• 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.

• 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 'V'(oi) at the beginning of Petrarch's Il Canzoniere, with an image of Petrarch, shown before a lectern with an open book before him in the bowl of the initial, and a miniature on the right-hand side of the page of Petrarch's muse, Laura, beside a laurel tree, framed with a three-sided border made up of foliate scrolls and gold balls., Il Canzoniere

foliate border, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 34). Smaller initials in gold on red and/or blue grounds. Paraph marks in plain red or blue. Capital letters at the beginning of each line highlighted in yellow. Attributed to Cristoforo Cortese

• 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

• Historiated initial 'I'(vo) of Petrarch holding a closed book, and a foliate border with gold balls, at the beginning of Petrarch's 264th canzone., Il Canzoniere

foliate border, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 34). Smaller initials in gold on red and/or blue grounds. Paraph marks in plain red or blue. Capital letters at the beginning of each line highlighted in yellow. Attributed to Cristoforo Cortese

• A diagram of Old Testament genealogy, including Noah, with diagrams of the world and Noah's ark., Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Edward VI (the Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England)

grounds, with brown pen-flourishing extending into the margins (f. 1v). Small initials in blue with red pen-flourishing or in red with brown pen-flourishing. Line-fillers in red and/or blue. Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Edward VI (the

• A diagram of the genealogy of the kings of England, including Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI, Edward IV, Richard III, and Henry VII., Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Edward VI (the Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England)

grounds, with brown pen-flourishing extending into the margins (f. 1v). Small initials in blue with red pen-flourishing or in red with brown pen-flourishing. Line-fillers in red and/or blue. Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Edward VI (the

• Text page written by Bartolomeo of San Gimigniano in 1387., 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)

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 furens

• Coloured initial 'E'(t) in Oedipus., 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)

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 furens (ff. 5-29),

• Historiated initial of Chaucer holding an open book, at the beginning of the prologue to the Canterbury Tales., Canterbury Tales

colours and gold of the author (f. 2). Large initials in gold and blue and pink. Small initials in gold with purple penwork decoration, and in blue with red penwork decoration. Large initials in brown with brown and yellow or

• Illuminated initial 'A'(t) at the beginning of the Reeve's tale, identified by a rubric in the upper margin 'The Reve'., Canterbury Tales

colours and gold of the author (f. 2). Large initials in gold and blue and pink. Small initials in gold with purple penwork decoration, and in blue with red penwork decoration. Large initials in brown with brown and yellow or

• null, 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)

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 furens (ff. 5-29), Thyestes (ff. 29-50),

• Illuminated initial 'W'(hilom) at the beginning of the Miller's tale, identified by a rubric in the upper margin 'The Meller'., Canterbury Tales

colours and gold of the author (f. 2). Large initials in gold and blue and pink. Small initials in gold with purple penwork decoration, and in blue with red penwork decoration. Large initials in brown with brown and yellow or

• Illuminated initial 'T'(her) and decorated catchword., Canterbury Tales

colours and gold of the author (f. 2). Large initials in gold and blue and pink. Small initials in gold with purple penwork decoration, and in blue with red penwork decoration. Large initials in brown with brown and yellow or

• Detail of a 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

• Illuminated initial 'D' in colours and gold with foliate decoration including acanthus leaves, ivy, and foliate feathering extending into the margins to form a partial border, including a male figure., Confessio amantis, imperfect

gold with purple (occasionally faded to grey; often combined with blue; including a dragon (f. 102v), a hybrid creature and male face (f. 109)) or ochre pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Running titles written in elaborate Gothic bookhand

• Miniature of the Annunciation, with a decorated initial 'D'(omine) and a full foliate border, at the beginning of matins in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Bourges, with a Parisian calendar

All pages with partial pen rinceaux borders in red, blue and gold, with dragons. Large decorated initials, in colours and gold. Small initials and line-fillers in gold on red and blue grounds. Book of Hours, Use of Bourges, with a

• Miniature of the Pentecost, with a decorated initial 'D'(omine) and a full foliate border, at the beginning of the Hours of the Holy Spirit., Book of Hours, Use of Bourges, with a Parisian calendar

All pages with partial pen rinceaux borders in red, blue and gold, with dragons. Large decorated initials, in colours and gold. Small initials and line-fillers in gold on red and blue grounds. Book of Hours, Use of Bourges, with a

• Illuminated puzzle initials 'Q'(ue) and 'D'(ixit), with line flourishing in blue., Leaves from a Book of Hours, containing the text for the Hours of the Virgin as said during Advent (ff. 1-3), the Penitential Psalms (ff. 4-8), Litanies (ff. 8-12), and Office of the Dead (ff. 13-21), Use of Rome

Caroline Zöhl (Paris: Brepols; Bibliothèque nationale de France, 2007), pp. 192-202. 36 initials in gold with infills of blue penwork and blue penwork flourishing scrolling into the margins. Leaves from a Book of Hours, containing the text for the Hours

• Detail of a miniature of a group of saints, including a bearded pope, two bishops, a king with a book, Peter and Benedict, at the beginning of the reading for All Saints, in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Bourges, with a Parisian calendar

All pages with partial pen rinceaux borders in red, blue and gold, with dragons. Large decorated initials, in colours and gold. Small initials and line-fillers in gold on red and blue grounds. Book of Hours, Use of Bourges, with a