• Detail of a female grotesque, from the margins of the folio., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

a bend dancetty azure charged in chief with a six-pointed star argent erased, but visible under ultraviolet light (f. 219).Sir John Donne (d. 1503), soldier and administrator: his arms of a wolf rampant erased (f. 219); includes autograph greetings to

• Detail of a male figure standing next to a stork, from the margins of the folio., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

a bend dancetty azure charged in chief with a six-pointed star argent erased, but visible under ultraviolet light (f. 219).Sir John Donne (d. 1503), soldier and administrator: his arms of a wolf rampant erased (f. 219); includes autograph greetings to

• Miniature of the death of Meleager., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

a bend dancetty azure charged in chief with a six-pointed star argent erased, but visible under ultraviolet light (f. 219).Sir John Donne (d. 1503), soldier and administrator: his arms of a wolf rampant erased (f. 219); includes autograph greetings to

• Detail of a miniature of the death of Meleager., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

a bend dancetty azure charged in chief with a six-pointed star argent erased, but visible under ultraviolet light (f. 219).Sir John Donne (d. 1503), soldier and administrator: his arms of a wolf rampant erased (f. 219); includes autograph greetings to

• Miniature of royal arms, with inscriptions., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

a bend dancetty azure charged in chief with a six-pointed star argent erased, but visible under ultraviolet light (f. 219).Sir John Donne (d. 1503), soldier and administrator: his arms of a wolf rampant erased (f. 219); includes autograph greetings to

• Detail of a miniature of royal arms., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

a bend dancetty azure charged in chief with a six-pointed star argent erased, but visible under ultraviolet light (f. 219).Sir John Donne (d. 1503), soldier and administrator: his arms of a wolf rampant erased (f. 219); includes autograph greetings to

• Miniature of the royal arms of England with a crest of a lion, supported by a red dragon and a white greyhound, with a motto reading 'Dieu ets mon droit', and two Beaufort badges of portcullises, with a full border containing the arms of Claude de Seyssel, preceding the prologue of the translator addressed to Henry VII., Anabasis

translation of c. 1503 by Claude de Seyssel, translated, according to his prologue (ff. 10-15), from the Latin version of John Lascaris of the Greek text from a manuscript in the French royal library at Blois brought by Charles VIII

• Miniature of Henry VII sitting on a throne decorated with the royal arms of England and inscribed with the motto 'Dieu est mon droit', and receiving the book from the translator, Claude de Seyssel, with an illuminated initial 'C'(ombien), and a full border including grotesque hybrids, at the beginning of the prologue addressed to Henry VII., Anabasis

translation of c. 1503 by Claude de Seyssel, translated, according to his prologue (ff. 10-15), from the Latin version of John Lascaris of the Greek text from a manuscript in the French royal library at Blois brought by Charles VIII

• Detail of a miniature of Henry VII sitting on a throne decorated with the royal arms of England and inscribed with the motto 'Dieu est mon droit', and receiving the book from the translator, Claude de Seyssel, at the beginning of the prologue addressed to Henry VII., Anabasis

translation of c. 1503 by Claude de Seyssel, translated, according to his prologue (ff. 10-15), from the Latin version of John Lascaris of the Greek text from a manuscript in the French royal library at Blois brought by Charles VIII

• Miniature of Louis XII enthroned receiving the book from the translator, Claude de Seyssel, with a full border including grotesque hybrids, flowers, and plants, at the beginning of the prologue of the translator addressed to Louis XII., Anabasis

translation of c. 1503 by Claude de Seyssel, translated, according to his prologue (ff. 10-15), from the Latin version of John Lascaris of the Greek text from a manuscript in the French royal library at Blois brought by Charles VIII

• Miniature of the death of Alexander king of Epirus during a battle, and a foliate initial 'A'(lexandre), with a full border, including grotesque hybrids, at the beginning of book 5., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

a bend dancetty azure charged in chief with a six-pointed star argent erased, but visible under ultraviolet light (f. 219).Sir John Donne (d. 1503), soldier and administrator: his arms of a wolf rampant erased (f. 219); includes autograph greetings to

• Miniature of the death of Alexander Lyncestes, and an illuminated initial 'L'(es capitaines), with a full border, at the beginning of book 6., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

a bend dancetty azure charged in chief with a six-pointed star argent erased, but visible under ultraviolet light (f. 219).Sir John Donne (d. 1503), soldier and administrator: his arms of a wolf rampant erased (f. 219); includes autograph greetings to

• Miniature of Alexander the Great and his army passing the river of Oxus, with a full border., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

a bend dancetty azure charged in chief with a six-pointed star argent erased, but visible under ultraviolet light (f. 219).Sir John Donne (d. 1503), soldier and administrator: his arms of a wolf rampant erased (f. 219); includes autograph greetings to

• Miniature of the death of Callisthenes, and an illuminated initial 'A'(lexandre), with a full border, at the beginning of book 7., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

a bend dancetty azure charged in chief with a six-pointed star argent erased, but visible under ultraviolet light (f. 219).Sir John Donne (d. 1503), soldier and administrator: his arms of a wolf rampant erased (f. 219); includes autograph greetings to

• Miniature of the battle of Issus with a full border containing a women playing the cithara and a man singing., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

a bend dancetty azure charged in chief with a six-pointed star argent erased, but visible under ultraviolet light (f. 219).Sir John Donne (d. 1503), soldier and administrator: his arms of a wolf rampant erased (f. 219); includes autograph greetings to

• Text page., Lives

Text page. Probably the second of two volumes; the first volume is likely Modena, Bibl. Estense MS lat. 429 (α J.1.4) (see de la Mare 1984, p. 272).The scribe who copied this manuscript is known as the 'Omnium rerum'

• Decorated initial 'P'(eripoltas)., Lives

Decorated initial 'P'(eripoltas). Probably the second of two volumes; the first volume is likely Modena, Bibl. Estense MS lat. 429 (α J.1.4) (see de la Mare 1984, p. 272).The scribe who copied this manuscript is known as the 'Omnium

• Historiated initial 'L'(ucii), with a portrait of Lucullus, crowned with a garland, holding a book., Lives

Historiated initial 'L'(ucii), with a portrait of Lucullus, crowned with a garland, holding a book. Probably the second of two volumes; the first volume is likely Modena, Bibl. Estense MS lat. 429 (α J.1.4) (see de la Mare 1984,

• Illuminated intial 'A'(rma) and foliate bar border., Aeneid (index Aeneis), with Pseudo-Ovid (prologues)

Illuminated intial 'A'(rma) and foliate bar border. Vertical catchwords.Ruled in crayon.ff. [i], [197] are parchment leaves pasted to marbled paper flyleaves.ff. [ii-iv], [195-196] are ruled parchment leaves.A large triangular section has been trimmed off the upper half of f.

• Illuminated initial 'O'(ceanu)., Aeneid (index Aeneis), with Pseudo-Ovid (prologues)

Illuminated initial 'O'(ceanu). Vertical catchwords.Ruled in crayon.ff. [i], [197] are parchment leaves pasted to marbled paper flyleaves.ff. [ii-iv], [195-196] are ruled parchment leaves.A large triangular section has been trimmed off the upper half of f. [iii]. Vestiges of an