• Detail of a white vine initial 'M'., Historia naturalis (index Natural history)

Library, Oxford.Leaf signatures. Catchwords.Written by two scribes and decorated in different hands (change particularly noticeable from f. 91, for instance). 1 miniature in colours and gold showing Pliny writing in his study and a landscape with animals, rivers, the sea,

• Detail of arms from the lower border of the folio., Historia naturalis (index Natural history)

Library, Oxford.Leaf signatures. Catchwords.Written by two scribes and decorated in different hands (change particularly noticeable from f. 91, for instance). 1 miniature in colours and gold showing Pliny writing in his study and a landscape with animals, rivers, the sea,

• Detail of a marginal drawing of David and Goliath., Bible (the 'Worms Bible') (index Frankenthal Bible), Genesis to Job

[inceptus est liber] ?' (f. 1): see Cohen-Mushlin 1990.The Augustinian monastery of St Mary, outside of Worms: 17th-century inscription 'Hic liber pertinet ad Ecclesiam Beatae Mariae Virginis in Suburbio Wormatiensis', signed 'J. G.' (f. 1). J. G. might be Joannes

• Decorated initials., Catalan version of the Old Testament (Genesis to Psalms)

3, on f. 3v.Catchwords. 1 full foliate border in colours and gold with miniatures of Creation in medallions on a parchment folio (f. 3). Large miniature of God in Majesty in colours and gold (f. 3). 1 large decorated initial

• Illuminated initial 'A' with a duck and bird, and puzzle initial 'I' at the beginning of Psalms., Catalan version of the Old Testament (Genesis to Psalms)

3, on f. 3v.Catchwords. 1 full foliate border in colours and gold with miniatures of Creation in medallions on a parchment folio (f. 3). Large miniature of God in Majesty in colours and gold (f. 3). 1 large decorated initial

• Initial 'C'(arminis) with white vine decoration., Elegiae (index Elegies) (ff. 1-55); Carmina (ff. 55v-81v); Catullus (ff. 82-113v); Priapea (ff. 113v-122v)

with foliate extensions into the margins, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 55v, 82, 113v). Smaller initials in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials in plain red or blue. Elegiae (index Elegies) (ff. 1-55); Carmina (ff. 55v-81v); Catullus

• null, Bible, with prologues

309, 309v, 310v (x3), 311, 314 (x2), 323, 323v, 324v, 325, 326, 326v, 327 (x2), 327v, 331v, ). 1 large and 1 smaller puzzle initials in red and blue, with pen-flourishing in blue and red (ff. 89v, 356v). Smaller initials

• Marginal diagram of the continents and winds., Pharsalia, Books 1-10, with glosses

collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley, ‘18 die Januarij, A.D. 1723/4’ (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Full white vine border, inhabited by putti, with various vignettes, a large historiated initial with a male bust (possibly Juvenal), and, in the lower margin, the coat of arms of the Capilupi family of Mantua., Satires (index Saturae, Satirae)

in red, blue, and green (ff. 1, 86). Satires (index Saturae, Satirae) The Capilupi family of Mantua: its arms of a wolf's head in profile on a gold ground and 3 silver balls (f. 1); inscribed, 'Laelii Capilupi Codex' (f.

• Miniature of the Nativity, the Adoration of the Child by Mary and Joseph, at the beginning of Prime in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

red penwork decoration. Book of Hours, Use of Rome Cut strip from another manuscript written on paper pasted on f. 1, ?15th century.Nathaniel Noel (fl. 1681, d. c. 1753), bookseller, employed by Edward Harley for buying books and manuscripts chiefly

• Historiated initial with God in Majesty, and roundels of the days of Creation in the margins., Catalan version of the Old Testament (Genesis to Psalms)

3, on f. 3v.Catchwords. 1 full foliate border in colours and gold with miniatures of Creation in medallions on a parchment folio (f. 3). Large miniature of God in Majesty in colours and gold (f. 3). 1 large decorated initial

• 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

• Full white vine border inhabited by putti, birds, and flowers, with a large white vine initial 'A'(equius), and the arms of the Petrucci family in the lower margin., Orationes

of arms in the lower margin (f. 1). 3 large white vine initials in colours and gold (ff. 39, 57, 84). Display script in alternating lines of purple, red, and sometimes yellow (ff. 1, 39, 57, 84). Text written in

• White vine initial 'N'(on)., Orationes

of arms in the lower margin (f. 1). 3 large white vine initials in colours and gold (ff. 39, 57, 84). Display script in alternating lines of purple, red, and sometimes yellow (ff. 1, 39, 57, 84). Text written in

• 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

• Miniature of the Massacre of the Innocents at the beginning of Vespers in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

red penwork decoration. Book of Hours, Use of Rome Cut strip from another manuscript written on paper pasted on f. 1, ?15th century.Nathaniel Noel (fl. 1681, d. c. 1753), bookseller, employed by Edward Harley for buying books and manuscripts chiefly

• 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

• Decorated initial 'S'(is ab) with acanthus leaves extending into the margins at the beginning of the text., Historiae

la Mare at the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Large initial in colours with acanthus leaves extending into the margins (f. 1).1 initial painted with acanthus leaves drawn but left unfinished (f. 131). Large coloured initials in blue, red, or pink-red

• 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,