• Miniature of cannons firing at a besieged city in flames., History of Alexander the Great (Les faize d'Alexandre) (index De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni; Historia Alexandri Magni)

colours with foliate decoration on gold grounds. Large and small gold initials on pink and blue grounds. Line-fillers, and haute-de-page foliation and capitula in pink, blue, and gold. Red or brown cadells, some with brown ink faces. History of Alexander

• Illuminated initial., History of Alexander the Great (Les faize d'Alexandre) (index De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni; Historia Alexandri Magni)

colours with foliate decoration on gold grounds. Large and small gold initials on pink and blue grounds. Line-fillers, and haute-de-page foliation and capitula in pink, blue, and gold. Red or brown cadells, some with brown ink faces. History of Alexander

• Miniature of handguns in use at a siege., History of Alexander the Great (Les faize d'Alexandre) (index De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni; Historia Alexandri Magni)

colours with foliate decoration on gold grounds. Large and small gold initials on pink and blue grounds. Line-fillers, and haute-de-page foliation and capitula in pink, blue, and gold. Red or brown cadells, some with brown ink faces. History of Alexander

• Illuminated initial., History of Alexander the Great (Les faize d'Alexandre) (index De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni; Historia Alexandri Magni)

colours with foliate decoration on gold grounds. Large and small gold initials on pink and blue grounds. Line-fillers, and haute-de-page foliation and capitula in pink, blue, and gold. Red or brown cadells, some with brown ink faces. History of Alexander

• Miniature of Alexander the Great and his army make a sacrifice on the night before the Battle of Issus in Vasco da Lucena's French translation of Rufus's Historia Alexandri magni., History of Alexander the Great (Les faize d'Alexandre) (index De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni; Historia Alexandri Magni)

colours with foliate decoration on gold grounds. Large and small gold initials on pink and blue grounds. Line-fillers, and haute-de-page foliation and capitula in pink, blue, and gold. Red or brown cadells, some with brown ink faces. History of Alexander

• Miniature of Alexander the Great encounters Diogenes in his barrel in Vasco da Lucena's French translation of Rufus's Historia Alexandri magni, executed mainly in grisaille., History of Alexander the Great (Les faize d'Alexandre) (index De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni; Historia Alexandri Magni)

colours with foliate decoration on gold grounds. Large and small gold initials on pink and blue grounds. Line-fillers, and haute-de-page foliation and capitula in pink, blue, and gold. Red or brown cadells, some with brown ink faces. History of Alexander

• Miniature of Alexander the Great consulting his astrologers about an eclipse of the sun after the battle of Arbela and illuminated initial 'A'(lexandre) in Vasco da Lucena's French translation of Rufus's Historia Alexandri magni., History of Alexander the Great (Les faize d'Alexandre) (index De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni; Historia Alexandri Magni)

colours with foliate decoration on gold grounds. Large and small gold initials on pink and blue grounds. Line-fillers, and haute-de-page foliation and capitula in pink, blue, and gold. Red or brown cadells, some with brown ink faces. History of Alexander

• Detail of a miniature of Boethius lying in bed, with Philosophy standing beside him, from the beginning of Book I of 'Consolation of Philosophy'., Le Livre de Boece de Consolacion (index Consolation of Philosophy; De Consolatione Philosophiae) (Book 1)

Large decorated foliate initials in colours and gold. Small initials, paraph marks and line fillers in gold on red or blue grounds. Cadels. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Le Livre de Boece de Consolacion (index Consolation of Philosophy; De Consolatione

• Detail of a miniature of Jean de Meun presenting his translation to the French king Philippe IV the Fair., Le Livre de Boece de Consolacion (index Consolation of Philosophy; De Consolatione Philosophiae) (Book 1)

Large decorated foliate initials in colours and gold. Small initials, paraph marks and line fillers in gold on red or blue grounds. Cadels. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Le Livre de Boece de Consolacion (index Consolation of Philosophy; De Consolatione

• Detail of a miniature of the personification of Philosophy., Le Livre de Boece de Consolacion (index Consolation of Philosophy; De Consolatione Philosophiae) (Book 4)

Large decorated foliate initials, in colours and gold. Small initials, paraph marks and line fillers in gold on red or blue grounds. Cadels. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Le Livre de Boece de Consolacion (index Consolation of Philosophy; De Consolatione

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'D' and the lower border of the folio with a miniature of a man burying jars of gold coins., Le Livre de Boece de Consolacion (index Consolation of Philosophy; De Consolatione Philosophiae) (Book 5)

Large decorated foliate initials, in colours and gold. Small initials, paraph marks and line fillers in gold on red or blue grounds. Cadels. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Le Livre de Boece de Consolacion (index Consolation of Philosophy; De Consolatione

• Detail of a miniature of Philosophy., Le Livre de Boece de Consolacion (index Consolation of Philosophy; De Consolatione Philosophiae) (Book 5)

Large decorated foliate initials, in colours and gold. Small initials, paraph marks and line fillers in gold on red or blue grounds. Cadels. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Le Livre de Boece de Consolacion (index Consolation of Philosophy; De Consolatione

• Detail of illluminated initial., Jugurtha (ff. 1-54), Catilina (ff. 55-81v)

a wreath, in colours and gold (f. 1). 1 large map of the world (f. 9v). Small initials in plain blue. Jugurtha (ff. 1-54), Catilina (ff. 55-81v) Written in Fabriano in 1477: with a scribal colophon, 'Finis Catalinarii in fabriano

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'E'(cce)., Miscellany, including the Prick of Conscience and the Expanded Northern Homily Cycle

the Prick of Conscience (IMEV 3428.44), and the Gospel of Nichodemus (IMEV 512). Large initials in gold on grounds of blue and pink with painted flourishes at the beginning of each new narrative section. Cadels in ink including faces of

• Detail of cadels with human and animal faces., Miscellany, including the Prick of Conscience and the Expanded Northern Homily Cycle

the Prick of Conscience (IMEV 3428.44), and the Gospel of Nichodemus (IMEV 512). Large initials in gold on grounds of blue and pink with painted flourishes at the beginning of each new narrative section. Cadels in ink including faces of

• Detail of cadels in the Gospel of Nichodemus with faces, abstract shapes, and on the left, part of a fish.., Miscellany, including the Prick of Conscience and the Expanded Northern Homily Cycle

the Prick of Conscience (IMEV 3428.44), and the Gospel of Nichodemus (IMEV 512). Large initials in gold on grounds of blue and pink with painted flourishes at the beginning of each new narrative section. Cadels in ink including faces of

• Detail of text page., Miscellany, including the Prick of Conscience and the Expanded Northern Homily Cycle

the Prick of Conscience (IMEV 3428.44), and the Gospel of Nichodemus (IMEV 512). Large initials in gold on grounds of blue and pink with painted flourishes at the beginning of each new narrative section. Cadels in ink including faces of

• Detail of illuminated initial 'A' and lower border with angels., Le Livre de Boece de Consolacion (index Consolation of Philosophy; De Consolatione Philosophiae) (Book 1)

Large decorated foliate initials in colours and gold. Small initials, paraph marks and line fillers in gold on red or blue grounds. Cadels. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Le Livre de Boece de Consolacion (index Consolation of Philosophy; De Consolatione

• White vine initial 'E'(t si) with the head of a ?bird, wreath enclosing unidentified arms in the lower margin at the beginning of the Rhetorica ad Herennium., Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)(ff. 1-76), Synonyma ad Lucium Veturium (ff. 77-93), Epitaph of St Bernardino (f. 93v)

wreath enclosing an unidentified coat of arms in the lower margin (f. 1). Smaller coloured initials in alternating red and blue. Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)(ff. 1-76), Synonyma ad Lucium Veturium (ff. 77-93), Epitaph of St

• Colophon of Johannes Jacobus de Balbis and ownership inscription of Cornelius Balbus., Satires (index Saturae, Satirae)

is a blank, ruled paper leaf with a 16th- or 17th- century(?) inscription. 1 large blue initial with red pen-flourishing (f. 1). 13 smaller red initials (ff. 4v, 7v, 14, 17v, 20v, 34, 38v, 54v, 58v, 61, 64, 66v, 67).