• Decorated initial 'M'(agnus) at the beginning of book 1 of Augustine's Confessiones., Confessiones (index Confessions) (external link no longer available)

Duodecimo Die Decembris Anno Jesu Christi 1687' (f. 1); his seal with the inscription 'Edw[ard] Chamberlayne 1688' ([f. iv verso]). John Chamberlayne (b. 1666, d. 1723), son of Edward Chamberlayne (b. 1616, d. 1703): his sale conducted by Daniel Browne,

• Display script with penwork decoration and reserved lines., Epistolae (external link no longer available)

Display script with penwork decoration and reserved lines. According to the incipit on f*v this is the 2nd part 'Incipit secunda pars epistolarum aurelii augustini yponiensis episcopi'. Quire marks. Catchwords (added by later medieval hand). Text block on ff.

• Dedtail of display script with penwork decoration and reserved lines., Epistolae (external link no longer available)

Dedtail of display script with penwork decoration and reserved lines. According to the incipit on f*v this is the 2nd part 'Incipit secunda pars epistolarum aurelii augustini yponiensis episcopi'. Quire marks. Catchwords (added by later medieval hand). Text block

• Detail of decorated initial 'H'(abens) with reserved lines, arabesque and foliate motifs., Epistolae (external link no longer available)

Detail of decorated initial 'H'(abens) with reserved lines, arabesque and foliate motifs. According to the incipit on f*v this is the 2nd part 'Incipit secunda pars epistolarum aurelii augustini yponiensis episcopi'. Quire marks. Catchwords (added by later medieval hand).

• Detail of decorated initial 'A'(ugustinus) with reserved lines, arabesque and foliate motifs., Epistolae (external link no longer available)

Detail of decorated initial 'A'(ugustinus) with reserved lines, arabesque and foliate motifs. According to the incipit on f*v this is the 2nd part 'Incipit secunda pars epistolarum aurelii augustini yponiensis episcopi'. Quire marks. Catchwords (added by later medieval hand).

• Detail of display script with reserved lines., Epistolae (external link no longer available)

Detail of display script with reserved lines. According to the incipit on f*v this is the 2nd part 'Incipit secunda pars epistolarum aurelii augustini yponiensis episcopi'. Quire marks. Catchwords (added by later medieval hand). Text block on ff. 64-79

• White vine initial 'N'(el) and full border at the beginning of the text., Trionfi (index Triumphs) (external link no longer available)

White vine initial 'N'(el) and full border at the beginning of the text. Catchwords.This manuscript was made in Florence or Rome c. 1440-c. 1450, according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library, Oxford.

• Coloured initial 'Q'(uib) with penwork decoration including a face., Vita S. Gregorii Papae; Versus S. Gregorii (external link no longer available)

(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. Coloured initial John the Deacon (index: Johannis Levitae, Hymonides) England

• Decorated initial at the beginning of the prayer against poison., Extracts from the Gospels and prayers ('The Book of Nunnaminster') (external link no longer available)

Decorated initial at the beginning of the prayer against poison. One of a group of Southumbrian prayerbooks of the "Tiberius" group, the others being Harley 7653, and Cambridge, Cambridge University Library, MS Ll.1.10 (Book of Cerne). All, except Cerne,

• Decorated initial at the beginning of the Lorica of Laidcenn., Extracts from the Gospels and prayers ('The Book of Nunnaminster') (external link no longer available)

Decorated initial at the beginning of the Lorica of Laidcenn. One of a group of Southumbrian prayerbooks of the "Tiberius" group, the others being Harley 7653, and Cambridge, Cambridge University Library, MS Ll.1.10 (Book of Cerne). All, except Cerne,

• Text pages with rubrics and initials with colour wash., Extracts from the Gospels and prayers ('The Book of Nunnaminster') (external link no longer available)

Text pages with rubrics and initials with colour wash. One of a group of Southumbrian prayerbooks of the "Tiberius" group, the others being Harley 7653, and Cambridge, Cambridge University Library, MS Ll.1.10 (Book of Cerne). All, except Cerne, exhibit

• Detail of decorated initial., Miscellany, including a calendar and astrological texts, including Roger's Hereford tables (ff. 77-87); excerpts from William of Conches's Dragmaticon philosophiae, and Daniel of Morley's Liber de naturis inferiorum et superiorum (external link no longer available)

1581: 'W(illia)m Vallans oweth mee 1581' (f. 1).Inscribed with a library list(?); including Arthus Gelius Frantinus, Valerius Maximus, Alexander Nequam, John of Salisbury, and others (f. 1v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of

• Detail of decorated initial., Miscellany, including a calendar and astrological texts, including Roger's Hereford tables (ff. 77-87); excerpts from William of Conches's Dragmaticon philosophiae, and Daniel of Morley's Liber de naturis inferiorum et superiorum (external link no longer available)

1581: 'W(illia)m Vallans oweth mee 1581' (f. 1).Inscribed with a library list(?); including Arthus Gelius Frantinus, Valerius Maximus, Alexander Nequam, John of Salisbury, and others (f. 1v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of

• Diagrams., Miscellany, including a calendar and astrological texts, including Roger's Hereford tables (ff. 77-87); excerpts from William of Conches's Dragmaticon philosophiae, and Daniel of Morley's Liber de naturis inferiorum et superiorum (external link no longer available)

1581: 'W(illia)m Vallans oweth mee 1581' (f. 1).Inscribed with a library list(?); including Arthus Gelius Frantinus, Valerius Maximus, Alexander Nequam, John of Salisbury, and others (f. 1v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of

• Diagram., Miscellany, including a calendar and astrological texts, including Roger's Hereford tables (ff. 77-87); excerpts from William of Conches's Dragmaticon philosophiae, and Daniel of Morley's Liber de naturis inferiorum et superiorum (external link no longer available)

1581: 'W(illia)m Vallans oweth mee 1581' (f. 1).Inscribed with a library list(?); including Arthus Gelius Frantinus, Valerius Maximus, Alexander Nequam, John of Salisbury, and others (f. 1v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of

• Inhabited initial 'D'(ivinus) with a dog, in gold and colours., Theological miscellany, including Goselin's (index: Gocelinus, Jocelyn) Life of Augustine and other saints' lives (see Notes) (external link no longer available)

testimonio bonorum virorum inspexi et iterato decentius in hoc loco coalltum anno gratie m. cc. lix mense maii' (f. 136v).Sir John Cotton (b. 1621, d. 1702), 3rd baronet: inscription that it belonged to him with the date 20 March, 1665

• Inhabited initial 'R'(egu) with a dragon, in gold and colours., Theological miscellany, including Goselin's (index: Gocelinus, Jocelyn) Life of Augustine and other saints' lives (see Notes) (external link no longer available)

testimonio bonorum virorum inspexi et iterato decentius in hoc loco coalltum anno gratie m. cc. lix mense maii' (f. 136v).Sir John Cotton (b. 1621, d. 1702), 3rd baronet: inscription that it belonged to him with the date 20 March, 1665

• Large decorated initial 'P'(oentissimus) in colours and gold with foliate decoration and acanthus leaves., Theological miscellany, including Goselin's (index: Gocelinus, Jocelyn) Life of Augustine and other saints' lives (see Notes) (external link no longer available)

testimonio bonorum virorum inspexi et iterato decentius in hoc loco coalltum anno gratie m. cc. lix mense maii' (f. 136v).Sir John Cotton (b. 1621, d. 1702), 3rd baronet: inscription that it belonged to him with the date 20 March, 1665

• Coloured initials., Frontinus's 'Strategemata', Books 1-4, imperfect at the beginning and the end (ff. 1-50v), Eutropius's 'Breviarium ab urbe condita', Books 1-10 (ff. 55v-109) (external link no longer available)

beginning of the secundo folio 'cum hoc opus' (f. 2); see ~Catalogi veteres~ 1838: information kindly supplied by Michael Gullick.? John Hancocke, unidentified, late 16th century?: his name (f. 2; see Wright 1972)? Ric. Robertz, unidentified, c. 1600: his note

• Initials with colour wash, surrounded by dots in Mark 14:61., Extracts from the Gospels and prayers ('The Book of Nunnaminster') (external link no longer available)

Initials with colour wash, surrounded by dots in Mark 14:61. One of a group of Southumbrian prayerbooks of the "Tiberius" group, the others being Harley 7653, and Cambridge, Cambridge University Library, MS Ll.1.10 (Book of Cerne). All, except Cerne,