• Decorated initials in the 'Dietary of Queen Isabel'., Medical miscellany, including the homo signorum (f. 36r-v)

Cadels and large initials in brown ink with penwork decoration in brown and sometimes red, with a yellow or blue wash; from f. 23v many with human faces in profile. Medical miscellany, including the homo signorum (f. 36r-v) Shelfmark or

• Ink drawings for an unfinished initial and miniature., Gentil Milicia (a treatise on chivalry)

10v, 11v, 13, 16, 26, 43v, 45v, 47, 62v, 69v, 80). Large initials in red with purple pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Gentil Milicia (a treatise on chivalry) Bought by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000

• Roundel including a figure and flourished initial., Gentil Milicia (a treatise on chivalry)

10v, 11v, 13, 16, 26, 43v, 45v, 47, 62v, 69v, 80). Large initials in red with purple pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Gentil Milicia (a treatise on chivalry) Bought by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000

• Historiated initial of two conjoined fish in gold, silver, and colours, and a portrait of Petrarch standing, with a decorated border with floral motifs in gold and colours, with pen-flourishing, and arms., Opuscula varia (index various works)

small decorated initial in gold and colours (f. 71). Initials in red or blue with red penwork decoration. Headings and marginal notes in red. Paraphs in blue. Opuscula varia (index various works) Written in 1398: colophon reads, 'Explicit Deo gratias.

• Decorated initial 'F' in gold and colours, and a decorated border with floral motifs in gold, silver, and colours., Opuscula varia (index various works)

small decorated initial in gold and colours (f. 71). Initials in red or blue with red penwork decoration. Headings and marginal notes in red. Paraphs in blue. Opuscula varia (index various works) Written in 1398: colophon reads, 'Explicit Deo gratias.

• Miniature of the map of the world, at the beginning of Ranulf Higden's Polychronicon., Polychronicon

with a full bar border (f. 9). 2 maps in colours (ff. 1v-2, 2v). Initials in blue wit red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red and blue. Polychronicon Partially erased colophon added in different hand: 'Hic finitur ceserensis opus domini(?) quod policronicon

• Text page with decorated initial 'A'., Thebais (index Thebaid)

f. 5 and one after f. 6. Large initials in blue or red with penwork decoration in the other colour at the beginning of each book. Initials in red or blue, some with penwork decoration in the other colour. Rubrics

• Miniature of the map of the world, at the beginning of Ranulf Higden's Polychronicon, including 39 towns, 14 of which are in England., Polychronicon

with a full bar border (f. 9). 2 maps in colours (ff. 1v-2, 2v). Initials in blue wit red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red and blue. Polychronicon Partially erased colophon added in different hand: 'Hic finitur ceserensis opus domini(?) quod policronicon

• Miniature of the map of the world, at the beginning of Ranulf Higden's Polychronicon., Polychronicon

with a full bar border (f. 9). 2 maps in colours (ff. 1v-2, 2v). Initials in blue wit red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red and blue. Polychronicon Partially erased colophon added in different hand: 'Hic finitur ceserensis opus domini(?) quod policronicon

• Map of the Mediterranean and adjoining countries., Polychronicon

with a full bar border (f. 9). 2 maps in colours (ff. 1v-2, 2v). Initials in blue wit red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red and blue. Polychronicon Partially erased colophon added in different hand: 'Hic finitur ceserensis opus domini(?) quod policronicon

• Decorated border with floral motifs with the arms of the Calori of Modena, and a historiated initial 'P'(aucos) with a portrait of Petrarch seated in a garden, reading a book., Opuscula varia (index various works)

small decorated initial in gold and colours (f. 71). Initials in red or blue with red penwork decoration. Headings and marginal notes in red. Paraphs in blue. Opuscula varia (index various works) Written in 1398: colophon reads, 'Explicit Deo gratias.

• Detail of a historiated initial 'P'(aucos) with a portrait of Petrarch seated in a garden, reading a book., Opuscula varia (index various works)

small decorated initial in gold and colours (f. 71). Initials in red or blue with red penwork decoration. Headings and marginal notes in red. Paraphs in blue. Opuscula varia (index various works) Written in 1398: colophon reads, 'Explicit Deo gratias.

• Historiated initial 'P'(ost) of an enthroned king, perhaps Richard II, at the beginning of the text., Polychronicon

with a full bar border (f. 9). 2 maps in colours (ff. 1v-2, 2v). Initials in blue wit red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red and blue. Polychronicon Partially erased colophon added in different hand: 'Hic finitur ceserensis opus domini(?) quod policronicon

• Decorated initial 'V'(erbum) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the text., Verbum abbreviatum

capitula list (f. 1r-v).Catchwords. Large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in the same colours at the beginning of the text (f. 2). Smaller initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in the other colour. Letters marked in

• Detail of an historiated initial 'P'(ost) of an enthroned king., Polychronicon

with a full bar border (f. 9). 2 maps in colours (ff. 1v-2, 2v). Initials in blue wit red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red and blue. Polychronicon Partially erased colophon added in different hand: 'Hic finitur ceserensis opus domini(?) quod policronicon

• Miniature of two groups of knights in armour fighting., Ab urbe condita (Les decades de Titus Livius)

601v). Small foliate initials in colours and gold with extensions. Initials in gold on blue and rore grounds with penwork decoration in gold. Line-fillers in blue, rose and gold with penwork decoration in white. Ab urbe condita (Les decades de

• Historiated initial 'S'(oror) showing Seneca holding an open book at the beginning of Seneca's Tragedies, with a three-sided foliate border., Tragoediae (index Tragedies), with argumenta

(ff. 22v, 39v, 55v, 65v, 85, 102v, 118v, 133v, 148v). Small initials in red or blue with red pen-flourishing. A few small initials plain in blue. Tragoediae (index Tragedies), with argumenta Unidentified owners, between 1425 and 1499: with added epigrams

• Historiated initial 'C'(armina) depicting a layman pointing to a book he is holding (presumably the author, Boethius), and arms of the de Lando family of Verona in the lower margin., De consolatione philosophiae

2 large puzzle initials in red and blue, with penwork flourishing in red and pink (ff. 30, 39v, with shell gold on f. 39v). Small initials alternately red with pink penwork flourishing, or blue with red penwork flourishing. De consolatione

• Flourished initials 'B'(ella) and 'D'(ixerat) in Boethius's De consolatione philosophiae., De consolatione philosophiae

2 large puzzle initials in red and blue, with penwork flourishing in red and pink (ff. 30, 39v, with shell gold on f. 39v). Small initials alternately red with pink penwork flourishing, or blue with red penwork flourishing. De consolatione

• Decorated initials 'Q'(uid) and 'U'(nde) with penwork decoration in Seneca's Hercules., Tragoediae (index Tragedies): Hercules furens (ff. 5-29), Thyestes (ff. 29-50), Phoenissae (ff. 50v-62v), Phaedra (ff. 63-86), Oedipus (ff. 86v-106), Troades (ff. 106v-128), Medea (ff. 128v-147v), Agamemnon (ff. 148-166), Octavia (ff. 167-185), Hercules Oetaeus (ff. 185v-221v)

Hercules. Large initials unfinished or in brown ink. Small initials in blue with red penwork. 1 diagram showing the family relationship of Nero and Claudius (f. 166v). Some marginal sketches (e.g. ff. 76v, 81v, 82, 94). Tragoediae (index Tragedies): Hercules