• Historiated initial 'Q'(ui) of the Resurrected Christ, with foliate extensions and gold besants., Various religious texts, including De imitatione Christi, capitula (ff. 1-4)

5). Initial in gold on grounds of blue, red and black (f. 37). Initials in gold with blue, and sometimes gold or red, penwork decoration. Rubrics in gold, red, or blue. Paraphs in blue. Various religious texts, including De imitatione

• Detail of text page, Aeneis (index Aeneid) , with a verse preface (ff. 1-201); Extract from Servius on Aeneis 6 (f. 202)

I is a paper flyleaf.Marginal commentary (ff. 87v to 97). 18 large initials in gold on red and blue grounds with red, blue, and brown penwork decoration (ff. 1, 1v, 2, 16, 16v, 32v, 47, 47v, 61v, 79, 79v, 97v,

• Inhabited foliate initial 'A'(bsenti) with small figures, at the beginning of Joannes de Milis's Repertorium aureum sive lexicon juridicum., Repertorium aureum sive lexicon juridicum

25v, 33, 62). 8 large puzzle initials in red and blue (ff. 79, 107, 117v, 129, 130v, 163v, 182v, 204v). 10 large and smaller initials in plain red or blue (ff. 190, 203, 283v, 284v [with reserved designs], 296, 311

• Inhabited foliate initial 'A'(bsenti) with a seated man and a naked man, at the beginning of Joannes de Milis's Repertorium aureum sive lexicon juridicum., Repertorium aureum sive lexicon juridicum

25v, 33, 62). 8 large puzzle initials in red and blue (ff. 79, 107, 117v, 129, 130v, 163v, 182v, 204v). 10 large and smaller initials in plain red or blue (ff. 190, 203, 283v, 284v [with reserved designs], 296, 311

• Full knotwork border with a decorated initial 'F'(acturus), and arms in the shape of a bisected axe head, with a black eagle poised on a sword on a gold ground in the upper half, two crossed swords on a blue ground in the lower half, and the initials 'V' and 'B' on either side., Ab urbe condita (index De gestis romanorum; Historia romana)

a black eagle poised on a sword on a gold ground in the upper half, two crossed swords on a blue ground in the lower half, and the initials 'V' and 'B' on either side. f. 152 is a ruled

• Text pages with marginal commentary and illuminated initial 'S'(ic), at the beginning of Book VI: 'Sic factur lacrimans, classique immittit habenas'., Aeneis (index Aeneid) , with a verse preface (ff. 1-201); Extract from Servius on Aeneis 6 (f. 202)

I is a paper flyleaf.Marginal commentary (ff. 87v to 97). 18 large initials in gold on red and blue grounds with red, blue, and brown penwork decoration (ff. 1, 1v, 2, 16, 16v, 32v, 47, 47v, 61v, 79, 79v, 97v,

• Pen-flourished initials, Meditations on the Life of Christ

catchwords. Alternating initials in blue with red pen-flourishing or in red with violet pen-flourishing. Rubrics in red (now faded). Meditations on the Life of Christ Written in 1454 by Jacobus de Parma in Bologna for Frater Gabriel, provincial vicar: colophon,

• Detail of an illuminated initial with knotwork motifs 'A'(nnus)., Ab urbe condita (index De gestis romanorum; Historia romana)

a black eagle poised on a sword on a gold ground in the upper half, two crossed swords on a blue ground in the lower half, and the initials 'V' and 'B' on either side (f. 1).Nathaniel Noel (fl. 1681,

• Detail of an illuminated initial with knotwork motifs 'S'(equitur)., Ab urbe condita (index De gestis romanorum; Historia romana)

a black eagle poised on a sword on a gold ground in the upper half, two crossed swords on a blue ground in the lower half, and the initials 'V' and 'B' on either side (f. 1).Nathaniel Noel (fl. 1681,

• Decorated initial 'C'(UM) with interlace accompanied by a partial decorated border with flowers and arms of Schioppo of Verona., Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi

and colours with interlace combined with a partial decorated border with flowers and heraldry (f. 1). A smaller initial in blue marks the beginning of each book. Marginal notes in green, purple, and red ink, sometimes accompanied by a small

• Miniature of Francis of Assisi appearing to his biographer, Bonaventure, and Thomas Aquinas entering the cell, folllowed by a Dominican and a Franciscan. Coat of arms of Giovanni Francesco di Malatesta. The Franciscan saints in the four corners of the border are (clockwise): Anthony of Padua, Louis of Toulouse, Bernardino of Siena and Clare., Legend and Life of Francis of Assisi (with Miracles)

59, 64, 68v, 72, 76v, 85v, 88). Numerous smaller initials in colours and gold. Numerous pen-flourished initials in red and blue. Legend and Life of Francis of Assisi (with Miracles) Written by Alessandro da Bologna, Augustinian friar and scribe, at

• Illuminated initial 'H'(enry) and three-sided foliate border, at the beginning of the statutes of the reign of Henry IV, Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from 1 Edward III to 31 Henry VI

foliate borders (ff. 2, 150, 238, 241, 252, 266, 271, 274, 275v). Small initials in blue with red flourishing. Paraph marks alternately red or blue. Probably by more than one artist. Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute

• Three puzzle initials 'M'(atheus), 'M'(atheus) and 'L'(iber), with pen-flourishing and one with a lion, at the beginning of two prologues to and at the beginning of Matthew; in the outer margin is a threaded book-mark., Bible (ff. 3-476); Interpretation of Hebrew Names (ff. 477-579)

383). 1 large initial in blue with pen-flourishing in both colours (f. 50v). Small initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in the other colour or, occasionally, in both colours. Simple initials in red or blue. Running headers, chapter numbers

• Decorated initial 'P'(atri) with acanthus leaves at the beginning of the Epistola de morte Hieronomi ad Damasium., Various texts including Pseudo-Eusebius, Epistola de morte Hieronomi ad Damasium (ff. 2-44); Pseudo-Augustine, Epistola de magnificentiis Hieronymi ad Cyrillum (ff. 44v-52v); Pseudo-Cyrillus, Epistola ad beatum Augustinum de miraculis Hieronymi (ff. 53-91v);Jerome, Vita S. Pauli primi heremitae (ff. 96-102); Leonardo Aretino, De bello italico adversus Gothos (ff. 102v-109), Timoteo Maffei's Letter of renunciation of the archbishopric of Milan (ff. 109v-118); Petrarch, Letter to Nicolo Azaiolo of Florence, seneschal to the king of Sicily (ff. 118v-124v), etc.

gold and colours with acanthus leaves (f. 2). Large blue initials (ff. 53, 124v), some with reserved lines (ff. 44v, 96, 102v, 109v). Smaller coloured initials in alternating red and blue. Various texts including Pseudo-Eusebius, Epistola de morte Hieronomi ad

• Miniature of the Fall of Man in a roundel, diagrams of Noah's Ark and of the earth, initial and border with foliate and spray decoration, 'champ' initial, and inscribed roundels joined by genealogical lines of descent at the beginning of the chronicle., Chronicle (index Compendium historie in genealogia Christi)

into the margins, in colours and gold (membrane 1). One 'champ' initial in colours and gold (membrane 1). Initials in blue or gold with penwork decoration in red or purple. Rubrics in red. Chronicle (index Compendium historie in genealogia Christi)

• The first inscribed roundels of the 'linea regum britannie' with crowns, and diagrams of the 42 'mansiones' and of the tabernacle of the 12 Tribes of Israel., Chronicle (index Compendium historie in genealogia Christi)

into the margins, in colours and gold (membrane 1). One 'champ' initial in colours and gold (membrane 1). Initials in blue or gold with penwork decoration in red or purple. Rubrics in red. Chronicle (index Compendium historie in genealogia Christi)

• Inscribed roundels with crowns for the seven kingdoms of England, joined by genealogical lines of descent and merging into one under king Egbertus in a central roundel., Chronicle (index Compendium historie in genealogia Christi)

into the margins, in colours and gold (membrane 1). One 'champ' initial in colours and gold (membrane 1). Initials in blue or gold with penwork decoration in red or purple. Rubrics in red. Chronicle (index Compendium historie in genealogia Christi)

• Genealogy of Edward IV, with later additions. , Chronicle (index Compendium historie in genealogia Christi)

into the margins, in colours and gold (membrane 1). One 'champ' initial in colours and gold (membrane 1). Initials in blue or gold with penwork decoration in red or purple. Rubrics in red. Chronicle (index Compendium historie in genealogia Christi)

• White vine initial 'S'(i quis) at the beginning of Andreas Julianus' Oratio funebris pro Manuele Chrysolora., Various works including Eumenes (f. 1 only, imperfect); Vita Attici (index Atticus), Andreas Julianus' Oratio funebris pro Manuele Chrysolora, letters by Guarino and his funeral oration for Leonello d'Este

see ~Catalogue~ 1808.A composite manuscript. Large white vine initial in gold and colours (f. 53). Large gold initials on red, blue or green panels (ff. 61v, 69v, 72, 74, 76v, 78v, 79, 80, 83, 88, 90, 92v, 96, 100, 100v,

• Decorated initial 'S'(is ab) with acanthus leaves extending into the margins at the beginning of the text., Historiae

the margins (f. 1). 1 initial painted with acanthus leaves drawn but left unfinished (f. 131). Large coloured initials in blue, red, or pink-red (ff. 2v, 34v, 63, 103v). Capitals marked with red ink. Historiae Nicholas of Cues (index Khrypffs,