• Miniature of Alexander the Great consulting his astrologers about an eclipse of the sun after the battle of Arbela and illuminated initial 'A'(lexandre) in Vasco da Lucena's French translation of Rufus's Historia Alexandri magni., History of Alexander the Great (Les faize d'Alexandre) (index De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni; Historia Alexandri Magni)

colours with foliate decoration on gold grounds. Large and small gold initials on pink and blue grounds. Line-fillers, and haute-de-page foliation and capitula in pink, blue, and gold. Red or brown cadells, some with brown ink faces. History of Alexander

• Detail of a miniature of Boethius lying in bed, with Philosophy standing beside him, from the beginning of Book I of 'Consolation of Philosophy'., Le Livre de Boece de Consolacion (index Consolation of Philosophy; De Consolatione Philosophiae) (Book 1)

Large decorated foliate initials in colours and gold. Small initials, paraph marks and line fillers in gold on red or blue grounds. Cadels. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Le Livre de Boece de Consolacion (index Consolation of Philosophy; De Consolatione

• Detail of a miniature of Jean de Meun presenting his translation to the French king Philippe IV the Fair., Le Livre de Boece de Consolacion (index Consolation of Philosophy; De Consolatione Philosophiae) (Book 1)

Large decorated foliate initials in colours and gold. Small initials, paraph marks and line fillers in gold on red or blue grounds. Cadels. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Le Livre de Boece de Consolacion (index Consolation of Philosophy; De Consolatione

• Detail of a miniature of the personification of Philosophy., Le Livre de Boece de Consolacion (index Consolation of Philosophy; De Consolatione Philosophiae) (Book 4)

Large decorated foliate initials, in colours and gold. Small initials, paraph marks and line fillers in gold on red or blue grounds. Cadels. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Le Livre de Boece de Consolacion (index Consolation of Philosophy; De Consolatione

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'D' and the lower border of the folio with a miniature of a man burying jars of gold coins., Le Livre de Boece de Consolacion (index Consolation of Philosophy; De Consolatione Philosophiae) (Book 5)

Large decorated foliate initials, in colours and gold. Small initials, paraph marks and line fillers in gold on red or blue grounds. Cadels. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Le Livre de Boece de Consolacion (index Consolation of Philosophy; De Consolatione

• Detail of a miniature of Philosophy., Le Livre de Boece de Consolacion (index Consolation of Philosophy; De Consolatione Philosophiae) (Book 5)

Large decorated foliate initials, in colours and gold. Small initials, paraph marks and line fillers in gold on red or blue grounds. Cadels. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Le Livre de Boece de Consolacion (index Consolation of Philosophy; De Consolatione

• Detail of illluminated initial., Jugurtha (ff. 1-54), Catilina (ff. 55-81v)

a wreath, in colours and gold (f. 1). 1 large map of the world (f. 9v). Small initials in plain blue. Jugurtha (ff. 1-54), Catilina (ff. 55-81v) Written in Fabriano in 1477: with a scribal colophon, 'Finis Catalinarii in fabriano

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'E'(cce)., Miscellany, including the Prick of Conscience and the Expanded Northern Homily Cycle

the Prick of Conscience (IMEV 3428.44), and the Gospel of Nichodemus (IMEV 512). Large initials in gold on grounds of blue and pink with painted flourishes at the beginning of each new narrative section. Cadels in ink including faces of

• Detail of cadels with human and animal faces., Miscellany, including the Prick of Conscience and the Expanded Northern Homily Cycle

the Prick of Conscience (IMEV 3428.44), and the Gospel of Nichodemus (IMEV 512). Large initials in gold on grounds of blue and pink with painted flourishes at the beginning of each new narrative section. Cadels in ink including faces of

• Detail of cadels in the Gospel of Nichodemus with faces, abstract shapes, and on the left, part of a fish.., Miscellany, including the Prick of Conscience and the Expanded Northern Homily Cycle

the Prick of Conscience (IMEV 3428.44), and the Gospel of Nichodemus (IMEV 512). Large initials in gold on grounds of blue and pink with painted flourishes at the beginning of each new narrative section. Cadels in ink including faces of

• Detail of text page., Miscellany, including the Prick of Conscience and the Expanded Northern Homily Cycle

the Prick of Conscience (IMEV 3428.44), and the Gospel of Nichodemus (IMEV 512). Large initials in gold on grounds of blue and pink with painted flourishes at the beginning of each new narrative section. Cadels in ink including faces of

• Detail of illuminated initial 'A' and lower border with angels., Le Livre de Boece de Consolacion (index Consolation of Philosophy; De Consolatione Philosophiae) (Book 1)

Large decorated foliate initials in colours and gold. Small initials, paraph marks and line fillers in gold on red or blue grounds. Cadels. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Le Livre de Boece de Consolacion (index Consolation of Philosophy; De Consolatione

• White vine initial 'E'(t si) with the head of a ?bird, wreath enclosing unidentified arms in the lower margin at the beginning of the Rhetorica ad Herennium., Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)(ff. 1-76), Synonyma ad Lucium Veturium (ff. 77-93), Epitaph of St Bernardino (f. 93v)

wreath enclosing an unidentified coat of arms in the lower margin (f. 1). Smaller coloured initials in alternating red and blue. Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)(ff. 1-76), Synonyma ad Lucium Veturium (ff. 77-93), Epitaph of St

• Colophon of Johannes Jacobus de Balbis and ownership inscription of Cornelius Balbus., Satires (index Saturae, Satirae)

is a blank, ruled paper leaf with a 16th- or 17th- century(?) inscription. 1 large blue initial with red pen-flourishing (f. 1). 13 smaller red initials (ff. 4v, 7v, 14, 17v, 20v, 34, 38v, 54v, 58v, 61, 64, 66v, 67).

• 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

• Miniature of Boethius in his library and decorated initial 'S'., Le Livre de Boece de Consolacion (index Consolation of Philosophy; De Consolatione Philosophiae) (Book 1)

Large decorated foliate initials in colours and gold. Small initials, paraph marks and line fillers in gold on red or blue grounds. Cadels. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Le Livre de Boece de Consolacion (index Consolation of Philosophy; De Consolatione

• Miniature of Jean de Meun presenting his translation to the French king Philippe IV the Fair, with an illuminated initial 'A'., Le Livre de Boece de Consolacion (index Consolation of Philosophy; De Consolatione Philosophiae) (Book 1)

Large decorated foliate initials in colours and gold. Small initials, paraph marks and line fillers in gold on red or blue grounds. Cadels. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Le Livre de Boece de Consolacion (index Consolation of Philosophy; De Consolatione

• Miniature of Boethius lying in bed, with Philosophy standing beside him, and a decorated initial 'C'. From the beginning of Book I of 'Consolation of Philosophy'., Le Livre de Boece de Consolacion (index Consolation of Philosophy; De Consolatione Philosophiae) (Book 1)

Large decorated foliate initials in colours and gold. Small initials, paraph marks and line fillers in gold on red or blue grounds. Cadels. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Le Livre de Boece de Consolacion (index Consolation of Philosophy; De Consolatione

• Philosophy describes to Boethius the nature of fortune and decorated initial 'P'(ost)., Le Livre de Boece de Consolacion (index Consolation of Philosophy; De Consolatione Philosophiae) (Book 2)

Large decorated foliate initials, in colours and gold. Small initials, paraph marks and line fillers in gold on red or blue grounds. Cadels. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Le Livre de Boece de Consolacion (index Consolation of Philosophy; De Consolatione