• Detail of border with a monkey., Ab urbe condita, first (ff. 109-258) and third (ff. 266-417) decades, the latter preceded (259-265v) by a table of chapters

with a monkey. 1 large inhabited initial, in colours and gold, with a full border incorporating heraldry (f. 266). 8 large initials in colours on a gold ground with foliate marginal extensions (ff. 298v, 313, 327, 341, 357v, 375, 392v,

• Detail of historiated initial., Ab urbe condita, first (ff. 109-258) and third (ff. 266-417) decades, the latter preceded (259-265v) by a table of chapters

historiated initial. 1 large inhabited initial, in colours and gold, with a full border incorporating heraldry (f. 266). 8 large initials in colours on a gold ground with foliate marginal extensions (ff. 298v, 313, 327, 341, 357v, 375, 392v, 404).

• Decorated initial 'P'(ost) with foliate decoration including acanthus leaves combined with a three-sided border at the beginning of the prologue., Polychronicon to c. 1400 (imperfect)

Decorated initial 'P'(ost) with foliate decoration including acanthus leaves combined with a three-sided border at the beginning of the prologue. Includes an alphabetical index (ff. 1-10). Catchwords. Leaf signatures. 2 diagrams in red (ff. 70, 70v). Large initials in

• White vine initial 'C'(um), and three-sided border, at the beginning of the prologue. In the right margin Arundel's signature, with date and place of purchase, De architectura

3-sided white vine border, in colours and gold (f. 1). 11 large white vine initials, in colours and gold, at the beginning of the prologue and of the 10 books (ff. 1, 2, 16v, 33v, 49, 54, 63v, 81v, 95v,

• Detail of a white vine initial 'D'., Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi

a man in profile combined with a full foliate border with birds, coats of arms, a lion and putti (f. 1). 42 white vine initials in gold and colours (ff. 7, 16, 19v, 22, 26v, 30, 32v, 35, 38, 39,

• Historiated initial with a man in profile combined with a full foliate border with birds, coats of arms, a crown, an angel, a lion and putti. The arms of the first owner, Francesco I Sforza, appear in places under those of Goffredo Caroli (early 16th-century addition)., Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi

a man in profile combined with a full foliate border with birds, coats of arms, a lion and putti (f. 1). 42 white vine initials in gold and colours (ff. 7, 16, 19v, 22, 26v, 30, 32v, 35, 38, 39,

• Decorated initial 'V'(ide) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the list of capitula to Augustine's De civitate dei (index City of God)., List of capitula to Augustine's De civitate dei (index City of God)

De civitate dei (index City of God). Large initial with reserved lines and red pen-flourishing (f. 1). Capitals marked in yellow. List of capitula to Augustine's De civitate dei (index City of God) John Gibson (fl. 1720-1726), dealer; sold to

• Table of Virtues in the form of a tree, with coats of arms, a partial rinceaux border, and two wild men wielding clubs., Ethica (index Ethics); De quatuor virtutibus (index On the Four Virtues)

Diagrams in red or black ink (ff. 50v, 51). 1 large initial in colours and gold with foliate motifs and a partial border with rinceaux decoration in the outer margin (f. 1). Another large initial in colours and gold and

• Detail of coloured drawings at the beginning of Le Temple de Boccace, with an angel addressing the author, Georges Chastellain (index George Chastelain), asleep on a bench, with a scroll inscribed 'lieve toy subz o George' in the upper register and, in the lower register, the author addressing the queen Margaret of Anjou to whom he dedicated his work. Puzzle initial 'U'(ne) with pen-flourishing enclosing an unidentified coat of arms., Various works including Le Quadrilogue (ff. 2v-24), Le Temple de Boccace (ff. 25-64v), Traité de noblesse (ff. 65-93v)

Burgundian courts. Unidentified arms (f. 25).Charles de Lalaing (d. 1626), count of Hoogstraeten (index Hoochstraten), S. Netherlands: added inscription (f. 1), and ownership inscription followed by a list of contents in his hand (f. 125v).Nathaniel Noel (fl. 1681, d. c.

• Coloured drawings at the beginning of Le Temple de Boccace, with an angel addressing the author, Georges Chastellain (index George Chastelain), asleep on a bench, with a scroll inscribed 'lieve toy subz o George' in the upper register and, in the lower register, the author addressing the queen Margaret of Anjou to whom he dedicated his work. Puzzle initial 'U'(ne) with pen-flourishing enclosing an unidentified coat of arms., Various works including Le Quadrilogue (ff. 2v-24), Le Temple de Boccace (ff. 25-64v), Traité de noblesse (ff. 65-93v)

Burgundian courts. Unidentified arms (f. 25).Charles de Lalaing (d. 1626), count of Hoogstraeten (index Hoochstraten), S. Netherlands: added inscription (f. 1), and ownership inscription followed by a list of contents in his hand (f. 125v).Nathaniel Noel (fl. 1681, d. c.

• Illuminated white vine initial 'C'(um) with a three-sided border incorporating birds and putti holding an escutcheon (the arms erased), at the beginning of Justinus's Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi., Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi

unlikely to date before about 1465. 1 large white vine initial in colours and gold, with a three-sided white vine border incorporating birds, and putti holding an escutcheon (the arms erased) (f. 3). 1 large initial in colours and gold

• Last page of Justinus's Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi, with the colophon by the Florentine scribe Amerigo Corsini (b. 1452, d. 1501: ‘Haec iustini volumina amerigus corsinus transcripsit., Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi

unlikely to date before about 1465. 1 large white vine initial in colours and gold, with a three-sided white vine border incorporating birds, and putti holding an escutcheon (the arms erased) (f. 3). 1 large initial in colours and gold

• Detail of illuminated initial and upper border., Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi

unlikely to date before about 1465. 1 large white vine initial in colours and gold, with a three-sided white vine border incorporating birds, and putti holding an escutcheon (the arms erased) (f. 3). 1 large initial in colours and gold

• Detail of lower border., Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi

unlikely to date before about 1465. 1 large white vine initial in colours and gold, with a three-sided white vine border incorporating birds, and putti holding an escutcheon (the arms erased) (f. 3). 1 large initial in colours and gold

• Detail of text., Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi

unlikely to date before about 1465. 1 large white vine initial in colours and gold, with a three-sided white vine border incorporating birds, and putti holding an escutcheon (the arms erased) (f. 3). 1 large initial in colours and gold

• Detail of illuminated initial., Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi

unlikely to date before about 1465. 1 large white vine initial in colours and gold, with a three-sided white vine border incorporating birds, and putti holding an escutcheon (the arms erased) (f. 3). 1 large initial in colours and gold

• Detail of heraldry., Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi

unlikely to date before about 1465. 1 large white vine initial in colours and gold, with a three-sided white vine border incorporating birds, and putti holding an escutcheon (the arms erased) (f. 3). 1 large initial in colours and gold

• Incipit with red infill, in the Council of Gangra., Dionisio-Hadriana

Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIII.6.9’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of

• White vine initial 'P'(ost) at the beginning of book 16 of Augustine's De Civitate Dei., De Civitate Dei (index City of God)

bishops and the fourth one is probably Peter), a wolf and hen, winged putti, a dog, birds and flowers (f. 1). White vine initial in colours and gold at the beginning of each subsequent book (ff. 13, 24v, 36v, 48,

• White vine initial 'C'(ivitatem) at the beginning of book 11 of Augustine's De Civitate Dei., De Civitate Dei (index City of God)

bishops and the fourth one is probably Peter), a wolf and hen, winged putti, a dog, birds and flowers (f. 1). White vine initial in colours and gold at the beginning of each subsequent book (ff. 13, 24v, 36v, 48,