• Miniature of a standing man and woman in a garden., The romance poem 'Roberte the Devyll'

Gowther, in 143 eight-line stanzas. 14 large miniatures resembling wood-cuts, in ink, coloured with brown, red, green, and/or black (ff. 1, 2v, 5, 7, 9v, 10v, 11v, 13v, 15, 16, 17v, 20, 21v, 22v). Small endpiece in ink with red

• Detail of a miniature of a judge and a court in session., Orationes

foliation. 1 half-page miniature with a man standing before an assembly of ?lawyers, a scribe writes down the proceedings (f. 1). Large decorated initials (including ribbon initials) in colours and sometimes gold with foliate decoration or flowers (ff. 1, 23v,

• Historiated border., Missal, Use of Rome

Historiated border. Musical notation. 1 decorated title-page (f. 2). 2 full borders, for the opening of the text and the 'Te igitur' (ff. 7, 74); probably 1 large miniature missing before f. 74. 141 large historiated, inhabited or decorated initials,

• Miniature of the Massacre of the Innocents., Missal, Use of Rome

Miniature of the Massacre of the Innocents. Musical notation. 1 decorated title-page (f. 2). 2 full borders, for the opening of the text and the 'Te igitur' (ff. 7, 74); probably 1 large miniature missing before f. 74. 141 large

• Decorated initials., Medical miscellany, including Practica brevis (ff. 2-25v); the Practica of Bartholomaeus (ff. 26-52v); the Breviarium medicinae of Johannes de Sancto Paulo (ff. 53v-81v); De differentia animae et spiritus by Costa ben Luca in the translation of John of Spain (ff. 82-84v); Constantine the African's De natura humana (ff. 84v-86)

initials. ff. 1 and 87 are parchment flyleaves with 13th-century legal text in Latin and small red initials and paraphs, some with penwork decoration in brown. Large initials in red with blue penwork decoration, or in green with red penwork

• Map of the earth surrounded and divided by the ocean into two hemispheres with two uninhabitable zones at the extreme north and south., Commentary on Cicero's Somnium Scipionis, fragment

and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley, ‘20 die mensis Octobris, A.D. 1725’ (ff. 1, 16, 28, 44, 75, 83). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694,

• Detail of a miniature of the Seven Ages of Man, at the beginning of book 6., De proprietatibus rerum in French (Livre des proprietez des choses)

19v, 38, 60, 139v, 213, 265, 270v), all with foliate initials in colours and gold, at the beginning of books. 1 miniature with an instruction for an illuminator in the lower margins, partially trimmed (f. 60). Initials in gold with

• Detail of a miniature of a man and woman, a devil and an angel, at the beginning of book 3., De proprietatibus rerum in French (Livre des proprietez des choses)

19v, 38, 60, 139v, 213, 265, 270v), all with foliate initials in colours and gold, at the beginning of books. 1 miniature with an instruction for an illuminator in the lower margins, partially trimmed (f. 60). Initials in gold with

• Detail of a miniature of two physicians examining a patient, at the beginning of book 5., De proprietatibus rerum in French (Livre des proprietez des choses)

19v, 38, 60, 139v, 213, 265, 270v), all with foliate initials in colours and gold, at the beginning of books. 1 miniature with an instruction for an illuminator in the lower margins, partially trimmed (f. 60). Initials in gold with

• Detail of a miniature of fruit gathering, wood-cutting and reaping, at the beginning of book 9., De proprietatibus rerum in French (Livre des proprietez des choses)

19v, 38, 60, 139v, 213, 265, 270v), all with foliate initials in colours and gold, at the beginning of books. 1 miniature with an instruction for an illuminator in the lower margins, partially trimmed (f. 60). Initials in gold with

• Detail of a minaiture of a mason and carpenter, at the beginning of book 10., De proprietatibus rerum in French (Livre des proprietez des choses)

19v, 38, 60, 139v, 213, 265, 270v), all with foliate initials in colours and gold, at the beginning of books. 1 miniature with an instruction for an illuminator in the lower margins, partially trimmed (f. 60). Initials in gold with

• Detail of a minaiture of a mason and carpenter, at the beginning of book 10., De proprietatibus rerum in French (Livre des proprietez des choses)

19v, 38, 60, 139v, 213, 265, 270v), all with foliate initials in colours and gold, at the beginning of books. 1 miniature with an instruction for an illuminator in the lower margins, partially trimmed (f. 60). Initials in gold with

• Detail of a miniature of circles of angels, at the beginning of book 2., De proprietatibus rerum in French (Livre des proprietez des choses)

19v, 38, 60, 139v, 213, 265, 270v), all with foliate initials in colours and gold, at the beginning of books. 1 miniature with an instruction for an illuminator in the lower margins, partially trimmed (f. 60). Initials in gold with

• Miniature of a man and woman, a devil and an angel, at the beginning of book 3, with a partial foliate border., De proprietatibus rerum in French (Livre des proprietez des choses)

19v, 38, 60, 139v, 213, 265, 270v), all with foliate initials in colours and gold, at the beginning of books. 1 miniature with an instruction for an illuminator in the lower margins, partially trimmed (f. 60). Initials in gold with

• Miniature of the four humours, with a partial border and a foliate initial 'N'(ous), at the beginning of book 4., De proprietatibus rerum in French (Livre des proprietez des choses)

19v, 38, 60, 139v, 213, 265, 270v), all with foliate initials in colours and gold, at the beginning of books. 1 miniature with an instruction for an illuminator in the lower margins, partially trimmed (f. 60). Initials in gold with

• Miniature of surgeon and patients, at the beginning of book 7., De proprietatibus rerum in French (Livre des proprietez des choses)

19v, 38, 60, 139v, 213, 265, 270v), all with foliate initials in colours and gold, at the beginning of books. 1 miniature with an instruction for an illuminator in the lower margins, partially trimmed (f. 60). Initials in gold with

• Miniature of God and a man, with a partial border and a foliate initial 'A'(pres), at the beginning of book 8., De proprietatibus rerum in French (Livre des proprietez des choses)

19v, 38, 60, 139v, 213, 265, 270v), all with foliate initials in colours and gold, at the beginning of books. 1 miniature with an instruction for an illuminator in the lower margins, partially trimmed (f. 60). Initials in gold with

• Miniature of fruit gathering, wood-cutting and reaping with a full border and a foliate initial 'A'(pres), at the beginning of book 9., De proprietatibus rerum in French (Livre des proprietez des choses)

19v, 38, 60, 139v, 213, 265, 270v), all with foliate initials in colours and gold, at the beginning of books. 1 miniature with an instruction for an illuminator in the lower margins, partially trimmed (f. 60). Initials in gold with

• Miniature of mason and carpenter, with a partial border and a foliate initial 'A'(pres), at the beginning of book 10., De proprietatibus rerum in French (Livre des proprietez des choses)

19v, 38, 60, 139v, 213, 265, 270v), all with foliate initials in colours and gold, at the beginning of books. 1 miniature with an instruction for an illuminator in the lower margins, partially trimmed (f. 60). Initials in gold with

• Detail of a miniature of the circles of the elements, at the beginning of book 11., De proprietatibus rerum in French (Livre des proprietez des choses)

19v, 38, 60, 139v, 213, 265, 270v), all with foliate initials in colours and gold, at the beginning of books. 1 miniature with an instruction for an illuminator in the lower margins, partially trimmed (f. 60). Initials in gold with