• Historiated initial with a man in profile combined with a full foliate border with birds, coats of arms, a crown, an angel, a lion and putti. The arms of the first owner, Francesco I Sforza, appear in places under those of Goffredo Caroli (early 16th-century addition)., Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi

a man in profile combined with a full foliate border with birds, coats of arms, a lion and putti (f. 1). 42 white vine initials in gold and colours (ff. 7, 16, 19v, 22, 26v, 30, 32v, 35, 38, 39,

• Decorated initial 'V'(ide) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the list of capitula to Augustine's De civitate dei (index City of God)., List of capitula to Augustine's De civitate dei (index City of God)

De civitate dei (index City of God). Large initial with reserved lines and red pen-flourishing (f. 1). Capitals marked in yellow. List of capitula to Augustine's De civitate dei (index City of God) John Gibson (fl. 1720-1726), dealer; sold to

• The arms of Pope Pius II in the lower margin at the beginning of Strabo's De situ orbis , in the Latin translation of Guarino da Verona., De situ orbis (index Geographica)

start of that of the next scribe, resulting in blank pages being left mid-sentence. Heraldic arms and partial border (f. 1). De situ orbis (index Geographica) Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini (index Enea Silvio Piccolomini) (b. 1405 d. 1464): with his arms

• Detail of decorated initial., Register of possessions and rents of the Pirckheimer family of Nuremberg, beginning in 1398

history, beginning his research in 1463 (see inscription on f. 37v).Numerous blank ruled unfoliated parchment leaves: 1 after f. 14, 7 after f. 16, 1 after f. 23, 6 after f. 25, 2 after f. 29, 3 after f. 30,

• Decorated initial 'E'(xistincabant) and foliate borders including hybrid figures, a monkey, birds, a butterfly and a garter with the inscribed motto 'Honi soit qui mal y pense' in the lower margin., Order of the Garter

n. 246). 1 large decorated initial with a full foliate border including hybrid figures, animals, birds, and a garter with the inscribed motto 'Honi soit qui mal y pense' in the lower margin, in colours and gold (f. 1). 18

• Decorated initials, in the Register of possessions and rents of the Pirckheimer family of Nuremberg, with additions by the hand of Hans Pirckheimer dated from 1381 to 1463., Register of possessions and rents of the Pirckheimer family of Nuremberg, beginning in 1398

history, beginning his research in 1463 (see inscription on f. 37v).Numerous blank ruled unfoliated parchment leaves: 1 after f. 14, 7 after f. 16, 1 after f. 23, 6 after f. 25, 2 after f. 29, 3 after f. 30,

• Detail of decorated initials., Register of possessions and rents of the Pirckheimer family of Nuremberg, beginning in 1398

history, beginning his research in 1463 (see inscription on f. 37v).Numerous blank ruled unfoliated parchment leaves: 1 after f. 14, 7 after f. 16, 1 after f. 23, 6 after f. 25, 2 after f. 29, 3 after f. 30,

• Table of Virtues in the form of a tree, with coats of arms, a partial rinceaux border, and two wild men wielding clubs., Ethica (index Ethics); De quatuor virtutibus (index On the Four Virtues)

Diagrams in red or black ink (ff. 50v, 51). 1 large initial in colours and gold with foliate motifs and a partial border with rinceaux decoration in the outer margin (f. 1). Another large initial in colours and gold and

• Detail of coloured drawings at the beginning of Le Temple de Boccace, with an angel addressing the author, Georges Chastellain (index George Chastelain), asleep on a bench, with a scroll inscribed 'lieve toy subz o George' in the upper register and, in the lower register, the author addressing the queen Margaret of Anjou to whom he dedicated his work. Puzzle initial 'U'(ne) with pen-flourishing enclosing an unidentified coat of arms., Various works including Le Quadrilogue (ff. 2v-24), Le Temple de Boccace (ff. 25-64v), Traité de noblesse (ff. 65-93v)

Burgundian courts. Unidentified arms (f. 25).Charles de Lalaing (d. 1626), count of Hoogstraeten (index Hoochstraten), S. Netherlands: added inscription (f. 1), and ownership inscription followed by a list of contents in his hand (f. 125v).Nathaniel Noel (fl. 1681, d. c.

• Coloured drawings at the beginning of Le Temple de Boccace, with an angel addressing the author, Georges Chastellain (index George Chastelain), asleep on a bench, with a scroll inscribed 'lieve toy subz o George' in the upper register and, in the lower register, the author addressing the queen Margaret of Anjou to whom he dedicated his work. Puzzle initial 'U'(ne) with pen-flourishing enclosing an unidentified coat of arms., Various works including Le Quadrilogue (ff. 2v-24), Le Temple de Boccace (ff. 25-64v), Traité de noblesse (ff. 65-93v)

Burgundian courts. Unidentified arms (f. 25).Charles de Lalaing (d. 1626), count of Hoogstraeten (index Hoochstraten), S. Netherlands: added inscription (f. 1), and ownership inscription followed by a list of contents in his hand (f. 125v).Nathaniel Noel (fl. 1681, d. c.

• Illuminated white vine initial 'C'(um) with a three-sided border incorporating birds and putti holding an escutcheon (the arms erased), at the beginning of Justinus's Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi., Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi

unlikely to date before about 1465. 1 large white vine initial in colours and gold, with a three-sided white vine border incorporating birds, and putti holding an escutcheon (the arms erased) (f. 3). 1 large initial in colours and gold

• Last page of Justinus's Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi, with the colophon by the Florentine scribe Amerigo Corsini (b. 1452, d. 1501: ‘Haec iustini volumina amerigus corsinus transcripsit., Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi

unlikely to date before about 1465. 1 large white vine initial in colours and gold, with a three-sided white vine border incorporating birds, and putti holding an escutcheon (the arms erased) (f. 3). 1 large initial in colours and gold

• Detail of illuminated initial and upper border., Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi

unlikely to date before about 1465. 1 large white vine initial in colours and gold, with a three-sided white vine border incorporating birds, and putti holding an escutcheon (the arms erased) (f. 3). 1 large initial in colours and gold

• Detail of lower border., Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi

unlikely to date before about 1465. 1 large white vine initial in colours and gold, with a three-sided white vine border incorporating birds, and putti holding an escutcheon (the arms erased) (f. 3). 1 large initial in colours and gold

• Detail of text., Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi

unlikely to date before about 1465. 1 large white vine initial in colours and gold, with a three-sided white vine border incorporating birds, and putti holding an escutcheon (the arms erased) (f. 3). 1 large initial in colours and gold

• Detail of illuminated initial., Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi

unlikely to date before about 1465. 1 large white vine initial in colours and gold, with a three-sided white vine border incorporating birds, and putti holding an escutcheon (the arms erased) (f. 3). 1 large initial in colours and gold

• Detail of heraldry., Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi

unlikely to date before about 1465. 1 large white vine initial in colours and gold, with a three-sided white vine border incorporating birds, and putti holding an escutcheon (the arms erased) (f. 3). 1 large initial in colours and gold

• Text page., Gospels

Andrés, 1968). The monastery San Lorenzo el Real, El Escorial, in 1809: inscription 'San Lorenzo el R. del Escorial' (f. 1) (see also Andrés, 1968). Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical scholar.Acquired by the British Museum as part

• Text page., Gospels

Andrés, 1968). The monastery San Lorenzo el Real, El Escorial, in 1809: inscription 'San Lorenzo el R. del Escorial' (f. 1) (see also Andrés, 1968). Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical scholar.Acquired by the British Museum as part

• Incipit with red infill, in the Council of Gangra., Dionisio-Hadriana

Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIII.6.9’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of