• Miniature of the Crucifixion at the beginning of the Hours of the Cross., Book of Hours, Use of Troyes, imperfect

72v, 77). Large initials in gold and colours, some defaced (ff. 56v, 61, 77). Initials and line-fillers in red or blue. Capitals marked with yellow. Book of Hours, Use of Troyes, imperfect Certain saints in the calendar and in the

• White vine initial 'E'(t si) with the head of a ?bird, wreath enclosing unidentified arms in the lower margin at the beginning of the Rhetorica ad Herennium., Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)(ff. 1-76), Synonyma ad Lucium Veturium (ff. 77-93), Epitaph of St Bernardino (f. 93v)

wreath enclosing an unidentified coat of arms in the lower margin (f. 1). Smaller coloured initials in alternating red and blue. Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)(ff. 1-76), Synonyma ad Lucium Veturium (ff. 77-93), Epitaph of St

• Colophon of Johannes Jacobus de Balbis and ownership inscription of Cornelius Balbus., Satires (index Saturae, Satirae)

is a blank, ruled paper leaf with a 16th- or 17th- century(?) inscription. 1 large blue initial with red pen-flourishing (f. 1). 13 smaller red initials (ff. 4v, 7v, 14, 17v, 20v, 34, 38v, 54v, 58v, 61, 64, 66v, 67).

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

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 by the author, Giovanni Mario Filelfo (b. 1426, d.

• White vine initial 'S'(i quis) at the beginning of Andreas Julianus' Oratio funebris pro Manuele Chrysolora., Various works including Eumenes (f. 1 only, imperfect); Vita Attici (index Atticus), Andreas Julianus' Oratio funebris pro Manuele Chrysolora, letters by Guarino and his funeral oration for Leonello d'Este

see ~Catalogue~ 1808.A composite manuscript. Large white vine initial in gold and colours (f. 53). Large gold initials on red, blue or green panels (ff. 61v, 69v, 72, 74, 76v, 78v, 79, 80, 83, 88, 90, 92v, 96, 100, 100v,

• Decorated initial 'I'(inter)., De bello hispaniensis (Liber V: anno 1412 ad 1444) (index De bello Hispano libri quinque)

pasted onto f. [i]. 1 large initial in colours and gold with a foliate extension (f. 1). 3 initials in blue with red penwork decoration (ff. 1v, 28v, 53). 2 initials in red with purple penwork decoration (ff. 11v, 41).

• Initial 'H' with pen-work decoration., Collection of letters attributed to Hippocrates and others in Rinuccini's Latin translation, preceded by dedications to Cardinal Antonio de la Cerda y Llosa (elected 1448, d. 1459) and Pope Nicholas V (elected 1447, d. 1455) (ff. 1-1v)

of the 1907 edition with supplementary material, ed. by Allan Stevenson, 4 vols (Amsterdam: Paper Publications Society, 1968). Initials in blue with pen work decoration in red. Rubrics, initials and paraphs in red. Collection of letters attributed to Hippocrates and

• Title, encircled by a wreath and held by two putti., De re rustica

73, 87, 102, 114, 128, 139, 146, 167v, 192, 193, 218v (x2), 241v, 258v). Small initials in plain red or blue. De re rustica Spaces for arms left blank (ff. 1v, 2).Perhaps a direct copy of Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Urb.

• White vine initial 'S'(epenumero) and three-sided border, with white vine, putti, birds, butterflies, rabbits and portrait bust miniatures, at the beginning of De re rustica., De re rustica

73, 87, 102, 114, 128, 139, 146, 167v, 192, 193, 218v (x2), 241v, 258v). Small initials in plain red or blue. De re rustica Spaces for arms left blank (ff. 1v, 2).Perhaps a direct copy of Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Urb.

• Decorated initial 'R'(es) at the beginning of William of Malmesbury's Gesta regum Anglorum., Gesta regum Anglorum, imperfect

Gesta regum Anglorum. 1 large red initial with green, red, blue, and brown foliate decoration (f. 1). 6 large initials in red (often oxidised) or green, mostly simple, but some with decoration in the other colour or also with yellow

• Detail of a white vine initial 'S'(epenumero) and three-sided border, with white vine, putti, birds, butterflies, rabbits and portrait bust miniatures, at the beginning of De re rustica., De re rustica

73, 87, 102, 114, 128, 139, 146, 167v, 192, 193, 218v (x2), 241v, 258v). Small initials in plain red or blue. De re rustica Spaces for arms left blank (ff. 1v, 2).Perhaps a direct copy of Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Urb.

• Detail of the lower part of a three-sided border, with white vine, putti, birds, butterflies, rabbits and portrait bust miniatures, at the beginning of De re rustica., De re rustica

73, 87, 102, 114, 128, 139, 146, 167v, 192, 193, 218v (x2), 241v, 258v). Small initials in plain red or blue. De re rustica Spaces for arms left blank (ff. 1v, 2).Perhaps a direct copy of Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Urb.

• Detail of the title, encircled by a wreath and held by two putti., De re rustica

73, 87, 102, 114, 128, 139, 146, 167v, 192, 193, 218v (x2), 241v, 258v). Small initials in plain red or blue. De re rustica Spaces for arms left blank (ff. 1v, 2).Perhaps a direct copy of Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Urb.

• Illuminated initial 'P'(hobe) with white vine stem decoration at the beginning of De medicina., Various poems, including Columella's De re rustica (ff. 1-9); Serenus's Liber medicinali (ff. 9-30v); Ibis (ff. 65-77); Nux (f. 79v-83), Medicamina faciei femineae; Aetna (ff. 52-64) (index Appendix Vergiliana)

65, 77, 78, 79v, 83). Marginal heraldic decoration in colours and gold, now effaced (f. 1). Large simple initials in blue. Small simple initials in brown, or sometimes red (e.g. ff. 34v, 35v, 36v) at the beginning of lines. Headings

• Detail of historiated initial., Miscellany, including Liber Hermetis de alchimia (ff. 155-157); Liber triginta verborum (ff. 164-166); De duodecim aquis (ff. 166v-167v); and De naturis colorum iuxta Aristotelem 70 preceptorum (ff. 185v-186).

1457 to Würzburg). 1 large red initial with a human face (f. 84). Large and small initials in red, green, blue, or brown, two decorated with patterns. Paraphs in red. Marginalia. 1 table (f. 121). Blank spaces left (for illustrations?).

• Historiated initial 'D'(omino) with John Chrysostom and border., Homilies on Matthew (index In Matthaeum)

with foliate extensions into the margins, in colours and gold (ff. 1*, 2, 103). Smaller initials in gold on red, blue, and/or green grounds. Homilies on Matthew (index In Matthaeum) Paris Jesuits, by 1763: inscribed 'Colleg. Paris Soc^tis^ Jesu', 'Paraphe

• White vine initial 'I'(ntranti)., Homilies on Matthew (index In Matthaeum)

with foliate extensions into the margins, in colours and gold (ff. 1*, 2, 103). Smaller initials in gold on red, blue, and/or green grounds. Homilies on Matthew (index In Matthaeum) Paris Jesuits, by 1763: inscribed 'Colleg. Paris Soc^tis^ Jesu', 'Paraphe

• Interlaced initial 'D'(isciplina) at the beginning of Isidore, 'Etymologies'., Etymologies (index Etymologiae), divided into 20 books, with two letters of correspondence between Isidore and Braulio (f. 1), imperfect

century (f. 20v); 11th century (f. 84v). Several large initials with interlace decoration, usually in yellow, metallic red (often tarnished), blue, and green, outlined in brown. Initials in brown ink, filled in metallic red (often tarnished), yellow, and/or green. Diagrams

• Marginal pen drawing of the head of a bearded man., Etymologies (index Etymologiae), divided into 20 books, with two letters of correspondence between Isidore and Braulio (f. 1), imperfect

century (f. 20v); 11th century (f. 84v). Several large initials with interlace decoration, usually in yellow, metallic red (often tarnished), blue, and green, outlined in brown. Initials in brown ink, filled in metallic red (often tarnished), yellow, and/or green. Diagrams

• Interlaced initial 'D'(yalectica) at the beginning of the chapter on Logic in Book II of Isidore, 'Etymologies'., Etymologies (index Etymologiae), divided into 20 books, with two letters of correspondence between Isidore and Braulio (f. 1), imperfect

century (f. 20v); 11th century (f. 84v). Several large initials with interlace decoration, usually in yellow, metallic red (often tarnished), blue, and green, outlined in brown. Initials in brown ink, filled in metallic red (often tarnished), yellow, and/or green. Diagrams