• 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 'I'(inter)., De bello hispaniensis (Liber V: anno 1412 ad 1444) (index De bello Hispano libri quinque)

pasted onto f. [i]. 1 large initial in colours and gold with a foliate extension (f. 1). 3 initials in blue with red penwork decoration (ff. 1v, 28v, 53). 2 initials in red with purple penwork decoration (ff. 11v, 41).

• Initial 'H' with pen-work decoration., Collection of letters attributed to Hippocrates and others in Rinuccini's Latin translation, preceded by dedications to Cardinal Antonio de la Cerda y Llosa (elected 1448, d. 1459) and Pope Nicholas V (elected 1447, d. 1455) (ff. 1-1v)

of the 1907 edition with supplementary material, ed. by Allan Stevenson, 4 vols (Amsterdam: Paper Publications Society, 1968). Initials in blue with pen work decoration in red. Rubrics, initials and paraphs in red. Collection of letters attributed to Hippocrates and

• Title, encircled by a wreath and held by two putti., De re rustica

73, 87, 102, 114, 128, 139, 146, 167v, 192, 193, 218v (x2), 241v, 258v). Small initials in plain red or blue. De re rustica Spaces for arms left blank (ff. 1v, 2).Perhaps a direct copy of Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Urb.

• White vine initial 'S'(epenumero) and three-sided border, with white vine, putti, birds, butterflies, rabbits and portrait bust miniatures, at the beginning of De re rustica., De re rustica

73, 87, 102, 114, 128, 139, 146, 167v, 192, 193, 218v (x2), 241v, 258v). Small initials in plain red or blue. De re rustica Spaces for arms left blank (ff. 1v, 2).Perhaps a direct copy of Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Urb.

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

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 with decoration in the other colour or also with yellow

• Detail of a white vine initial 'S'(epenumero) and three-sided border, with white vine, putti, birds, butterflies, rabbits and portrait bust miniatures, at the beginning of De re rustica., De re rustica

73, 87, 102, 114, 128, 139, 146, 167v, 192, 193, 218v (x2), 241v, 258v). Small initials in plain red or blue. De re rustica Spaces for arms left blank (ff. 1v, 2).Perhaps a direct copy of Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Urb.

• Detail of the lower part of a three-sided border, with white vine, putti, birds, butterflies, rabbits and portrait bust miniatures, at the beginning of De re rustica., De re rustica

73, 87, 102, 114, 128, 139, 146, 167v, 192, 193, 218v (x2), 241v, 258v). Small initials in plain red or blue. De re rustica Spaces for arms left blank (ff. 1v, 2).Perhaps a direct copy of Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Urb.

• Detail of the title, encircled by a wreath and held by two putti., De re rustica

73, 87, 102, 114, 128, 139, 146, 167v, 192, 193, 218v (x2), 241v, 258v). Small initials in plain red or blue. De re rustica Spaces for arms left blank (ff. 1v, 2).Perhaps a direct copy of Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Urb.

• Illuminated initial 'P'(hobe) with white vine stem decoration at the beginning of De medicina., Various poems, including Columella's De re rustica (ff. 1-9); Serenus's Liber medicinali (ff. 9-30v); Ibis (ff. 65-77); Nux (f. 79v-83), Medicamina faciei femineae; Aetna (ff. 52-64) (index Appendix Vergiliana)

65, 77, 78, 79v, 83). Marginal heraldic decoration in colours and gold, now effaced (f. 1). Large simple initials in blue. Small simple initials in brown, or sometimes red (e.g. ff. 34v, 35v, 36v) at the beginning of lines. Headings

• Historiated initial 'D'(omino) with John Chrysostom and border., Homilies on Matthew (index In Matthaeum)

with foliate extensions into the margins, in colours and gold (ff. 1*, 2, 103). Smaller initials in gold on red, blue, and/or green grounds. Homilies on Matthew (index In Matthaeum) Paris Jesuits, by 1763: inscribed 'Colleg. Paris Soc^tis^ Jesu', 'Paraphe

• White vine initial 'I'(ntranti)., Homilies on Matthew (index In Matthaeum)

with foliate extensions into the margins, in colours and gold (ff. 1*, 2, 103). Smaller initials in gold on red, blue, and/or green grounds. Homilies on Matthew (index In Matthaeum) Paris Jesuits, by 1763: inscribed 'Colleg. Paris Soc^tis^ Jesu', 'Paraphe

• Historiated initial 'P'(etrus) of Peter and Paul, in semi-grisaille, with partial foliate borders., Hours, Use of Rome ('Hours of Jacques de Brégilles')

183, 184, 185, 187, 188, 189, 190, 190v, 191v). Large and small initials and line-fillers in gold on red and blue grounds. 2 large decorated initials, in colours and gold, for prayers in French (ff. 195, 197). Hours, Use of

• Detail of a miniature of Anthony being tormented by demons, with an historiated initial 'A'(nthoine) of Anthony being blessed by another saint, at the beginning of his legend., The Golden Legend (La Légende Dorée)

in colours and gold. Large decorated initials, in colours and gold. Smaller and small initials in gold on red and blue grounds. The Golden Legend (La Légende Dorée) Château d'Anet: its library mark(?) 'quarante vii' (vol. 1, f. 1) (see

• Ink diagram of the Nativity., Chronicle of England ( the 'Anonimalle Chronicle')

36v-37) in darker ink, e.g. a Roman eagle (f. 71), a dragon (f. 86). Numerous large and smaller initials in blue with pen-flourishing including leaf patterns in red. Elongated ascenders on top line decorated in red (e.g. ff. 24v, 25).

• Genealogical diagram, ink drawing of sword and decorated initial C., Chronicle of England ( the 'Anonimalle Chronicle')

36v-37) in darker ink, e.g. a Roman eagle (f. 71), a dragon (f. 86). Numerous large and smaller initials in blue with pen-flourishing including leaf patterns in red. Elongated ascenders on top line decorated in red (e.g. ff. 24v, 25).

• Ink drawing of a castle., Chronicle of England ( the 'Anonimalle Chronicle')

36v-37) in darker ink, e.g. a Roman eagle (f. 71), a dragon (f. 86). Numerous large and smaller initials in blue with pen-flourishing including leaf patterns in red. Elongated ascenders on top line decorated in red (e.g. ff. 24v, 25).

• Ink drawing of coat of arms of Henry II with 3 lions passant gardant, crest and lion crowned and of crown and sceptre., Chronicle of England ( the 'Anonimalle Chronicle')

36v-37) in darker ink, e.g. a Roman eagle (f. 71), a dragon (f. 86). Numerous large and smaller initials in blue with pen-flourishing including leaf patterns in red. Elongated ascenders on top line decorated in red (e.g. ff. 24v, 25).

• Table of eclipses of the sun., Astronomical Calendar

Man, in an arrow-shaped space (f. 12). 1 circular diagram entitled 'Tabula Paschalis' and eclipses of sun and moon, in blue and gold or in black and white, in red roundels (ff. 12v-14). Initials in colours and, at the beginning

• Illuminated initial 'A'(d honorem) at the beginning of John Somer's preface., Astronomical Calendar

Man, in an arrow-shaped space (f. 12). 1 circular diagram entitled 'Tabula Paschalis' and eclipses of sun and moon, in blue and gold or in black and white, in red roundels (ff. 12v-14). Initials in colours and, at the beginning