• Miniature of the Nativity, before Mark., Four Gospels, with list of lections (ff. 168v-177)

Boecker; Nordenfalk.? Count de Renesse-Breidbach, who sold 437 objects, including one manuscript, on 1 October 1835 in Antwerp: book-plate with the printed 'Ex Bibliotheca Renessiana No' inscribed '1' (inside upper cover), Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London

• null, Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues)(ff. 1-16v); Georgica (index Georgics)(ff. 17-58), with argumenta; Aeneis (index Aeneid)(ff. 58v-244v), with argumenta and verse preface, omitting 2:567-588 ('The King's Virgil')

dolphins, sphinxes, masks, trophies and heraldic decoration, in colours and gold, at the beginning of texts or books (ff. 1, 17, 26v-27 [miniature f. 26v, accompanying border f. 27], 37, 47v, 59, 73v, 88, 101v, 115, 131v, 148v, 164, 178,

• Historiated initial 'P' with king Philip II of Spain., Carta executoria de Hidalguia (begins imperfectly)

Historiated initial 'P' with king Philip II of Spain. 1 miniature at the beginning missing (piece of red protective silk after f. 1).1 large historiated initial, in colours and gold (f. 60). Large decorated initials in gold on coloured

• Interlace initial 'I'., Diadema monachorum, Sermon on the Assumption of the Virgin Mary (imperfect at the end)

Interlace initial 'I'. ff. 1, 74 are parchment flyleaves.Ruled in hardpoint. 1 large interlace initial in brown (f. 4). Initials in red (now oxidised), brown, or red and brown, some with foliate motifs and simple penwork decoration. Rubrics in red.

• Initial 'Q'(uia) with added penwork decoration, at the beginning of Gregory the Great's homily on Luke 2, 1-14., Homiliae XL in evangelia

book collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘13 die Augusti, 1724’ (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Decorated initial 'R'(ationi) in book 4 of Gregory the Great's Dialogi., Dialogi, books 3-4 (ff. 1-101v); excerpts from various authors including Augustine, Cassiodorus and Gregory and other shorter texts including on the fifteen signs of the Last Judgement (ff. 102-109v).

Last Judgement (ff. 102-109v). The Dominican convent of St-Jacques, Paris: inscribed in the late 13th century with 'Sancti jachobi' (f. 1, Humfrey Wandley added 'Par.'). Faded or erased ?13th-century inscriptions (ff. 39v, 40v, 61v, 65v and 108). Nathaniel Noel (fl.

• Simple initial 'O'(mnis) with a face in Pierre Tudebode's Historia de Hierosolymitana itinere., Historia de Hierosolymitana itinere

Simple initial 'O'(mnis) with a face in Pierre Tudebode's Historia de Hierosolymitana itinere. 1 initial in red with arabesque motifs (f. 1). Initials in red or brown with some penwork decoration, including dots, lines, simple spiralling extensions and once with

• Foliate initial 'S'(cripta), followed by display script, at the beginning of Prudentius' 'Peristephanon'., Cathemerinon (2-16); Peristephanon (16-62); and other smaller texts including letters to/from Berengar of Tours

from this manuscript (f. 63) by Huygens 1967, pp. 502-03.Musical notation: neumes. 1 large foliate initial in brown (f. 16v). 2 initials in red with penwork decoration (ff. 1, 33). Initials in brown, occasionally with some penwork decoration in brown

• Decorated initial 'L'(iber) with display capitals, at the beginning of the Gospel of Matthew., Glossed Gospel of Matthew, preceded by prologues (f. 2r-v)

the beginning of the Gospel of Matthew. 1 large foliate and interlace initial, in colours and gold (f. 3). Large initials alternating red, blue, or pale brown, usually with simple decoration in one of the other colours. Small initials alternating

• The calendar page for May, illustrated with a coloured drawing of the twins, Gemini, and with the Ascension and Pentecost in red ink, and including the Anglo-Saxon queen Aelfgyfe, and the Roman saints Nereus, Achilleus, and Pancratius., Psalter with Old English gloss, the Psalms preceded by a calendar and compotus material (ff. 1-12), and followed by canticles and litany (ff. 119-132v), and prayers (ff. 143-148v)

symbols of the Evangelists. 12 outline drawings of signs of the Zodiac in red ink in the calendar (ff. 2-7v). 1 historiated initial (f. 13), and 2 decorated foliate initials (ff. 53, 85), all in colours and accompanied by coloured

• Calendar page for August, illustrated with a coloured drawing of a young woman holding a torch personifying Virgo, and including the Assumption of the Virgin in red ink, and the feast of the Anglo-Saxon king and martyr, Oswald., Psalter with Old English gloss, the Psalms preceded by a calendar and compotus material (ff. 1-12), and followed by canticles and litany (ff. 119-132v), and prayers (ff. 143-148v)

symbols of the Evangelists. 12 outline drawings of signs of the Zodiac in red ink in the calendar (ff. 2-7v). 1 historiated initial (f. 13), and 2 decorated foliate initials (ff. 53, 85), all in colours and accompanied by coloured

• The calendar page for November, illustrated with a coloured drawing of a centaur with bow and arrow, Sagittarius, and including the feast of Martin of Tours and the first day of winter in red, and the feast of Rumwald, a Northumbrian king., Psalter with Old English gloss, the Psalms preceded by a calendar and compotus material (ff. 1-12), and followed by canticles and litany (ff. 119-132v), and prayers (ff. 143-148v)

symbols of the Evangelists. 12 outline drawings of signs of the Zodiac in red ink in the calendar (ff. 2-7v). 1 historiated initial (f. 13), and 2 decorated foliate initials (ff. 53, 85), all in colours and accompanied by coloured

• Easter table, with a red cross half-way down the first column, next to the letter 'h' for the year 1073., Psalter with Old English gloss, the Psalms preceded by a calendar and compotus material (ff. 1-12), and followed by canticles and litany (ff. 119-132v), and prayers (ff. 143-148v)

symbols of the Evangelists. 12 outline drawings of signs of the Zodiac in red ink in the calendar (ff. 2-7v). 1 historiated initial (f. 13), and 2 decorated foliate initials (ff. 53, 85), all in colours and accompanied by coloured

• Decorated initials, and text with an added gloss in Old English, Psalter with Old English gloss, the Psalms preceded by a calendar and compotus material (ff. 1-12), and followed by canticles and litany (ff. 119-132v), and prayers (ff. 143-148v)

symbols of the Evangelists. 12 outline drawings of signs of the Zodiac in red ink in the calendar (ff. 2-7v). 1 historiated initial (f. 13), and 2 decorated foliate initials (ff. 53, 85), all in colours and accompanied by coloured

• Miniature of the Crucifixion, with the cross flanked by two trees, and in the roundels at the corners of the border the symbols of the Evangelists (a man, lion, ox, and eagle)., Psalter with Old English gloss, the Psalms preceded by a calendar and compotus material (ff. 1-12), and followed by canticles and litany (ff. 119-132v), and prayers (ff. 143-148v)

symbols of the Evangelists. 12 outline drawings of signs of the Zodiac in red ink in the calendar (ff. 2-7v). 1 historiated initial (f. 13), and 2 decorated foliate initials (ff. 53, 85), all in colours and accompanied by coloured

• Decorated foliate initial 'C', and full foliate border, at the beginning of the Statues., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from 1 Edward III to 14 Henry VI in chronological order

c. (?), written in a cipher, which O'Conor 1819 states to be that of the Tally Court of the Exchequer. 1 large foliate initial, accompanied by a full foliate border, at the beginning of the Statutes (f. 24). Smaler initials

• Decorated initials 'L'(iber), 'F'(uit), and 'H'(abuit)., Historia Scholastica, imperfect; and chronological digest (ff. 267-272v)

duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham; inscribed with the press-mark ' Pres 3 No. 29' (f. 1) corresponding to his catalogue; see O’Conor 1818-1819.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: sold

• Detail of Aquarius in the calendar, Psalter with Old English gloss, the Psalms preceded by a calendar and compotus material (ff. 1-12), and followed by canticles and litany (ff. 119-132v), and prayers (ff. 143-148v)

symbols of the Evangelists. 12 outline drawings of signs of the Zodiac in red ink in the calendar (ff. 2-7v). 1 historiated initial (f. 13), and 2 decorated foliate initials (ff. 53, 85), all in colours and accompanied by coloured

• Detail of Pisces in the calendar., Psalter with Old English gloss, the Psalms preceded by a calendar and compotus material (ff. 1-12), and followed by canticles and litany (ff. 119-132v), and prayers (ff. 143-148v)

symbols of the Evangelists. 12 outline drawings of signs of the Zodiac in red ink in the calendar (ff. 2-7v). 1 historiated initial (f. 13), and 2 decorated foliate initials (ff. 53, 85), all in colours and accompanied by coloured

• Detail of Aries in the calendar., Psalter with Old English gloss, the Psalms preceded by a calendar and compotus material (ff. 1-12), and followed by canticles and litany (ff. 119-132v), and prayers (ff. 143-148v)

symbols of the Evangelists. 12 outline drawings of signs of the Zodiac in red ink in the calendar (ff. 2-7v). 1 historiated initial (f. 13), and 2 decorated foliate initials (ff. 53, 85), all in colours and accompanied by coloured