• Historiated initial 'D' probably of David in the Wilderness, with a red eagle, at the beginning of the Penitential Psalms., Bifolium of a Book of Hours, containing the Penitential Psalms

acanthus-like foliate extensions inhabited by a zoomorphic motif and bezants with single hair-line embellishment (f. 24v). 3 gold initials with blue penwork decoration. Bifolium of a Book of Hours, containing the Penitential Psalms The Acciuaiuoli family of Florence: probably their

• Detail of a historiated initial 'D' of the Annunciation, at the beginning of the Hours of the Virgin., Leaves and bifolia of a Book of Hours, containing text from the Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome

acanthus-like foliage inhabited by anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figures and large bezants with single hair-line embellishment. Small initials in gold with blue penwork. The historiated initial of the Annunciation is off-set onto f. 25. Leaves and bifolia of a Book of

• White vine initial 'M'(ecenas) and, in the lower margin, the bookstamps of Pandolfo di Ricasoli and the Convent of the Discalced Carmelites in Florence., Odes (index Carmina)

large initials in gold with white vine decoration in colours and foliate extensions (ff. 1, 21). Numerous plain initials in blue. Rubrics in red. Capitals marked in red. Odes (index Carmina) Pandolfo di Ricasoli, baron, of Florence: his bookstamp, 17th

• White vine initials 'N'(ec) and 'O' (Curas) at the beginning of the text., Satires

Mare at the Bodleian Library, Oxford. 2 white vine initials in gold and colours (f. 1). Smaller coloured initials in blue. Satires Alessandro Acciauoli (index Alessandro Acciaiuoli) (b. 1545), Florentine noble: inscribed 'Hic Liber est Alexandri Acciauoli. No. 32' (f.

• Illuminated initial 'V'(rbis) with foliate decoration, and initial 'M'(aiores) at the beginning of Book 1 of Valerius Maximus's Facta et dicta memorabilia., Facta et dicta memorabilia

colours and gold (ff. 1, 20, 31v, 44v, 57, 67). Large and small initials in yellow and red on a blue and red field with foliate decoration. Facta et dicta memorabilia Scribal colophon dated April 1400: ‘Explicit liber ualerij maximi

• Illuminated initial 'A'([d]tingam]) with foliate decoration at the beginning of Book 3 of Valerius Maximus's Facta et dicta memorabilia., Facta et dicta memorabilia

colours and gold (ff. 1, 20, 31v, 44v, 57, 67). Large and small initials in yellow and red on a blue and red field with foliate decoration. Facta et dicta memorabilia Scribal colophon dated April 1400: ‘Explicit liber ualerij maximi

• Illuminated initials 'S'(i) and 'C'(hi) in a sonnet, with red hearts replacing the word 'cuoere’ ('heart')., 49 love sonnets

fire with raindrops, in the right margin (f. 1). Small initials in gold with red or purple pen-flourishing or in blue with red or purple pen-flourishing or in silver with purple pen-flourishing. 1 small initial in gold with a woman's

• Detail of a shield have been overpainted with two hearts burning in a fire the Zucharia's monogram 'MZ' to the right of a shield overpainted, but that of 'AM' (perhaps Andrea Matteo Acquaviva), to the left of the shield unaltered., 49 love sonnets

fire with raindrops, in the right margin (f. 1). Small initials in gold with red or purple pen-flourishing or in blue with red or purple pen-flourishing or in silver with purple pen-flourishing. 1 small initial in gold with a woman's

• Detail of illuminated initial., Facta et dicta memorabilia

20, 31v, 44v, 57, 67). Large and small initials in yellow and red on a blue and red field with foliate decoration. Facta et dicta memorabilia Scribal colophon dated April 1400: ‘Explicit liber ualerij maximi de memoralib(us) [sic] dictis et

• Detail of illuminated initial., Facta et dicta memorabilia

20, 31v, 44v, 57, 67). Large and small initials in yellow and red on a blue and red field with foliate decoration. Facta et dicta memorabilia Scribal colophon dated April 1400: ‘Explicit liber ualerij maximi de memoralib(us) [sic] dictis et

• Decorated initials., Facta et dicta memorabilia

31v, 44v, 57, 67). Large and small initials in yellow and red on a blue and red field with foliate decoration. Facta et dicta memorabilia Scribal colophon dated April 1400: ‘Explicit liber ualerij maximi de memoralib(us) [sic] dictis et factis

• Illuminated initial., Facta et dicta memorabilia

31v, 44v, 57, 67). Large and small initials in yellow and red on a blue and red field with foliate decoration. Facta et dicta memorabilia Scribal colophon dated April 1400: ‘Explicit liber ualerij maximi de memoralib(us) [sic] dictis et factis

• Illuminated initial., Facta et dicta memorabilia

31v, 44v, 57, 67). Large and small initials in yellow and red on a blue and red field with foliate decoration. Facta et dicta memorabilia Scribal colophon dated April 1400: ‘Explicit liber ualerij maximi de memoralib(us) [sic] dictis et factis

• Detail of colophon., Facta et dicta memorabilia

20, 31v, 44v, 57, 67). Large and small initials in yellow and red on a blue and red field with foliate decoration. Facta et dicta memorabilia Scribal colophon dated April 1400: ‘Explicit liber ualerij maximi de memoralib(us) [sic] dictis et

• Historiated initial 'D' of the Deposition from the Cross, strapwork, extension into margins with acanthus-like foliage and bezants with single hair-line embellishment., Leaf of a Book of Hours, containing the text for Vespers in the Long Hours of the Cross [erased]

hair-line embellishment, at the beginning of Vespers in the Long Hours of the Cross. 3 small initials in gold with blue penwork decoration. Leaf of a Book of Hours, containing the text for Vespers in the Long Hours of the

• Detail of a pen-flourished initial 'L'(a quarte)., Epistre au roi Richart (Letter to King Richard II)

with a partial border (f. 35). Foliate initials in colours and gold with partial borders, or foliate extensions. Line-fillers in blue, red and gold. Epistre au roi Richart (Letter to King Richard II) Richard II (b. 1367, d. 1400), king

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'O'(r)., Epistre au roi Richart (Letter to King Richard II)

with a partial border (f. 35). Foliate initials in colours and gold with partial borders, or foliate extensions. Line-fillers in blue, red and gold. Epistre au roi Richart (Letter to King Richard II) Richard II (b. 1367, d. 1400), king

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'I'(l)., Epistre au roi Richart (Letter to King Richard II)

with a partial border (f. 35). Foliate initials in colours and gold with partial borders, or foliate extensions. Line-fillers in blue, red and gold. Epistre au roi Richart (Letter to King Richard II) Richard II (b. 1367, d. 1400), king

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'Q'(ui)., Epistre au roi Richart (Letter to King Richard II)

with a partial border (f. 35). Foliate initials in colours and gold with partial borders, or foliate extensions. Line-fillers in blue, red and gold. Epistre au roi Richart (Letter to King Richard II) Richard II (b. 1367, d. 1400), king

• Illuminated initial 'S'(elonc)., Epistre au roi Richart (Letter to King Richard II)

with a partial border (f. 35). Foliate initials in colours and gold with partial borders, or foliate extensions. Line-fillers in blue, red and gold. Epistre au roi Richart (Letter to King Richard II) Richard II (b. 1367, d. 1400), king