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British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts

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Miniature of a banquet at the beginning of the text, combined with a three-sided border with foliate decoration, flowers, musician putti, birds, lions. The various heraldic devices and the arms in the lower margin indicate that the manuscript was made for a member of the Sforza family., Saturnalia

initials in gold on a blue, red and green panel, with besants extending into the margin at the beginning of each book (e.g. ff. 61v, 74v, 98v, 105, 139, 156v). Smaller initials in gold on blue, red, and/or green. Saturnalia

Decorated initial 'A'(rma) with white vine scrolls at the beginning of the text, with a decorated partial border with white vine and gold besants, and winged putti holding a blank shield in the lower margin., Aeneis (index Aeneid) (ff. 1-180); Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 181-195v); Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 196-234)

55, 70v, 71, 87, 102, 115, 130, 147, 163, 181, 196, 205v, 214, 225). 11 smaller initials in red or blue with red pen-flourishing (ff. 14v, 29, 42, 55, 87, 115, 130, 146v, 163, 205, 224v). Initials not painted in

Pen-flourished initial 'U'(t)., Various philosophical tracts, including a treatise on motion (De motu), and an exposition on Porphyry's Universalia, imperfect at the end (see Notes)

107v-125v: Universalia Scerpe, fragm. at the end Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. 1 initial in red with red penwork decoration (f. 87v). Plain initials in red. Paraphs in red or blue. Cadels. Various philosophical tracts, including a treatise on

White vine initial 'M'(oysen) at the beginning of the text., Chronici canones (index Chronicon, Chronicle), ending with Veneti's alphabetical index of names (ff. 75-82)

ACTA PROBAT', enclosing an hourglass (f. 69v). 2 initials in gold on a blue, green and red panel (ff. 69v, 72). Coloured initials in red or blue. Chronici canones (index Chronicon, Chronicle), ending with Veneti's alphabetical index of names (ff.

Decorated initial 'H'(uc) and roundel defined by a ribbon bearing the inscription 'EXITUS ACTA PROBAT', enclosing an hourglass., Chronici canones (index Chronicon, Chronicle), ending with Veneti's alphabetical index of names (ff. 75-82)

Maps of Libya and Egypt., Geography (index Cosmographie primus) with 27 maps

written in Milan in the 3rd quarter of the fifteenth century. 27 full or double-page maps in red, yellow and blue (ff. 56v-57, 58v-59, 60v-61, 62, 63, 64v-65, 66v-67, 68v-69, 70v-71, 72v-73, 74v-75, 76v-77, 78v-79, 80v-81, 82v-83, 84v-85, 86v-87, 88v-89,

Map of sections of India and China., Geography (index Cosmographie primus) with 27 maps

Decorated initial 'W'(hanne) at the beginning of the general prologue: 'Whanne that aprill with his shoures soote / The droghte of march hath perced to the roote'., The Canterbury Tales (imperfect), and other works, including the Prose Brut Chronicle of England ('peculiar version' to 1419) (ff. 1-24v), extracts from Gower's Confessio Amantis, and Lydgate's Life of Edmund and Fremund (ff. 136-146v)

some with fish (ff. 32v, 45v, 189, 190, 192). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, some large, some small. Calligraphic initials in brown ink. Paraphs in red or blue. Running headers in red. Rubrics in red. Capitals marked in red.

Illuminated initial 'H'(e) at the beginning of John Lydgate's Fall of Princes., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium)

Bergen pp. 59-60. Large initials in gold on blue and pink backgrounds with white filigree, with sprays with green leaves and gold balls extending into the margins. Paraphs in red or blue. The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum

Illuminated initials and decorated verses in John Lydgate's Fall of Princes., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium)

White vine initial 'Q'(uintus) with decoration extending into the margins; unidentified coat of arms in a wreath in the lower margin., De amicitia (ff. 44-61); Paradoxa stoicorum (ff. 62-70); De senectute (ff. 71-87)' De officiis (ff. 90-163v)

62, 71, 122, 140v). Coloured initials in blue. De amicitia (ff. 44-61); Paradoxa stoicorum (ff. 62-70); De senectute (ff. 71-87)' De officiis (ff. 90-163v) Near contemporary Cicero's De officiis with nitials in blue with reserved lines and red pen-flourishing (ff.

Map entitled, 'Descriptio Prime Tabulae Europae' with Ireland, Britian, France, and Germany., Geography (index Cosmographie primus) with twenty-seven maps

scribe also wrote two other manuscripts: see de la Mare 1985. 28 maps in blue, red and gold (ff. 58v-59, 60v-61, 62v-63, 64, 65, 66v-67, 68v-69, 70v, 71, 72v-73, 74v-75, 76v-77, 78v-79, 80v-81, 82v-83, 84v-85, 86v-87, 88v-89, 90v-91, 92v-93, 94v-95,

Historiated initial with a portrait of Jacobus Angelus presenting to Pope Alexander V a copy of his translation of Ptolomy's ~Geography~. The pope's face has been deliberately effaced., Geography (index Cosmographie primus) with twenty-seven maps

has been deliberately effaced. Horizontal catchwords.This scribe also wrote two other manuscripts: see de la Mare 1985. 28 maps in blue, red and gold (ff. 58v-59, 60v-61, 62v-63, 64, 65, 66v-67, 68v-69, 70v, 71, 72v-73, 74v-75, 76v-77, 78v-79, 80v-81, 82v-83,

Map of the world entitled, 'Totius Orbis Habitabilis Brevis Descriptio' with personifications of the twelve winds and the signs of the zodiac., Geography (index Cosmographie primus) with twenty-seven maps

of the zodiac. Horizontal catchwords.This scribe also wrote two other manuscripts: see de la Mare 1985. 28 maps in blue, red and gold (ff. 58v-59, 60v-61, 62v-63, 64, 65, 66v-67, 68v-69, 70v, 71, 72v-73, 74v-75, 76v-77, 78v-79, 80v-81, 82v-83, 84v-85,

Map entitled, 'Descriptio Quartae Tabulae Asiae', with Egypt, Palestine, Arabia, Syria, and the island of Cyprus., Geography (index Cosmographie primus) with twenty-seven maps

Horizontal catchwords.This scribe also wrote two other manuscripts: see de la Mare 1985. 28 maps in blue, red and gold (ff. 58v-59, 60v-61, 62v-63, 64, 65, 66v-67, 68v-69, 70v, 71, 72v-73, 74v-75, 76v-77, 78v-79, 80v-81, 82v-83, 84v-85, 86v-87, 88v-89, 90v-91,

Historiated initial 'M'(aecenas) with Horace, bust-length, at the beginning of the text and full decorated border with foliate decoration, flowers, besants, birds, a vase, winged putti, a wreath enclosing the Martelli arms, a medallion with Horace presenting his book, and a cartouche containing the title of the book., Carmina (index Odes) (ff. 1-76v), Ars poetica (ff. 76v-85v), Sermones (index Satires) (ff. 85v-127), Epistulae (ff. 127-156)

76v, 85v, 127), smaller initial in gold on a blue, pink and green panel combined with a partial border with foliate decoration (f. 146v). Numerous small initials in gold on a blue, pink and/or green panel. Carmina (index Odes) (ff.

White vine initial 'Q'(uanquam) combined with a three-sided border including putti holding a wreath originally designed to contain a heraldic motif, at the beginning of Cicero' De officiis., De amicitia (ff. 44-61); Paradoxa stoicorum (ff. 62-70); De senectute (ff. 71-87)' De officiis (ff. 90-163v)

Puzzle initial 'F'(esti) with pen-work decoration, and 'champ' initial 'A'(ugustus) with floral and ivy spray decoration extending into the margin at the beginning of the text., De significatione verborum

floral sprays extending into the margin (f. 2). Puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-work decoration in brown and red. Plain initials in red or blue. De significatione verborum ff. 1-61: Carolus Fontaine of Manthelon, near Corneuil, Eure, France:

Map, entitled 'Descriptio Quartae Tabulae Europae', with Germany, Denmark and Scandinavian islands., Geography (index Cosmographie primus) with twenty-seven maps

Detail of a historiated initial 'C'(osmographia) with a portrait of Ptolemy., Geography (index Cosmographie primus) with twenty-seven maps

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