• Detail of the lower right-hand section of the miniature: a Roman woman pleads for repeal of the Oppian law., Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens (index Memorabilia, index Facta et Dicta Memorabilia) (part 2, vol. 1)

79). Large decorated initials, in colours and gold. Small initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line fillers decorated in gold and blue. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Les Fais et les Dis des Romains

• Detail of the centre section of the miniatures: the spend-thrift son of Aesopus, the tragedian, feasts on costly song birds., Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens (index Memorabilia, index Facta et Dicta Memorabilia) (part 2, vol. 1)

79). Large decorated initials, in colours and gold. Small initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line fillers decorated in gold and blue. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Les Fais et les Dis des Romains

• Detail of the lower left-hand miniature with a scene of women spinning., Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens (index Memorabilia, index Facta et Dicta Memorabilia) (part 2, vol. 1)

79). Large decorated initials, in colours and gold. Small initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line fillers decorated in gold and blue. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Les Fais et les Dis des Romains

• Detail of miniature with scenes illustrative of luxury, from book IX, chapter IX: Upper miniature: Tullia, daughter of Servius Tullius, orders her charioteer to leave the murdered body of her father beside the road. Lower miniature: Lucius Cinna kneels before Octavian., Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens (index Memorabilia, index Facta et Dicta Memorabilia) (part 2, vol. 1)

79). Large decorated initials, in colours and gold. Small initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line fillers decorated in gold and blue. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Les Fais et les Dis des Romains

• Initial 'Q'(uaecunque) with penwork decoration at the beginning of the Prologue to the Historia Josephi de bello Judaico et excidio urbis Hierosolymitanae and initial 'B'(ello) with reserved design and penwork decoration at the beginning of the main part of the text, followed by display script. Initials 'W. P.' in the lower margin., Historia Josephi de bello judaico et excidio urbis Hierosolymitanae (Hegesippus)

large initials in blue or in red, with reserved designs and penwork decoration in the alternate colour, green and brown (ff. 2, 36, 46). 3 large initials in red with penwork decoration in blue or in blue with penwork decoration

• Miniature, prefacing Book III, arranged in three registers: Emilius Lepidus in battle whilst a child; Marcus Cato, as a child, witnessing Sulla's cruelties; Caius Cassius hits Sulla's son Faustus Sulla for defending his father's cruelties (left), Julius Caesar views the decapitated bodies of Pompey's nephews, and of Faustus Sulla and Pompeia. Arms of Philippe de Comines (quartered with that of his mother, Marguerite d'Arnemude) inserted into upper register, with 'PH' monogram of Philippe and Hélène de Chambres-Montsoreau, his wife, to left and right of middle register., Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens (index Memorabilia, index Facta et Dicta Memorabilia) (part 1, vol. 2)

gold. Some large initials in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line fillers decorated in gold and blue. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Les Fais et les

• Illuminated initial 'Q'[uintus], at the beginning of the volume., Odes (ff. 5-78v), Epodes (ff. 79-93v), and Carmen saeculare (ff. 94-95v); preceded by a Life of Horace attributed here to Petrus Crinitus (ff. 1-4)

gold, or green (ff. 1, 5, 27, 41, 65, 79, 94). Small initials in gold on a square field of blue, red, purple, green, or gray (ff. 6, 7, 8, etc.). Odes (ff. 5-78v), Epodes (ff. 79-93v), and Carmen saeculare

• Illuminated initial 'M'(ecoenas), at the beginning of Horace's Odes., Odes (ff. 5-78v), Epodes (ff. 79-93v), and Carmen saeculare (ff. 94-95v); preceded by a Life of Horace attributed here to Petrus Crinitus (ff. 1-4)

gold, or green (ff. 1, 5, 27, 41, 65, 79, 94). Small initials in gold on a square field of blue, red, purple, green, or gray (ff. 6, 7, 8, etc.). Odes (ff. 5-78v), Epodes (ff. 79-93v), and Carmen saeculare

• Detail of illuminated initial., De officiis

the beginning of the books (ff. 2, 40v, 63v). 1 small initial, in plain blue, at the beginning of 2:9 (f. 42). De officiis Unidentified humanistic owners, third quarter of the 15th century?: the margins with annotations and alternate readings

• Detail of illuminated initial., De officiis

the beginning of the books (ff. 2, 40v, 63v). 1 small initial, in plain blue, at the beginning of 2:9 (f. 42). De officiis Unidentified humanistic owners, third quarter of the 15th century?: the margins with annotations and alternate readings

• null, Vita Pomponii Attici

first accompanied by an empty wreath for a heraldic shield. Small initials alternately red or blue, each with dark red/purple flourishing. Vita Pomponii Attici Written probably in Ferrara, between 1460 and 1470, with some marginalia added by the scribe of

• Coloured initials with pen-flourished decoration., Leaf from a Lectionary

Department of Printed Books in the British Museum in the 19th century. Initials in red or blue with pen-flourished decoration in red and blue. Rubrics in red. Highlighting of capitals in red. Leaf from a Lectionary f. 12 [part 4]:

• Detail of a miniature of a ruler granting clemency to prisoners., Facta et Dicta Memorabilia (Le livre de Valerius Maximus)

181, 211, 232, 261, 297). Initials in gold on rose and blue grounds with penwork decoration in white, those at the beginning of chapters with foliate extensions. Line-fillers in blue and rose with penwork decoration in white. Facta et Dicta

• Detail of a miniature of the prowess of Lepidus, with a foliate initial 'E'(n), at the beginning of book 3., Facta et Dicta Memorabilia (Le livre de Valerius Maximus)

181, 211, 232, 261, 297). Initials in gold on rose and blue grounds with penwork decoration in white, those at the beginning of chapters with foliate extensions. Line-fillers in blue and rose with penwork decoration in white. Facta et Dicta

• Detail of a miniature of the death of Lucretia, with a foliate initial 'V'(idere), at the beginning of book 6., Facta et Dicta Memorabilia (Le livre de Valerius Maximus)

181, 211, 232, 261, 297). Initials in gold on rose and blue grounds with penwork decoration in white, those at the beginning of chapters with foliate extensions. Line-fillers in blue and rose with penwork decoration in white. Facta et Dicta

• Detail of a miniature of a family, with a foliate initial 'V'(olubilis), at the beginning of book 7., Facta et Dicta Memorabilia (Le livre de Valerius Maximus)

181, 211, 232, 261, 297). Initials in gold on rose and blue grounds with penwork decoration in white, those at the beginning of chapters with foliate extensions. Line-fillers in blue and rose with penwork decoration in white. Facta et Dicta

• Detail of a miniature of two naked pairs of man and woman illustrating a luxury, with a foliate initial 'U'(landum), at the beginning of book 9., Facta et Dicta Memorabilia (Le livre de Valerius Maximus)

181, 211, 232, 261, 297). Initials in gold on rose and blue grounds with penwork decoration in white, those at the beginning of chapters with foliate extensions. Line-fillers in blue and rose with penwork decoration in white. Facta et Dicta

• Detail of a miniature of Valerius Publicola demolishing his house, with a foliate initial 'T'(ransgrediar), at the beginning of book 4., Facta et Dicta Memorabilia (Le livre de Valerius Maximus)

181, 211, 232, 261, 297). Initials in gold on rose and blue grounds with penwork decoration in white, those at the beginning of chapters with foliate extensions. Line-fillers in blue and rose with penwork decoration in white. Facta et Dicta

• Large historiated initial 'E'(go) with Cicero writing and handing a letter to a boy; bar border on either side with foliate decoration, flowers (including sweet pea) and a bird; 2 winged putti supporting an erased shield in the lower margin., Epistulae ad familiares (index Epistolae ad familiares)

initial in blue often with reserved lines with pen-flourishing in red at the beginning of each subsequent book (ff. 14, 21, 27v, 36, 43v, 51, 57v, 65v, 76v, 83, 91, 104, 107v, 114v). Coloured initials in red or blue (face

• Simple border in shaded mauve with a large initial 'A'(pud) with an oak leaf motif, capitals in alternating lines of gold and blue, and a trompe l'oeil seal with the arms of the Della Rovere family., De vera nobilitate

an oak leaf motif, capitals in alternating lines of gold and blue, and a trompe l'oeil seal with the arms of the Della Rovere family. Bound together with Harley 2708. Simple border in shaded mauve with a large initial in