• 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

• Historiated initial 'D' representing Avicenna teaching two pupils., 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

• Partial border with birds, acanthus and floral motifs, and a large decorated initial 'T'(uis); the lower margin has been cut off., De vita activa et contemplativa

with birds, acanthus and floral motifs, and a large decorated initial 'T'(uis); the lower margin has been cut off (f. 1). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, some with green penwork decoration. Large initials in red with blue pen-flourishing.

• Decorated initial 'D'(e partibus) at the beginning of Georgius Trapezuntius' text., De quatuor declinabilibus partibus ex Prisciani compendium

text in 1471.Catchwords written vertically. Leaf signatures.ff. i-iii are blank flyleaves.Composite codex. Large initial in blue with red pen-flourishing (f. 1). Large coloured initials in red or blue, some with reserved lines, others with a small amount of penwork decoration

• Decorated initial 'P'(ascales) at the beginning of Sedulius's Carmen paschale, with simple red decoration in the bowl of the letter., Carmen paschale, and related material, including the Epistola ad Macedonium, and Hymnus I, and a list of contents

24v, for a list of contents of the composite manuscript; inscribed ‘Seduli(us) & p(ro)sp(er). Glosati’ in a formal script (f. 1, top margin; the Prosper is now Burney 344). Simple red or green initials, some decorated with the other colour

• Historiated initial 'F' of a doctor in blue coat with ermine collar and red hat standing in front of a lectern and lecturing two pupils in a large hall, with a spray border in colours and gold with foliate tendrils, small leaves, flowers and berries., Commentary on the Canon Medicinae by Avicenna, Book III, Fen XIII-XV

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

• Crayon drawing of an ornament, in the lower margin., De diversis artibus and other texts including De Unguentis, recipes and extracts from the Liber de Coloribus and the Mappae Clavicula

Crayon drawing of an ornament, in the lower margin. Quire marks (in the centre of the lower margin of the verso of the last leaf of quires 1-13). One leaf missing between ff. 102-103, another between ff. 110-111, and

• Interlaced initial 'D'(isciplina) at the beginning of Isidore, 'Etymologies'., Etymologies (index Etymologiae), divided into 20 books, with two letters of correspondence between Isidore and Braulio (f. 1), imperfect

man (f. 20v). Etymologies (index Etymologiae), divided into 20 books, with two letters of correspondence between Isidore and Braulio (f. 1), imperfect Written by several scribes from Western France (probably Brittany), partly on palimpsest leaves (14) containing extracts from Eusebius-Jerome's

• Marginal pen drawing of the head of a bearded man., Etymologies (index Etymologiae), divided into 20 books, with two letters of correspondence between Isidore and Braulio (f. 1), imperfect

man (f. 20v). Etymologies (index Etymologiae), divided into 20 books, with two letters of correspondence between Isidore and Braulio (f. 1), imperfect Written by several scribes from Western France (probably Brittany), partly on palimpsest leaves (14) containing extracts from Eusebius-Jerome's

• Interlaced initial 'D'(yalectica) at the beginning of the chapter on Logic in Book II of Isidore, 'Etymologies'., Etymologies (index Etymologiae), divided into 20 books, with two letters of correspondence between Isidore and Braulio (f. 1), imperfect

man (f. 20v). Etymologies (index Etymologiae), divided into 20 books, with two letters of correspondence between Isidore and Braulio (f. 1), imperfect Written by several scribes from Western France (probably Brittany), partly on palimpsest leaves (14) containing extracts from Eusebius-Jerome's

• Decorated initial 'F'(ata) at the beginning of the text., Laurentias carmen

Decorated initial 'F'(ata) at the beginning of the text. ff. 244v-245 are written in Filelfo's hand, the rest of the manuscript was written in a different hand, but annotated by Filelfo.Catchwords. Leaf signatures.For another autograph manuscript by Filelfo, see

• Flyleaf, Fragments from Exodus (1:1-8:5)

space fillers in colours and gold. Fragments from Exodus (1:1-8:5) K. B. No. 1: inscribed (f. 1).Moses Wilhelm Shapira (b. 1830, d. 1884), a antiquities dealer of Jerusalem: purchased by the British Museum from him on 8 July 1882: inscribed

• Blank folio., Fragments from Exodus (1:1-8:5)

Numerous space fillers in colours and gold. Fragments from Exodus (1:1-8:5) K. B. No. 1: inscribed (f. 1).Moses Wilhelm Shapira (b. 1830, d. 1884), a antiquities dealer of Jerusalem: purchased by the British Museum from him on 8 July 1882:

• Carpet page., Fragments from Exodus (1:1-8:5)

Numerous space fillers in colours and gold. Fragments from Exodus (1:1-8:5) K. B. No. 1: inscribed (f. 1).Moses Wilhelm Shapira (b. 1830, d. 1884), a antiquities dealer of Jerusalem: purchased by the British Museum from him on 8 July 1882:

• Text page in Arabic Naskhi script and an embellished panel as line filler., Fragments from Exodus (1:1-8:5)

and brown (ff. 2v, 3). Numerous space fillers in colours and gold. Fragments from Exodus (1:1-8:5) K. B. No. 1: inscribed (f. 1).Moses Wilhelm Shapira (b. 1830, d. 1884), a antiquities dealer of Jerusalem: purchased by the British Museum from