• Detail of decorated initial., De consolatione philosophiae, imperfect

colophon (f. 53v).? The Carthusians of Mainz: 14th-century inscription ? 'liber Carthus(iensium) p(ro)pe Mogu(n)cia(m)' (f. 1, obscured by ink stamp).Inscribed '77' and '9' (f. 1); similar inscriptions occur in other Arundel manuscripts.? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl

• Detail of zoomorphic initial., De eucharista contra Petrum Martyrem Vermilium

Detail of zoomorphic initial. 1 large zoomorphic initial (f. 1). 2 large decorated initials (ff. 45, 78). Decorated descenders, one including a Crucifixion (f. 182v). De eucharista contra Petrum Martyrem Vermilium Written not earlier than 1549: the text is by

• Full white vine border, inhabited by birds and animals, with a large white vine initial 'Q'(uamquam) with a portrait and, in the lower margin, a wreath designed for a coat of arms, supported by two putti., De officiis

designed for heraldic arms, supported by two putti (f. 1). Three-sided white vine border with a large white vine initial in colours and gold (f. 4). Incipits in gold (ff. 1, 4). 2 large white vine initials (ff. 68, 111v).

• null, One gathering of a treatise of rights of the Marshall in wartime

pink backgrounds with white or black filigree (f. 1). Paraphs in blue. LIne-fillers in blue. Rubrics in red. One gathering of a treatise of rights of the Marshall in wartime The remainder of the manuscript (ff. 5-87v) is an 18th-century

• Historiated initial 'A'(rma) with a man in profile (probably Virgil), and an unfinished coat of arms., Aeneid (omitting Book 2, lines 567-88)

Historiated initial 'A'(rma) in brown ink with a man in profile (probably Virgil), and an unfinished coat of arms (f. 1). 10 initials in brown ink with foliate motifs (ff. 13, 25, 36v, 47v, 61, 75, 99v, 112, 126v, 140v).

• Decorated initial 'H'(erbarum) at the beginning of De viribus herbarum., Various texts including Liber facetus (index Urbanus) (ff. 1-12); De viribus herbarum (ff. 13-66); Res rusticae (index De re rustica) (index De agricultura) (ff. 67-115)

Decorated initial 'H'(erbarum) at the beginning of De viribus herbarum. The Herbarum and De re rustica begin with a list of contents (ff. 13-14v and ff. 67-70v).A composite manuscript comprising of two parts made around the same period: ff.

• Text pages with interspersed drawings of surgical instruments., Collection of medical texts, including 'Chirurgia' (ff. 1-54v), 'De regimine stomachi' (ff. 55-68), and 'Consilia' (ff. 68v-87v)

55-68);Taddeo Alderotti, 'Consilia' (ff. 68v-87v);Medical annotations and recipes (ff. 87v-90v). Large puzzle initial in blue with pen-flourishing in red (f. 1). Large initials in blue with pen-flourishing in red and blue (ff. 2, 10v, 44). Drawings of surgical instruments interspersed

• Detail of marginal drawing of Virgil., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues), Georgica (index Georgics), etc.

of Virgil. Ff. 319-323 written in two columns, added later by Johann Pirckheimer in 1457. 1 ink drawing (f. 78v). 1 diagram (f. 27v). 1 puzzle initial in red and brown with brown penwork decoration (f. 79). Large and small

• Detail of puzzle initial., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues), Georgica (index Georgics), etc.

puzzle initial. Ff. 319-323 written in two columns, added later by Johann Pirckheimer in 1457. 1 ink drawing (f. 78v). 1 diagram (f. 27v). 1 puzzle initial in red and brown with brown penwork decoration (f. 79). Large and small

• Illuminated initial 'H'(istoria) with interlace motifs., Historia (1-222v) and Five Books of Commentaries on the Acts of the Church (ff. 223-296)

initials in colours on gold grounds with interlace motifs (ff. 1, 223 (x 2)). 21 partial borders with very large initials in red or blue with red and blue pen-flourishing, some with gold (ff. 2, 12v, 23v, 33v, 44, 55v,

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'H'(istoria) with interlace motifs and a smaller initial with penwork decoration., Historia (1-222v) and Five Books of Commentaries on the Acts of the Church (ff. 223-296)

decoration. Horizontal catchwords. 3 large initials in colours on gold grounds with interlace motifs (ff. 1, 223 (x 2)). 21 partial borders with very large initials in red or blue with red and blue pen-flourishing, some with gold (ff. 2,

• Partial border with a large initial 'C'(um) with a series of faces in profile and thirteen smaller initials with penwork decoration., Historia (1-222v) and Five Books of Commentaries on the Acts of the Church (ff. 223-296)

initials with penwork decoration. Horizontal catchwords. 3 large initials in colours on gold grounds with interlace motifs (ff. 1, 223 (x 2)). 21 partial borders with very large initials in red or blue with red and blue pen-flourishing, some with

• Detail of illuminated initials 'Q'(uatuor) and 'B'(ello) with interlace motifs., Historia (1-222v) and Five Books of Commentaries on the Acts of the Church (ff. 223-296)

3 large initials in colours on gold grounds with interlace motifs (ff. 1, 223 (x 2)). 21 partial borders with very large initials in red or blue with red and blue pen-flourishing, some with gold (ff. 2, 12v, 23v, 33v,

• Illuminated initials 'Q'(uatuor) and 'B'(ello) with interlace motifs., Historia (1-222v) and Five Books of Commentaries on the Acts of the Church (ff. 223-296)

large initials in colours on gold grounds with interlace motifs (ff. 1, 223 (x 2)). 21 partial borders with very large initials in red or blue with red and blue pen-flourishing, some with gold (ff. 2, 12v, 23v, 33v, 44,

• Decorated arabesque initial 'F'(raternas) at the beginning of the text., Thebais (index Thebaid)

Watermark (f. [iv]).The prologue is incomplete (folio(s) missing before f. 1).Pricking holes. 1 large arabesque initial in brown with reserved designs and penwork decoration in green (f. 1). Smaller arabesque initial and plain initial in red ink (f. 21v). Plain

• Illuminated initial 'Q'(uoniam) with a three-sided border with acanthus leaves, flowers and foliate feathering, at the beginning of the text., Speculum historiale

(f. 147).f. 285v is blank. Large foliate initial with a three-sided border with acanthus leaves, flowers and foliate feathering (f. 1). Large initials in colours and gold with foliate feathering extending into the margin (ff. 5v, 6, 31v, 54, 70v,

• Illuminated initial 'O'(mnis) and the arms of the Schioppo family of Verona., Catilina; Jugurtha; Invectiva in Franciscum Philelphum (index Francesco Filelfo), and Epistola ad L. Aretinum in Cyriacum Anconitanum (index Leonardo Bruni of Arezzo, Leonardo Bruni Aretino)

Ruled in hardpoint. 2 large initial in colours and gold with knotwork motifs (ff. 1, 142). Coat of arms in colours in the lower margin (f. 1). 22 initials in gold initials on coloured grounds (ff. 3v, 4v, 12, 13v,

• Zoomorphic initial 'Q'(uanquam), the tail formed of a winged dragon-like creature; the lower margin with a partial border incorporating the Gonzaga arms, at the beginning of Cicero's Orationes., Orationes

partial border incorporating the Gonzaga arms, at the beginning of Cicero's Orationes. 1 large zoomorphic initial, in colours and gold, with a partial border incorporating heraldic arms (f. 1). Small foliate initials in muted colours, at the start of each

• Initial 'A'(nimadverti) with foliate decoration at the beginning of Cicero's Pro Cluentio., Orationes

Initial 'A'(nimadverti) with foliate decoration at the beginning of Cicero's Pro Cluentio. 1 large zoomorphic initial, in colours and gold, with a partial border incorporating heraldic arms (f. 1). Small foliate initials in muted colours, at the start of each

• Ink drawing of Virgil, crowned; Puzzle initial 'P'(rimus)., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues), Georgica (index Georgics), etc.

initial 'P'(rimus). Ff. 319-323 written in two columns, added later by Johann Pirckheimer in 1457. 1 ink drawing (f. 78v). 1 diagram (f. 27v). 1 puzzle initial in red and brown with brown penwork decoration (f. 79). Large and small