• White vine initial 'M'(undum)., Historia naturalis (index Natural history)

large white vine initial 'S'(equitur) in colours and gold (f. 176). 35 large white vine initials in colours and gold, 1 at the beginning of each book (ff. 20v, 35v, 44v, 52, 60v, 72v, 84v, 97, 107, 116v, 129, 135,

• Title in display capitals and coloured initial 'Q'., Speeches, including 'Orationes in Catilinam' (ff. 1-24), 'Ciceronis in Sallustium et invicem Invectivae' (ff. 24-29), 'Pro Marcello' (ff. 29-33v, 75-75v), and 'Pro Ligario' (ff. 75v-76v)

and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘20 die mensis Octobris, A.D. 1725’ (ff. 1, 34). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her

• White vine initial 'F'(requenter)., Letters and other texts

white vine initials in gold and colours (ff. 1, 28, 43v, 59v, 76v, 92, 106, 123, 138v). Alternating initials in red or blue. Rubrics in red. Marginal notes in red. Letters and other texts Written by Pietro Cennini in Florence

• White vine initial 'O'(mnis) at the beginning of Sallust's Catilina., Various works including Catilina (ff. 1-34v), Jugurtha (ff. 35v-100), Letter 3 from Book 15 of Petrarch's Epistulae rerum senilium (ff. 104-113), Letter to Petrarch attributed to Leonardus Brunus Aretinus

Library, Oxford, this manuscript was made in Rome or Naples. 2 large white vine initials in gold and colours (ff. 1, 35v). 2 smaller initials in blue ink (ff. 2v, 37v). Display script. Spaces for initials left blank. A few

• Three-sided white vine border in colours and gold, inhabited by birds, with the Medici coat of arms in the lower margin, supported by putti, and a white vine initial 'L'(ibros)., Historia naturalis (index Natural history)

large white vine initial 'S'(equitur) in colours and gold (f. 176). 35 large white vine initials in colours and gold, 1 at the beginning of each book (ff. 20v, 35v, 44v, 52, 60v, 72v, 84v, 97, 107, 116v, 129, 135,

• Detail of a folio: Incipit: 'ramento capitur cum cetera…' Explicit: 'quinquagenas libras lundens cumi', Historia naturalis (index Natural history)

large white vine initial 'S'(equitur) in colours and gold (f. 176). 35 large white vine initials in colours and gold, 1 at the beginning of each book (ff. 20v, 35v, 44v, 52, 60v, 72v, 84v, 97, 107, 116v, 129, 135,

• Detail of a roundel of a man warming himself before a fire, at the beginning of the calendar page for January., Book of Hours ('The Hours of Laudomia de' Medici')

for or after her marriage to Francesco Salviati in 1502: their arms, partly obliterated with gold (not obliterated on ff. 1, 20v, 31, 36v, 39v, 44v, 82, and 117v); the initials of Laudomia de' Medici and Francesco Salviati (ff. 33v,

• Detail of a medallion containing the zodiacal sign for Aquarius, at the beginning of the calendar page for January., Book of Hours ('The Hours of Laudomia de' Medici')

for or after her marriage to Francesco Salviati in 1502: their arms, partly obliterated with gold (not obliterated on ff. 1, 20v, 31, 36v, 39v, 44v, 82, and 117v); the initials of Laudomia de' Medici and Francesco Salviati (ff. 33v,

• Detail of the lower part of the full all'antica border with putti, gems, emblems, and biblical figures, facing the miniature at the beginning of Lauds in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours ('The Hours of Laudomia de' Medici')

for or after her marriage to Francesco Salviati in 1502: their arms, partly obliterated with gold (not obliterated on ff. 1, 20v, 31, 36v, 39v, 44v, 82, and 117v); the initials of Laudomia de' Medici and Francesco Salviati (ff. 33v,

• Detail of the upper part of the full all'antica border with putti, gems, emblems, and biblical figures, facing the miniature at the beginning of Lauds in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours ('The Hours of Laudomia de' Medici')

for or after her marriage to Francesco Salviati in 1502: their arms, partly obliterated with gold (not obliterated on ff. 1, 20v, 31, 36v, 39v, 44v, 82, and 117v); the initials of Laudomia de' Medici and Francesco Salviati (ff. 33v,

• Detail of a miniature of the Circumcision, at the beginning of None in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours ('The Hours of Laudomia de' Medici')

for or after her marriage to Francesco Salviati in 1502: their arms, partly obliterated with gold (not obliterated on ff. 1, 20v, 31, 36v, 39v, 44v, 82, and 117v); the initials of Laudomia de' Medici and Francesco Salviati (ff. 33v,

• Detail of the lower part of the full all'antica border with putti, gems, emblems, and biblical figures, at the beginning of None in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours ('The Hours of Laudomia de' Medici')

for or after her marriage to Francesco Salviati in 1502: their arms, partly obliterated with gold (not obliterated on ff. 1, 20v, 31, 36v, 39v, 44v, 82, and 117v); the initials of Laudomia de' Medici and Francesco Salviati (ff. 33v,

• Detail of a section of the full all'antica border with putti, gems, emblems, and biblical figures, at the beginning of None in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours ('The Hours of Laudomia de' Medici')

for or after her marriage to Francesco Salviati in 1502: their arms, partly obliterated with gold (not obliterated on ff. 1, 20v, 31, 36v, 39v, 44v, 82, and 117v); the initials of Laudomia de' Medici and Francesco Salviati (ff. 33v,

• Detail of a section of the full all'antica border with putti, gems, emblems, and biblical figures, at the beginning of None in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours ('The Hours of Laudomia de' Medici')

for or after her marriage to Francesco Salviati in 1502: their arms, partly obliterated with gold (not obliterated on ff. 1, 20v, 31, 36v, 39v, 44v, 82, and 117v); the initials of Laudomia de' Medici and Francesco Salviati (ff. 33v,

• Detail of a miniature of the Raising of Lazarus, at the beginning of the Office of the Dead., Book of Hours ('The Hours of Laudomia de' Medici')

for or after her marriage to Francesco Salviati in 1502: their arms, partly obliterated with gold (not obliterated on ff. 1, 20v, 31, 36v, 39v, 44v, 82, and 117v); the initials of Laudomia de' Medici and Francesco Salviati (ff. 33v,

• Detail of the lower part of the full all'antica border with putti, and biblical figures, at the beginning of the Office of the Dead., Book of Hours ('The Hours of Laudomia de' Medici')

for or after her marriage to Francesco Salviati in 1502: their arms, partly obliterated with gold (not obliterated on ff. 1, 20v, 31, 36v, 39v, 44v, 82, and 117v); the initials of Laudomia de' Medici and Francesco Salviati (ff. 33v,

• Detail of the upper section of the full all'antica border with putti, gems, and biblical figures, at the beginning of the Office of the Dead., Book of Hours ('The Hours of Laudomia de' Medici')

for or after her marriage to Francesco Salviati in 1502: their arms, partly obliterated with gold (not obliterated on ff. 1, 20v, 31, 36v, 39v, 44v, 82, and 117v); the initials of Laudomia de' Medici and Francesco Salviati (ff. 33v,

• Detail of a miniature of a man and woman, Francesco Salviati and Laudomia de' Medici, adoring the Virgin and Child, at the end of Lauds in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours ('The Hours of Laudomia de' Medici')

for or after her marriage to Francesco Salviati in 1502: their arms, partly obliterated with gold (not obliterated on ff. 1, 20v, 31, 36v, 39v, 44v, 82, and 117v); the initials of Laudomia de' Medici and Francesco Salviati (ff. 33v,

• Detail of the upper section of the full all'antica border with putti, gems, and biblical figures, at the end of Lauds in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours ('The Hours of Laudomia de' Medici')

for or after her marriage to Francesco Salviati in 1502: their arms, partly obliterated with gold (not obliterated on ff. 1, 20v, 31, 36v, 39v, 44v, 82, and 117v); the initials of Laudomia de' Medici and Francesco Salviati (ff. 33v,

• Detail of the lower section of the full all'antica border with putti holding the image of Noah, at the end of Lauds in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours ('The Hours of Laudomia de' Medici')

for or after her marriage to Francesco Salviati in 1502: their arms, partly obliterated with gold (not obliterated on ff. 1, 20v, 31, 36v, 39v, 44v, 82, and 117v); the initials of Laudomia de' Medici and Francesco Salviati (ff. 33v,