• Text page., Sir John Paston's 'Grete Booke', a miscellany, including the challenge of an Auncestre of Therle of Warrewik (ff. 16-17v); the tournament between Lord Scales and the Bastard of Burgundy (ff. 18-22v; 29v-43)

Gilbert/Willm Dethick Garter' (f. 1); inscription 'Sr Gilbert Garter/ Roy d'Ams' (f. 218).Sir William Dethick (b. 1543, d. 1612), herald and antiquary, the second son of Sir Gilbert Dethick: inscription 'Sr Gilbert/Willm Dethick Garter' (f. 1); perhaps his hand in

• Cadel., Sir John Paston's 'Grete Booke', a miscellany, including the challenge of an Auncestre of Therle of Warrewik (ff. 16-17v); the tournament between Lord Scales and the Bastard of Burgundy (ff. 18-22v; 29v-43)

Gilbert/Willm Dethick Garter' (f. 1); inscription 'Sr Gilbert Garter/ Roy d'Ams' (f. 218).Sir William Dethick (b. 1543, d. 1612), herald and antiquary, the second son of Sir Gilbert Dethick: inscription 'Sr Gilbert/Willm Dethick Garter' (f. 1); perhaps his hand in

• Text page., Sir John Paston's 'Grete Booke', a miscellany, including the challenge of an Auncestre of Therle of Warrewik (ff. 16-17v); the tournament between Lord Scales and the Bastard of Burgundy (ff. 18-22v; 29v-43)

Gilbert/Willm Dethick Garter' (f. 1); inscription 'Sr Gilbert Garter/ Roy d'Ams' (f. 218).Sir William Dethick (b. 1543, d. 1612), herald and antiquary, the second son of Sir Gilbert Dethick: inscription 'Sr Gilbert/Willm Dethick Garter' (f. 1); perhaps his hand in

• Decorated initial., Sir John Paston's 'Grete Booke', a miscellany, including the challenge of an Auncestre of Therle of Warrewik (ff. 16-17v); the tournament between Lord Scales and the Bastard of Burgundy (ff. 18-22v; 29v-43)

Gilbert/Willm Dethick Garter' (f. 1); inscription 'Sr Gilbert Garter/ Roy d'Ams' (f. 218).Sir William Dethick (b. 1543, d. 1612), herald and antiquary, the second son of Sir Gilbert Dethick: inscription 'Sr Gilbert/Willm Dethick Garter' (f. 1); perhaps his hand in

• Decorated initial 'F'(irst) at the beginning of a description of the order of service for the coronation of kings and queens of England, and in the lower margin, the crest of Sir Thomas Wriothesley (d. 1534), herald, with the letters 'Th' Wr'., Sir John Paston's 'Grete Booke', a miscellany, including the challenge of an Auncestre of Therle of Warrewik (ff. 16-17v); the tournament between Lord Scales and the Bastard of Burgundy (ff. 18-22v; 29v-43)

Gilbert/Willm Dethick Garter' (f. 1); inscription 'Sr Gilbert Garter/ Roy d'Ams' (f. 218).Sir William Dethick (b. 1543, d. 1612), herald and antiquary, the second son of Sir Gilbert Dethick: inscription 'Sr Gilbert/Willm Dethick Garter' (f. 1); perhaps his hand in

• Decorated initial 'G'(od) at the beginning of John Lydgate's Book of Governance of Kings and Princes., Sir John Paston's 'Grete Booke', a miscellany, including the challenge of an Auncestre of Therle of Warrewik (ff. 16-17v); the tournament between Lord Scales and the Bastard of Burgundy (ff. 18-22v; 29v-43)

Gilbert/Willm Dethick Garter' (f. 1); inscription 'Sr Gilbert Garter/ Roy d'Ams' (f. 218).Sir William Dethick (b. 1543, d. 1612), herald and antiquary, the second son of Sir Gilbert Dethick: inscription 'Sr Gilbert/Willm Dethick Garter' (f. 1); perhaps his hand in

• Decorated initial 'F'(irst) at the beginning of a description of the order of service for the coronation of kings and queens of England., Sir John Paston's 'Grete Booke', a miscellany, including the challenge of an Auncestre of Therle of Warrewik (ff. 16-17v); the tournament between Lord Scales and the Bastard of Burgundy (ff. 18-22v; 29v-43)

Gilbert/Willm Dethick Garter' (f. 1); inscription 'Sr Gilbert Garter/ Roy d'Ams' (f. 218).Sir William Dethick (b. 1543, d. 1612), herald and antiquary, the second son of Sir Gilbert Dethick: inscription 'Sr Gilbert/Willm Dethick Garter' (f. 1); perhaps his hand in

• Crest of Sir Thomas Wriothesley (d. 1534), herald, with the letters 'Th' Wr'., Sir John Paston's 'Grete Booke', a miscellany, including the challenge of an Auncestre of Therle of Warrewik (ff. 16-17v); the tournament between Lord Scales and the Bastard of Burgundy (ff. 18-22v; 29v-43)

Gilbert/Willm Dethick Garter' (f. 1); inscription 'Sr Gilbert Garter/ Roy d'Ams' (f. 218).Sir William Dethick (b. 1543, d. 1612), herald and antiquary, the second son of Sir Gilbert Dethick: inscription 'Sr Gilbert/Willm Dethick Garter' (f. 1); perhaps his hand in

• null, Sir John Paston's 'Grete Booke', a miscellany, including the challenge of an Auncestre of Therle of Warrewik (ff. 16-17v); the tournament between Lord Scales and the Bastard of Burgundy (ff. 18-22v; 29v-43)

Gilbert/Willm Dethick Garter' (f. 1); inscription 'Sr Gilbert Garter/ Roy d'Ams' (f. 218).Sir William Dethick (b. 1543, d. 1612), herald and antiquary, the second son of Sir Gilbert Dethick: inscription 'Sr Gilbert/Willm Dethick Garter' (f. 1); perhaps his hand in

• Text page, from Suetonius's De Vita Caesarum., De vita Caesarum (index XII Caesars)

Text page, from Suetonius's De Vita Caesarum. 1 large white-vine initial, accompanied by a three-sided white-vine border, including heraldic arms in the lower margin, in colours and gold (f. 1). 11 smaller white-vine initials, in colours and gold (ff. 30v,

• Illuminated initial on a text page., 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

• Detail of historiated initial of God creating the world, at the beginning of Genesis., Old Testament (volume 1), Genesis to Ruth, with prologues

gold (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

• Detail of Creation miniatures, in the lower margin at the beginning of Genesis., Old Testament (volume 1), Genesis to Ruth, with prologues

gold (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

• Detail of miniature of the Fall, in the lower margin., Old Testament (volume 1), Genesis to Ruth, with prologues

gold (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

• Detail of a miniature of the Creation of Eve., Old Testament (volume 1), Genesis to Ruth, with prologues

gold (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

• Detail of a miniature of the Expulsion., Old Testament (volume 1), Genesis to Ruth, with prologues

gold (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

• Detail of miniatures of Noah's ark in the lower margin., Old Testament (volume 1), Genesis to Ruth, with prologues

gold (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

• 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,

• 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

• 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