• Detail: initial-word panel decorated with a floral border, at the beginning of the Haggadah., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~), Italian rite, volume 1

127v, 131v, 137). Numerous initial-word panels decorated with pen-flourishing, in blue and red ink. 1 micrography (f. 18v). Festival prayer book (~mahzor~), Italian rite, volume 1 Jacob ben Solomon: inscribed with his name (f. 1).Marchion: inscribed with his name (ff.

• Decorated initials 'T'(his) and 'S'(omtyme) with acanthus leaves combined with a partial bar border with acanthus leaves and foliate feathering, at the beginning of the text. Ownership inscription of William Lambarde in the upper right corner., The Prose Brut Chronicle of England (extended version to 1419)

in colours and gold with acanthus leaves combined with a partial bar border with acanthus leaves and foliate feathering (f. 1). Smaller initials in blue with red pen-flourishing including foliate motifs. Paraphs in red or blue. The Prose Brut Chronicle

• Illuminated full border decorated with flowers and berries, illuminated initial; an empty roundel for arms in the lower border., 'De curatione diuturnorum morborum' (ff. 2-7v, 183v-212), 'De causis et signis acutorum morborum' (ff. 8-118), and 'De curatione acutorum morborum' (ff. 118-183v)

(ff. 118-183v), including tables of contents (ff. 118-118v, 153v-154);De curatione diuturnorum morborum, Book 1, imperfect (ff. 183v-203v), including table of contents (ff. 183v-184);De curatione diuturnorum morborum, Book 1 chs 8 and 9, and Book 2 chs 12-13 (ff. 204-205, 206-210v,

• Inscription in gold and silver on a purple background, beginning 'Heac est specio/sa quadriga luci/flua', and relating to a lost miniature of the symbols of the Evangelists., Gospels, imperfect (the 'Royal Bible')

inscriptions in gold and silver relating to (lost) miniatures (ff. 1, 30, 44). Canon tables in colours and gold with zoomorphic decoration in the 'Trewhiddle Style' (ff. 4- 6). 1 outline initial with zoomorphic decoration (f. 42). Gospels, imperfect (the

• Incipit page with a miniature of an ox, the symbol of Luke, with God the Father above, and an illuminated initial 'Q'(uoniam), at the beginning of Luke., Gospels, imperfect (the 'Royal Bible')

inscriptions in gold and silver relating to (lost) miniatures (ff. 1, 30, 44). Canon tables in colours and gold with zoomorphic decoration in the 'Trewhiddle Style' (ff. 4- 6). 1 outline initial with zoomorphic decoration (f. 42). Gospels, imperfect (the

• Inscription in gold and silver on a purple background, beginning 'Hic Gabriel an/gelus Zacharie / sacerdoti in / templo d[omi]ni ap/paruit', and relating to a lost miniature of the Annunciation to Zacharias., Gospels, imperfect (the 'Royal Bible')

inscriptions in gold and silver relating to (lost) miniatures (ff. 1, 30, 44). Canon tables in colours and gold with zoomorphic decoration in the 'Trewhiddle Style' (ff. 4- 6). 1 outline initial with zoomorphic decoration (f. 42). Gospels, imperfect (the

• Text page with coloured initials., The Consolation of Philosophy, Books 1-5 (index De consolatione philosophiae) (ff. 1-23v), 'Mythologiae', Books 1-3 (ff. 24-35v), 'De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii', Books 1-9 (ff. 39-102)

and interlinear 10th- and possibly 11th-century glosses (see Bergmann and Stricker 2005).Musical notation: neumes, Germany, 10th century (f. 1) and 11th century (f. 3). Titles in display capitals and initials coloured in red or purple. The Consolation of Philosophy, Books

• Text page with coloured initials., The Consolation of Philosophy, Books 1-5 (index De consolatione philosophiae) (ff. 1-23v), 'Mythologiae', Books 1-3 (ff. 24-35v), 'De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii', Books 1-9 (ff. 39-102)

and interlinear 10th- and possibly 11th-century glosses (see Bergmann and Stricker 2005).Musical notation: neumes, Germany, 10th century (f. 1) and 11th century (f. 3). Titles in display capitals and initials coloured in red or purple. The Consolation of Philosophy, Books

• Text page with coloured initials., The Consolation of Philosophy, Books 1-5 (index De consolatione philosophiae) (ff. 1-23v), 'Mythologiae', Books 1-3 (ff. 24-35v), 'De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii', Books 1-9 (ff. 39-102)

and interlinear 10th- and possibly 11th-century glosses (see Bergmann and Stricker 2005).Musical notation: neumes, Germany, 10th century (f. 1) and 11th century (f. 3). Titles in display capitals and initials coloured in red or purple. The Consolation of Philosophy, Books

• Text page with rubric and initials in colours, and added interlinear glosses., The Consolation of Philosophy, Books 1-5 (index De consolatione philosophiae) (ff. 1-23v), 'Mythologiae', Books 1-3 (ff. 24-35v), 'De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii', Books 1-9 (ff. 39-102)

(ff. 35v-39).Marginal and interlinear 10th- and possibly 11th-century glosses (see Bergmann and Stricker 2005).Musical notation: neumes, Germany, 10th century (f. 1) and 11th century (f. 3). Titles in display capitals and initials coloured in red or purple. The Consolation of

• Puzzle initial 'P'(oule) at the beginning of I Corinthians., Wycliffite Bible, New Testament (Later Version)

Puzzle initial 'P'(oule) at the beginning of I Corinthians. Catchwords.Red paper star stuck on f. 135v, in Acts.ff. 1* and 1** are paper flyleaves. Puzzle initials in red and blue with red pen-flourishing (ff. 2, 22, 59, 75, 82v,

• Decorated initial 'M'(arcianus) at the beginning of book 5., Polychronicon with a continuation to the reign of Richard II (c. 1398), imperfect at the end, vol. 2

volumes: vol. 1 is Harley 1728. The text of this volume starts at the end of book 3.Catchwords. 4 initials in colours and gold with foliate decoration including acanthus and kidney-shaped leaves extending into the margins (ff. 1, 32, 70,

• Ink drawings of Noah's Ark and decorated initials with pen-flourishing in book 2., Polychronicon with a continuation to the reign of Richard II (c. 1398), vol. 1

with pen-flourishing in book 2. This manuscript is volume 1 of 2 volumes: vol. 2 is Harley 1729.Catchwords.f. 8 is ruled but unwritten. f. [102] is from a 14th-century lliturgical manuscript with a few initials and signs of the cross

• Decorated initial 'T'(his) at the beginning of the text., The Prose Brut Chronicle of England (abbreviated version to 1419)

Decorated initial 'T'(his) at the beginning of the text. ff. 1* and 107 are former pastedowns with added inscriptions.Catchwords written horizontally.Explicit: 'Here endith a book callyd the Croniclis of Englonde made & compilid by notabil Clerkis of aventuris of

• Decorated initial 'G'(audeamus)with acanthus leaves and foliate feathering., Masses

foliate feathering. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Inscription on a scroll in brown ink in the margin of f. 1. Capitals marked in yellow. Masses ff. 1-8vMade for Alicia Ligh, widow of John Ligh, of Chippenham, Wiltshire, 15th century:

• Coloured initial with pen-flourished decoration extending into the margins., Ruralium commodorum opus (index De agricultura; Ruralia commoda), Books 1-11, imperfect

five leaves at the beginning and several others at the end: the text therefore begins at Book 1, chapter 3, and ends at Book 11, chapter 45, wanting part of Book 11 and the entire Book 12. Other leaves were

• Decorated line-filler and initials, and figure of division., Commentaries on Aristotle's 'Organon' (ff. 1-103) and Hermogenes (ff. 117-132); 'Institutio physica' (ff. 135-138v).

inserted by Bessarion. Decorated headpiece, line-filler and initial in red (f. 1). Decorated line-fillers and initials, rubrics, figures of division, and diagrams in red. Commentaries on Aristotle's 'Organon' (ff. 1-103) and Hermogenes (ff. 117-132); 'Institutio physica' (ff. 135-138v). Johannes Bessarion

• Puzzle initial 'I'(n the bigi[n]nyng) with pen-flourishing including foliate motifs extending into the margins at the beginning of the Harmony of the Gospels attributed to 'Clement of Lantonye'., Vol. 1: Oon of Foure (English translation of the Harmony of the Gospels) (index Gospel Harmony), Vol. 2: Wycliffite New Testament, in the later version, including the Pauline Epistles, Acts of the Apostles, Book of Revelation, etc.

'lessouns pistlis and gospels that ben red in the churche after the usse of salisburi' for the whole year (f. 1). Ending with a calendar in English (ff. 139-144v), including Wolston, Oswalde, Chadde, Edward, Cuthbert, George (in red), Arke[n]wold, Dunston,

• Detail of a miniature of Charlemagne at a table receiving a letter, with a partial border and a foliate initial 'O'(r dist)., Renaut de Montauban (or Les Quatre Fils Aimon)

Henry VI in 1445; and Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, 40.1950, the 'John Talbot Book of Hours'.Catchwords and bifolium signatures. 1 large (f. 1) and 4 one-column miniatures in colours and gold, with partial ivy borders and foliate initials in colours and

• Detail of a miniature of Charlemagne, on a pilgrimage, passing Montauban., Renaut de Montauban (or Les Quatre Fils Aimon)

Henry VI in 1445; and Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, 40.1950, the 'John Talbot Book of Hours'.Catchwords and bifolium signatures. 1 large (f. 1) and 4 one-column miniatures in colours and gold, with partial ivy borders and foliate initials in colours and