• Partial border with foliate motifs, gold besants, red and blue penstems, and illuminated initial 'V'(os)., Vita Terentii (ff. 1-3); Comoediae (index Comedies) (ff. 5-130v)

Partial border with foliate motifs, gold besants, red and blue penstems, and illuminated initial 'V'(os). f. 4 is a ruled parchment leaf.The same scribe wrote Florence, Laurenziana Ashburnham 1117 and Vatican, MS Urb. lat. 460.Horizontal catchwords. Partial border and

• Historiated initial 'H'(ec) with Moses conversing wih a man and holding the Tablets of the Law, at the beginning of Deuteronomy., Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy, glossed; imperfect

last leaf, near the fore-edge (see, e.g., ff. 12v, 24v, 48v or 60v). One or more leaves lost before f. 1, including the beginning of and the historiated initial to Genesis, and after f. 374.Catchwords; leaf marks. 4 historiated initials

• Illuminated initial 'P'(hilopolus)., Poems (index Poemata); Laphra (a comedy)

is also written in the Filelfo's hand. 1 large initial in gold on a pink and green ground, 'P'(hilopolus) (f. 36v). Initials alternating in red or blue. Rubrics and protagonists names in red. Poems (index Poemata); Laphra (a comedy) Written

• Decorated initial 'V'(oi) at the beginning of the Rime., Trionfi (imperfect); Rime

tre belle donne innamorate' (the first quire is missing). Horizontal catchwords.CF: Upper cover needs repair. 1 large initial in blue and brown at the beginning of the Rime (f. 31). 2 smaller initials in blue and brown (ff. 128v, 167).

• Illuminated initial 'G'(allia)., De bello Gallico

C, etc. Large initials in gold, outlined in black, on red and blue grounds ornamented with white filigree decoration (ff. 1, 12v, 18v, 23v, 30, 41, 49v, 67v). Rubrics in red. Paraphs in red or blue. De bello Gallico The

• Decorated initial 'D'(eus) with acanthus leaves at the beginning of Terce of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Decorated initial 'D'(eus) with acanthus leaves at the beginning of Terce of the Virgin. Contains a calendar (ff. 4-9v; with English saints), the Hours of the Virgin (ff. 10-47v), the Penitential Psalms followed by the Litany and various prayers

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Ward): bought by Bondam at 1785 Gronovius sale.Pieter Bondam (signature: ‘Petri Bondam. 1785’ , inside upper cover); his sale, Utrecht, 1 October 1800. Inscribed ‘WS. 1803’ and with shelfmark or price? in pencil in a nineteenth century hand ‘3.3.0’ (f.

• Puzzle initial 'A'(t) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of book 3 of Valerius Maximus's Memorabilia., Facta et dicta memorabilia

9 large puzzle initials in red (and blue), with reserved designs, with brown pen-flourishing (ff. 1, 19v, 40, 60v, 82v, 105v, 125v, 142v, 162v). Smaller puzzle initials in red and blue with brown pen-flourishing or penwork decoration. Small initials in

• Full-page frontispiece of Homer seated in a landscape, encircled by a laurel wreath with eight medallions of the muses and, in the four corners, subsidiary medallions of four bearded figures holding books., Narratio de gente et vita Homeri, Verses on Homer, Iliad (ff. 16-239)

margin, a medallion with an effaced coat of arms (f. 16). 25 white vine initials in colours and gold (ff. 1, 16, 24v, 37, 43v, 51v, 64, 71v, 78v, 86v, 96v, 105, 117, 123v, 135v, 143, 153v, 166, 176v, 185v,

• Full white vine border in colours and gold, inhabited by birds and putti, with a title piece flanked by putti, a large white vine initial 'M' and, in the lower margin, a medallion designed for arms., Narratio de gente et vita Homeri, Verses on Homer, Iliad (ff. 16-239)

margin, a medallion with an effaced coat of arms (f. 16). 25 white vine initials in colours and gold (ff. 1, 16, 24v, 37, 43v, 51v, 64, 71v, 78v, 86v, 96v, 105, 117, 123v, 135v, 143, 153v, 166, 176v, 185v,

• Puzzle initial and partial border, at the beginning of Bernard of Clairvaux's Sermons., Sermons

19s. 6d. (Egerton MSS 628-709), and a further 17 lots were purchased subsequently for £2 9s. 6d. (Egerton MSS 710-730). 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red, developing a three-sided border (f. 3).

• Flourished initial, in Bernard of Clairvaux's Sermons., Sermons

19s. 6d. (Egerton MSS 628-709), and a further 17 lots were purchased subsequently for £2 9s. 6d. (Egerton MSS 710-730). 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red, developing a three-sided border (f. 3).

• Coloured drawings, of Lot's wife, the Ark, and Egyptian soldiers being drowned in the Red Sea., Summary of the Liber Concordiae Novi ac Veteris Testamenti (Harmony of the Old and New Testaments), imperfect

which it appears that the library in question was that of the church of Barcelona [Cathedral of Santa Cruz?]. (f. 1). A 17th? century leaf with a genealogy of Abraham added (f. 74).Bought by the British Museum from Thomas Rodd

• Drawing of a dragon, with seven heads in its tail. In Joachim's thought, the seven heads correspond to Herod, Nero, Constantinus, Mohometh, Melsemothus, Saladin, the Antichrist, with Gog, the last Antichrist., Summary of the Liber Concordiae Novi ac Veteris Testamenti (Harmony of the Old and New Testaments), imperfect

which it appears that the library in question was that of the church of Barcelona [Cathedral of Santa Cruz?]. (f. 1). A 17th? century leaf with a genealogy of Abraham added (f. 74).Bought by the British Museum from Thomas Rodd

• Drawing of Adam and of sacrifices., Summary of the Liber Concordiae Novi ac Veteris Testamenti (Harmony of the Old and New Testaments), imperfect

which it appears that the library in question was that of the church of Barcelona [Cathedral of Santa Cruz?]. (f. 1). A 17th? century leaf with a genealogy of Abraham added (f. 74).Bought by the British Museum from Thomas Rodd

• White vine border inhabited by putti, birds, animals, and insects, framing Manetti's dedication of the text to Alfonso, King of Aragon, with an author portrait in the initial, and an unidentified coat of arms in the lower margin., De dignitate hominis

and animals; unidentified coat of arms; Manetti's dedication of the text to Alfonso, King of Aragon, in gold letters (f. 1). 4 white vine scroll initials in colours and gold at the beginning of the 4 books (ff. 3v, 25,

• White vine initial 'M'(atronarum), and full foliate border with a scroll and heraldic arms in the lower margin, at the beginning of Nicolosa Sanuta's De Ornatu Mulierum., De Ornatu Mulierum

beginning of Nicolosa Sanuta's De Ornatu Mulierum. 1 large white vine initial and a full foliate border with a scroll and heraldic arms in the lower margin, in colours and gold (f. 1). De Ornatu Mulierum Rubric in chrysography 'Nicolosa

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1 large white vine initial and a full foliate border with a scroll and heraldic arms in the lower margin, in colours and gold (f. 1). De Ornatu Mulierum Rubric in chrysography 'Nicolosa Sanuta Bononiensis apud Regum d. D. B.

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1 large white vine initial and a full foliate border with a scroll and heraldic arms in the lower margin, in colours and gold (f. 1). De Ornatu Mulierum Rubric in chrysography 'Nicolosa Sanuta Bononiensis apud Regum d. D. B.

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1 large white vine initial and a full foliate border with a scroll and heraldic arms in the lower margin, in colours and gold (f. 1). De Ornatu Mulierum Rubric in chrysography 'Nicolosa Sanuta Bononiensis apud Regum d. D. B.