• 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

• Text page with extended ascenders, cadels and the head of a man in profile., Offices and prayers

Text page with extended ascenders, cadels and the head of a man in profile. Numerous initials in red or blue. Some capitals marked with stroke of red. Ascenders of the top line extending and sometimes decorated with cadels, or

• Historiated initial 'S'(oror) with Seneca holding a scroll extending into the margin at the beginning of Seneca's Hercules furens., Tragoediae (index Tragedies)

Historiated initial 'S'(oror) with Seneca holding a scroll extending into the margin at the beginning of Seneca's Hercules furens. Catchwords written vertically.The outer bifolio in the first quire is made of parchment (ff. 1/12).ff. 205-206v are ruled leaves with

• White vine initial 'S'(epe) with decoration extending into the margin at the beginning of De inventione., De inventione (index Rhetorica) (ff. 1-89v), Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)(ff. 90-168v), Synonyma ad Lucium Veturium (ff. 169-185)

White vine initial 'S'(epe) with decoration extending into the margin at the beginning of De inventione. Catchwords written vertically. No visible watermark. 2 white vine initials in gold and colours with decoration extending into the margin (ff. 1, 90).

• White vine initial 'C'(um) at the beginning of the text., Disputationes tusculanae

White vine initial 'C'(um) at the beginning of the text. Leaf signatures. Catchwords written horizontally. A large white vine initial in gold and colours at the beginning of each book (ff. 1, 3, 28v, 43v, 63v, 85). Space for

• Decorated initial 'M'(anchante) with foliate decoration including acanthus leaves extending into the margin at the beginning of the text., Filocolo (imperfect)

Decorated initial 'M'(anchante) with foliate decoration including acanthus leaves extending into the margin at the beginning of the text. Catchwords. Quires numbered on the recto of the 1st and verso of the last folio. Leaf signatures.Gap after f. 150.Watermark

• Partial white vine borderwith a large historiated initial 'H' (ieronimus) of Jerome., Epistles and other works

Partial white vine borderwith a large historiated initial 'H' (ieronimus) of Jerome. f. i is a ruled parchment leaf.Horizontal catchwords.The rubric on f. 324 has been erased. 1 partial white vine border in colours and gold with a large

• 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

• Full bar border with coloured initial 'I'(gnorancia)., Provincial Constitutions of the Archbishopric of Canterbury (Constitutionem Provincialium Archiepiscoporum Cantuariensium), in five books with an index (ff. 113-118) (index Canon law)

books with an index (ff. 113-118) (index Canon law) List of names in a modern cursive hand, possibly owners, including John (Johannes) Bryeley (f. 1*).Robert Burscough (b. 1650/51, d.1709), prebendary of Exeter in 1701, archdeacon of Barnstaple in 1703, rector

• 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 'R'(eferu[n]t) with pen-flourishing in the same colours extending into the margins, smaller flourished initial., Homilies on Matthew (index In Matthaeum) (ff. 1-147v); Sermones, imperfect (ff. 148-206v)

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 Written by several scribes John Chrysostom (index Johannes Chrysostomus) England

• 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

• Initials with pen-flourished decoration at the beginning of 'The Chasting of God's Children'., A collection of devotional treatises, including 'The Chasting of God's Children' (ff. 1-100), Bridget's 'Revelations', in English translation (ff. 104-109v), and Flete's 'De remedis contra temptationes', in two different English translations (ff. 109v-123, 142v-152)

1732), clerk to the committee of Private Trade, East India Company 1687-1732: his signed inscription (f. 1*; see Wright 1972).? John Murray (b. 1670/71, d. 1748), library agent and book collector, of Sacombe in Hertfordshire: inscribed 'IMS' (f. 'i verso'),

• 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.

• Puzzle initial 'A'(nte) and a smaller blue intial with red penwork decoration 'h'(ec)., Regula Beati Augustini (index The Augustinian Rule) with the exposition of Hugh of Saint-Victor (index Hugh of St. Victor)

Puzzle initial 'A'(nte) and a smaller blue intial with red penwork decoration 'h'(ec). Vertical catchwords. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue and a smaller initial in blue with red penwork decoration (f. 1). Small plain initials in

• Decorated initial 'O'., Various religious texts, including the liturgy of John Chrysostom (ff. 2-31v), the liturgy of Basil the Great (ff. 32-45), and the liturgy of the Pre-sanctified (ff. 46-59v)

in red. Rubrics in red. Capitals marked in yellow. Various religious texts, including the liturgy of John Chrysostom (ff. 2-31v), the liturgy of Basil the Great (ff. 32-45), and the liturgy of the Pre-sanctified (ff. 46-59v) Written in by Ioannes