• Foliate initial and border., Le livre des quatre vertus (De quatuor virtutibus) (ff. 1-28v); Le livre de vieillesse (De senectute) (ff. 30-129v) and Le livre de amitié (De amicitia) (ff. 130-192v); Letter of Bernard of Clairvaux (ff. 193-195v); Hymn to the Virgin (ff. 196-199)

and gold (ff. 1, 30, 107). 7 smaller decorated foliate initials with three-sided foliate borders including scrolls and a few also the heraldic arms, in colours and gold (ff. 33, 44, 53, 63, 85v, 124, 126v); 1 page missing after

• Decorated initial with flowers, and border including mottos., Le livre des quatre vertus (De quatuor virtutibus) (ff. 1-28v); Le livre de vieillesse (De senectute) (ff. 30-129v) and Le livre de amitié (De amicitia) (ff. 130-192v); Letter of Bernard of Clairvaux (ff. 193-195v); Hymn to the Virgin (ff. 196-199)

and gold (ff. 1, 30, 107). 7 smaller decorated foliate initials with three-sided foliate borders including scrolls and a few also the heraldic arms, in colours and gold (ff. 33, 44, 53, 63, 85v, 124, 126v); 1 page missing after

• Decorated initial with flowers, and border including mottos., Le livre des quatre vertus (De quatuor virtutibus) (ff. 1-28v); Le livre de vieillesse (De senectute) (ff. 30-129v) and Le livre de amitié (De amicitia) (ff. 130-192v); Letter of Bernard of Clairvaux (ff. 193-195v); Hymn to the Virgin (ff. 196-199)

and gold (ff. 1, 30, 107). 7 smaller decorated foliate initials with three-sided foliate borders including scrolls and a few also the heraldic arms, in colours and gold (ff. 33, 44, 53, 63, 85v, 124, 126v); 1 page missing after

• Decorated line-fillers., Le livre des quatre vertus (De quatuor virtutibus) (ff. 1-28v); Le livre de vieillesse (De senectute) (ff. 30-129v) and Le livre de amitié (De amicitia) (ff. 130-192v); Letter of Bernard of Clairvaux (ff. 193-195v); Hymn to the Virgin (ff. 196-199)

and gold (ff. 1, 30, 107). 7 smaller decorated foliate initials with three-sided foliate borders including scrolls and a few also the heraldic arms, in colours and gold (ff. 33, 44, 53, 63, 85v, 124, 126v); 1 page missing after

• Miniature of Cicero debating the nature of friendship and border with mottos., Le livre des quatre vertus (De quatuor virtutibus) (ff. 1-28v); Le livre de vieillesse (De senectute) (ff. 30-129v) and Le livre de amitié (De amicitia) (ff. 130-192v); Letter of Bernard of Clairvaux (ff. 193-195v); Hymn to the Virgin (ff. 196-199)

and gold (ff. 1, 30, 107). 7 smaller decorated foliate initials with three-sided foliate borders including scrolls and a few also the heraldic arms, in colours and gold (ff. 33, 44, 53, 63, 85v, 124, 126v); 1 page missing after

• Illuminated initial 'Q'[uintus], at the beginning of the volume., Odes (ff. 5-78v), Epodes (ff. 79-93v), and Carmen saeculare (ff. 94-95v); preceded by a Life of Horace attributed here to Petrus Crinitus (ff. 1-4)

4). 7 large faceted initials in gold, each on a square field of dark purple, brown, gold, or green (ff. 1, 5, 27, 41, 65, 79, 94). Small initials in gold on a square field of blue, red, purple, green,

• Illuminated initial 'M'(ecoenas), at the beginning of Horace's Odes., Odes (ff. 5-78v), Epodes (ff. 79-93v), and Carmen saeculare (ff. 94-95v); preceded by a Life of Horace attributed here to Petrus Crinitus (ff. 1-4)

4). 7 large faceted initials in gold, each on a square field of dark purple, brown, gold, or green (ff. 1, 5, 27, 41, 65, 79, 94). Small initials in gold on a square field of blue, red, purple, green,

• Detail of illuminated initial., De officiis

and gold, at the beginning of the books (ff. 2, 40v, 63v). 1 small initial, in plain blue, at the beginning of 2:9 (f. 42). De officiis Unidentified humanistic owners, third quarter of the 15th century?: the margins with annotations

• Detail of illuminated initial., De officiis

and gold, at the beginning of the books (ff. 2, 40v, 63v). 1 small initial, in plain blue, at the beginning of 2:9 (f. 42). De officiis Unidentified humanistic owners, third quarter of the 15th century?: the margins with annotations

• Calendar page for September, on the left, and for August (bound upside down) on the right., Almanac, with a calendar, and tables for the calculation of eclipses and of the moon's influence

Cambridge in 1717): inscription 'Tho. Baker, Coll. Jo. Socius ejectus' (f. 2).Various inscriptions, including 'henry' (ff. 21-22v).? Shelfmark 'LLg No. 1' (f. 1).William Petty (~formerly~ Fitzmaurice) (b. 1737, d. 1805), 2nd earl of Shelburne and 1st marquess of Lansdowne, prime

• Detail of decorated initial., Ovidii Metamorphoseon fabularum narratio, and other mythological texts

surmounted by a lion's head (f. 1). Guide letters. Ovidii Metamorphoseon fabularum narratio, and other mythological texts ‘Mithologeiarum liber feliciter finit anno domini M .CCCC.LXII’ (f. 185v). The Donati family of Venice, (arms, f. 1). Unidentified owner: included in the

• Detail of heraldry., Ovidii Metamorphoseon fabularum narratio, and other mythological texts

surmounted by a lion's head (f. 1). Guide letters. Ovidii Metamorphoseon fabularum narratio, and other mythological texts ‘Mithologeiarum liber feliciter finit anno domini M .CCCC.LXII’ (f. 185v). The Donati family of Venice, (arms, f. 1). Unidentified owner: included in the

• Detail of initial with human and animal heads., Religious verses, hymns, etc. (index Alphabet Book)

an alphabet (ff. 1-25). 6 smaller coloured initials with foliate and/or zoomorphic decoration (ff. 27, 32v, 43, 45v, 57, 76v). 1 small coloured initial decorated with a human face (f. 29). Cadels. Religious verses, hymns, etc. (index Alphabet Book) Inscribed

• Detail of initial 'Z' with foliate and figural decoration., Religious verses, hymns, etc. (index Alphabet Book)

an alphabet (ff. 1-25). 6 smaller coloured initials with foliate and/or zoomorphic decoration (ff. 27, 32v, 43, 45v, 57, 76v). 1 small coloured initial decorated with a human face (f. 29). Cadels. Religious verses, hymns, etc. (index Alphabet Book) Inscribed

• null, Almanac, with a calendar, and tables for the calculation of eclipses and of the moon's influence

Cambridge in 1717): inscription 'Tho. Baker, Coll. Jo. Socius ejectus' (f. 2).Various inscriptions, including 'henry' (ff. 21-22v).? Shelfmark 'LLg No. 1' (f. 1).William Petty (~formerly~ Fitzmaurice) (b. 1737, d. 1805), 2nd earl of Shelburne and 1st marquess of Lansdowne, prime

• Detail of illuminated initial., De Regimine Principis

Detail of illuminated initial. 1 large decorated foliate initial with a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 2). 1 smaller puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in green and red (f. 33). Smaller initials in blue

• Genealogy of William the Conqueror to Henry I in a genealogical chronicle of the kings of England, from Adam to Edward IV (the 'Considerans' chronicle)., Genealogical Chronicle of the Kings of England, from Adam to Edward IV (the 'Considerans' chronicle)

of the kings of England, from Adam to Edward IV (the 'Considerans' chronicle). 1 miniature of the Fall in a roundel in colours (f. 2v). 2 large initials in colours and gold (f. 2v). Large initials in blue with red

• Miniature of a battle scene at the foot of a hill-top castle in a landscape, within an ornate marble architectural frame. At the top a seated putto, with a festoon drapped around his neck, looks down at the scene from above a suspended a medallion with the arms of the Bandi (or Banda) of Verona., Detached leaf

with Add. 20916, f. 1. To see this leaf in the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 20916, ff. 1-2.The eponymous manuscript of the anonymous Veronese artist of this leaf is Montecassino, Archivio della Badia, Ms. 620. 1 full-page miniature in

• Text page., Four Gospels

Text page. The conclusions of each section of text are written in geometric shapes.Part of the 'Nicaea School', (see Carr 2005 p. 40).ff. 1* and 269 are paper leaves. 22 full-page or large miniatures in colours and gold, most

• Miniature of the Dormition of the Virgin., Four Gospels

Miniature of the Dormition of the Virgin. The conclusions of each section of text are written in geometric shapes.Part of the 'Nicaea School', (see Carr 2005 p. 40).ff. 1* and 269 are paper leaves. 22 full-page or large miniatures