• Detail of a miniature of John witnessing the beast rising from the sea, with the dragon behind him, in illustration of Revelation 13: 1-2., La lumiere as lais; Apocalypse (the 'Welles Apocalypse')

Sandler, stylistically related to the Grey-Fitzpayn Hours, Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum 242. See also Egbert 1940.Catchwords. 17 large historiated initials (ff. 1, 5v, 6, 8, 24, 34v, 49, 52, 65v, 88), or miniatures (ff. 1v, 2, 3, 58v, 64v) in colours

• Detail of a miniature of the Lamb on a mount, surrounded by worshippers, in illustration of Revelation 14:1., La lumiere as lais; Apocalypse (the 'Welles Apocalypse')

Sandler, stylistically related to the Grey-Fitzpayn Hours, Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum 242. See also Egbert 1940.Catchwords. 17 large historiated initials (ff. 1, 5v, 6, 8, 24, 34v, 49, 52, 65v, 88), or miniatures (ff. 1v, 2, 3, 58v, 64v) in colours

• Detail of a miniature of John standing in witness before the revelation of the New Heaven and the New Earth, in illustration of Revelation 21:1., La lumiere as lais; Apocalypse (the 'Welles Apocalypse')

Sandler, stylistically related to the Grey-Fitzpayn Hours, Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum 242. See also Egbert 1940.Catchwords. 17 large historiated initials (ff. 1, 5v, 6, 8, 24, 34v, 49, 52, 65v, 88), or miniatures (ff. 1v, 2, 3, 58v, 64v) in colours

• Historiated initial 'V' of the Poisoning of John the Evangelist, with four men kneeling before the saint who drinks from a chalice of poisoned wine., Cutting from a choir book

initial is by the same artist, Nerio, and probably from the same manuscripts as Add. 32058, ff. 1 (a)-(b), and 2 (a).Musical notation. 1 historiated initial 'V' of the Poisoning of John the Evangelist, with four men kneeling before the

• Miniature of the author presenting his book to a king, the training of a knight at the pile (or pale), and a knight mounting a horse., Les establissemenz de chevalerie, imperfect, wanting 3 chapters at the end (a French translation of De re militari)

Jean de Meun for Jean de Brienne in 1284.Stylistically close to Vegetius, ~De re militari~, Vatican Library, Reg. lat. 1628. 1 half-page miniature in colours on a gold diapered ground (f. 3). Partial bar borders in blue and red with

• Illuminated initial 'L'(iancien) at the beginning of the prologue., Les establissemenz de chevalerie, imperfect, wanting 3 chapters at the end (a French translation of De re militari)

de Meun for Jean de Brienne in 1284.Stylistically close to Vegetius, ~De re militari~, Vatican Library, Reg. lat. 1628. 1 half-page miniature in colours on a gold diapered ground (f. 3). Partial bar borders in blue and red with initials

• Calligraphic specimens with decorated initial 'O' signed by Petruccio Ubaldini, dated 1550, and dedicated to Edward VI (in the fourth year of his reign)., Specimens of Calligraphy

brown ink (f. 48). Specimens of Calligraphy Written in London by Petruccio Ubaldini; signed and dated 20 July 1550 (ff. 1, 21, 42).Edward VI (b. 1537, d.1553), king of England and Ireland, king from 1547: apparently intended for him (ff.

• Detail of a miniature of the author presenting his book to a king, the training of a knight at the pile (or pale), and a knight mounting a horse., Les establissemenz de chevalerie, imperfect, wanting 3 chapters at the end (a French translation of De re militari)

Jean de Meun for Jean de Brienne in 1284.Stylistically close to Vegetius, ~De re militari~, Vatican Library, Reg. lat. 1628. 1 half-page miniature in colours on a gold diapered ground (f. 3). Partial bar borders in blue and red with

• Detail of decorated initial., St Albans register of properties

Abbates exempti Monasterii Sancti Albani', and '. . . a domino Thomas: Ramryge: abbas: monasterii: Sancti: Albani R. Blakene[s?]' (f. 1) (Ramryge was abbot 1492-1521).English 16th-century inscription 'By me Thomas marles [his?] bocke witnes by Edward Stretcham by Robarte hatene(?),

• Illuminated initial 'D'(eus)., The Secretum secretorum, imperfect, translated by Philip of Tripoli (index Philippus Tripolitanus)

inscription (f. 96v). Thomas Fry: 15th-century inscription 'Liber Thome ffry' (f. 1). Inscription 'Roger Gourton(?) (f. 74v).Christopher Towneley (b. 1604, d. 1674), antiquary: inscription 'Chr' Towneley' ( f. 1). Richard Towneley, in 1702: his book-plate with the date (f. 2v);

• Puzzle initial, Liber specialis gratiae (the Booke of Gostlye Grace)

books signed by Richard III: see Sutton and Visser-Fuchs 1997 p. 1. 2 large puzzle initials in red and blue with foliate pen-flourishing in blue and red (ff. 1, 20v). Large and smaller initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing.

• Coloured initial with contrasting penwork decoration including a bird and a monster., Pharsalia, imperfect

decoration in red, some in form of birds or creatures (ff. 1, 8v, 13v, 25, 36, 46, 56). Two initials in blue with penwork decoration in red (f. 1). Rubrics in red. Verse initials touched in red. Marginal diagram added

• Puzzle initial 'C'(um) with pen-flourished decoration at the beginning of the statutes for Westminster., A collection of English statutes and laws to the reign of Richard II, including statutes for Westminster, Exeter and Winchester (ff. 1-29), and a chancery register (ff. 30-54)

of contents, see the ~Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts~ 1808. Puzzle initials with pen-flourished decoration in blue and red (ff. 1, 12v, 13, 30). Initials in blue with pen-flourished decoration in red. Paraphs in blue or red. A collection of

• Decorated initial 'T'(erencius)., Comoediae (index Comedies), including Andria, Eunuchus, and other works

Decorated initial 'T'(erencius). Interlinear and marginal notation.For a detailed list of the contents, see the Harley Catalogue. 1 large initial in red (f. 1). Smaller initials in black or black and red. Capitals marked in red. Comoediae (index Comedies), including

• Text page with white vine initial 'D'(avid)., De Antiquitates Judaicae (volume 2)

4961, 4962, 4963.Ruled in hardpoint.Vertical catchwords. 6 large white vine initials in colours and gold (ff. 1, 28, 45v, 62v, 81, 103v). De Antiquitates Judaicae (volume 2) Two medallions with emblems and mottos ('Nil Placet Quant ie por ate') and

• Puzzle initial 'E'(dwardus) with foliate penwork decoration and a full penwork border, at the beginning of Edward I's confirmation of Magna Carta, Vetera Statuta (index Statuta Angliae; Statute book; Statutes of England) preceded by a list of contents (ff. 2-6v); followed by Expositiones Vocabulorum (ff. 200-203); and additions (ff. 203v-226)

foliate penwork decoration and a full penwork border, at the beginning of Edward I's confirmation of Magna Carta 1 large and 1 small puzzle initial in blue and red, with foliate penwork infill and flourishing (ff. 9, 23), the first

• Bar border with extensions ending in grotesques with human faces, decorated initial with silver, smaller initials with foliate penwork decoration, and in the lower margin, the ink stamp of the Royal Society., Miscellaneous theological and other texts, including Secretum secretorum, Apollonius of Tyre (ff. 33-42v); and the Historia de Preliis Alexandri Magni (ff. 43-71)

the ink stamp of the Royal Society. 6 partial bar borders, with leaves or flowers extending from the ends (ff. 1, 24, 43, 74v, 81v, 95). Large and small initials in blue with red penwork decoration, sometimes with foliate forms

• Decorated initial 'A'(lexander) with ivy leaves and a partial bar border., Miscellaneous theological and other texts, including Secretum secretorum, Apollonius of Tyre (ff. 33-42v); and the Historia de Preliis Alexandri Magni (ff. 43-71)

partial bar borders, with leaves or flowers extending from the ends (ff. 1, 24, 43, 74v, 81v, 95). Large and small initials in blue with red penwork decoration, sometimes with foliate forms (e.g., f. 33), and pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red

• Decorated initial 'L'(audate), with decorated marginal notation., Theological miscellany, including Expositiones super psalterium (part); Distinctiones (excerpt)

Theological miscellany, including Expositiones super psalterium (part); Distinctiones (excerpt) ? The Cistercian abbey of St Mary, Eberbach (inscribed 'Z245', f. 1; perhaps listed in its catalogue, see Palmer 1998 p. 283).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of

• Bar border with extensions ending in grotesques with human faces, decorated initial with silver, and smaller initials with foliate penwork decoration., Miscellaneous theological and other texts, including Secretum secretorum, Apollonius of Tyre (ff. 33-42v); and the Historia de Preliis Alexandri Magni (ff. 43-71)

with foliate penwork decoration. 6 partial bar borders, with leaves or flowers extending from the ends (ff. 1, 24, 43, 74v, 81v, 95). Large and small initials in blue with red penwork decoration, sometimes with foliate forms (e.g., f. 33),