• null, 14 Philippic orations (ff. 1-168); Somnium scipionis (ff. 168v-178v)

1 large white vine initial and a full white vine border with a shield in a wreath in the lower margin, in colours and gold (f. 1). Large white vine initials, in colours and gold, at the beginning of the

• null, 14 Philippic orations (ff. 1-168); Somnium scipionis (ff. 168v-178v)

1 large white vine initial and a full white vine border with a shield in a wreath in the lower margin, in colours and gold (f. 1). Large white vine initials, in colours and gold, at the beginning of the

• null, 14 Philippic orations (ff. 1-168); Somnium scipionis (ff. 168v-178v)

1 large white vine initial and a full white vine border with a shield in a wreath in the lower margin, in colours and gold (f. 1). Large white vine initials, in colours and gold, at the beginning of the

• Detail of historiated initial with bishops., Lections for feasts of saints, including Vita Gregorii, the life of St Augustine; Nativitate St Maria, Vita Edwardi regis (one chapter), and other texts

pp. 74-77. 1 historiated initial of two bishops in green, red, and brown on a blue ground (f. 1). 2 large initials with animals or animals heads in red, green, and brown, or also with blue (ff. 1, 18v). Simple

• Detail of marginal drawing of Virgil., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues), Georgica (index Georgics), etc.

of Virgil. Ff. 319-323 written in two columns, added later by Johann Pirckheimer in 1457. 1 ink drawing (f. 78v). 1 diagram (f. 27v). 1 puzzle initial in red and brown with brown penwork decoration (f. 79). Large and small

• Detail of puzzle initial., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues), Georgica (index Georgics), etc.

puzzle initial. Ff. 319-323 written in two columns, added later by Johann Pirckheimer in 1457. 1 ink drawing (f. 78v). 1 diagram (f. 27v). 1 puzzle initial in red and brown with brown penwork decoration (f. 79). Large and small

• White vine initial 'L.'( Clodius) at the beginning of the text with a 17th-century inscription from the Jesuit College in Agen and another dated 1558 recording the gift of this manuscript from Sebastianus Salvestri to Jacopo Corbinelli from Florence., Epistulae ad Atticum

the beginning of each book (ff. 1, 14, 27, 36, 45, 62v, 77v, 87, 98v, 110, 136, 148v, 174v, 186, 200, 214, 225, 235v). The white vine decoration extends into the margin on f. 1. Coloured initials in blue. Epistulae

• White vine initial 'C'(ynthia) in gold and colours with decoration extending into the margin at the beginning of the text, and wreath enclosing the coat of arms of the Strozzi family, surrounded by pen-flourishing with flowers and besants., Elegiae (ff. 1-71v), Carmina (ff. 72-112v)

signatures.f. 1 is a parchment flyleaf. Large white vine initial in gold and colours with decoration extending into the margin, a wreath enclosing the coat of arms of the Strozzi family, surrounded by pen-flourishing with flowers and besants (f. 1).

• Large initial 'N'(atus) with interlaced foliate decoration, combined with a full white vine border with a wreath enclosing unidentified arms., Comoediae (index comedies), preceded by arguments and prologues: Andria (ff. 1-20v), Eunuchus (ff. 20v-42), Heauton tirorumenos (ff. 42-60v), Adelphoe (ff. 60v-79), Phormio (ff. 79v-99v), Hecyra (ff. 99v-116)

border with a wreath enclosing unidentified arms. The decoration, especially the initial on f. 1, is in the Ferrarese manner, according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Large initial in colours on

• Illuminated initial 'H'(istoria) with interlace motifs., Historia (1-222v) and Five Books of Commentaries on the Acts of the Church (ff. 223-296)

initials in colours on gold grounds with interlace motifs (ff. 1, 223 (x 2)). 21 partial borders with very large initials in red or blue with red and blue pen-flourishing, some with gold (ff. 2, 12v, 23v, 33v, 44, 55v,

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'H'(istoria) with interlace motifs and a smaller initial with penwork decoration., Historia (1-222v) and Five Books of Commentaries on the Acts of the Church (ff. 223-296)

decoration. Horizontal catchwords. 3 large initials in colours on gold grounds with interlace motifs (ff. 1, 223 (x 2)). 21 partial borders with very large initials in red or blue with red and blue pen-flourishing, some with gold (ff. 2,

• Partial border with a large initial 'C'(um) with a series of faces in profile and thirteen smaller initials with penwork decoration., Historia (1-222v) and Five Books of Commentaries on the Acts of the Church (ff. 223-296)

initials with penwork decoration. Horizontal catchwords. 3 large initials in colours on gold grounds with interlace motifs (ff. 1, 223 (x 2)). 21 partial borders with very large initials in red or blue with red and blue pen-flourishing, some with

• Detail of illuminated initials 'Q'(uatuor) and 'B'(ello) with interlace motifs., Historia (1-222v) and Five Books of Commentaries on the Acts of the Church (ff. 223-296)

3 large initials in colours on gold grounds with interlace motifs (ff. 1, 223 (x 2)). 21 partial borders with very large initials in red or blue with red and blue pen-flourishing, some with gold (ff. 2, 12v, 23v, 33v,

• Illuminated initials 'Q'(uatuor) and 'B'(ello) with interlace motifs., Historia (1-222v) and Five Books of Commentaries on the Acts of the Church (ff. 223-296)

large initials in colours on gold grounds with interlace motifs (ff. 1, 223 (x 2)). 21 partial borders with very large initials in red or blue with red and blue pen-flourishing, some with gold (ff. 2, 12v, 23v, 33v, 44,

• White vine initial 'I'(NTER) at the beginning of the text. In the lower margin, wreath enclosing an unidentified coat of arms., Historia Alexandri Magni, imperfect

gold and colours at the beginning of each book (ff. 1, 9v, 26, 46v, 57v, 70v, 80v). Wreath enclosing an unidentified coat of arms in the lower border (f. 1). Historia Alexandri Magni, imperfect Written by Franciscus Caballus Montefortinas, 1464:

• White vine initial 'P'(lutarchus) at the beginning of the text., 'Noctes atticae'

198v). Smaller gold initial on coloured ground (f. 2v). Numerous smaller initials in blue (1 in gold but seems to have been originally blue, f. 1; some have not been painted in, e. g. f. 124). Some of these initials

• White vine initial 'P'(lutarchus) with white vine partial border, including a wreath surrounding unidentified arms, at the beginning of the text., Noctes atticae

(f. 1). 18 large white vine initials in gold and colours (ff. 12, 22v, 29v, 36, 43, 48, 56v, 63, 71v, 77, 84, 94v, 100v, 107v, 114, 123, 128, 133v). Numerous initials in blue. Noctes atticae Unidentified arms (f. 1;

• White vine initial 'C'(icero) a the beginning of Epistulae ad Brutum, and added arms in the margin., Epistulae ad Brutum (ff. 1-12v), Epistulae ad Quintum fratrem (ff. 12v-39v), Pseudo-Cicero's Letter to Octavian (ff. 40-41v), Epistulae ad Atticum with prologue (ff. 41v-217v)

the recto of the 1st in the next quire). Leaf signatures. 21 white vine initials in gold and colours (ff. 1, 12v, 24v, 32, 40, 41v, 53, 65v, 74, 84, 95, 105, 118, 129, 142v, 153, 163, 175v, 188, 198,

• Initial 'N'(aso) and unidentified arms in the lower margin., Epistulae ex Ponto

has been torn off at the top of f. 1.1 large initial in gold on a blue ground with an unidentified coat of arms in the lower margin (f. 1). 3 large gold initials on coloured panels with simple

• Initial with added penwork decoration., Medical Compendium, imperfect

collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘5 die Novembris, A.D. 1723’ (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime