• Detail of Priam and another king in tents., Historia destructionis Troiae in a French translation

France in 1380 (f. 1).Catchwords. 34 miniatures in colours and gold with partial borders, at the beginning of books (ff. 1, 3, 4, 8v, 11v, 14v, 17v, 20, 24v, 25v, 28, 30, 32v, 39, 47, 48v, 50, 51v, 55, 58,

• Detail of a miniature of negotiations for peace., Historia destructionis Troiae in a French translation

France in 1380 (f. 1).Catchwords. 34 miniatures in colours and gold with partial borders, at the beginning of books (ff. 1, 3, 4, 8v, 11v, 14v, 17v, 20, 24v, 25v, 28, 30, 32v, 39, 47, 48v, 50, 51v, 55, 58,

• Detail of a miniature of the murder of Agamemnon., Historia destructionis Troiae in a French translation

France in 1380 (f. 1).Catchwords. 34 miniatures in colours and gold with partial borders, at the beginning of books (ff. 1, 3, 4, 8v, 11v, 14v, 17v, 20, 24v, 25v, 28, 30, 32v, 39, 47, 48v, 50, 51v, 55, 58,

• Detail of a miniature of the death of Aegisthus., Historia destructionis Troiae in a French translation

France in 1380 (f. 1).Catchwords. 34 miniatures in colours and gold with partial borders, at the beginning of books (ff. 1, 3, 4, 8v, 11v, 14v, 17v, 20, 24v, 25v, 28, 30, 32v, 39, 47, 48v, 50, 51v, 55, 58,

• Detail of a miniature of the death of Philisthenes and Menelippus., Historia destructionis Troiae in a French translation

France in 1380 (f. 1).Catchwords. 34 miniatures in colours and gold with partial borders, at the beginning of books (ff. 1, 3, 4, 8v, 11v, 14v, 17v, 20, 24v, 25v, 28, 30, 32v, 39, 47, 48v, 50, 51v, 55, 58,

• Detail of a miniature of the death of Telegonus., Historia destructionis Troiae in a French translation

France in 1380 (f. 1).Catchwords. 34 miniatures in colours and gold with partial borders, at the beginning of books (ff. 1, 3, 4, 8v, 11v, 14v, 17v, 20, 24v, 25v, 28, 30, 32v, 39, 47, 48v, 50, 51v, 55, 58,

• Symbols highlighted in green, in the chapter 'De notis sententiarum.', Etymologiae

Aug[us]tini Cant', 14th century (f. 1); included in the catalogue of the library of St. Augustine's abbey of between 1375-1420 transcribed in 1475-1497, no. 427.Old Royal Library: red seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1); included in the 1698

• Text page with figures highlighted in green, in the chapter 3, 'De figuris'., Etymologiae

Aug[us]tini Cant', 14th century (f. 1); included in the catalogue of the library of St. Augustine's abbey of between 1375-1420 transcribed in 1475-1497, no. 427.Old Royal Library: red seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1); included in the 1698

• Diagram of affinity., Etymologiae

Aug[us]tini Cant', 14th century (f. 1); included in the catalogue of the library of St. Augustine's abbey of between 1375-1420 transcribed in 1475-1497, no. 427.Old Royal Library: red seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1); included in the 1698

• Diagram of a 'T-O' map of the inhabited world, showing the relative positions of the three continents., Etymologiae

Aug[us]tini Cant', 14th century (f. 1); included in the catalogue of the library of St. Augustine's abbey of between 1375-1420 transcribed in 1475-1497, no. 427.Old Royal Library: red seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1); included in the 1698

• Diagram of the positions of the moon and drawings of the forms of the moon., Etymologiae

Aug[us]tini Cant', 14th century (f. 1); included in the catalogue of the library of St. Augustine's abbey of between 1375-1420 transcribed in 1475-1497, no. 427.Old Royal Library: red seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1); included in the 1698

• Drawing of Aldhelm standing at a lectern with a book opened on the first words of his treatise 'Iam / dudu[m] / ad pon/tifica/le pro/ficisce[n]s', with an inscription 'S. ALDELM[US] EPC'., De laudibus virginitatis

pon/tifica/le pro/ficisce[n]s', with an inscription 'S. ALDELM[US] EPC'. Includes capitula written by a different hand (ff. 3-7). The flyleaves, ff. 1, 120 are two leaves of the original manuscript substituted in the 11th century with ff. 116-117. 2 large initials

• Decorated initial 'R'(everentissimis) with animal heads and interlace decoration, at the beginning of the prologue to the De laudibus virginitatis of Aldhelm., De laudibus virginitatis

De laudibus virginitatis of Aldhelm. Includes capitula written by a different hand (ff. 3-7). The flyleaves, ff. 1, 120 are two leaves of the original manuscript substituted in the 11th century with ff. 116-117. 2 large initials in colours with

• Decorated initial 'I'(am) with animal heads and interlace decoration, at the beginning of the De laudibus virginitatis of Aldhelm., De laudibus virginitatis

laudibus virginitatis of Aldhelm. Includes capitula written by a different hand (ff. 3-7). The flyleaves, ff. 1, 120 are two leaves of the original manuscript substituted in the 11th century with ff. 116-117. 2 large initials in colours with zoomorphic

• Zoomorphic initial 'D' with a fish., Commentary on Isaiah, books XIV-XVIII

[(?) se]d de illo armario et qui me furaverit vel hoc folium inciserit [anathema] sit' (f. 1).Former shelf-mark(?) '141' (f. 1). Jean-Baptiste Joseph Barrois (b. 1784, d. 1855), French deputy and book collector (on whom see Hugh Collingham, 'Joseph Barrois:

• Ink drawing of a nimbed figure., Commentary on Isaiah, books XIV-XVIII

[(?) se]d de illo armario et qui me furaverit vel hoc folium inciserit [anathema] sit' (f. 1).Former shelf-mark(?) '141' (f. 1). Jean-Baptiste Joseph Barrois (b. 1784, d. 1855), French deputy and book collector (on whom see Hugh Collingham, 'Joseph Barrois:

• Puzzle initial 'S'(e)., Testament (ff. 1-33); Rossignol (ff. 34-38v)

and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red (ff. 1, 32, 33, 34). Small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Testament (ff. 1-33); Rossignol (ff. 34-38v) Jean le Feron of Charleville, 16th century, priest

• Cutting of an initial 'A'(nno) at the beginning of Daniel, with penwork decoration., Fragment of a Bible with the beginning of the book of Daniel (recto) and part of the chapter list (verso)

67-76, and 82 were printed fragments and have been removed.Musical notation (e.g., ff. 18v, 38, 40, 77r-v, 78r-v, 80r-v, 83r-v). 1 large initial in green, blue, yellow, and red, with filigree penwork decoration (f. 44). Small initials in red, yellow,

• Decorated initial 'I'(n), preceded by a rubric in display script, at the prologue to the Augustine's 'De quantitate animae'; the pigment is oxidised., De quantitate animae

2 large decorated initials in red, silver and gold, including geometric and foliate motifs (ff. 1, 2). Display script in red, green and mauve (f. 1, 2). Geometric figures and frames for captions in margins in red. De quantitate animae

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uerit[us]) in green ink., Various poems including Laurence of Durham's Hypognosticon (ff. 8-113) and the Fall of Troy (ff. 114v-115v)

Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by his librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘15 Augusti 1725’ (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime