• Detail of a miniature of Juliana beating the devil, with an illuminated initial 'I'(ulienne), at the beginning of her legend., The Golden Legend (La Légende Dorée)

of vols 1 and 2); his sale, 31 July 1844. Sir Thomas Brooke, Armitage Bridge: his book-plate (inside upper cover, vols 1 and 2). G. I. Ellis, London bookseller: cutting of his catalogue, no. 79 (pasted in vol. 1 to

• Historiated initial 'S'(ororem) with a man reading (Terence?), and full border of acanthus and flowers on unpainted ground, with a bird, and an angel holding unidentified arms., Comoediae (index comedies), preceded by arguments and prologues: Andria (ff. 1-23v), Eunuchus (ff. 23v-47), Heauton tirorumenos (ff. 47-68v), Adelphoe (ff. 68v-88v), Hecyra (ff. 88v-106), Phormio (ff. 106v-128)

coat of arms (f. 1). A large initial in gold on blue and red panel at the beginning of each subsequent comedy (ff. 23v, 47, 68v, 88v, 106v). Smaller initial on a coloured panel (f. 1). Coloured initials and paraphs

• null, De amicitia

1 large initial, in blue with infill and flourishing in red (f. 1). Paraphs in red or blue. De amicitia Unidentified reader, 16th century: at the end of the text is added 'Virginis intacte cum veneris ante figuram/ Pretereundo cave.

• Illuminated initial 'G'(od) at the beginning of John Lydgate and Benedict Burgh's Secrets of the Philosophers., Secrets of Philosophers

of Burgundy (b. 1446, d. 1503), Yorkist matriarch and mediator. 1 3-sided foliate border in colours and gold and 1 large initial in colours on a gold ground (f. 1). Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds with

• Illuminated initials 'A' in John Lydgate and Benedict Burgh's Secrets of the Philosophers., Secrets of Philosophers

of Burgundy (b. 1446, d. 1503), Yorkist matriarch and mediator. 1 3-sided foliate border in colours and gold and 1 large initial in colours on a gold ground (f. 1). Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds with

• Illuminated initials 'A's in John Lydgate and Benedict Burgh's Secrets of the Philosophers., Secrets of Philosophers

of Burgundy (b. 1446, d. 1503), Yorkist matriarch and mediator. 1 3-sided foliate border in colours and gold and 1 large initial in colours on a gold ground (f. 1). Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds with

• Illuminated initial 'G'(od) at the beginning of John Lydgate and Benedict Burgh's Secrets of the Philosophers., Secrets of Philosophers

of Burgundy (b. 1446, d. 1503), Yorkist matriarch and mediator. 1 3-sided foliate border in colours and gold and 1 large initial in colours on a gold ground (f. 1). Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds with

• Illuminated initials 'A' in John Lydgate and Benedict Burgh's Secrets of the Philosophers., Secrets of Philosophers

of Burgundy (b. 1446, d. 1503), Yorkist matriarch and mediator. 1 3-sided foliate border in colours and gold and 1 large initial in colours on a gold ground (f. 1). Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds with

• 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)

Decorated initial 'L'(a) and border. 1 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

• Partial border of white foliage on a blue ground with an illuminated initial 'P'(artes)., Grammatical treatises

the lower margin of f. 1 has been trimmed off, probably to remove a coat of arms. Partial border of white foliage on a blue ground, perhaps a later addition, with an illuminated initial (f. 1). Numerous initials in red

• Pen-flourished initial 'O'(mnis)., Catilina (ff. 1-34v); Jugurtha (ff. 35-103)

Pen-flourished initial 'O'(mnis). Ruled in hardpoint. 1 large initial in blue with red pen-flourishing (f. 1). Catilina (ff. 1-34v); Jugurtha (ff. 35-103) Inscribed with the shelfmark: '156.D.22' (f. 1).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st

• White vine initial 'S'(emper)., Satires (index Saturae, Satirae)

White vine initial 'S'(emper). f. 1* is a parchment leaf.Lines ruled in ink. Vertical catchwords. 1 large white vine initial in colours and gold (f. 1). Plain initials in blue. Rubrics in red. Satires (index Saturae, Satirae) The Jesuit College

• White vine initial 'U'(trum) and an effaced coat of arms in the lower margin., De oratore (ff. 1-51v); Brutus (ff. 52-120v)

An effaced coat of arms on a gold ground in the lower margin (f. 1). 2 large white vine initials in colours and gold (ff. 1, 52). Incipits and explicits in red. De oratore (ff. 1-51v); Brutus (ff. 52-120v) Unidentified

• Decorated initial 'A'(ltus) at the beginning of a short preface to Terence's Andria, executed in red ink with a brown ink geometric pattern in the bowl., Andria, Eunuchus, Heautontimorumenos, Adelphi, Hecyra (fragment)

Andria, executed in red ink with a brown ink geometric pattern in the bowl. 1 large red initial decorated with black ink in the bowl (f. 1). Other large and small mostly very plain red initials. Andria, Eunuchus, Heautontimorumenos, Adelphi,

• Illuminated white vine initials 'A'(ntoni) and 'V'(xoris); guide-letters in the left margin; a catchword in the lower margin., Partenopeius

Hoepli, 1952). 1 miniature, in colours and gold, occupying the space left for a large initial, accompanied by a full inhabited border, with putti, birds, animals, etc., and heraldic arms and devices, in colours and gold (f. 1). Small white

• White vine initial 'M'(aiores), at the beginning of the book 7., De architectura

3-sided white vine border, in colours and gold (f. 1). 11 large white vine initials, in colours and gold, at the beginning of the prologue and of the 10 books (ff. 1, 2, 16v, 33v, 49, 54, 63v, 81v, 95v,

• Detail of illuminated initial., Philippica, omitting 5.12-6.6

as used between 1433 and 1530 (f. 1); foliated and inscribed 'scrite 122', 15th century (f. 123; cf. Burney 159).? Mario Maffei (b. 1463, d. 1537): inscribed 'No. 325.', 18th century (f. 1; cf. Burney 144 and Burney 160, both

• Detail of illuminated initial., Philippica, omitting 5.12-6.6

as used between 1433 and 1530 (f. 1); foliated and inscribed 'scrite 122', 15th century (f. 123; cf. Burney 159).? Mario Maffei (b. 1463, d. 1537): inscribed 'No. 325.', 18th century (f. 1; cf. Burney 144 and Burney 160, both

• Detail of heraldry., Philippica, omitting 5.12-6.6

as used between 1433 and 1530 (f. 1); foliated and inscribed 'scrite 122', 15th century (f. 123; cf. Burney 159).? Mario Maffei (b. 1463, d. 1537): inscribed 'No. 325.', 18th century (f. 1; cf. Burney 144 and Burney 160, both

• null, Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)(ff. 1-65); In Ciceronis libros de inventione (ff. 65-67)

Francisci Maturantij’ and 'Est mon(aster)ij S. Petri de Perusio sig. N^o^. 91' (f. 1, both partially erased); 'Simo(n) franc(iscus) not(ariu)s mo(naste)rij S(an)c(t)i petri', 16th century (f. 1); 'S. Petri de Perusio', 17th century (f. 18v); cf. Burney 88 and 96.Charles