• Detail of border with a hybrid creature holding a standard., Life of Christ (books 6-10)

ff. 1, 15v-16, 16v, 486).We thank Jean-Luc Deuffic for the identification of the coat of arms. 3 large miniatures with full foliate borders including hybrid figures, heraldic arms and mottos, in colours and gold (ff. 17, 254, 410). 1 small

• Detail of a white vine initial 'D'., Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi

a man in profile combined with a full foliate border with birds, coats of arms, a lion and putti (f. 1). 42 white vine initials in gold and colours (ff. 7, 16, 19v, 22, 26v, 30, 32v, 35, 38, 39,

• Historiated initial with a man in profile combined with a full foliate border with birds, coats of arms, a crown, an angel, a lion and putti. The arms of the first owner, Francesco I Sforza, appear in places under those of Goffredo Caroli (early 16th-century addition)., Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi

a man in profile combined with a full foliate border with birds, coats of arms, a lion and putti (f. 1). 42 white vine initials in gold and colours (ff. 7, 16, 19v, 22, 26v, 30, 32v, 35, 38, 39,

• Decorated initial 'V'(ide) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the list of capitula to Augustine's De civitate dei (index City of God)., List of capitula to Augustine's De civitate dei (index City of God)

De civitate dei (index City of God). Large initial with reserved lines and red pen-flourishing (f. 1). Capitals marked in yellow. List of capitula to Augustine's De civitate dei (index City of God) John Gibson (fl. 1720-1726), dealer; sold to

• Decorated initial 'P'(rincipia), and plain red initial 'P'(aulus); the upper margin with an ownership inscription of Sir John Prise., Commentaria in Epistolas beati Pauli

upper margin with an ownership inscription of Sir John Prise. 1 large initial in green, red, and blue with geometric decoration (f. 2). Large, small, and one-line initials in red or green, some decorated with foliate arabesques (e.g., ff. 101v,

• Coloured initial 'P'(aulus) and other plain red and green initials., Commentaria in Epistolas beati Pauli

plain red and green initials. 1 large initial in green, red, and blue with geometric decoration (f. 2). Large, small, and one-line initials in red or green, some decorated with foliate arabesques (e.g., ff. 101v, 111v). Commentaria in Epistolas beati

• The arms of Pope Pius II in the lower margin at the beginning of Strabo's De situ orbis , in the Latin translation of Guarino da Verona., De situ orbis (index Geographica)

start of that of the next scribe, resulting in blank pages being left mid-sentence. Heraldic arms and partial border (f. 1). De situ orbis (index Geographica) Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini (index Enea Silvio Piccolomini) (b. 1405 d. 1464): with his arms

• Miniatures and text., Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund

manuscript includes both pagination and foliation, with the ink pagination in brackets and lined through in pencil: Page 1 is folio 1, but thereafter page 2 is f. 1v, and 3 is f. 2, etc.The Arundel Castle manuscript is a

• Detail of decorated initial., Register of possessions and rents of the Pirckheimer family of Nuremberg, beginning in 1398

history, beginning his research in 1463 (see inscription on f. 37v).Numerous blank ruled unfoliated parchment leaves: 1 after f. 14, 7 after f. 16, 1 after f. 23, 6 after f. 25, 2 after f. 29, 3 after f. 30,

• Decorated initial 'E'(xistincabant) and foliate borders including hybrid figures, a monkey, birds, a butterfly and a garter with the inscribed motto 'Honi soit qui mal y pense' in the lower margin., Order of the Garter

n. 246). 1 large decorated initial with a full foliate border including hybrid figures, animals, birds, and a garter with the inscribed motto 'Honi soit qui mal y pense' in the lower margin, in colours and gold (f. 1). 18

• Decorated initials, in the Register of possessions and rents of the Pirckheimer family of Nuremberg, with additions by the hand of Hans Pirckheimer dated from 1381 to 1463., Register of possessions and rents of the Pirckheimer family of Nuremberg, beginning in 1398

history, beginning his research in 1463 (see inscription on f. 37v).Numerous blank ruled unfoliated parchment leaves: 1 after f. 14, 7 after f. 16, 1 after f. 23, 6 after f. 25, 2 after f. 29, 3 after f. 30,

• Detail of decorated initials., Register of possessions and rents of the Pirckheimer family of Nuremberg, beginning in 1398

history, beginning his research in 1463 (see inscription on f. 37v).Numerous blank ruled unfoliated parchment leaves: 1 after f. 14, 7 after f. 16, 1 after f. 23, 6 after f. 25, 2 after f. 29, 3 after f. 30,

• Illuminated initial 'E'(t si) at the beginning of Cicero's Pro Milone., Orationes; Quirites

167v, 195). Marginal notes in humansitic cursive. 3 large initials in gold on coloured grounds (ff. 1, 139, 261). 27 large initials in red, 1 at the beginning of each book (ff. 14, 34, 58v, 90, 113, 152, 155v, 160v,

• Diagram, De chirobalistra (ff. 16v-19), Belopoeea (ff. 19-32v), Extracts (ff. 33v-52)

a woven pattern (ff. 1, 99). Small red or brown initials. De chirobalistra (ff. 16v-19), Belopoeea (ff. 19-32v), Extracts (ff. 33v-52) Written in 1545: colophon ( f. 358).The monastery of St Catherine, Mount Sinai: inscription (f. 1). ? John Spencer

• Detail of marginal diagram., De chirobalistra (ff. 16v-19), Belopoeea (ff. 19-32v), Extracts (ff. 33v-52)

a woven pattern (ff. 1, 99). Small red or brown initials. De chirobalistra (ff. 16v-19), Belopoeea (ff. 19-32v), Extracts (ff. 33v-52) Written in 1545: colophon ( f. 358).The monastery of St Catherine, Mount Sinai: inscription (f. 1). ? John Spencer

• White vine initial 'G'(rammatica) and wreath enclosing the arms and helm of John Tiptoft, earl of Worcester, at the beginning of Suetonius' De grammaticis et rhetoribus., De grammaticis et rhetoribus (ff. 2-14v); Dialogus de oratoribus (ff. 15-42v)

Tiptoft, earl of Worcester, at the beginning of Suetonius' De grammaticis et rhetoribus. f. 1 is a parchment ruled leaf.List of contents (f. 1v). White vine initial and wreath enclosing the arms and crest of John Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester

• Illuminated initial 'S'(aepe) at the beginning of Tacitus' Dialogus de oratoribus., De grammaticis et rhetoribus (ff. 2-14v); Dialogus de oratoribus (ff. 15-42v)

of Tacitus' Dialogus de oratoribus. f. 1 is a parchment ruled leaf.List of contents (f. 1v). White vine initial and wreath enclosing the arms and crest of John Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester (f. 2). Large initial in gold on a

• Miniature of the death of William Rufus, and the report to Henry I, to the right, with a decorated intial 'C'(i), in the Grande Chronique de Normandie., Grande Chronique de Normandie

date somewhere around 1465. 15 half-page miniatures, the first accompanied by a full foliate border, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 24v, 35v, 74, 88, 89, 101, 138v, 155v, 160v, 167, 176, 186, 213v, 244v). Large initials with monochrome grotesque

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'S'(aepe) at the beginning of Tacitus' Dialogus de oratoribus., De grammaticis et rhetoribus (ff. 2-14v); Dialogus de oratoribus (ff. 15-42v)

the beginning of Tacitus' Dialogus de oratoribus. f. 1 is a parchment ruled leaf.List of contents (f. 1v). White vine initial and wreath enclosing the arms and crest of John Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester (f. 2). Large initial in gold

• Table of Virtues in the form of a tree, with coats of arms, a partial rinceaux border, and two wild men wielding clubs., Ethica (index Ethics); De quatuor virtutibus (index On the Four Virtues)

Diagrams in red or black ink (ff. 50v, 51). 1 large initial in colours and gold with foliate motifs and a partial border with rinceaux decoration in the outer margin (f. 1). Another large initial in colours and gold and