• Initial 'I'(ncipit), with a change of script, and possibly scribe., Gesta regum Francorum, and other histories

nupits Philologiae et Mercurii~ by Martianus Capella (f. 35). Musical notation: neumes (f. 35). 1 large interlace initial in brown ink, with bird heads (f. 1). Large and small simple initials in brown ink. Gesta regum Francorum, and other histories

• Decorated initial 'P'(aucorum) at the beginning of Maximus of Turin's Homily hiemales de tempore, II (attributed to Ambrose)., Various sermons, including several of Augustine's sermons for Easter, with list of contents, ff. 1v-2

Ambrose). Contemporary title, f. 1. Large initials in red, blue, green or yellow, many with foliate or geometric decoration, and 7 with penwork decoration in another colour (ff. 50v, 60, 69, 112v, 119, 146v, 157); 1 with a cross (f.

• Decorated initials 'N'(atalis) and 'H'(esterno) with foliate forms., Various sermons, including several of Augustine's sermons for Easter, with list of contents, ff. 1v-2

forms. Contemporary title, f. 1. Large initials in red, blue, green or yellow, many with foliate or geometric decoration, and 7 with penwork decoration in another colour (ff. 50v, 60, 69, 112v, 119, 146v, 157); 1 with a cross (f.

• Decorated initial 'P'(astoralis) at the beginning of Gregory the Great's Liber pastoralis., Regula pastorali

Great's Liber pastoralis. Added paper flyleaf with 18th century text in English after f. 62. 1 large initial in yellow with green penwork decoration (f. 1). Large initials in red, yellow, or green, some with penwork decoration. Regula pastorali A

• Decorated initials 'D'(e) in a theological miscellany., Miscellany, including charters for Durham and letters to the bishop of Durham, Walter Map's De nummo (f. 10v)

Note that there are 51 texts listed in the 1819 catalogue.From f. 26 there is medieval foliation starting from '1'.1 large initial in blue with red pen-flourishing and foliated decoration in red and blue (f. 114v). Large and small

• Coloured initial 'P'(ater)., De septem sacramentis; Expositio in orationem Dominicam; Synonyma, ends imperfect

initial 'P'(ater). 1 large initial in red and green (f. 18v). Small initials in red or black. Marginal notations in red. De septem sacramentis; Expositio in orationem Dominicam; Synonyma, ends imperfect The Carthusians of Mainz 14th century (inscription: ' liber

• Detail of the decorated initial 'C'(ivilis) at the beginning of chapter 6 of book 1 of Cicero's De inventione., De inventione (index Rhetorica); Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)

of chapter 6 of book 1 of Cicero's De inventione. 6 large decorated initials in brown ink with yellow and red washes, 2 with zoomorphic features of a animal head, or a bird (ff. 1, 3, 4, 24, 51v, 70).

• Decorated initial 'P'(auci) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Jerome's Adversus Iovinianum., Adversus Iovinianum; Liber de fide catholica

with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Jerome's Adversus Iovinianum. 1 large decorated initial in gold on a ground in blue and red, with pen-flourishing in red with green infill (f. 1). Large and small initials mostly in red with blue

• Decorated interlace initial 'I'(n) with two bird heads, at the beginning of the Gesta regum Francorum., Gesta regum Francorum, and other histories

nupits Philologiae et Mercurii~ by Martianus Capella (f. 35). Musical notation: neumes (f. 35). 1 large interlace initial in brown ink, with bird heads (f. 1). Large and small simple initials in brown ink. Gesta regum Francorum, and other histories

• Detail of a decorated initial 'I'(ncipit)., Gesta regum Francorum, and other histories

nupits Philologiae et Mercurii~ by Martianus Capella (f. 35). Musical notation: neumes (f. 35). 1 large interlace initial in brown ink, with bird heads (f. 1). Large and small simple initials in brown ink. Gesta regum Francorum, and other histories

• Detail of headpiece., In patrem tacentem (ff. 1-3); De pauperum amore (ff. 3v-18v), both imperfect

Detail of headpiece. f. 20r-v formerly used as a pastedown.Old pagination on ff. 1-18v of 481-516.ff. 1-18 were formerly gatherings 31-33 of a larger volume. Headpiece decorated with geometric patterns in colours and gold. Large gold and blue initial

• Donatus writing his grammar, his ink-pot held by a monk labelled 'Heinre'(?), at the end of Sedulius Scotus's Expositio super primam edicionem Donati grammatici., Expositio super primam edicionem Donati grammatici

at the end of Sedulius Scotus's Expositio super primam edicionem Donati grammatici. 1 large miniature (f. 80v), in brown ink and red, green and yellow. Large initials in red with blue decoration or green with red decoration. Some large initials

• Decorated initial 'P'(ronomen), at the beginning of the chapter on the pronoun., Expositio super primam edicionem Donati grammatici

of the chapter on the pronoun. 1 large miniature (f. 80v), in brown ink and red, green and yellow. Large initials in red with blue decoration or green with red decoration. Some large initials in red or green without decoration.

• Decorated initial 'H'(esterno) with foliate forms., Various sermons, including several of Augustine's sermons for Easter, with list of contents, ff. 1v-2

forms. Contemporary title, f. 1. Large initials in red, blue, green or yellow, many with foliate or geometric decoration, and 7 with penwork decoration in another colour (ff. 50v, 60, 69, 112v, 119, 146v, 157); 1 with a cross (f.

• Decorated initial 'P'(aucorum) at the beginning of Maximus of Turin's Homily hiemales de tempore, II (attributed to Ambrose)., Various sermons, including several of Augustine's sermons for Easter, with list of contents, ff. 1v-2

Ambrose). Contemporary title, f. 1. Large initials in red, blue, green or yellow, many with foliate or geometric decoration, and 7 with penwork decoration in another colour (ff. 50v, 60, 69, 112v, 119, 146v, 157); 1 with a cross (f.

• 'Champ' initial with foliate feathering at the beginning of the text., The Brut Chronicle (the common version to 1377), imperfect to the year 1356

'Champ' initial with foliate feathering at the beginning of the text. 1 large initial in gold on a red and blue ground with foliate extensions into the margin (f. 1). Large initial in gold with blue penwork decoration (f. 122).

• Decorated initial and border., Commission from Leonardo Loredan, Doge of Venice, appointing Aloysio Zeno ~capitano~ of Ravenna

Decorated initial and border. 1 large decorated foliate initial with a full foliate border including medaillons with the lion of Venice, a bishop, and heraldic arms in front of a landscape with a rabbit (f. 1). Commission from Leonardo Loredan,

• Coloured initials 'Q'(uanta) and I(ordmare), with geometric line-fillers in red., Vita S. Gregorii Papae; Versus S. Gregorii

xxij d' (f. 1) (see Watson 1963 and Watson 1966). Part 1 and 2: Sir Simonds d'Ewes (b.1602, d. 1650), 1st baronet, diarist, antiquary, and friend of Sir Robert Cotton (see Wright 1972): inscribed '2' (f. 1) and 'Vita S(ancte)

• Initial 'T'(alibus) with penwork decoration at the beginning of book 3 of John the Deacon's Vita S. Gregorii Papae., Vita S. Gregorii Papae; Versus S. Gregorii

xxij d' (f. 1) (see Watson 1963 and Watson 1966). Part 1 and 2: Sir Simonds d'Ewes (b.1602, d. 1650), 1st baronet, diarist, antiquary, and friend of Sir Robert Cotton (see Wright 1972): inscribed '2' (f. 1) and 'Vita S(ancte)

• Ownership inscriptions: at the very top is the 18th-century acquisition note of the Harley collection; below this is the 13th-century ownership note and anathema of St. Mary's abbey, Abingdon; below this is a list of contents; and finally ownership notes of the monastery of Val St.-Martin at Louvain, and its prior, Johannes Vlimmerius., Theological miscellany, including Paschasius Radbertus, De corpore et sanguine Domini; Augustine, De sacramento altaris (sermon 52); Lanfranc, De corpore et sanguine Domini; Augustine, De purgatorio igne

Albendone . . .' wth anathema (f. 1). 14th-century list of contents (f. 1). Ownership notes of the Augustinian priory of Val St.-Martin, at Leuven (index Louvain), and its prior, Johannes Vlimmerius (f. 1). The Harley Collection, formed by Robert