• Drawings, including of king Saul, the priest Eli, who falls dead after being told that his two sons had been killed and the ark of God taken by the Philistines (1 Samuel 4:17-18); and the destruction of the city of Jerusalem., Summary of the Liber Concordiae Novi ac Veteris Testamenti (Harmony of the Old and New Testaments), imperfect

68, 70v-73v, 75-92). 3 large puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in purple and red (ff. 2, 4, 9). Smaller initials in red with purple pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Summary of the Liber Concordiae Novi

• Text pages with marginal commentary and illuminated initial 'S'(ic), at the beginning of Book VI: 'Sic factur lacrimans, classique immittit habenas'., Aeneis (index Aeneid) , with a verse preface (ff. 1-201); Extract from Servius on Aeneis 6 (f. 202)

I is a paper flyleaf.Marginal commentary (ff. 87v to 97). 18 large initials in gold on red and blue grounds with red, blue, and brown penwork decoration (ff. 1, 1v, 2, 16, 16v, 32v, 47, 47v, 61v, 79, 79v, 97v,

• null, Chronica pontificum et imperatorum, ending imperfectly

i recto. Large initials in blue with red flourishing and foliate infill, or red with brown flourishing and infill, at the start of texts and major divisions. Small initials similar but simpler. Chronica pontificum et imperatorum, ending imperfectly Medieval ownership(?)

• null, Chronica pontificum et imperatorum, ending imperfectly

i recto. Large initials in blue with red flourishing and foliate infill, or red with brown flourishing and infill, at the start of texts and major divisions. Small initials similar but simpler. Chronica pontificum et imperatorum, ending imperfectly Medieval ownership(?)

• Pen-flourished initials, Meditations on the Life of Christ

catchwords. Alternating initials in blue with red pen-flourishing or in red with violet pen-flourishing. Rubrics in red (now faded). Meditations on the Life of Christ Written in 1454 by Jacobus de Parma in Bologna for Frater Gabriel, provincial vicar: colophon,

• Detail of historiated initial., Miscellany, including Liber Hermetis de alchimia (ff. 155-157); Liber triginta verborum (ff. 164-166); De duodecim aquis (ff. 166v-167v); and De naturis colorum iuxta Aristotelem 70 preceptorum (ff. 185v-186).

1457 to Würzburg). 1 large red initial with a human face (f. 84). Large and small initials in red, green, blue, or brown, two decorated with patterns. Paraphs in red. Marginalia. 1 table (f. 121). Blank spaces left (for illustrations?).

• Detail of an illuminated initial with knotwork motifs 'A'(nnus)., Ab urbe condita (index De gestis romanorum; Historia romana)

a black eagle poised on a sword on a gold ground in the upper half, two crossed swords on a blue ground in the lower half, and the initials 'V' and 'B' on either side (f. 1).Nathaniel Noel (fl. 1681,

• Detail of an illuminated initial with knotwork motifs 'S'(equitur)., Ab urbe condita (index De gestis romanorum; Historia romana)

a black eagle poised on a sword on a gold ground in the upper half, two crossed swords on a blue ground in the lower half, and the initials 'V' and 'B' on either side (f. 1).Nathaniel Noel (fl. 1681,

• Decorated initial 'C'(UM) with interlace accompanied by a partial decorated border with flowers and arms of Schioppo of Verona., Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi

and colours with interlace combined with a partial decorated border with flowers and heraldry (f. 1). A smaller initial in blue marks the beginning of each book. Marginal notes in green, purple, and red ink, sometimes accompanied by a small

• Miniature of Francis of Assisi appearing to his biographer, Bonaventure, and Thomas Aquinas entering the cell, folllowed by a Dominican and a Franciscan. Coat of arms of Giovanni Francesco di Malatesta. The Franciscan saints in the four corners of the border are (clockwise): Anthony of Padua, Louis of Toulouse, Bernardino of Siena and Clare., Legend and Life of Francis of Assisi (with Miracles)

59, 64, 68v, 72, 76v, 85v, 88). Numerous smaller initials in colours and gold. Numerous pen-flourished initials in red and blue. Legend and Life of Francis of Assisi (with Miracles) Written by Alessandro da Bologna, Augustinian friar and scribe, at

• Illuminated initial 'H'(enry) and three-sided foliate border, at the beginning of the statutes of the reign of Henry IV, Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from 1 Edward III to 31 Henry VI

foliate borders (ff. 2, 150, 238, 241, 252, 266, 271, 274, 275v). Small initials in blue with red flourishing. Paraph marks alternately red or blue. Probably by more than one artist. Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute

• Detail of a miniature in colours and gold showing Pliny writing in his study and a landscape with animals, rivers, the sea, sun and moon., Historia naturalis (index Natural history)

yellow, gold or white on a red, green or blue panel. Initials in gold on a ground combining blue, red and green (from f. 91). Coloured initials in gold or blue (ff. 11-20v). Historia naturalis (index Natural history) Aeneas Silvius

• Detail of a white vine initial 'M'., Historia naturalis (index Natural history)

yellow, gold or white on a red, green or blue panel. Initials in gold on a ground combining blue, red and green (from f. 91). Coloured initials in gold or blue (ff. 11-20v). Historia naturalis (index Natural history) Aeneas Silvius

• Detail of arms from the lower border of the folio., Historia naturalis (index Natural history)

yellow, gold or white on a red, green or blue panel. Initials in gold on a ground combining blue, red and green (from f. 91). Coloured initials in gold or blue (ff. 11-20v). Historia naturalis (index Natural history) Aeneas Silvius

• Miniature in colours and gold showing Pliny writing in his study and a landscape with animals, rivers, the sea, sun and moon; text with a decorative initial 'M', and decorated borders with a coat of arms., Historia naturalis (index Natural history)

yellow, gold or white on a red, green or blue panel. Initials in gold on a ground combining blue, red and green (from f. 91). Coloured initials in gold or blue (ff. 11-20v). Historia naturalis (index Natural history) Aeneas Silvius

• Three puzzle initials 'M'(atheus), 'M'(atheus) and 'L'(iber), with pen-flourishing and one with a lion, at the beginning of two prologues to and at the beginning of Matthew; in the outer margin is a threaded book-mark., Bible (ff. 3-476); Interpretation of Hebrew Names (ff. 477-579)

383). 1 large initial in blue with pen-flourishing in both colours (f. 50v). Small initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in the other colour or, occasionally, in both colours. Simple initials in red or blue. Running headers, chapter numbers

• Pen-flourished initial 'I'(n dei nomine amen)., The Endowment and Orders of Sherington’s Chantry, founded in Saint Paul’s Church, London

chapel in Saint Paul's Church, London. 5 large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing (ff. 1, 2, 9, 10v, 11v). Marginal notations and rubrics in red. Paraphs in red or blue. The Endowment and Orders of Sherington’s Chantry, founded in

• Decorated initial 'P'(atri) with acanthus leaves at the beginning of the Epistola de morte Hieronomi ad Damasium., Various texts including Pseudo-Eusebius, Epistola de morte Hieronomi ad Damasium (ff. 2-44); Pseudo-Augustine, Epistola de magnificentiis Hieronymi ad Cyrillum (ff. 44v-52v); Pseudo-Cyrillus, Epistola ad beatum Augustinum de miraculis Hieronymi (ff. 53-91v);Jerome, Vita S. Pauli primi heremitae (ff. 96-102); Leonardo Aretino, De bello italico adversus Gothos (ff. 102v-109), Timoteo Maffei's Letter of renunciation of the archbishopric of Milan (ff. 109v-118); Petrarch, Letter to Nicolo Azaiolo of Florence, seneschal to the king of Sicily (ff. 118v-124v), etc.

gold and colours with acanthus leaves (f. 2). Large blue initials (ff. 53, 124v), some with reserved lines (ff. 44v, 96, 102v, 109v). Smaller coloured initials in alternating red and blue. Various texts including Pseudo-Eusebius, Epistola de morte Hieronomi ad

• Miniature of the Fall of Man in a roundel, diagrams of Noah's Ark and of the earth, initial and border with foliate and spray decoration, 'champ' initial, and inscribed roundels joined by genealogical lines of descent at the beginning of the chronicle., Chronicle (index Compendium historie in genealogia Christi)

into the margins, in colours and gold (membrane 1). One 'champ' initial in colours and gold (membrane 1). Initials in blue or gold with penwork decoration in red or purple. Rubrics in red. Chronicle (index Compendium historie in genealogia Christi)

• The first inscribed roundels of the 'linea regum britannie' with crowns, and diagrams of the 42 'mansiones' and of the tabernacle of the 12 Tribes of Israel., Chronicle (index Compendium historie in genealogia Christi)

into the margins, in colours and gold (membrane 1). One 'champ' initial in colours and gold (membrane 1). Initials in blue or gold with penwork decoration in red or purple. Rubrics in red. Chronicle (index Compendium historie in genealogia Christi)