• White vine initial 'E'(go) in brown ink at the beginning of the text., Epistulae ad familiares (index Epistolae ad familiares)

a library in Düsseldorf: bought the entire Graevius library in 1703 (Wright 1972). Giovanni Giacomo Zamboni (d. 1753), resident in London for the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (c. 1723-1753), friend of Michael Mattaire, the classical scholar and historian of printing: bought

• White vine initial 'P'(re multis) with a butterfly at the beginning of Demosthenes' Orationes., Various works including Demosthenes' Orationes (index Orations), Aeschines' Orationes, Oratio pro Ctesiphonte, and other orations

formulae addressing various persons beginning with Pope Martin V (dedication) and ending with the nobles and aldermen of London (ff. 177-184). 9 large white vine initials in gold and colours (ff. 1, 9, 14, 19v, 23v, 29v, 42, 92, 157),

• Initial 'H'(ere) in red with pen-decoration at the beginning of the Dietary for Henry V., Miscellany of verse and prose treatises relating to hunting, manners, medicine and veterinary, including a translation of Gaston Phebus's 'Livre de Chasse', in the Middle English translation by Edward of Norwich entitled 'Master of the Game' (ff. 3-85v), a dietary for King Henry V (ff. 91-98v) and a treatise on equine medicine (ff. 99-128v)

Kenington, 16th century: inscribed with his name (f. 129).Peter Otteley, 16th century: his inscription 'Peter Otteley parson of Wansted from London sivene miles in Essex...' (f. 1*; see Wright 1972). Rawfe Parker, 16th century: his inscription 'Rawfe parker de Fulham

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uo) with a face in the bowl of the letter at the beginning of Eclogue 9., Eclogues (index Bucolics, Bucolica), Aeneid (index Aeneis), Moretum Virgilii, Sapphus ad Phaonem epistola, Carmen de resurrectione Domini 'Salve feste dies', Poema de Phoenice, Batrachomyomachia (ex versione Aretini metrica), Grammatica, Fasti

versione Aretini metrica), Grammatica, Fasti 15th-century inscription: 'Hic liber est civis Guelfi Florentini' (f. 1*).Paul Vaillant (b. 1672, d. 1739), London bookseller: sold to Harley on 19 April 1722 (see Wright 1972 and ~Diary~ 1966). The Harley Collection, formed by

• Puzzle initial 'D'(ilecto) with pen-flourishing forming a full border around the text., Miscellaneous religious texts, imperfect, including the Vision of Tundal (ff. 5-16v)

the arts: kept at the Harley family seat Brampton Bryan (see ~Diary~ 1966, I, pp. xlii-xliii) and then brought to London after Robert's death in 1724, received in the library on 16 October 1725, inscribed as usual by their librarian,

• Decorated initial 'S'(egondo) at the beginning of the text., History of Venice to 1439

Brienne family (index Lomenie de Brienne): sold by the son of Louis-Henri de Loménie (b. 1635, d. 1698) through the London bookseller James Woodman on 18 May 1724 to Edward Harley (see Wright 1972). The Harley Collection, formed by Robert

• Puzzle initial 'I'(n) with penwork decoration at the beginning of the Decisiones Romanae Rotae novae., Decisiones Romanae Rotae novae (ff. 1-216v), followed by a text relating to canon law (ff. 217-250v)

a couronne de marquis surmounting the shield (front pastedown; see Wright 1972).Thomas Ballard (fl. 1698-1725), bookseller and book auctioneer in London; his sale, 20 February 1720/21, lot 25, bought for Edward Harley through Nathaniel Noel (see Wright and Wright 1966;

• Decorated intial 'L'(onge)., De rebus gestis francorum (Books 4 and 5)

in red. Ruled in red. De rebus gestis francorum (Books 4 and 5) Thomas Ballard, bookseller and book auctioneer in London: his sale, 20 February 1720/21, lot 5, bought for Edward Harley through Nathaniel Noel. Nathaniel Noel (fl. 1681, d.

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

185-238).The Loménie de Brienne family (index Lomenie de Brienne): sold by the son of Louis Henri de Loménie through the London bookseller James Woodman on 18 May 1724 to Edward Harley, his sale, lot 1206 (see Wright 1972). The Harley

• Front cover of 16th century binding., Commissione of the doge Leonardo Loredan to Francesco Barbarigo as ~podestà~ and captain of Feltre (index Commissione dogali)

M.D.XV' (with a notarial signature) (f. 21).Francisco Barbarigo, a Venetian, governor of Feltre: his arms (f. 1). Matthew de Varenne, London bookseller and auctioneer (fl. 1723/4): sold by him to Harley on 24 October 1722.The Harley Collection, formed by Robert

• Illuminated initial 'V'(enio) entwined with blue knotted strapwork, with the opening words of the text in square capitals, written in a three-colour sequence, at the beginning of Cicero's In verrem, book 4., Orationes in C. Verrem (index Orationes in Verrem; Oratio in Caecilium)

at the Bodleian Library, Oxford); see also John W. Bradley, ~A Dictionary of Miniaturists, Illuminators, Calligraphers and Copyists~, 3 vols (London: Quaritch, 1887-1889), I, 247-8; II, 11-12).A member of the Contarini family of Venice: with their arms, bendy of seven,

• Historiated initial 'P'(ost) depicting Quintilian(?) writing; with a three-sided border incorporating putti supporting heraldic arms., Institutiones

A finding list of uncatalogued or incompletely catalogued humanistic manuscripts of the Renaissance in Italian and other libraries~, 7 vols (London: Warburg Institute, 1963; repr. 1977-1997) IV (Alia Itinera II): ~Great Britain to Spain~ (1989), p. 45).Anthony Askew (bap. 1722,

• Illuminated white vine initial 'C'(um), at the beginning of Book 9 of Quintilian's Institutiones., Institutiones

A finding list of uncatalogued or incompletely catalogued humanistic manuscripts of the Renaissance in Italian and other libraries~, 7 vols (London: Warburg Institute, 1963; repr. 1977-1997) IV (Alia Itinera II): ~Great Britain to Spain~ (1989), p. 45).Anthony Askew (bap. 1722,

• Initial 'P'(ost) with white vine decoration, at the beginning of Pliny 's Epistola 2., Epistolae 1-7 and 9

J. G. Alexander and A. C. De la Mare, ~The Italian manuscripts in the library of Major J. R. Abbey~ (London: Faber, 1969), p. 98 n. 4).Perhaps in the anonymous sale, ‘Importation from Sicily’, 19 April, 1817, lot 53, bought

• Illuminated white vine initial 'F'(requenter) at the beginning of Pliny's Epistolae., Epistolae 1-7 and 9

J. G. Alexander and A. C. De la Mare, ~The Italian manuscripts in the library of Major J. R. Abbey~ (London: Faber, 1969), p. 98 n. 4).Perhaps in the anonymous sale, ‘Importation from Sicily’, 19 April, 1817, lot 53, bought

• The left-hand page has a drawing in the form of a hand holding a placard bearing the catchword; the right-hand page has a foliate initial 'P'(rima) at the beginning of Horace's Epistles., Ars poetica (ff. 1-9), Epistolae (ff. 9-35), with marginal and interlinear glosses

his inventory number, see, Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, p. 360: his London sale, 2 March 1789, lot 12844, bought by Edwards for £1 2s.; inscribed '1.2.0' (f. 1, top right).James Edwards

• Marginal drawing of a seated old man holding a round red object in his left hand, adjacent to Horace's account of the Seven Ages of Man., Ars poetica (ff. 1-9), Epistolae (ff. 9-35), with marginal and interlinear glosses

his inventory number, see, Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, p. 360: his London sale, 2 March 1789, lot 12844, bought by Edwards for £1 2s.; inscribed '1.2.0' (f. 1, top right).James Edwards

• Illuminated initial 'P'(renotandum) with a catchword in the lower margin., Miscellany, including a chronicle from 1326 to 1399, De remediis utriusque fortune, extract (f. 10); Epigramma de Goliardo et episcopo; various recipes, including some cookery recipes from the 'Forme of Cury'

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 2; its book-plate, inside upper

• Decorated headpiece and initial at the beginning of Manuel Chyrsoloras's Erotemata., Erotemata

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond. / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis', f. 1; its bookplate, f. 54**v).Purchased

• Foliate headpiece with four roundels enclosing birds and busts, and foliate border three roundels enclosing a bust and two armorial shields, (the border is possibly a later addition), at the beginning of Diogenes Laertius's De vitis philosophorum., De vitis philosophorum

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond. / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis', f. 1v).Purchased by the British Museum