• White vine initial 'S'(emper)., Satires (index Saturae, Satirae)

White vine initial 'S'(emper). f. 1* is a parchment leaf.Lines ruled in ink. Vertical catchwords. 1 large white vine initial in colours and gold (f. 1). Plain initials in blue. Rubrics in red. Satires (index Saturae, Satirae) The Jesuit College

• Faceted initial 'Q'(uomodo)., Elegy to Longpres (Elegia ad Longredem)

final parchment flyleaf is glued to a modern paper one. 1 large faceted initial in blue on a dark red ground with acanthus motifs and grapes highlighted in gold (f. 1). Smaller plain initials in red or blue. Paraphs in

• White vine initial 'U'(trum) and an effaced coat of arms in the lower margin., De oratore (ff. 1-51v); Brutus (ff. 52-120v)

An effaced coat of arms on a gold ground in the lower margin (f. 1). 2 large white vine initials in colours and gold (ff. 1, 52). Incipits and explicits in red. De oratore (ff. 1-51v); Brutus (ff. 52-120v) Unidentified

• Illuminated white vine initial 'C', partial border with butterfly and grasshopper, and added heraldic arms, at the beginning of Suetonius's De vita Caesarum., De vita Caesarum (index XII Caesars)

Greek to be inserted. 1 large white vine initial with partial border incorporating two butterlies and a grasshopper, in colours and gold (f. 1). Large initials unfinished (e.g. ff. 19, 44v), or not started. Guide letters. 1 added partial border,

• Illuminated white vine initials 'A'(ntoni) and 'V'(xoris); guide-letters in the left margin; a catchword in the lower margin., Partenopeius

Hoepli, 1952). 1 miniature, in colours and gold, occupying the space left for a large initial, accompanied by a full inhabited border, with putti, birds, animals, etc., and heraldic arms and devices, in colours and gold (f. 1). Small white

• Historiated initial 'N'(on) depicting crowned emperor(?) holding a gold staff/sceptre at the beginning of Cornelius Nepos's Liber de excellentibus ducibus exterarum Gentium; the lower margin with arms party per fess, ~gules~ and ~vert~, a letter 'B' ~or~, the shield depicted as if hanging from a hook., Liber de excellentibus ducibus exterarum Gentium

a letter 'B' ~or~, the shield depicted as if hanging from a hook. 1 large historiated initial, in colours and gold (f. 1). Heraldic arms (f. 1). Small initials alternately gold with blue penwork decoration or pen-flourishing, or blue with

• Illuminated initial 'A'(nte) and the arms of the Gonzaga family, at the beginning of Cicero's Philippica., Philippica, omitting 5.12-6.6

as used between 1433 and 1530 (f. 1); foliated and inscribed 'scrite 122', 15th century (f. 123; cf. Burney 159).? Mario Maffei (b. 1463, d. 1537): inscribed 'No. 325.', 18th century (f. 1; cf. Burney 144 and Burney 160, both

• Unfinished initial 'G'(entem), at the beginning of Suetonius's Vita Augusti., De vita Caesarum (index XII Caesars)

Greek to be inserted. 1 large white vine initial with partial border incorporating two butterlies and a grasshopper, in colours and gold (f. 1). Large initials unfinished (e.g. ff. 19, 44v), or not started. Guide letters. 1 added partial border,

• Initial 'A' with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of John Capgrave's Life of Catherine., The Life of Catherine (ff. 1-117v), etc.

Initial 'A' with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of John Capgrave's Life of Catherine. 1 large initial in red with pen-flourishing in brown (f. 1). Smaller initials in plain red. Capital letters highlighted in red. The Life of Catherine (ff. 1-117v),

• Zoomorphic initial 'Q'(uod) formed by two biting dragons, and in the lower margin, the ink stamp of the Royal Society of London., De eucharista contra Petrum Martyrem Vermilium

two biting dragons, and in the lower margin, the ink stamp of the Royal Society of London. 1 large zoomorphic initial (f. 1). 2 large decorated initials (ff. 45, 78). Decorated descenders, one including a Crucifixion (f. 182v). De eucharista

• White vine initial 'M'(aiores), at the beginning of the book 7., De architectura

3-sided white vine border, in colours and gold (f. 1). 11 large white vine initials, in colours and gold, at the beginning of the prologue and of the 10 books (ff. 1, 2, 16v, 33v, 49, 54, 63v, 81v, 95v,

• Arabesque initial 'M'(oriente), at the beginning of book 20 of the Antiquitates judaicae, to the left is a colour note 'R'., Antiquitates judaicae, chapters 15-20 (ff. 1-83v); De bello judaico, books 1-7 (ff. 83v-205)

initials in red and green with yellow, for the different chapters, and for the prologue and the different books (ff. 1, 1v, 15v, 27v, 45, 47v, 61v, 75, 83v, 85, 114, 138, 151v, 160, 168, 183v). Small initials in plain

• Arabesque initial 'Q'(uoniam), at the beginning of the prologue of the De bello judaico, to the left is a faint colour-note 'V'., Antiquitates judaicae, chapters 15-20 (ff. 1-83v); De bello judaico, books 1-7 (ff. 83v-205)

initials in red and green with yellow, for the different chapters, and for the prologue and the different books (ff. 1, 1v, 15v, 27v, 45, 47v, 61v, 75, 83v, 85, 114, 138, 151v, 160, 168, 183v). Small initials in plain

• Decorated initial 'A'(d), and three-sided border with a lion in the lower margin, at the beginning of Johannes de Deo's Flores legum super cavillationibus., Flores legum super cavillationibus, Secretum secretorum, and other juridical or theological texts (incomplete)

a lion in the lower margin (f. 1).1 large initial, in colours and gold (f. 1). 3 small initials in blue with red pen-flourishing or in red with blue pen-flourishing (f. 1, 5, 20v). Small initials in plain red

• Decorated initial 'B'(ritanina) and the inscriptions of Edward Fox and Robert Sansfeld in the right margin., Chronicle

Small red or blue initials. Yellow highlighting of letters. Simple red line-fillers. Cadels. Chronicle Inscribed, 16th century: 'Edwarde Fox' (ff. 1, 2).Inscription: 'Robert sansfeld, gentellmann within the counti of Cambridg' f. 2); and 'An Rabin' (f. 1).Lord William Howard (b.

• Illuminated initial 'O'(ratius), and partial foliate border, at the beginning of Pseudo Acro's Commentaries on Horace., Commentaries on Horace (ff. 1-180v and ff. 181-183)

and partial foliate border, at the beginning of Pseudo Acro's Commentaries on Horace. 1 large illuminated initial with a partial foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 1). Small initials in red or blue, with purple pen-flourishing. Commentaries on Horace

• Unfinished initial 'P'(atricia), at eh beginning of Suetonius's Life of Tiberius., De vita Caesarum (index XII Caesars)

Greek to be inserted. 1 large white vine initial with partial border incorporating two butterlies and a grasshopper, in colours and gold (f. 1). Large initials unfinished (e.g. ff. 19, 44v), or not started. Guide letters. 1 added partial border,

• Illuminated white vine initial 'B' (elli) in Cicero's Philippica., Philippica, omitting 5.12-6.6

as used between 1433 and 1530 (f. 1); foliated and inscribed 'scrite 122', 15th century (f. 123; cf. Burney 159).? Mario Maffei (b. 1463, d. 1537): inscribed 'No. 325.', 18th century (f. 1; cf. Burney 144 and Burney 160, both

• Detail of unfinished initial., De vita Caesarum (index XII Caesars)

Greek to be inserted. 1 large white vine initial with partial border incorporating two butterlies and a grasshopper, in colours and gold (f. 1). Large initials unfinished (e.g. ff. 19, 44v), or not started. Guide letters. 1 added partial border,

• Detail of decorated initial., De finibus (ff. 1-94), Disputationes tusculanae (ff. 95-190v)

on a gold field, at the beginning of each book (ff. 1, 15v, 40v, 56v, 72v, 95, 119v, 133, 150v, 168), the first with matching partial borders incorporating heraldic arms. The initial in each of the two texts are in