• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(omine) of the Annunciation, at the beginning of Matins of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Hours of the Earls of Ormond')

51v, 64, 66, 124v). Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Decorated catchwords. Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Hours

• Detail of a peacock, from a floral border, at the beginning of Matins of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Hours of the Earls of Ormond')

51v, 64, 66, 124v). Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Decorated catchwords. Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Hours

• Detail of an owl from a floral border, at the beginning of Matins of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Hours of the Earls of Ormond')

51v, 64, 66, 124v). Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Decorated catchwords. Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Hours

• Detail of a bear playing bagpipes from a floral border, at the beginning of Matins of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Hours of the Earls of Ormond')

51v, 64, 66, 124v). Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Decorated catchwords. Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Hours

• null, Letters and Orations (index Orationes), with prefaces

Vertical catchwords 1 large gold initial on a blue and red ground, with sprays of foliage in the margin. Large puzzle initials in red and blue. Small initials alternately plain red or blue. Litterae notabiliores with yellow wash. Guide-letters. Letters

• null, Letters and Orations (index Orationes), with prefaces

Vertical catchwords 1 large gold initial on a blue and red ground, with sprays of foliage in the margin. Large puzzle initials in red and blue. Small initials alternately plain red or blue. Litterae notabiliores with yellow wash. Guide-letters. Letters

• Decorated initial 'A'(lvredus) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of book 6., Polychronicon (to the 25th year in the reign of Henry VI, i.e. 1445), including 2 extracts from the Latin Brut Chronicle of England (ff. 227-228v) (imperfect)

(f. 37v). 5 initials in blue with blue, red and dark purple pen-flourishing extending into the margins at the beginning of each book (ff. 10, 32, 64, 89, 140v). Coloured initials in red or blue. Polychronicon (to the 25th year

• Full border with rinceaux decoration, foliate motifs, and birds, with the coat of arms of Petrus de Foix, supported by two angels, and the historiated initial 'E'(go) with a man at a lecturn., Epistolae (index Letters)

81v, 95v, 104, 115, 136, 144v). Large initial in red with blue and red penwork decoration (f. 132). Alternating blue initials with red penwork decoration and red initials with blue penwork decoration. Marginal sketches added in brown ink (ff. 29v,

• Detail of coloured drawings at the beginning of Le Temple de Boccace, with an angel addressing the author, Georges Chastellain (index George Chastelain), asleep on a bench, with a scroll inscribed 'lieve toy subz o George' in the upper register and, in the lower register, the author addressing the queen Margaret of Anjou to whom he dedicated his work. Puzzle initial 'U'(ne) with pen-flourishing enclosing an unidentified coat of arms., Various works including Le Quadrilogue (ff. 2v-24), Le Temple de Boccace (ff. 25-64v), Traité de noblesse (ff. 65-93v)

Coloured drawing (f. 25). Puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in the same colours enclosing an unidentified coat of arms (f. 25). 5 large initials in red or blue with reserved designs and pen-flourishing in the other colour

• Coloured drawings at the beginning of Le Temple de Boccace, with an angel addressing the author, Georges Chastellain (index George Chastelain), asleep on a bench, with a scroll inscribed 'lieve toy subz o George' in the upper register and, in the lower register, the author addressing the queen Margaret of Anjou to whom he dedicated his work. Puzzle initial 'U'(ne) with pen-flourishing enclosing an unidentified coat of arms., Various works including Le Quadrilogue (ff. 2v-24), Le Temple de Boccace (ff. 25-64v), Traité de noblesse (ff. 65-93v)

Coloured drawing (f. 25). Puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in the same colours enclosing an unidentified coat of arms (f. 25). 5 large initials in red or blue with reserved designs and pen-flourishing in the other colour

• Illuminated initial 'Q'(uod) at the beginning ofDemosthenes's letters., Letters and Orations (index Orationes), with prefaces

Vertical catchwords 1 large gold initial on a blue and red ground, with sprays of foliage in the margin. Large puzzle initials in red and blue. Small initials alternately plain red or blue. Litterae notabiliores with yellow wash. Guide-letters. Letters

• Initial 'N'(on) and puzzle initial 'P'(re), in Demosthenes's letters., Letters and Orations (index Orationes), with prefaces

Vertical catchwords 1 large gold initial on a blue and red ground, with sprays of foliage in the margin. Large puzzle initials in red and blue. Small initials alternately plain red or blue. Litterae notabiliores with yellow wash. Guide-letters. Letters

• Decorated initial 'P'(ost) with foliate decoration including acanthus leaves combined with a three-sided border at the beginning of the prologue., Polychronicon to c. 1400 (imperfect)

117, 143v, 163v) or large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in red and purple (f. 94v) at the beginning of each book. Numerous smaller initials in blue with red pen-flourishing including foliate decoration and flowers. Polychronicon to

• Decorated initial 'V'(ideo) with pen-flourishing in Cicero's In catilinam., Disputationes tusculanae (ff. 1-67v), Orationes in Catilinam (ff. 67v-85v)

and vertically. Leaf signatures. 9 initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in the other colour (ff. 1, 3v, 17v, 39v, 51, 67v, 72v, 77, 81v). Coloured initials in red or blue. Capitals marked in red. Disputationes tusculanae (ff. 1-67v),

• Illuminated initial 'G'(allia)., De bello Gallico

in gold, outlined in black, on red and blue grounds ornamented with white filigree decoration (ff. 1, 12v, 18v, 23v, 30, 41, 49v, 67v). Rubrics in red. Paraphs in red or blue. De bello Gallico The Harley Collection, formed by

• Initial 'R' with the arms of Henry Despenser, bishop of Norwich, in the upper margin the signature of 'William Howarde 1579', in the right margin an ink drawing of a lion rampant, and in the lower margin the ink stamp of the Royal Society of London., Historia ecclesiastica (ff. 1-99), De muliere forti, Epistola Cuthberti

1). Large initials in gold, pink, and/or blue, some also with red, with gold balls, and/or with foliate, floral, or filigree decoration (one with heraldic arms, f. 21). Line fillers in pink and/or blue. Historia ecclesiastica (ff. 1-99), De muliere

• Illuminated border and Initial 'N'(octiam) with an unfinished drawing of a seated man (possibly Bede) writing at the desk holding a quill and a knife, and on the bar border, a quadruped (dragon?)., Historia ecclesiastica (ff. 1-99), De muliere forti, Epistola Cuthberti

1). Large initials in gold, pink, and/or blue, some also with red, with gold balls, and/or with foliate, floral, or filigree decoration (one with heraldic arms, f. 21). Line fillers in pink and/or blue. Historia ecclesiastica (ff. 1-99), De muliere

• Decorated initial 'P'(rincipia), and plain red initial 'P'(aulus); the upper margin with an ownership inscription of Sir John Prise., Commentaria in Epistolas beati Pauli

ownership inscription of Sir John Prise. 1 large initial in green, red, and blue with geometric decoration (f. 2). Large, small, and one-line initials in red or green, some decorated with foliate arabesques (e.g., ff. 101v, 111v). Commentaria in Epistolas

• Coloured initial 'P'(aulus) and other plain red and green initials., Commentaria in Epistolas beati Pauli

green initials. 1 large initial in green, red, and blue with geometric decoration (f. 2). Large, small, and one-line initials in red or green, some decorated with foliate arabesques (e.g., ff. 101v, 111v). Commentaria in Epistolas beati Pauli Probably fom

• White vine initial 'M'(aiores), at the beginning of the book 7., De architectura

2, 16v, 33v, 49, 54, 63v, 81v, 95v, 108v, 123v, order of the books 4-6 reversed). Small initials in plain blue. De architectura Space for arms left blank (f. 1).Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th