• Coloured initial 'D'(ominus) with display script, at the beginning of the Liber scintillarum., Liber scintillarum and other theological collections, with Old English glosses

glosses The Benedictine priory of Holy Trinity, or Christ Church, Canterbury: inscribed, 'De claustro X[risti] / cantuarie', 13th century (f. 1); included in the catalogue of Henry of Eastry (beginning of the 14th century), no. 246 (see M. R. James,

• Puzzle initial with penwork flourishing, and in the lower margin, the ownership inscription 'James Orchard Halliwell No. 220'., Lives of saints, 28 miracles of the Virgin, and Henry of Sawtrey's De purgatorio Sancti Patricii (ff. 195-196)

ink as far as 'lx' (f. 125). Large puzzle initial in red and blue, with purple and red pen-flourishing (f. 1). Large initials in red with purple pen-flourishing, and in blue with red pen-flourishing. Initials in red. Paraphs in red.

• Inhabited puzzle initial including a reading figure., Liber de Apibus, etc.

Inhabited puzzle initial including a reading figure. 1 large inhabited puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red, including a reading figure (f. 5). 1 smaller initial in red, with reserved designs, with pen-flourishing in red

• Puzzle initial., Miscellany, including a history of Susanna, 58 Aesopic fables (ff. 171-187), a liber 'de doctrina cordis' (ff. 5-141v); Alan of Lille's Parabolae (ff. 161-171); and Regulae theologicae (ff. 270-318v); Alan of Meaux's Metrical treatise on Susanna (ff. 1-4)

in red and brown or blue (ff. 1, 5, 5v, 76, 142, 161v, 270). Small initials in plain red. Miscellany, including a history of Susanna, 58 Aesopic fables (ff. 171-187), a liber 'de doctrina cordis' (ff. 5-141v); Alan of Lille's

• Illuminated initial 'Q'(uoniam) with interlace decoration, at the beginning of the Gospel of Luke., Gospels, with capitula (ff. 163-175)

Illuminated initial 'Q'(uoniam) with interlace decoration, at the beginning of the Gospel of Luke. Full-page canon tables in gold and red, within frames of gold and/or silver and colours (ff. 1-6v). Very large initials in colours and gold with

• Title page decorated with a coloured drawing of an armorial tree with the arms of Lancashire noble families centred around those of the duchy of Lancaster., 'The Visitacion of Lancashire' (index Visitation of Lancashire) (unfinished)

Title page decorated with a coloured drawing of an armorial tree with the arms of Lancashire noble families centred around those of the duchy of Lancaster. f. 1* is a small inscribed piece of parchment.The visitation was made in

• Coloured drawing of the map of Lancashire dated and signed by William Smith., 'The Visitacion of Lancashire' (index Visitation of Lancashire) (unfinished)

Coloured drawing of the map of Lancashire dated and signed by William Smith. f. 1* is a small inscribed piece of parchment.The visitation was made in 1567, but transcribed and augmented in 1598 by William Smith (f. 2*).Contains an

• Miniature of Pentecost, decorated initial 'D'(omine) and scatter borders, at the beginning of the Hours of the Cross., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

at the beginning of the Hours of the Cross. f. 1 is an added printed leaf of a title page for a book of hours, Paris 1600, signed by 'Iamet Mettayer Imprimeur Ordinaire du Roy'. 24 small miniatures, in colours

• Miniature of the Crucifixion, decorated initial 'E'(gressus) and scatter borders, at the beginning of the Passion of Christ according to John., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

the beginning of the Passion of Christ according to John. f. 1 is an added printed leaf of a title page for a book of hours, Paris 1600, signed by 'Iamet Mettayer Imprimeur Ordinaire du Roy'. 24 small miniatures, in

• Miniature of the Annunciation to the Shepherds, decorated initial 'D'(eus) and scatter borders, at the beginning of Terce in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

borders, at the beginning of Terce in the Hours of the Virgin. f. 1 is an added printed leaf of a title page for a book of hours, Paris 1600, signed by 'Iamet Mettayer Imprimeur Ordinaire du Roy'. 24 small

• Decorated initial with a hybrid creature and foliage., Commentary on the Gospel of John and the Epistles of John

with a hybrid creature and foliage. f. 1 is a small parchment fragment of a charter or deed in English.The first leaf of this manuscript is bound in Harley 5958, f. 87. 1 large initial in red with red penwork

• Decorated initial and diagram of the earth., Etymologiae, and De natura rerum (ff. 33-48v), with letters between Isidore and Braulio (ff. 1v-3)

rerum (ff. 33-48v), with letters between Isidore and Braulio (ff. 1v-3) Inscribed on a small parchment fragment affixed to f. 1 'Anno dominice incarnationis .m.c.xxxvi.' (f. 1).Added diagram in a 15th-century hand (f. 41v). Charles Spencer (b. 1674, d. 1722),

• 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

• 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

• 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