly, two birds, and unidentified arms in the lower margin., De evangelica praeparatione

collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘13 die Februarij, 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

• Decorated initial O(paca) in blue, magenta, and green with floral sprays and bezants. Marginal hand and text hand by Gunthorpe., Tragoediae (index Tragedies)

Decorated initial O(paca) in blue, magenta, and green with floral sprays and bezants. Marginal hand and text hand by Gunthorpe. Written by Gunthrope while he was in Ferrara attending Guarino da Verona's rhetoric lectures. Contains extensive marginal notations by

• Two coloured initials 'S'(ervo) and 'T'(am) at the beginning of Hugh of Saint-Victor's 'De laude caritatis'., Meditationes vitae Christi (ff. 2-156); De laude caritatis (ff. 156v-160v)

baronet, diarist, antiquary, and friend of Sir Robert Cotton (see Wright 1972): added title page, inscribed with his signature (f. 1); no. A897 in his catalogue (see Watson 1966). Sir Simonds D’Ewes (d. 1722), 3rd baronet and grandson of the

• Miniature of Francis of Assisi appearing to his biographer, Bonaventure, and Thomas Aquinas entering the cell, folllowed by a Dominican and a Franciscan. Coat of arms of Giovanni Francesco di Malatesta. The Franciscan saints in the four corners of the border are (clockwise): Anthony of Padua, Louis of Toulouse, Bernardino of Siena and Clare., Legend and Life of Francis of Assisi (with Miracles)

the four corners of the border are (clockwise): Anthony of Padua, Louis of Toulouse, Bernardino of Siena and Clare. ff. 1 and 116 are parchment leaves.Scholars concur that this manuscript was illuminated by Stefano Lunetti who was active in Florence

• Illuminated initial 'U'(rbis) and border, on the first page of the text., Facta et dicta memorabilia (ff. 2-179v), followed by a capitula list (ff. 180-181)

the first page of the text. 1 large foliate initial in colours on a gold ground, accompanied by a three-sided border (f. 2). Large initials in gold on grounds of red and blue. Small initials alternately red with blue flourishing,