• Detail of decorated initial., Breviarum ab urbe condita

in gold with penwork decoration in an unusual green (ff. 7v, 14v, 20v, etc.). Small initials in plain red or blue. Breviarum ab urbe condita Written perhaps in 1460 by Carlo Reguardati of Nursia/Norcia: inscribed, apparently by the main scribe

• Miniature of John on Patmos, decorated initial 'I'(n) and full foliate borders, at the beginning of the Gospel Lessons., Book of Hours, Use of Paris

pages with partial foliate borders, in colours and gold. Large and small initials and line-fillers in gold on red and blue grounds. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Book of Hours, Use of Paris Perhaps written for a woman: the prayer

• Miniature of the Flight into Egypt, decorated initial 'D'(eus) and full foliate borders, at the beginning of Vespers in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Paris

pages with partial foliate borders, in colours and gold. Large and small initials and line-fillers in gold on red and blue grounds. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Book of Hours, Use of Paris Perhaps written for a woman: the prayer

• Pen-flourished initials, Meditations on the Life of Christ

catchwords. Alternating initials in blue with red pen-flourishing or in red with violet pen-flourishing. Rubrics in red (now faded). Meditations on the Life of Christ Written in 1454 by Jacobus de Parma in Bologna for Frater Gabriel, provincial vicar: colophon,

• Detail of white vine initial 'P'(roficiscenti)., Apologeticus and various sermons

la Mare 1985)Horizontal catchwords.Marginal commentary. 1 large white vine initial in colours and gold (f. 1). 6 plain initials In blue (f. 2, 27, 48, 50, 57v, 66v) . Rubrics, paraphs, and colophon in red. Apologeticus and various sermons Ser

• Miniature of Christ in majesty, with the Virgin Mary and John the Baptist, and the Resurrection of the Souls. Decorated initial in gold and colours, and full foliate border., Book of Hours, Use of Paris

and partial foliate borders on recto, in colours and gold. Small initials and line fillers in gold on red and blue grounds. Book of Hours, Use of Paris Inscription, 16th century (f. 1).Ownership mark dated 1640 (f. 2).The Harley Collection,

• Miniature of the Annunciation to the Shepherds., Book of Hours, Use of Paris

and partial foliate borders on recto, in colours and gold. Small initials and line fillers in gold on red and blue grounds. Book of Hours, Use of Paris Inscription, 16th century (f. 1).Ownership mark dated 1640 (f. 2).The Harley Collection,

• White vine border with a portrait of Horace in a roundel, two putti, an unidentified coat of arms, and a large white vine initial 'M'(ecenas)., Opera

beginning of each book (ff. 15, 24, 40, 49, 60v, 76, 92v, 107v, 115). Numerous initials in alternating red and blue. Rubrics in red. Opera Written in Ferrara in 1461: inscribed: 'Quinti Horatii Flacci, Venusini, Odarum, Sermonum, Epistolarum, Poetrieque carminum

• White vine initial 'D'(ivitias) at the beginning of the text., Various poems including Carmina, Elegiae and Catullus' Carmina

86v, 103). 3 large initials in gold on coloured panels (ff. 14v, 69v, 155). Coloured initials in alternating red or blue. Various poems including Carmina, Elegiae and Catullus' Carmina Maffeo Veggio (b. 1407, d. 1458) and Giovanni Pontani (b. 1426,

• White vine initial 'H'(erbarum) with a butterfly., De viribus herbarum

pastedowns.Marginal notes list ailments for which the various herbs are recommended. 1 large white vine initial in gold, purple, blue and green: 'H'(erbarum), with a butterfly in the upper margin (f. 3). De viribus herbarum Written by Geptius de Lucignano

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

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 by the author, Giovanni Mario Filelfo (b. 1426, d.

• Initial 'A'(dam) with foliate and spray decoration., Latin Brut Chronicle of England, 2nd version

additions up to 1456 (Matheson 1998). Initial with foliate and spray decoration in gold and colours (f. 2). Initials in blue with pen-flourishing in red. Paraphs in red. Initials highlighted in yellow. Latin Brut Chronicle of England, 2nd version Written

• Miniature of monks singing a requiem, with the celebrant wearing spectacles, decorated initial 'D'(ilexi) and full foliate borders, at the beginning of the Office of the Dead., Book of Hours, Use of Paris

pages with partial foliate borders, in colours and gold. Large and small initials and line-fillers in gold on red and blue grounds. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Book of Hours, Use of Paris Perhaps written for a woman: the prayer

• Flourished initial 'T'(ransacto) and coloured initials 'E' and two 'P's at the beginning of Book 4 of Eutropius's Breviarum ab urbe condita., Breviarum ab urbe condita

in gold with penwork decoration in an unusual green (ff. 7v, 14v, 20v, etc.). Small initials in plain red or blue. Breviarum ab urbe condita Written perhaps in 1460 by Carlo Reguardati of Nursia/Norcia: inscribed, apparently by the main scribe

• Text page with a space left for an initial, at the beginning of Eutropius's Breviarum ab urbe condita., Breviarum ab urbe condita

in gold with penwork decoration in an unusual green (ff. 7v, 14v, 20v, etc.). Small initials in plain red or blue. Breviarum ab urbe condita Written perhaps in 1460 by Carlo Reguardati of Nursia/Norcia: inscribed, apparently by the main scribe

• Illuminated initial 'P'(ost) with penwork decoration and coloured initials in Eutropius's Breviarum ab urbe condita., Breviarum ab urbe condita

in gold with penwork decoration in an unusual green (ff. 7v, 14v, 20v, etc.). Small initials in plain red or blue. Breviarum ab urbe condita Written perhaps in 1460 by Carlo Reguardati of Nursia/Norcia: inscribed, apparently by the main scribe

• Last page of Paul the Deacon's Historia Romana, with the inscription: Mei Karoli Reguardati Nursini Militis / .1460.', Historia Romana

in gold with penwork decoration in an unusual green (ff. 7v, 14v, 20v, etc.). Small initials in plain red or blue. Historia Romana Written perhaps in 1460 by Carlo Reguardati of Nursia/Norcia: inscribed, apparently by the main scribe despite a

• null, Breviarum ab urbe condita

in gold with penwork decoration in an unusual green (ff. 7v, 14v, 20v, etc.). Small initials in plain red or blue. Breviarum ab urbe condita Written perhaps in 1460 by Carlo Reguardati of Nursia/Norcia: inscribed, apparently by the main scribe

• null, Historia Romana

in gold with penwork decoration in an unusual green (ff. 7v, 14v, 20v, etc.). Small initials in plain red or blue. Historia Romana Written perhaps in 1460 by Carlo Reguardati of Nursia/Norcia: inscribed, apparently by the main scribe despite a

• Decorated initial 'R'(es) at the beginning of William of Malmesbury's Gesta regum Anglorum., Gesta regum Anglorum, imperfect

Gesta regum Anglorum. 1 large red initial with green, red, blue, and brown foliate decoration (f. 1). 6 large initials in red (often oxidised) or green, mostly simple, but some with decoration in the other colour or also with yellow