• Detail of a miniature of a crowned angel with five other figures., Roman de la Rose

later addition is more didactic, scholarly, and pessimistic. 1 two-column miniature, with a large decorated foliate initial and a full foliate border with bird and animals, in colours and gold (f. 1). 22 single column miniatures, accompanied by small decorated

• Miniature of Narcissus admiring his reflection., Roman de la Rose

later addition is more didactic, scholarly, and pessimistic. 1 two-column miniature, with a large decorated foliate initial and a full foliate border with bird and animals, in colours and gold (f. 1). 22 single column miniatures, accompanied by small decorated

• Detail of a miniature of Narcissus admiring his reflection., Roman de la Rose

later addition is more didactic, scholarly, and pessimistic. 1 two-column miniature, with a large decorated foliate initial and a full foliate border with bird and animals, in colours and gold (f. 1). 22 single column miniatures, accompanied by small decorated

• Detail of a miniature of Narcissus admiring his reflection., Roman de la Rose

later addition is more didactic, scholarly, and pessimistic. 1 two-column miniature, with a large decorated foliate initial and a full foliate border with bird and animals, in colours and gold (f. 1). 22 single column miniatures, accompanied by small decorated

• Detail of a miniature of the Lover at a fountain., Roman de la Rose

later addition is more didactic, scholarly, and pessimistic. 1 two-column miniature, with a large decorated foliate initial and a full foliate border with bird and animals, in colours and gold (f. 1). 22 single column miniatures, accompanied by small decorated

• Detail of a miniature of the two authors, Jean de Meun and Guillaume de Lorris at work, with a decorated initial 'E'(t), at the beginning of Jean de Meun's Roman de la Rose., Roman de la Rose

later addition is more didactic, scholarly, and pessimistic. 1 two-column miniature, with a large decorated foliate initial and a full foliate border with bird and animals, in colours and gold (f. 1). 22 single column miniatures, accompanied by small decorated

• Detail of miniature of Richesse speaking to the Lover., Roman de la Rose

later addition is more didactic, scholarly, and pessimistic. 1 two-column miniature, with a large decorated foliate initial and a full foliate border with bird and animals, in colours and gold (f. 1). 22 single column miniatures, accompanied by small decorated

• Detail of miniature of Faus-semblant and Contrainte-Abstinence speaking with Malebouche., Roman de la Rose

later addition is more didactic, scholarly, and pessimistic. 1 two-column miniature, with a large decorated foliate initial and a full foliate border with bird and animals, in colours and gold (f. 1). 22 single column miniatures, accompanied by small decorated

• Detail of a miniature showing Franchise fighting Dangier., Roman de la Rose

later addition is more didactic, scholarly, and pessimistic. 1 two-column miniature, with a large decorated foliate initial and a full foliate border with bird and animals, in colours and gold (f. 1). 22 single column miniatures, accompanied by small decorated

• Illuminated initial 'A'(s the) in gold and red, at the beginning of the text., The pleasaunt poesye of princelie practise, imperfect

manuscript includes only 24.Quire signatures on the first folio of each quire. 1 full-page ink drawing of Edward VI receiving the book from the author (f. 7v). 1 initial in colours and gold of a crowned Tudor rose, at the

• Decorated initials 'P'(rima) and 'S'(oror) with acanthus leaves combined with a 3-sided foliate border including an erased coat of arms; notarial inscription and pressmark '9. I.' (in the library of Sozomeno of Pistoia) in the lower margin., Tragoediae (index Tragedies): Hercules furens (ff. 1-22v), Thyestes (ff. 23-38v), Phoenissae (ff. 39-50), Phaedra (ff. 50v-69), Oedipus (ff. 69v-84), Troades (ff. 84-101), Medea (ff. 101-114), Agamemnon (ff. 114v-127), Octavia (ff. 127v-139), Hercules Oetaeus (ff. 139v-168)

ownership inscription in Greek (f. 168), his pressmark '9.I' (f. 1, in the lower left corner of the page), annotations in his hand throughout, notarial inscriptions 'Ego Barth[olom]eus...' (f. 1), and 'Ego Francischus...' (f. 168v). John Gibson (fl. 1720-1726), dealer;

• Historiated miniature of Agnes Enthroned flanked by two musician angels, below (left) the saint's statue holding out its finger to receive an emerald ring from Paulinus, a priest of the church of Saint Agnes who wished to be allowed to marry, and (right) Agnes appearing to relatives maintaining a vigil besides her tomb. Historiated full-page border in colours and gold, of foliage and birds with three medallions in the lower margin containing two scenes of Agnes surviving being thrown into flames at the order of Aspasius and a male and female member of the Compagnia di Sant'Agnese kneeling in prayer. Beneath the miniature is a single four-line red stave, musical notation and a single line of text in gold capitals 'Sancta Agnese da dio'., Leaf of a Hymnal (index laudario), containing part of the hymns to Agnes and Anthony

da dio'. Italian cutting.The present leaf was originally f. 1 in an album with eighty-nine other cuttings. To see this cutting in the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 18196, f. 1. To see the album of cuttings order Add. 18196,

• Historiated initial 'C'(este) of a bishop (probably saint Edmund) holding a mirror, with a partial foliate bar border with a dragon and a dog chasing a hare, at the beginning of the Speculum ecclesiae., Livre de Sydrac (index Book of Sydrac; Book of Sidrac; La Fontaine de toutes sciences; Le Tresor des sciences; Le Roman du philosophe Sydrac)(ff. 1-140); Edmund's 'Mireour de seinte eglise' (index Speculum ecclesiae; Miroir de sainte eglise; Mirror of the church)(ff. 141-156); a short text in Latin attributed to Ambrose (f. 156); La vie nostre dame seinte marie' (f. 156); Robert Grosseteste's Commencement du monde (ff. 156-168)

red and blue with pen-flourishing in the same colours forming a three-sided border including foliate motifs and a dragon (f. 1). Historiated initial of a bishop (probably saint Edmund) holding a mirror combined with a partial foliate bar border with

• Miniature of the Emperor Justinian with a sword, surrounded by several figures, a decorated initial 'I'(uri) developing a full border with angels, dragons, rabbits and dogs, at the beginning of Justinian's Digestum Vetus., Digestum Vetus with glossa ordinaria

Bartolomeus de pa(n)zano(?)' (f. 6, lower right).Unidentified owner, 1469: dated inscription (f. 1).Inscription, 16th-century: 'Iohannes episcopus servuus servorum dei…' (f. 1, upper right corner).Inscription, 16th-century: 'Marie de Morel' (f. 271v).Johann Pirckheimer (b. 1440, d. 1501), son of Hans Pirckheimer, Nuremberg

• Miniature of a dead man and the devil, accompanied by a historiated initial 'C'(um), in Justinian's Digestum Vetus., Digestum Vetus with glossa ordinaria

Bartolomeus de pa(n)zano(?)' (f. 6, lower right).Unidentified owner, 1469: dated inscription (f. 1).Inscription, 16th-century: 'Iohannes episcopus servuus servorum dei…' (f. 1, upper right corner).Inscription, 16th-century: 'Marie de Morel' (f. 271v).Johann Pirckheimer (b. 1440, d. 1501), son of Hans Pirckheimer, Nuremberg

• Miniature of the Emperor Justinian with a sword, surrounded by several figures, a decorated initial 'I'(uri) developing a full border with angels, dragons, rabbits and dogs, at the beginning of Justinian's Digestum Vetus., Digestum Vetus with glossa ordinaria

Bartolomeus de pa(n)zano(?)' (f. 6, lower right).Unidentified owner, 1469: dated inscription (f. 1).Inscription, 16th-century: 'Iohannes episcopus servuus servorum dei…' (f. 1, upper right corner).Inscription, 16th-century: 'Marie de Morel' (f. 271v).Johann Pirckheimer (b. 1440, d. 1501), son of Hans Pirckheimer, Nuremberg

• Miniature of the Emperor Justinian with a sword, surrounded by several figures, at the beginning of Justinian's Digestum Vetus., Digestum Vetus with glossa ordinaria

Bartolomeus de pa(n)zano(?)' (f. 6, lower right).Unidentified owner, 1469: dated inscription (f. 1).Inscription, 16th-century: 'Iohannes episcopus servuus servorum dei…' (f. 1, upper right corner).Inscription, 16th-century: 'Marie de Morel' (f. 271v).Johann Pirckheimer (b. 1440, d. 1501), son of Hans Pirckheimer, Nuremberg

• Part of the full border with angel and dragon, at the beginning of Justinian's Digestum Vetus., Digestum Vetus with glossa ordinaria

Bartolomeus de pa(n)zano(?)' (f. 6, lower right).Unidentified owner, 1469: dated inscription (f. 1).Inscription, 16th-century: 'Iohannes episcopus servuus servorum dei…' (f. 1, upper right corner).Inscription, 16th-century: 'Marie de Morel' (f. 271v).Johann Pirckheimer (b. 1440, d. 1501), son of Hans Pirckheimer, Nuremberg

• Part of the full border with rabbit and dog, at the beginning of Justinian's Digestum Vetus., Digestum Vetus with glossa ordinaria

Bartolomeus de pa(n)zano(?)' (f. 6, lower right).Unidentified owner, 1469: dated inscription (f. 1).Inscription, 16th-century: 'Iohannes episcopus servuus servorum dei…' (f. 1, upper right corner).Inscription, 16th-century: 'Marie de Morel' (f. 271v).Johann Pirckheimer (b. 1440, d. 1501), son of Hans Pirckheimer, Nuremberg

• Miniature of a dead man and the devil, in Justinian's Digestum Vetus., Digestum Vetus with glossa ordinaria

Bartolomeus de pa(n)zano(?)' (f. 6, lower right).Unidentified owner, 1469: dated inscription (f. 1).Inscription, 16th-century: 'Iohannes episcopus servuus servorum dei…' (f. 1, upper right corner).Inscription, 16th-century: 'Marie de Morel' (f. 271v).Johann Pirckheimer (b. 1440, d. 1501), son of Hans Pirckheimer, Nuremberg