• Coloured initials., Benedictional, with prayers (the 'Canterbury Benedictional')

and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley '11 die Martii, A. D. 1723/4' (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Zoomorphic initial 'B'(eatus vir) with a bird and a fish and interlace decoration in ink and red, green, and yellow at the beginning of the Psalms., Psalter, in the Hebraicum version, with preface, and Canticles

patron of the arts: inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley '13 die Mensis 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

• Decorated initial 'D'(ilecassimis) in brown with penwork decoration and floriate motifs., Psalter, in the Hebraicum version, with preface, and Canticles

patron of the arts: inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley '13 die Mensis 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

• Sprays of foliage and insects, including two figures of the back-swimmer Notonecta maculate (see Hutchinson), decorating a page of a verse history of Sicily in the time of Frederick II., Leaves from a prose treatise on the Seven Vices (f. 1) (index Cocharelli Treatise) and a verse on events from the history of Sicily in the time of Frederick II (1298-1337) (ff. 2-7)

and gold, of human figures, insects, birds, animals and sea-shells. Leaves from a prose treatise on the Seven Vices (f. 1) (index Cocharelli Treatise) and a verse on events from the history of Sicily in the time of Frederick II

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a moth from the border of a page from a verse history of Sicily in the time of Frederick II., Leaves from a prose treatise on the Seven Vices (f. 1) (index Cocharelli Treatise) and a verse on events from the history of Sicily in the time of Frederick II (1298-1337) (ff. 2-7)

and gold, of human figures, insects, birds, animals and sea-shells. Leaves from a prose treatise on the Seven Vices (f. 1) (index Cocharelli Treatise) and a verse on events from the history of Sicily in the time of Frederick II

• Detail of a marginal drawing of two moths from the border of a page from a verse history of Sicily in the time of Frederick II., Leaves from a prose treatise on the Seven Vices (f. 1) (index Cocharelli Treatise) and a verse on events from the history of Sicily in the time of Frederick II (1298-1337) (ff. 2-7)

and gold, of human figures, insects, birds, animals and sea-shells. Leaves from a prose treatise on the Seven Vices (f. 1) (index Cocharelli Treatise) and a verse on events from the history of Sicily in the time of Frederick II

• Sprays of foliage, flowers, grass and insects, including locusts and grasshopers, decorating a page from a verse history of Sicily in the time of Frederick II., Leaves from a prose treatise on the Seven Vices (f. 1) (index Cocharelli Treatise) and a verse on events from the history of Sicily in the time of Frederick II (1298-1337) (ff. 2-7)

and gold, of human figures, insects, birds, animals and sea-shells. Leaves from a prose treatise on the Seven Vices (f. 1) (index Cocharelli Treatise) and a verse on events from the history of Sicily in the time of Frederick II

• Sprays of foliage, flowers, animals and insects including rabbits, a caterpillar, dragonfly, and a moth decorating a page from a verse history of Sicily in the time of Frederick II., Leaves from a prose treatise on the Seven Vices (f. 1) (index Cocharelli Treatise) and a verse on events from the history of Sicily in the time of Frederick II (1298-1337) (ff. 2-7)

and gold, of human figures, insects, birds, animals and sea-shells. Leaves from a prose treatise on the Seven Vices (f. 1) (index Cocharelli Treatise) and a verse on events from the history of Sicily in the time of Frederick II

• Detail of a moth from the border of a page from a verse history of Sicily in the time of Frederick II., Leaves from a prose treatise on the Seven Vices (f. 1) (index Cocharelli Treatise) and a verse on events from the history of Sicily in the time of Frederick II (1298-1337) (ff. 2-7)

and gold, of human figures, insects, birds, animals and sea-shells. Leaves from a prose treatise on the Seven Vices (f. 1) (index Cocharelli Treatise) and a verse on events from the history of Sicily in the time of Frederick II

• Historiated initial 'D'(ominus) of the prophet Samuel anointing David, with a hound chasing a hare in the bas-de-page., Psalter, imperfect, with calendar and hymns, Breviary (Augustinian use)

112-13). 7 full or partial bar borders and historiated initials in colours, gold, and silver at the beginning of Psalms 1, 26, 38, 51, 68, 80, and 97 (Psalm 109 lacking), most with animals in the bas-de-page (ff. 9, 31v,

• Historiated initial ‘D’ of the anointing of David by Samuel at the beginning of Psalm 38., Psalter (the 'Psalter of Queen Philippa'), with a calendar (ff. 2-7v), Psalms (ff. 8-109), Canticles (ff. 109-116v), prayers and litany

hybrids, in the calendar (ff. 2-7v). Historiated initial and 3-sided border in colours and gold at the beginning of Psalm 1 (f. 8). Historiated initials and full bar borders at the beginning of the other major Psalm divisions of 26,

• Detail of an historiated initial ‘D’ of the anointing of David by Samuel at the beginning of Psalm 38., Psalter (the 'Psalter of Queen Philippa'), with a calendar (ff. 2-7v), Psalms (ff. 8-109), Canticles (ff. 109-116v), prayers and litany

hybrids, in the calendar (ff. 2-7v). Historiated initial and 3-sided border in colours and gold at the beginning of Psalm 1 (f. 8). Historiated initials and full bar borders at the beginning of the other major Psalm divisions of 26,

• Historiated initial 'C'(antate) of monks singing at a lectern, at the beginning of Psalm 97., Psalter (the 'Psalter of Queen Philippa'), with a calendar (ff. 2-7v), Psalms (ff. 8-109), Canticles (ff. 109-116v), prayers and litany

hybrids, in the calendar (ff. 2-7v). Historiated initial and 3-sided border in colours and gold at the beginning of Psalm 1 (f. 8). Historiated initials and full bar borders at the beginning of the other major Psalm divisions of 26,

• Detail of a historiated initial 'C' (antate) of two monks singing at a lecturn, with one conducting., Psalter, imperfect, with calendar and hymns, Breviary (Augustinian use)

112-13). 7 full or partial bar borders and historiated initials in colours, gold, and silver at the beginning of Psalms 1, 26, 38, 51, 68, 80, and 97 (Psalm 109 lacking), most with animals in the bas-de-page (ff. 9, 31v,

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(eus) of the Holy Face, or portrait of Christ, at the reading for the feast of the Circumcision on 1 January., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

of Christ, at the reading for the feast of the Circumcision on 1 January. 46 large historiated initials, with three-sided or partial foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 16v, 20v, 23v, 25v, 27v, 40, 87, 109, 121, 125v, 128,

• Detail of an historiated initial 'E'(xaudi) with a bust of bishop Germanus, at the beginning of the reading for 28 May and 1 August., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

Germanus, at the beginning of the reading for 28 May and 1 August. 46 large historiated initials, with three-sided or partial foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 16v, 20v, 23v, 25v, 27v, 40, 87, 109, 121, 125v, 128, 130,

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(e) of Peter holding the chains of his imprisonment at the beginning of the reading for 28 May and 1 August, with a partial bar border including a peasant., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

his imprisonment at the beginning of the reading for 28 May and 1 August, with a partial bar border including a peasant. 46 large historiated initials, with three-sided or partial foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 16v, 20v, 23v,

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) with the annointing of David and David and Goliath., Psalter (the 'Suneson Psalter'), for Danish use, with calendar, prayers and litany

monogram (ff. 1-4v); September to December are later unillustrated leaves). Large historiated initial 'B' in a full-page panel before Psalm 1 in colours and gold (f. 15). 9 other historiated initials in colours and gold at the other major Psalm

• Decorated initial 'A'(d) and coloured initials 'E'(xcita) and 'F'(ratres)., Cistercian Missal, imperfect

or in red with blue penwork decoration, at the canon of the mass (ff. 115v-116). 1 large initial in blue with penwork decoration (f. 1). Large initials in red, green, or blue, some with penwork decoration, 3 with decoration in

• Historiated initial 'H'(ec), of Isaiah speaking to a group with God above, at the reading for Christmas Day, with a partial bar border., Epistolary of the Sainte-Chapelle, Use of Paris

in colours and gold (ff. 1, 13, 15, 84, 99v, 108v, 116v (x2)). Large puzzle initials in gold and blue, with pen-flourishing in blue (and red) and red (and blue), developing decorated extensions with fleur-de-lys, 1 developing a full border