• Puzzle initial 'A'(t) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of book 3 of Valerius Maximus's Memorabilia., Facta et dicta memorabilia

red (and blue), with reserved designs, with brown pen-flourishing (ff. 1, 19v, 40, 60v, 82v, 105v, 125v, 142v, 162v). Smaller puzzle initials in red and blue with brown pen-flourishing or penwork decoration. Small initials in red or blue with brown

• Decorated initial 'L'(a) and border., Modi singulari de cocina (recipes for made dishes, soups, sauces, pastry, etc.), with index at the end of the volume (ff. 1-23v, 105-107); Libro de manescalchia de tutte le febre ed ogni altre infirmitate che se generano in li caualli, composto per uno dicto Messer Joanne Facio per ordinatione de Re Carlo Magno Imperatore, preceded by a table of contents (ff. 25-104v)

small and 1 large initial in gold on a blue, red, (and green) ground, with three-sided foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 33). Small initials in plain red or blue. Modi singulari de cocina (recipes for made dishes,

• 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 'D'(e) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Gautier Agilon's Somme de diverses maladies., La somme de diverses maladies

pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Gautier Agilon's Somme de diverses maladies. 2 large puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red (ff. 2, 5). Smaller and small initials in plain red, a few with reserved designs.

• Decorated initial., Medical miscellany, including Gilbertus Anglicus's Compendium medicinae (ff 91-139), imperfect, On buboes (ff. 139-140); Guy de Chauliac's On bloodletting (f. 147v); and On scarifying and cupping (f. 147v)

Decorated initial. ff. 1-2 are parchment flyleaves. Large and small initials in blue with red penwork decoration and pen-flourishing. Small initials in red or blue. Paraphs in red. Marginal drawing of a face (f. 83). From ff. 81v-86v, large initials

• 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

• 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,

• Historiated initial 'Q'(uoniam) with a portrait of Bartholomaeus de S. Concordio and an illuminated initial 'A'(bbas)., Summa Pisana with an index (ff. 222v-226v) (index Summa de casibus conscientiae, Summa Pisanella)

116, 128v, 131v, 143, 162v, 163, 174v, 201, 207). Initials in red with blue penwork decoration or in blue with red penwork decoration. Paraphs in red or blue. Rubrics in red (f. 1). Summa Pisana with an index (ff. 222v-226v)

• Decorated initial O(paca) in blue, magenta, and green with floral sprays and bezants. Marginal hand and text hand by Gunthorpe., Tragoediae (index Tragedies)

22, 40, 51, 91, 111, 147). The two remaining decorated initials in blue, magenta, and green with floral sprays and bezants (ff. 130, 163). Initials in red or blue at the beginning of each scene. Paraphs. Tragoediae (index Tragedies) John

• 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

• 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

• Detail of text page, 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 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

• Puzzle initial 'V'(alerii), and fifteenth-century ownership inscription and pressmark of the Benedictine abbey of Santa Maria ad Martyres extra Muros, Trier., Commentarius in Valerium Maximum; Facta et dicta memorabilia

Benedictine abbey of Santa Maria ad Martyres extra Muros, Trier. 1 large puzzle initial in blue and red with red pen-flourishing (f. 1). 9 smaller blue and red puzzle initials with red pen-flourishing (ff. 2, 54v, 95v, 126v, 153, 183,