• Partial foliate border with a decorated intial 'P'(luribus)., Topography of Ireland, the Bull 'Laudabiliter' (f. 48), and various short religious texts (index Topographia Hiberniae, Topographia Hibernica)

in red. Topography of Ireland, the Bull 'Laudabiliter' (f. 48), and various short religious texts (index Topographia Hiberniae, Topographia Hibernica) John Warburton (b. 1682, d. 1759), of Bury, county Lancashire, antiquary and herald, Somerset Herald in 1720: acquired by Harley

• Partial foliate borders with decorated initials 'A' and 'S', and a bird in the lower margin., Topography of Ireland, the Bull 'Laudabiliter' (f. 48), and various short religious texts (index Topographia Hiberniae, Topographia Hibernica)

in red. Topography of Ireland, the Bull 'Laudabiliter' (f. 48), and various short religious texts (index Topographia Hiberniae, Topographia Hibernica) John Warburton (b. 1682, d. 1759), of Bury, county Lancashire, antiquary and herald, Somerset Herald in 1720: acquired by Harley

• Partial foliate border with a decorated intials 'I' and 'C', and a hare in the lower margin., Topography of Ireland, the Bull 'Laudabiliter' (f. 48), and various short religious texts (index Topographia Hiberniae, Topographia Hibernica)

in red. Topography of Ireland, the Bull 'Laudabiliter' (f. 48), and various short religious texts (index Topographia Hiberniae, Topographia Hibernica) John Warburton (b. 1682, d. 1759), of Bury, county Lancashire, antiquary and herald, Somerset Herald in 1720: acquired by Harley

• Historiated initials 'D' (e) and 'P'(er), with faces., Topography of Ireland, the Bull 'Laudabiliter' (f. 48), and various short religious texts (index Topographia Hiberniae, Topographia Hibernica)

in red. Topography of Ireland, the Bull 'Laudabiliter' (f. 48), and various short religious texts (index Topographia Hiberniae, Topographia Hibernica) John Warburton (b. 1682, d. 1759), of Bury, county Lancashire, antiquary and herald, Somerset Herald in 1720: acquired by Harley

• Partial border with a decorated initial 'A'(ve) at a hymn to the Virgin Mary, and a hybrid creature in the lower margin., Topography of Ireland, the Bull 'Laudabiliter' (f. 48), and various short religious texts (index Topographia Hiberniae, Topographia Hibernica)

in red. Topography of Ireland, the Bull 'Laudabiliter' (f. 48), and various short religious texts (index Topographia Hiberniae, Topographia Hibernica) John Warburton (b. 1682, d. 1759), of Bury, county Lancashire, antiquary and herald, Somerset Herald in 1720: acquired by Harley

• Illuminated border with putti and a coat of arms, and the historiated initial 'M'(agna)., Epistolae and various dialogues

Illuminated border with putti and a coat of arms, and the historiated initial 'M'(agna). f. [ii] is a former pastedown.The letter concerning the death of Cardinal Theanensis (ff. 17-35v) was written in 1492.Vertical catchwords. Full borders in gold and

• Architectural border with a reclining figure holding a heart, and the illuminated initial 'R'(everendissime)., Epistolae and various dialogues

Architectural border with a reclining figure holding a heart, and the illuminated initial 'R'(everendissime). f. [ii] is a former pastedown.The letter concerning the death of Cardinal Theanensis (ff. 17-35v) was written in 1492.Vertical catchwords. Full borders in gold and

• Architectural border with a rose bush and the historiated initial: 'S'(aepe)., Epistolae and various dialogues

Architectural border with a rose bush and the historiated initial: 'S'(aepe). f. [ii] is a former pastedown.The letter concerning the death of Cardinal Theanensis (ff. 17-35v) was written in 1492.Vertical catchwords. Full borders in gold and colours with all'

• Foliate border with a seated, armed woman, and an historiated initial of a figure holding a shield: 'P'(ersuasistis)., Epistolae and various dialogues

Foliate border with a seated, armed woman, and an historiated initial of a figure holding a shield: 'P'(ersuasistis). f. [ii] is a former pastedown.The letter concerning the death of Cardinal Theanensis (ff. 17-35v) was written in 1492.Vertical catchwords. Full

• Miniature of the Christ carrying the cross on the road to Calvary., Prayer book (Fifteen Oes of St Bridget), imperfect

117v), the Nailing to the Cross (f. 118v), the Crucifixion (f. 119), the Deposition (f. 119v; unfinished), the Pietà with John and Mary Magdalene (f. 120v), the Entombment (f. 121)). 'Champ' initials in colours and gold. Paraphs in red. Prayer

• Decorated initials 'P'(ostea) and 'I'(n)., Sermones in evangelium S. Johannis (Sermons on the Gospel of John)

red or blue. Rubrics in red. Capitals marked in red. Sermones in evangelium S. Johannis (Sermons on the Gospel of John) Colophon: inscribed, 'Explicit Liber Tractatuum Beati Augustini Episcopi in Evangelium Sancti Iohannis Evangeliste, 1477' (f. 226).Nathaniel Noel (fl. 1681,

• Historiated initial 'Q'(ui) of Christ carrying the cross., De imitatione Christi

Historiated initial 'Q'(ui) of Christ carrying the cross. Horizontal catchwords.Ruled in hard point. 1 historiated initial in gold and colours of Christ carrying the cross at the beginning of the first book (f. 3v). 3 large initials in red

• Colophon of Johannes Jacobus de Balbis and ownership inscription of Cornelius Balbus., Satires (index Saturae, Satirae)

Colophon of Johannes Jacobus de Balbis and ownership inscription of Cornelius Balbus. Vertical catchwords.f. 70 is a blank, ruled paper leaf with a 16th- or 17th- century(?) inscription. 1 large blue initial with red pen-flourishing (f. 1). 13 smaller

• Initial 'N'(aso) and unidentified arms in the lower margin., Epistulae ex Ponto

Initial 'N'(aso) and unidentified arms in the lower margin. A large piece of paper has been torn off at the top of f. 1. 1 large initial in gold on a blue ground with an unidentified coat of arms

• Historiated initial 'E'(x) of Petrarch at the preface of the second book., De remediis utriusque fortunae

Historiated initial 'E'(x) of Petrarch at the preface of the second book. f. [iv] is a former pastedown.There are 3 unfoliated ruled folios after f. 6*.The table of contents (ff. 1*-6*) is in a different hand from the rest

• Text page with decorated initial 'F'(ratres) and three initials smaller with penwork decoration: 'C'(onditor), 'E'(xcita), 'V'(erbum)., Breviary, use of Rome

Text page with decorated initial 'F'(ratres) and three initials smaller with penwork decoration: 'C'(onditor), 'E'(xcita), 'V'(erbum). Horizontal catchwords, some with simple penwork frames.f. [278] is a ruled parchment leaf. 2 large illuminated intials in colours and gold with acanthus

• Puzzle initial 'A'(bho[m]inacio) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the list of contents., Homilies on Matthew (index In Matthaeum) (imperfect), with list of contents (ff. 145v-159v)

for £10,000 (a fraction of 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. Puzzle initial John Chrysostom (index Johannes Chrysostomus) England

• Initial 'O' (Blessid) in gold on a pink and blue background., Prayer Book (with numerous 16th century additions)

including: 'Johan Holland ownethe this book god make her a good woman' and 'The 15th of February 1590 payd to John his nurse' (f. 44).Excerpt from 'Seneca ad Lucilium', 18th century (f. 1*v).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b.

• Initial 'H' with pen-work decoration., Collection of letters attributed to Hippocrates and others in Rinuccini's Latin translation, preceded by dedications to Cardinal Antonio de la Cerda y Llosa (elected 1448, d. 1459) and Pope Nicholas V (elected 1447, d. 1455) (ff. 1-1v)

Initial 'H' with pen-work decoration. Watermark of a basilisk with no direct comparison in C. M. Briquet, ~Les Filigranes: Dictionnaire historique des marques du papier dès leur apparition vers 1282 jusqu'en 1600~, A Facsimile of the 1907 edition with

• Pen-flourished initial 'B'(ritannia)., Chronicles of England to the reign of king Henry VI (r. 1422-1461 and again from 1470-1471) (Chronicon Angliae)

signature probably once appeared in the top right corner of f. 1, which has been cut off (see Wright 1972). John Warburton (b. 1682, d. 1759), of Bury, county Lancashire, antiquary and herald, Somerset Herald in 1720: sold to Edward