• Detail of border with device of 'Solomon's knot' supported by an eagle., De evangelica praeparatione

'Solomon's knot' supported by an eagle. f. 1 is a paper fragment pasted onto a flyleaf.f. 1* is a parchment flyleaf.The scribe who copied this manuscript is known as the 'Omnium rerum' scribe because of his use of the motto:

• Detail of faceted initial 'N'(unc)., De evangelica praeparatione

initial 'N'(unc). f. 1 is a paper fragment pasted onto a flyleaf.f. 1* is a parchment flyleaf.The scribe who copied this manuscript is known as the 'Omnium rerum' scribe because of his use of the motto: 'Omnium rerum vicissitudo est'

• Detail of faceted initial 'N'(unc) with Hercules and serpents., De evangelica praeparatione

with Hercules and serpents. f. 1 is a paper fragment pasted onto a flyleaf.f. 1* is a parchment flyleaf.The scribe who copied this manuscript is known as the 'Omnium rerum' scribe because of his use of the motto: 'Omnium rerum

• Detail of the colophon with the motto of the 'Omnium rerum' scribe: 'Omnium rerum vicissitudo est'., De evangelica praeparatione

the 'Omnium rerum' scribe: 'Omnium rerum vicissitudo est'. f. 1 is a paper fragment pasted onto a flyleaf.f. 1* is a parchment flyleaf.The scribe who copied this manuscript is known as the 'Omnium rerum' scribe because of his use of

• Detail of a miniature depicting the four elements., Various verse treatises on moral subjects and natural history, including the Tractatus de interrogationibus

Detail of a miniature depicting the four elements. The text is incomplete at the beginning; the title and part of the first chapter are missing.Horizontal catchwords. Tinted drawings in colours at the beginning of each section (ff. 159, 160,

• Miniature of animals with a partial border and a foliate initial 'A'(pres), at the beginning of book 14., De proprietatibus rerum in French (Livre des proprietez des choses)

1442, d. 1483), king of England and lord of Ireland, probably made for him: the royal arms of England (vol. 1: Royal 15 E II, f. 7).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '103'

• Miniature of miners at work, with a partial border and a foliate initial 'P'(uis), at the beginning of book 16., De proprietatibus rerum in French (Livre des proprietez des choses)

1442, d. 1483), king of England and lord of Ireland, probably made for him: the royal arms of England (vol. 1: Royal 15 E II, f. 7).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '103'

• Detail of a miniature of miners at work, at the beginning of book 16., De proprietatibus rerum in French (Livre des proprietez des choses)

1442, d. 1483), king of England and lord of Ireland, probably made for him: the royal arms of England (vol. 1: Royal 15 E II, f. 7).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '103'

• Detail of a miniature of the author, Bartholomaeus Anglicus, conversing with two other men, and fish in a pond, with a foliate initial 'L'(es) at the beginning of book 13., De proprietatibus rerum in French (Livre des proprietez des choses)

1442, d. 1483), king of England and lord of Ireland, probably made for him: the royal arms of England (vol. 1: Royal 15 E II, f. 7).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '103'

• Detail of a miniature of animals with a partial border and a foliate initial 'A'(pres), at the beginning of book 14., De proprietatibus rerum in French (Livre des proprietez des choses)

1442, d. 1483), king of England and lord of Ireland, probably made for him: the royal arms of England (vol. 1: Royal 15 E II, f. 7).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '103'

• Miniature of a camel, bear, steer, horse, lion, dragon, and unicorn, with an illuminated initial ‘P’(uis que) and a foliate border with birds, at the beginning of book 18., De proprietatibus rerum in French (Livre des proprietez des choses)

1442, d. 1483), king of England and lord of Ireland, probably made for him: the royal arms of England (vol. 1: Royal 15 E II, f. 7).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '103'

• Colophon of Jean de Ries reading ‘Escript par moy Jo. du ries et finy a bruges le xxve iour de may. Anno 1482'., De proprietatibus rerum in French (Livre des proprietez des choses)

1442, d. 1483), king of England and lord of Ireland, probably made for him: the royal arms of England (vol. 1: Royal 15 E II, f. 7).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '103'

• Miniature of a map of the world divided on three parts, Europe, Asia, and Africa, with a full border and an illuminated initial 'A'(layde), at the beginning of book 15., De proprietatibus rerum in French (Livre des proprietez des choses)

1442, d. 1483), king of England and lord of Ireland, probably made for him: the royal arms of England (vol. 1: Royal 15 E II, f. 7).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '103'

• Detail of a miniature of a map of the world divided on three parts, Europe, Asia, and Africa, at the beginning of book 15., De proprietatibus rerum in French (Livre des proprietez des choses)

1442, d. 1483), king of England and lord of Ireland, probably made for him: the royal arms of England (vol. 1: Royal 15 E II, f. 7).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '103'

• Detail of a miniature of a camel, bear, steer, horse, lion, dragon, and unicorn, at the beginning of book 18., De proprietatibus rerum in French (Livre des proprietez des choses)

1442, d. 1483), king of England and lord of Ireland, probably made for him: the royal arms of England (vol. 1: Royal 15 E II, f. 7).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '103'

• Detail of a miniature of a bird from the full foliate border., De proprietatibus rerum in French (Livre des proprietez des choses)

1442, d. 1483), king of England and lord of Ireland, probably made for him: the royal arms of England (vol. 1: Royal 15 E II, f. 7).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '103'

• Detail of a miniature of a bird from the full foliate border., De proprietatibus rerum in French (Livre des proprietez des choses)

1442, d. 1483), king of England and lord of Ireland, probably made for him: the royal arms of England (vol. 1: Royal 15 E II, f. 7).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '103'

• Detail of birds and snails among flowers, from the foliate border., De proprietatibus rerum in French (Livre des proprietez des choses)

1442, d. 1483), king of England and lord of Ireland, probably made for him: the royal arms of England (vol. 1: Royal 15 E II, f. 7).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '103'

• Text page., De proprietatibus rerum in French (Livre des proprietez des choses)

1442, d. 1483), king of England and lord of Ireland, probably made for him: the royal arms of England (vol. 1: Royal 15 E II, f. 7).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '103'

• Historiated initial 'D'(omine) with Virgin and Child and foliate borders including birds and heraldic arms, at the beginning of the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley '20 die mensis Januarij, A.D. 1721/22.' (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime