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British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts
Marginal drawing of of a dog? and a human half-bust figure, in the Sermones de quadragesima. Large initials (2 lines) in brown, mostly with (zoomorphic) pen-flourishing in brown, with red infill. Capital letters highlighted in red. Holes in the
catchwords 1 large gold initial on a blue and red ground, with sprays of foliage in the margin. Large puzzle initials in red and blue. Small initials alternately plain red or blue. Litterae notabiliores with yellow wash. Guide-letters. Letters and
catchwords 1 large gold initial on a blue and red ground, with sprays of foliage in the margin. Large puzzle initials in red and blue. Small initials alternately plain red or blue. Litterae notabiliores with yellow wash. Guide-letters. Letters and
beginning ofDemosthenes's letters. Vertical catchwords 1 large gold initial on a blue and red ground, with sprays of foliage in the margin. Large puzzle initials in red and blue. Small initials alternately plain red or blue. Litterae notabiliores with yellow
'P'(re), in Demosthenes's letters. Vertical catchwords 1 large gold initial on a blue and red ground, with sprays of foliage in the margin. Large puzzle initials in red and blue. Small initials alternately plain red or blue. Litterae notabiliores with
collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘18 die Maij, A.D. 1724’ (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime