• Detail of a miniature of Matfre discussing with lovers and troubadours., Breviari d'Amor

(Carley's 'Old Large Number') '36' (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 132' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library at Westminster of 1542; and in the catalogue of

• Initial 'I'(n) decorated with zoomorphic form and extending into partial bar border., Pharetra, in four books

zoomorphic decoration in colours and gold, on coloured grounds with penwork decoration in white (ff. 1, 2), the first extending into partial bar border (f. 1). 3 large puzzle initials in red and blue with penwork decoration and partial borders

• Initial 'G'(regorius) with foliate and zoomorphic decoration., Pharetra, in four books

zoomorphic decoration in colours and gold, on coloured grounds with penwork decoration in white (ff. 1, 2), the first extending into partial bar border (f. 1). 3 large puzzle initials in red and blue with penwork decoration and partial borders

• Puzzle initial 'G'(regorius) with pen-flourishing and partial border., Pharetra, in four books

zoomorphic decoration in colours and gold, on coloured grounds with penwork decoration in white (ff. 1, 2), the first extending into partial bar border (f. 1). 3 large puzzle initials in red and blue with penwork decoration and partial borders

• Miniature of pope Innocent IV giving an opinion on the Decretals, with a man holding an open book before him, and a group of people including another pope, perhaps Gregory IX, with a partial border containing two medallions with a man with a burden and a man in water, and an illuminated initial 'L'(egitur) with a head of a woman, at the beginning of book 1., Apparatus in quinque libros Decretalium

(ff. 5, 7v, 10, 13, ... , 242). 1 miniature in colours and gold, with a partial border and an initial with a human head, at the beginning of book 1 (f. 1). 3 historiated initials in colours and gold,

• Detail of an initial-word panel ~Elleh~ (these) decorated with penwork, at the beginning of Exodus., Bible with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~

Bible in two volumes: Harley 5710 (vol. 1) and Harley 5711 (vol. 2). 9 initial-word panels with penwork decoration, medallions and foliated borders inhabited by fish, hybrids, birds, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 34v, 63, 83, 110v, 137, 155,

• Detail of an initial-word panel ~Elleh~ (these) decorated with penwork, at the beginning of Deuteronomy., Bible with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~

Bible in two volumes: Harley 5710 (vol. 1) and Harley 5711 (vol. 2). 9 initial-word panels with penwork decoration, medallions and foliated borders inhabited by fish, hybrids, birds, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 34v, 63, 83, 110v, 137, 155,

• Miniature in three registers of the treatment of various ailments., Circa instans (index Herbal)

white, and grey in 4 registers (ff. 50-51v). 1 large miniature in colours in a gold ground (f. 48). 1 3-sided border with animals and leaves in colours and gold (f. 48). 1 large initial in colours on a gold

• Flourished initial., Le Château d'Amour, etc.

initial. 1 small initial in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. Small initials in plain red or blue, one with penwork decoration (f. 2). Le Château d'Amour, etc. ? Trinity College, Cambridge: its MS. O.3.44 article 5 (articles 1-4 are now

• Flourished initials in Boniface VIII's Liber Sextus Decretalium; the left-hand margin with a pecia note: 'cor. fini. Iij^a^ pec. p.'., Glossed Liber Sextus Decretalium

Decretalium; the left-hand margin with a pecia note: 'cor. fini. Iij^a^ pec. p.'. Spaces for 1 large miniature and 1 large illuminated initial (f. 1). Spaces for smaller illuminated initials. Small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uinque) with interlace and zoomorphic decoration in book 1 of Virgil's Georgica, and circular map of the heavens directly related to the content of the text., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 1-14v), Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 14v-48v)

and zoomorphic decoration in book 1 of Virgil's Georgica, and circular map of the heavens directly related to the content of the text. The end of the text is written in a smaller script on 2 columns (f. 48v).Marginal glosses.

• Detail of a miniature of the second Temptation of Christ., Breviari d'Amor

(Carley's 'Old Large Number') '36' (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 132' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library at Westminster of 1542; and in the catalogue of

• Three miniatures of the mocking of Christ, of the denial of Peter, and of Christ before Pilate., Breviari d'Amor

(Carley's 'Old Large Number') '36' (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 132' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library at Westminster of 1542; and in the catalogue of

• Puzzle initial 'P'(uis) with foliate decoration at the beginning of the text., Anglo-Norman romance

(now Additional 40143, ff. 1-6) Large puzzle initial in red and blue with penwork decoration in brown and green (f. 1). Initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in the other colour at the beginning of each verse. Anglo-Norman romance

• Text page with decorated intial 'I'(ta), and the ownership inscription of Augustine Steward., Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (index Epistles), letters 1-52 only

Text page with decorated intial 'I'(ta), and the ownership inscription of Augustine Steward. Marginal annotations.'ae' caudatas. 1 large initial in blue and green (f. 1). Intials in red. Rubrics in red. Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (index Epistles), letters 1-52 only

• Foliate initial 'V'(os) with an animal head and clasps, at the beginning of Act 1 of Andria, the first of Terence's Comedies., Comoediae (index Comedies)

Foliate initial 'V'(os) with an animal head and clasps, at the beginning of Act 1 of Andria, the first of Terence's Comedies. Erased inscription, f. 1 (?). Ampersands; ae caudatas. 2 foliate initial with clasps, one with an animal head,

• Puzzle initial 'E'(dwardus) with a partial bar border., Statutes, laws, and legal treatises, including Edward I's reissue of the Cara de foresta in 1297

a detailed list of the contents, see the Harley Catalogue. Marginal drawing of a bird in brown ink (f. 220v). 1 very large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in the same colours 'E'(dwardus) (f. 4). Smaller puzzle

• Pen-flourished initials 'H'(ic) and 'N'(e)., Various religious treatises, including Libellus de emendatione vite (ff. 1-32v), Liber de gradis virtutem (ff. 33-42v), Monita Isodori (ff. 43-49v), Added text, Narratiunculae de alomone (f. 50-50v)

(b. 1609), probably son and heir of George Passmere of Exeter: inscribed, 'Liber Georgii Passemer' (f. 52); his monogram (ff. 1, 52).Robert Burscough (b. 1650/51, d.1709), prebendary of Exeter in 1701, archdeacon of Barnstaple in 1703, rector of Cheriton Bishop

• Initial 'A' (persone) in blue and red with red pen-flourishing., Revelations (incomplete)

and red with red pen-flourishing. Contains Book 4 and Book 5 (Chapters 1, 2).Leaf signatures.Catchwords. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with red pen-flourishing (f. 1). Red capitals (most are partially oxidised) at the beginning of each chapter.

• Puzzle initial with pen-flourished decoration extending into the margin., 'Summa super titulis Decretalium', Books 1-5, preceded by 2 added table of contents (ff. 1-2v), and followed by an added prologue to 'Sententiae septem sapientium' (ff. 209v-210) and Theophrastus's 'Aureolus de nuptiis' (ff. 210r-v)

collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley, ‘20 die Januarij, A.D. 1721/2’ (f. 1; see Wright and Wright 1966). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694,