• Illuminated initial 'H'(istoria) with interlace motifs., Historia (1-222v) and Five Books of Commentaries on the Acts of the Church (ff. 223-296)

in blue with red and gold pen-flourishing (f. 273v). Small initials in red with blue or purple penwork decoration or pen-flourishing, and in blue with red or gold penwork decoration or pen-flourishing. Smaller plain initials in red or blue. Rubrics

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'H'(istoria) with interlace motifs and a smaller initial with penwork decoration., Historia (1-222v) and Five Books of Commentaries on the Acts of the Church (ff. 223-296)

in blue with red and gold pen-flourishing (f. 273v). Small initials in red with blue or purple penwork decoration or pen-flourishing, and in blue with red or gold penwork decoration or pen-flourishing. Smaller plain initials in red or blue. Rubrics

• Partial border with a large initial 'C'(um) with a series of faces in profile and thirteen smaller initials with penwork decoration., Historia (1-222v) and Five Books of Commentaries on the Acts of the Church (ff. 223-296)

in blue with red and gold pen-flourishing (f. 273v). Small initials in red with blue or purple penwork decoration or pen-flourishing, and in blue with red or gold penwork decoration or pen-flourishing. Smaller plain initials in red or blue. Rubrics

• Detail of illuminated initials 'Q'(uatuor) and 'B'(ello) with interlace motifs., Historia (1-222v) and Five Books of Commentaries on the Acts of the Church (ff. 223-296)

in blue with red and gold pen-flourishing (f. 273v). Small initials in red with blue or purple penwork decoration or pen-flourishing, and in blue with red or gold penwork decoration or pen-flourishing. Smaller plain initials in red or blue. Rubrics

• Illuminated initials 'Q'(uatuor) and 'B'(ello) with interlace motifs., Historia (1-222v) and Five Books of Commentaries on the Acts of the Church (ff. 223-296)

in blue with red and gold pen-flourishing (f. 273v). Small initials in red with blue or purple penwork decoration or pen-flourishing, and in blue with red or gold penwork decoration or pen-flourishing. Smaller plain initials in red or blue. Rubrics

• Puzzle initial 'D'(e) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Gautier Agilon's Somme de diverses maladies., La somme de diverses maladies

pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Gautier Agilon's Somme de diverses maladies. 2 large puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red (ff. 2, 5). Smaller and small initials in plain red, a few with reserved designs.

• Detail of a miniature in colours and gold showing Pliny writing in his study and a landscape with animals, rivers, the sea, sun and moon., Historia naturalis (index Natural history)

yellow, gold or white on a red, green or blue panel. Initials in gold on a ground combining blue, red and green (from f. 91). Coloured initials in gold or blue (ff. 11-20v). Historia naturalis (index Natural history) Aeneas Silvius

• Detail of a white vine initial 'M'., Historia naturalis (index Natural history)

yellow, gold or white on a red, green or blue panel. Initials in gold on a ground combining blue, red and green (from f. 91). Coloured initials in gold or blue (ff. 11-20v). Historia naturalis (index Natural history) Aeneas Silvius

• Detail of arms from the lower border of the folio., Historia naturalis (index Natural history)

yellow, gold or white on a red, green or blue panel. Initials in gold on a ground combining blue, red and green (from f. 91). Coloured initials in gold or blue (ff. 11-20v). Historia naturalis (index Natural history) Aeneas Silvius

• Miniature in colours and gold showing Pliny writing in his study and a landscape with animals, rivers, the sea, sun and moon; text with a decorative initial 'M', and decorated borders with a coat of arms., Historia naturalis (index Natural history)

yellow, gold or white on a red, green or blue panel. Initials in gold on a ground combining blue, red and green (from f. 91). Coloured initials in gold or blue (ff. 11-20v). Historia naturalis (index Natural history) Aeneas Silvius

• Puzzle initial 'V'(alerii), and fifteenth-century ownership inscription and pressmark of the Benedictine abbey of Santa Maria ad Martyres extra Muros, Trier., Commentarius in Valerium Maximum; Facta et dicta memorabilia

Benedictine abbey of Santa Maria ad Martyres extra Muros, Trier. 1 large puzzle initial in blue and red with red pen-flourishing (f. 1). 9 smaller blue and red puzzle initials with red pen-flourishing (ff. 2, 54v, 95v, 126v, 153, 183,

• Decorated initial 'C'(um), and, in the lower margin, the initials 'R. R.' and arms of Roger Rotherham, azure, on a mount, three pointed, vert, a stag in full course or., Strategemata (index Strategematica, De re militari)

to f. 62v.Vertical catchwords. 1 large initial 'C'(um) in blue and purple on a gold ground, and arms in colours and gold in the lower margin (f. 1). Plain initials in blue or red. Rubrics in red. Strategemata (index Strategematica,

• Detail of the lower margin, with initials 'R. R.' and arms of Roger Rotherham, azure, on a mount, three pointed, vert, a stag in full course or., Strategemata (index Strategematica, De re militari)

to f. 62v.Vertical catchwords. 1 large initial 'C'(um) in blue and purple on a gold ground, and arms in colours and gold in the lower margin (f. 1). Plain initials in blue or red. Rubrics in red. Strategemata (index Strategematica,

• Illuminated initial 'P'(hilopolus)., Poems (index Poemata); Laphra (a comedy)

initial in gold on a pink and green ground, 'P'(hilopolus) (f. 36v). Initials alternating in red or blue. Rubrics and protagonists names in red. Poems (index Poemata); Laphra (a comedy) Written by the author, Giovanni Mario Filelfo (b. 1426, d.

• Decorated initial 'A'(lvredus) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of book 6., Polychronicon (to the 25th year in the reign of Henry VI, i.e. 1445), including 2 extracts from the Latin Brut Chronicle of England (ff. 227-228v) (imperfect)

(f. 37v). 5 initials in blue with blue, red and dark purple pen-flourishing extending into the margins at the beginning of each book (ff. 10, 32, 64, 89, 140v). Coloured initials in red or blue. Polychronicon (to the 25th year

• Decorated initial 'P'(ost) with foliate decoration including acanthus leaves combined with a three-sided border at the beginning of the prologue., Polychronicon to c. 1400 (imperfect)

117, 143v, 163v) or large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in red and purple (f. 94v) at the beginning of each book. Numerous smaller initials in blue with red pen-flourishing including foliate decoration and flowers. Polychronicon to

• Pen-flourished initial 'I'(n dei nomine amen)., The Endowment and Orders of Sherington’s Chantry, founded in Saint Paul’s Church, London

chapel in Saint Paul's Church, London. 5 large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing (ff. 1, 2, 9, 10v, 11v). Marginal notations and rubrics in red. Paraphs in red or blue. The Endowment and Orders of Sherington’s Chantry, founded in

• null, Chronica pontificum et imperatorum, ending imperfectly

i recto. Large initials in blue with red flourishing and foliate infill, or red with brown flourishing and infill, at the start of texts and major divisions. Small initials similar but simpler. Chronica pontificum et imperatorum, ending imperfectly Medieval ownership(?)

• null, Chronica pontificum et imperatorum, ending imperfectly

i recto. Large initials in blue with red flourishing and foliate infill, or red with brown flourishing and infill, at the start of texts and major divisions. Small initials similar but simpler. Chronica pontificum et imperatorum, ending imperfectly Medieval ownership(?)

• Miniature of a king enthroned surrounded by courtiers with Sir William Herbert and his wife, Anne Devereux wearing clothes decorated with their coats of arms, kneeling before him, with a full border with a scroll inscribed with William Herbert's and his wife's mottos reading 'e las sy longuement', and 'De toute'; a foliate initials 'O'(mighty), at the beginning of the Troy Book; and the arms of William Herbert and Anne Devereux with mottos, between the column of the text., Troy Book (ff. 6-146); Siege of Thebes (ff. 147v-162)

6), or partial borders (ff. 30v, 66v, 95, 128) and foliate initials in colours and gold. Initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white and marginal foliate extensions. Cadels (e.g., ff. 86v-87). Troy Book (ff.