• Illuminated initials and border with foliate decoration., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum, with a calendar (ff. 1-6v), imperfect

1-6v), imperfect Erased inscription (f. 65v).John Batteley (b. 1647, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: his name (f. 1); sold to Edward Harley with the rest of his collection through his nephew John Batteley on 5 November 1723.The

• 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)

colours with the head of a man (?Cicero), besants and acanthus leaves extending into the margins on three sides (f. 1). Initials in colours with foliate decoration (ff. 1v, 7v). Numerous smaller initials in red with purple (occasionally combined with

• Decorated initial 'C'(om[m]e hugh le despenser)., Various documents and legal texts including a list of English counts, a list of English knights, statutes of king Edward III from the 1st to the 50th year of his reign (1327-1377), and statutes of king Richard II up to the 14th year of his reign (1391)

Decorated initial 'C'(om[m]e hugh le despenser). ff. 1*, 1, 2 are parchment flyleaves.f. 1v: list of English counts. 1 large initial in blue with red pen-flourishing and foliate motifs (f. 15). Smaller initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, one with

• 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)

1).Catchwords written horizontally. Initial in colours and gold combined with a partial bar border with ivy and a dragon (f. 1). Initials in blue, occasionally with reserved designs, with red pen-flourishing including foliate motifs. Coloured initials in red or blue.

• Puzzle initial 'G'(loriosa) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the book., Commentary on Augustine's De civitate dei

1335. Large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in brown and red (f. 1). Coloured initials in red. Commentary on Augustine's De civitate dei Added, 15th century, office for Thomas of Canterbury (ff. 93v-94) and Edmund of Canterbury

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

by Ioasaph: his couplet (f. 220v; see Gamillscheg and Harlfinger 1981).Christophoros Rouphos: owned in 15th (?) century, his inscriptions (ff. 1, 1v, 2).Niccolò Tornabuoni (d. 1598), bishop of Borgo San Sepolcro (el. 1560): owned in the 16th century, his inscription

• Tailpiece with geometric decoration and title in display capitals., Four Gospels, imperfect, followed by tables of lessons for the ecclesiastical year, imperfect at the end (ff. 214-228)

and later Master of Christ's College, Cambridge: owned in Constantinople in 1677, his notes (ff. 1* verso, 1); his Greek manuscript XXIV (f. 1); sold, together with Covel's other manuscripts, to Edward Harley for £300 on 27 Feb. 1715/6 (~Diary~

• Puzzle initial 'Q'(uoniam ut ait sapiens) with a dragon motif and pen-flourished initial 'P'(rimo de superbia)., Various religious texts, including the Summa de vitiis

with a dragon motif and pen-flourished initial 'P'(rimo de superbia). 1 blank parchment leaf between ff. 37 and 38.f. 408 is a parchment leaf with notes in a post-medieval hand. 1 blank parchment leaf between ff. 408-409.On several folios, the

• Decorated intial 'P'(apa)., De artificio loquendi sive Nova poetria

Decorated intial 'P'(apa). 1 large initial in red with blue and purple penwork decoration (f. 1). Smaller initials in blue with red penwork decoration or in red with purple penwork decoration. Rubrics and marginal annotations in red. Paraphs in red

• Decorated initial 'D'(ilecto) at the beginning of Nigel de Longchamps's Speculum stultorum., Speculum stultorum (ff. 1-66v), imperfect, and other works including a life of Eustace; Catalogus Eruditi beati Thomae

. Pag. 245', in humanistic cursive script. 2 large initials in blue with red penwork decoration and pen-flourishing (ff. 1, 5). Small simple initials in blue. Some marginal headings in red. Guide letters. Speculum stultorum (ff. 1-66v), imperfect, and other

• Historiated initial 'U'(rbis Rome), of a building probably representing Rome, and a three-sided foliate border, at the beginning of Valerius Maximus's Factorum et dictorum memorabilium. Heraldic arms in the lower border., Facta et dicta memorabilia, with glosses

epigram and the name of M. P(etrus) de Mulio who died in 1382 (f. 78). 1 large historiated initial, in colours and gold (f. 1). 9 large decorated initials, in colours and gold, at the beginning of the remaining books

• Decorated initial 'N'(unc), at the beginning of book 8 of Valerius Maximus's Factorum et dictorum memorabilium., Facta et dicta memorabilia, with glosses

epigram and the name of M. P(etrus) de Mulio who died in 1382 (f. 78). 1 large historiated initial, in colours and gold (f. 1). 9 large decorated initials, in colours and gold, at the beginning of the remaining books

• Flourished initials, in the lower border quire signatures 'V' and 'VI', in Thomas of Cobham's De penitencia., De penitencia

penitencia The Carthusian abbey of Mainz, 15th century: inscribed 'Iste liber e(st) Carthusie(n)siu(m) p(ro)pe Mogu(n)cia(m)' (f. 1).Inscribed 'Z 184' (f. 1); similar inscriptions consisting of a 'Z' followed by a number are found in a significant number of manuscripts in

• Historiated initial 'D'(omine) with a nun/abbess in prayer, at the beginning of Psalm 101., Psalter, followed by Canticles, Litany, and Office of the Dead, adapted to the use of Ely

margins, in colours and gold (ff. 1. 22v, 36v, 48, 61v, 78v, 94v, 96v, 112). Numerous different shields in the margins, in colours and gold. Smaller initials in gold on red and blue grounds, 1 accompanied by a three-sided border

• Decorated initial 'N'(unc), at the beginning of book 8 of Valerius Maximus's Factorum et dictorum memorabilium., Facta et dicta memorabilia, with glosses

epigram and the name of M. P(etrus) de Mulio who died in 1382 (f. 78). 1 large historiated initial, in colours and gold (f. 1). 9 large decorated initials, in colours and gold, at the beginning of the remaining books

• Detail of an historiated initial 'U'(rbis Rome) of a building probably representing Rome, at the beginning of Valerius Maximus's Factorum et dictorum memorabilium., Facta et dicta memorabilia, with glosses

epigram and the name of M. P(etrus) de Mulio who died in 1382 (f. 78). 1 large historiated initial, in colours and gold (f. 1). 9 large decorated initials, in colours and gold, at the beginning of the remaining books

• Detail of a two-column miniature of Guillaume de Lorris and Narcissus, at the beginning of Guillaume de Lorris's Roman de la Rose., Roman de la Rose

later addition is more didactic, scholarly, and pessimistic. 1 two-column miniature, with a large decorated foliate initial and a full foliate border with bird and animals, in colours and gold (f. 1). 22 single column miniatures, accompanied by small decorated

• Two-column miniature of the author (Amant) sleeping and Oiseuse appearing on the garden wall., Roman de la Rose

later addition is more didactic, scholarly, and pessimistic. 1 two-column miniature, with a large decorated foliate initial and a full foliate border with bird and animals, in colours and gold (f. 1). 22 single column miniatures, accompanied by small decorated

• Detail of a miniature of Narcissus, at the beginning of Guillaume de Lorris's Roman de la Rose., Roman de la Rose

later addition is more didactic, scholarly, and pessimistic. 1 two-column miniature, with a large decorated foliate initial and a full foliate border with bird and animals, in colours and gold (f. 1). 22 single column miniatures, accompanied by small decorated

• Detail of a minature of a woman and man standing at the doorway to a building., Roman de la Rose

later addition is more didactic, scholarly, and pessimistic. 1 two-column miniature, with a large decorated foliate initial and a full foliate border with bird and animals, in colours and gold (f. 1). 22 single column miniatures, accompanied by small decorated