• 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,

• 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

• 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

• 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,

• 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).

• Puzzle initial 'P'(romissiones) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of book 17 in Augustine's De civitate dei. A 13th-century hand has corrected the capitula list in the lower margin., De Civitate Dei (index City of God)(ff. 3-177v); De trinitate (ff. 179-244v)

178).Inscribed 14th or 15th century 'honores de ferra [?ferri] ppe dicu[n]t[ur]' (on a small piece of parchment pasted onto f. 1 bearing only these words).Thomas Dryffield (d. 1513), scholar of Winchester College in 1459 and fellow of New College Oxford

• Decorated initial 'B'(eatus) with animal heads and figures at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter, with litany and additional prayers and canticles

with animal heads and figures at the beginning of Psalm 1. Calendar includes 'Herhardi episcopi' (10 January); 'Eulalie virginis' (4 February) and 'Eulalii episcopi' (23 February); Waldpurge (27 February and 1 May); Winibald (7 July, highlighted); Xixti (6 August and

• Initial 'C'(arminis) with white vine decoration., Elegiae (index Elegies) (ff. 1-55); Carmina (ff. 55v-81v); Catullus (ff. 82-113v); Priapea (ff. 113v-122v)

with foliate extensions into the margins, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 55v, 82, 113v). Smaller initials in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials in plain red or blue. Elegiae (index Elegies) (ff. 1-55); Carmina (ff. 55v-81v); Catullus

• null, Bible, with prologues

309, 309v, 310v (x3), 311, 314 (x2), 323, 323v, 324v, 325, 326, 326v, 327 (x2), 327v, 331v, ). 1 large and 1 smaller puzzle initials in red and blue, with pen-flourishing in blue and red (ff. 89v, 356v). Smaller initials

• White vine initial 'M'(undum)., Historia naturalis (index Natural history)

large white vine initial 'S'(equitur) in colours and gold (f. 176). 35 large white vine initials in colours and gold, 1 at the beginning of each book (ff. 20v, 35v, 44v, 52, 60v, 72v, 84v, 97, 107, 116v, 129, 135,

• Title in display capitals and coloured initial 'Q'., Speeches, including 'Orationes in Catilinam' (ff. 1-24), 'Ciceronis in Sallustium et invicem Invectivae' (ff. 24-29), 'Pro Marcello' (ff. 29-33v, 75-75v), and 'Pro Ligario' (ff. 75v-76v)

and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘20 die mensis Octobris, A.D. 1725’ (ff. 1, 34). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her

• White vine initial 'F'(requenter)., Letters and other texts

white vine initials in gold and colours (ff. 1, 28, 43v, 59v, 76v, 92, 106, 123, 138v). Alternating initials in red or blue. Rubrics in red. Marginal notes in red. Letters and other texts Written by Pietro Cennini in Florence

• White vine initial 'O'(mnis) at the beginning of Sallust's Catilina., Various works including Catilina (ff. 1-34v), Jugurtha (ff. 35v-100), Letter 3 from Book 15 of Petrarch's Epistulae rerum senilium (ff. 104-113), Letter to Petrarch attributed to Leonardus Brunus Aretinus

Library, Oxford, this manuscript was made in Rome or Naples. 2 large white vine initials in gold and colours (ff. 1, 35v). 2 smaller initials in blue ink (ff. 2v, 37v). Display script. Spaces for initials left blank. A few

• Three-sided white vine border in colours and gold, inhabited by birds, with the Medici coat of arms in the lower margin, supported by putti, and a white vine initial 'L'(ibros)., Historia naturalis (index Natural history)

large white vine initial 'S'(equitur) in colours and gold (f. 176). 35 large white vine initials in colours and gold, 1 at the beginning of each book (ff. 20v, 35v, 44v, 52, 60v, 72v, 84v, 97, 107, 116v, 129, 135,

• Detail of a folio: Incipit: 'ramento capitur cum cetera…' Explicit: 'quinquagenas libras lundens cumi', Historia naturalis (index Natural history)

large white vine initial 'S'(equitur) in colours and gold (f. 176). 35 large white vine initials in colours and gold, 1 at the beginning of each book (ff. 20v, 35v, 44v, 52, 60v, 72v, 84v, 97, 107, 116v, 129, 135,