• Faceted initial 'E'(st) and epigraphic capitals., De notis antiquis (ff. 1-17); De urbis regionibus et vetustatibus opusculum (ff. 18-26)

collection of the Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth (see de la Mare, 1999). 1 large faceted initial in gold at the beginning of the first text (f. 1) and 1 smaller faceted initial in gold at the beginning of the second

• Decorated initial 'H'(er) combined with a full foliate border with acanthus leaves and foliate feathering at the beginning of the text., The Prose Brut (Chronicle of England; extended version to 1419, in the reign of Henry V (r. 1413-22))

Vols 1 & 2, ed. Friedrich .W.D. Brie (Oxford: EETS no.131,136, 1906,1908) contains text edited from Rawlinson B 171 Large initial in colours and gold combined with a full foliate border with acanthus leaves and foliate feathering (f. 1). Initials

• Illuminated white vine-stem border and initial 'C'(redo) of strapwork, and square capitals as display script in alternating colours, at the beginning of Cicero's Pro Roscio Amerino., Orations and letters (ff. 1-147); Invectivum in Ciceronem (ff. 147v-149)

of Cicero's Pro Roscio Amerino. 1 large white vine initial and a full white vine border, incorporating heraldry, in colours and gold (f. 1). 14 large white vine initials, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 30v, 37, 44v, 53v, 69v,

• Illuminated white vine-stem initial 'Q'(uamquam), and display script in alternating colours in the style of Felice Feliciano of Verona, at the beginning of Cicero's De Imperio Cn. Pompei., Orations and letters (ff. 1-147); Invectivum in Ciceronem (ff. 147v-149)

Cicero's De Imperio Cn. Pompei. 1 large white vine initial and a full white vine border, incorporating heraldry, in colours and gold (f. 1). 14 large white vine initials, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 30v, 37, 44v, 53v, 69v,

• Illuminated initial 'F'(ore) with floral spray., Treatise on the Paternoster (ff. 28v-48v), and other religious texts, including A myrour to lewde men and wymmen (index Mirror of Life)

Harley Catalogue.ff. 1*, 2* are parchment flyleaves with various inscriptions (see Provenance) 1 large initial in gold on a red and blue ground with floral sprays (f. 1). Smaller initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Plain initials in blue. Paraphs

• null, Comedies, preceded by prologues and arguments: Andria (ff. 1v-21v), Eunuchus (ff. 22-45v), Heauton timorumenos (ff. 46-68v), Adelphoe (ff. 68v-89), Hecyra (ff. 89-108), Phormio (ff. 108-130)

1 large initial (excised) (f. 1), with a three-sided border incorporating a hybrid creature and a bird, in colours and gold, at the beginning of the first comedy. Large initials in blue with flourishing predominantly in red, or vice versa,

• Puzzle initial 'Q'(uoniam), at the beginning of Ioannes Serapion's Liber aggregationum., Medical treatises, including Ioannes Serapion's Liber aggregationum (ff. 1-79v)

Puzzle initial 'Q'(uoniam), at the beginning of Ioannes Serapion's Liber aggregationum. Large puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red. Small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Medical treatises,

• Initial-word panels decorated with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of the section on Hanukkah., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~), Italian rite, volume 1

127v, 131v, 137). Numerous initial-word panels decorated with pen-flourishing, in blue and red ink. 1 micrography (f. 18v). Festival prayer book (~mahzor~), Italian rite, volume 1 Jacob ben Solomon: inscribed with his name (f. 1).Marchion: inscribed with his name (ff.

• Initial-word panel decorated with a floral border inhabited by putti and birds, at the beginning of the mishnaic tractate ~Pirqei Avot~., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~), Italian rite, volume 1

127v, 131v, 137). Numerous initial-word panels decorated with pen-flourishing, in blue and red ink. 1 micrography (f. 18v). Festival prayer book (~mahzor~), Italian rite, volume 1 Jacob ben Solomon: inscribed with his name (f. 1).Marchion: inscribed with his name (ff.

• Initial-word panels decorated with a floral border inhabited by a putto, a bird and a lion head., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~), Italian rite, volume 1

127v, 131v, 137). Numerous initial-word panels decorated with pen-flourishing, in blue and red ink. 1 micrography (f. 18v). Festival prayer book (~mahzor~), Italian rite, volume 1 Jacob ben Solomon: inscribed with his name (f. 1).Marchion: inscribed with his name (ff.

• Initial-word panel decorated with a floral border, at the beginning of the Haggadah., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~), Italian rite, volume 1

127v, 131v, 137). Numerous initial-word panels decorated with pen-flourishing, in blue and red ink. 1 micrography (f. 18v). Festival prayer book (~mahzor~), Italian rite, volume 1 Jacob ben Solomon: inscribed with his name (f. 1).Marchion: inscribed with his name (ff.

• Initial-word panel decorated with a floral border, and two crowns, at the beginning of the poem ~Keter Malkhut~ (The crown of kingship) by Solomon ibn Gabirol., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~), Italian rite, volume 1

127v, 131v, 137). Numerous initial-word panels decorated with pen-flourishing, in blue and red ink. 1 micrography (f. 18v). Festival prayer book (~mahzor~), Italian rite, volume 1 Jacob ben Solomon: inscribed with his name (f. 1).Marchion: inscribed with his name (ff.

• Frontispiece of green drapery bearing the royal arms of England, with masks, jewels, putti, and the inscription 'Fortunam Augusti superes et Nestoris annos'., Strategikos (a treatise on military tactics)

of England in colours and gold, with masks, jewels, putti, and the inscription 'Fortunam Augusti superes et Nestoris annos' (f. 1). Title page with full foliate border and a laural wreath encircling a cartouche with the author's name and the

• Canon table with foxes and a bird., Four Gospels

Canon table with foxes and a bird. The conclusions of each section of text are written in geometric shapes.Part of the 'Nicaea School', (see Carr 2005 p. 40).ff. 1* and 269 are paper leaves. 22 full-page or large miniatures

• Canon table with birds., Four Gospels

Canon table with birds. The conclusions of each section of text are written in geometric shapes.Part of the 'Nicaea School', (see Carr 2005 p. 40).ff. 1* and 269 are paper leaves. 22 full-page or large miniatures in colours and

• Miniature of the Nativity., Four Gospels

Miniature of the Nativity. The conclusions of each section of text are written in geometric shapes.Part of the 'Nicaea School', (see Carr 2005 p. 40).ff. 1* and 269 are paper leaves. 22 full-page or large miniatures in colours and

• Miniature of the Transfiguration., Four Gospels

Miniature of the Transfiguration. The conclusions of each section of text are written in geometric shapes.Part of the 'Nicaea School', (see Carr 2005 p. 40).ff. 1* and 269 are paper leaves. 22 full-page or large miniatures in colours and

• Miniature of the Last Supper., Four Gospels

Miniature of the Last Supper. The conclusions of each section of text are written in geometric shapes.Part of the 'Nicaea School', (see Carr 2005 p. 40).ff. 1* and 269 are paper leaves. 22 full-page or large miniatures in colours

• Marginal diagrams., De Philosophia, Astronomical treatises, Imago Mundi (f. 43), etc.

etc. James Orchard Halliwell-[Phillipps] (b. 1820, d. 1889), antiquary and literary scholar: inscription 'Bib. Hall. 63' (f. 1); his stamp 'Bibliotheca Halliwelliana' (ff. 1, 46v); catalogued for sale, 27 June 1840, lot 66, but withdrawn, along with the other manuscripts,

• Illuminated initial and border., Scientific miscellany, including John Metham's Summa Chiromantiae (ff. 75-96)

from 1341-1501 (f. 127v); 1400-1500 (f. 128v). 1 full border in red, blue, white, and gold, with foliate decoration (f. 14). 12 large initials in gold on red and blue grounds with white filigree, and sprays (ff. 14, 17v, 20,