• Detail of text page., Miscellany, including the Prick of Conscience and the Expanded Northern Homily Cycle

religious miscellany copied by four scribes (1: ff. 1-132, 2: ff. 133-164v, 3: ff. 165-205v, 4: ff. 206-258v). The contents include the expanded version of the Northern Homilies, saints' lives in verse, the Prick of Conscience (IMEV 3428.44), and the

• Detail of illuminated initial 'A' and lower border with angels., Le Livre de Boece de Consolacion (index Consolation of Philosophy; De Consolatione Philosophiae) (Book 1)

4335-4339.Anonymous verse-prose French translation. 3 full-page miniatures with large decorated foliate initials in colours and gold (ff. 1, 10, 27). Large decorated foliate initials in colours and gold. Small initials, paraph marks and line fillers in gold on red or

• Decorated initial 'P'(ost) with foliate decoration including acanthus leaves combined with a three-sided border at the beginning of the prologue., Polychronicon to c. 1400 (imperfect)

Decorated initial 'P'(ost) with foliate decoration including acanthus leaves combined with a three-sided border at the beginning of the prologue. Includes an alphabetical index (ff. 1-10). Catchwords. Leaf signatures. 2 diagrams in red (ff. 70, 70v). Large initials in

• White vine initial 'E'(t si) with the head of a ?bird, wreath enclosing unidentified arms in the lower margin at the beginning of the Rhetorica ad Herennium., Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)(ff. 1-76), Synonyma ad Lucium Veturium (ff. 77-93), Epitaph of St Bernardino (f. 93v)

with the head of a ?bird, and a wreath enclosing an unidentified coat of arms in the lower margin (f. 1). Smaller coloured initials in alternating red and blue. Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)(ff. 1-76), Synonyma

• White vine initial 'O', the first word of the Senectute, whoch begins, 'O Tite'., De amicitia (ff. 1-21v); De senectute (ff. 22-40v); Paradoxa stoicorum (ff. 41-51)

leaf with an inscription on the verso. 3 large white vine initials in colours and gold, 1 at the beginning of each book (ff. 1, 22, 41). 6 initials in red (ff. 41v, 43v, 44, 45v, 47, 49). Incipits, explicits,

• Decorated initial 'V'(ideo) with pen-flourishing in Cicero's In catilinam., Disputationes tusculanae (ff. 1-67v), Orationes in Catilinam (ff. 67v-85v)

part 1 (ff. 67-72v) are by the hand of Jean Blanchard and were probably written in 1463 (see Watson 1979).Catchwords written horizontally and vertically. Leaf signatures. 9 initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in the other colour (ff. 1,

• Decorated initial 'C'(armina) with acanthus leaves and naturalistic flowers at the beginning of the text., De Consolatione Philosophiae (index Consolation of Philosophy)

in gold and colours with acanthus leaves and naturalistic flowers extending into the margins at the beginning of book 1 (f. 1). A very large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in the same colours at the beginning

• Pen-flourished initials 'C'(orduba); 'B'(ella); and 'Q'(uis)., Pharsalia

some framed or marked in red.Italian manuscript with initials in a Northern style. 1 large initial in blue with red and purple penwork decoration (f. 1).1 large initial in red with purple penwork decoration (f. 118v). 4 initials in

• Decorated initial 'I'(inter)., De bello hispaniensis (Liber V: anno 1412 ad 1444) (index De bello Hispano libri quinque)

small piece of the spine from a previous binding is pasted onto f. [i]. 1 large initial in colours and gold with a foliate extension (f. 1). 3 initials in blue with red penwork decoration (ff. 1v, 28v, 53). 2

• Initial 'H' with pen-work decoration., Collection of letters attributed to Hippocrates and others in Rinuccini's Latin translation, preceded by dedications to Cardinal Antonio de la Cerda y Llosa (elected 1448, d. 1459) and Pope Nicholas V (elected 1447, d. 1455) (ff. 1-1v)

1447, d. 1455) (ff. 1-1v) Sparse marginalia in a contemporary hand.John Gibson (fl. 1720-1726), dealer: sold to Edward Harley on 1 June 1720 (see Wright and Wright 1966; Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724),

• Historiated initial 'Q'(uantum) with foliate extensions and a man in academic dress (probably Aristotle)., Compendium of natural philosophy

1* is a paper flyleaf with a table of contents.Vertical catchwords. 1 large initial in colours with foliate extensions and a man in academic dress (probably Aristotle) (f. 1). Plain initials in red. Some rubrics and marginal notes in red,

• Initial 'A' with foliate penwork decoration including birds., Catena on the Psalms and Odes

text is preced by a Latin translation of Psalm 1 preceded by preface and catena (ff. 1-12v).Several long marginal additions. Decorated headpieces and initials with penwork decoration in red (ff. 13-355v). Headpieces decorated with flowers and birds in pen and

• Miniature of Boethius in his library and decorated initial 'S'., Le Livre de Boece de Consolacion (index Consolation of Philosophy; De Consolatione Philosophiae) (Book 1)

4335-4339.Anonymous verse-prose French translation. 3 full-page miniatures with large decorated foliate initials in colours and gold (ff. 1, 10, 27). Large decorated foliate initials in colours and gold. Small initials, paraph marks and line fillers in gold on red or

• Miniature of Jean de Meun presenting his translation to the French king Philippe IV the Fair, with an illuminated initial 'A'., Le Livre de Boece de Consolacion (index Consolation of Philosophy; De Consolatione Philosophiae) (Book 1)

five-volume set, Harley 4335-4339.Anonymous verse-prose French translation. 3 full-page miniatures with large decorated foliate initials in colours and gold (ff. 1, 10, 27). Large decorated foliate initials in colours and gold. Small initials, paraph marks and line fillers in gold

• Miniature of Boethius lying in bed, with Philosophy standing beside him, and a decorated initial 'C'. From the beginning of Book I of 'Consolation of Philosophy'., Le Livre de Boece de Consolacion (index Consolation of Philosophy; De Consolatione Philosophiae) (Book 1)

five-volume set, Harley 4335-4339.Anonymous verse-prose French translation. 3 full-page miniatures with large decorated foliate initials in colours and gold (ff. 1, 10, 27). Large decorated foliate initials in colours and gold. Small initials, paraph marks and line fillers in gold

• null, Fragment of a legal text

17th-century unilluminated poems by Protestant prisoners. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in red (f. 2). Paraph marks in plain red or blue. Fragment of a legal text Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet,

• Decorated initial 'R'(es) at the beginning of William of Malmesbury's Gesta regum Anglorum., Gesta regum Anglorum, imperfect

Decorated initial 'R'(es) at the beginning of William of Malmesbury's Gesta regum Anglorum. 1 large red initial with green, red, blue, and brown foliate decoration (f. 1). 6 large initials in red (often oxidised) or green, mostly simple, but some

• null, Speculum humanae salvationis; Register of the history of the Old Testatment

Large initials in red, some with penwork decoration. Highlighting of letters in red. Speculum humanae salvationis; Register of the history of the Old Testatment The Cistercian nunnery of St Mary and St Mauritius, Medingen, lower Saxony: inscription 'Liber sanctae

• Miniature of of preparing and burning of offerings, at the beginning of book 3 (Leviticus), with a full border containing the royal arms of England., La Bible Historiale, Part 1 (Bible Historiale of Edward IV)

borders (ff. 1, 12, 56, 84, 153, 197v, 241). Initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Line-fillers in blue and rose with penwork decoration in white. Cadels. La Bible Historiale, Part 1 (Bible Historiale

• Miniature of the translator, Simon de Hesdin, at work in his study, with an inscription on the wall reading, 'Je suis bien / Toudis Joieulx', and a date '1479' with words 'de anno' inscribed on a scroll pending from a bookshelf; with a full border containing the royal arms of England on two banners held by angels, and on a shield surrounded by the Garter with the motto 'Honny soit qui mal y pense', and surmounted by a crowned helm with a mantling in Edward IV's colours of red and blue and a crest of a white lion, with two other shields bearing the same arms for Edward's sons, and the York badge of white ~rose-en-soleil~ with the motto 'Dieu est mon droit'; and a foliate initial 'L'(a brieste), at the beginning of book 1., Facta et dicta memorabilia

white ~rose-en-soleil~ with the motto 'Dieu est mon droit'; and a foliate initial 'L'(a brieste), at the beginning of book 1. First of two volumes; volume 2 is Royal 18 E IV. Includes Valerius Maximus, Facta et dicta memorabilia (books