• Detail of the historiated initial 'Q'(uare) of Christ blessing and in the lower margin, a large fish touching the descender of the initial; and line-fillers of fish and a crowned figure., Psalter, with calendar

the form of fish, hands, or heads. Marginal drawings in ink or colours, including of heads. Psalter, with calendar ? John Somers (b. 1651, d. 1716), Baron Somers, lawyer and politician: note dated 1738 by James West that it once

• Decorated initial 'A'(nno) at the beginning of book 2 of William of Newburgh's Historia Rerum Anglicanum., Historia Anglorum, to 1198, with a table of chapters, preceded by the author's dedicatory letter; various sermons (ff. 159-172)

Decorated initial 'A'(nno) at the beginning of book 2 of William of Newburgh's Historia Rerum Anglicanum. Holes with rust (ff. 170-174), evidence of former chain holes.Various inscriptions (ff. 173-174). 6 large initials in red, blue, or green with penword

• Decorated initial 'R'(ex) at the beginning of book 5 of William of Newburgh's Historia Rerum Anglicanum., Historia Anglorum, to 1198, with a table of chapters, preceded by the author's dedicatory letter; various sermons (ff. 159-172)

Decorated initial 'R'(ex) at the beginning of book 5 of William of Newburgh's Historia Rerum Anglicanum. Holes with rust (ff. 170-174), evidence of former chain holes.Various inscriptions (ff. 173-174). 6 large initials in red, blue, or green with penword

• Decorated initials at the beginning of Gratian's Decretum, with coloured rubrics and marginal headings, and a space left for a larger initial, and the signature of Sir Roger Twysden and the date 1638 in the upper right corner., Decretum, with gloss; list of popes and emperors (ff. 222-229)

100, 115. Small initials in red or green (ff. 222-223). Decretum, with gloss; list of popes and emperors (ff. 222-229) John de Herefeld ?, vicar of Plumstead, Kent, first half of the 14th century: his inscription: ‘Decreta de dono domini

• Detail of a drawing of a face., Psalter, with calendar

the form of fish, hands, or heads. Marginal drawings in ink or colours, including of heads. Psalter, with calendar ? John Somers (b. 1651, d. 1716), Baron Somers, lawyer and politician: note dated 1738 by James West that it once

• Initial 'S'(anctam) with penwork decoration., Sermons (61)

texts on medicine (f. 1v), 'De modo scribendi certa vocabula' (ff. 2-3v), 'De xii signis solis' (f. 4r-4v), 14th/15th centuries. John Thring (?) (d. by 1484), principal of St Mildred Hall, Oxford and, among others, keeper of the Warwick chest:

• Decorated initials with pen-flourishing in Petrus Riga's Aurora., Riga's Aurora (ff. 2-171v), Alta Villa's Architrenius (index Archithrenius)(ff. 173-224v; imperfect)

Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated initials Written by several hands Petrus Riga (index Petrus de Riga), Johannes de Alta Villa (index Johannes Hautivillensis, Johannes de Hauteville, John de Hauteville) England

• Decorated initials with pen-flourishing in Petrus Riga's Aurora., Riga's Aurora (ff. 2-171v), Alta Villa's Architrenius (index Archithrenius)(ff. 173-224v; imperfect)

Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated initials Written by several hands Petrus Riga (index Petrus de Riga), Johannes de Alta Villa (index Johannes Hautivillensis, Johannes de Hauteville, John de Hauteville) England