• Detail of 'champ' initials with foliate feathering., Legenda Aurea (The Golden Legend), ending imperfectly

Detail of 'champ' initials with foliate feathering. Sir Frederic Madden noted that an engraving of 1717 that once formed part of the volume was in 1863 transferred to the Department of Prints (see f. [iii]).Contemporary chapter list (ff. 1-2v).

• Initial 'D'(ie) with penwork decoration at the beginning of Julian of Toledo's Prognosticon futuri saeculi., De virtutibus et vitiis (ff. 1-9v); Prognosticon futuri saeculi (ff. 10-46v)

collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘11 die Martij, A.D. 1723/4’ (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Text page with a table, diagrams and two initials 'E'(t) and 'I'(llud) in Boethius's 'De arithmetica', book 2, chapter 33., De institutione arithmetica (imperfect)

together with other manuscripts from Worsley's collection (now Harley 1585-1747, 1811, 1812) before December 1712: a note in pencil (f. 1) in the hand of Harley's librarian, Humfrey Wanley (1672-1726), reads 'Coll Worsley'.The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b.

• Initial 'H'(omo) with penwork decoration., Homilies

(b.1602, d. 1650), 1st baronet, diarist, antiquary, and friend of Sir Robert Cotton (see Wright 1972): inscribed no. '50' (f. 1) (see Watson 1966). Sir Simonds D’Ewes (d. 1722), 3rd baronet and grandson of the former: inherited and later sold

• Initial 'I'(am) decorated with acanthus leaves and besants at the beginning of Book 3., De Consolatione Philosophiae (index Consolation of Philosophy)

5 large initials in gold and colours with acanthus leaves and besants (ff. 1, 8, 16v, 29v, 40). Decoration extending into the margin on 2 sides (f. 1). Numerous smaller initials in blue with red pen-flourishing or red with purple

• Text page with decorated initials., Commentary on the Song of Songs

penwork decoration, clasps (ff. 1, 9), and reserved lines. Commentary on the Song of Songs Inscribed, 13th century 'Aslunias (?) .v. di (?) d[e]i gr[ati]a ven[er]abilis' (f. [48v]).Inscribed, ?17th century 'VVILRAMVS OLIM ABBAS EBERSPERG.' (f. 1). Nathaniel Noel (fl. 1681,

• Decorated initials 'S'(ororem) and 'P'(oeta)., Andria

with interlace motifs and smaller initial in the same colours with foliate decoration (f. 1). Initials in red with reserved designs, some large, some small. Smallnitials in brown and red with foliate motifs. Plain initials in red. Rubrics in red.

• Decorated initials 'C'(olosenses) and 'P'(aulus)., Pauline Epistles

and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘20 die mensis Januarij, A.D. 1721/22’ (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Decorated initial 'D'(ivinarum)., Chronicle with lists of patriarchs, popes, rulers and geographical features, including mountains, rivers, islands and cities

'D'(ivinarum). f. 1: Added memorandum on king Edward the martyr (b. 962, d. 978).List of Norman and Lombard rulers (f. 24v). Large initials in red, damaged due to loss of parchment. Smaller initials in red and/or brown, one with penwork

• Ink drawings of an autalops (antelope) with its horns caught in a shrub, an onocentaur, a hedgehog, a fox feigning death in order to catch birds, and a unicorn resting its head in the lap of a virgin, being pursued by a man with a spear., Bestiary

Ink drawings of an autalops (antelope) with its horns caught in a shrub, an onocentaur, a hedgehog, a fox feigning death in order to catch birds, and a unicorn resting its head in the lap of a virgin, being

• Ownership inscription of the cathedral priory of St Andrew, Rochester, reading 'Liber de claust[r]o Roffens[i] quem qui inde alienav[er]it aliena/tum celaverit, vel hunc titulum in fraudem delev[erit] Ana/thema sit Amen', with another inscription added by Thomas Wybarn, monk of Rochester, recording that the book was written by Humphrey, precentor, reading 'hu[n]c lib[ru]m sc[r]ipsit f[rate]r Hu[m]frid[us] in claust[r]o roff[ens]is quo[n]da[m] / p[re]centor illi[us] eccl[es]ie ... die[m] p[ro]picit[ur] de[us] am[en]', and 'orate p[ro] eo quod Wybarn.', De Trinitate

Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 82' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library at Westminster of 1542; red seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1); inculded in the 1698 catalogue of the library

• Decorated initial 'N'(emini) at the beginning of book 11., De Trinitate

Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 82' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library at Westminster of 1542; red seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1); inculded in the 1698 catalogue of the library

• Ownership inscription of Reynold Goldston., De Trinitate

Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 82' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library at Westminster of 1542; red seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1); inculded in the 1698 catalogue of the library

• Decorated initial 'A'(postolica) at the beginning of the De conflictu vitiorum et virtutum of Ambrosius Autpertus., De conflictu vitiorum et virtutum, De compunctione cordis, Prognosticon futuri saeculi, De corpore et sanguine domini, with sermons and Vita S. Fursei

Salomonis et eius penitentia', see Hunt 1958) (ff. 160-161).Written by three hands (Hand I: ff. 2-84v, attributed to Rochester Scribe 1 by Waller 1980, other manuscripts written by him are Trinity College, Cambridge, O.2.24 ff. 1-111v, and Royal 12 C

• Decorated initial 'P'(rimo)., Commentary on the Song of Songs, followed by other texts (ff. 2-104v); Commentary on Acts of the Apostles (ff. 105-152v); Commentary on Catholic Epistles (ff. 153-222); Homiliae (ff. 223-251); Commentary on Tobit (ff. 252-258)

Decorated initial 'P'(rimo). 1 leaf between ff. 222-223, and 1 leaf between ff. 251-252 are unfoliated; both are blank, apart from one quire mark. Threaded book-mark (f. 133). Underdrawing in plummet and crayon for initials on ff. 9v, 196. Large

• Initial 'A'(udiens) with foliate decoration., Gesta Normannorum ducum

and the 1395 library catalogues (see ~Catalogi veteres~ 1838); ownership inscription, early 14th century 'Liber sancti Cuthberti de Dunelm<o>' (f. 1); ownership inscription, early 15th century (f. 3; see Watson 1987).Robert Brakenbyri (d. 1391), monk at Durham: inscribed 'Liber Roberti

• Miniature of the Ascension and faceted initial letter 'P'., Cutting from an Antiphoner (index antiphoner, antiphonal)

mounted cuttings as Add. 17864. To order this cutting in the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 17864.Muscial notation. 1 miniature of the Ascension and a faceted initial letter 'P', in colours and gold, introducing the second responsory of the first

• Puzzle initial 'T' with foliate decoration; Rochester priory inscription., Hexameron; De situ Jerusalem

7 A xi, ff. 19-24 (see Ker, 1960). Initials in red and purple with penwork decoration (f. 1), red (ff. 2, 41, 108), or red and green(f. 76v). Rubrics in red. Hexameron; De situ Jerusalem The cathedral priory of St.

• null, Glossed Matthew with prologues (ff. 7v-108v), preceded (ff. 1v-6v) by excerpts from Jerome, Augustine, Pope Leo and others

while the verticals are usually blind-ruled. 2 large zoomorphic initials, in red, blue, green, and yellow (ff. 7v, 9). 1 diagram showing a schematised family tree from David to Christ (f. 8v). Small initials in plain red. Glossed Matthew with

• null, Glossed Matthew with prologues (ff. 7v-108v), preceded (ff. 1v-6v) by excerpts from Jerome, Augustine, Pope Leo and others

while the verticals are usually blind-ruled. 2 large zoomorphic initials, in red, blue, green, and yellow (ff. 7v, 9). 1 diagram showing a schematised family tree from David to Christ (f. 8v). Small initials in plain red. Glossed Matthew with