• White vine initial 'Q'(uemadmodum) in colours at the beginning of the book., De officiis

White vine initial 'Q'(uemadmodum) in colours at the beginning of the book. Part 1: original foliation. Ends with a table of contents (ff. 87v-89) Large white vine initials in colours at the beginning of each book (ff. 1, 38v,

• Detail of white vine initial 'Q'(uam) at the beginning of De officiis., De officiis

Detail of white vine initial 'Q'(uam) at the beginning of De officiis. Part 1: original foliation. Ends with a table of contents (ff. 87v-89) Large white vine initials in colours at the beginning of each book (ff. 1, 38v,

• Large white vine initial 'O'(mnes) enclosing a putto, with a butterfly in the margin, at the beginning of the text., Catilina (ff. 1-16), Jugurtha (ff. 16-46), Epitome historiarum Trogi Pompeii (ff. 46-137v), Epitoma de Tito Livio (index Epitome of Livy) (ff. 138-176v)

Large white vine initial 'O'(mnes) enclosing a putto, with a butterfly in the margin, at the beginning of the text. Giovanni di Stia was a Florentine notary.Explicit followed by 4 verses 'Roma vetus veteres […] Quorum consilio precipitata ruis'

• White vine initial 'H'(erbarum) with a butterfly., De viribus herbarum

White vine initial 'H'(erbarum) with a butterfly. ff. 1 and 2 are parchment flyleaves.ff. 1 and [46] are former pastedowns.Marginal notes list ailments for which the various herbs are recommended. 1 large white vine initial in gold, purple, blue

• White vine initial 'C'(rotoniate)., De inventione (index Rhetorica); Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)

possibly by, Luigi Piero Guicciardini, according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library, Oxford. John Gibson (fl. 1720-1726), dealer; sold to Edward Harley on 9 November 1721, but the manuscript is not inscribed as

• Historiated initial 'C'(um) depicting a layman in profile (Priscian?) holding a book, at the beginning of Priscian's Grammatica maior., Grammatica maior

Historiated initial 'C'(um) depicting a layman in profile (Priscian?) holding a book, at the beginning of Priscian's Grammatica maior. The outlines of the initials on ff. 4, 4v, 150v, and perhaps elsewhere, have been pricked as if for pouncing.

• Decorated intial 'T'(aberna)., Expositio vocabulorum bibliae; De esu carnium

lot 1567; bought by Chapman for 12s. 6d.? King & Chapman, booksellers; their catalogue 15 November 1790, lot 2746. ? John Brand (b. 1744, d. 1806), antiquary and topographer: inscribed in pencil ‘A Dictionary of the Bible [Wrote] About Anno,

• Initial 'D' with pen-flourishing, in Priscian's Grammatica maior., Grammatica maior

Initial 'D' with pen-flourishing, in Priscian's Grammatica maior. The outlines of the initials on ff. 4, 4v, 150v, and perhaps elsewhere, have been pricked as if for pouncing. 1 large historiated initial, with partial border, in colours (f. 4).

• Detail of historiated initial., Grammatica maior

Detail of historiated initial. The outlines of the initials on ff. 4, 4v, 150v, and perhaps elsewhere, have been pricked as if for pouncing. 1 large historiated initial, with partial border, in colours (f. 4). Large and small initials

• Detail of decorated initial., Grammatica maior

Detail of decorated initial. The outlines of the initials on ff. 4, 4v, 150v, and perhaps elsewhere, have been pricked as if for pouncing. 1 large historiated initial, with partial border, in colours (f. 4). Large and small initials

• Miniature of Saturn devouring his children, Pharoah's men drowning in the Red Sea, the plague of heat during Cecrop's reign in Athens, and Procne serving the head of his son to Theseus, possibly retouched, with calligraphic initial 'T(he), and illuminated initialls 'O'(f) and 'T'(his)., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), fragment

collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Saturn Giovanni Boccaccio, translation by John Lydgate based on translation by Laurent de Premierfait England, S. (Bury St Edmunds?)

• Miniature of the Creation of Eve, and a full foliate border, at the beginning of an extract from the Old Testament., Book of Hours ('The Entwisle Hours'), Use of Sarum

of Hours ('The Entwisle Hours'), Use of Sarum ? Sir Bertin Entwisle (d. 1455), and his wife Lucy, daughter of John Ashtan, whom Bertin married in 1437: arms (f. 41), and portrait of a lady (f. 125).Inscribed 'Baronstad' (f. 153).Sir

• Miniature of the Trinity, decorated initial 'D'(eus), and full foliate borders, at the beginning of the suffrages., Book of Hours ('The Entwisle Hours'), Use of Sarum

of Hours ('The Entwisle Hours'), Use of Sarum ? Sir Bertin Entwisle (d. 1455), and his wife Lucy, daughter of John Ashtan, whom Bertin married in 1437: arms (f. 41), and portrait of a lady (f. 125).Inscribed 'Baronstad' (f. 153).Sir

• Miniature of the Annunciation, full foliate borders including prophets and heraldic arms, at the beginning of the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours ('The Entwisle Hours'), Use of Sarum

of Hours ('The Entwisle Hours'), Use of Sarum ? Sir Bertin Entwisle (d. 1455), and his wife Lucy, daughter of John Ashtan, whom Bertin married in 1437: arms (f. 41), and portrait of a lady (f. 125).Inscribed 'Baronstad' (f. 153).Sir

• Miniature of the Nativity., Book of Hours ('The Entwisle Hours'), Use of Sarum

of Hours ('The Entwisle Hours'), Use of Sarum ? Sir Bertin Entwisle (d. 1455), and his wife Lucy, daughter of John Ashtan, whom Bertin married in 1437: arms (f. 41), and portrait of a lady (f. 125).Inscribed 'Baronstad' (f. 153).Sir

• Miniature of the Trinity., Book of Hours ('The Entwisle Hours'), Use of Sarum

of Hours ('The Entwisle Hours'), Use of Sarum ? Sir Bertin Entwisle (d. 1455), and his wife Lucy, daughter of John Ashtan, whom Bertin married in 1437: arms (f. 41), and portrait of a lady (f. 125).Inscribed 'Baronstad' (f. 153).Sir

• Miniature of the Crucifixion., Book of Hours ('The Entwisle Hours'), Use of Sarum

of Hours ('The Entwisle Hours'), Use of Sarum ? Sir Bertin Entwisle (d. 1455), and his wife Lucy, daughter of John Ashtan, whom Bertin married in 1437: arms (f. 41), and portrait of a lady (f. 125).Inscribed 'Baronstad' (f. 153).Sir

• Miniature of the Resurrection., Book of Hours ('The Entwisle Hours'), Use of Sarum

of Hours ('The Entwisle Hours'), Use of Sarum ? Sir Bertin Entwisle (d. 1455), and his wife Lucy, daughter of John Ashtan, whom Bertin married in 1437: arms (f. 41), and portrait of a lady (f. 125).Inscribed 'Baronstad' (f. 153).Sir

• Miniature of the Trinity, with Christ on a crucifix., Book of Hours ('The Entwisle Hours'), Use of Sarum

of Hours ('The Entwisle Hours'), Use of Sarum ? Sir Bertin Entwisle (d. 1455), and his wife Lucy, daughter of John Ashtan, whom Bertin married in 1437: arms (f. 41), and portrait of a lady (f. 125).Inscribed 'Baronstad' (f. 153).Sir

• Miniature of a woman in prayer before the Virgin and Child., Book of Hours ('The Entwisle Hours'), Use of Sarum

of Hours ('The Entwisle Hours'), Use of Sarum ? Sir Bertin Entwisle (d. 1455), and his wife Lucy, daughter of John Ashtan, whom Bertin married in 1437: arms (f. 41), and portrait of a lady (f. 125).Inscribed 'Baronstad' (f. 153).Sir