• Puzzle initial 'I'(n principio) at the beginning of Genesis., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew Names, imperfect

Puzzle initial 'I'(n principio) at the beginning of Genesis. Catchwords. Pricking holes.Chapters start on a new line. The text is missing the beginning of II Chronicles. Includes the Psalms (ff. 162-180v) and the Interpretation of the Hebrew Names (ff.

• Historiated initial 'G'(loriosissimam) of Augustine as a bishop, with white vine and gold balls partly extending into the margins; in the lower margin is a white vine border with flowers, gold balls and two putti holding up a gilt frame with a blank area intended for a coat of arms; a later owner added the monogram 'AP'., De Civitate Dei (index City of God)

of 17th-century engravings, one inscribed with 'G. ?Valet. sculp' (perhaps Guillaume Vallet, b. 1632, d. 1704?), (affixed to f. 1). John Gibson (fl. 1720-1726), dealer; acquired from him for the Harley collection. The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b.

• Historiated initial 'E'(usebii) with a man reading (Georgius Trapezuntius?) combined with a full border with foliate decoration, flowers, besants, candelabras, birds, winged putti including two supporting a wreath enclosing the coat of arms of Cardinal Jorge da Costa, at the beginning of the text., De evangelica praeparatione

Historiated initial 'E'(usebii) with a man reading (Georgius Trapezuntius?) combined with a full border with foliate decoration, flowers, besants, candelabras, birds, winged putti including two supporting a wreath enclosing the coat of arms of Cardinal Jorge da Costa, at

• Decorated initial 'D'(arrano) and three-sided border with flowers and besants, including the arms of the Bardi family, of Florence, at the beginning of the prohemium., Historia Florentina (index Historia Fiorentina)

Decorated initial 'D'(arrano) and three-sided border with flowers and besants, including the arms of the Bardi family, of Florence, at the beginning of the prohemium. Jacopo di Poggio (b. 1442, d. 1478) edited and translated into Italian the Historia

• Decorated initial 'S'(epius) with pen-flourishing (2nd half of the 15th century)., Various theological and scholastic treatises and other texts including Turpin's Chronicle (ff. 138-139v)

treatises and other texts including Turpin's Chronicle (ff. 138-139v) Added ink drawing of a face in the margin (f. 91v). John Odlyn, magister, Cambridge University administrator 1470-71: inscription recording his gift to Johnson in 1503 (on a piece of parchment

• Pen-flourished initials 'C'(hrist) and 'P'(ride)., An explication of the ten commandments (imperfect at the beginning) (ff. 1-8v), Lavynham's Little Treatise on the Seven Deadly Sins (De septem mortalibus peccatis), a tract on the Pater Noster (ff. 28v-48v), and various other religious works (imperfect at the end)

end) Thomas Wolsey, royal minister, archbishop of York, cardinal (b. c. 1470, d. 1530): his arms and an encomium by John Voss dedicated to Wolsey (f. 402).Robert Hare of Bocking Hall and Bruisyard, county Suffolk (b. c. 1530, d. 1611);

• Full white vine border, inhabited by putti, birds and animals, with a large historiated initial 'E' of the wounded Christ, and a portrait of Nicholas, bishop of Myra, in a roundel in the lower margin., Regola della Compagnia di S. Maria della piata di Firenze

2 initials are unfinished (ff. 12, 19v). Rubrics in red. Regola della Compagnia di S. Maria della piata di Firenze John Gibson (fl. 1720-1726), dealer; sold to Harley on 13 September 1722 (see ~Diary~ 1966; Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed

• Puzzle initial 'P'(lecto genua mea) at the beginning of Bonaventure's Breviloquium., Theological Miscallany including the Breviloquium de veritate theologiae, various religious tracts, monastic rules, and a description of the Holy Land (ff. 141-158)

Puzzle initial 'P'(lecto genua mea) at the beginning of Bonaventure's Breviloquium. Different hands and different styles of initials are apparent in the various quires, although the two-column layout has been maintained throughout. The manuscript was compiled in the Middle

• Decorated initials with foliate feathering at the beginning of Pseudo-Seneca's De remediis fortuitorum., Various texts including Apologia Socratis (ff. 79-106), De copia verborum (ff. 107-118v), De remediis fortuitorum (ff. 119-124), Gesta Alexandri (ff. 124v-167v; including Epitaphium Alexandri (f. 167v)), De opificio Dei (ff. 182-200v), etc.

Harley (b. 1689, d. 1741), 2nd earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts. Part 2 John Gibson (fl. 1720-1726), dealer; sold to Edward Harley on 22 June 1726 (see ~Diary~ 1966; Wright 1972).The Harley Collection,

• Decorated initial with 'C'(um cepissent monasteria) at the beginning of the Liber gestorum Barlaam et Josaphat., Life of Saint Alexis (Vita S. Alexis) (imperfect) (f. 1), Barlaam and Josaphat (ff. 2-103v), Life of Saint Brendan the Abbot (Vita S. Brendani Abbatis) (index Navigatio S. Brendani) (ff. 103v-121v), Prognostications for weather and crops (ff. 121v-122), Commentary on Psalm 1 (ff. 122v-123), Forty-one sermons by Peter Comestor (index Sermones) (ff. 124-191), and various other theological texts (ff. 191v-272)

Decorated initial with 'C'(um cepissent monasteria) at the beginning of the Liber gestorum Barlaam et Josaphat. f. 1 is a single mutilated parchment leaf of the Life of Saint Alexis (Vita S. Alexis)f. 121v: approximately eight lines of text

• Decorated initial 'D'(eus) at the beginning of a prayer to Thomas Becket, which has been defaced., Devotional book (Hours of the Virgin) with a calendar, imperfect at the beginning and elsewhere

coloured grounds. Rubrics in red. Devotional book (Hours of the Virgin) with a calendar, imperfect at the beginning and elsewhere John Brygandyn, clerk: sixteenth-century additions to the calendar (obit of his wife's death in 1536) (f. 3); and added prayers

• Detail of a decorated initial 'E'., Gospel Lectionary, imperfect

Detail of a decorated initial 'E'. Missing leaves at the beginning and after ff. 1, 23, 36, 135, 197, 219.Pericopes arranged according to the ecclesiastical calendar. Headpieces with geometric and foliate decoration in gold or silver and colours and

• Detail of a decorated initial 'E' and rubric in silver., Gospel Lectionary, imperfect

Detail of a decorated initial 'E' and rubric in silver. Missing leaves at the beginning and after ff. 1, 23, 36, 135, 197, 219.Pericopes arranged according to the ecclesiastical calendar. Headpieces with geometric and foliate decoration in gold or

• Calendar pages for September and October., Miscellany, including a calendar and astrological texts, including Roger's Hereford tables (ff. 77-87); excerpts from William of Conches's Dragmaticon philosophiae, and Daniel of Morley's Liber de naturis inferiorum et superiorum

1581: 'W(illia)m Vallans oweth mee 1581' (f. 1).Inscribed with a library list(?); including Arthus Gelius Frantinus, Valerius Maximus, Alexander Nequam, John of Salisbury, and others (f. 1v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of

• Initial 'E'(t), and in the lower left margin of the page with a discussion of eclipse of the moon, a series of figures representing a calculation of the latitude of Ely, in Alfraganus' treatise of Rudiments of Astronomy., Miscellany, including a calendar and astrological texts, including Roger's Hereford tables (ff. 77-87); excerpts from William of Conches's Dragmaticon philosophiae, and Daniel of Morley's Liber de naturis inferiorum et superiorum

1581: 'W(illia)m Vallans oweth mee 1581' (f. 1).Inscribed with a library list(?); including Arthus Gelius Frantinus, Valerius Maximus, Alexander Nequam, John of Salisbury, and others (f. 1v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of

• Initial 'C'(um), at the beginning of Daniel of Morley's Prologue of Philosophia., Miscellany, including a calendar and astrological texts, including Roger's Hereford tables (ff. 77-87); excerpts from William of Conches's Dragmaticon philosophiae, and Daniel of Morley's Liber de naturis inferiorum et superiorum

1581: 'W(illia)m Vallans oweth mee 1581' (f. 1).Inscribed with a library list(?); including Arthus Gelius Frantinus, Valerius Maximus, Alexander Nequam, John of Salisbury, and others (f. 1v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of

• Initial 'P'(ost) and diagram of the 'circles of the planets', in Daniel of Morley's text, using Saturn as an example., Miscellany, including a calendar and astrological texts, including Roger's Hereford tables (ff. 77-87); excerpts from William of Conches's Dragmaticon philosophiae, and Daniel of Morley's Liber de naturis inferiorum et superiorum

1581: 'W(illia)m Vallans oweth mee 1581' (f. 1).Inscribed with a library list(?); including Arthus Gelius Frantinus, Valerius Maximus, Alexander Nequam, John of Salisbury, and others (f. 1v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of

• Diagram in William of Conches' Tract on Philosophy and Man., Miscellany, including a calendar and astrological texts, including Roger's Hereford tables (ff. 77-87); excerpts from William of Conches's Dragmaticon philosophiae, and Daniel of Morley's Liber de naturis inferiorum et superiorum

1581: 'W(illia)m Vallans oweth mee 1581' (f. 1).Inscribed with a library list(?); including Arthus Gelius Frantinus, Valerius Maximus, Alexander Nequam, John of Salisbury, and others (f. 1v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of

• Diagram in William of Conches' Tract on Philosophy and Man., Miscellany, including a calendar and astrological texts, including Roger's Hereford tables (ff. 77-87); excerpts from William of Conches's Dragmaticon philosophiae, and Daniel of Morley's Liber de naturis inferiorum et superiorum

1581: 'W(illia)m Vallans oweth mee 1581' (f. 1).Inscribed with a library list(?); including Arthus Gelius Frantinus, Valerius Maximus, Alexander Nequam, John of Salisbury, and others (f. 1v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of

• Diagram in William of Conches' Tract on Philosophy and Man., Miscellany, including a calendar and astrological texts, including Roger's Hereford tables (ff. 77-87); excerpts from William of Conches's Dragmaticon philosophiae, and Daniel of Morley's Liber de naturis inferiorum et superiorum

1581: 'W(illia)m Vallans oweth mee 1581' (f. 1).Inscribed with a library list(?); including Arthus Gelius Frantinus, Valerius Maximus, Alexander Nequam, John of Salisbury, and others (f. 1v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of