• 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

• 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,

• Decorated initials 'C'(um) and 'P'(rincipio), at the beginning of the volume, and, in the upper margin, two ownership inscriptions., Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi

'P'(rincipio), at the beginning of the volume, and, in the upper margin, two ownership inscriptions. 1 large puzzle initial with red penwork and flourishing (f. 1). Other large intiials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or red with pink pen-flourishing. Epitome

• Decorated initial 'A'(ltus) at the beginning of a short preface to Terence's Andria, executed in red ink with a brown ink geometric pattern in the bowl., Andria, Eunuchus, Heautontimorumenos, Adelphi, Hecyra (fragment)

Andria, executed in red ink with a brown ink geometric pattern in the bowl. 1 large red initial decorated with black ink in the bowl (f. 1). Other large and small mostly very plain red initials. Andria, Eunuchus, Heautontimorumenos, Adelphi,

• Miniature of a horned Moses receiving the tablets of the Law from the hand of God, illuminated initial 'pi' (prosecete), and foliate border at the beginning of Psalm 77., Psalter (ff. 3-186v); Odes 1-9 (ff. 186v-203); Horologion (ff. 204-221); Canon to the Virgin (ff. 221v-225v); Great canon for the evening office (ff. 226-270)

century with a similar decorated border. 2 miniatures and foliate borders in gold and colours at the beginning of Psalms 1 and 77 (ff. 3, 93v). Simple gold headpieces. Large gold initials and gold display script (chrysography). Psalter (ff. 3-186v);

• Illuminated white vine initials 'A'(ntoni) and 'V'(xoris); guide-letters in the left margin; a catchword in the lower margin., Partenopeius

Hoepli, 1952). 1 miniature, in colours and gold, occupying the space left for a large initial, accompanied by a full inhabited border, with putti, birds, animals, etc., and heraldic arms and devices, in colours and gold (f. 1). Small white

• Illuminated interlace initial 'E'(go), at the beginning of Cicero's Epistolae ad familiares, Book 1, Epistolae ad familiares

Epistolae ad familiares, Book 1 The decoration is typically Veronese according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library, Oxford.The inserted first leaf has an Easter table, covering 1480-1831 (f. 1)1 large interlace initial,

• Historiated initial 'N'(on) depicting crowned emperor(?) holding a gold staff/sceptre at the beginning of Cornelius Nepos's Liber de excellentibus ducibus exterarum Gentium; the lower margin with arms party per fess, ~gules~ and ~vert~, a letter 'B' ~or~, the shield depicted as if hanging from a hook., Liber de excellentibus ducibus exterarum Gentium

a letter 'B' ~or~, the shield depicted as if hanging from a hook. 1 large historiated initial, in colours and gold (f. 1). Heraldic arms (f. 1). Small initials alternately gold with blue penwork decoration or pen-flourishing, or blue with

• Illuminated initial 'A'(nte) and the arms of the Gonzaga family, at the beginning of Cicero's Philippica., Philippica, omitting 5.12-6.6

as used between 1433 and 1530 (f. 1); foliated and inscribed 'scrite 122', 15th century (f. 123; cf. Burney 159).? Mario Maffei (b. 1463, d. 1537): inscribed 'No. 325.', 18th century (f. 1; cf. Burney 144 and Burney 160, both

• Unfinished initial 'G'(entem), at the beginning of Suetonius's Vita Augusti., 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,

• Initial 'A' with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of John Capgrave's Life of Catherine., The Life of Catherine (ff. 1-117v), etc.

Initial 'A' with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of John Capgrave's Life of Catherine. 1 large initial in red with pen-flourishing in brown (f. 1). Smaller initials in plain red. Capital letters highlighted in red. The Life of Catherine (ff. 1-117v),