• null, Facta et dicta memorabilia (ff. 2-179v), followed by a capitula list (ff. 180-181)

1 large foliate initial in colours on a gold ground, accompanied by a three-sided border (f. 2). Large initials in gold on grounds of red and blue. Small initials alternately red with blue flourishing, or blue with red flourishing.

• null, Facta et dicta memorabilia (ff. 2-179v), followed by a capitula list (ff. 180-181)

1 large foliate initial in colours on a gold ground, accompanied by a three-sided border (f. 2). Large initials in gold on grounds of red and blue. Small initials alternately red with blue flourishing, or blue with red flourishing.

• Historiated initial 'H'(ec) with Moses conversing wih a man and holding the Tablets of the Law, at the beginning of Deuteronomy., Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy, glossed; imperfect

last leaf, near the fore-edge (see, e.g., ff. 12v, 24v, 48v or 60v). One or more leaves lost before f. 1, including the beginning of and the historiated initial to Genesis, and after f. 374.Catchwords; leaf marks. 4 historiated initials

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

is also written in the Filelfo's hand. 1 large 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

• Illuminated initial 'G'(allia)., De bello Gallico

C, etc. Large initials in gold, outlined in black, on red and blue grounds ornamented with white filigree decoration (ff. 1, 12v, 18v, 23v, 30, 41, 49v, 67v). Rubrics in red. Paraphs in red or blue. De bello Gallico The

• Decorated initial 'D'(eus) with acanthus leaves at the beginning of Terce of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Decorated initial 'D'(eus) with acanthus leaves at the beginning of Terce of the Virgin. Contains a calendar (ff. 4-9v; with English saints), the Hours of the Virgin (ff. 10-47v), the Penitential Psalms followed by the Litany and various prayers

• null, Alexandreis, and commentary

Ward): bought by Bondam at 1785 Gronovius sale.Pieter Bondam (signature: ‘Petri Bondam. 1785’ , inside upper cover); his sale, Utrecht, 1 October 1800. Inscribed ‘WS. 1803’ and with shelfmark or price? in pencil in a nineteenth century hand ‘3.3.0’ (f.

• Full-page frontispiece of Homer seated in a landscape, encircled by a laurel wreath with eight medallions of the muses and, in the four corners, subsidiary medallions of four bearded figures holding books., Narratio de gente et vita Homeri, Verses on Homer, Iliad (ff. 16-239)

margin, a medallion with an effaced coat of arms (f. 16). 25 white vine initials in colours and gold (ff. 1, 16, 24v, 37, 43v, 51v, 64, 71v, 78v, 86v, 96v, 105, 117, 123v, 135v, 143, 153v, 166, 176v, 185v,

• Full white vine border in colours and gold, inhabited by birds and putti, with a title piece flanked by putti, a large white vine initial 'M' and, in the lower margin, a medallion designed for arms., Narratio de gente et vita Homeri, Verses on Homer, Iliad (ff. 16-239)

margin, a medallion with an effaced coat of arms (f. 16). 25 white vine initials in colours and gold (ff. 1, 16, 24v, 37, 43v, 51v, 64, 71v, 78v, 86v, 96v, 105, 117, 123v, 135v, 143, 153v, 166, 176v, 185v,

• Puzzle initial and partial border, at the beginning of Bernard of Clairvaux's Sermons., Sermons

19s. 6d. (Egerton MSS 628-709), and a further 17 lots were purchased subsequently for £2 9s. 6d. (Egerton MSS 710-730). 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red, developing a three-sided border (f. 3).

• Flourished initial, in Bernard of Clairvaux's Sermons., Sermons

19s. 6d. (Egerton MSS 628-709), and a further 17 lots were purchased subsequently for £2 9s. 6d. (Egerton MSS 710-730). 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red, developing a three-sided border (f. 3).

• White vine initial 'M'(atronarum), and full foliate border with a scroll and heraldic arms in the lower margin, at the beginning of Nicolosa Sanuta's De Ornatu Mulierum., De Ornatu Mulierum

beginning of Nicolosa Sanuta's De Ornatu Mulierum. 1 large white vine initial and a full foliate border with a scroll and heraldic arms in the lower margin, in colours and gold (f. 1). De Ornatu Mulierum Rubric in chrysography 'Nicolosa

• null, De Ornatu Mulierum

1 large white vine initial and a full foliate border with a scroll and heraldic arms in the lower margin, in colours and gold (f. 1). De Ornatu Mulierum Rubric in chrysography 'Nicolosa Sanuta Bononiensis apud Regum d. D. B.

• null, De Ornatu Mulierum

1 large white vine initial and a full foliate border with a scroll and heraldic arms in the lower margin, in colours and gold (f. 1). De Ornatu Mulierum Rubric in chrysography 'Nicolosa Sanuta Bononiensis apud Regum d. D. B.

• null, De Ornatu Mulierum

1 large white vine initial and a full foliate border with a scroll and heraldic arms in the lower margin, in colours and gold (f. 1). De Ornatu Mulierum Rubric in chrysography 'Nicolosa Sanuta Bononiensis apud Regum d. D. B.

• Detail of coloured initials., Regula sancti Benedicti (ff. 1-26v), and other related works

coloured initials. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue (f. 29). Small initials alternately red or blue, a few of them with penwork decoration in brown. Regula sancti Benedicti (ff. 1-26v), and other related works Charles Burney (b. 1757,

• Detail of decorated initials., Regula sancti Benedicti (ff. 1-26v), and other related works

decorated initials. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue (f. 29). Small initials alternately red or blue, a few of them with penwork decoration in brown. Regula sancti Benedicti (ff. 1-26v), and other related works Charles Burney (b. 1757,

• Illuminated initials and diagrams, in the calendar., Calendar

and diagrams, in the calendar. 1 zodiac man, in colours (f. 10). Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Diagrams. Calendar Inscription, 15th-century: 'Joh…' (f. 1, erased).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660,

• Table and Zodiac man, in the calendar., Calendar

Zodiac man, in the calendar. 1 zodiac man, in colours (f. 10). Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Diagrams. Calendar Inscription, 15th-century: 'Joh…' (f. 1, erased).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660,

• Pen-flourished initials and heraldic shield with a lion in the lower border., 49 love sonnets

border. 1 large historiated initial, and a three-sided foliate border with gold balls, with heraldry, devices, and monograms, in colours and gold; a large red heart on a burning wood fire with raindrops, in the right margin (f. 1). Small