• Miniature of Christ washing the feet of the Apostles., Four Gospels

Miniature of Christ washing the feet of the Apostles. The conclusions of each section of text are written in geometric shapes.Part of the 'Nicaea School', (see Carr 2005 p. 40).ff. 1* and 269 are paper leaves. 22 full-page or

• Detail of text page, Aeneis (index Aeneid) , with a verse preface (ff. 1-201); Extract from Servius on Aeneis 6 (f. 202)

large initials in gold on red and blue grounds with red, blue, and brown penwork decoration (ff. 1, 1v, 2, 16, 16v, 32v, 47, 47v, 61v, 79, 79v, 97v, 114, 114v, 129, 145v, 164, 182v). Aeneis (index Aeneid) , with

• Front cover of the red leather binding with gold tooling., Cosmographia

C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library, Oxford. 1 large white vine initial in colours and gold with a portrait of Pope Pius II (Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini) in profile (f. 1). The book is unfinished; spaces for initials throughout

• Spine of the red leather binding crafted by Thomas Elliot, one of the two binders employed by Edward Harley for this style. The gold-tooled letters of Elliot's name appear in small roundels., Cosmographia

C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library, Oxford. 1 large white vine initial in colours and gold with a portrait of Pope Pius II (Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini) in profile (f. 1). The book is unfinished; spaces for initials throughout

• Initial 'A' and border with floral decoration in gold and colours. Headpiece defaced. The arms of the Tornabuoni family of Florence in the bas-de-page., Odyssey

gold and colours, with armorial device of the Tornabuoni family of Florence in the bas-de-page (f. 1). Headpiece with a miniature defaced (f. 1). Large gold initials with decoration in gold and colours at the beginning of books. Initials, decorated

• Drawing and diagram in ink., 'Pneumatica' (index Pnematics) (ff. 3-50) and 'De automatis' (index Automata) (ff. 50v-69)

marquis de Magny, statesman and archaeologist: his bookplate (f. 1; see Wright 1972).Purchased for the Harleian library by Edward Harley on 1 May 1729: his inscription 'may: 1: 1729' (f. 1; see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley

• Partial white vine border; white vine initial 'N'(el); and the arms of the Tedaldi family of Florence or Cremona: barry ~or~ and ~gules~, a lion rampant ~azure~ overall., Trionfi (index Triumphs)

border in blue, green, and pink with 1 large white vine initial in gold and, in the lower border, a coat of arms in colours and gold on a white vine panel (f. 1). 5 small white vine initials in

• Decorated initial 'P'(ost) with foliate decoration including acanthus leaves combined with a three-sided border at the beginning of the prologue., Polychronicon to c. 1400 (imperfect)

Decorated initial 'P'(ost) with foliate decoration including acanthus leaves combined with a three-sided border at the beginning of the prologue. Includes an alphabetical index (ff. 1-10). Catchwords. Leaf signatures. 2 diagrams in red (ff. 70, 70v). Large initials in

• Coloured initials 'P'(rimus) and 'A'(braham)., Chronologia sive Libellus de mundi duratione (a treatise on the projected date of the end of the world) (ff. 2-11), Fredegar's Chronicle of Gaul (ff. 11-145v) (index Chronicles)

'A'(braham). Added marginal notations.f. 1 formerly numbered 1*.Bischoff: 9th century, France, E. Added sketch in brown ink of a bearded man, probably Hilarion (f. 1*). Initials in red and/or brown, some large, some small. Rubrics in red. Chronologia sive Libellus

• White vine initial 'E'(t si) with the head of a ?bird, wreath enclosing unidentified arms in the lower margin at the beginning of the Rhetorica ad Herennium., Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)(ff. 1-76), Synonyma ad Lucium Veturium (ff. 77-93), Epitaph of St Bernardino (f. 93v)

with the head of a ?bird, and a wreath enclosing an unidentified coat of arms in the lower margin (f. 1). Smaller coloured initials in alternating red and blue. Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)(ff. 1-76), Synonyma

• White vine initial 'H'(erbarum) with a butterfly., De viribus herbarum

White vine initial 'H'(erbarum) with a butterfly. ff. 1 and 2 are parchment flyleaves.ff. 1 and [46] are former pastedowns.Marginal notes list ailments for which the various herbs are recommended. 1 large white vine initial in gold, purple, blue and

• Decorated initial 'V'(ideo) with pen-flourishing in Cicero's In catilinam., Disputationes tusculanae (ff. 1-67v), Orationes in Catilinam (ff. 67v-85v)

part 1 (ff. 67-72v) are by the hand of Jean Blanchard and were probably written in 1463 (see Watson 1979).Catchwords written horizontally and vertically. Leaf signatures. 9 initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in the other colour (ff. 1,

• Decorated initial 'C'(armina) with acanthus leaves and naturalistic flowers at the beginning of the text., De Consolatione Philosophiae (index Consolation of Philosophy)

in gold and colours with acanthus leaves and naturalistic flowers extending into the margins at the beginning of book 1 (f. 1). A very large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in the same colours at the beginning

• Decorated initial., Miscellany of Irish texts

1926.ff. 1* - 8* should be foliated 1-8; f. 9 follows after this sequence.ff. 1, 2 are inscribed with an English account of the contents of the manuscript, giving a brief description of each one of the 22 chapters.ff. 3-9v

• Fragment of 'Gloria in excelsis Deo' with floriate spray., Gloria in Excelsis Deo (fragment)

Fragment of 'Gloria in excelsis Deo' with floriate spray. Musical notation.ff. 1* and 143 are parchment flyleaves from 15th century manuscripts. f. 1* is a calendar of saints' days. Partial border with acanthus leaves and foliate spray with pine-cones

• Pen-flourished initials 'C'(orduba); 'B'(ella); and 'Q'(uis)., Pharsalia

some framed or marked in red.Italian manuscript with initials in a Northern style. 1 large initial in blue with red and purple penwork decoration (f. 1).1 large initial in red with purple penwork decoration (f. 118v). 4 initials in

• White vine initial 'Q'(uaecumque) with a portrait of Pope Pius II (Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini) in profile., Cosmographia

C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library, Oxford. 1 large white vine initial in colours and gold with a portrait of Pope Pius II (Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini) in profile (f. 1). The book is unfinished; spaces for initials throughout

• Decorated initial 'I'(inter)., De bello hispaniensis (Liber V: anno 1412 ad 1444) (index De bello Hispano libri quinque)

small piece of the spine from a previous binding is pasted onto f. [i]. 1 large initial in colours and gold with a foliate extension (f. 1). 3 initials in blue with red penwork decoration (ff. 1v, 28v, 53). 2

• Initial 'H' with pen-work decoration., Collection of letters attributed to Hippocrates and others in Rinuccini's Latin translation, preceded by dedications to Cardinal Antonio de la Cerda y Llosa (elected 1448, d. 1459) and Pope Nicholas V (elected 1447, d. 1455) (ff. 1-1v)

1447, d. 1455) (ff. 1-1v) Sparse marginalia in a contemporary hand.John Gibson (fl. 1720-1726), dealer: sold to Edward Harley on 1 June 1720 (see Wright and Wright 1966; Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724),

• Historiated initial 'Q'(uantum) with foliate extensions and a man in academic dress (probably Aristotle)., Compendium of natural philosophy

1* is a paper flyleaf with a table of contents.Vertical catchwords. 1 large initial in colours with foliate extensions and a man in academic dress (probably Aristotle) (f. 1). Plain initials in red. Some rubrics and marginal notes in red,