• Text page., Commentary on the Canon Medicinae by Avicenna, Book I, Fen I

II Arbaleste (d. 1570), counsellor in the Parliament of Paris and bibliophile: his arms and motto 'Ingenium superat vires' (f. 1, lower border).Pierre Séguier (index Seguier) (b. 1588, d. 1672), count of Gien, chancellor of France from 1635 (see Wright

• Mniature of a doctor in an ermine coat and red hat (Avicenna?) standing in a large gothic hall, with a decorated initial 'D' in colours and gold., Commentary on the Canon Medicinae by Avicenna, Book I, Fen II

II Arbaleste (d. 1570), counsellor in the Parliament of Paris and bibliophile: his arms and motto 'Ingenium superat vires' (f. 1, lower border).Pierre Séguier (index Seguier) (b. 1588, d. 1672), count of Gien, chancellor of France from 1635 (see Wright

• Miniature of Galen visiting a kneeling patient and touching his head, with a spray border in colours and gold with foliate tendrils, small leaves, flowers and berries. Arbaleste's arms and motto 'Ingenium superat vires' in the lower margin., Commentary on the Canon Medicinae by Avicenna, Book III, Fen I

and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘5 Septembris, 1720’ (unfoliated flyleaf before f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Historiated initial of a doctor in a blue coat with ermine collar and red hat, seated on a stall in front of a round lectern and lecturing an audience of seated pupils in a hall with decorated tapestry, with a spray border in colours and gold with foliate tendrils, small leaves, and flowers and berries., Commentary on the Canon Medicinae by Avicenna, Book IV, Fen I

II Arbaleste (d. 1570), counsellor in the Parliament of Paris and bibliophile: his arms and motto 'Ingenium superat vires' (f. 1, lower border).Pierre Séguier (index Seguier) (b. 1588, d. 1672), count of Gien, chancellor of France from 1635 (see Wright

• Decorated initial 'D' in blue with white tracery on gold ground, with foliate decoration extending in the border., Commentary on the Canon Medicinae by Avicenna, Book IV, Fen I

II Arbaleste (d. 1570), counsellor in the Parliament of Paris and bibliophile: his arms and motto 'Ingenium superat vires' (f. 1, lower border).Pierre Séguier (index Seguier) (b. 1588, d. 1672), count of Gien, chancellor of France from 1635 (see Wright

• An astrological diagram of the phases of the sun and moon, with vovelles., Miscellany with various astronomical, calendrical, medical, and philosophical texts

the sun and moon, with vovelles. f. 1, a parchment leaf, is a former pastedown.Harley 3719 has two different tables of contents (ff. 1v, 4v), referring to the present volume, a table of contents relating to Girard of Paris' commentary

• Detail of a miniature of a bloodletting man with one foot in a bleeding pan and a spindle in his hand., Miscellany with various astronomical, calendrical, medical, and philosophical texts

in a bleeding pan and a spindle in his hand. f. 1, a parchment leaf, is a former pastedown.Harley 3719 has two different tables of contents (ff. 1v, 4v), referring to the present volume, a table of contents relating to

• A diagram of the sphere of life and death used in prognostication., Miscellany with various astronomical, calendrical, medical, and philosophical texts

life and death used in prognostication. f. 1, a parchment leaf, is a former pastedown.Harley 3719 has two different tables of contents (ff. 1v, 4v), referring to the present volume, a table of contents relating to Girard of Paris' commentary

• Historiated initial 'D' representing Avicenna teaching two pupils., Commentary on the Canon Medicinae by Avicenna, Book I, Fen I

II Arbaleste (d. 1570), counsellor in the Parliament of Paris and bibliophile: his arms and motto 'Ingenium superat vires' (f. 1, lower border).Pierre Séguier (index Seguier) (b. 1588, d. 1672), count of Gien, chancellor of France from 1635 (see Wright

• Partial border with birds, acanthus and floral motifs, and a large decorated initial 'T'(uis); the lower margin has been cut off., De vita activa et contemplativa

with birds, acanthus and floral motifs, and a large decorated initial 'T'(uis); the lower margin has been cut off (f. 1). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, some with green penwork decoration. Large initials in red with blue pen-flourishing.

• Detail of faceted initial 'D'(e) with a pair of dolphins, and, in the border, a lioness seizing a ram and the arms and mottos of Aragon: BIEN ELIR and SUST[I]NIRE., De Antiquitates Judaicae and Vetustate Judaica

de la Mare 1985..Vertical catchwords. Architectural frontispiece with coat of arms, and an author portrait in the historiated initial (f. 1). 22 large initials with classical motifs, and partial borders with foliate decoration in colours and gold at the beginning

• Front cover of brown leather with gold tooling, the arms of George II and the date, 1757., Constituciones artis gemetrie secundum Euclyde: a poem on the craft of Masonry

artis gemetrie secundum Euclyde: a poem on the craft of Masonry John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673): his monogram (ff. 1, 32v) and included in the catalogue of his library left to his grandson Charles Theyer (b. 1651): see [Edward

• Text page., Constituciones artis gemetrie secundum Euclyde: a poem on the craft of Masonry

artis gemetrie secundum Euclyde: a poem on the craft of Masonry John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673): his monogram (ff. 1, 32v) and included in the catalogue of his library left to his grandson Charles Theyer (b. 1651): see [Edward

• Text page., Constituciones artis gemetrie secundum Euclyde: a poem on the craft of Masonry

artis gemetrie secundum Euclyde: a poem on the craft of Masonry John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673): his monogram (ff. 1, 32v) and included in the catalogue of his library left to his grandson Charles Theyer (b. 1651): see [Edward

• Badges of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I and Elisabeth I., Book of royal arms and badges from Brute to James I

d. 1625), king of Scotland, England, and Ireland: given to him by William Segar as a New Year Gift on 1 January 1605 and listed in the New Year Gift Roll, now Additional 15649 (see Godfrey 1963).The Harley Collection, formed

• Arms and badge of James I., Book of royal arms and badges from Brute to James I

d. 1625), king of Scotland, England, and Ireland: given to him by William Segar as a New Year Gift on 1 January 1605 and listed in the New Year Gift Roll, now Additional 15649 (see Godfrey 1963).The Harley Collection, formed

• Decorated initials 'P'(ostea) and 'I'(n)., Sermones in evangelium S. Johannis (Sermons on the Gospel of John)

book collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley, '8 die Septembris 1720)' (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Historiated initial 'Q'(ui) of Christ carrying the cross., De imitatione Christi

the cross. Horizontal catchwords.Ruled in hard point. 1 historiated initial in gold and colours of Christ carrying the cross at the beginning of the first book (f. 3v). 3 large initials in red or blue at the beginning of books

• Decorated initial 'D'(e partibus) at the beginning of Georgius Trapezuntius' text., De quatuor declinabilibus partibus ex Prisciani compendium

text in 1471.Catchwords written vertically. Leaf signatures.ff. i-iii are blank flyleaves.Composite codex. Large initial in blue with red pen-flourishing (f. 1). Large coloured initials in red or blue, some with reserved lines, others with a small amount of penwork decoration

• Decorated initial 'P'(ascales) at the beginning of Sedulius's Carmen paschale, with simple red decoration in the bowl of the letter., Carmen paschale, and related material, including the Epistola ad Macedonium, and Hymnus I, and a list of contents

24v, for a list of contents of the composite manuscript; inscribed ‘Seduli(us) & p(ro)sp(er). Glosati’ in a formal script (f. 1, top margin; the Prosper is now Burney 344). Simple red or green initials, some decorated with the other colour