• Flourished initials, in Angelus de Perugia's Commentary on the Novellas Constitutiones Justiniani., Super tribus libris postremis codicis Justiniani, etc., with glosses; and other works

Ubaldis, Lectura Authentici (ff. 91-178). Ff. 25-177v: Large initials alternately red or blue, the first with reserved designs, with red pen-flourishing. Paraph marks in plain red or blue. A note on f. [180] is a count of the number of

• Flourished initials, in Angelus de Perugia's Commentary on the Novellas Constitutiones Justiniani., Super tribus libris postremis codicis Justiniani, etc., with glosses; and other works

Ubaldis, Lectura Authentici (ff. 91-178). Ff. 25-177v: Large initials alternately red or blue, the first with reserved designs, with red pen-flourishing. Paraph marks in plain red or blue. A note on f. [180] is a count of the number of

• 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

• Coloured initials., Summa de modo medendi (ff. 2-25v)

the manuscript in Hunt 1994. Large and small initials in red or blue, some with penwork decoration. Extensions of letters in the first and last lines. Summa de modo medendi (ff. 2-25v) Roger Marchall (b. c.1417, d. c. 1477), physician

• Miniature of John the Baptist, and full foliate borders with birds, a dragon and a grotesque figure, for his suffrage., Prayer book

and gold. Large decorated initials, in colours and gold. Large and small initials and line-fillers in gold on red and blue grounds. Prayer book Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector: inscribed 'Bibliotheca Sloaniana' (f. 1).

• Historiated initial 'O' with Christ in the garden of Gethsemane and foliate borders including heraldic arms., Breviary, Use of the Humiliati

colours and gold (ff. 89, 207v, 311v). Smaller initials in gold on red, blue and/or green grounds. Small initials in red with purple pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Breviary, Use of the Humiliati Unidentified owner, by 1471: arms,

• Historiated initial with the Kiss of Judas., Breviary, Use of the Humiliati

colours and gold (ff. 89, 207v, 311v). Smaller initials in gold on red, blue and/or green grounds. Small initials in red with purple pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Breviary, Use of the Humiliati Unidentified owner, by 1471: arms,

• Initial 'N'(aso) and unidentified arms in the lower margin., Epistulae ex Ponto

been torn off at the top of f. 1. 1 large initial in gold on a blue ground with an unidentified coat of arms in the lower margin (f. 1). 3 large gold initials on coloured panels with simple foliate

• Decorated initial 'V'(ideo) with pen-flourishing in Cicero's In catilinam., Disputationes tusculanae (ff. 1-67v), Orationes in Catilinam (ff. 67v-85v)

and vertically. Leaf signatures. 9 initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in the other colour (ff. 1, 3v, 17v, 39v, 51, 67v, 72v, 77, 81v). Coloured initials in red or blue. Capitals marked in red. Disputationes tusculanae (ff. 1-67v),

• 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

• Pen-flourished initials 'C'(orduba); 'B'(ella); and 'Q'(uis)., Pharsalia

in a Northern style. 1 large initial in blue with red and purple penwork decoration (f. 1). 1 large initial in red with purple penwork decoration (f. 118v). 4 initials in blue with purple penwork decoration or pen-flourishing (ff. 12,

• 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 'D'(eus) with acanthus leaves at the beginning of Terce of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

ivy sprigs. Numerous gold initials with black or brown penwork decoration and blue initials with red penwork decoration. Cadels. Some capitals marked with red. Line-fillers in gold and blue ink. Book of Hours, Use of Sarum Various inscriptions in different

• Decorated initial 'D'(isciplina), at the beginning of Book 1 of Isidore's Etymologiae., Etymologiae

ruled in blind, horizontals in leadpoint. Large initials in green, red or blue, usually with decoration in one of the other colours. Small initials in red, green, or blue. Diagrams of consanguinity (ff. 109v-110). Etymologiae Unidentified owner, Cambridge or Oxford,

• Initial 'R' with the arms of Henry Despenser, bishop of Norwich, in the upper margin the signature of 'William Howarde 1579', in the right margin an ink drawing of a lion rampant, and in the lower margin the ink stamp of the Royal Society of London., Historia ecclesiastica (ff. 1-99), De muliere forti, Epistola Cuthberti

1). Large initials in gold, pink, and/or blue, some also with red, with gold balls, and/or with foliate, floral, or filigree decoration (one with heraldic arms, f. 21). Line fillers in pink and/or blue. Historia ecclesiastica (ff. 1-99), De muliere

• Illuminated border and Initial 'N'(octiam) with an unfinished drawing of a seated man (possibly Bede) writing at the desk holding a quill and a knife, and on the bar border, a quadruped (dragon?)., Historia ecclesiastica (ff. 1-99), De muliere forti, Epistola Cuthberti

1). Large initials in gold, pink, and/or blue, some also with red, with gold balls, and/or with foliate, floral, or filigree decoration (one with heraldic arms, f. 21). Line fillers in pink and/or blue. Historia ecclesiastica (ff. 1-99), De muliere

• Puzzle initial 'P'(romissiones) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of book 17 in Augustine's De civitate dei. A 13th-century hand has corrected the capitula list in the lower margin., De Civitate Dei (index City of God)(ff. 3-177v); De trinitate (ff. 179-244v)

initials in red and blue or in one colour with pen-flourishing in the same colours. Smaller initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in the other colour. Capitals marked in red ink. Paraphs in red or blue. De Civitate Dei