• Pen-flourished initials 'C'(orduba); 'B'(ella); and 'Q'(uis)., Pharsalia

some framed or marked in red.Italian manuscript with initials in a Northern style. 1 large initial in blue with red and purple penwork decoration (f. 1).1 large initial in red with purple penwork decoration (f. 118v). 4 initials in

• Three decorated initials 'M'(are), 'N'(ili) and 'A'(er); in the lower half of the image are the remains of f. 2., De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii, Book VIII (De astronomia also known as Hipparchus), imperfect (ff. 1-33v); two smaller texts (ff. 33v-39)

the lower margin of the verso of the last leaf of the quires); later medieval (?) leaf marks (in quire 1 the ff. 1-3 are foliated 'f.ii'-'f.iiii'; in quires 2-5 the first four leaves respectively are marked 'a', 'ai', 'aii',

• Pen-flourished initial 'D'(ignum), with a partial border and a shield with the coat of arms of the Duchy of Cleves., Commentary on Lucan's Pharsalia (index In Pharsaliam Lucani)

with the coat of arms of the Duchy of Cleves. f. 1 is a parchment flyleaf.f. 2 is a paper title page.Watermark of a 'Tête de boeuf', similar to C. M. Briquet, ~Les Filigranes: Dictionnaire historique des marques du papier

• Decorated initial and letters., Homiliae in numeri 15-19

transferred there in 1638, with a 18th century French note regarding the manuscript’s provenance (f. ir-v), and 'No. 197' (f. 1, lower left corner).? The abbey of St-Laurence (18th century French note regarding the manuscript’s provenance, f. ir-v).Charles Burney (b.

• Text page of the Greek-Latin Glossary., Greek-Latin Glossary, followed by other glossarial texts (ff. 241-272)

and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley, ‘18 die mensis Januarij, A.D. 1723/4’ (f. 1; see Wright and Wright 1966). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694,

• Initial 'D'(ominus) with penwork decoration at the beginning of the 'Liber scintillarum'., Theological miscellany, including the 'Liber scintillarum' attributed to Defensor, chapters 1-68, extracts (ff. 17-42), Eucherius's 'Formulae spiritualis intelligentiae' (ff. 57-63), and Arnulf's 'Delicie cleri', possibly imperfect (ff. 90-103v)

scintillarum'. Large initial in colours with interlace decoration and a bird (f. 1). Large initials in oxidised red with penwork decoration in green (f. 17) and in red (f. 89). Initials in oxidised red or in green, with the occasional

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uid) with interlace and intertwined animals., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 1-14v), Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 14v-48v)

an ox (f. 46). 6 large initials with interlace and zoomorphic decoration in yellow, red and green or unpainted (ff. 1, 14v, 18v, 23, 32, 41). Large interlace initial in orange, yellow, brown and green with foliate decoration (f. 41v).

• Puzzle initial 'P'(romissiones) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of book 17 in Augustine's De civitate dei. A 13th-century hand has corrected the capitula list in the lower margin., De Civitate Dei (index City of God)(ff. 3-177v); De trinitate (ff. 179-244v)

178).Inscribed 14th or 15th century 'honores de ferra [?ferri] ppe dicu[n]t[ur]' (on a small piece of parchment pasted onto f. 1 bearing only these words).Thomas Dryffield (d. 1513), scholar of Winchester College in 1459 and fellow of New College Oxford

• Decorated initial 'B'(eatus) with animal heads and figures at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter, with litany and additional prayers and canticles

with animal heads and figures at the beginning of Psalm 1. Calendar includes 'Herhardi episcopi' (10 January); 'Eulalie virginis' (4 February) and 'Eulalii episcopi' (23 February); Waldpurge (27 February and 1 May); Winibald (7 July, highlighted); Xixti (6 August and

• Initial 'C'(arminis) with white vine decoration., Elegiae (index Elegies) (ff. 1-55); Carmina (ff. 55v-81v); Catullus (ff. 82-113v); Priapea (ff. 113v-122v)

with foliate extensions into the margins, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 55v, 82, 113v). Smaller initials in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials in plain red or blue. Elegiae (index Elegies) (ff. 1-55); Carmina (ff. 55v-81v); Catullus

• White vine initial 'M'(undum)., Historia naturalis (index Natural history)

large white vine initial 'S'(equitur) in colours and gold (f. 176). 35 large white vine initials in colours and gold, 1 at the beginning of each book (ff. 20v, 35v, 44v, 52, 60v, 72v, 84v, 97, 107, 116v, 129, 135,

• Title in display capitals and coloured initial 'Q'., Speeches, including 'Orationes in Catilinam' (ff. 1-24), 'Ciceronis in Sallustium et invicem Invectivae' (ff. 24-29), 'Pro Marcello' (ff. 29-33v, 75-75v), and 'Pro Ligario' (ff. 75v-76v)

and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘20 die mensis Octobris, A.D. 1725’ (ff. 1, 34). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her

• White vine initial 'F'(requenter)., Letters and other texts

white vine initials in gold and colours (ff. 1, 28, 43v, 59v, 76v, 92, 106, 123, 138v). Alternating initials in red or blue. Rubrics in red. Marginal notes in red. Letters and other texts Written by Pietro Cennini in Florence

• Three-sided white vine border in colours and gold, inhabited by birds, with the Medici coat of arms in the lower margin, supported by putti, and a white vine initial 'L'(ibros)., Historia naturalis (index Natural history)

large white vine initial 'S'(equitur) in colours and gold (f. 176). 35 large white vine initials in colours and gold, 1 at the beginning of each book (ff. 20v, 35v, 44v, 52, 60v, 72v, 84v, 97, 107, 116v, 129, 135,

• Detail of a folio: Incipit: 'ramento capitur cum cetera…' Explicit: 'quinquagenas libras lundens cumi', Historia naturalis (index Natural history)

large white vine initial 'S'(equitur) in colours and gold (f. 176). 35 large white vine initials in colours and gold, 1 at the beginning of each book (ff. 20v, 35v, 44v, 52, 60v, 72v, 84v, 97, 107, 116v, 129, 135,

• Three-sided white vine border inhabited by birds with a large white vine initial 'I'(n) and a wreath designed for a coat of arms in the lower margin., Ab urbe condita (the Third Decade)

vine initial in colours and gold and a wreath designed for a coat of arms in the lower margin (f. 1). 9 large white vine initials in colours and gold (ff. 24, 48v, 69, 89v, 109v, 131v, 156, 179, 196).

• 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).?

• 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]

• 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