• Text page with volvelle., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

Text page with volvelle. 2 historiated initials, in colours and gold, and partial bar borders with zoomorphic elements (ff. 129, 133v). 1 partial bar border incorporating a large hybrid (f. 3). Large initials in colours and silver and gold

• Detail of decorated initial 'Q'(uoniam)., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

Detail of decorated initial 'Q'(uoniam). 2 historiated initials, in colours and gold, and partial bar borders with zoomorphic elements (ff. 129, 133v). 1 partial bar border incorporating a large hybrid (f. 3). Large initials in colours and silver and

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uoniam)., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

Decorated initial 'Q'(uoniam). 2 historiated initials, in colours and gold, and partial bar borders with zoomorphic elements (ff. 129, 133v). 1 partial bar border incorporating a large hybrid (f. 3). Large initials in colours and silver and gold with

• Decorated initials and diagram., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

Decorated initials and diagram. 2 historiated initials, in colours and gold, and partial bar borders with zoomorphic elements (ff. 129, 133v). 1 partial bar border incorporating a large hybrid (f. 3). Large initials in colours and silver and gold

• Decorated initials on the incipit page of John, 'In principio.', Four Gospels (the 'Golden Gospels', 'Harley Golden Gospels'; 'Codex Aureus'), with canon tables (ff. 6v-12), and capitulary (ff. 199-208v)

the incipit page of John, 'In principio.' One of 10 manuscripts of the so-called 'Ada group' that Koehler attributed to the 'court school' of Charlemagne. Canon tables in colours and gold, with symbols of the Evangelists, animals, and columns (ff.

• White vine historiated initial 'A'(dventus) with a man in bust with a wreath (Titus Livius) at the beginning of Livy's Ab urbe condita. White vine border with winged putti, deers, birds, rabbits, and a wreath enclosing the arms of Pope Pius II., Ab urbe condita (abbreviated) (ff. 1-60v); Epitoma de Tito Livio (index Epitome of Livy) (ff. 61-136)

White vine historiated initial 'A'(dventus) with a man in bust with a wreath (Titus Livius) at the beginning of Livy's Ab urbe condita. White vine border with winged putti, deers, birds, rabbits, and a wreath enclosing the arms of

• Full white vine border, inhabited by birds, with a roundel of Virgil, another of shepherds minding their sheep, a large initial 'T'(itire), and, in the lower margin, a wreath, intended for arms, supported by two putti., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues)(ff. 1-35); Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 35-55v); Aeneis (index Aeneid) (ff. 55v-239v)

Rubrics in red or orange. Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues)(ff. 1-35); Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 35-55v); Aeneis (index Aeneid) (ff. 55v-239v) John Gibson (fl. 1720-1726), dealer; sold to Harley on 17 June 1721 (see ~Diary~ 1966; Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed

• Historiated initial 'E'(t si) with a man in profile, holding a book combined with a foliate bar border with ivy and acanthus at the beginning of the text. Unidentified arms with a griffin. 15th-century notarial inscription in the lower margin., Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)

Historiated initial 'E'(t si) with a man in profile, holding a book combined with a foliate bar border with ivy and acanthus at the beginning of the text. Unidentified arms with a griffin. 15th-century notarial inscription in the lower

• White vine historiated initial 'O'(rigo) with the head of emperor Hadrian (inscribed 'ADRIANUS') combined with a partial white vine border, including a grasshopper, two birds and a wreath supported by two putti enclosing the arms of Ludovicus Petronius., Historia augusta

White vine historiated initial 'O'(rigo) with the head of emperor Hadrian (inscribed 'ADRIANUS') combined with a partial white vine border, including a grasshopper, two birds and a wreath supported by two putti enclosing the arms of Ludovicus Petronius. Catchwords

• White vine initial 'A'(nimadverti) at the beginning of Paradoxa stoicorum., De amicitia (ff. 1-26), De senectute (ff. 26-50), Paradoxa stoicorum (ff. 50-62v), Somnium Scipionis (ff. 62v-68v)

White vine initial 'A'(nimadverti) at the beginning of Paradoxa stoicorum. Catchwords written horizontally.The initial on f. 1 is damaged.Musical notation (added, f. 35). 4 large white vine initials in gold and colours (ff. 1, 26, 50, 62v). Numerous coloured

• Partial white vine border with an historiated initial 'C'(iprianus) of Cyprian in his study., Works (index Opera)

white vine initials in colours and gold. Smaller plain intials in red or blue. Rubrics in red. Works (index Opera) John Gibson (fl. 1720-1726), dealer; sold to Edward Harley on 22 June 1726 (~Diary~ 1966; Wright 1972).Edward Harley (b. 1689,

• Miniature of a bloodletting man with one foot in a bleeding pan and a spindle in his hand, with English captions., Miscellany with various astronomical, calendrical, medical, and philosophical texts

in red with blue pen-flourishing. Rubrics, paraphs, and underlining in red. Miscellany with various astronomical, calendrical, medical, and philosophical texts John...: inscribed with his name in the 16th century (f. 229). Samuel Knott (d. 1687), rector of Combe Raleigh, Devon

• Illuminated white vine-stem border and illuminated initial 'A'(ntequam), with square capitals used as display script in an unfinished four-colour sequence; at the beginning of Cicero's Philippic orations., 14 Philippic orations (ff. 1-168); Somnium scipionis (ff. 168v-178v)

and 22; A. C. de la Mare also attributed Add. 16983 and Burney 292 to the same scribe; see also John W. Bradley, ~A Dictionary of Miniaturists, Illuminators, Calligraphers and Copyists~, 3 vols (London: Quaritch, 1887-1889), I, 248; II, 11-2.Unidentified

• Illuminated white vine-stem initial 'V'(ellem), and square capitals in a three-colour sequence; at the beginning of Cicero's ninth Philippic oration., 14 Philippic orations (ff. 1-168); Somnium scipionis (ff. 168v-178v)

and 22; A. C. de la Mare also attributed Add. 16983 and Burney 292 to the same scribe; see also John W. Bradley, ~A Dictionary of Miniaturists, Illuminators, Calligraphers and Copyists~, 3 vols (London: Quaritch, 1887-1889), I, 248; II, 11-2.Unidentified

• null, 14 Philippic orations (ff. 1-168); Somnium scipionis (ff. 168v-178v)

and 22; A. C. de la Mare also attributed Add. 16983 and Burney 292 to the same scribe; see also John W. Bradley, ~A Dictionary of Miniaturists, Illuminators, Calligraphers and Copyists~, 3 vols (London: Quaritch, 1887-1889), I, 248; II, 11-2.Unidentified

• null, 14 Philippic orations (ff. 1-168); Somnium scipionis (ff. 168v-178v)

and 22; A. C. de la Mare also attributed Add. 16983 and Burney 292 to the same scribe; see also John W. Bradley, ~A Dictionary of Miniaturists, Illuminators, Calligraphers and Copyists~, 3 vols (London: Quaritch, 1887-1889), I, 248; II, 11-2.Unidentified

• null, 14 Philippic orations (ff. 1-168); Somnium scipionis (ff. 168v-178v)

and 22; A. C. de la Mare also attributed Add. 16983 and Burney 292 to the same scribe; see also John W. Bradley, ~A Dictionary of Miniaturists, Illuminators, Calligraphers and Copyists~, 3 vols (London: Quaritch, 1887-1889), I, 248; II, 11-2.Unidentified

• Single column miniature of Daniel being placed into the lion's den., Chronique of Baudouin d'Avennes (L'histoire tripartite, Le trésor de sapience)

Master of the Soane Josephus (ff. 21, 54v, 80, 111, 137v, 158v, 199, 232, 263, 330v, 355v, 365v), named after John Soane's Museum 1, and the small miniatures attributed to the follower of Loyset Liedet who was also responsible for

• Detail of a single column miniature of Daniel being placed into the lion's den., Chronique of Baudouin d'Avennes (L'histoire tripartite, Le trésor de sapience)

Master of the Soane Josephus (ff. 21, 54v, 80, 111, 137v, 158v, 199, 232, 263, 330v, 355v, 365v), named after John Soane's Museum 1, and the small miniatures attributed to the follower of Loyset Liedet who was also responsible for

• Miniature of a joust between John de Holand and Regnault de Roye, at the beginning of chapter 41 of book 5., Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre

a joust between John de Holand and Regnault de Roye, at the beginning of chapter 41 of book 5. Includes the third volume of the Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre of Jean of Wavrin, preceded by a list of contents (ff.