• Drawing of a siege engine as described by Biton in De constructione bellicarum machinarum., De machinis (ff. 1-9), De constructione bellicarum machinarum (ff. 9v-16)

machinarum (ff. 9v-16) Written in 1545: colophon ( f. 358).The monastery of St Catherine, Mount Sinai: inscription (f. 1). ? John Spencer Smith, minister plenipotentiary to Turkey: sale catalogue notices that the manuscript was 'collected by one of His Majesty's

• Interlace initial 'T'(antum) at the beginning of the prologue to Joshua, with birds and animals heads. From the same manuscript as Sloane 1044, ff. 76-77., Fragment from a Bible with the start of the Prologue to Joshua (recto) and the end of Deuteronomy 34:1-6 (verso); from the same Bible as Sloane 1044, ff. 76-77

Prologue to Joshua (recto) and the end of Deuteronomy 34:1-6 (verso); from the same Bible as Sloane 1044, ff. 76-77 John Bagford: inscribed, probably by Frederic Madden, that this is 'A portion of Bagford's collection F. M.' (f. [iii]).Sir Hans

• Text page with lettering in black and red., Pauline Epistles, in the new Latin translation of Jacques Lefèvre

of Jacques Lefèvre Written by Peter Meghen of 's-Hertogenbosch of the diocese of Liège (b. c.1466/1467, d. 1540), scribe of John Colet, Dean of St. Paul Cathedral, London: written in his hand (see Trapp, 1975, pp. 89-90): inscribed 'Petrus monoculus',

• Text page with lettering in black and red., Pauline Epistles, in the new Latin translation of Jacques Lefèvre

of Jacques Lefèvre Written by Peter Meghen of 's-Hertogenbosch of the diocese of Liège (b. c.1466/1467, d. 1540), scribe of John Colet, Dean of St. Paul Cathedral, London: written in his hand (see Trapp, 1975, pp. 89-90): inscribed 'Petrus monoculus',

• Text page with lettering in black and red, with a space left for an unfinished initial 'P'(aulus)., Pauline Epistles, in the Latin translation of Jacques Lefèvre

of Jacques Lefèvre Written by Peter Meghen of 's-Hertogenbosch of the diocese of Liège (b. c.1466/1467, d. 1540), scribe of John Colet, Dean of St. Paul Cathedral, London: written in his hand (see Trapp, 1975, pp. 89-90): inscribed 'Petrus monoculus',

• Detail of an historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul sitting at a desk and writing his Epistle, at the beginning of Romans., Pauline Epistles, with the commentary of Peter Lombard

Detail of an historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul sitting at a desk and writing his Epistle, at the beginning of Romans. Includes Romans and 1-2 Corinthians; originally contained probably the complete work, or at least Galatians, as suggested by

• Puzzle initial 'I'(nde) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of book 10., Metamorphoses (imperfect)

(f. 1).Isaac Vossius (b. 1618, d. 1689), philologist and author, librarian to Queen Christina of Sweden (1650), son of Gerard John Vossius (d. 1649), came to England in 1670 and became a canon of Windsor: owned from 1650 to ?1689

• Decorated initials 'P'(hebeo) and 'S'(epe), at the beginning of Claudian's In Rufinum, with ownership inscriptions in the upper margin., Works: In Rufinum (ff. 3-17v), De bello Gildonico (ff. 17v-25v), De bello Getico (ff. 25v-35v), Gigantomachia (ff. 36-37v), De consulatu Stilochonis (ff. 38-57), etc.

British Museum as part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818. Inscribed with notes initialled by John Holmes ? (between 1800 and 1854) (f. 2v) and Frederic Madden (between 1828 and 1866) (f. 1v). Decorated initial

• null, Works: In Rufinum (ff. 3-17v), De bello Gildonico (ff. 17v-25v), De bello Getico (ff. 25v-35v), Gigantomachia (ff. 36-37v), De consulatu Stilochonis (ff. 38-57), etc.

British Museum as part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818. Inscribed with notes initialled by John Holmes ? (between 1800 and 1854) (f. 2v) and Frederic Madden (between 1828 and 1866) (f. 1v). Detail Claudian

• Decorated initials at the beginning of Gratian's Decretum, with coloured rubrics and marginal headings, and a space left for a larger initial, and the signature of Sir Roger Twysden and the date 1638 in the upper right corner., Decretum, with gloss; list of popes and emperors (ff. 222-229)

100, 115. Small initials in red or green (ff. 222-223). Decretum, with gloss; list of popes and emperors (ff. 222-229) John de Herefeld ?, vicar of Plumstead, Kent, first half of the 14th century: his inscription: ‘Decreta de dono domini

• Historiated initial 'C' of a monk swinging a censer over the coffin of Gille, first wife of Rollo, first duke of Normandy., Chronique des ducs de Normandie (index Chronicle of Normandy; Chronique de Normandie)

15th century, price 'xxvi s. viii d.' (on a piece of parchment pasted onto f. [ii]).?The collegiate church of St. John of Beverley, Yorkshire, 15th century: inscribed 's[an]c[t]i Beverlaci' (f. 252).Added Prophecy of Merlin, 15th century, in English (ff. 249v-250).

• Detail of an historiated initial 'C' of a monk swinging a censer over the coffin of Gille, first wife of Rollo, first duke of Normandy., Chronique des ducs de Normandie (index Chronicle of Normandy; Chronique de Normandie)

15th century, price 'xxvi s. viii d.' (on a piece of parchment pasted onto f. [ii]).?The collegiate church of St. John of Beverley, Yorkshire, 15th century: inscribed 's[an]c[t]i Beverlaci' (f. 252).Added Prophecy of Merlin, 15th century, in English (ff. 249v-250).

• Musical notation, on four-line red staves, 13th century., Chronique des ducs de Normandie (index Chronicle of Normandy; Chronique de Normandie)

15th century, price 'xxvi s. viii d.' (on a piece of parchment pasted onto f. [ii]).?The collegiate church of St. John of Beverley, Yorkshire, 15th century: inscribed 's[an]c[t]i Beverlaci' (f. 252).Added Prophecy of Merlin, 15th century, in English (ff. 249v-250).

• Historiated initial 'O'(iez) with baptism scene., Chronique des ducs de Normandie (index Chronicle of Normandy; Chronique de Normandie)

15th century, price 'xxvi s. viii d.' (on a piece of parchment pasted onto f. [ii]).?The collegiate church of St. John of Beverley, Yorkshire, 15th century: inscribed 's[an]c[t]i Beverlaci' (f. 252).Added Prophecy of Merlin, 15th century, in English (ff. 249v-250).

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uant) with interlace and a winged dragon at the beginning of the text., Chronique des ducs de Normandie (index Chronicle of Normandy; Chronique de Normandie)

15th century, price 'xxvi s. viii d.' (on a piece of parchment pasted onto f. [ii]).?The collegiate church of St. John of Beverley, Yorkshire, 15th century: inscribed 's[an]c[t]i Beverlaci' (f. 252).Added Prophecy of Merlin, 15th century, in English (ff. 249v-250).

• Decorated initials with pen-flourishing in Petrus Riga's Aurora., Riga's Aurora (ff. 2-171v), Alta Villa's Architrenius (index Archithrenius)(ff. 173-224v; imperfect)

Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated initials Written by several hands Petrus Riga (index Petrus de Riga), Johannes de Alta Villa (index Johannes Hautivillensis, Johannes de Hauteville, John de Hauteville) England

• Decorated initials with pen-flourishing in Petrus Riga's Aurora., Riga's Aurora (ff. 2-171v), Alta Villa's Architrenius (index Archithrenius)(ff. 173-224v; imperfect)

Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated initials Written by several hands Petrus Riga (index Petrus de Riga), Johannes de Alta Villa (index Johannes Hautivillensis, Johannes de Hauteville, John de Hauteville) England