• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(ominus) of the Virgin and Child, with the donor, Thomas Besforde, in a Benedictine habit with a scroll reading 'In te confidit a[n]i[m]a / mea', in the margin.', Commentary on Wisdom

full border in colours and gold, at the beginning of the text (f. 1). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red or blue. Some catchwords in decorated frames. Commentary on Wisdom John of Lutton, written by him: his

• Historiated initial 'D'(ominus) of the Virgin and Child, with the donor, Thomas Besforde, in a Benedictine habit with a scroll reading 'In te confidit a[n]i[m]a / mea', in the margin, with a full border containing a dragon and two shields with arms of the Reading abbey (three escallops) and of the donor (a fesse between six pears)., Commentary on Wisdom

full border in colours and gold, at the beginning of the text (f. 1). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red or blue. Some catchwords in decorated frames. Commentary on Wisdom John of Lutton, written by him: his

• Partialy repainted miniature of Jean, duke of Berry receiving the book from the author, Honoré Bouvet, in a prior's habit with a blue hood, with a full border with Jean's arms, and a foliate initial 'A'( la sainte), at the beginning of the dedicatory letter to Charles VI of France., L'Arbre des batailles

repainted miniature of Jean, duke of Berry receiving the book from the author, Honoré Bouvet, in a prior's habit with a blue hood, with a full border with Jean's arms, and a foliate initial 'A'( la sainte), at the beginning

• Illuminated initials., Il Canzoniere

foliate border, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 34). Smaller initials in gold on red and/or blue grounds. Paraph marks in plain red or blue. Capital letters at the beginning of each line highlighted in yellow. Attributed to Cristoforo Cortese

• Detail of historiated initial., Il Canzoniere

foliate border, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 34). Smaller initials in gold on red and/or blue grounds. Paraph marks in plain red or blue. Capital letters at the beginning of each line highlighted in yellow. Attributed to Cristoforo Cortese

• Detail of miniature., Il Canzoniere

foliate border, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 34). Smaller initials in gold on red and/or blue grounds. Paraph marks in plain red or blue. Capital letters at the beginning of each line highlighted in yellow. Attributed to Cristoforo Cortese

• Detail of historiated initial., Il Canzoniere

foliate border, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 34). Smaller initials in gold on red and/or blue grounds. Paraph marks in plain red or blue. Capital letters at the beginning of each line highlighted in yellow. Attributed to Cristoforo Cortese

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) with David playing a harp and foliate borders, at the beginning of the Psalms., Breviary, Use of Sarum, including a Psalter with a litany (ff. 181-243v)

the litany (f. 240). Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (2 lines) in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. Small initials in plain red or blue. Decorated catchwords. Breviary, Use of Sarum, including a Psalter with

• Illuminated initial 'K'(yrie) and marginal drawing of a fox and an ape, at the beginning of the litany., Breviary, Use of Sarum, including a Psalter with a litany (ff. 181-243v)

the litany (f. 240). Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (2 lines) in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. Small initials in plain red or blue. Decorated catchwords. Breviary, Use of Sarum, including a Psalter with

• Detail of historiated initial 'B'(eatus)with David harping at the beginning of the Psalms., Breviary, Use of Sarum, including a Psalter with a litany (ff. 181-243v)

the litany (f. 240). Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (2 lines) in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. Small initials in plain red or blue. Decorated catchwords. Breviary, Use of Sarum, including a Psalter with

• Illuminated initial., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book) from Edward III to Richard II

large initials in gold on red and blue grounds with foliate extensions into the margins (ff. 2, 14). Smaller initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. Paraph marks in plain red or blue. Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta

• Initial with foliate designs, initials with penwork flourishing, and full border., Breviary, Use of Sarum, including a Psalter with a litany (ff. 181-243v)

the litany (f. 240). Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (2 lines) in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. Small initials in plain red or blue. Decorated catchwords. Breviary, Use of Sarum, including a Psalter with

• Historiated initial 'V'(oi) at the beginning of Petrarch's Il Canzoniere, with an image of Petrarch, shown before a lectern with an open book before him in the bowl of the initial, and a miniature on the right-hand side of the page of Petrarch's muse, Laura, beside a laurel tree, framed with a three-sided border made up of foliate scrolls and gold balls., Il Canzoniere

foliate border, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 34). Smaller initials in gold on red and/or blue grounds. Paraph marks in plain red or blue. Capital letters at the beginning of each line highlighted in yellow. Attributed to Cristoforo Cortese

• Historiated initial 'I'(vo) of Petrarch holding a closed book, and a foliate border with gold balls, at the beginning of Petrarch's 264th canzone., Il Canzoniere

foliate border, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 34). Smaller initials in gold on red and/or blue grounds. Paraph marks in plain red or blue. Capital letters at the beginning of each line highlighted in yellow. Attributed to Cristoforo Cortese

• A diagram of Old Testament genealogy, including Noah, with diagrams of the world and Noah's ark., Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Edward VI (the Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England)

grounds, with brown pen-flourishing extending into the margins (f. 1v). Small initials in blue with red pen-flourishing or in red with brown pen-flourishing. Line-fillers in red and/or blue. Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Edward VI (the

• A diagram of the genealogy of the kings of England, including Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI, Edward IV, Richard III, and Henry VII., Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Edward VI (the Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England)

grounds, with brown pen-flourishing extending into the margins (f. 1v). Small initials in blue with red pen-flourishing or in red with brown pen-flourishing. Line-fillers in red and/or blue. Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Edward VI (the

• Detail of a historiated initial of a lover presenting his verses to a lady., 49 love sonnets

fire with raindrops, in the right margin (f. 1). Small initials in gold with red or purple pen-flourishing or in blue with red or purple pen-flourishing or in silver with purple pen-flourishing. 1 small initial in gold with a woman's

• Decorated initial 'A' at the beginning of Augustine's Sermones., Various texts including Augustine's Sermones (index Sermons)(ff. 1-107); 'Vitis mystica' (ff. 108-152v); 'De septem columpnis' (ff. 153-159), and Griselda (index Decameron)(ff. 223-228v)

with foliate patterns and enclosing red and green penwork. Large initial in blue with reserved designs,with foliate patterns and flowers in colours (f. 108). Large initial in blue outlined with gold, with red penwork decoration and a green wash (f.

• Detail of a coloured drawing with knights jousting, including Tristan, designated by an inscribed 'Ti'., Roman de Tristan in prose (index Tristram) (imperfect)

5 large puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in the same colours (ff. 35v, 46v, 51, 58v, 61v). Display initials with penwork decoration (f. 2). Coloured initials in alternating red or blue. Roman de Tristan in prose (index

• Large miniature of Tarquinus and Lucrecia at the beginning of book 6. Full border copied from f. 88v, with acanthus leaves, flowers, fruits and gold leaves on unpainted ground, inhabited by a man climbing on a vine and a hybrid wrestling a bear. Decorated initial 'U'(nde) in gold and blue, and an original 15th-century initial 'D'(ux) which was cut-out from the original folio and pasted onto the present folio., Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens (index Memorabilia, index Facta et Dicta Memorabilia), replacement folio

inhabited by a man climbing on a vine and a hybrid wrestling a bear. Decorated initial 'U'(nde) in gold and blue, and an original 15th-century initial 'D'(ux) which was cut-out from the original folio and pasted onto the present folio.