• Foliate initial and border., Le livre des quatre vertus (De quatuor virtutibus) (ff. 1-28v); Le livre de vieillesse (De senectute) (ff. 30-129v) and Le livre de amitié (De amicitia) (ff. 130-192v); Letter of Bernard of Clairvaux (ff. 193-195v); Hymn to the Virgin (ff. 196-199)

in colours and gold. Small initials in blue on red grounds, decorated with golden acanthus, with partial foliate borders, in colours and gold. Line fillers decorated with coloured flowers on red or blue grounds, at the beginning including the letters

• Decorated initial with flowers, and border including mottos., Le livre des quatre vertus (De quatuor virtutibus) (ff. 1-28v); Le livre de vieillesse (De senectute) (ff. 30-129v) and Le livre de amitié (De amicitia) (ff. 130-192v); Letter of Bernard of Clairvaux (ff. 193-195v); Hymn to the Virgin (ff. 196-199)

in colours and gold. Small initials in blue on red grounds, decorated with golden acanthus, with partial foliate borders, in colours and gold. Line fillers decorated with coloured flowers on red or blue grounds, at the beginning including the letters

• Decorated initial with flowers, and border including mottos., Le livre des quatre vertus (De quatuor virtutibus) (ff. 1-28v); Le livre de vieillesse (De senectute) (ff. 30-129v) and Le livre de amitié (De amicitia) (ff. 130-192v); Letter of Bernard of Clairvaux (ff. 193-195v); Hymn to the Virgin (ff. 196-199)

in colours and gold. Small initials in blue on red grounds, decorated with golden acanthus, with partial foliate borders, in colours and gold. Line fillers decorated with coloured flowers on red or blue grounds, at the beginning including the letters

• Decorated line-fillers., Le livre des quatre vertus (De quatuor virtutibus) (ff. 1-28v); Le livre de vieillesse (De senectute) (ff. 30-129v) and Le livre de amitié (De amicitia) (ff. 130-192v); Letter of Bernard of Clairvaux (ff. 193-195v); Hymn to the Virgin (ff. 196-199)

in colours and gold. Small initials in blue on red grounds, decorated with golden acanthus, with partial foliate borders, in colours and gold. Line fillers decorated with coloured flowers on red or blue grounds, at the beginning including the letters

• Miniature of Cicero debating the nature of friendship and border with mottos., Le livre des quatre vertus (De quatuor virtutibus) (ff. 1-28v); Le livre de vieillesse (De senectute) (ff. 30-129v) and Le livre de amitié (De amicitia) (ff. 130-192v); Letter of Bernard of Clairvaux (ff. 193-195v); Hymn to the Virgin (ff. 196-199)

in colours and gold. Small initials in blue on red grounds, decorated with golden acanthus, with partial foliate borders, in colours and gold. Line fillers decorated with coloured flowers on red or blue grounds, at the beginning including the letters

• Musical notation., Medical miscellany, including the medical rules according to the homo signorum (ff. 35-36); a recipe for gingerbread

the True Physition'.Flyleaves of musical notation on red 4-line staves with large initials in blue with red penwork decoration and in brown with penwork decoration (ff. 2r-v, 127r-v). Large and small simple initials in red or brown, one with a

• Coloured drawings, of Lot's wife, the Ark, and Egyptian soldiers being drowned in the Red Sea., 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

• Drawing of a dragon, with seven heads in its tail. In Joachim's thought, the seven heads correspond to Herod, Nero, Constantinus, Mohometh, Melsemothus, Saladin, the Antichrist, with Gog, the last Antichrist., 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

• Drawing of Adam and of sacrifices., 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

• Full knotwork border with a decorated initial 'F'(acturus), and arms in the shape of a bisected axe head, with 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., 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. 152 is a ruled

• 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,

• Decorated initial 'S'(epe), pen-flourished initial 'h'(ec), and a coat of arms of a white unicorn on a blue shield., Tractatus maleficiorum (a treatise on criminal law)

coat of arms of a white unicorn on a blue shield. Vertical catchwords.Ruled in plummet.The lawyer and professor, Angelo Gambiglioni, died in October 1461. His date of birth is unknown. On his life and work, see Maffei and Maffei 1994.The

• Decorated initial 'C'(um), and, in the lower margin, the initials 'R. R.' and arms of Roger Rotherham, azure, on a mount, three pointed, vert, a stag in full course or., Strategemata (index Strategematica, De re militari)

to f. 62v.Vertical catchwords. 1 large initial 'C'(um) in blue and purple on a gold ground, and arms in colours and gold in the lower margin (f. 1). Plain initials in blue or red. Rubrics in red. Strategemata (index Strategematica,

• Detail of the lower margin, with initials 'R. R.' and arms of Roger Rotherham, azure, on a mount, three pointed, vert, a stag in full course or., Strategemata (index Strategematica, De re militari)

to f. 62v.Vertical catchwords. 1 large initial 'C'(um) in blue and purple on a gold ground, and arms in colours and gold in the lower margin (f. 1). Plain initials in blue or red. Rubrics in red. Strategemata (index Strategematica,

• 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,

• White vine border with a portrait of Horace in a roundel, two putti, an unidentified coat of arms, and a large white vine initial 'M'(ecenas)., Opera

beginning of each book (ff. 15, 24, 40, 49, 60v, 76, 92v, 107v, 115). Numerous initials in alternating red and blue. Rubrics in red. Opera Written in Ferrara in 1461: inscribed: 'Quinti Horatii Flacci, Venusini, Odarum, Sermonum, Epistolarum, Poetrieque carminum

• Illuminated initial 'P'(hilopolus)., Poems (index Poemata); Laphra (a comedy)

initial in gold on a pink and green ground, 'P'(hilopolus) (f. 36v). Initials alternating in red or blue. Rubrics and protagonists names in red. Poems (index Poemata); Laphra (a comedy) Written by the author, Giovanni Mario Filelfo (b. 1426, d.