• Table with explicit., Various religious texts, including a biblical concordance, Opus VII custodiarum super Nova Testamentum, the Liber Dictorum, Hexahemeron, and the Confessionum Liber

with large initials in colours and gold (ff. 4, 155). Blue initials with red penwork decoration or pen-flourishing, some large, some small, some with reserved designs. Paraphs in red or blue. Various religious texts, including a biblical concordance, Opus VII

• Decorated initial 'P'(ost) with foliate decoration including acanthus leaves combined with a three-sided border at the beginning of the prologue., Polychronicon to c. 1400 (imperfect)

117, 143v, 163v) or large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in red and purple (f. 94v) at the beginning of each book. Numerous smaller initials in blue with red pen-flourishing including foliate decoration and flowers. Polychronicon to

• Decorated initials 'A'(l)' and 'N'(ondum) at the beginning of book 12 of Statius' Thebaid., Thebais (index Thebaid)

outer bifolio in each quire is made of parchment. Very large initials with reserved designs in blue or red with penwork decoration in the other colour, or in red with brown penwork (ff. 1v (x2), 14v (x2), 28 (x2), 41,

• Decorated initial 'C'(armina) with acanthus leaves and naturalistic flowers at the beginning of the text., De Consolatione Philosophiae (index Consolation of Philosophy)

A very large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in the same colours at the beginning of each subsequent book (ff. 9v, 20v, 35, 47). Numerous smaller initials in blue with red pen-flourishing or in red with brown

• Decorated initial 'Q'(ui) and white vine decoration in the border enclosing defaced arms, probably that of the Sassetti family, at the beginning of Ovid's Amores., Amores

on a blue panel at the beginning of each book (ff. 2, 17, 34v (initial enclosing a smaller initial)). White vine marginal decoration enclosing a defaced coat of arms (f. 2). Coloured initials in alternating red or blue. Amores Probably

• Puzzle initial 'V'(alerii), and fifteenth-century ownership inscription and pressmark of the Benedictine abbey of Santa Maria ad Martyres extra Muros, Trier., Commentarius in Valerium Maximum; Facta et dicta memorabilia

Benedictine abbey of Santa Maria ad Martyres extra Muros, Trier. 1 large puzzle initial in blue and red with red pen-flourishing (f. 1). 9 smaller blue and red puzzle initials with red pen-flourishing (ff. 2, 54v, 95v, 126v, 153, 183,

• Pen-flourished initials 'C'(orduba); 'B'(ella); and 'Q'(uis)., Pharsalia

in a Northern style. 1 large initial in blue with red and purple penwork decoration (f. 1). 1 large initial in red with purple penwork decoration (f. 118v). 4 initials in blue with purple penwork decoration or pen-flourishing (ff. 12,

• Illuminated initial 'S'(i)., Orationes in C. Verrem (index Orationes in Verrem; Oratio in Caecilium)(ff. 1-79); Orationes in Catilinam (ff. 80-97)

outlined in black, on red and blue grounds ornamented with white filigree decoration (ff. 1, 10, 15, 30v, 54v, 80, 80v, 85 (x 2), 89, 93v). Rubrics in red. Paraphs in red or blue. Orationes in C. Verrem (index Orationes

• Illuminated initial 'G'(allia)., De bello Gallico

in gold, outlined in black, on red and blue grounds ornamented with white filigree decoration (ff. 1, 12v, 18v, 23v, 30, 41, 49v, 67v). Rubrics in red. Paraphs in red or blue. De bello Gallico The Harley Collection, formed by

• Decorated initial 'D'(eus) with acanthus leaves at the beginning of Terce of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

ivy sprigs. Numerous gold initials with black or brown penwork decoration and blue initials with red penwork decoration. Cadels. Some capitals marked with red. Line-fillers in gold and blue ink. Book of Hours, Use of Sarum Various inscriptions in different

• White vine initial 'Q'(uintus) and partial border at the beginning of Cicero's De amicitia., De amicitia (ff. 2-30v), De senectute (ff. 31-58v), Paradoxa (ff. 59-72)

caused by the blue initials at the top of ff. 32 and 36. 3 white vine initials, in colours and gold (ff. 2, 31, 59), the first accompanied by a matching partial border. Small initials in plain blue. De amicitia

• White vine initial 'A'(nimadverti) at the beginning of Cicero's Paradoxa., De amicitia (ff. 2-30v), De senectute (ff. 31-58v), Paradoxa (ff. 59-72)

caused by the blue initials at the top of ff. 32 and 36. 3 white vine initials, in colours and gold (ff. 2, 31, 59), the first accompanied by a matching partial border. Small initials in plain blue. De amicitia

• In the lower margin, the ownership inscription of Margam abbey, at the beginning of the Domesday book., Domesday book (ends imperfectly)

62, 66, 70, 72, 77v, 78, 79v, 81v, 82).date checked JH Large and small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing, some with reserved designs. Domesday book (ends imperfectly) The Cistercian abbey of St Mary,

• Flourished initials with records for Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire in the Domesday book with small decorated initials., Domesday book (ends imperfectly)

62, 66, 70, 72, 77v, 78, 79v, 81v, 82).date checked JH Large and small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing, some with reserved designs. Domesday book (ends imperfectly) The Cistercian abbey of St Mary,

• Marginal sketch in the lower margin, related to other marginal drawings in the manuscript, depicting royal and noble figures; with the ownership inscription Margam abbey in the upper margin., Domesday book (ends imperfectly)

62, 66, 70, 72, 77v, 78, 79v, 81v, 82).date checked JH Large and small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing, some with reserved designs. Domesday book (ends imperfectly) The Cistercian abbey of St Mary,

• Illuminated white vine initial 'O' at the beginning of Cicero's De senectute., De amicitia (ff. 2-30v), De senectute (ff. 31-58v), Paradoxa (ff. 59-72)

caused by the blue initials at the top of ff. 32 and 36. 3 white vine initials, in colours and gold (ff. 2, 31, 59), the first accompanied by a matching partial border. Small initials in plain blue. De amicitia

• Inhabited foliate initial 'A'(bsenti) with small figures, at the beginning of Joannes de Milis's Repertorium aureum sive lexicon juridicum., Repertorium aureum sive lexicon juridicum

25v, 33, 62). 8 large puzzle initials in red and blue (ff. 79, 107, 117v, 129, 130v, 163v, 182v, 204v). 10 large and smaller initials in plain red or blue (ff. 190, 203, 283v, 284v [with reserved designs], 296, 311

• Initial 'R' with the arms of Henry Despenser, bishop of Norwich, in the upper margin the signature of 'William Howarde 1579', in the right margin an ink drawing of a lion rampant, and in the lower margin the ink stamp of the Royal Society of London., Historia ecclesiastica (ff. 1-99), De muliere forti, Epistola Cuthberti

1). Large initials in gold, pink, and/or blue, some also with red, with gold balls, and/or with foliate, floral, or filigree decoration (one with heraldic arms, f. 21). Line fillers in pink and/or blue. Historia ecclesiastica (ff. 1-99), De muliere

• Illuminated border and Initial 'N'(octiam) with an unfinished drawing of a seated man (possibly Bede) writing at the desk holding a quill and a knife, and on the bar border, a quadruped (dragon?)., Historia ecclesiastica (ff. 1-99), De muliere forti, Epistola Cuthberti

1). Large initials in gold, pink, and/or blue, some also with red, with gold balls, and/or with foliate, floral, or filigree decoration (one with heraldic arms, f. 21). Line fillers in pink and/or blue. Historia ecclesiastica (ff. 1-99), De muliere

• Text page., Chronicle of Britian to Henry VI (1st version)

gold (f. 196). Large initial in gold with blue and red leaf forms extending to form a 2-sided border with gold balls and green leaves (f. 5). Large initials in gold on blue and red grounds with foliate sprays with