• 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 According to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, this manuscript was made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Horizontal catchwords.The manuscript was written in the 3rd quarter of the 15th century, possibly in Rome, according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian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

• Partial white vine border with a large historiated initial 'L'(eo) with a portrait of Pope Leo I in his study and a smaller white vine initial 'L'(eo)., Letters of Pope Leo I ( the Great), with the Life of Leo by Marcus Michael of Crotona

Partial white vine border with a large historiated initial 'L'(eo) with a portrait of Pope Leo I in his study and a smaller white vine initial 'L'(eo). f. 1 is a parchment flyleaf.This manuscript was written by the same

• 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 '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.

• 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

• 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.

• 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

• 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