• Calendar page for February with tinted drawings of a man with a shovel (the labour of the month: digging) and saints: Brigida, a fleur-de-lis (for the feast of the purification), a brasier (Blaise), a sword (Agatha), a bird (Valentine), Peter in Cathedra and Matthew., Agricultural almanac containing an astronomical calendar (1420), miscellaneous tables, mnemonic verses and charms

Calendar page for February with tinted drawings of a man with a shovel (the labour of the month: digging) and saints: Brigida, a fleur-de-lis (for the feast of the purification), a brasier (Blaise), a sword (Agatha), a bird (Valentine),

• Calendar page for March with a man trimming vines (the labour of the month), a ram (Aries), David's harp, saints Gregory, Edward, Cuthbert, Benedict, and a fleur-de-lis (for the Annunciation)., Agricultural almanac containing an astronomical calendar (1420), miscellaneous tables, mnemonic verses and charms

Calendar page for March with a man trimming vines (the labour of the month), a ram (Aries), David's harp, saints Gregory, Edward, Cuthbert, Benedict, and a fleur-de-lis (for the Annunciation). Contents very similar to Harley 2332.Prologue to a letter

• Detail of historiated initial with bishops., Lections for feasts of saints, including Vita Gregorii, the life of St Augustine; Nativitate St Maria, Vita Edwardi regis (one chapter), and other texts

stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1v).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Detail John the Deacon, Possidius and others England, N.

• Miniature of Christ carrying the cross and donors with Anthony, decorated initial 'A'(pprehendit) and foliate borders including heraldic arms, at the beginning of the Passion of Christ according to John., Book of Hours, unidentified Use

foliate borders including heraldic arms, at the beginning of the Passion of Christ according to John. 14 large miniatures with large decorated initials and full foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 13, 20, 39, 50, 60, 65, 70, 76,

• Miniature of the Evangelists with their attributes, John with the eagle, Matthew with the angel, Mark with the lion, and Luke with the ox, decorated initial 'I'(n) and foliate borders including hybrid figures, at the beginning of the Gospel extracts., Book of Hours, Use of Lisieux

Evangelists with their attributes, John with the eagle, Matthew with the angel, Mark with the lion, and Luke with the ox, decorated initial 'I'(n) and foliate borders including hybrid figures, at the beginning of the Gospel extracts. 20 large miniatures

• Partial white vine border with the initial 'M'(ecenas) and the arms of the Del Pugliese family of Florence., Odes (index Carmina), Epodes, Carmen saeculare, Ars poetica, Epistles

Partial white vine border with the initial 'M'(ecenas) and the arms of the Del Pugliese family of Florence. ff. 135-136 is a parchment leaf inscribed with a poem in Italian. Partial white vine border in colours and gold with

• Large initial 'N'(atus) with interlaced foliate decoration, combined with a full white vine border with a wreath enclosing unidentified arms., Comoediae (index comedies), preceded by arguments and prologues: Andria (ff. 1-20v), Eunuchus (ff. 20v-42), Heauton tirorumenos (ff. 42-60v), Adelphoe (ff. 60v-79), Phormio (ff. 79v-99v), Hecyra (ff. 99v-116)

Large initial 'N'(atus) with interlaced foliate decoration, combined with a full white vine border with a wreath enclosing unidentified arms. The decoration, especially the initial on f. 1, is in the Ferrarese manner, according to unpublished notes of A.

• Verse by Francesco Petrarca, signed with 'Franciscus .p.'; below his signature the word 'Macrobius' has been erased., Verse

Harley (b. 1689, d. 1741), 2nd earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts; purchased through John Gibson (fl. 1720-26); the manuscript probably arrived at the library in June 1726 (see Wright 1976, p. 468). Edward

• Simple border in shaded mauve with a large initial 'A'(pud) with an oak leaf motif, capitals in alternating lines of gold and blue, and a trompe l'oeil seal with the arms of the Della Rovere family., De vera nobilitate

Simple border in shaded mauve with a large initial 'A'(pud) with an oak leaf motif, capitals in alternating lines of gold and blue, and a trompe l'oeil seal with the arms of the Della Rovere family. Bound together with

• Text page with humanistic script., De vera nobilitate

Text page with humanistic script. Bound together with Harley 2708. Simple border in shaded mauve with a large initial in silver on a red ground with an oak leaf motif, capitals in alternating lines of gold and blue, and,

• Detail of a white vine initial 'E'(t si) with decoration extending into the margins at the beginning of the text., Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)

Detail of a white vine initial 'E'(t si) with decoration extending into the margins at the beginning of the text. According to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, this manuscript was made

• Front cover of the red leather binding with gold tooling., Cosmographia

Front cover of the red leather binding with gold tooling. Horizontal catchwords.The manuscript was written in the 3rd quarter of the 15th century, possibly in Rome, according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian

• Spine of the red leather binding crafted by Thomas Elliot, one of the two binders employed by Edward Harley for this style. The gold-tooled letters of Elliot's name appear in small roundels., Cosmographia

Spine of the red leather binding crafted by Thomas Elliot, one of the two binders employed by Edward Harley for this style. The gold-tooled letters of Elliot's name appear in small roundels. Horizontal catchwords.The manuscript was written in the

• Historiated white vine initial 'I'(n ipso) with Jerome writing combined with a white vine border with birds and the arms of Ludovicus Petronius (index Lodovico Petroni)., Epistulae (index Letters)

Historiated white vine initial 'I'(n ipso) with Jerome writing combined with a white vine border with birds and the arms of Ludovicus Petronius (index Lodovico Petroni). ff. i and ii are paper flyleaves, ff. iii and [322] are former

• Partial white vine border; white vine initial 'N'(el); and the arms of the Tedaldi family of Florence or Cremona: barry ~or~ and ~gules~, a lion rampant ~azure~ overall., Trionfi (index Triumphs)

Partial white vine border; white vine initial 'N'(el); and the arms of the Tedaldi family of Florence or Cremona: barry ~or~ and ~gules~, a lion rampant ~azure~ overall. No catchwords or signatures. Partial white vine border in blue, green,

• Initial in foliate design in a foliate design, in gold and colours, inhabited by snakes., World chronicle from the Creation to 1574

Initial in foliate design in a foliate design, in gold and colours, inhabited by snakes. The text corresponds to Dorotheos of Moenmbasia's 'Bible History', but with significant variations.The manuscript has an old pagination '1-1723' in ink (ff. 1-861). Headpiece

• White vine initial 'P'(lutarchus) at the beginning of the text., 'Noctes atticae'

White vine initial 'P'(lutarchus) at the beginning of the text. Guide letters. Catchwords written vertically. Leaf signatures. 19 large white vine initials (ff. 2v, 18v, 34v, 45v, 54v, 65, 73, 86, 95v, 107v, 115v, 125v, 140, 149v, 159v, 169,

• White vine initial 'I'(NTER) and border with wreath enclosing a blank area intended for arms, at the beginning of the text., Historia Alexandri Magni

wreath enclosing a blank area intended for a coat of arms (f. 1). Historia Alexandri Magni Added maniculum (f. 31). John Gibson (fl. 1720-1726), dealer; sold on 17 June 1721 to the Harley collection (see ~Diary~ 1966).The Harley Collection, formed

• Miniature of the Crucifixion at the beginning of the Hours of the Cross., Book of Hours, Use of Troyes, imperfect

woman (f. 76v). At least 1 full-page miniature missing (after f. 60). 3 smaller miniatures in colours and gold, of John, the Crucifixion, and the Annunciation (ff. 13, 15, 22v), with large initials in gold on red panels, and full

• Full-page miniature of Bridget writing while an angel whispers in her ear at the beginning of the Fifteen Oes of St Bridget., Prayer book

acanthus leaves, flowers, fruits, besants, and birds, of the Crucifixion (f. 12v), the Last Judgment (f. 17v), Bridget (f. 47v), John the Evangelist (f. 77v), Barbara (f. 81v), and the Assumption of the Virgin (f. 83v). 1 small miniature combined