• Decorated initial 'A'(t) with foliate decoration at the beginning of Apuleius's Metamorphoses., Metamorphoses (index Metamorphoseon libri)

1 large foliate initial, in colours (f. 2). Small initials alternately red with purple flourishing, or blue with red flourishing. Paraphs altenately red or blue. Metamorphoses (index Metamorphoseon libri) Partly palimpsest (e.g. ff. 26 and 33): under ultra-violet light the

• Decorated iInitial 'I(n) at the beginning of Ovid's Metamorphoses, and in the lower margin, a circular diagram of the Golden Chain of Macrobius, labelled in the centre ‘Aurea cathena macrobii’, with intersecting semi-circles marked ‘Ignis’, ‘calidus’, ‘aer’, ‘humidus’, etc., Metamorphoses (ff. 3-180); Commentary on the Metamorphoses (f. 181v-191); and other short texts

‘calidus’, ‘aer’, ‘humidus’, etc. Large initials in red with blue flourishing, or vice versa, the penwork ocasionally incorporating an animal or animal head (e.g., ff. 189v, 154v). Small initials alternately blue or red. 4 diagrams (ff. 3, 3v, 150v, 191v).

• Diagram of the harmony of the planets, marked with names of Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, and the Moon, with the page number '380' in Twysden's handwriting., Metamorphoses (ff. 3-180); Commentary on the Metamorphoses (f. 181v-191); and other short texts

'380' in Twysden's handwriting. Large initials in red with blue flourishing, or vice versa, the penwork ocasionally incorporating an animal or animal head (e.g., ff. 189v, 154v). Small initials alternately blue or red. 4 diagrams (ff. 3, 3v, 150v, 191v).

• Opening page of Cicero's Philippic orations, with a decorated intial 'A'(ntequam), and an added illuminated foliate border and heraldry., Philippics

large blue initial with later added foliate decoration, and an added full foliate border, in colours and gold, perhaps 18th century, and added arms of the Gonzaga family of Venice (f. 2). Large initials in plain red or blue at

• Decorated initial 'B'(ritanina) and the inscriptions of Edward Fox and Robert Sansfeld in the right margin., Chronicle

the inscriptions of Edward Fox and Robert Sansfeld in the right margin. Blue initial with red penwork decoration and pen-flourishing. Large simple red initials. Small red or blue initials. Yellow highlighting of letters. Simple red line-fillers. Cadels. Chronicle Inscribed, 16th

• Historiated initial 'W'(ir) with the emperor Ludwig, and partial foliate border, at the beginning of 'das recht puch das kayser ludweig gemacht hat'., Collection of laws of the German Empire (in five parts)

in colours and gold (ff. 15, 88, 108). 1 large initial in gold on a blue and red ground (f. 15). 1 large initial in blue with reserved designs, and pen-flourishing in red (f. 157). Spaces for illuminated initials left

• Decorated initial 'M'(an) and historiated initial 'Z'(w) with emperor and seven electors, and partial foliate border, at the beginning of the prologue and the 'recht puch das die pebst und keyser gemacht haben'., Collection of laws of the German Empire (in five parts)

in colours and gold (ff. 15, 88, 108). 1 large initial in gold on a blue and red ground (f. 15). 1 large initial in blue with reserved designs, and pen-flourishing in red (f. 157). Spaces for illuminated initials left

• Historiated initial 'D'(er) with a king and princes, and partial foliate border, at the beginning of 'das puch der recht über die lehen'., Collection of laws of the German Empire (in five parts)

in colours and gold (ff. 15, 88, 108). 1 large initial in gold on a blue and red ground (f. 15). 1 large initial in blue with reserved designs, and pen-flourishing in red (f. 157). Spaces for illuminated initials left

• null, Ab urbe condita: first (ff. 1-113), third (ff. 113-213), and fourth (ff. 214-290v) decades

2 historiated initials (f. 65, 222). Large puzzle initials in red and blue with flourishing in the same colours. Small initials in red with blue penwork decoration, or vice versa. Cadells. Most of the rest of the decoration consists of

• null, Ab urbe condita: first (ff. 1-113), third (ff. 113-213), and fourth (ff. 214-290v) decades

2 historiated initials (f. 65, 222). Large puzzle initials in red and blue with flourishing in the same colours. Small initials in red with blue penwork decoration, or vice versa. Cadells. Most of the rest of the decoration consists of

• null, Ab urbe condita: first (ff. 1-113), third (ff. 113-213), and fourth (ff. 214-290v) decades

2 historiated initials (f. 65, 222). Large puzzle initials in red and blue with flourishing in the same colours. Small initials in red with blue penwork decoration, or vice versa. Cadells. Most of the rest of the decoration consists of

• Illuminated initial, at the beginning of Ovid's Metamorphoses., Metamorphoses (ff. 3-180); Commentary on the Metamorphoses (f. 181v-191); and other short texts

beginning of Ovid's Metamorphoses. Large initials in red with blue flourishing, or vice versa, the penwork ocasionally incorporating an animal or animal head (e.g., ff. 189v, 154v). Small initials alternately blue or red. 4 diagrams (ff. 3, 3v, 150v, 191v).

• null, Metamorphoses (ff. 3-180); Commentary on the Metamorphoses (f. 181v-191); and other short texts

Large initials in red with blue flourishing, or vice versa, the penwork ocasionally incorporating an animal or animal head (e.g., ff. 189v, 154v). Small initials alternately blue or red. 4 diagrams (ff. 3, 3v, 150v, 191v). Metamorphoses (ff. 3-180); Commentary

• Detail of decorated initials., 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

• Detail of miniature and genealogy., 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

• null, 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

• null, 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

• null, 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

• null, Philippics

large blue initial with later added foliate decoration, and an added full foliate border, in colours and gold, perhaps 18th century, and added arms of the Gonzaga family of Venice (f. 2). Large initials in plain red or blue at

• null, Philippics

large blue initial with later added foliate decoration, and an added full foliate border, in colours and gold, perhaps 18th century, and added arms of the Gonzaga family of Venice (f. 2). Large initials in plain red or blue at