• Architectural border with a rose bush and the historiated initial: 'S'(aepe)., Epistolae and various dialogues

initials in gold and colours (ff. 1, 17, 36, 45, 52, 54). Smaller initials in gold on green, blue, or red and blue grounds (ff. 6v, 36v, 39, 39v, 43, 44v). Epistolae and various dialogues Unidentified arms of a chequy

• Foliate border with a seated, armed woman, and an historiated initial of a figure holding a shield: 'P'(ersuasistis)., Epistolae and various dialogues

initials in gold and colours (ff. 1, 17, 36, 45, 52, 54). Smaller initials in gold on green, blue, or red and blue grounds (ff. 6v, 36v, 39, 39v, 43, 44v). Epistolae and various dialogues Unidentified arms of a chequy

• Miniature of Anthony., Book of Hours, Use of Angers

(ff. 18, 24). Large initials (2-3 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds with partial foliate borders. Small initials and line fillers in gold on red and blue grounds. Book of Hours, Use of Angers Unidentified original owner: erased

• Puzzle initial 'A'(bho[m]inacio) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the list of contents., Homilies on Matthew (index In Matthaeum) (imperfect), with list of contents (ff. 145v-159v)

f. [161] with later annotations (see Provenance). Large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in red including foliate motifs (f. 145v). Smaller initials in blue with red pen-flourishing including foliate motifs. Capitals marked in red. Homilies on Matthew

• Miniature of the Nativity; text with borders., Ab urbe condita [periochae] (index De gestis romanorum; Historia romana)

border (f. 1). Initials in gold on a blue, dark red and green ground (ff. 11, 17, 25, 31v, 41v, 48, 53v, 58, 62v, 65v, 69v, 74v, 77). Coloured initials in blue. Ab urbe condita [periochae] (index De gestis romanorum;

• Miniature of Christ carrying the Cross, at the beginning of the Hours of the Cross., Book of Hours, Use of Tours

contemporary professional hands, suffrages including small initials in plain red and blue (ff. 117v-120v) and the prayer O intemerata (ff. 121-123v) with a puzzle initial in red and blue at the beginning. 12 full-page miniatures in golden frames on dark

• Miniature of the Annunciation to the Shepherds., Book of Hours, Use of Tours

contemporary professional hands, suffrages including small initials in plain red and blue (ff. 117v-120v) and the prayer O intemerata (ff. 121-123v) with a puzzle initial in red and blue at the beginning. 12 full-page miniatures in golden frames on dark

• Decorated initial 'E'(xcellentissime) and a tree with heraldic arms, at the beginning of Ulrich Molitor's De Laniis et phitonicis mulieribus., De Laniis et phitonicis mulieribus (ff. 2-35v); Flagellum Maleficorum (ff. 36-100v); De supersticiosis casibus (ff. 101-110v); De probatione spirituum (ff. 111-119)

in colours and gold (ff. 2, 36, 37, 101, 111). Smaller puzzle initials in red and blue. Smaller initials in plain red or blue. De Laniis et phitonicis mulieribus (ff. 2-35v); Flagellum Maleficorum (ff. 36-100v); De supersticiosis casibus (ff. 101-110v);

• Decorated initial 'I'(n), at the beginning of Henricus de Gorchen's De supersticiosis casibus., De Laniis et phitonicis mulieribus (ff. 2-35v); Flagellum Maleficorum (ff. 36-100v); De supersticiosis casibus (ff. 101-110v); De probatione spirituum (ff. 111-119)

in colours and gold (ff. 2, 36, 37, 101, 111). Smaller puzzle initials in red and blue. Smaller initials in plain red or blue. De Laniis et phitonicis mulieribus (ff. 2-35v); Flagellum Maleficorum (ff. 36-100v); De supersticiosis casibus (ff. 101-110v);

• Flourished initial 'U'(rhanus)., Cartulary of the Augustinian priory, Brinkburn, Northumbria, in eight capitula, imperfect

Flourished initial 'U'(rhanus). Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration. Paraphs in blue with red penwork decoration, sometimes in the form of leaves. Cartulary of the Augustinian priory, Brinkburn, Northumbria, in eight capitula, imperfect The Augustinian priory, Brinkburn, Northumbria.15th-century

• Decorated initial., Selected treatises, including De situ et origine Pruthenorum, De Livonia, and Epistola ad Philippum Mariam Angelum de Vicecomitibus de bello Thurcorum et Hungarorum

'105', skips from 64 to 67.Thomov assigns this manuscript to Group I.A. 5 large initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with light red pen-flourishing (ff. 112, 118v, 120v [with reserved zoomorphic design], 122, 124). Selected treatises, including

• Decorated initial., Selected treatises, including De situ et origine Pruthenorum, De Livonia, and Epistola ad Philippum Mariam Angelum de Vicecomitibus de bello Thurcorum et Hungarorum

'105', skips from 64 to 67.Thomov assigns this manuscript to Group I.A. 5 large initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with light red pen-flourishing (ff. 112, 118v, 120v [with reserved zoomorphic design], 122, 124). Selected treatises, including

• Decorated initial., Selected treatises, including De situ et origine Pruthenorum, De Livonia, and Epistola ad Philippum Mariam Angelum de Vicecomitibus de bello Thurcorum et Hungarorum

'105', skips from 64 to 67.Thomov assigns this manuscript to Group I.A. 5 large initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with light red pen-flourishing (ff. 112, 118v, 120v [with reserved zoomorphic design], 122, 124). Selected treatises, including

• Decorated initial., Selected treatises, including De situ et origine Pruthenorum, De Livonia, and Epistola ad Philippum Mariam Angelum de Vicecomitibus de bello Thurcorum et Hungarorum

'105', skips from 64 to 67.Thomov assigns this manuscript to Group I.A. 5 large initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with light red pen-flourishing (ff. 112, 118v, 120v [with reserved zoomorphic design], 122, 124). Selected treatises, including

• Decorated initial., Selected treatises, including De situ et origine Pruthenorum, De Livonia, and Epistola ad Philippum Mariam Angelum de Vicecomitibus de bello Thurcorum et Hungarorum

'105', skips from 64 to 67.Thomov assigns this manuscript to Group I.A. 5 large initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with light red pen-flourishing (ff. 112, 118v, 120v [with reserved zoomorphic design], 122, 124). Selected treatises, including

• Miniature of the Trinity, at the beginning of Jean le Meung's Sept articles de la foi., Les sept articles de la foi

de la foi. The leaves are misbound and the 1843 catalogue describes a blue morocco binding, which suggests that the binding pre-dates the volume's arrival at the British Museum; it may therefore date from shortly before the 1843 sale. 8

• Miniature of two consecutive events taking place on the bank of the Tiber: Romulus and Remus being suckled by a wolf, with Faustulus raising his hands in surprise, and Faustulus giving Romulus and Remus to Laurentia, with a full border containing the Royal arms of England surrounded by the Garter with the motto, 'Honny soit qui mal y pense', and surmounted by a crowned helm with a mantling in Edward IV's colours of red and blue and a crest of a lion, with two shields bearing the same arms differentiated by labels of three and five points for Edward's sons, Edward, prince of Wales, and Richard, duke of York, two banners held by angels bearing the royal arms of England, and a Yorkist badge of white ~rose-en-soleil~ with the motto 'Dieu est mon droit'; and an illuminated initial 'P'(rincipibus), at the beginning of book 1., Romuléon

qui mal y pense', and surmounted by a crowned helm with a mantling in Edward IV's colours of red and blue and a crest of a lion, with two shields bearing the same arms differentiated by labels of three and

• Illuminated initial 'F'(ive) with a full border with flowers, acanthus leaves branches, the royal arms of England and a gold portcullis with chains, the heraldic badge of the Beauforts., Prologue to the Wycliffite Bible, in the later version (imperfect)

infernum viventes'.Catchwords and bifolium signatures. Some pointing hands in the margins, sometimes with annotations (e.g., f. 265). 1 initial in blue on gold ground, with a red rose, and a full border with red and white Tudor roses, acanthus leaves

• Historiated initial 'H'(ere) of the author presenting the book to an enthroned king, with a full border containing white and red roses, at the beginning of the list of contents., The Master of Game

with red and white roses, at the beginning of the text (f. 2v). Initials in rose and gold, or in blue and gold. The Master of Game Henry VII (b. 1457, d. 1509), king of England and lord of Ireland:

• Detail of a miniature of the translator reading., Historia destructionis Troiae in a French translation

85, 88, 92, 95v, 98v). Foliate initials in colours and gold at the beginning of books. Initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white and ivy extensions Historia destructionis Troiae in a French translation Inscription