• Historiated initial 'A'(u commencement) with a Creation scene combined with a full bar border with ivy leaves and a dragon at the beginning of the Chronique de la Creation du monde., Chronique de la création du monde (until 1327)(ff. 3-50v)(index Chronique de la creation du monde); Le chapel des trois fleurs de lis (in verse)(index Le chappel des trois fleurs de lis)(ff. 51-58)

37, 46).Original foliation. Gaps in the original foliation suggest that 2 leaves are missing after ff. 29, 37, and 46.f. 1 is a paper flyleaf and f. 2 is a parchment leaf. Small miniature in colours and gold of Jacques

• Miniature of the Three Holy Women at the Tomb, facing the decorative incipit page for the text used to celebrate Easter mass., Sacramentary (the 'Augsburg Sacramentary') with calendar (ff. 1v-7)

book collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley '20 die Januarii 1721/22' (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Historiated initial 'O', which introduces the text for the feast of Ulrich, patron saint of Augsburg Cathedral, with a bust-length image of the saint in priestly garments., Sacramentary (the 'Augsburg Sacramentary') with calendar (ff. 1v-7)

book collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley '20 die Januarii 1721/22' (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Explicit of the first text: 'Explicit liber q[ue] intitulatur liber niger qui fuit inventus cu[m] cruce magna de Waltham S[an]c]t]e Crucis'., Various religious and historical tracts (also known as 'Codex ruber' and 'Waltham Abbey Miscellany' ; beginning and end imperfect), part 2

collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘30 die Januarij, A.D. 1721/22’ (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Large zoomorphic initial 'L'([i]ber) in pen and wash with a dragon swallowing a man, at the beginning of Matthew., Gospels

patterns and a dragon, at the beginning of John (f. 151v). Initials in red, highlighted with yellow and/or green (ff. 1, 5v-6, 7, 58v-60, 93, 94, 150-151v). Small red initials with some pen decoration throughout. Red highlights marking Easter passage

• Tidal wheel showing the thirty-day lunar cycle in correspondence with the tides, with the earth at the centre of the diagram and four circles in the outer corners representing the four moons., A Carolingian miscellany of computational and astronomical texts and tables, including decennovenal (19-year) cycles (ff. 3v-8) a calendar (ff. 22-32v), formulae (ff. 42v-50, 60-65, 66), Egyptian days (ff. 58v-60), Greek and runic alphabets (f. 61), and 'Revelatio Esdrae' (ff. 63-64v)

and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley, ‘13 die mensis Augusti, AD 1724’ (f. 1; see Wright and Wright 1966). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694,

• Flourished initial 'F'(ortune)., De Consolatione Philosophiae

'F'(ortune). 1 large initial in red, with reserved designs, with brown pen-flourishing and flowers in red and green (f. 1).1 large puzzle initial in red and brown (f. 82). 1 large initial in plain red (f. 100). 1 smaller

• Decorated initial 'A'(d) at the beginning of Guitmundus's De corpore et sanguine Domini., De corpore et sanguine Domini (ff. 1-16v); Sermon De sacramento altaris (sermon 52) (ff. 16v-17)

continuous foliation to f. 33.17th-century inscriptions on the title of works, f. 1; f. 28v of Arundel 181. 1 large initial in green with red penwork decoration (f. 1). Simple large and small initials in red, green, or brown. De

• Historiated initial 'O' with Jerome writing, at the beginning of the Sentences., Patristic excerpts

initial 'O' with Jerome writing, at the beginning of the Sentences. Annotations in the margins. 1 large historiated initial, in brown ink and red (f. 1). Small initials in plain red, green or blue. Patristic excerpts ? Thomas Howard (b.

• Alphabet, in the Patristic excerpts., Patristic excerpts

Alphabet, in the Patristic excerpts. Annotations in the margins. 1 large historiated initial, in brown ink and red (f. 1). Small initials in plain red, green or blue. Patristic excerpts ? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of

• Historiated initial 'O' with Jerome writing, at the beginning of the Sentences., Patristic excerpts

initial 'O' with Jerome writing, at the beginning of the Sentences. Annotations in the margins. 1 large historiated initial, in brown ink and red (f. 1). Small initials in plain red, green or blue. Patristic excerpts ? Thomas Howard (b.

• Alphabet, in the Patristic excerpts., Patristic excerpts

Alphabet, in the Patristic excerpts. Annotations in the margins. 1 large historiated initial, in brown ink and red (f. 1). Small initials in plain red, green or blue. Patristic excerpts ? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of

• Detail of an historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul holding a scroll with the inscription 'Ad Timotheu[m]', at the beginning of 1 Timothy., Gloss on the Pauline Epistles

102v, 117, 129v, 138v, 146, 152, 155v, 164v, 170, 172v). 1 foliate initial with white lions in colours and gold, at the beginning of the prologue (f. 1), and 1 initial with dragons in colours and gold, at the beginning

• Puzzle initial 'P'(io) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Guillelmus Gemmeticensis's Gesta Normannorum ducum., Gesta Normannorum ducum

the beginning of the prologue and the books (ff. 1, 1v, 5, 8, 11, 18, 23v, 27). Small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. 1 run-over figure climbing on rocks (f. 13v). Gesta Normannorum

• The margin with the rampant lion of William Howard, at the beginning of Guillelmus Gemmeticensis's Gesta Normannorum ducum., Gesta Normannorum ducum

the beginning of the prologue and the books (ff. 1, 1v, 5, 8, 11, 18, 23v, 27). Small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. 1 run-over figure climbing on rocks (f. 13v). Gesta Normannorum

• Historiated initial 'I'(n principio) of the days of Creation, at the beginning of book 1., Antiquitates iudaicae

to him are: Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 752 and Oxford, Christ Church 115.Quire signatures. 1 historiated initial of Creation, in colours, at the beginning of book 1 (f. 3). 14 outline initials, some with foliate decoration interlaced with human figures,

• Detail of an historiated initial 'I'(n principio) of the days of Creation, at the beginning of book 1., Antiquitates iudaicae

to him are: Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 752 and Oxford, Christ Church 115.Quire signatures. 1 historiated initial of Creation, in colours, at the beginning of book 1 (f. 3). 14 outline initials, some with foliate decoration interlaced with human figures,

• Decorated initial 'P'(auci) with stems and foliate motifs, a clasp, and a face, at the beginning of Jerome's 'Adversus Iovinianum'., Adversus Iovinianum; Commentarius in Symbolum apostolorum; De viris illustribus (excerpt)

erased). 1 large decorated initial with stems and foliate motifs, a clasp, and a face, outlined in brown ink, with yellow wash, on a red ground (f. 1).1 rough drawing of a profile head (f. 99v, erased?). 1 smaller

• Decorated initial 'T'(ribus) with two masks and foliate motifs., Commentary on the Song of Songs; Nativity of Christ according to the Gospels

Ampersands; ae caudatas. 1 large initial with two masks (effaced) and foliate motifs, outlined in brown ink (f. 1).1 large initial with stems and foliate motifs, outlined in brown ink, with some red (f. 2v). 1 large initial in

• Initial 'A'(bba) with penwork decoration., Commentary on the Song of Songs (ff. 1-52); Regula S. Benedicti (ff. 52-84)

decoration. Two scribes (one is on ff. 1-3; ff. 8-18; ff. 52r-52v and ff. 57-84).Ampersands; ae caudatas. 1 initial in gold (f. 1).1 initial in green with penwork decoration in green and red (f. 54v). Some large and several