• Full white vine border inhabited by putti and a bird, a miniature of a young man presenting a book to a pope, and a coat of arms in the lower margin., Glossed Liber Sextus Decretalium

Full white vine border inhabited by putti and a bird, a miniature of a young man presenting a book to a pope, and a coat of arms in the lower margin. f. 376 is a blank parchment leaf.f. 377

• White vine initial 'S'(epe) with decoration extending into the margin at the beginning of De inventione., De inventione (index Rhetorica) (ff. 1-89v), Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)(ff. 90-168v), Synonyma ad Lucium Veturium (ff. 169-185)

White vine initial 'S'(epe) with decoration extending into the margin at the beginning of De inventione. Catchwords written vertically. No visible watermark. 2 white vine initials in gold and colours with decoration extending into the margin (ff. 1, 90).

• White vine initial 'C'(um) at the beginning of the text., Disputationes tusculanae

White vine initial 'C'(um) at the beginning of the text. Leaf signatures. Catchwords written horizontally. A large white vine initial in gold and colours at the beginning of each book (ff. 1, 3, 28v, 43v, 63v, 85). Space for

• Decorated initial 'M'(anchante) with foliate decoration including acanthus leaves extending into the margin at the beginning of the text., Filocolo (imperfect)

Decorated initial 'M'(anchante) with foliate decoration including acanthus leaves extending into the margin at the beginning of the text. Catchwords. Quires numbered on the recto of the 1st and verso of the last folio. Leaf signatures.Gap after f. 150.Watermark

• Partial white vine borderwith a large historiated initial 'H' (ieronimus) of Jerome., Epistles and other works

Partial white vine borderwith a large historiated initial 'H' (ieronimus) of Jerome. f. i is a ruled parchment leaf.Horizontal catchwords.The rubric on f. 324 has been erased. 1 partial white vine border in colours and gold with a large

• Full bar border with coloured initial 'I'(gnorancia)., Provincial Constitutions of the Archbishopric of Canterbury (Constitutionem Provincialium Archiepiscoporum Cantuariensium), in five books with an index (ff. 113-118) (index Canon law)

books with an index (ff. 113-118) (index Canon law) List of names in a modern cursive hand, possibly owners, including John (Johannes) Bryeley (f. 1*).Robert Burscough (b. 1650/51, d.1709), prebendary of Exeter in 1701, archdeacon of Barnstaple in 1703, rector

• White vine initial 'Q'(uaecumque) with a portrait of Pope Pius II (Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini) in profile., Cosmographia

White vine initial 'Q'(uaecumque) with a portrait of Pope Pius II (Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini) in profile. Horizontal catchwords.The manuscript was written in the 3rd quarter of the 15th century, possibly in Rome, according to unpublished notes of A. C.

• Partial white vine border with the initial 'A'(ristoteles) and a space for a coat of arms in the lower margin., Ethica (index Ethics)

gold initials on coloured grounds (ff. 4, 4v, 14v, 21v, 33v, 44v, 56, 63v, 76, 88v, 101). Ethica (index Ethics) John Gibson (fl. 1720-1726), dealer; sold to Edward Harley on 22 June 1726 (see ~Diary~ 1966; Wright 1972).The Harley Collection,

• Large gold initial with white vine decoration extending in the margin and small gold initial on a coloured ground with contrasting tracery., De differentiis rerum, book 2

Large gold initial with white vine decoration extending in the margin and small gold initial on a coloured ground with contrasting tracery. Index of contents (ff. 1-2v).Contemporary glosses and notabilia in cursive hand. White vine initial in colours and

• Puzzle initial 'R'(eferu[n]t) with pen-flourishing in the same colours extending into the margins, smaller flourished initial., Homilies on Matthew (index In Matthaeum) (ff. 1-147v); Sermones, imperfect (ff. 148-206v)

of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Puzzle initial Written by several scribes John Chrysostom (index Johannes Chrysostomus) England

• Full border and initial with foliate decoration., The Fall of Princes, Books 1-9, imperfect (ff. 1-182v), preceded by a table of contents (f. 1* verso), and followed by Lydgate's 'Defence of Holy Church', imperfect (ff. 182v-183)

of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Illuminated border and initial Giovanni Boccaccio, translation by John Lydgate based on a translation by Laurent de Premierfait England

• White vine initial 'F'(ortitudo) at the beginning of the text and wreath in the lower margin enclosing a blank space originally intended for a heraldic motif., Vita S. Bernardi (index Life of St Bernard)

White vine initial 'F'(ortitudo) at the beginning of the text and wreath in the lower margin enclosing a blank space originally intended for a heraldic motif. Rubrics were probably originally in red ink but the pigment has oxidised. Catchwords.

• Initials with pen-flourished decoration at the beginning of 'The Chasting of God's Children'., A collection of devotional treatises, including 'The Chasting of God's Children' (ff. 1-100), Bridget's 'Revelations', in English translation (ff. 104-109v), and Flete's 'De remedis contra temptationes', in two different English translations (ff. 109v-123, 142v-152)

1732), clerk to the committee of Private Trade, East India Company 1687-1732: his signed inscription (f. 1*; see Wright 1972).? John Murray (b. 1670/71, d. 1748), library agent and book collector, of Sacombe in Hertfordshire: inscribed 'IMS' (f. 'i verso'),

• Initial and headpiece with foliate and geometric decoration., Miscellany of Byzantine liturgical music, including 'Kekragaria' (ff. 9-115v), Glykys's settings for 11 Morning Hymns (index Eothina anastasima) of the Emperor Leo the Wise (ff. 115v-130v), and Chrysaphes's 'Cheroubikon' and 'Koinonikon' (ff. 131v-133v), with late music notation

their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated headpiece and initial John Glykys (index Ioannes Glykys), Manuel Chrysaphes Eastern Mediterranean

• Puzzle initial 'A'(nte) and a smaller blue intial with red penwork decoration 'h'(ec)., Regula Beati Augustini (index The Augustinian Rule) with the exposition of Hugh of Saint-Victor (index Hugh of St. Victor)

Puzzle initial 'A'(nte) and a smaller blue intial with red penwork decoration 'h'(ec). Vertical catchwords. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue and a smaller initial in blue with red penwork decoration (f. 1). Small plain initials in

• Decorated initial 'O'., Various religious texts, including the liturgy of John Chrysostom (ff. 2-31v), the liturgy of Basil the Great (ff. 32-45), and the liturgy of the Pre-sanctified (ff. 46-59v)

in red. Rubrics in red. Capitals marked in yellow. Various religious texts, including the liturgy of John Chrysostom (ff. 2-31v), the liturgy of Basil the Great (ff. 32-45), and the liturgy of the Pre-sanctified (ff. 46-59v) Written in by Ioannes

• Initial 'A'(dam) with foliate and spray decoration., Latin Brut Chronicle of England, 2nd version

Initial 'A'(dam) with foliate and spray decoration. The manuscript contains the second version of the Latin Brut, which covers a period from Albina to the murder of James I of Scotland in 1437, with a brief account of the

• Pen-flourished initial 'Q'(ui)., Coustumes de Bretaigne (index Coutumes de Bretagne, with ordinances of Geoffrey, John and other dukes of Britany

blue. Rubrics in red. Capitals marked in yellow. Cadels. Coustumes de Bretaigne (index Coutumes de Bretagne, with ordinances of Geoffrey, John and other dukes of Britany Louis Henri de Loménie (b. 1635, d. 1698), comte de Brienne: his armorial binding

• Partial border with a large white vine initial 'H'(umano) and an unidentified coat of arms in the lower margin., Ars Poetica; Odes (index Carmina); Epistles; Satires

Partial border with a large white vine initial 'H'(umano) and an unidentified coat of arms in the lower margin. ff. 1, 2, 163, 164 are ruled parchment leaves. ff. 1, 2 have pen trials and various inscriptions in Latin

• Decorated headpiece and initial, and marginal diagram., Commentary on Plato's Alcibiades

Decorated headpiece and initial, and marginal diagram. Sparse marginal readers's annotations. Headpiece with geometric decoration, title, decorated initial and marginal diagram in red (f. 2). Small decorated initials (ff. 116v, 117v). Commentary on Plato's Alcibiades Scribe erroneously identified as