• Detail of faceted initial 'M'(oyse) with putti clambering to the top of the letter, which is decorated with the arms of Aragon., De Antiquitates Judaicae and Vetustate Judaica

de la Mare 1985..Vertical catchwords. Architectural frontispiece with coat of arms, and an author portrait in the historiated initial (f. 1). 22 large initials with classical motifs, and partial borders with foliate decoration in colours and gold at the beginning

• Detail of faceted initial 'Q'(uibus) with carnations and moto: 'SUST[I]NIRE'., De Antiquitates Judaicae and Vetustate Judaica

de la Mare 1985..Vertical catchwords. Architectural frontispiece with coat of arms, and an author portrait in the historiated initial (f. 1). 22 large initials with classical motifs, and partial borders with foliate decoration in colours and gold at the beginning

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Detail of a marginal painting of a stag with wings, from the left-hand margin of the folio., Chroniques, Vol. IV, part 1 (the 'Harley Froissart')

with red pen-flourishing. Line fillers decorated in gold and blue. Cadels. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Chroniques, Vol. IV, part 1 (the 'Harley Froissart') Philippe de Commynes (b. 1447, d. 1511), statesman and chronicler: his added arms, quartered with those

• Detail of a marginal painting of a female pig on stilts, wearing a conical hat, from the left-hand margin of the folio., Chroniques, Vol. IV, part 1 (the 'Harley Froissart')

with red pen-flourishing. Line fillers decorated in gold and blue. Cadels. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Chroniques, Vol. IV, part 1 (the 'Harley Froissart') Philippe de Commynes (b. 1447, d. 1511), statesman and chronicler: his added arms, quartered with those

• Detail of a miniature of tents and mounted knights., Chroniques, Vol. IV, part 1 (the 'Harley Froissart')

with red pen-flourishing. Line fillers decorated in gold and blue. Cadels. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Chroniques, Vol. IV, part 1 (the 'Harley Froissart') Philippe de Commynes (b. 1447, d. 1511), statesman and chronicler: his added arms, quartered with those

• Detail of rabbit riding on the shoulders of a monkey, jousting with a snail riding on the shoulders of a monkey using stilts., Chroniques, Vol. IV, part 1 (the 'Harley Froissart')

with red pen-flourishing. Line fillers decorated in gold and blue. Cadels. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Chroniques, Vol. IV, part 1 (the 'Harley Froissart') Philippe de Commynes (b. 1447, d. 1511), statesman and chronicler: his added arms, quartered with those

• Detail of a miniature of an assault on Ribodane., Chroniques, Vol. IV, part 1 (the 'Harley Froissart')

with red pen-flourishing. Line fillers decorated in gold and blue. Cadels. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Chroniques, Vol. IV, part 1 (the 'Harley Froissart') Philippe de Commynes (b. 1447, d. 1511), statesman and chronicler: his added arms, quartered with those

• Detail of a miniature of a fleet of ships of the expedition of the English and French to Barbary, with heraldic shields., Chroniques, Vol. IV, part 1 (the 'Harley Froissart')

with red pen-flourishing. Line fillers decorated in gold and blue. Cadels. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Chroniques, Vol. IV, part 1 (the 'Harley Froissart') Philippe de Commynes (b. 1447, d. 1511), statesman and chronicler: his added arms, quartered with those

• Detail of a grotesque hybrid from the left-hand margin of the folio., Chroniques, Vol. IV, part 1 (the 'Harley Froissart')

with red pen-flourishing. Line fillers decorated in gold and blue. Cadels. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Chroniques, Vol. IV, part 1 (the 'Harley Froissart') Philippe de Commynes (b. 1447, d. 1511), statesman and chronicler: his added arms, quartered with those