• Detail of an interior floriate column border., Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens (index Memorabilia, index Facta et Dicta Memorabilia), vol. 1

containing the beginning of book 6. on f. 1v of Harley 4373). This folio was discarded intentionally so that volume 1 could neatly end with book 5 and volume 2 start with book 6.Leaf signatures. Catchwords.Repairs to the vellum carefully

• Diagram of the seven tunics and three humours of the eye and the skull, labelled for the conjunctiva, cornea, uvea, albugineus (aqueous) humor, tunica aranea (interior capsule of the lens), cystalline humor or lens itself., Medical miscellany, including the 'book of Macharias on the eye called Salaracer or secret of secrets'

Diagram of the seven tunics and three humours of the eye and the skull, labelled for the conjunctiva, cornea, uvea, albugineus (aqueous) humor, tunica aranea (interior capsule of the lens), cystalline humor or lens itself. This treatise has some

• Historiated initial with the Virgin and Child and the donor, at the beginning of a prayer., Book of Hours, Use of Tournai

105, 112, 119, 149. 34 large historiated initials, in grisaille, accompanied by partial foliate boarders, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 2v, 4, 6, 7v, 18, 21, 21v, 22, 23, 23v, 24, 25, 26, 26v, 28, 29, 30v, 31v, 32,

• Historiated initials with Catherine, at the beginning of her suffrage., Book of Hours, Use of Tournai

105, 112, 119, 149. 34 large historiated initials, in grisaille, accompanied by partial foliate boarders, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 2v, 4, 6, 7v, 18, 21, 21v, 22, 23, 23v, 24, 25, 26, 26v, 28, 29, 30v, 31v, 32,

• Historiated initial with Michael and the dragon, at the beginning of his suffrage., Book of Hours, Use of Tournai

105, 112, 119, 149. 34 large historiated initials, in grisaille, accompanied by partial foliate boarders, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 2v, 4, 6, 7v, 18, 21, 21v, 22, 23, 23v, 24, 25, 26, 26v, 28, 29, 30v, 31v, 32,

• 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

• Illuminated initial 'H'(enry) and three-sided foliate border, at the beginning of the statutes of the reign of Henry IV, Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from 1 Edward III to 31 Henry VI

red or blue. Probably by more than one artist. Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from 1 Edward III to 31 Henry VI George Holmes: inscribed 'GH' in pale brown ink and 'Geo. Holmes.' in red

• Illuminated canon tables with a foliate pattern, preceding the Gospels., Letter to Carpianus and canon tables

in red decorated with coloured foliate and geometric patterns, some also with gold (ff. 1v-6). Frame in red ink (f. 1). 4 large headpieces in gold and colours with foliate decoration (ff. 8, 64, 99, 157) at the beginning of

• White vine initial 'P'(ost haec) in colours and gold., De legibus

in colours and gold. ff. 1 and [166] are former pastedowns.Catchwords written horizontally. Leaf signatures.The translation was made between 1450-1451. White vine initial combined with a partial border including heraldic arms (f. 2). White vine initials in colours and gold

• Detail of a white vine initial 'P'(ost haec) in colours and gold., De legibus

'P'(ost haec) in colours and gold. ff. 1 and [166] are former pastedowns.Catchwords written horizontally. Leaf signatures.The translation was made between 1450-1451. White vine initial combined with a partial border including heraldic arms (f. 2). White vine initials in colours

• Miniature of the Evangelist John, perhaps with Prochoros, and in the upper margin, and added cock and a donkey, with the inscription "The Holy J(oh)n the Theologian"., Four Gospels

Miniature of the Evangelist John, perhaps with Prochoros, and in the upper margin, and added cock and a donkey, with the inscription "The Holy J(oh)n the Theologian". The conclusions of each section of text are written in geometric shapes.Part

• Interlace initial 'N'(untiatum), at the beginning of Book 12 of Aulus Gellius's Noctes Atticae., Noctes Atticae, with list of chapters (ff. 1-2)

of Aulus Gellius's Noctes Atticae. 1 large faceted initial in gold on a coloured field, with partial floral border (f. 1). Heading in display capitals, and small initials, alternating gold, purple, gold, red, gold, green. 1 large 'white vine' initial:

• Decorated initial 'M'(arcus), enclosing a depiction of a building, at the beginning of Book 13 of Aulus Gellius's Noctes Atticae., Noctes Atticae, with list of chapters (ff. 1-2)

of Aulus Gellius's Noctes Atticae. 1 large faceted initial in gold on a coloured field, with partial floral border (f. 1). Heading in display capitals, and small initials, alternating gold, purple, gold, red, gold, green. 1 large 'white vine' initial:

• Decorated initial 'M'(arcus), enclosing a depiction of a building, at the beginning of Book 13 of Aulus Gellius's Noctes Atticae., Noctes Atticae, with list of chapters (ff. 1-2)

of Aulus Gellius's Noctes Atticae. 1 large faceted initial in gold on a coloured field, with partial floral border (f. 1). Heading in display capitals, and small initials, alternating gold, purple, gold, red, gold, green. 1 large 'white vine' initial:

• Interlace initial 'N'(untiatum), at the beginning of Book 12 of Aulus Gellius's Noctes Atticae., Noctes Atticae, with list of chapters (ff. 1-2)

of Aulus Gellius's Noctes Atticae. 1 large faceted initial in gold on a coloured field, with partial floral border (f. 1). Heading in display capitals, and small initials, alternating gold, purple, gold, red, gold, green. 1 large 'white vine' initial:

• Initial 'P'(lutarchus) decorated with foliate decoration in the style of 'white vine', but coloured, and full borders incorporating putti, birds, animals, buildings, at the beginning of Aulus Gellius's Noctes Atticae., Noctes Atticae, with list of chapters (ff. 1-2)

of Aulus Gellius's Noctes Atticae. 1 large faceted initial in gold on a coloured field, with partial floral border (f. 1). Heading in display capitals, and small initials, alternating gold, purple, gold, red, gold, green. 1 large 'white vine' initial:

• Detail of the heraldic arms of Ludovico Maria Sforza, at the beginning of Aulus Gellius's Noctes Atticae, from the lower border., Noctes Atticae, with list of chapters (ff. 1-2)

Atticae, from the lower border. 1 large faceted initial in gold on a coloured field, with partial floral border (f. 1). Heading in display capitals, and small initials, alternating gold, purple, gold, red, gold, green. 1 large 'white vine' initial:

• Initial 'P'(lutarchus) decorated with foliate decoration in the style of 'white vine', but coloured, at the beginning of Aulus Gellius's Noctes Atticae., Noctes Atticae, with list of chapters (ff. 1-2)

of Aulus Gellius's Noctes Atticae. 1 large faceted initial in gold on a coloured field, with partial floral border (f. 1). Heading in display capitals, and small initials, alternating gold, purple, gold, red, gold, green. 1 large 'white vine' initial:

• Detail of border., Noctes Atticae, with list of chapters (ff. 1-2)

Detail of border. 1 large faceted initial in gold on a coloured field, with partial floral border (f. 1). Heading in display capitals, and small initials, alternating gold, purple, gold, red, gold, green. 1 large 'white vine' initial: the initial

• The arms of Thomas Wall, Windsor herald, in the right margin, the signature of Jo Starkey, in the upper margin, that of Sir Robert Cotton ('Robert Cotton Bruceaus') with the date 1610 in the lower margin., De Regimine Principum; Secrets of the Philosophers; Secretum Secretorum

by John Multon, London stationer (will of 1475): see discussion Christianson 1990.Thomas Wall, Windsor Herald, 1525: his added arms (f. 1); his name (ff. 89v-92); his record of purchase 'This boke belongyth unto T. Wall alias Wyndesor herault at armes