• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(ominus) of the Virgin and Child, with the donor, Thomas Besforde, in a Benedictine habit with a scroll reading 'In te confidit a[n]i[m]a / mea', in the margin.', Commentary on Wisdom

full border in colours and gold, at the beginning of the text (f. 1). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red or blue. Some catchwords in decorated frames. Commentary on Wisdom John of Lutton, written by him: his

• Historiated initial 'D'(ominus) of the Virgin and Child, with the donor, Thomas Besforde, in a Benedictine habit with a scroll reading 'In te confidit a[n]i[m]a / mea', in the margin, with a full border containing a dragon and two shields with arms of the Reading abbey (three escallops) and of the donor (a fesse between six pears)., Commentary on Wisdom

full border in colours and gold, at the beginning of the text (f. 1). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red or blue. Some catchwords in decorated frames. Commentary on Wisdom John of Lutton, written by him: his

• Partialy repainted miniature of Jean, duke of Berry receiving the book from the author, Honoré Bouvet, in a prior's habit with a blue hood, with a full border with Jean's arms, and a foliate initial 'A'( la sainte), at the beginning of the dedicatory letter to Charles VI of France., L'Arbre des batailles

repainted miniature of Jean, duke of Berry receiving the book from the author, Honoré Bouvet, in a prior's habit with a blue hood, with a full border with Jean's arms, and a foliate initial 'A'( la sainte), at the beginning

• Puzzle initial 'D'(icco), at the beginning of book 6 of Bartholomaeus Anglicus's De proprietatibus rerum., De proprietatibus rerum, with an index in a later hand (ff. 388-392)

Anglicus's De proprietatibus rerum. Large and smaller puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red. Small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. De proprietatibus rerum, with an index in a

• Illuminated initial., Alchemical tracts, including the Secretum secretorum, imperfect

with foliage decoration, damaged (f. 100v). Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration, and in red with blue penwork decoration. Small initials in red or blue. Paraphs in red or blue. Highlighting of letters in red. Alchemical tracts, including

• Illuminated initials., Il Canzoniere

foliate border, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 34). Smaller initials in gold on red and/or blue grounds. Paraph marks in plain red or blue. Capital letters at the beginning of each line highlighted in yellow. Attributed to Cristoforo Cortese

• Detail of historiated initial., Il Canzoniere

foliate border, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 34). Smaller initials in gold on red and/or blue grounds. Paraph marks in plain red or blue. Capital letters at the beginning of each line highlighted in yellow. Attributed to Cristoforo Cortese

• Detail of miniature., Il Canzoniere

foliate border, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 34). Smaller initials in gold on red and/or blue grounds. Paraph marks in plain red or blue. Capital letters at the beginning of each line highlighted in yellow. Attributed to Cristoforo Cortese

• Detail of historiated initial., Il Canzoniere

foliate border, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 34). Smaller initials in gold on red and/or blue grounds. Paraph marks in plain red or blue. Capital letters at the beginning of each line highlighted in yellow. Attributed to Cristoforo Cortese

• Initial 'S' with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of the Alchemical treatises., Alchemical treatises

of the Alchemical treatises. 1 large initial in blue with pen-flourishing in red. Small initials in plain red. Diagrams. Alchemical treatises Inscription, 15th century, and the number 'XV.B' (f. 1).Francis Bernard (bap. 1628, d. 1698), apothecary and physician: inscribed '90.

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) with David playing a harp and foliate borders, at the beginning of the Psalms., Breviary, Use of Sarum, including a Psalter with a litany (ff. 181-243v)

the litany (f. 240). Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (2 lines) in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. Small initials in plain red or blue. Decorated catchwords. Breviary, Use of Sarum, including a Psalter with

• Illuminated initial 'K'(yrie) and marginal drawing of a fox and an ape, at the beginning of the litany., Breviary, Use of Sarum, including a Psalter with a litany (ff. 181-243v)

the litany (f. 240). Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (2 lines) in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. Small initials in plain red or blue. Decorated catchwords. Breviary, Use of Sarum, including a Psalter with

• Detail of historiated initial 'B'(eatus)with David harping at the beginning of the Psalms., Breviary, Use of Sarum, including a Psalter with a litany (ff. 181-243v)

the litany (f. 240). Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (2 lines) in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. Small initials in plain red or blue. Decorated catchwords. Breviary, Use of Sarum, including a Psalter with

• Illuminated initial., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book) from Edward III to Richard II

large initials in gold on red and blue grounds with foliate extensions into the margins (ff. 2, 14). Smaller initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. Paraph marks in plain red or blue. Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta

• Initial with foliate designs, initials with penwork flourishing, and full border., Breviary, Use of Sarum, including a Psalter with a litany (ff. 181-243v)

the litany (f. 240). Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (2 lines) in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. Small initials in plain red or blue. Decorated catchwords. Breviary, Use of Sarum, including a Psalter with

• Historiated initial of two conjoined fish in gold, silver, and colours, and a portrait of Petrarch standing, with a decorated border with floral motifs in gold and colours, with pen-flourishing, and arms., Opuscula varia (index various works)

small decorated initial in gold and colours (f. 71). Initials in red or blue with red penwork decoration. Headings and marginal notes in red. Paraphs in blue. Opuscula varia (index various works) Written in 1398: colophon reads, 'Explicit Deo gratias.

• Decorated initial 'F' in gold and colours, and a decorated border with floral motifs in gold, silver, and colours., Opuscula varia (index various works)

small decorated initial in gold and colours (f. 71). Initials in red or blue with red penwork decoration. Headings and marginal notes in red. Paraphs in blue. Opuscula varia (index various works) Written in 1398: colophon reads, 'Explicit Deo gratias.

• Decorated border with floral motifs with the arms of the Calori of Modena, and a historiated initial 'P'(aucos) with a portrait of Petrarch seated in a garden, reading a book., Opuscula varia (index various works)

small decorated initial in gold and colours (f. 71). Initials in red or blue with red penwork decoration. Headings and marginal notes in red. Paraphs in blue. Opuscula varia (index various works) Written in 1398: colophon reads, 'Explicit Deo gratias.

• Detail of a historiated initial 'P'(aucos) with a portrait of Petrarch seated in a garden, reading a book., Opuscula varia (index various works)

small decorated initial in gold and colours (f. 71). Initials in red or blue with red penwork decoration. Headings and marginal notes in red. Paraphs in blue. Opuscula varia (index various works) Written in 1398: colophon reads, 'Explicit Deo gratias.

• Historiated initial 'V'(oi) at the beginning of Petrarch's Il Canzoniere, with an image of Petrarch, shown before a lectern with an open book before him in the bowl of the initial, and a miniature on the right-hand side of the page of Petrarch's muse, Laura, beside a laurel tree, framed with a three-sided border made up of foliate scrolls and gold balls., Il Canzoniere

foliate border, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 34). Smaller initials in gold on red and/or blue grounds. Paraph marks in plain red or blue. Capital letters at the beginning of each line highlighted in yellow. Attributed to Cristoforo Cortese