• Catchword enclosed within a hybrid., Former and Latter Prophets (ff. 1-267v) and Hagiographa (ff. 268-424), with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~

from the middle of quire xxiv (the missing text: Isaiah 38:9-42:4). 30 micrographic designs at the beginning of chapters (ff. 1, 20, 38v, 84, 132, 172v, 203, 239, 243v, 245, 249v, 250, 251, 254, 255, 256v, 258, 259v, 265v, 268,

• ~Carmina figurata~ and catchword enclosed within a lion., Former and Latter Prophets (ff. 1-267v) and Hagiographa (ff. 268-424), with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~

from the middle of quire xxiv (the missing text: Isaiah 38:9-42:4). 30 micrographic designs at the beginning of chapters (ff. 1, 20, 38v, 84, 132, 172v, 203, 239, 243v, 245, 249v, 250, 251, 254, 255, 256v, 258, 259v, 265v, 268,

• Text page., Letters

The witnesses include Sefredus, Herebertus, Fulchardus (f. 1) (see Warner and Gilson 1921).John Bridges, Bishop of Oxford (b. 1535/6, d. 1618): erased inscription possibly in his hand, 'ex dono Jo. Bridges' (f. 1) (see Warner and Gilson 1921).The Old Royal

• ~Masorah~ written in micrographic form of geometric design, foliate motifs and two dragons, at the beginning of Proverbs., Former and Latter Prophets (ff. 1-267v) and Hagiographa (ff. 268-424), with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~

from the middle of quire xxiv (the missing text: Isaiah 38:9-42:4). 30 micrographic designs at the beginning of chapters (ff. 1, 20, 38v, 84, 132, 172v, 203, 239, 243v, 245, 249v, 250, 251, 254, 255, 256v, 258, 259v, 265v, 268,

• ~Masorah~ written in micrographic form of foliate scrolls inhabited by birds, at the beginning of Ecclesiastes., Former and Latter Prophets (ff. 1-267v) and Hagiographa (ff. 268-424), with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~

from the middle of quire xxiv (the missing text: Isaiah 38:9-42:4). 30 micrographic designs at the beginning of chapters (ff. 1, 20, 38v, 84, 132, 172v, 203, 239, 243v, 245, 249v, 250, 251, 254, 255, 256v, 258, 259v, 265v, 268,

• ~Masorah~ written in micrographic form of geometric design and foliate motifs, at the beginning of Ezra., Former and Latter Prophets (ff. 1-267v) and Hagiographa (ff. 268-424), with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~

from the middle of quire xxiv (the missing text: Isaiah 38:9-42:4). 30 micrographic designs at the beginning of chapters (ff. 1, 20, 38v, 84, 132, 172v, 203, 239, 243v, 245, 249v, 250, 251, 254, 255, 256v, 258, 259v, 265v, 268,

• Detail of decorated initial., St Albans register of properties

Abbates exempti Monasterii Sancti Albani', and '. . . a domino Thomas: Ramryge: abbas: monasterii: Sancti: Albani R. Blakene[s?]' (f. 1) (Ramryge was abbot 1492-1521).English 16th-century inscription 'By me Thomas marles [his?] bocke witnes by Edward Stretcham by Robarte hatene(?),

• Illuminated initial 'D'(eus)., The Secretum secretorum, imperfect, translated by Philip of Tripoli (index Philippus Tripolitanus)

inscription (f. 96v). Thomas Fry: 15th-century inscription 'Liber Thome ffry' (f. 1). Inscription 'Roger Gourton(?) (f. 74v).Christopher Towneley (b. 1604, d. 1674), antiquary: inscription 'Chr' Towneley' ( f. 1). Richard Towneley, in 1702: his book-plate with the date (f. 2v);

• Puzzle initial 'A'., Various works; Commentary on Cicero's Somnium Scipionis

Puzzle initial 'A'. Puzzle initials in red and blue with penwork decoration. Initials in red with penwork decoration in red or blue, or in blue with red penwork decoration. Paraphs in red or blue. Line-fillers in red or brown.

• Puzzle initial 'P'., Various works; Commentary on Cicero's Somnium Scipionis

Puzzle initial 'P'. Puzzle initials in red and blue with penwork decoration. Initials in red with penwork decoration in red or blue, or in blue with red penwork decoration. Paraphs in red or blue. Line-fillers in red or brown.

• Detail of a historiated initial of a woman holding a book., Office of the Dead; Hours of the Virgin

was bought of Capt. Bee by Mr. Simon Fox for the Rt. Honble. Henry Howard. 23rd of March 1658' (f. 1); presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono

• The ownership inscription 'De camera abbatis Pippewell'., Psalter, imperfect

The ownership inscription 'De camera abbatis Pippewell'. f. 1 is a parchment leaf. 12 miniatures in colours and gold of the labours of the months (ff. 2-7v). 1 large historiated initial at the beginning of Psalm 51 (f. 8). Large

• Illuminated initials and miniatures for the calendar pages for February and March, with a standing woman and a man pollarding trees with an axe., Psalter, imperfect

woman and a man pollarding trees with an axe. f. 1 is a parchment leaf. 12 miniatures in colours and gold of the labours of the months (ff. 2-7v). 1 large historiated initial at the beginning of Psalm 51 (f.

• Pen-flourished initial 'F'(orma)., Treatise on logic with a gloss

France, 10th century (f. 56v). 1 large initial in blue with red pen-flourishing (f. 46). 2 smaller plain initials in red (f. 46). Treatise on logic with a gloss Inscribed, 'J. de Selve' (ff. 1, 46).The Harley Collection, formed by

• Miniature of Christ head in a roundel., Collection of religious text, including 'De penitentia' (f. 1) and a commentary on Sententias (ff. 2-9v)

in colours, perhaps added (f. 1). Penwork decoration in the lower margins. Initials and paraphs in red. Initials highlighted in red. Biblical sentences underlined in red. Collection of religious text, including 'De penitentia' (f. 1) and a commentary on Sententias

• Puzzle initial 'C'(um) with pen-flourished decoration at the beginning of the statutes for Westminster., A collection of English statutes and laws to the reign of Richard II, including statutes for Westminster, Exeter and Winchester (ff. 1-29), and a chancery register (ff. 30-54)

of contents, see the ~Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts~ 1808. Puzzle initials with pen-flourished decoration in blue and red (ff. 1, 12v, 13, 30). Initials in blue with pen-flourished decoration in red. Paraphs in blue or red. A collection of

• Text page from Numbers, with a flourished initial 'Q'(uod) at the beginning of Numbers 21. A cut in the lower margin has been mended with a patch cut from a similar (or perhaps the same?) manuscript., Bible with prologues

leaves; f. 364 almost totally cut away.Chapters start on new lines, and chapter numbers are inset into the text space. 1 zoomorphic initial, in colours, at the beginning of Genesis (f. 5v). Large puzzle initials in red and blue, with

• Zoomorphic initial 'I'(n) formed of two dragons with linked necks, at the beginning of Genesis., Bible with prologues

leaves; f. 364 almost totally cut away.Chapters start on new lines, and chapter numbers are inset into the text space. 1 zoomorphic initial, in colours, at the beginning of Genesis (f. 5v). Large puzzle initials in red and blue, with

• Flourished initials and marginal drawing of a hand holding a fishing rod, line, and hook., De fide orthodoxa

hand holding a fishing rod, line, and hook. 1 large initial in blue with red and blue flourishing (f. 2). Small initials alternately blue with red flourishing, or vice versa. Marginal ink drawings (e.g. ff. 24, 25, 26v). De fide

• Historiated initial 'D'(ilexi) with three men, at the beginning of the Office of the Dead., Office of the Dead; Hours of the Virgin

was bought of Capt. Bee by Mr. Simon Fox for the Rt. Honble. Henry Howard. 23rd of March 1658' (f. 1); presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono