• Miniature of diagrams showing the shape of the earth., L'image du Monde

also found in other manuscripts, follows (f. 5). Five miniatures with colours and gold of a master with pupils (f. 1); the Creator with symbols of his power (f. 5v); the creation of the earth (f. 8); the Creator creating

• Circular diagrams and text., L'image du Monde

also found in other manuscripts, follows (f. 5). Five miniatures with colours and gold of a master with pupils (f. 1); the Creator with symbols of his power (f. 5v); the creation of the earth (f. 8); the Creator creating

• Miniature of diagrams to show the shadow of the earth., L'image du Monde

also found in other manuscripts, follows (f. 5). Five miniatures with colours and gold of a master with pupils (f. 1); the Creator with symbols of his power (f. 5v); the creation of the earth (f. 8); the Creator creating

• Miniature of the phases of the moon., L'image du Monde

also found in other manuscripts, follows (f. 5). Five miniatures with colours and gold of a master with pupils (f. 1); the Creator with symbols of his power (f. 5v); the creation of the earth (f. 8); the Creator creating

• Miniature of the Universe as a diagram in various concentric circles, with Christ at the top, Hell in the centre, and symbols of the Four Evangelists in the corners., L'image du Monde

also found in other manuscripts, follows (f. 5). Five miniatures with colours and gold of a master with pupils (f. 1); the Creator with symbols of his power (f. 5v); the creation of the earth (f. 8); the Creator creating

• Three-sided white vine border inhabited by two parakeets, and a hawk attacking a caterpillar, with a large white vine initial 'D'(ecimus) and the coat of arms Pedro Ferriz, bishop of Tarragona, supported by two putti., Historia, with capitula (f. 2)

vine initial 'D'(ecimus) and the coat of arms Pedro Ferriz, bishop of Tarragona, supported by two putti. f. 1 is a parchment leaf.Inscribed, 'Diodori Siculi historiarum priscarum libri tres, per Jacobum de Sancto cassiano Cremonensem traducti', and 'C. mitalerius Vienn'

• White vine initial 'S'(i) cui varias humanarum rerum' at the beginning of the twelfth book., Historia, with capitula (f. 2)

at the beginning of the twelfth book. f. 1 is a parchment leaf.Inscribed, 'Diodori Siculi historiarum priscarum libri tres, per Jacobum de Sancto cassiano Cremonensem traducti', and 'C. mitalerius Vienn' Huiusce provincie preses Iudexque regius 1579' (f. 1).Ruled in hardpoint.Vertical

• Detail of a white vine initial 'S'(i) cui varias humanarum rerum' at the beginning of the twelfth book., Historia, with capitula (f. 2)

humanarum rerum' at the beginning of the twelfth book. f. 1 is a parchment leaf.Inscribed, 'Diodori Siculi historiarum priscarum libri tres, per Jacobum de Sancto cassiano Cremonensem traducti', and 'C. mitalerius Vienn' Huiusce provincie preses Iudexque regius 1579' (f. 1).Ruled

• Detail of white vine initial 'S(i) quidem in explicanda historia nil usque nobis' at the beginning of the thirteenth book., Historia, with capitula (f. 2)

nil usque nobis' at the beginning of the thirteenth book. f. 1 is a parchment leaf.Inscribed, 'Diodori Siculi historiarum priscarum libri tres, per Jacobum de Sancto cassiano Cremonensem traducti', and 'C. mitalerius Vienn' Huiusce provincie preses Iudexque regius 1579' (f.

• Full border with Cupid in a large historiated initial 'V'(oi), medallions of leopard heads, and, in the lower margin, two crowned leopards salient ~or~ supporting a medallion with the arms of the Mussolini family of Treviso., Table of first lines (ff. 2-8v); Rime (ff. 12-138v); Trionfi (index Triumphs) (ff. 140-171)

and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘13 die mensis Septembris, A.D. 1722’ (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Decorated initial 'A'(rma) at the beginning of the text., Aeneis (index Aeneid)

(ff. 161 and 162). Large initial in red with brown penwork decoration (f. 1). Spaces for initials left blank. Aeneis (index Aeneid) Written by Gabrielle Gnuardus de Asula on 10 July 1466: inscribed with his colophon 'Finis per me Gabrielle[m]

• Miniature of a bishop's consecration with the unidentified coat of arms of a bishop in the lower border, supported by unicorns and enclosed in a wreath with the motto 'In deo est mea gloria'., Consecratio episcopi (index Bishop's consecration)

by unicorns and enclosed in a wreath with the motto 'In deo est mea gloria'. Ruling in pink ink.f. 1 is ruled but unwritten.No local saint in the litany. Miniature of the consecration of a bishop (f. 1v). Large initials

• Historiated initial 'H'(ec) with Moses conversing wih a man and holding the Tablets of the Law, at the beginning of Deuteronomy., Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy, glossed; imperfect

last leaf, near the fore-edge (see, e.g., ff. 12v, 24v, 48v or 60v). One or more leaves lost before f. 1, including the beginning of and the historiated initial to Genesis, and after f. 374.Catchwords; leaf marks. 4 historiated initials

• Decorated initial 'V'(oi) at the beginning of the Rime., Trionfi (imperfect); Rime

tre belle donne innamorate' (the first quire is missing). Horizontal catchwords.CF: Upper cover needs repair. 1 large initial in blue and brown at the beginning of the Rime (f. 31). 2 smaller initials in blue and brown (ff. 128v, 167).

• Full-page frontispiece of Homer seated in a landscape, encircled by a laurel wreath with eight medallions of the muses and, in the four corners, subsidiary medallions of four bearded figures holding books., Narratio de gente et vita Homeri, Verses on Homer, Iliad (ff. 16-239)

margin, a medallion with an effaced coat of arms (f. 16). 25 white vine initials in colours and gold (ff. 1, 16, 24v, 37, 43v, 51v, 64, 71v, 78v, 86v, 96v, 105, 117, 123v, 135v, 143, 153v, 166, 176v, 185v,

• Full white vine border in colours and gold, inhabited by birds and putti, with a title piece flanked by putti, a large white vine initial 'M' and, in the lower margin, a medallion designed for arms., Narratio de gente et vita Homeri, Verses on Homer, Iliad (ff. 16-239)

margin, a medallion with an effaced coat of arms (f. 16). 25 white vine initials in colours and gold (ff. 1, 16, 24v, 37, 43v, 51v, 64, 71v, 78v, 86v, 96v, 105, 117, 123v, 135v, 143, 153v, 166, 176v, 185v,

• Text page with the third and fourth chapters of the Inferno., Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy)

Text page with the third and fourth chapters of the Inferno. Horizontal catchwords.This manuscript was made in Milan in 1469, according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Marginal drawings in black

• Marginal drawings of Dante and Virgil entering Hell., Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy)

Marginal drawings of Dante and Virgil entering Hell. Horizontal catchwords.This manuscript was made in Milan in 1469, according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Marginal drawings in black ink of subjects

• Initial 'R' with the arms of Henry Despenser, bishop of Norwich, in the upper margin the signature of 'William Howarde 1579', in the right margin an ink drawing of a lion rampant, and in the lower margin the ink stamp of the Royal Society of London., Historia ecclesiastica (ff. 1-99), De muliere forti, Epistola Cuthberti

Society of London. 1 full foliate bar border and large initial in colours and gold, with a quadruped (dragon) on the border and an unfinished drawing in the historiated initial of a seated man writing (f. 2v). 1 three-sided foliate

• Illuminated border and Initial 'N'(octiam) with an unfinished drawing of a seated man (possibly Bede) writing at the desk holding a quill and a knife, and on the bar border, a quadruped (dragon?)., Historia ecclesiastica (ff. 1-99), De muliere forti, Epistola Cuthberti

a quadruped (dragon?). 1 full foliate bar border and large initial in colours and gold, with a quadruped (dragon) on the border and an unfinished drawing in the historiated initial of a seated man writing (f. 2v). 1 three-sided foliate