• Miniature of the Virgin with Child, decorated initial 'D'(omine) and full foliate borders, at the beginning of Matins in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Besançon

blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line-fillers decorated in gold and blue. Capital letters highlighted in red.Ff. 91-107v: 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red (f. 91). Small initials in plain

• Miniature of the Flagellation of Christ, decorated initial 'D'(eus) and full foliate borders, at the beginning of Terce in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Besançon

blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line-fillers decorated in gold and blue. Capital letters highlighted in red.Ff. 91-107v: 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red (f. 91). Small initials in plain

• Detail of illuminated initial., Sonetti e canzoni (ff. 3-149v); Trionfi (index Triumphs) (ff. 150-189v); Poesie diverse (ff. 190-195v)

Detail of illuminated initial. 1 large white vine initial, and a three-sided white vine border including putti, animals and heraldic arms in the lower margin, in colours and gold (f. 10). 1 smaller white vine initial with foliate extensions into

• Detail of the arms of King Alfonso I of Naples., Sonetti e canzoni (ff. 3-149v); Trionfi (index Triumphs) (ff. 150-189v); Poesie diverse (ff. 190-195v)

of King Alfonso I of Naples. 1 large white vine initial, and a three-sided white vine border including putti, animals and heraldic arms in the lower margin, in colours and gold (f. 10). 1 smaller white vine initial with foliate

• Text page of the Greek-Latin Glossary., Greek-Latin Glossary, followed by other glossarial texts (ff. 241-272)

and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley, ‘18 die mensis Januarij, A.D. 1723/4’ (f. 1; see Wright and Wright 1966). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694,

• Text page with 9th century and 10th century scripts., Libri evangeliorum quattuor; Aenigmata; De arte metrica (extract)

the beginning of each line. Libri evangeliorum quattuor; Aenigmata; De arte metrica (extract) Two leaves and several lines of part 1 (ff. 7-7v, 59, 67) are lost and have been replaced in an English hand of a similar date and

• Detail of decorated initial 'O'(lympias) with white vine decoration, at the beginning of Book XXVIII., Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi

unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library, Oxford. 1 medallion with white vine decoration enclosing erased heraldry in the lower border (f. 1). Initials in gold and colours with white vine decoration marking the beginning

• Initial 'D'(ominus) with penwork decoration at the beginning of the 'Liber scintillarum'., Theological miscellany, including the 'Liber scintillarum' attributed to Defensor, chapters 1-68, extracts (ff. 17-42), Eucherius's 'Formulae spiritualis intelligentiae' (ff. 57-63), and Arnulf's 'Delicie cleri', possibly imperfect (ff. 90-103v)

scintillarum'. Large initial in colours with interlace decoration and a bird (f. 1). Large initials in oxidised red with penwork decoration in green (f. 17) and in red (f. 89). Initials in oxidised red or in green, with the occasional

• Detail of white vine initial 'P'(roficiscenti)., Apologeticus and various sermons

1427), Harley 3110, and Harley 2461 (in 1416/17) (see de la Mare 1985)Horizontal catchwords.Marginal commentary. 1 large white vine initial in colours and gold (f. 1). 6 plain initials In blue (f. 2, 27, 48, 50, 57v, 66v) . Rubrics,

• Detail of text page with a diagram on rainfall in the lower margin at the end of the first book of Macrobius' Commentary on Cicero's 'De somno Scipionis'., Commentary on Cicero's De somno Scipionis

53v, 70) and in the margins (ff. 12v, 28v, 37v, 42v, 43, 52v). 1 large initial in blue with a reserved design and red pen-flourishing (f. 1). Initials wanting (ff. 6v, 43v, 46v). Pointing hands, human faces and animal heads

• White vine initial 'C'(aius) with foliate extension., Epistolae, imperfect

(ff. 50, 71, 89, 110, 134). Vertical catchwords. Ruled in hardpoint.Wants the first section of text; starts at Epistolae 1.3 1 very large white vine initial in colours and gold (f. 156). 21 large white vine initals in colours and

• White vine initial 'I'(NTER) and border with wreath enclosing a blank area intended for arms, at the beginning of the text., Historia Alexandri Magni

with scrolls extending into the margin (ff. 1, 19v, 54, 74, 95v, 118v, 146, 166). White vine lower border and wreath enclosing a blank area intended for a coat of arms (f. 1). Historia Alexandri Magni Added maniculum (f. 31).

• Colophon of Johannes Jacobus de Balbis and ownership inscription of Cornelius Balbus., Satires (index Saturae, Satirae)

Vertical catchwords.f. 70 is a blank, ruled paper leaf with a 16th- or 17th- century(?) inscription. 1 large blue initial with red pen-flourishing (f. 1). 13 smaller red initials (ff. 4v, 7v, 14, 17v, 20v, 34, 38v, 54v, 58v, 61,

• Puzzle initial 'V'(alerii), and fifteenth-century ownership inscription and pressmark of the Benedictine abbey of Santa Maria ad Martyres extra Muros, Trier., Commentarius in Valerium Maximum; Facta et dicta memorabilia

and pressmark of the Benedictine abbey of Santa Maria ad Martyres extra Muros, Trier. 1 large puzzle initial in blue and red with red pen-flourishing (f. 1). 9 smaller blue and red puzzle initials with red pen-flourishing (ff. 2, 54v,

• Illuminated initial 'E'(t si) at the beginning of Cicero's Pro Milone., Orationes; Quirites

167v, 195). Marginal notes in humansitic cursive. 3 large initials in gold on coloured grounds (ff. 1, 139, 261). 27 large initials in red, 1 at the beginning of each book (ff. 14, 34, 58v, 90, 113, 152, 155v, 160v,

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uid) with interlace and intertwined animals., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 1-14v), Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 14v-48v)

an ox (f. 46). 6 large initials with interlace and zoomorphic decoration in yellow, red and green or unpainted (ff. 1, 14v, 18v, 23, 32, 41). Large interlace initial in orange, yellow, brown and green with foliate decoration (f. 41v).

• null, Old Testament (volume 1), Genesis to Ruth, with prologues

(ff. 5v, 6, 6v, 7, 8, 8v, 9). Full foliate border in blue, pink, green, yellow, and gold (f. 1). 19 large historiated initials in colours and gold and sometimes silver, with foliate decoration forming a partial border at the

• null, Old Testament (volume 1), Genesis to Ruth, with prologues

(ff. 5v, 6, 6v, 7, 8, 8v, 9). Full foliate border in blue, pink, green, yellow, and gold (f. 1). 19 large historiated initials in colours and gold and sometimes silver, with foliate decoration forming a partial border at the

• null, Old Testament (volume 1), Genesis to Ruth, with prologues

(ff. 5v, 6, 6v, 7, 8, 8v, 9). Full foliate border in blue, pink, green, yellow, and gold (f. 1). 19 large historiated initials in colours and gold and sometimes silver, with foliate decoration forming a partial border at the

• Miniature of the three estates (Church, Nobles, and Labour) in debate before Theology, Logic, Arithmetic, Geometry and Music, initial 'M'(oicti), and full border, at the beginning of Book 2., Débat de félicité

lines) in gold on red and/or blue grounds, and full borders (ff. 1, 24, 39v). Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing. Débat de félicité The Débat