• Decorated initial with flowers, and border including mottos., Le livre des quatre vertus (De quatuor virtutibus) (ff. 1-28v); Le livre de vieillesse (De senectute) (ff. 30-129v) and Le livre de amitié (De amicitia) (ff. 130-192v); Letter of Bernard of Clairvaux (ff. 193-195v); Hymn to the Virgin (ff. 196-199)

and gold (ff. 1, 30, 107). 7 smaller decorated foliate initials with three-sided foliate borders including scrolls and a few also the heraldic arms, in colours and gold (ff. 33, 44, 53, 63, 85v, 124, 126v); 1 page missing after

• Decorated line-fillers., Le livre des quatre vertus (De quatuor virtutibus) (ff. 1-28v); Le livre de vieillesse (De senectute) (ff. 30-129v) and Le livre de amitié (De amicitia) (ff. 130-192v); Letter of Bernard of Clairvaux (ff. 193-195v); Hymn to the Virgin (ff. 196-199)

and gold (ff. 1, 30, 107). 7 smaller decorated foliate initials with three-sided foliate borders including scrolls and a few also the heraldic arms, in colours and gold (ff. 33, 44, 53, 63, 85v, 124, 126v); 1 page missing after

• Miniature of Cicero debating the nature of friendship and border with mottos., Le livre des quatre vertus (De quatuor virtutibus) (ff. 1-28v); Le livre de vieillesse (De senectute) (ff. 30-129v) and Le livre de amitié (De amicitia) (ff. 130-192v); Letter of Bernard of Clairvaux (ff. 193-195v); Hymn to the Virgin (ff. 196-199)

and gold (ff. 1, 30, 107). 7 smaller decorated foliate initials with three-sided foliate borders including scrolls and a few also the heraldic arms, in colours and gold (ff. 33, 44, 53, 63, 85v, 124, 126v); 1 page missing after

• Calendar page for September, on the left, and for August (bound upside down) on the right., Almanac, with a calendar, and tables for the calculation of eclipses and of the moon's influence

Cambridge in 1717): inscription 'Tho. Baker, Coll. Jo. Socius ejectus' (f. 2).Various inscriptions, including 'henry' (ff. 21-22v).? Shelfmark 'LLg No. 1' (f. 1).William Petty (~formerly~ Fitzmaurice) (b. 1737, d. 1805), 2nd earl of Shelburne and 1st marquess of Lansdowne, prime

• Detail of decorated initial., Ovidii Metamorphoseon fabularum narratio, and other mythological texts

surmounted by a lion's head (f. 1). Guide letters. Ovidii Metamorphoseon fabularum narratio, and other mythological texts ‘Mithologeiarum liber feliciter finit anno domini M .CCCC.LXII’ (f. 185v). The Donati family of Venice, (arms, f. 1). Unidentified owner: included in the

• Detail of heraldry., Ovidii Metamorphoseon fabularum narratio, and other mythological texts

surmounted by a lion's head (f. 1). Guide letters. Ovidii Metamorphoseon fabularum narratio, and other mythological texts ‘Mithologeiarum liber feliciter finit anno domini M .CCCC.LXII’ (f. 185v). The Donati family of Venice, (arms, f. 1). Unidentified owner: included in the

• null, Almanac, with a calendar, and tables for the calculation of eclipses and of the moon's influence

Cambridge in 1717): inscription 'Tho. Baker, Coll. Jo. Socius ejectus' (f. 2).Various inscriptions, including 'henry' (ff. 21-22v).? Shelfmark 'LLg No. 1' (f. 1).William Petty (~formerly~ Fitzmaurice) (b. 1737, d. 1805), 2nd earl of Shelburne and 1st marquess of Lansdowne, prime

• Decorated initial 'C'(armina) with acanthus leaves and naturalistic flowers at the beginning of the text., De Consolatione Philosophiae (index Consolation of Philosophy)

in gold and colours with acanthus leaves and naturalistic flowers extending into the margins at the beginning of book 1 (f. 1). A very large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in the same colours at the beginning

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

some framed or marked in red.Italian manuscript with initials 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

• null, Fragment of a legal text

17th-century unilluminated poems by Protestant prisoners. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in red (f. 2). Paraph marks in plain red or blue. Fragment of a legal text Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet,

• Decorated initial 'R'(es) at the beginning of William of Malmesbury's Gesta regum Anglorum., Gesta regum Anglorum, imperfect

Decorated initial 'R'(es) at the beginning of William of Malmesbury's Gesta regum Anglorum. 1 large red initial with green, red, blue, and brown foliate decoration (f. 1). 6 large initials in red (often oxidised) or green, mostly simple, but some

• null, Speculum humanae salvationis; Register of the history of the Old Testatment

Large initials in red, some with penwork decoration. Highlighting of letters in red. Speculum humanae salvationis; Register of the history of the Old Testatment The Cistercian nunnery of St Mary and St Mauritius, Medingen, lower Saxony: inscription 'Liber sanctae

• Three decorated initials 'M'(are), 'N'(ili) and 'A'(er); in the lower half of the image are the remains of f. 2., De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii, Book VIII (De astronomia also known as Hipparchus), imperfect (ff. 1-33v); two smaller texts (ff. 33v-39)

the lower margin of the verso of the last leaf of the quires); later medieval (?) leaf marks (in quire 1 the ff. 1-3 are foliated 'f.ii'-'f.iiii'; in quires 2-5 the first four leaves respectively are marked 'a', 'ai', 'aii',

• Pen-flourished initial 'D'(ignum), with a partial border and a shield with the coat of arms of the Duchy of Cleves., Commentary on Lucan's Pharsalia (index In Pharsaliam Lucani)

with the coat of arms of the Duchy of Cleves. f. 1 is a parchment flyleaf.f. 2 is a paper title page.Watermark of a 'Tête de boeuf', similar to C. M. Briquet, ~Les Filigranes: Dictionnaire historique des marques du papier

• Illuminated initial with penwork decoration, including an added sketch of a king, at the beginning of the Opus qui Candelabrum nominatur; in the lower margin heraldic arms added., Candelabrum, followed by a list of chapters (ff. 77-80)

Candelabrum nominatur; in the lower margin heraldic arms added. 1 large initial in blue with reserved designs and penwork decoration in brown, including an added sketch of a king (f. 1). 7 spaces for large illuminated initials (ff. 10, 23,

• Detail of illuminated initial., Candelabrum, followed by a list of chapters (ff. 77-80)

Detail of illuminated initial. 1 large initial in blue with reserved designs and penwork decoration in brown, including an added sketch of a king (f. 1). 7 spaces for large illuminated initials (ff. 10, 23, 32v, 39, 46v, 55, 65).

• Decorated initial and letters., Homiliae in numeri 15-19

transferred there in 1638, with a 18th century French note regarding the manuscript’s provenance (f. ir-v), and 'No. 197' (f. 1, lower left corner).? The abbey of St-Laurence (18th century French note regarding the manuscript’s provenance, f. ir-v).Charles Burney (b.

• Decorated initial 'C'(haos) with white vine decoration, at the beginning of the text by Lactantius, Ovidii Metamorphoseon fabularum narratio, and the arms of the Donati family of Venice with an animal head above the shield., Ovidii Metamorphoseon fabularum narratio, and other mythological texts

surmounted by a lion's head (f. 1). Guide letters. Ovidii Metamorphoseon fabularum narratio, and other mythological texts ‘Mithologeiarum liber feliciter finit anno domini M .CCCC.LXII’ (f. 185v). The Donati family of Venice, (arms, f. 1). Unidentified owner: included in the

• White vine initial 'C'(um), at the beginning of Frontinus's Strategemata., Strategemata (index Strategematica)

White vine initial 'C'(um), at the beginning of Frontinus's Strategemata. 1 large white vine initial, in colours and gold, extending into a partial border (f. 1). Small initials in plain red. Strategemata (index Strategematica) Written in 1461: with the scribal

• null, Catilina (ff. 1-45v), Jugurtha (ff. 45v-134)

in colours and gold (ff. 1, 45v). Square capitals used as display script. Catilina (ff. 1-45v), Jugurtha (ff. 45v-134) ? Written by Gaspar of Verona (b. c.1400, d. 1474), professor of rhetoric and biographer of Pope Paul II (on whom