• Historiated initial 'E'(t) with an old man, and a full border with heraldic arms in the lower margin, at the beginning of Pseudo-Cicero's Rhetorica ad Herennium., Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium), with glosses

arms in the lower margin, at the beginning of Pseudo-Cicero's Rhetorica ad Herennium. 1 historiated initial with a full border, in part foliate, with a bird, putti and a ram?, in colours and gold, and in part pen-flourished in red

• Decorated initial incorporating heraldic arms, at the beginning of a Breviary., Ordinal, and noted Breviary, Use of Sarum (ff. 1-100), Metrologus de plana musica (ff. 100-117v), Offences which deserve excommunication (f. 118, fragment)

he was known as Lord Poynings.Musical notation. 1 large initial in gold on a ground in blue and red, incorporating heraldic arms, and a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 1). Small initials (2-3 lines) in gold with

• Historiated initial 'E'(t) with an old man, at the beginning of Pseudo-Cicero's Rhetorica ad Herennium., Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium), with glosses

at the beginning of Pseudo-Cicero's Rhetorica ad Herennium. 1 historiated initial with a full border, in part foliate, with a bird, putti and a ram?, in colours and gold, and in part pen-flourished in red and blue with shell-gold infill,

• Heraldic arms in the lower margin, at the beginning of Pseudo-Cicero's Rhetorica ad Herennium., Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium), with glosses

the beginning of Pseudo-Cicero's Rhetorica ad Herennium. 1 historiated initial with a full border, in part foliate, with a bird, putti and a ram?, in colours and gold, and in part pen-flourished in red and blue with shell-gold infill, with

• Initial 'I'(n) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of book 2 of Pseudo-Cicero's Rhetorica ad Herennium., Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium), with glosses

of book 2 of Pseudo-Cicero's Rhetorica ad Herennium. 1 historiated initial with a full border, in part foliate, with a bird, putti and a ram?, in colours and gold, and in part pen-flourished in red and blue with shell-gold infill,

• Foliate initial 'C'(ogitanti) and part of the full border, at the beginning of Cicero's De oratore., De oratore (ff. 1-88); De senectute (ff. 89-101); De amicitia (ff. 101v-116v); De optimo genere oratorum (ff. 116v-118v)

the beginning of Cicero's De oratore. 1 full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 1).1 partial foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 89). Large foliate initials, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 26v, 64, 89). 2 large

• Lower part of the full border, at the beginning of Cicero's De oratore., De oratore (ff. 1-88); De senectute (ff. 89-101); De amicitia (ff. 101v-116v); De optimo genere oratorum (ff. 116v-118v)

the beginning of Cicero's De oratore. 1 full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 1).1 partial foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 89). Large foliate initials, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 26v, 64, 89). 2 large

• Detail of illuminated initial., De oratore (ff. 1-88); De senectute (ff. 89-101); De amicitia (ff. 101v-116v); De optimo genere oratorum (ff. 116v-118v)

Detail of illuminated initial. 1 full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 1).1 partial foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 89). Large foliate initials, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 26v, 64, 89). 2 large initials in

• Decorated initial 'H'(erbarum) at the beginning of De viribus herbarum., Various texts including Liber facetus (index Urbanus) (ff. 1-12); De viribus herbarum (ff. 13-66); Res rusticae (index De re rustica) (index De agricultura) (ff. 67-115)

Decorated initial 'H'(erbarum) at the beginning of De viribus herbarum. The Herbarum and De re rustica begin with a list of contents (ff. 13-14v and ff. 67-70v).A composite manuscript comprising of two parts made around the same period: ff.

• Decorated initial sumounted by a crown and border with pen-work decoration., Composite miscellany including 'De disciplina scholarium', imperfect (ff. 1-8v), Horace's 'Ars poetica' (ff. 25-34) and 'Epistolae' (ff. 34v-40), Bernardus Silvestris's 'Experimentarius' (ff. 43-45)

book collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley, ‘18 Januarij, 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

• Text pages with interspersed drawings of surgical instruments., Collection of medical texts, including 'Chirurgia' (ff. 1-54v), 'De regimine stomachi' (ff. 55-68), and 'Consilia' (ff. 68v-87v)

55-68);Taddeo Alderotti, 'Consilia' (ff. 68v-87v);Medical annotations and recipes (ff. 87v-90v). Large puzzle initial in blue with pen-flourishing in red (f. 1). Large initials in blue with pen-flourishing in red and blue (ff. 2, 10v, 44). Drawings of surgical instruments interspersed

• Large puzzle initial 'P' with pen-flourishing., Collection of medical texts, including 'Chirurgia' (ff. 1-54v), 'De regimine stomachi' (ff. 55-68), and 'Consilia' (ff. 68v-87v)

55-68);Taddeo Alderotti, 'Consilia' (ff. 68v-87v);Medical annotations and recipes (ff. 87v-90v). Large puzzle initial in blue with pen-flourishing in red (f. 1). Large initials in blue with pen-flourishing in red and blue (ff. 2, 10v, 44). Drawings of surgical instruments interspersed

• Detail of an historiated initial 'O'(yez) of a woman holding a book and kneeling before Paul, at the beginning of the Miroir de l'âme., Speculum animae in French translation (Miroir de l'âme)

25v, 135, 138, 172v). 1 'champ' initial in silver on blue and rose ground with penwork decoration in silver and white, with foliate extensions forming a partial border, at the beginning of the prologue (f. 1). Puzzle initials in red

• Coloured initial., Kalendaria (ff. 1-12v); Astronomical treatises

Hunt). James Orchard Halliwell-[Phillipps] (b. 1820, d. 1889), antiquary and literary scholar: inscription 'No. 61' (f. 1); his ink stamp 'Bibliotheca Halliwelliana' (f. 1); catalogued for sale, 27 June 1840, lot 67, but withdrawn, along with the other manuscripts, all

• Illuminated initial 'Q'(uoniam) with a three-sided border with acanthus leaves, flowers and foliate feathering, at the beginning of the text., Speculum historiale

(f. 147).f. 285v is blank. Large foliate initial with a three-sided border with acanthus leaves, flowers and foliate feathering (f. 1). Large initials in colours and gold with foliate feathering extending into the margin (ff. 5v, 6, 31v, 54, 70v,

• Decorated initial 'C'(um) with acanthus motifs and two dragons., De arte grammatica: libri 16 priores

Decorated initial 'C'(um) with acanthus motifs and two dragons. 1 very large initial in brown and green ink with acanthus motifs and 2 dragons (f. 1).1 very large zoomorphic initial in brown ink with acathus motifs and 2 hybrid

• Zoomorphic initial 'Q'(uanquam), the tail formed of a winged dragon-like creature; the lower margin with a partial border incorporating the Gonzaga arms, at the beginning of Cicero's Orationes., Orationes

partial border incorporating the Gonzaga arms, at the beginning of Cicero's Orationes. 1 large zoomorphic initial, in colours and gold, with a partial border incorporating heraldic arms (f. 1). Small foliate initials in muted colours, at the start of each

• Initial 'A'(nimadverti) with foliate decoration at the beginning of Cicero's Pro Cluentio., Orationes

Initial 'A'(nimadverti) with foliate decoration at the beginning of Cicero's Pro Cluentio. 1 large zoomorphic initial, in colours and gold, with a partial border incorporating heraldic arms (f. 1). Small foliate initials in muted colours, at the start of each

• Decorated initial 'V'(erbum), at the beginning of the Tractatus super oratione dominica; in the lower margin, inscription of the Carthusians of Mainz., Dialogus rationis, and other theological tracts

Carthusian abbey of Mainz, 15th century: inscribed 'Iste liber est fr(atru)m Carthus(iensium) p(ro)pe Mogu(n)cia(m)' (f. 1, cf. ff. 61v, 62). Inscribed 'Z 346' (f. 1, crossed through); similar inscriptions consisting of a 'Z' followed by a number are found in

• null, Orationes

1 large zoomorphic initial, in colours and gold, with a partial border incorporating heraldic arms (f. 1). Small foliate initials in muted colours, at the start of each speech (ff. 14, 35, 54v, 60v, 95v, 111v, 129v, 137, 142v, 147v,