• Decorated initial 'Q'(uelle) with a crowned half-bust figure and a partial white-wine border, at the beginning of book 3; the border in the lower margin is a 15th-century replacement., Amorum libri tres

out and replaced with fragments of 15th-century borders (ff. 37, 69). Smaller initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing. Small initials in plain gold or blue. Amorum libri tres Colophon 'die quarto Januarii Mcccclxxvij' (f. 98).Unidentified owner, by c. 1477: arms

• Historiated initial 'O' with Christ in the garden of Gethsemane and foliate borders including heraldic arms., Breviary, Use of the Humiliati

colours and gold (ff. 89, 207v, 311v). Smaller initials in gold on red, blue and/or green grounds. Small initials in red with purple pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Breviary, Use of the Humiliati Unidentified owner, by 1471: arms,

• Historiated initial with the Kiss of Judas., Breviary, Use of the Humiliati

colours and gold (ff. 89, 207v, 311v). Smaller initials in gold on red, blue and/or green grounds. Small initials in red with purple pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Breviary, Use of the Humiliati Unidentified owner, by 1471: arms,

• Text page with decorated initials., Anglo-Norman romance

St Catherine (now Additional 40143, ff. 1-6) Large puzzle initial in red and blue with penwork decoration in brown and green (f. 1). Initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in the other colour at the beginning of each verse.

• Decorated initials 'P'(ostea) and 'I'(n)., Sermones in evangelium S. Johannis (Sermons on the Gospel of John)

Horizontal catchwords.ff. [vi], 227 are former parchment pastedowns. Puzzle initials in red and blue, some with penwork decoration in brown ink. Large plain initials in red or blue. Rubrics in red. Capitals marked in red. Sermones in evangelium S. Johannis

• Decorated initial 'D'(e partibus) at the beginning of Georgius Trapezuntius' text., De quatuor declinabilibus partibus ex Prisciani compendium

in 1471.Catchwords written vertically. Leaf signatures.ff. i-iii are blank flyleaves.Composite codex. Large initial in blue with red pen-flourishing (f. 1). Large coloured initials in red or blue, some with reserved lines, others with a small amount of penwork decoration in

• Initial 'N'(aso) and unidentified arms in the lower margin., Epistulae ex Ponto

been torn off at the top of f. 1. 1 large initial in gold on a blue ground with an unidentified coat of arms in the lower margin (f. 1). 3 large gold initials on coloured panels with simple foliate

• Decorated initial 'D'(isciplina), at the beginning of Book 1 of Isidore's Etymologiae., Etymologiae

ruled in blind, horizontals in leadpoint. Large initials in green, red or blue, usually with decoration in one of the other colours. Small initials in red, green, or blue. Diagrams of consanguinity (ff. 109v-110). Etymologiae Unidentified owner, Cambridge or Oxford,

• Puzzle initial 'P'(romissiones) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of book 17 in Augustine's De civitate dei. A 13th-century hand has corrected the capitula list in the lower margin., De Civitate Dei (index City of God)(ff. 3-177v); De trinitate (ff. 179-244v)

initials in red and blue or in one colour with pen-flourishing in the same colours. Smaller initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in the other colour. Capitals marked in red ink. Paraphs in red or blue. De Civitate Dei

• Decorated intial., Travels of Sir John Mandeville

(f. 3). Smaller initials in plain red or blue, some with reserved designs. Travels of Sir John Mandeville ? The Benedictine Abbey of St Albans (see below).? Willyam Caxton, by 1490 (see below).? Richard Tottyl, London, by 1579 (see below).Hugh

• Text page., Travels of Sir John Mandeville

(f. 3). Smaller initials in plain red or blue, some with reserved designs. Travels of Sir John Mandeville ? The Benedictine Abbey of St Albans (see below).? Willyam Caxton, by 1490 (see below).? Richard Tottyl, London, by 1579 (see below).Hugh

• Text page., 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

• Text page., 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

• Illuminated initial 'N'(ux)., 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

• Anthropomorphic initial 'P'(atrem), in Suetonius's De Vita Caesarum., De vita Caesarum (index XII Caesars)

or zoomorphic initials in ink (ff. 58v, 79v, 115, 135, 142v, 146v, 152v, 160v). Small initials in plain red or blue. De vita Caesarum (index XII Caesars) Colophon 'Explicit Deo gracias m[c]ccc[l]xxij Decembris xviij' (f. 173, some letters erased).Unidentified owner,

• Miniature of Charles the Bold, duke of Burgundy receiving the book from Jean Duchesne, with a full border including a space left for a coat of arms, at the beginning of the prologue., Bellum Gallicum (Les commentaires de Cesar)

282, 292, 297, 304v, 310v, 317, 324, 331v). Initials and paraphs in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Line-fillers in blue, rose and gold with penwork decoration in white. Bellum Gallicum (Les commentaires de Cesar)

• Miniature of Caesar's army, a castle and ships on the sea, with a full border, at the beginning of book 10., Bellum Gallicum (Les commentaires de Cesar)

282, 292, 297, 304v, 310v, 317, 324, 331v). Initials and paraphs in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Line-fillers in blue, rose and gold with penwork decoration in white. Bellum Gallicum (Les commentaires de Cesar)

• Text page., Commentary on the Canon Medicinae by Avicenna, Book I, Fen I

and berries, with two large historiated initials in blue with white tracery (ff. 4, 192). Cadels (ff. 147v, 191, 208v). Diagrams touched in yellow (ff. 204, 281). Initials and paraphs in alternating blue and red. Sentence initials touched in yellow.

• Historiated initial 'D' of a doctor in an ermine coat, seated at a canopied lectern and lecturing two pupils at a desk in a large hall. Arbaleste's arms and motto 'Ingenium superat vires' in the lower margin., Commentary on the Canon Medicinae by Avicenna, Book I, Fen IV

foliate tendrils, small leaves and flowers, with one large historiated initial in blue with white tracery (f. 1). Diagrams (ff. 111, 123v-124, 126v-127). Initials and paraphs in alternating blue and red. Sentence initials touched in yellow. Rubrics in red throughout.

• Mniature of a doctor in an ermine coat and red hat (Avicenna?) standing in a large gothic hall, with a decorated initial 'D' in colours and gold., Commentary on the Canon Medicinae by Avicenna, Book I, Fen II

berries, with one large initial in blue with white tracery and foliate decoration (f. 1v). Small miniature (f. 1v, upper left margin). Diagrams (ff. 160, 188v, 197v, 217, 226v). Initials and paraphs in alternating blue and red. Sentence initials touched