• Miniature of monks singing a requiem, with the celebrant wearing spectacles, decorated initial 'D'(ilexi) and full foliate borders, at the beginning of the Office of the Dead., Book of Hours, Use of Paris

pages with partial foliate borders, in colours and gold. Large and small initials and line-fillers in gold on red and blue grounds. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Book of Hours, Use of Paris Perhaps written for a woman: the prayer

• Miniature of Laurent du Premierfait presenting his translation to Louis, Duc de Bourbon, decorated initial 'A' (tres), and full foliate borders including heraldic arms, at the beginning of the dedicatory prologue., De la vieillesse (De Senectute) and De l'amitié (De Amicitia)

of the book which follows on the next page (f. 4). Large and small initials in gold on red and blue grounds. Cadels, many including human heads. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. De la vieillesse (De Senectute) and De l'amitié

• Historiated initial 'A'(more) of a kneeling lover presenting a book to a lady, identified in the text as Mirabel Zucharia, at the beginning of a series of sonnets, and, in the lower margin, the Zucharia's monogram 'MZ' to the right of a shield overpainted, but that of 'AM' (perhaps Andrea Matteo Acquaviva), to the left of the shield unaltered. The 'm' of 'Amore' in the first word of the poem is also rendered as the 'AM' monogram. The original arms on the shield have been overpainted with two hearts burning in a fire, and in the right margin is the device of a heart on a bonfire, being quenched by the rain., 49 love sonnets

fire with raindrops, in the right margin (f. 1). Small initials in gold with red or purple pen-flourishing or in blue with red or purple pen-flourishing or in silver with purple pen-flourishing. 1 small initial in gold with a woman's

• Flourished initial 'T'(ransacto) and coloured initials 'E' and two 'P's at the beginning of Book 4 of Eutropius's Breviarum ab urbe condita., Breviarum ab urbe condita

in gold with penwork decoration in an unusual green (ff. 7v, 14v, 20v, etc.). Small initials in plain red or blue. Breviarum ab urbe condita Written perhaps in 1460 by Carlo Reguardati of Nursia/Norcia: inscribed, apparently by the main scribe

• 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.

• Text page with a space left for an initial, at the beginning of Eutropius's Breviarum ab urbe condita., Breviarum ab urbe condita

in gold with penwork decoration in an unusual green (ff. 7v, 14v, 20v, etc.). Small initials in plain red or blue. Breviarum ab urbe condita Written perhaps in 1460 by Carlo Reguardati of Nursia/Norcia: inscribed, apparently by the main scribe

• Illuminated initial 'P'(ost) with penwork decoration and coloured initials in Eutropius's Breviarum ab urbe condita., Breviarum ab urbe condita

in gold with penwork decoration in an unusual green (ff. 7v, 14v, 20v, etc.). Small initials in plain red or blue. Breviarum ab urbe condita Written perhaps in 1460 by Carlo Reguardati of Nursia/Norcia: inscribed, apparently by the main scribe

• Last page of Paul the Deacon's Historia Romana, with the inscription: Mei Karoli Reguardati Nursini Militis / .1460.', Historia Romana

in gold with penwork decoration in an unusual green (ff. 7v, 14v, 20v, etc.). Small initials in plain red or blue. Historia Romana Written perhaps in 1460 by Carlo Reguardati of Nursia/Norcia: inscribed, apparently by the main scribe despite a

• null, Breviarum ab urbe condita

in gold with penwork decoration in an unusual green (ff. 7v, 14v, 20v, etc.). Small initials in plain red or blue. Breviarum ab urbe condita Written perhaps in 1460 by Carlo Reguardati of Nursia/Norcia: inscribed, apparently by the main scribe

• null, Historia Romana

in gold with penwork decoration in an unusual green (ff. 7v, 14v, 20v, etc.). Small initials in plain red or blue. Historia Romana Written perhaps in 1460 by Carlo Reguardati of Nursia/Norcia: inscribed, apparently by the main scribe despite a

• 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.

• Decorated initial 'C'(um), at the beginning of the prologue of the statutes of Venice., 'Promissio Serenissimi Principis Domini Laurentii Prioli, Inclyti Ducis Venetiarum', the statutes of Venice, with the undertaking of the Doge, Lorenzo Priuli, to observe the same

initial in gold on a red ground (f. 2). 1 smaller decorated initial in gold on a blue ground (f. 6). Smaller initials in plain red. 'Promissio Serenissimi Principis Domini Laurentii Prioli, Inclyti Ducis Venetiarum', the statutes of Venice, with

• 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

• Miniature of Fortune with her wheel, surrounded by supplicants., Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens (index Memorabilia, index Facta et Dicta Memorabilia), replacement folio

with full border with acanthus leaves, flowers, fruits and gold leaves on unpainted ground, decorated initial 'U'(nde) in gold and blue, an original 15th-century initial 'D'(ux) was cut-out from the original folio and pasted onto the present folio. Les Fais

• Miniature of Raymond de Peñafort presenting the Decretales to Gregory IX, with an illuminated initial 'G'(regorius), at the beginning of Gregory IX letter to the university of Bologna., Decretales, with the glossa ordinaria

Initials in colours and gold with foliate decoration and hybrids, at the beginning of the major gloss divisions. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with purple pen-flourishing. Decretales, with the glossa ordinaria Partially erased ownership note recording

• Miniature of the Resurrection of Lazarus., Prayer book of Joanna of Ghistelles (Office of the Dead, Use of Messines)

182v, 186v, 194v, 197v, 200v, 203v, 206v, 209v, 212v, 215v). Large and small initials formed of gold acanthus on red, blue, or green grounds. Prayer book of Joanna of Ghistelles (Office of the Dead, Use of Messines) Ludovicus Bloc (d.