• Flourished letters 'KL', at the beginning of February., Obituary of the nunnery of Schmerlenbach

Flourished letters 'KL', at the beginning of February. Large letters 'KL' in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red, at the beginning of the months. Obituary of the nunnery of Schmerlenbach The nunnery of Schmerlenbach, near Aschaffenburg in

• Flourished letters 'KL', at the beginning of January; numerous additions of the 17th century., Obituary of the nunnery of Schmerlenbach

'KL', at the beginning of January; numerous additions of the 17th century. Large letters 'KL' in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red, at the beginning of the months. Obituary of the nunnery of Schmerlenbach The nunnery of

• Added diagrams and puzzle initial 'D'(ixit) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Johannes de Rupescissa's De quinta essentia., Alcehmical texts, including De quinta essentia

in red and blue with pen-flourishing in brown and red (f. 2). 1 smaller puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in purple and red (f. 32). Smaller initials in red with purple pen-flourishing or in blue with red

• Pen-flourished initial 'Q'(uecunque in ecclesiasticus)., Rationale divinorum officiorum

Pen-flourished initial 'Q'(uecunque in ecclesiasticus). Horizontal catchwords. Large initials in blue with red-pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red or blue. Rubrics in red. Capitals marked in red. Rationale divinorum officiorum Willelmus Vauce or Vaws (d. c. 1479), archdeacon of Worchester from c.

• Puzzle initial and partial border, at the beginning of Bernard of Clairvaux's Sermons., Sermons

6d. (Egerton MSS 710-730). 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red, developing a three-sided border (f. 3). 7 smaller initials in blue, with reserved designs, with red pen-flourishing (ff. 7, 21, 53, 134,

• Flourished initial, in Bernard of Clairvaux's Sermons., Sermons

6d. (Egerton MSS 710-730). 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red, developing a three-sided border (f. 3). 7 smaller initials in blue, with reserved designs, with red pen-flourishing (ff. 7, 21, 53, 134,

• Detail of decorated initial., Ovidii Metamorphoseon fabularum narratio, and other mythological texts

white vine scroll decoration. Small simple red or blue initials. The arms of the Donati family of Venice surmounted by a lion's head (f. 1). Guide letters. Ovidii Metamorphoseon fabularum narratio, and other mythological texts ‘Mithologeiarum liber feliciter finit anno

• Detail of heraldry., Ovidii Metamorphoseon fabularum narratio, and other mythological texts

white vine scroll decoration. Small simple red or blue initials. The arms of the Donati family of Venice surmounted by a lion's head (f. 1). Guide letters. Ovidii Metamorphoseon fabularum narratio, and other mythological texts ‘Mithologeiarum liber feliciter finit anno

• Decorated initials 'A'(l)' and 'N'(ondum) at the beginning of book 12 of Statius' Thebaid., Thebais (index Thebaid)

outer bifolio in each quire is made of parchment. Very large initials with reserved designs in blue or red with penwork decoration in the other colour, or in red with brown penwork (ff. 1v (x2), 14v (x2), 28 (x2), 41,

• Decorated initial 'C'(armina) with acanthus leaves and naturalistic flowers at the beginning of the text., De Consolatione Philosophiae (index Consolation of Philosophy)

A very large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in the same colours at the beginning of each subsequent book (ff. 9v, 20v, 35, 47). Numerous smaller initials in blue with red pen-flourishing or in red with brown

• Decorated initial 'Q'(ui) and white vine decoration in the border enclosing defaced arms, probably that of the Sassetti family, at the beginning of Ovid's Amores., Amores

on a blue panel at the beginning of each book (ff. 2, 17, 34v (initial enclosing a smaller initial)). White vine marginal decoration enclosing a defaced coat of arms (f. 2). Coloured initials in alternating red or blue. Amores Probably

• Illuminated initial 'S'(i)., Orationes in C. Verrem (index Orationes in Verrem; Oratio in Caecilium)(ff. 1-79); Orationes in Catilinam (ff. 80-97)

outlined in black, on red and blue grounds ornamented with white filigree decoration (ff. 1, 10, 15, 30v, 54v, 80, 80v, 85 (x 2), 89, 93v). Rubrics in red. Paraphs in red or blue. Orationes in C. Verrem (index Orationes

• Decorated initial 'C'(haos) with white vine decoration, at the beginning of the text by Lactantius, Ovidii Metamorphoseon fabularum narratio, and the arms of the Donati family of Venice with an animal head above the shield., Ovidii Metamorphoseon fabularum narratio, and other mythological texts

Venice with an animal head above the shield. Large coloured initials with white vine scroll decoration. Small simple red or blue initials. The arms of the Donati family of Venice surmounted by a lion's head (f. 1). Guide letters. Ovidii

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Decorated initial 'R'(es) at the beginning of William of Malmesbury's Gesta regum Anglorum., Gesta regum Anglorum, imperfect

Gesta regum Anglorum. 1 large red initial with green, red, blue, and brown foliate decoration (f. 1). 6 large initials in red (often oxidised) or green, mostly simple, but some with decoration in the other colour or also with yellow

• Illuminated initial with penwork decoration, including an added sketch of a king, at the beginning of the Opus qui Candelabrum nominatur; in the lower margin heraldic arms added., Candelabrum, followed by a list of chapters (ff. 77-80)

the Opus qui Candelabrum nominatur; in the lower margin heraldic arms added. 1 large initial in blue with reserved designs and penwork decoration in brown, including an added sketch of a king (f. 1). 7 spaces for large illuminated initials

• Detail of illuminated initial., Candelabrum, followed by a list of chapters (ff. 77-80)

1 large initial in blue with reserved designs and penwork decoration in brown, including an added sketch of a king (f. 1). 7 spaces for large illuminated initials (ff. 10, 23, 32v, 39, 46v, 55, 65). 3 small initials in

• Illuminated initial on a text page., Débat de félicité

lines) in gold on red and/or blue grounds, and full borders (ff. 1, 24, 39v). Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing. Débat de félicité The Débat