• Marginal drawing of of a dog? and a human half-bust figure, in the Sermones de quadragesima., Sermones de quadragesima (imperfect)

Marginal drawing of of a dog? and a human half-bust figure, in the Sermones de quadragesima. Large initials (2 lines) in brown, mostly with (zoomorphic) pen-flourishing in brown, with red infill. Capital letters highlighted in red. Holes in the

• Incipit with red infill, in the Council of Gangra., Dionisio-Hadriana

Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIII.6.9’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of

• White vine initial 'P'(ost) at the beginning of book 16 of Augustine's De Civitate Dei., De Civitate Dei (index City of God)

bishops and the fourth one is probably Peter), a wolf and hen, winged putti, a dog, birds and flowers (f. 1). White vine initial in colours and gold at the beginning of each subsequent book (ff. 13, 24v, 36v, 48,

• White vine initial 'C'(ivitatem) at the beginning of book 11 of Augustine's De Civitate Dei., De Civitate Dei (index City of God)

bishops and the fourth one is probably Peter), a wolf and hen, winged putti, a dog, birds and flowers (f. 1). White vine initial in colours and gold at the beginning of each subsequent book (ff. 13, 24v, 36v, 48,

• Partial border with floral and foliate decoration and a large decorated intial 'T'(ractatulus)., De quercu Julii pontificis sive de lapide philosophico

and gold with floral and foliate decoration and a large intial in gold on a blue ground (f. 1). Large initials in brown or blue. Rubrics in red. Paraphs in blue or brown. De quercu Julii pontificis sive de lapide

• Decorated initial 'A'(lvredus) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of book 6., Polychronicon (to the 25th year in the reign of Henry VI, i.e. 1445), including 2 extracts from the Latin Brut Chronicle of England (ff. 227-228v) (imperfect)

and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘13 die mensis Augusti, A.D. 1724’ (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Full border with rinceaux decoration, foliate motifs, and birds, with the coat of arms of Petrus de Foix, supported by two angels, and the historiated initial 'E'(go) with a man at a lecturn., Epistolae (index Letters)

arms, supported by two angels, and an historiated initial in colours and gold with a man at a lecturn (f. 1). Partial border with rinceaux decoration, a quadripartite square in colours and gold with foliate motifs, and an intial in

• Historiated initial 'G'(loriosissimam) with Augustine as a bishop, with stigmata, combined with a three-sided white vine border including the coats of arms of the Hungarian humanists Janus Vitez (index John Vitez) and Petrus Garazda (index Peter Garazda), medallions with saints (probably the Fathers of the Church: three of them are bishops and the fourth one is probably Peter), a wolf and hen, winged putti, a dog, birds and flowers., De Civitate Dei (index City of God)

bishops and the fourth one is probably Peter), a wolf and hen, winged putti, a dog, birds and flowers (f. 1). White vine initial in colours and gold at the beginning of each subsequent book (ff. 13, 24v, 36v, 48,

• Historiated initial with the dove of the Holy Spirit., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Hours of the Earls of Ormond')

47v, 49, 50, 51v, 64, 66, 124v). Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Decorated catchwords. Book of Hours, Use of

• Historiated initial with an angel., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Hours of the Earls of Ormond')

47v, 49, 50, 51v, 64, 66, 124v). Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Decorated catchwords. Book of Hours, Use of

• null, Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Hours of the Earls of Ormond')

47v, 49, 50, 51v, 64, 66, 124v). Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Decorated catchwords. Book of Hours, Use of

• Detail of an historiated initial 'O' of Christ rising from the tomb., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Hours of the Earls of Ormond')

47v, 49, 50, 51v, 64, 66, 124v). Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Decorated catchwords. Book of Hours, Use of

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D' of Christ in glory, displaying his wounds., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Hours of the Earls of Ormond')

47v, 49, 50, 51v, 64, 66, 124v). Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Decorated catchwords. Book of Hours, Use of

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D' of clerics and mourners surrounding a black-draped coffin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Hours of the Earls of Ormond')

47v, 49, 50, 51v, 64, 66, 124v). Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Decorated catchwords. Book of Hours, Use of

• Detail of an historiated initial 'B' of a soul being lifted from the grave by two angels., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Hours of the Earls of Ormond')

47v, 49, 50, 51v, 64, 66, 124v). Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Decorated catchwords. Book of Hours, Use of

• Illuminated initial 'G'(allia)., De bello Gallico

C, etc. Large initials in gold, outlined in black, on red and blue grounds ornamented with white filigree decoration (ff. 1, 12v, 18v, 23v, 30, 41, 49v, 67v). Rubrics in red. Paraphs in red or blue. De bello Gallico The

• Historiated initial 'D'(omine) of the Annunciation, with floral borders with a peacock, owl, and a bear playing bagpipes, at the beginning of Matins of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Hours of the Earls of Ormond')

47v, 49, 50, 51v, 64, 66, 124v). Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Decorated catchwords. Book of Hours, Use of

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(omine) of the Annunciation, at the beginning of Matins of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Hours of the Earls of Ormond')

47v, 49, 50, 51v, 64, 66, 124v). Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Decorated catchwords. Book of Hours, Use of

• Detail of a peacock, from a floral border, at the beginning of Matins of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Hours of the Earls of Ormond')

47v, 49, 50, 51v, 64, 66, 124v). Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Decorated catchwords. Book of Hours, Use of

• Detail of an owl from a floral border, at the beginning of Matins of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Hours of the Earls of Ormond')

47v, 49, 50, 51v, 64, 66, 124v). Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Decorated catchwords. Book of Hours, Use of