• Decorated initial 'C'., Tragoediae (index Tragedies)

Decorated initial 'C'. Copious notes in an early-modern hand. 10 large decorated foliate initials with foliate extensions into the margins, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 24v, 44, 55v, 78, 96v, 117, 135, 153, 170v). Small initials in red

• Historiated initial 'A'(d) with Aristotle and foliate border., De regimine principum (ff. 1-32); De natura animalium (ff. 32v-54v); Life of St Veridianus, etc. (ff. 55-57v); Variae (ff. 57v-67v), De anima (ff. 68-79v); Speculum (ff. 80-83v), Soliloquies (ff. 83v-128v), Pelagius' Liber de vita christiana (ff. 129-139v)

Historiated initial 'A'(d) with Aristotle and foliate border. 3 historiated initials, the first with a three-sided, the following with partial foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 32v, 57v). 4 large decorated foliate initials with foliate extensions into

• Historiated initial 'D'(um) and foliate border., De regimine principum (ff. 1-32); De natura animalium (ff. 32v-54v); Life of St Veridianus, etc. (ff. 55-57v); Variae (ff. 57v-67v), De anima (ff. 68-79v); Speculum (ff. 80-83v), Soliloquies (ff. 83v-128v), Pelagius' Liber de vita christiana (ff. 129-139v)

Historiated initial 'D'(um) and foliate border. 3 historiated initials, the first with a three-sided, the following with partial foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 32v, 57v). 4 large decorated foliate initials with foliate extensions into the margins,

• Historiated initial 'E(t si) with the head of a man (?Cicero), besants and acanthus leaves extending into the margins at the beginning of the text., Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)

Historiated initial 'E(t si) with the head of a man (?Cicero), besants and acanthus leaves extending into the margins at the beginning of the text. ff. 1* and 53 have been washed and reused as flyleaves for the present

• Historiated initial of Giles of Rome blessing, holding a book., De regimine principum (ff. 1-32); De natura animalium (ff. 32v-54v); Life of St Veridianus, etc. (ff. 55-57v); Variae (ff. 57v-67v), De anima (ff. 68-79v); Speculum (ff. 80-83v), Soliloquies (ff. 83v-128v), Pelagius' Liber de vita christiana (ff. 129-139v)

Historiated initial of Giles of Rome blessing, holding a book. 3 historiated initials, the first with a three-sided, the following with partial foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 32v, 57v). 4 large decorated foliate initials with foliate

• Decorated initial., De regimine principum (ff. 1-32); De natura animalium (ff. 32v-54v); Life of St Veridianus, etc. (ff. 55-57v); Variae (ff. 57v-67v), De anima (ff. 68-79v); Speculum (ff. 80-83v), Soliloquies (ff. 83v-128v), Pelagius' Liber de vita christiana (ff. 129-139v)

Decorated initial. 3 historiated initials, the first with a three-sided, the following with partial foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 32v, 57v). 4 large decorated foliate initials with foliate extensions into the margins, in colours and gold

• Partial foliate border with an historiated initial 'H'(anc) of Ovid holding a book., Epistolae (index Letters)

Partial foliate border with an historiated initial 'H'(anc) of Ovid holding a book. Partial foliate border in colours and gold with an historiated initial 'H'(anc) of Ovid holding a book (f. 1). Red initials with purple penwork decoration and

• Puzzle initial 'P'(eccator) with pen-flourishing., Orationes sive Meditationes

Puzzle initial 'P'(eccator) with pen-flourishing. Catchwords. Numerous puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing and infill in red and some blue; infill frequently includes trifoliate leaf motifs; tendrils of pen-flourishing frequently end in heart-shaped leaf. Rubrics in red.

• Initial 'C'(um) with foliate motifs and a grotesque., Genesis and Exodus, glossed

Initial 'C'(um) with foliate motifs and a grotesque. Erased inscription (f. 1).Catchwords.The manuscript forms part of a two- or multi-volume set together with Harley 3159. Harley 3160 is inscribed 'Explicit liber penthateuchus' (f. 235v). 2 large historiated initials in

• Initial 'E'(zechiel) with pen-flourishing., Ezechiel and Daniel, glossed

Initial 'E'(zechiel) with pen-flourishing. Catchwords; quire marks; leaf marks.Erased inscription (f. 1).f. 137 is a medieval parchment flyleaf. 4 large puzzle initials with pen-flourishing (ff. 1, 3, 107, 107v). Small initials in red or blue with penwork decoration in

• Historiated initial 'M'(aiores), with foliate extensions and besants, of a bearded man in a fur-trimmed robe., Facta et dicta memorabilia(index Memorable Deeds and Sayings),with an index (ff. 95, 96)

red or blue. Capitals marked in red. Facta et dicta memorabilia(index Memorable Deeds and Sayings),with an index (ff. 95, 96) John Gibson (fl. 1720-1726), dealer; sold to Harley on 13 September 1722 (see ~Diary~ 1966; Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed

• Decorated initial 'I'(nitium) with a flower at the beginning of Mark., Gospelbook

badly faded. Coloured initials with coloured pen decoration at the beginning of Mark ('I'[nitium], f. 29v) and John ('I'[n], f. 73v). Lettering in blue, red and green describing the contents of the text (f. 3v). Initials in red with pen

• Historiated initial 'E(t si) with the head of a man (?Cicero), besants and acanthus leaves extending into the margins at the beginning of the text., Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)

Historiated initial 'E(t si) with the head of a man (?Cicero), besants and acanthus leaves extending into the margins at the beginning of the text. ff. 1* and 53 have been washed and reused as flyleaves for the present

• Decorated initials: 'I'(tem), 'D'(ialectica), 'G'(ustus), 'I'(tem), 'I'(tem), and 'O'(lfactus)., Tracts on various subjects, including rhetoric and mathematics, and Alan of Lille's De planctu naturae (ff. 17-32v)

1-17).Robert Talbot (b. c. 1505, d. 1558), antiquary and scholar of Winchester college, fellow of New College, Oxford, friend of John Leland, prebendary and canon of Norwich from 1547 to 1558: his ownership inscription (f. 1).Edward Stillingfleet (b. 1635, d.

• White vine initial 'T'(erentii), Vita Terentii (ff. 1-3v); Comoediae (index Comedies) (ff. 3v-169)

White vine initial 'T'(erentii) 7 white vine initials in colours and gold (ff. 1, 5, 32v, 61v, 89, 116v, 141). Alternating red or blue initials. Rubrics and abbreviations of protagonists' names in red. Vita Terentii (ff. 1-3v); Comoediae (index

• Three-sided foliate border with a large decorated initial 'F'(ratres scientes quia hora est)., Psalter and Breviary, with a calendar, use of Rome

Initials and paraphs in green; some text in green (ff. 535-540). Psalter and Breviary, with a calendar, use of Rome John Gibson (fl. 1720-1726), dealer; sold to Edward Harley on 28 August 1724 (see ~Diary~ 1966; Wright 1972).Edward Harley (b.

• Decorated initial with reserved designs and pen-flourishing., Missal

in black ink.Marginal annotations. 1 full-page miniature in colours and gold of the Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary and John the Evangelist, with a full border inhabited by birds and flowers, and, in the lower margin, a jewelled cross in

• Decorated initial 'S'(icut) combined with a partial bar border with ivy and a dragon at the beginning of the text., Homilies on Matthew (index In Matthaeum)(ff. 1-147v), ending with an alphabetical index (ff. 148-174v); Commentary on Boethius’s De Consolatione philosophiae (ff. 175-272)

contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated initial Written by several scribes John Chrysostom (index Johannes Chrysostomus); Nicholas Trevet England

• Historiated initial 'Q'(uoniam) with a portrait of Priscian., Institutiones grammaticae, Book 17 (the 'Priscianus minor')

Historiated initial 'Q'(uoniam) with a portrait of Priscian. Horizontal catchwords.f. 104 is a parchment leaf with various inscriptions on the recto. 1 large initial in colours with a portrait of Priscian and a foliate extension (f. 1). Initials in

• Headpiece with geometric decoration., Menaion: Canons and other liturgical readings for Saints for November, ending with Stavrothekion, Theotokion and Canon Parakletikos

Headpiece with geometric decoration. Headpiece with geometric decoration, title and initials in light brown (f. 2). Initials and line-fillers in light brown or red. Menaion: Canons and other liturgical readings for Saints for November, ending with Stavrothekion, Theotokion and