• Miniature of 'Enguborade' (Engeldruda), Florentine virgin, given in marriage to Guido by the Emperor Otho., Des cleres et nobles femmes, De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (index De claris mulieribus, Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

portcullis and chains surmounted by a coronet (f. 1); 'possibly to be identified as the "greatte volume of velom named John Bokas lymned" owned by Lady Margaret Beaufort' (see Carley 2000).Inscribed in a late 15th-century hand, 'The booke of the

• Miniature of of the marriage of Constantia to the Emperor Henry VI., Des cleres et nobles femmes, De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (index De claris mulieribus, Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

portcullis and chains surmounted by a coronet (f. 1); 'possibly to be identified as the "greatte volume of velom named John Bokas lymned" owned by Lady Margaret Beaufort' (see Carley 2000).Inscribed in a late 15th-century hand, 'The booke of the

• Miniature of Jeanne, queen of Jerusalem and Sicily, receiving gifts from her subjects., Des cleres et nobles femmes, De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (index De claris mulieribus, Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

portcullis and chains surmounted by a coronet (f. 1); 'possibly to be identified as the "greatte volume of velom named John Bokas lymned" owned by Lady Margaret Beaufort' (see Carley 2000).Inscribed in a late 15th-century hand, 'The booke of the

• Table and decorated initial., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

Table and decorated initial. 2 historiated initials, in colours and gold, and partial bar borders with zoomorphic elements (ff. 129, 133v). 1 partial bar border incorporating a large hybrid (f. 3). Large initials in colours and silver and gold

• Table., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

Table. 2 historiated initials, in colours and gold, and partial bar borders with zoomorphic elements (ff. 129, 133v). 1 partial bar border incorporating a large hybrid (f. 3). Large initials in colours and silver and gold with foliate decoration,

• Detail of table., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

Detail of table. 2 historiated initials, in colours and gold, and partial bar borders with zoomorphic elements (ff. 129, 133v). 1 partial bar border incorporating a large hybrid (f. 3). Large initials in colours and silver and gold with

• Table., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

Table. 2 historiated initials, in colours and gold, and partial bar borders with zoomorphic elements (ff. 129, 133v). 1 partial bar border incorporating a large hybrid (f. 3). Large initials in colours and silver and gold with foliate decoration,

• Miniature of Flora enthroned in a landscape, with musicians, during her festival, with an illuminated initial 'S'., Des cleres et nobles femmes, De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (index De claris mulieribus, Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

portcullis and chains surmounted by a coronet (f. 1); 'possibly to be identified as the "greatte volume of velom named John Bokas lymned" owned by Lady Margaret Beaufort' (see Carley 2000).Inscribed in a late 15th-century hand, 'The booke of the

• Detail of a pen drawing accompanying a medical recipe for stomach-ache., Commonplace book and medical miscellany put together by Thomas Fayreford, including a list of his medical cases and cures (ff. 9r-v), an alphabetically arranged herbal (ff. 13-64v), his medical and surgical compendia (ff. 72v-124v, 125-151, 167-172v), and Ponce's 'Modus medendi' (ff. 65-72)

Detail of a pen drawing accompanying a medical recipe for stomach-ache. The volume also includes the 'Novele cirurgerie', a collection of medical recipes in Anglo-Norman, datable to the 13th century, with initials in red (ff. 7-8v). Border decorated with

• Marginal pen drawing of a horned animal (goat ?)., Commonplace book and medical miscellany put together by Thomas Fayreford, including a list of his medical cases and cures (ff. 9r-v), an alphabetically arranged herbal (ff. 13-64v), his medical and surgical compendia (ff. 72v-124v, 125-151, 167-172v), and Ponce's 'Modus medendi' (ff. 65-72)

Marginal pen drawing of a horned animal (goat ?). The volume also includes the 'Novele cirurgerie', a collection of medical recipes in Anglo-Norman, datable to the 13th century, with initials in red (ff. 7-8v). Border decorated with penwork and

• White vine initials at the beginning of the text., Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi

Ingrillani,...) including Alberto Contalberti (?= the vicar of San Miniato, near Florence, in 1619), dated 1610-12, Tuscany (ff. 1v-2v, 107-10). John Gibson (fl. 1720-1726), dealer: sold to Edward Harley on 13 February 1723/4 (~Diary~ 1966; Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed

• Historiated initial 'P'(receptis) with a man holding a book (Augustine or Orosius), with acanthus extending into the margins, and roundel enclosing arms in the lower margin at the beginning of the text., Historia adversus paganos (index Historiarum adversum paganos)(ff. 1-68v); Epitoma de Tito Livio (index Epitome of Livy)(ff. 69-111v); Ab urbe condita [periochae](ff. 112-147v); C. Julii Caesaris Epistulae (ff. 147v-148v); Zenobius de Florencia's Oratio (added; ff. 149-155v)

Historiated initial 'P'(receptis) with a man holding a book (Augustine or Orosius), with acanthus extending into the margins, and roundel enclosing arms in the lower margin at the beginning of the text. Beginning with a table of capitula and

• Puzzle initial 'P'(oule) at the beginning of I Corinthians., Wycliffite Bible, New Testament (Later Version)

Puzzle initial 'P'(oule) at the beginning of I Corinthians. Catchwords.Red paper star stuck on f. 135v, in Acts.ff. 1* and 1** are paper flyleaves. Puzzle initials in red and blue with red pen-flourishing (ff. 2, 22, 59, 75, 82v,

• Interlace initial 'H'(ow) with zoo-anthropomorphic decoration, display capitals with foliate or zoomorphic features, and a sketch of the Virgin and Child, at the beginning of a grammatical treatise., A collection of grammatical, rhetorical and moral texts

(see Thomson 1979), which suggests that the manuscript was made in Southern England.Notes added by later readers on ff. 47v-48v.? John Ouerindon de Multon: his inscription (f. 48v).Johannes She<...>: his inscription (f. 48v)Henry Worsley (b.1675, d. 1741), scholar and manuscript

• Initial 'E'(sdra) with pen-flourished decoration., Nicolaus's 'Antidotarium' (ff. 63-110), followed by glossaries of simple medicines and herbs (ff. 110v-113, 113-117), alchemical and culinary recipes (ff. 117-118) and charms relating to bloodletting (ff. 118-118v)

Initial 'E'(sdra) with pen-flourished decoration. The manuscript is part of a composite miscellany of medical, culinary and alchemical texts and recipes, datable to the 15th century, including astrological diagrams in black ink (ff. 7v-11), but otherwise with no significant

• Decorated initial 'I'(mpaciens), with pen-flourishing and decorated extensions, at the beginning of Marchesinus's Mammotrectus., Mammotrectus super Bibliam, with an alphabetical index (ff. 153-194v) and a calendar (ff. 195-197v)

Decorated initial 'I'(mpaciens), with pen-flourishing and decorated extensions, at the beginning of Marchesinus's Mammotrectus. ff. [v] and [198] are former pastedowns. On f. 1, the beginning of the text to the end of chapter 1 is written in a

• Initial 'P'(andere) with penwork decoration., Doctrinale (ff. 3- 62) with a commentary

Initial 'P'(andere) with penwork decoration. Extensive gloss.The text on ff. 1-2v begins, 'Quoniam generalis notitia viam animam aperit, ingenium acuit ad quae secuntur specialia facilius...' The incipit on f. 2v reads: 'Incipit ordo puntandi editus a ser Coluccio Pieri

• Illuminated white vine-stem border and initial 'C'(redo) of strapwork, and square capitals as display script in alternating colours, at the beginning of Cicero's Pro Roscio Amerino., Orations and letters (ff. 1-147); Invectivum in Ciceronem (ff. 147v-149)

20, and 22; A. C. de la Mare also attributed Additional 16983, and Burney 292 to the same scribe; cf. John W. Bradley, ~A Dictionary of Miniaturists, Illuminators, Calligraphers and Copyists~, 3 vols (London: Quaritch, 1887-1889), I, 248; II, 11-2.A

• Illuminated white vine-stem initial 'Q'(uamquam), and display script in alternating colours in the style of Felice Feliciano of Verona, at the beginning of Cicero's De Imperio Cn. Pompei., Orations and letters (ff. 1-147); Invectivum in Ciceronem (ff. 147v-149)

20, and 22; A. C. de la Mare also attributed Additional 16983, and Burney 292 to the same scribe; cf. John W. Bradley, ~A Dictionary of Miniaturists, Illuminators, Calligraphers and Copyists~, 3 vols (London: Quaritch, 1887-1889), I, 248; II, 11-2.A

• 3-sided border and illuminated initial 'A' at the beginning of the first book of Kings., Old Testament, the later Wycliffite version, imperfect (Genesis to Psalms)

red. Quire signatures and running headings decorated in brown ink. Old Testament, the later Wycliffite version, imperfect (Genesis to Psalms) John Somers (b. 1651, d. 1716), Baron Somers, lawyer and politician: 1738 note written by James West that it once