• Decorated initial 'Q'(uelle) with a crowned half-bust figure and a partial white-wine border, at the beginning of book 3; the border in the lower margin is a 15th-century replacement., Amorum libri tres

out and replaced with fragments of 15th-century borders (ff. 37, 69). Smaller initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing. Small initials in plain gold or blue. Amorum libri tres Colophon 'die quarto Januarii Mcccclxxvij' (f. 98).Unidentified owner, by c. 1477: arms

• Text page with decorated initials., Anglo-Norman romance

St Catherine (now Additional 40143, ff. 1-6) Large puzzle initial in red and blue with penwork decoration in brown and green (f. 1). Initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in the other colour at the beginning of each verse.

• Partial foliate border with a decorated intial 'P'(luribus)., Topography of Ireland, the Bull 'Laudabiliter' (f. 48), and various short religious texts (index Topographia Hiberniae, Topographia Hibernica)

with foliate motifs or faces. Large initials in red. Smaller initials in red and yellow or blue and yellow. Paraphs in red or blue. Capitals marked in red. Topography of Ireland, the Bull 'Laudabiliter' (f. 48), and various short religious

• Partial foliate borders with decorated initials 'A' and 'S', and a bird in the lower margin., Topography of Ireland, the Bull 'Laudabiliter' (f. 48), and various short religious texts (index Topographia Hiberniae, Topographia Hibernica)

with foliate motifs or faces. Large initials in red. Smaller initials in red and yellow or blue and yellow. Paraphs in red or blue. Capitals marked in red. Topography of Ireland, the Bull 'Laudabiliter' (f. 48), and various short religious

• Partial foliate border with a decorated intials 'I' and 'C', and a hare in the lower margin., Topography of Ireland, the Bull 'Laudabiliter' (f. 48), and various short religious texts (index Topographia Hiberniae, Topographia Hibernica)

with foliate motifs or faces. Large initials in red. Smaller initials in red and yellow or blue and yellow. Paraphs in red or blue. Capitals marked in red. Topography of Ireland, the Bull 'Laudabiliter' (f. 48), and various short religious

• Historiated initials 'D' (e) and 'P'(er), with faces., Topography of Ireland, the Bull 'Laudabiliter' (f. 48), and various short religious texts (index Topographia Hiberniae, Topographia Hibernica)

with foliate motifs or faces. Large initials in red. Smaller initials in red and yellow or blue and yellow. Paraphs in red or blue. Capitals marked in red. Topography of Ireland, the Bull 'Laudabiliter' (f. 48), and various short religious

• Partial border with a decorated initial 'A'(ve) at a hymn to the Virgin Mary, and a hybrid creature in the lower margin., Topography of Ireland, the Bull 'Laudabiliter' (f. 48), and various short religious texts (index Topographia Hiberniae, Topographia Hibernica)

with foliate motifs or faces. Large initials in red. Smaller initials in red and yellow or blue and yellow. Paraphs in red or blue. Capitals marked in red. Topography of Ireland, the Bull 'Laudabiliter' (f. 48), and various short religious

• Decorated initials 'P'(ostea) and 'I'(n)., Sermones in evangelium S. Johannis (Sermons on the Gospel of John)

Horizontal catchwords.ff. [vi], 227 are former parchment pastedowns. Puzzle initials in red and blue, some with penwork decoration in brown ink. Large plain initials in red or blue. Rubrics in red. Capitals marked in red. Sermones in evangelium S. Johannis

• Decorated initial 'D'(e partibus) at the beginning of Georgius Trapezuntius' text., De quatuor declinabilibus partibus ex Prisciani compendium

in 1471.Catchwords written vertically. Leaf signatures.ff. i-iii are blank flyleaves.Composite codex. Large initial in blue with red pen-flourishing (f. 1). Large coloured initials in red or blue, some with reserved lines, others with a small amount of penwork decoration in

• Decorated initial 'D'(isciplina), at the beginning of Book 1 of Isidore's Etymologiae., Etymologiae

ruled in blind, horizontals in leadpoint. Large initials in green, red or blue, usually with decoration in one of the other colours. Small initials in red, green, or blue. Diagrams of consanguinity (ff. 109v-110). Etymologiae Unidentified owner, Cambridge or Oxford,

• Miniature of Charles the Bold, duke of Burgundy receiving the book from Jean Duchesne, with a full border including a space left for a coat of arms, at the beginning of the prologue., Bellum Gallicum (Les commentaires de Cesar)

282, 292, 297, 304v, 310v, 317, 324, 331v). Initials and paraphs in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Line-fillers in blue, rose and gold with penwork decoration in white. Bellum Gallicum (Les commentaires de Cesar)

• Miniature of Caesar's army, a castle and ships on the sea, with a full border, at the beginning of book 10., Bellum Gallicum (Les commentaires de Cesar)

282, 292, 297, 304v, 310v, 317, 324, 331v). Initials and paraphs in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Line-fillers in blue, rose and gold with penwork decoration in white. Bellum Gallicum (Les commentaires de Cesar)

• Text page., Commentary on the Canon Medicinae by Avicenna, Book I, Fen I

and berries, with two large historiated initials in blue with white tracery (ff. 4, 192). Cadels (ff. 147v, 191, 208v). Diagrams touched in yellow (ff. 204, 281). Initials and paraphs in alternating blue and red. Sentence initials touched in yellow.

• Historiated initial 'D' of a doctor in an ermine coat, seated at a canopied lectern and lecturing two pupils at a desk in a large hall. Arbaleste's arms and motto 'Ingenium superat vires' in the lower margin., Commentary on the Canon Medicinae by Avicenna, Book I, Fen IV

foliate tendrils, small leaves and flowers, with one large historiated initial in blue with white tracery (f. 1). Diagrams (ff. 111, 123v-124, 126v-127). Initials and paraphs in alternating blue and red. Sentence initials touched in yellow. Rubrics in red throughout.

• Mniature of a doctor in an ermine coat and red hat (Avicenna?) standing in a large gothic hall, with a decorated initial 'D' in colours and gold., Commentary on the Canon Medicinae by Avicenna, Book I, Fen II

berries, with one large initial in blue with white tracery and foliate decoration (f. 1v). Small miniature (f. 1v, upper left margin). Diagrams (ff. 160, 188v, 197v, 217, 226v). Initials and paraphs in alternating blue and red. Sentence initials touched

• Marginal miniature of a lady in a veiled hat holding a flask and herbs, with a decorated initial 'M'(edicina) in gold and colours., Commentary on the Canon Medicinae by Avicenna, Book I, Fen III

leaves and flowers, with one large initial in blue with white tracery and foliate decoration (f. 1). Small miniature (f. 1, right margin). Diagrams (ff. 45, 92). Initials and paraphs in alternating blue and red. Sentence initials touched in yellow.

• Detail of a miniature of the voyage to Rhodes., Bellum Gallicum (Les commentaires de Cesar)

282, 292, 297, 304v, 310v, 317, 324, 331v). Initials and paraphs in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Line-fillers in blue, rose and gold with penwork decoration in white. Bellum Gallicum (Les commentaires de Cesar)

• Detail of a miniature of Haruspices interpreting Caesar's dream., Bellum Gallicum (Les commentaires de Cesar)

282, 292, 297, 304v, 310v, 317, 324, 331v). Initials and paraphs in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Line-fillers in blue, rose and gold with penwork decoration in white. Bellum Gallicum (Les commentaires de Cesar)

• Detail of a miniature of Catiline and conspirators., Bellum Gallicum (Les commentaires de Cesar)

282, 292, 297, 304v, 310v, 317, 324, 331v). Initials and paraphs in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Line-fillers in blue, rose and gold with penwork decoration in white. Bellum Gallicum (Les commentaires de Cesar)

• Detail of a miniature of the defeat of Catiline., Bellum Gallicum (Les commentaires de Cesar)

282, 292, 297, 304v, 310v, 317, 324, 331v). Initials and paraphs in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Line-fillers in blue, rose and gold with penwork decoration in white. Bellum Gallicum (Les commentaires de Cesar)