• Coloured decorated headpiece, title in display capitals, and decorated initial 'A'., Speeches, including 'Olynthiaca' 1-3 (ff. 1-15) and 'Philippica' 1, 2, 3-4 (ff. 15v-23, 27v-32v, 48v-70)

and decorated initial in light brown (f. 1). Decorated lines, titles in display capitals, large decorated initials, rubrics and running titles in light brown. Speeches, including 'Olynthiaca' 1-3 (ff. 1-15) and 'Philippica' 1, 2, 3-4 (ff. 15v-23, 27v-32v, 48v-70) Written

• Detail of KL initials., Calendar

Detail of KL initials. 1 zodiac man, in colours (f. 10). Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Diagrams. Calendar Inscription, 15th-century: 'Joh…' (f. 1, erased).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d.

• Detail of eclipses., Calendar

Detail of eclipses. 1 zodiac man, in colours (f. 10). Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Diagrams. Calendar Inscription, 15th-century: 'Joh…' (f. 1, erased).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753),

• Miniature of Zodiac man., Calendar

Miniature of Zodiac man. 1 zodiac man, in colours (f. 10). Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Diagrams. Calendar Inscription, 15th-century: 'Joh…' (f. 1, erased).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d.

• Flourished initial 'F'(irst), at the beginning of the Treatise on hawking., Treatise on hawking

Flourished initial 'F'(irst), at the beginning of the Treatise on hawking. 1 large initial in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing (f. 1). Treatise on hawking Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of

• White vine initial 'Q'(uintus), and a coat of arms supported by two putti., De Amicitia and other texts

gold and colours at the beginning of each book (f. 1, 23, 34). Heraldic device of a golden lion rampant within a wreath held aloft by 2 putti (f. 1). De Amicitia and other texts 18th century(?) inscriptions in Italian

• Miniature of David kneeling before the hand of God, illuminated initial 'M'(akarios) and foliate border at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter (ff. 3-186v); Odes 1-9 (ff. 186v-203); Horologion (ff. 204-221); Canon to the Virgin (ff. 221v-225v); Great canon for the evening office (ff. 226-270)

1. See also Burney 70 for another Greek manuscript made in Florence in the last quarter of the 15th century with a similar decorated border. 2 miniatures and foliate borders in gold and colours at the beginning of Psalms

• Initial 'H'(ec) and coloured initials 'S'(unt) and 'T'(unc) at the beginning of book 4 of Boethius's consolatio philosophiae., De Consolatione Philosophiae (index Consolation of Philosophy)

extensions forming a partial border at the beginning of each book (f. 1, 6, 13, 23v, 32v). Simple initials in red or blue. Paraphs in red or blue. 1 marginal drawing of a face (f. 37). De Consolatione Philosophiae (index

• null, Rhetoricorum veterum

1 large historiated initial, accompanied by a full foliate border with putti, medaillons and heraldic arms in the lower margin, in colours and gold (f. 1).1 smaller inhabited initial, accompanied by a partial foliate border, in colours and gold

• Initial in foliate design in a foliate design, in gold and colours, inhabited by snakes., World chronicle from the Creation to 1574

(ff. 1, 861); the impression of Parthenios's seal (f. 861).John Covel (b. 1638, d. 1722), chaplain of the Levant Company in Constantinople, 1670-1676, and later Master of Christ's College, Cambridge: owned in Constantinople in 1677, his notes (ff. 1*, 1);

• Foliate headpiece and large initial 'M' of makarios at the beginning of Psalm 1, in red and yellow, with snakes forming part of the letter., Psalter

University of Glasgow, Hunter MSS 405, 475. Foliate headpiece (f. 1) and other simple headpiece. Large red initials with penwork decoration, the first also with black and yellow (f. 1). Psalter Written by Matthaios, hieromonk of the monastery of St

• Frontispiece at the beginning of Leviticus: initial-word panel is decorated with penwork and full floral border., Pentateuch, ~Haftarot~ and the Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~)

frontispieces in colours and gold (ff. 1, 48v, 88, 114v, 152). 4 decorated initial-word panels in colours and gold (f. 242v, 248v, 255, 258v). 1 embellished panel in colours and gold (f. 245v). 1 embellished panel with pen-flourishing, in mauve

• Frontispiece at the beginning of Numbers: initial-word panel is decorated with penwork and full foliate border., Pentateuch, ~Haftarot~ and the Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~)

frontispieces in colours and gold (ff. 1, 48v, 88, 114v, 152). 4 decorated initial-word panels in colours and gold (f. 242v, 248v, 255, 258v). 1 embellished panel in colours and gold (f. 245v). 1 embellished panel with pen-flourishing, in mauve

• Frontispiece at the beginning of Genesis with penwork decoration and full floral border inhabited by birds and with a coat of arms in its upper part., Pentateuch, ~Haftarot~ and the Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~)

frontispieces in colours and gold (ff. 1, 48v, 88, 114v, 152). 4 decorated initial-word panels in colours and gold (f. 242v, 248v, 255, 258v). 1 embellished panel in colours and gold (f. 245v). 1 embellished panel with pen-flourishing, in mauve

• Frontispiece at the beginning of Exodus with penwork decoration and full foliate border., Pentateuch, ~Haftarot~ and the Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~)

frontispieces in colours and gold (ff. 1, 48v, 88, 114v, 152). 4 decorated initial-word panels in colours and gold (f. 242v, 248v, 255, 258v). 1 embellished panel in colours and gold (f. 245v). 1 embellished panel with pen-flourishing, in mauve

• Decorated initial-word panel at the beginning of Ruth., Pentateuch, ~Haftarot~ and the Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~)

frontispieces in colours and gold (ff. 1, 48v, 88, 114v, 152). 4 decorated initial-word panels in colours and gold (f. 242v, 248v, 255, 258v). 1 embellished panel in colours and gold (f. 245v). 1 embellished panel with pen-flourishing, in mauve

• Decorated initial-word panel at the beginning of Esther., Pentateuch, ~Haftarot~ and the Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~)

frontispieces in colours and gold (ff. 1, 48v, 88, 114v, 152). 4 decorated initial-word panels in colours and gold (f. 242v, 248v, 255, 258v). 1 embellished panel in colours and gold (f. 245v). 1 embellished panel with pen-flourishing, in mauve

• Decorated ~parashah~ sign., Bible with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~

123). Bible with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~ Solomon: inscribed with his name in a partially illegible Hebrew inscription, undated (f. 1)... ben Joseph: inscribed with his name in a partially erased Hebrew inscription, undated (f. 1).Judeo-Arabic note (f. 202v).2 erased

• Decorated panel for masoretic note at the end of Leviticus. Unfinished., Bible with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~

123). Bible with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~ Solomon: inscribed with his name in a partially illegible Hebrew inscription, undated (f. 1)... ben Joseph: inscribed with his name in a partially erased Hebrew inscription, undated (f. 1).Judeo-Arabic note (f. 202v).2 erased

• Historiated initial 'S'(ororem) with a man reading (Terence?), and full border of acanthus and flowers on unpainted ground, with a bird, and an angel holding unidentified arms., Comoediae (index comedies), preceded by arguments and prologues: Andria (ff. 1-23v), Eunuchus (ff. 23v-47), Heauton tirorumenos (ff. 47-68v), Adelphoe (ff. 68v-88v), Hecyra (ff. 88v-106), Phormio (ff. 106v-128)

coat of arms (f. 1). A large initial in gold on blue and red panel at the beginning of each subsequent comedy (ff. 23v, 47, 68v, 88v, 106v). Smaller initial on a coloured panel (f. 1). Coloured initials and paraphs