• Historiated initial with David and full border at the beginning of Psalm 1., Bilingual Psalter, in the later Wycliffite translation, with the Canticles, and the Athanasian Creed

the beginning of Psalm 1. f. 1* is a parchment flyleaf.Catchwords. 2 full bordes in colours and gold with foliate decoration and gold balls and historiated initials at the beginning of Psalms 1, 109 (ff. 1, 78v). 5 3-sided borders

• Detail of a historiated initial 'H'(ec) of Nicholas of Lyre in a Franciscan habit, sitting at a desk and presenting his book to a king and a queen, at the beginning of the prologue 1., Postilla litteralis in vetus et novum testamentum

initials in colours and gold, usually containing hybrids, with partial borders and 1 full border with drolleries (f. 1), at the beginning of all books and prologues (ff. 1, 2, 43v, 77, 92v, 110v, 129, 140, 151, 153, 169v, 182,

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uodum) outlined in red (partially oxidised), on green, blue and yellow grounds, with foliate motifs and a dragon., Moralia in Job, books 1-9 (ff. 1v-113); Homiliae X ad monachos (ff. 113-123); shorter texts (ff. 123-125), including a letter to the antipope Clement III, the ~Ordo ad includendum masculum vel feminam~, an acrostic poem which spells out 'Gregorius' (f. 124v) and the ~Epitaphium Frederici episcopi Leodiensis~(f. 125)

The manuscript forms part 1 of 3 parts, the second is Harley 3053, and the third is Harley 3054. Running headers. Quire marks. 2 leaves excised between ff. 33-34, 3 leaves excised between ff. 53-54 and 1 quire lost between

• Detail of a decorated initial 'Q'(uodum) outlined in red (partially oxidised), on green, blue and yellow grounds, with foliate motifs and a dragon., Moralia in Job, books 1-9 (ff. 1v-113); Homiliae X ad monachos (ff. 113-123); shorter texts (ff. 123-125), including a letter to the antipope Clement III, the ~Ordo ad includendum masculum vel feminam~, an acrostic poem which spells out 'Gregorius' (f. 124v) and the ~Epitaphium Frederici episcopi Leodiensis~(f. 125)

The manuscript forms part 1 of 3 parts, the second is Harley 3053, and the third is Harley 3054. Running headers. Quire marks. 2 leaves excised between ff. 33-34, 3 leaves excised between ff. 53-54 and 1 quire lost between

• Anthropomorphic initial 'I'(nter) of a standing man at the beginning of Caesarius of Arles' Homiliae X ad monachos., Moralia in Job, books 1-9 (ff. 1v-113); Homiliae X ad monachos (ff. 113-123); shorter texts (ff. 123-125), including a letter to the antipope Clement III, the ~Ordo ad includendum masculum vel feminam~, an acrostic poem which spells out 'Gregorius' (f. 124v) and the ~Epitaphium Frederici episcopi Leodiensis~(f. 125)

The manuscript forms part 1 of 3 parts, the second is Harley 3053, and the third is Harley 3054. Running headers. Quire marks. 2 leaves excised between ff. 33-34, 3 leaves excised between ff. 53-54 and 1 quire lost between

• Detail of an anthropomorphic initial 'I'(nter) of a standing man at the beginning of Caesarius of Arles' Homiliae X ad monachos., Moralia in Job, books 1-9 (ff. 1v-113); Homiliae X ad monachos (ff. 113-123); shorter texts (ff. 123-125), including a letter to the antipope Clement III, the ~Ordo ad includendum masculum vel feminam~, an acrostic poem which spells out 'Gregorius' (f. 124v) and the ~Epitaphium Frederici episcopi Leodiensis~(f. 125)

The manuscript forms part 1 of 3 parts, the second is Harley 3053, and the third is Harley 3054. Running headers. Quire marks. 2 leaves excised between ff. 33-34, 3 leaves excised between ff. 53-54 and 1 quire lost between

• Decorated initial 'S'(criptura) with foliate motifs, dragon and profile head, at the beginning of the second book of Gregory the Great's Moralia in Job., Moralia in Job, books 1-9 (ff. 1v-113); Homiliae X ad monachos (ff. 113-123); shorter texts (ff. 123-125), including a letter to the antipope Clement III, the ~Ordo ad includendum masculum vel feminam~, an acrostic poem which spells out 'Gregorius' (f. 124v) and the ~Epitaphium Frederici episcopi Leodiensis~(f. 125)

The manuscript forms part 1 of 3 parts, the second is Harley 3053, and the third is Harley 3054. Running headers. Quire marks. 2 leaves excised between ff. 33-34, 3 leaves excised between ff. 53-54 and 1 quire lost between

• Detail of a decorated initial 'S'(criptura) with foliate motifs, dragon and profile head, at the beginning of the second book of Gregory the Great's Moralia in Job., Moralia in Job, books 1-9 (ff. 1v-113); Homiliae X ad monachos (ff. 113-123); shorter texts (ff. 123-125), including a letter to the antipope Clement III, the ~Ordo ad includendum masculum vel feminam~, an acrostic poem which spells out 'Gregorius' (f. 124v) and the ~Epitaphium Frederici episcopi Leodiensis~(f. 125)

The manuscript forms part 1 of 3 parts, the second is Harley 3053, and the third is Harley 3054. Running headers. Quire marks. 2 leaves excised between ff. 33-34, 3 leaves excised between ff. 53-54 and 1 quire lost between

• Zoomorphic initial 'I'(nter) of a standing dog (?) at the beginning of the first part of Gregory the Great's Moralia in Job., Moralia in Job, books 1-9 (ff. 1v-113); Homiliae X ad monachos (ff. 113-123); shorter texts (ff. 123-125), including a letter to the antipope Clement III, the ~Ordo ad includendum masculum vel feminam~, an acrostic poem which spells out 'Gregorius' (f. 124v) and the ~Epitaphium Frederici episcopi Leodiensis~(f. 125)

The manuscript forms part 1 of 3 parts, the second is Harley 3053, and the third is Harley 3054. Running headers. Quire marks. 2 leaves excised between ff. 33-34, 3 leaves excised between ff. 53-54 and 1 quire lost between

• Detail of a zoomorphic initial 'I'(nter) of a standing dog (?) at the beginning of the first part of Gregory the Great's Moralia in Job., Moralia in Job, books 1-9 (ff. 1v-113); Homiliae X ad monachos (ff. 113-123); shorter texts (ff. 123-125), including a letter to the antipope Clement III, the ~Ordo ad includendum masculum vel feminam~, an acrostic poem which spells out 'Gregorius' (f. 124v) and the ~Epitaphium Frederici episcopi Leodiensis~(f. 125)

The manuscript forms part 1 of 3 parts, the second is Harley 3053, and the third is Harley 3054. Running headers. Quire marks. 2 leaves excised between ff. 33-34, 3 leaves excised between ff. 53-54 and 1 quire lost between

• Detail of an inhabited initial 'I'(nitium) at the beginning of Mark, with roundels representing the four evangelist symbols: the eagle of John, the winged man of Matthew, the winged bull of Luke, and the winged lion of Mark, with the the Lamb of God in the centre., Glossed Gospel of Mark

of Mark, with the the Lamb of God in the centre. 1 large historiated initial in colours on a gold ground at the beginning of Mark (f. 6). 1 large initial in gold on a blue ground with colours and

• Illuminated initial 'T'(uit)., Life of Thomas Becket

in both parts 1 and 2. Quire signatures in part 1. Former flyleaves ff. 1*-8* and ff. 150-57 are now Additional 38651, ff. 37-40 and ff. 41-44, respectively. 1 large gold initial with foliate infill (f. 1). Initials in red

• Decorated initials 'Q'(uattuor) and 'B'(ello) with penwork decoration, preceded and followed by display script. Rough sketch of the initial 'B' in the lower margin and ownership inscription in the upper margin., De excidio Judeorum

1 large arabesque initial in red, green and light brown for book 5 (f. 68). 2 large initials in light brown or green with penwork decoration in alternate colours and once with some red, for the prologue and book

• Zoomorphic initial 'S'(imon) at the beginning of book 3 of Bede's Commentary on Catholic Epistles., Commentary on Catholic Epistles

centre of outer margin of f. 92. 1 zoomorphic initial in red for beginning of book 3 (f. 41). 1 large initial in blue, decorated with red, for beginning of book 1 (f. 1). 2 small initials in red, decorated

• Table of the possible combinations (commixtiones) of the four elements (fire, air, earth, and water) in groups of two, three, and four, specifying whether the constituents are equal or unequal to one another, with columns, arches and decorated walls. In the top left are eight possible combinations of the four elements in which three are equal, but the fourth is greater or less than these three. The table in the lower left gives the 'six species' of combining the four elements into unequal groups of equal pairs,. The table on the right considers the twelve combinations or specieis resulting from two of the elements being equal in amount while the remaining two are less or greater than the equal pairs., Apex physicae

the quire), (f. 16v).Erased inscription (f. 67v). 1 diagram in red (f. 66v). Tables in red with columns, arches and decorated walls (ff. 26-27v, 48). 1 initial in ?silver and blue (f. 1). Initials in red. Quire mark decorated with

• Coloured initials., Sermons on Virgin Mary, expositions on the Psalms and the Beatitudes, excerpts from Augustine and others

Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘23 Februarii 1720/21’ (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Ownership inscription of William Smart, written at right-angles to the page, stating that it previously belonged to the Augustinian abbey of St. Peter, St. Paul, and St. Osyth, at St. Osyth (Essex): 'Hic liber quondam sancte Osithe nunc Willelmi Smarte'., Glossed Gospel of Mark

St. Osyth (Essex): 'Hic liber quondam sancte Osithe nunc Willelmi Smarte'. 1 large historiated initial in colours on a gold ground at the beginning of Mark (f. 6). 1 large initial in gold on a blue ground with colours and

• Inhabited initial 'I'(nitium) at the beginning of Mark, with roundels representing the four evangelist symbols: the eagle of John, the winged man of Matthew, the winged bull of Luke, and the winged lion of Mark, with the the Lamb of God in the centre., Glossed Gospel of Mark

of Mark, with the the Lamb of God in the centre. 1 large historiated initial in colours on a gold ground at the beginning of Mark (f. 6). 1 large initial in gold on a blue ground with colours and

• Zoomorphic initial 'Q'(uo) with outline drawing of a dragon and foliate decoration., Lamentations of Jeremiah, with commentary

initials (ff. 70v, 78v) and 1 historiated initial with a mermaid (f. 93v), outlined in brown on blue or blue and red grounds. 1 initial in silver, red and green with foliate decoration (f. 99). 1 initial with foliate decoration

• Zoomorphic initial 'Q'(uo) with outline drawing of a griffon and foliate decoration., Lamentations of Jeremiah, with commentary

initials (ff. 70v, 78v) and 1 historiated initial with a mermaid (f. 93v), outlined in brown on blue or blue and red grounds. 1 initial in silver, red and green with foliate decoration (f. 99). 1 initial with foliate decoration