• White-vine initial, at the beginning of Ruffus Sextus's Pio perpetuo valentiniano., De Magistratibus

beginning of Ruffus Sextus's Pio perpetuo valentiniano. 1 large pen-drawing, partly with coloured wash (f. 2v). 1 large white-vine initial and a partial foliate border including arms, in colours and gold (f. 3). 1 large white-vine initial with foliate extensions

• null, Ysagoge alkabitii ad scitiam juditiorum astrorum

1 large white vine initial, in colours and gold (f. 1). Small initials in plain red. Ysagoge alkabitii ad scitiam juditiorum astrorum James Orchard Halliwell-[Phillipps] (b. 1820, d. 1889), antiquary and literary scholar: his stamp 'Bibliotheca Halliwelliana' (ff. 1, 52v),

• Decorated initial 'L'(a) and border., Modi singulari de cocina (recipes for made dishes, soups, sauces, pastry, etc.), with index at the end of the volume (ff. 1-23v, 105-107); Libro de manescalchia de tutte le febre ed ogni altre infirmitate che se generano in li caualli, composto per uno dicto Messer Joanne Facio per ordinatione de Re Carlo Magno Imperatore, preceded by a table of contents (ff. 25-104v)

Decorated initial 'L'(a) and border. 1 small and 1 large initial in gold on a blue, red, (and green) ground, with three-sided foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 33). Small initials in plain red or blue. Modi singulari

• Detail of decorated initial with a lion., De apibus

in red and blue with foliate or zoomorphic penwork decoration (ff. 1, 18). Large and small initials in plain red, a few with penwork decoration. Capital letters highlighted in red. De apibus Franciscans of Dordrecht, 15th century: inscribed 'liber conventus

• Illuminated initials., Il Canzoniere

Illuminated initials. 1 small miniature, in colours and gold (f. 1). 2 large historiated initials, accompanied by a three-sided foliate border, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 34). Smaller initials in gold on red and/or blue grounds. Paraph marks in

• Decorated initial., De finibus (ff. 1-94), Disputationes tusculanae (ff. 95-190v)

a gold field, at the beginning of each book (ff. 1, 15v, 40v, 56v, 72v, 95, 119v, 133, 150v, 168), the first with matching partial borders incorporating heraldic arms. The initial in each of the two texts are in slightly

• Text page with a rubric 'De la sepulture des corps humains', and illuminated initials., De civitate Dei, books 1-10, in French translation (La cite de Dieu)

with full borders and foliate initials in colours and gold, at the beginning of each book and the prologue (ff. 1, 7, 41v, 97v, 178, 224v, 273v, 299v, 337v, 376v, 399). Initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with

• Partial border of white foliage on a blue ground with an illuminated initial 'P'(artes)., Grammatical treatises

the lower margin of f. 1 has been trimmed off, probably to remove a coat of arms. Partial border of white foliage on a blue ground, perhaps a later addition, with an illuminated initial (f. 1). Numerous initials in red

• Pen-flourished initial 'O'(mnis)., Catilina (ff. 1-34v); Jugurtha (ff. 35-103)

Pen-flourished initial 'O'(mnis). Ruled in hardpoint. 1 large initial in blue with red pen-flourishing (f. 1). Catilina (ff. 1-34v); Jugurtha (ff. 35-103) Inscribed with the shelfmark: '156.D.22' (f. 1).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st

• White vine initial 'S'(emper)., Satires (index Saturae, Satirae)

White vine initial 'S'(emper). f. 1* is a parchment leaf.Lines ruled in ink. Vertical catchwords. 1 large white vine initial in colours and gold (f. 1). Plain initials in blue. Rubrics in red. Satires (index Saturae, Satirae) The Jesuit College

• Faceted initial 'Q'(uomodo)., Elegy to Longpres (Elegia ad Longredem)

final parchment flyleaf is glued to a modern paper one. 1 large faceted initial in blue on a dark red ground with acanthus motifs and grapes highlighted in gold (f. 1). Smaller plain initials in red or blue. Paraphs in

• White vine initial 'U'(trum) and an effaced coat of arms in the lower margin., De oratore (ff. 1-51v); Brutus (ff. 52-120v)

An effaced coat of arms on a gold ground in the lower margin (f. 1). 2 large white vine initials in colours and gold (ff. 1, 52). Incipits and explicits in red. De oratore (ff. 1-51v); Brutus (ff. 52-120v) Unidentified

• Added text page written by a 15th-century scribe with the decorated initial 'O'(mnis)., Catiline

in hardpoint.Interlinear and marginal notes.f. 1* is a paper leaf pasted onto a former parchment pastedown. 1 large initial in red and blue (f. 1). Rubrics in red. Capitals marked in yellow. Catiline A note in a humanistic hand, beginning

• Drawing of sheep in a pen., De caelo, De anima

in ink, 1 with brown and red washes (ff. 25v, 109v, 145v). 5 smaller drawings in ink (ff. 60v, 69v, 79v, 82v, 131). Small initials in brown, some with penwork decoration. Cadels, 1 with an animal head, and 1 with

• Drawing of 2 archers drawing their bows and a man stabbing a lion playing a bugle or cornet., De caelo, De anima

in ink, 1 with brown and red washes (ff. 25v, 109v, 145v). 5 smaller drawings in ink (ff. 60v, 69v, 79v, 82v, 131). Small initials in brown, some with penwork decoration. Cadels, 1 with an animal head, and 1 with

• Drawings of an elephant, a ram, stags, a hare, dogs, a bucket, and a man blowing a horn., De caelo, De anima

in ink, 1 with brown and red washes (ff. 25v, 109v, 145v). 5 smaller drawings in ink (ff. 60v, 69v, 79v, 82v, 131). Small initials in brown, some with penwork decoration. Cadels, 1 with an animal head, and 1 with

• Drawing of Eustace, accompanied by horses, another man, and dogs, kneeling before a vision of Christ crucified between the antlers of a stag., De caelo, De anima

in ink, 1 with brown and red washes (ff. 25v, 109v, 145v). 5 smaller drawings in ink (ff. 60v, 69v, 79v, 82v, 131). Small initials in brown, some with penwork decoration. Cadels, 1 with an animal head, and 1 with

• Drawing of a pig playing bagpipes, a jester showing his genitals, a man blowing a flute or pipe, and various hybrid creatures., De caelo, De anima

in ink, 1 with brown and red washes (ff. 25v, 109v, 145v). 5 smaller drawings in ink (ff. 60v, 69v, 79v, 82v, 131). Small initials in brown, some with penwork decoration. Cadels, 1 with an animal head, and 1 with

• Illuminated white vine initial 'C', partial border with butterfly and grasshopper, and added heraldic arms, at the beginning of Suetonius's De vita Caesarum., De vita Caesarum (index XII Caesars)

Greek to be inserted. 1 large white vine initial with partial border incorporating two butterlies and a grasshopper, in colours and gold (f. 1). Large initials unfinished (e.g. ff. 19, 44v), or not started. Guide letters. 1 added partial border,

• Zoomorphic initial 'P'(ompelus) with three quadrupeds., Chronographia tripertita, with preface

is a change of scribe at f. 64; the first uses quire signatures, the second uses catchwords. 1 large zoomorphic initial (f. 7v). 1 small iniital with zoomorphic features (f. 2). Added marginal drawings, 13th century (ff. 6v, 20, 85v,