• Puzzle initial, Cronica de los reyes Don Fernando y Dona Ysabel por Diego de Valera (ff. 1-88, chapters 1-91; ff. 88-288, chapters 92-213)

Puzzle initial 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in purple (f. 1). Small initials in plain red or blue. Cronica de los reyes Don Fernando y Dona Ysabel por Diego de Valera (ff. 1-88, chapters 1-91;

• Illuminated white vine initial 'L'(itera) extending into a partial border, a small illuminated initial 'P'(artes), and a wreath enclosing overpainted arms in the lower margin., Treatise on grammar, beginning 'Litera est vox quae scribi potest individua …' and excerpts from classical authors (ff. 105v-111)

in the lower margin. Written 'below top line'. 1 large white vine initial in colours and gold, extending into a partial border (f. 1), accompanied by a laurel wreath enclosing (overpainted) arms. 1 small initial in gold on coloured grounds.

• Historiated initial 'C'(ui), depicting one man (Catullus?) giving the book to another man (Alfonso?), and full border incorporating putti, animals, and the emblems of Alfonso, Duke of Calabria, in Catullus's Poems., Carmina

putti, animals, and the emblems of Alfonso, Duke of Calabria, in Catullus's Poems. 1 historiated initial, with full borders incorporating heraldic arms, in colours and gold (f. 1). Small white vine initials, in colours and gold. Carmina Made for Alfonso

• Illuminated white vine initials 'C'(oelius) and 'M'(ultas) in Catullus's Poems., Carmina

Illuminated white vine initials 'C'(oelius) and 'M'(ultas) in Catullus's Poems. 1 historiated initial, with full borders incorporating heraldic arms, in colours and gold (f. 1). Small white vine initials, in colours and gold. Carmina Made for Alfonso II, duke of

• Illuminated white vine initials 'I'(lle) and 'O'(vid) in Catullus's Poems., Carmina

Illuminated white vine initials 'I'(lle) and 'O'(vid) in Catullus's Poems. 1 historiated initial, with full borders incorporating heraldic arms, in colours and gold (f. 1). Small white vine initials, in colours and gold. Carmina Made for Alfonso II, duke of

• Detail of illluminated initial., Treatise on grammar, beginning 'Litera est vox quae scribi potest individua …' and excerpts from classical authors (ff. 105v-111)

Detail of illluminated initial. Written 'below top line'. 1 large white vine initial in colours and gold, extending into a partial border (f. 1), accompanied by a laurel wreath enclosing (overpainted) arms. 1 small initial in gold on coloured grounds.

• Detail of heraldry., Treatise on grammar, beginning 'Litera est vox quae scribi potest individua …' and excerpts from classical authors (ff. 105v-111)

Detail of heraldry. Written 'below top line'. 1 large white vine initial in colours and gold, extending into a partial border (f. 1), accompanied by a laurel wreath enclosing (overpainted) arms. 1 small initial in gold on coloured grounds. 2-line

• Decorated initial and architectural border with a flying putti holding heralic arms., Ars Grammatica

heralic arms. 1 large decorated foliate initial, accompanied by an architectural border and a flying putti holding herladic arms, in colours and gold (f.1). Spaces for smaller initials. Ars Grammatica Unidentified member of the Bembo family: arms (f. 1). Bought

• Decorated line and initial 'E'., Speeches, including 'Olynthiaca' 1-3 (ff. 1-15) and 'Philippica' 1, 2, 3-4 (ff. 15v-23, 27v-32v, 48v-70)

and decorated initial in light brown (f. 1). Decorated lines, titles in display capitals, large decorated initials, rubrics and running titles in light brown. Speeches, including 'Olynthiaca' 1-3 (ff. 1-15) and 'Philippica' 1, 2, 3-4 (ff. 15v-23, 27v-32v, 48v-70) Written

• Coloured decorated headpiece, title in display capitals, and decorated initial 'A'., Speeches, including 'Olynthiaca' 1-3 (ff. 1-15) and 'Philippica' 1, 2, 3-4 (ff. 15v-23, 27v-32v, 48v-70)

and decorated initial in light brown (f. 1). Decorated lines, titles in display capitals, large decorated initials, rubrics and running titles in light brown. Speeches, including 'Olynthiaca' 1-3 (ff. 1-15) and 'Philippica' 1, 2, 3-4 (ff. 15v-23, 27v-32v, 48v-70) Written

• Detail of KL initials., Calendar

Detail of KL initials. 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, d.

• Detail of eclipses., Calendar

Detail of eclipses. 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, d. 1753),

• Miniature of Zodiac man., Calendar

Miniature of Zodiac man. 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, d.

• Flourished initial 'F'(irst), at the beginning of the Treatise on hawking., Treatise on hawking

Flourished initial 'F'(irst), at the beginning of the Treatise on hawking. 1 large initial in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing (f. 1). Treatise on hawking Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of

• White vine initial 'Q'(uintus), and a coat of arms supported by two putti., De Amicitia and other texts

gold and colours at the beginning of each book (f. 1, 23, 34). Heraldic device of a golden lion rampant within a wreath held aloft by 2 putti (f. 1). De Amicitia and other texts 18th century(?) inscriptions in Italian

• Miniature of David kneeling before the hand of God, illuminated initial 'M'(akarios) and foliate border at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter (ff. 3-186v); Odes 1-9 (ff. 186v-203); Horologion (ff. 204-221); Canon to the Virgin (ff. 221v-225v); Great canon for the evening office (ff. 226-270)

1. See also Burney 70 for another Greek manuscript made in Florence in the last quarter of the 15th century with a similar decorated border. 2 miniatures and foliate borders in gold and colours at the beginning of Psalms

• Initial 'H'(ec) and coloured initials 'S'(unt) and 'T'(unc) at the beginning of book 4 of Boethius's consolatio philosophiae., De Consolatione Philosophiae (index Consolation of Philosophy)

extensions forming a partial border at the beginning of each book (f. 1, 6, 13, 23v, 32v). Simple initials in red or blue. Paraphs in red or blue. 1 marginal drawing of a face (f. 37). De Consolatione Philosophiae (index

• null, Rhetoricorum veterum

1 large historiated initial, accompanied by a full foliate border with putti, medaillons and heraldic arms in the lower margin, in colours and gold (f. 1).1 smaller inhabited initial, accompanied by a partial foliate border, in colours and gold

• Initial in foliate design in a foliate design, in gold and colours, inhabited by snakes., World chronicle from the Creation to 1574

(ff. 1, 861); the impression of Parthenios's seal (f. 861).John Covel (b. 1638, d. 1722), chaplain of the Levant Company in Constantinople, 1670-1676, and later Master of Christ's College, Cambridge: owned in Constantinople in 1677, his notes (ff. 1*, 1);

• Foliate headpiece and large initial 'M' of makarios at the beginning of Psalm 1, in red and yellow, with snakes forming part of the letter., Psalter

University of Glasgow, Hunter MSS 405, 475. Foliate headpiece (f. 1) and other simple headpiece. Large red initials with penwork decoration, the first also with black and yellow (f. 1). Psalter Written by Matthaios, hieromonk of the monastery of St