• null, Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues)(ff. 1-16v); Georgica (index Georgics)(ff. 17-58), with argumenta; Aeneis (index Aeneid)(ff. 58v-244v), with argumenta and verse preface, omitting 2:567-588 ('The King's Virgil')

dolphins, sphinxes, masks, trophies and heraldic decoration, in colours and gold, at the beginning of texts or books (ff. 1, 17, 26v-27 [miniature f. 26v, accompanying border f. 27], 37, 47v, 59, 73v, 88, 101v, 115, 131v, 148v, 164, 178,

• Historiated initial 'P' with king Philip II of Spain., Carta executoria de Hidalguia (begins imperfectly)

Historiated initial 'P' with king Philip II of Spain. 1 miniature at the beginning missing (piece of red protective silk after f. 1).1 large historiated initial, in colours and gold (f. 60). Large decorated initials in gold on coloured

• Puzzle initial 'C'(armina) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of Book 1., De consolatione philosophiae (index Consolation of Philosophy) wit ha gloss at the start of the text

Puzzle initial 'C'(armina) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of Book 1. Catchwords. Pricking holes.Ff. 29-31 perhaps a palimpsest. 4 large puzzle initial in red and blue with red pen-flourishing (ff. 1, 5v, 11, 19). Numerous smaller initials in red or

• Decorated initial 'S'(epe) at the beginning of De inventione., De inventione (index Rhetorica) (ff. 3-43v); unidentified author, Topica, Book 4 (ff. 44-48v); Pseudo-Cicero,Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)(ff. 48v-84v)

the first folio of each quire). 6 large initials in colours (ff. 3, 21v, 44, 48v, 53, 61), 1 with penwork decoration, possibly added (f. 61). De inventione (index Rhetorica) (ff. 3-43v); unidentified author, Topica, Book 4 (ff. 44-48v); Pseudo-Cicero,Rhetorica

• Initial 'A'(postolicis) with penwork decoration., Epistolae and Sermones; Expositio missae and other shorter texts

decoration. Leaves lost before f. 1. The extant quire marks (in the centre of the lower margin of the verso of the last leaf of the quire) are 'h' (f. 8v) 'i' (f. 19v), 'k' (f. 28v), 'l' (f. 38v),

• Decorated initials 'S'(i)) and 'F'(ama) at the beginning of Rathramnus' Liber de quo Christus natus est de Virgine., Miscellany with Ulpian's De edendo (ff. 1-9v) and various religious treatises and sermons, including Liber de quo Christus natus est de Virgine

Decorated initials 'S'(i)) and 'F'(ama) at the beginning of Rathramnus' Liber de quo Christus natus est de Virgine. For a detailed description of the contents, see the Harley Catalogue.f. 1* is a parchment flyleaf with an original list of

• Decorated initial 'P'(redicant) with foliate decoration at the beginning of the life of saint Martial of Limoges., Lives of the saints, including Paul the Deacon's Vita S. Gregorii (ff. 1-33v), imperfect

Decorated initial 'P'(redicant) with foliate decoration at the beginning of the life of saint Martial of Limoges. ff. 1* and 249 are fragments from a late 12th-century or early 13th-century religious manuscript.For a more detailed list of contents, see

• Historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul and heads of five men, at the beginning of the commentary to 1 Corinthians., Commentary on the Pauline Epistles

five men, at the beginning of the commentary to 1 Corinthians. Initials executed by two hands, f. 2 and ff. 3, 69v, 110, 131v, 150v, 161v, 195v. Hand 2 is perhaps that of a scribe.Lemmata underlined in red, and red

• Full-page miniature of Donatus writing his grammar, his ink-pot held by a monk labelled 'Heinre'(?), with two short poems in hexameters in the upper left and upper right corners: the first poem compares the breaking open of fruits, nuts, wine-jars and bees' cells, which in each case reveals the more valuable contents inside, to the similar discovery of knowledge, once the real meaning is found 'beneath' the literal meaning; the second poem is a simple tribute to the scribe of the manuscript, the painter of Donatus' portrait and the author of the manuscript; at the end of Sedulius Scotus's Expositio super primam edicionem Donati grammatici., Expositio super primam edicionem Donati grammatici

Donatus' portrait and the author of the manuscript; at the end of Sedulius Scotus's Expositio super primam edicionem Donati grammatici. 1 large miniature (f. 80v), in brown ink and red, green and yellow. Large initials in red with blue decoration

• Illuminated initials 'P'(linius) with foliate decoration at the beginning of the Vita Plini Secundi and letter 11., Vita Plinii, epistola 11; Historia naturalis (index Natural history) (books 1-18), imperfect

in colours, many with heads, masks, dragons, hybrids, and/or animals, including a bird and a dog, most with gold (ff. 1, 2, 22v, 26v, 32, 38, 45v, 56, 66, 85v, 94v, 107, 113, 118v, 124v, 130v, 141v). In several instances

• Illuminated zoomorphic initial 'S'(equitur) made up of a hybrid creature with a bird or dragon's (?) body and a horned human head, at the beginning of book 10 of Pliny's Historia naturalis., Vita Plinii, epistola 11; Historia naturalis (index Natural history) (books 1-18), imperfect

in colours, many with heads, masks, dragons, hybrids, and/or animals, including a bird and a dog, most with gold (ff. 1, 2, 22v, 26v, 32, 38, 45v, 56, 66, 85v, 94v, 107, 113, 118v, 124v, 130v, 141v). In several instances

• Puzzle initial 'C'(irca) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Maurice of Ireland's Distinctiones., Distinctiones

Ireland's Distinctiones. Another leaf from the calendar of Part 1 is Sloane 1044 f. 78. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red (f. 5). 1 small initial in red with blue pen-flourishing (f.

• Decorated initials and music in a fragment of a Missal for Quinquagesima, Fragment of a Missal with antiphons and readings for Quinquagesima and Ephiphany (ther proper order is ff. 85, 1, 2, 86)

neumes on four-line red staves, England, second half of the 12th century (ff. 1-2v; 85-86v) 1 large initial in blue with red penwork decoration (f. 2). Large simple initials in green, red, or blue. Musical notation on four-line staves. Fragment

• Coloured initial 'H'(er ys godspelles) in green with penwork decoration in red, with ownership inscriptions of Thomas Cranmer (Thomas Cantuarien[sis]) and John Lumley., West Saxon Gospels (the 'Wessex Gospels')

with the correct text by the scribe of Oxford, Bodleian Library, Hatton 38, the Gospel book copied itself from Royal 1 A XIV.Quire signatures (first two quires only) and catchwords. 2 initials in green with penwork decoration in red, or

• Coloured initial 'N'(u) in red with green penwork decoration., West Saxon Gospels (the 'Wessex Gospels')

with the correct text by the scribe of Oxford, Bodleian Library, Hatton 38, the Gospel book copied itself from Royal 1 A XIV.Quire signatures (first two quires only) and catchwords. 2 initials in green with penwork decoration in red, or

• Detail of an inhabited initial 'P'(aulus) with white lions interlaced with a foliate scroll and an attached portrait of Peter Lombard writing the first words of his commentary, 'hunc epistola[m] / s/cribit / ap[osto]l[us]s roma/nos'., Pauline Epistles, with the commentary of Peter Lombard

indicating the length of a citation.Catchwords and bifolium signatures. 3 initials with foliate and/or zoomorphic decoration (f. 3, 170), including 1 with an author portrait attached to the initial (f. 4), in colours and gold, at the beginning of Peter

• Coloured initials., Commentary on Phocas's Ars de nomine et verbo; Etymologiae and De nominibus legis et evangelii sive Alegoriae

blue, red, green and brown (e. g., ff. 1, 2v). Smaller initials in blue or green, some with penwork decoration in red, or in red, some with penwork decoration in green. 1 full-page diagram in colours (f. 107v), and 2

• Detail of a circular diagram representing a map of the world (a so-called 'T-O' map)., Commentary on Phocas's Ars de nomine et verbo; Etymologiae and De nominibus legis et evangelii sive Alegoriae

blue, red, green and brown (e. g., ff. 1, 2v). Smaller initials in blue or green, some with penwork decoration in red, or in red, some with penwork decoration in green. 1 full-page diagram in colours (f. 107v), and 2

• Historiated initial 'D'(omino) of Isidore, at the beginning of the prefatory letter from Isidore of Seville to Braulio, bishop of Saragossa., Commentary on Phocas's Ars de nomine et verbo; Etymologiae and De nominibus legis et evangelii sive Alegoriae

blue, red, green and brown (e. g., ff. 1, 2v). Smaller initials in blue or green, some with penwork decoration in red, or in red, some with penwork decoration in green. 1 full-page diagram in colours (f. 107v), and 2

• Flyleaf., De consensu evangelistarum, De musica

note (f. 12v) and bifolium signatures perhaps in the same hand. 1 historiated initial in colours and gold with full border, at the beginning of the text (f. 1). Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, or in blue with red