• White vine initial 'B'(ucolica) at the beginning of Servius' Commentary on Virgil's Eclogues., Commentary on Virgil’s Eclogues (index Bucolica, Bucolics) (ff. 1-17); Commentary on Virgil's Georgica (index Georgics)(ff. 17v-53v); Commentary on Virgil's Aeneis (index Aeneid) (ff. 54-191v)

large white vine initials shaded with green and brown, on a pale mauve/brown, blue, and occasionally green shaded ground (ff. 1, 17v, 54). Smaller white vine initials shaded in the same way, on a pale mauve/brown and/or blue shaded ground

• Decorated initial word ~We-elleh~ (and these) with the moon, the sun and a star, at the beginning of Exodus., Pentateuch with Targum and Rashi's commentary (ff. 1-219); Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~; ff. 220-244v); ~Haftarot~ (ff. 245-288). Job with Rashi's commentary (ff. 289-307); ~Megillat Antiochus~ (ff. 309-310v)

in brown ink and red (ff. 4v, 9v, 14v, 24, 31v, 54, 57v, 132v, 220, 223v, 231, 239, 271, 298). 1 full border, in colour (f. 132v). Decorated ~parashah~ sign (f. 123). 2 microrgaphic designs (ff. 177, 177v). 2 unfinished

• ~Carmina figurata~: Rashi's commentary in the outer margin is written in the form of a fleur-de-lis., Pentateuch with Targum and Rashi's commentary (ff. 1-219); Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~; ff. 220-244v); ~Haftarot~ (ff. 245-288). Job with Rashi's commentary (ff. 289-307); ~Megillat Antiochus~ (ff. 309-310v)

in brown ink and red (ff. 4v, 9v, 14v, 24, 31v, 54, 57v, 132v, 220, 223v, 231, 239, 271, 298). 1 full border, in colour (f. 132v). Decorated ~parashah~ sign (f. 123). 2 microrgaphic designs (ff. 177, 177v). 2 unfinished

• Initial-word panel with penwork decoration and full border with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Numbers., Pentateuch with Targum and Rashi's commentary (ff. 1-219); Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~; ff. 220-244v); ~Haftarot~ (ff. 245-288). Job with Rashi's commentary (ff. 289-307); ~Megillat Antiochus~ (ff. 309-310v)

in brown ink and red (ff. 4v, 9v, 14v, 24, 31v, 54, 57v, 132v, 220, 223v, 231, 239, 271, 298). 1 full border, in colour (f. 132v). Decorated ~parashah~ sign (f. 123). 2 microrgaphic designs (ff. 177, 177v). 2 unfinished

• Main text (end of Deuteronomy and a colophon of the scribe) is written in geometrical forms; Rashi's commentary and another colophon in the outer margin are written in the form of the Hebrew word ~hazaq~ (Be strong)., Pentateuch with Targum and Rashi's commentary (ff. 1-219); Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~; ff. 220-244v); ~Haftarot~ (ff. 245-288). Job with Rashi's commentary (ff. 289-307); ~Megillat Antiochus~ (ff. 309-310v)

in brown ink and red (ff. 4v, 9v, 14v, 24, 31v, 54, 57v, 132v, 220, 223v, 231, 239, 271, 298). 1 full border, in colour (f. 132v). Decorated ~parashah~ sign (f. 123). 2 microrgaphic designs (ff. 177, 177v). 2 unfinished

• Initial-word panel with penwork decoration, at the beginning of Ruth., Pentateuch with Targum and Rashi's commentary (ff. 1-219); Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~; ff. 220-244v); ~Haftarot~ (ff. 245-288). Job with Rashi's commentary (ff. 289-307); ~Megillat Antiochus~ (ff. 309-310v)

in brown ink and red (ff. 4v, 9v, 14v, 24, 31v, 54, 57v, 132v, 220, 223v, 231, 239, 271, 298). 1 full border, in colour (f. 132v). Decorated ~parashah~ sign (f. 123). 2 microrgaphic designs (ff. 177, 177v). 2 unfinished

• ~Carmina figurata~: text written in geometrical forms. The last word of text in the outer margin, ~Avraham~, is marked., Pentateuch with Targum and Rashi's commentary (ff. 1-219); Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~; ff. 220-244v); ~Haftarot~ (ff. 245-288). Job with Rashi's commentary (ff. 289-307); ~Megillat Antiochus~ (ff. 309-310v)

in brown ink and red (ff. 4v, 9v, 14v, 24, 31v, 54, 57v, 132v, 220, 223v, 231, 239, 271, 298). 1 full border, in colour (f. 132v). Decorated ~parashah~ sign (f. 123). 2 microrgaphic designs (ff. 177, 177v). 2 unfinished

• Detail of white vine initial 'B'(ucolica) at the beginning of Servius' Commentary on Virgil's Eclogues., Commentary on Virgil’s Eclogues (index Bucolica, Bucolics) (ff. 1-17); Commentary on Virgil's Georgica (index Georgics)(ff. 17v-53v); Commentary on Virgil's Aeneis (index Aeneid) (ff. 54-191v)

large white vine initials shaded with green and brown, on a pale mauve/brown, blue, and occasionally green shaded ground (ff. 1, 17v, 54). Smaller white vine initials shaded in the same way, on a pale mauve/brown and/or blue shaded ground

• Detail of white vine initial 'B'(ucolica) at the beginning of Servius' Commentary on Virgil's Georgica., Commentary on Virgil’s Eclogues (index Bucolica, Bucolics) (ff. 1-17); Commentary on Virgil's Georgica (index Georgics)(ff. 17v-53v); Commentary on Virgil's Aeneis (index Aeneid) (ff. 54-191v)

large white vine initials shaded with green and brown, on a pale mauve/brown, blue, and occasionally green shaded ground (ff. 1, 17v, 54). Smaller white vine initials shaded in the same way, on a pale mauve/brown and/or blue shaded ground

• Illuminated initials and full border with flowers, fruits, besants and acanthus leaves on unpainted ground at the beginning of Dio Chrysostomus' De regno., Various works on morals, education and philosophy including De institutis et disciplinis juvenum (ff. 1-5), De ingenuis moribus (ff. 5-15), De liberis educandis (ff. 15v-21v), Aronus and Marina (ff. 93-96v), imperfect

flowers, fruits, besants and acanthus leaves on unpainted ground (ff. 1, 5, 43, 66, 74v, 84v, 97, 142v). 14 large initials with foliate decoration in gold and colours (ff. 1, 5, 22, 22v, 23, 36, 43, 65, 66, 67, 74v,

• Text pages., Psalter, in the Hebraicum version, with preface, and Canticles

patron of the arts: inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley '13 die Mensis Augusti, A. D. 1724' (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Puzzle initials 'D'(eclaratio) and 'S'(icut) decorated with flower motifs in the bowls of the letters and around the 'D', at the beginning of the preface of Dionysius of Ruremunda to Cassian's De institutis coenobiorum., De institutis coenobiorum, in the version of Dionysius of Ruremunda (Denys the Carthusian), with preface of Dionysius; Collationes, with list of chapters

to the lower margins throughout. Large puzzle initials in blue and red, some with flower motifs and dense penwork flourishing, 1 with possibly later flourishing in brown ink (f. 144). Smaller simple initials alternately blue and red, 2 with possibly

• null, De institutis coenobiorum, in the version of Dionysius of Ruremunda (Denys the Carthusian), with preface of Dionysius; Collationes, with list of chapters

puzzle initials in blue and red, some with flower motifs and dense penwork flourishing, 1 with possibly later flourishing in brown ink (f. 144). Smaller simple initials alternately blue and red, 2 with possibly later flourishing in the bowl in

• null, De institutis coenobiorum, in the version of Dionysius of Ruremunda (Denys the Carthusian), with preface of Dionysius; Collationes, with list of chapters

puzzle initials in blue and red, some with flower motifs and dense penwork flourishing, 1 with possibly later flourishing in brown ink (f. 144). Smaller simple initials alternately blue and red, 2 with possibly later flourishing in the bowl in

• Detail of a miniature of a man winnowing wheat., Ruralia commoda in French translation (Rustican des ruraulx prouffiz du labour des champs)

Detail of a miniature of a man winnowing wheat. Contains the Commoda Ruralia of Petrus de Crescentiis, in twelve books, in a French translation attributed to Jean Cordechon and made for Charles V of France; preceded by a list

• Detail of a miniature of three men at work pruning on a hillside., Ruralia commoda in French translation (Rustican des ruraulx prouffiz du labour des champs)

Detail of a miniature of three men at work pruning on a hillside. Contains the Commoda Ruralia of Petrus de Crescentiis, in twelve books, in a French translation attributed to Jean Cordechon and made for Charles V of France;

• Detail of a miniature of a man fishing and another one fowling, with a partial border, at the beginning of book 10., Ruralia commoda in French translation (Rustican des ruraulx prouffiz du labour des champs)

Detail of a miniature of a man fishing and another one fowling, with a partial border, at the beginning of book 10. Contains the Commoda Ruralia of Petrus de Crescentiis, in twelve books, in a French translation attributed to

• Detail of a miniature of a man seated before a fire and warming his hands during the winter; a table is laid with a meal beside him., Ruralia commoda in French translation (Rustican des ruraulx prouffiz du labour des champs)

Detail of a miniature of a man seated before a fire and warming his hands during the winter; a table is laid with a meal beside him. Contains the Commoda Ruralia of Petrus de Crescentiis, in twelve books, in

• Detail of a miniature of three men at work pruning on a hillside., Ruralia commoda in French translation (Rustican des ruraulx prouffiz du labour des champs)

Detail of a miniature of three men at work pruning on a hillside. Contains the Commoda Ruralia of Petrus de Crescentiis, in twelve books, in a French translation attributed to Jean Cordechon and made for Charles V of France;

• Detail of a miniature of a man seated before a fire and warming his hands during the winter; a table is laid with a meal beside him., Ruralia commoda in French translation (Rustican des ruraulx prouffiz du labour des champs)

Detail of a miniature of a man seated before a fire and warming his hands during the winter; a table is laid with a meal beside him. Contains the Commoda Ruralia of Petrus de Crescentiis, in twelve books, in