• Detail of a white-vine initial 'V'(t ex)., De Secundo Bello Punico

Detail of a white-vine initial 'V'(t ex). 1 small miniature, accompanied by a full foliate border with putti, animals, birds, and grotesques, in colours and gold (f. 1). Large initials with white vine ornament, in colours and gold (ff. 25,

• White-vine initial 'C'(um transit)., De Secundo Bello Punico

White-vine initial 'C'(um transit). 1 small miniature, accompanied by a full foliate border with putti, animals, birds, and grotesques, in colours and gold (f. 1). Large initials with white vine ornament, in colours and gold (ff. 25, 51v, 74v, 96,

• Decorated intial., Travels of Sir John Mandeville

intial. 1 large decorated initial, in colours (f. 3). Smaller initials in plain red or blue, some with reserved designs. Travels of Sir John Mandeville ? The Benedictine Abbey of St Albans (see below).? Willyam Caxton, by 1490 (see below).?

• Text page., Travels of Sir John Mandeville

page. 1 large decorated initial, in colours (f. 3). Smaller initials in plain red or blue, some with reserved designs. Travels of Sir John Mandeville ? The Benedictine Abbey of St Albans (see below).? Willyam Caxton, by 1490 (see below).?

• Marginal drawing of diseased genitals., Treatise on Surgery, with tables and calendar

Marginal drawing of diseased genitals. f. 209 is an inserted paper half- leaf with receipts. 2 full-page drawings of surgical instruments and procedures in black ink and colours (ff. 110v-111). Numerous marginal illustrations or miniatures within the text in

• Marginal drawing of diseased genitals., Treatise on Surgery, with tables and calendar

Marginal drawing of diseased genitals. f. 209 is an inserted paper half- leaf with receipts. 2 full-page drawings of surgical instruments and procedures in black ink and colours (ff. 110v-111). Numerous marginal illustrations or miniatures within the text in

• Marginal drawing of diseased genitals and a knife., Treatise on Surgery, with tables and calendar

Marginal drawing of diseased genitals and a knife. f. 209 is an inserted paper half- leaf with receipts. 2 full-page drawings of surgical instruments and procedures in black ink and colours (ff. 110v-111). Numerous marginal illustrations or miniatures within

• 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

• Illuminated initial 'H'(ec) and ivy-leaf borders incorporating a dragon, at the beginning of Bertrand de la Tour's Sermones Quadragesimales., Sermones Quadragesimales, followed (ff. 244v-246v) by a table of contents

at the beginning of Bertrand de la Tour's Sermones Quadragesimales. 1 large iniital with foliage in colours on a gold ground, and full borders with a dragon (f. 2). Small initials alternately red with blue flourishing, or blue with red

• Puzzle initial 'P'(aschales) below a rubric with the date 1465 in medieval arabic numerals, at the beginning of a prologue, Carmen paschale; Hymns; Psychomachia; Cathemerinon; Peristephanon; etc.

Puzzle initial 'P'(aschales) below a rubric with the date 1465 in medieval arabic numerals, at the beginning of a prologue ff. 1-3v are notes by Barthélemy Mercier (b. 1734 d. 1799), abbé de St.-Léger. Large and small puzzle initials

• null, Carmen paschale; Hymns; Psychomachia; Cathemerinon; Peristephanon; etc.

ff. 1-3v are notes by Barthélemy Mercier (b. 1734 d. 1799), abbé de St.-Léger. Large and small puzzle initials in red and blue. Carmen paschale; Hymns; Psychomachia; Cathemerinon; Peristephanon; etc. Apparently written in 1465: a rubric reads 'Prologus sedulij

• null, Commentary on the Psalms (imperfect, starting in the middle of the commentary on Psalm 9 and ending in the middle of the commentary on Psalm 146)

for Psalms 26, 38, 51, 80, 101, and 109. 1 large painted initial with acanthus leaf decoration at the beginning of Psalm 68 (f. 111), and other large and small red, blue, green, and yellow simple initials, some decorated around

• null, Commentary on the Psalms (imperfect, starting in the middle of the commentary on Psalm 9 and ending in the middle of the commentary on Psalm 146)

for Psalms 26, 38, 51, 80, 101, and 109. 1 large painted initial with acanthus leaf decoration at the beginning of Psalm 68 (f. 111), and other large and small red, blue, green, and yellow simple initials, some decorated around

• Anthropomorphic initial 'P'(atrem), in Suetonius's De Vita Caesarum., De vita Caesarum (index XII Caesars)

Suetonius's De Vita Caesarum. ff. 1 and 174 are fragments of a 15th-century document containing a reference to a notary public of the diocese of Bayeux, used as flyleaves. 3 large zoomorphic or anthropomorphic initials in ink and washes in

• Historiated initial 'C' of a doctor in red and blue coat with ermine collar and red hat lecturing in front of a sectioned corpse, with a spray border in colours and gold with foliate tendrils, small leaves, flowers and berries. Arbaleste's arms and motto 'Ingenium superat vires' in the lower margin., Commentary on the Canon Medicinae by Avicenna, Book III, Fen XVI-XVIII

and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘5 Septembris, 1720’ (unfoliated flyleaf before f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Text page., Commentary on the Canon Medicinae by Avicenna, Book I, Fen I

II Arbaleste (d. 1570), counsellor in the Parliament of Paris and bibliophile: his arms and motto 'Ingenium superat vires' (f. 1, lower border).Pierre Séguier (index Seguier) (b. 1588, d. 1672), count of Gien, chancellor of France from 1635 (see Wright

• Mniature of a doctor in an ermine coat and red hat (Avicenna?) standing in a large gothic hall, with a decorated initial 'D' in colours and gold., Commentary on the Canon Medicinae by Avicenna, Book I, Fen II

II Arbaleste (d. 1570), counsellor in the Parliament of Paris and bibliophile: his arms and motto 'Ingenium superat vires' (f. 1, lower border).Pierre Séguier (index Seguier) (b. 1588, d. 1672), count of Gien, chancellor of France from 1635 (see Wright

• Miniature of Galen visiting a kneeling patient and touching his head, with a spray border in colours and gold with foliate tendrils, small leaves, flowers and berries. Arbaleste's arms and motto 'Ingenium superat vires' in the lower margin., Commentary on the Canon Medicinae by Avicenna, Book III, Fen I

and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘5 Septembris, 1720’ (unfoliated flyleaf before f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Historiated initial of a doctor in a blue coat with ermine collar and red hat, seated on a stall in front of a round lectern and lecturing an audience of seated pupils in a hall with decorated tapestry, with a spray border in colours and gold with foliate tendrils, small leaves, and flowers and berries., Commentary on the Canon Medicinae by Avicenna, Book IV, Fen I

II Arbaleste (d. 1570), counsellor in the Parliament of Paris and bibliophile: his arms and motto 'Ingenium superat vires' (f. 1, lower border).Pierre Séguier (index Seguier) (b. 1588, d. 1672), count of Gien, chancellor of France from 1635 (see Wright

• Decorated initial 'D' in blue with white tracery on gold ground, with foliate decoration extending in the border., Commentary on the Canon Medicinae by Avicenna, Book IV, Fen I

II Arbaleste (d. 1570), counsellor in the Parliament of Paris and bibliophile: his arms and motto 'Ingenium superat vires' (f. 1, lower border).Pierre Séguier (index Seguier) (b. 1588, d. 1672), count of Gien, chancellor of France from 1635 (see Wright