• Historiated initial 'V' of a man holding a book, presumably Isaiah, at the beginning of Isaiah., Bible (The 'Montpellier Bible') (Genesis to Malachi)

1, 5 may be later additions of the middle or 3rd quarter of the 12th century: see Cahn 1996; Avril 1983. Large historiated or decorated initials in colours and sometimes gold at the beginning of prefaces and books (ff.

• Decorated initial 'E' with interlace and a hybrid creature at the beginning of Baruch., Bible (The 'Montpellier Bible') (Genesis to Malachi)

1, 5 may be later additions of the middle or 3rd quarter of the 12th century: see Cahn 1996; Avril 1983. Large historiated or decorated initials in colours and sometimes gold at the beginning of prefaces and books (ff.

• Historiated initial 'V'(erbum) of man holding a book, presumably Hosea, at the beginning of Hosea., Bible (The 'Montpellier Bible') (Genesis to Malachi)

1, 5 may be later additions of the middle or 3rd quarter of the 12th century: see Cahn 1996; Avril 1983. Large historiated or decorated initials in colours and sometimes gold at the beginning of prefaces and books (ff.

• Foliate initial 'V'(isio) at the beginning of Obadiah., Bible (The 'Montpellier Bible') (Genesis to Malachi)

1, 5 may be later additions of the middle or 3rd quarter of the 12th century: see Cahn 1996; Avril 1983. Large historiated or decorated initials in colours and sometimes gold at the beginning of prefaces and books (ff.

• Historiated initial 'H' with two men in interlace at the beginning of Exodus., Bible (The 'Montpellier Bible') (Genesis to Malachi)

1, 5 may be later additions of the middle or 3rd quarter of the 12th century: see Cahn 1996; Avril 1983. Large historiated or decorated initials in colours and sometimes gold at the beginning of prefaces and books (ff.

• Detail of a historiated initial with a man spearing a king, and hybrid creatures and animals, at the beginning of II Kings., Bible (The 'Montpellier Bible') (Genesis to Malachi)

1, 5 may be later additions of the middle or 3rd quarter of the 12th century: see Cahn 1996; Avril 1983. Large historiated or decorated initials in colours and sometimes gold at the beginning of prefaces and books (ff.

• Detail of a historiated initial a man pointing upwards, presumably Ezekiel, at the beginning of Ezekiel., Bible (The 'Montpellier Bible') (Genesis to Malachi)

1, 5 may be later additions of the middle or 3rd quarter of the 12th century: see Cahn 1996; Avril 1983. Large historiated or decorated initials in colours and sometimes gold at the beginning of prefaces and books (ff.

• Detail of historiated initial a man holding a book standing on a hybrid creature, presumably Joel, at the beginning of Joel., Bible (The 'Montpellier Bible') (Genesis to Malachi)

1, 5 may be later additions of the middle or 3rd quarter of the 12th century: see Cahn 1996; Avril 1983. Large historiated or decorated initials in colours and sometimes gold at the beginning of prefaces and books (ff.

• Coloured drawings of the Last Judgement and Creation of Eve., Speculum humanae salvationis

Coloured drawings of the Last Judgement and Creation of Eve. Beginning with a list of contents, prohemium and prologue (ff. 1-3v). Quire marks.f. 1* is a paper fragment pasted onto f. [iv].f. 47 is a ruled leaf with later

• Coloured drawing of the Temptation of Eve by the serpent., Speculum humanae salvationis

Coloured drawing of the Temptation of Eve by the serpent. Beginning with a list of contents, prohemium and prologue (ff. 1-3v). Quire marks.f. 1* is a paper fragment pasted onto f. [iv].f. 47 is a ruled leaf with later

• Coloured drawings of Adam and Eve at work, and Noah's Ark., Speculum humanae salvationis

Coloured drawings of Adam and Eve at work, and Noah's Ark. Beginning with a list of contents, prohemium and prologue (ff. 1-3v). Quire marks.f. 1* is a paper fragment pasted onto f. [iv].f. 47 is a ruled leaf with

• Decorated initial 'B'(eate)., Moralia in Job, imperfect at the end.

hymn 'Beate martyr prospera diem' (f. 1). Musical notation: added neumes, northern France, early 11th century (f. 1).Begins: 'Reverentissimo et sanctissimo fratri Leandro coepiscopo Gregorius servuus servorum Dei dudum te frater beastissime in constantinopolitana'. Large initials in brown ink, some

• Decorated initial 'H'(oc) with reserved designs and penwork decoration including arabesque motifs., Diadema monachorum

occasionally with script in later medieval hands.The manuscript has been intensely used.Ampersands. 1 large puzzle initial in red and green with penwork decoration in red (f. 1).1 large initial in blue with reserved designs and penwork decoration including arabesque

• Puzzle initial 'P'(anis) and smaller initials with pen-flourishing., Pantheologus, books 2 and 3

A.D. 1722' (f. 1). Kept until 1722 at the library of Brampton Bryan, Hereford, family seat of the Harleys: inscribed by Wanley: 'Hic Codex e Bibliotheca quae est in Castro Bramtoniensi a Domino meo huc transfertus' (f. 1). Edward Harley

• Historiated initial with Elimelech, Naomi, and their sons on their journey to Moab, at the beginning of Ruth (the first known occurrence of this depiction in medieval art). The initial is decorated also by two sirens or hybrids, which have a less clear connection with the text., Bible (The 'Montpellier Bible') (Genesis to Malachi)

1, 5 may be later additions of the middle or 3rd quarter of the 12th century: see Cahn 1996; Avril 1983. Large historiated or decorated initials in colours and sometimes gold at the beginning of prefaces and books (ff.

• Decorated initial 'V'(erbum)., Institutiones grammaticae, imperfect at the end

initial 'V'(erbum). Ruled in hardpoint.Horizontal catchwords.Marginal annotations. 1 large historiated initial in colours with a portrait of Priscian (f. 1).1 initial in colours in the form of a snake (f. 12). 1 historiated initial in colours of a man

• The first canon table decorated with human faces at the bases of each column, and animal heads at each end of the main arch., Gospels

end of the main arches, unfinished (ff. 1-7). 1 incipit page with an initial in colours with interlace decoration, at the beginning of the Epistle of Jerome to Damasus, unfinished (f. 9). 1 smaller initial in colours with interlace decoration

• Zoomorphic initial 'I'(n dandis) with a bird at the beginning of De institutione arithmetica., De institutione arithmetica

quire) in part 1. Part 1 is a palimpsest in late Carolingian script and the text and some of the coloured initials are still partly visible (ff. 1-123v). f. 123 is the end flyleaf of part 1. Zoomorphic initial in

• Decorated intials 'D'(e) and 'E'(cclesia)., Speculum ecclesiae

Samuel Knott (d. 1687), rector of Combe Raleigh, Devon (1661-1668), antiquary and collector of manuscripts: inscribed with his name (f. 1). The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, and

• Decorated initials 'S'(epius), 'F'(undamentum), and 'G'(loriose)., Elucidarium (ff. 1-30), pious verses in Provençal (f. 30), Papal bull of Boniface VIII, dated 1300 (f. 30v)

auzem dir' (ff. 30-30v). 1 large initial in red and blue with red and blue penwork decoration (f. 1). 4 smaller initials in red with blue penwork decoration or in blue with red penwork decoration (ff. 1 (x 2), 10v,