• Decorated initials 'C'(upientes) with ownership inscription in the upper margin of the Dominican convent at Sudbury, Suffolk., Sententiae (index Sentences)

red. Sententiae (index Sentences) The Dominican convent of Sudbury, Suffolk: inscription (f. 3).Very faint added text in Gothic cursive (ff. 1, 158v-162v).Inscribed 'John Mithmyng ?' (f. 1* v).Inscription 'master Hyllyard this book I doe give you to be at you

• Decorated initial 'C'(um) with penwork decoration., Sententiae (index Sentences)

red. Sententiae (index Sentences) The Dominican convent of Sudbury, Suffolk: inscription (f. 3).Very faint added text in Gothic cursive (ff. 1, 158v-162v).Inscribed 'John Mithmyng ?' (f. 1* v).Inscription 'master Hyllyard this book I doe give you to be at you

• Puzzle initial 'O'(nus) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Nahum., Minor Prophets, glossed

The Cistercian abbey of St Mary, Dore, Herefordshire: inscribed 'Liber sancte marie vallis Dore' (f. 113).Inscribed, 15th century 'Bodduam' (f. 1). John Batteley (b. c.1646, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary; bought in 1723 through his nephew, John

• Decorated initial 'M'(ulto), with a guide letter in the margin, at the beginning of the prologue to Commentary on Lamentations addressed to Odilmannus Severus., Commentary on Lamentations

on Lamentations addressed to Odilmannus Severus. Guide letter (f. 1). 2 large decorated initials in colours and silver, at the beginning of the prologue and the Commentary on Lamentations (ff. 1, 1v). Initials in green, or red. Commentary on Lamentations

• Decorated initials 'D'(eus) and 'E'(cce)., Office of Saint Martha

Wright 1972).Musical notation: neumes on four-line red staves (B, C and F clefs), England, end of the 12th century f. 1 is a paper flyleaf.f. 2 is a parchment flyleaf. 2 puzzle initials in blue and red (ff. 6, 7v).

• Decorated initial 'D'(ulciter) and musical notation., Letter of dedication to count Henry I of Champagne, sermons, exposition on the Psalms, responsory, lections, and sequences (ff. 129v-140) (index responsoria, sequentias)

collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley, '13 die Augusti, A.D. 1724' (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Illuminated initial 'S'(epe) including animal heads, at the beginning of Cicero's De inventione, and the added arms of the Maffei family of Volterra., De inventione (index Rhetorica)(ff. 3-53v), Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)(ff. 53v-98)

Illuminated initial 'S'(epe) including animal heads, at the beginning of Cicero's De inventione, and the added arms of the Maffei family of Volterra. Large interlace or foliate initials in colours and gold (ff. 3, 5, 27, 29, 53v, etc.),

• Decorated initial 'C'(rotoniate) including animal heads in Cicero's De inventione., De inventione (index Rhetorica)(ff. 3-53v), Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)(ff. 53v-98)

Decorated initial 'C'(rotoniate) including animal heads in Cicero's De inventione. Large interlace or foliate initials in colours and gold (ff. 3, 5, 27, 29, 53v, etc.), some with zoomorphic features. Small initials in red stroked with yellow wash. From

• Decorated initial 'A'(d omnem) in the Pseudo-Cicero Ad Herennium., De inventione (index Rhetorica)(ff. 3-53v), Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)(ff. 53v-98)

Decorated initial 'A'(d omnem) in the Pseudo-Cicero Ad Herennium. Large interlace or foliate initials in colours and gold (ff. 3, 5, 27, 29, 53v, etc.), some with zoomorphic features. Small initials in red stroked with yellow wash. From f.

• Decorated initial 'A'(stronomie) at the beginning of Herman of Carinthia Liber iudicum., Aretea, extract from De natura deorum (f. 95v); Liber iudicum (ff. 75-84), and other texts

Decorated initial 'A'(stronomie) at the beginning of Herman of Carinthia Liber iudicum. According to Reeve 1983 p. 22 Part 2 is perhaps the earliest classical text on paper. Large initial in blue with red penwork decoration, and in red

• Initial 'D'(um) at the beginning of Peter of Blois's Sermon I De adventu domini., Epistola ad Paulinum (Epistle 53) (ff. 1-4v); Sermones; verses and tabulae (ff. 123v-124v)

and tabulae (ff. 123v-124v) Henry Savile, of Banke (b. 1568 d. 1617), collector of manuscripts: inscription 'Netlton Hnry Savil' (f. 1, upper margin, in shorthand, partly erased), see Andrew G. Watson, ~The Manuscripts of Henry Savile of Banke~ (London: Bibliographical

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uam) in Pseudo-Cicero's Ad Herennium., De inventione (index Rhetorica)(ff. 3-53v), Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)(ff. 53v-98)

Decorated initial 'Q'(uam) in Pseudo-Cicero's Ad Herennium. Large interlace or foliate initials in colours and gold (ff. 3, 5, 27, 29, 53v, etc.), some with zoomorphic features. Small initials in red stroked with yellow wash. From f. 54v onward

• lluminated initial 'S'(epe) including animal heads, at the beginning of Cicero's De inventione., De inventione (index Rhetorica)(ff. 3-53v), Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)(ff. 53v-98)

lluminated initial 'S'(epe) including animal heads, at the beginning of Cicero's De inventione. Large interlace or foliate initials in colours and gold (ff. 3, 5, 27, 29, 53v, etc.), some with zoomorphic features. Small initials in red stroked with

• The added arms of the Maffei family of Volterra, late 15th century., De inventione (index Rhetorica)(ff. 3-53v), Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)(ff. 53v-98)

The added arms of the Maffei family of Volterra, late 15th century. Large interlace or foliate initials in colours and gold (ff. 3, 5, 27, 29, 53v, etc.), some with zoomorphic features. Small initials in red stroked with yellow

• Decorated initial 'A'(d omnem) in the Pseudo-Cicero Ad Herennium., De inventione (index Rhetorica)(ff. 3-53v), Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)(ff. 53v-98)

Decorated initial 'A'(d omnem) in the Pseudo-Cicero Ad Herennium. Large interlace or foliate initials in colours and gold (ff. 3, 5, 27, 29, 53v, etc.), some with zoomorphic features. Small initials in red stroked with yellow wash. From f.

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uam) in Pseudo-Cicero's Ad Herennium., De inventione (index Rhetorica)(ff. 3-53v), Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)(ff. 53v-98)

Decorated initial 'Q'(uam) in Pseudo-Cicero's Ad Herennium. Large interlace or foliate initials in colours and gold (ff. 3, 5, 27, 29, 53v, etc.), some with zoomorphic features. Small initials in red stroked with yellow wash. From f. 54v onward

• Decorated initial 'C'(rotoniate) including animal heads in Cicero's De inventione., De inventione (index Rhetorica)(ff. 3-53v), Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)(ff. 53v-98)

Decorated initial 'C'(rotoniate) including animal heads in Cicero's De inventione. Large interlace or foliate initials in colours and gold (ff. 3, 5, 27, 29, 53v, etc.), some with zoomorphic features. Small initials in red stroked with yellow wash. From

• Decorated initial 'V'(ir) at the beginning of Job, with foliate penwork decoration., Glossed Job

initial 'V'(ir) at the beginning of Job, with foliate penwork decoration. 1 large initial in blue, yellow, and green with blue, red, and green penwork decoration (f. 3). 1 large initial in green with yellow and green penwork decoration in

• Decorated initial 'P'(ro) with penwork decoration., Glossed Job

Decorated initial 'P'(ro) with penwork decoration. 1 large initial in blue, yellow, and green with blue, red, and green penwork decoration (f. 3). 1 large initial in green with yellow and green penwork decoration in the bowl of the letter

• Puzzle initial 'P' with foliate decoration., Peter's 'Speculum iuris canonici' (index 'Distinctiones') (ff. 5-19), and Justinian's 'Institutiones', Books 1-4 with gloss (ff. 19-73v)

Puzzle initial 'P' with foliate decoration. Peter of Blois's 'Speculum iuris canonici' consists of 60 chapters, each devoted to a legal argument. Peter, who is not to be confused with his older and more famous namesake, the archdeacon of