• Illuminated white vine initial 'V'(enio) in Cicero's In verrem., Orationes in C. Verrem (index Orationes in Verrem; Oratio in Caecilium)

In verrem. The Grafton price-code decoded, perhaps by John Holmes, of the British Museum library: inscribed 'cost the Duke of Grafton £4.4s. / JH.' (f. 1v). 1 large and 6 small white vine initials, in colours and gold, marking the

• Detail of illuminated initial., Orationes in C. Verrem (index Orationes in Verrem; Oratio in Caecilium)

Grafton price-code decoded, perhaps by John Holmes, of the British Museum library: inscribed 'cost the Duke of Grafton £4.4s. / JH.' (f. 1v). 1 large and 6 small white vine initials, in colours and gold, marking the beginning of each

• Detail of heraldry., Orationes in C. Verrem (index Orationes in Verrem; Oratio in Caecilium)

Grafton price-code decoded, perhaps by John Holmes, of the British Museum library: inscribed 'cost the Duke of Grafton £4.4s. / JH.' (f. 1v). 1 large and 6 small white vine initials, in colours and gold, marking the beginning of each

• Detail of illuminated initial., Orationes in C. Verrem (index Orationes in Verrem; Oratio in Caecilium)

Grafton price-code decoded, perhaps by John Holmes, of the British Museum library: inscribed 'cost the Duke of Grafton £4.4s. / JH.' (f. 1v). 1 large and 6 small white vine initials, in colours and gold, marking the beginning of each

• Detail of decorated initial., Ars poetica (ff. 1-9), Epistolae (ff. 9-35), with marginal and interlinear glosses

by Edwards for £1 2s.; inscribed '1.2.0' (f. 1, top right).James Edwards (b. 1756, d. 1816), book collector and bookseller.? John Haddon Hindley (b. 1765, d. 1827), orientalist: perhaps his sale, 4 March 1793, lot 1193, bought by Walker for

• null, Ars poetica (ff. 1-9), Epistolae (ff. 9-35), with marginal and interlinear glosses

by Edwards for £1 2s.; inscribed '1.2.0' (f. 1, top right).James Edwards (b. 1756, d. 1816), book collector and bookseller.? John Haddon Hindley (b. 1765, d. 1827), orientalist: perhaps his sale, 4 March 1793, lot 1193, bought by Walker for

• Detail of illuminated initial., Orationes in C. Verrem (index Orationes in Verrem; Oratio in Caecilium)

Grafton price-code decoded, perhaps by John Holmes, of the British Museum library: inscribed 'cost the Duke of Grafton £4.4s. / JH.' (f. 1v). 1 large and 6 small white vine initials, in colours and gold, marking the beginning of each

• Detail of illuminated initial., De amicitia (ff. 2-30v), De senectute (ff. 31-58v), Paradoxa (ff. 59-72)

Detail of illuminated initial. Offsets in the lower margins of ff. 42 and 43 were caused by the blue initials at the top of ff. 32 and 36. 3 white vine initials, in colours and gold (ff. 2, 31,

• Detail of lower border., De amicitia (ff. 2-30v), De senectute (ff. 31-58v), Paradoxa (ff. 59-72)

Detail of lower border. Offsets in the lower margins of ff. 42 and 43 were caused by the blue initials at the top of ff. 32 and 36. 3 white vine initials, in colours and gold (ff. 2, 31,

• Historiated initial with a king and two monks, at the beginning of the Registrum Brevium., Law treatise called Britton, and other law treatises, statutes, etc.

(ff. 3, 4).William Petty (~formerly~ Fitzmaurice) (b. 1737, d. 1805), 2nd earl of Shelburne and 1st marquess of Lansdowne, prime minister; purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts in 1807. Historiated initial John le Breton England

• Miniature of Jerome, white vine initial 'M'(ihi), and partial white vine border including putti holding a wreath, at the beginning of Rufinus Tyrannius's Expositio sancti Ieronimi in simbolum apostolorum ad papam laurentium., Expositio symboli apostolorum (Expositio sancti Ieronimi in simbolum apostolorum ad papam laurentium)

Miniature of Jerome, white vine initial 'M'(ihi), and partial white vine border including putti holding a wreath, at the beginning of Rufinus Tyrannius's Expositio sancti Ieronimi in simbolum apostolorum ad papam laurentium. Four dots before line four indicated where

• Puzzle initial, at the beginning of the Capitula statutorum predictorum., Law treatise called Britton, and other law treatises, statutes, etc.

(ff. 3, 4).William Petty (~formerly~ Fitzmaurice) (b. 1737, d. 1805), 2nd earl of Shelburne and 1st marquess of Lansdowne, prime minister; purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts in 1807. Puzzle initial John le Breton England

• null, Chronicle of Andrew of Wyntoun

(f. [1a]); see also note by William Gutherie that it was owned by ' the Kors of Kirtony' (f. 2).? John Somers (b. 1651, d. 1716), Baron Somers, lawyer and politician: inscribed 'of Lord Somers' Collection Sum. E. Umfreville', dated

• Detail of a miniature of a knight in armour, with a full border inhabited by animals and putti, from Livy's De Secundo Bello Punic., De Secundo Bello Punico

colours and gold (ff. 25, 51v, 74v, 96, 118, 144, 169v, 193, 210v). Display script. De Secundo Bello Punico Inscription: 'John Peachey London 1772' (2nd fllyleaf [f. iv]).James Peachey (b. c. 1722, d. 1808), Bart of Westdean: his book-plate (inside

• Detail of a section of the full border inhabited by animals (peacock, lion, bear, goat, roe deer, birds) and putti, from Livy's De Secundo Bello Punic., De Secundo Bello Punico

colours and gold (ff. 25, 51v, 74v, 96, 118, 144, 169v, 193, 210v). Display script. De Secundo Bello Punico Inscription: 'John Peachey London 1772' (2nd fllyleaf [f. iv]).James Peachey (b. c. 1722, d. 1808), Bart of Westdean: his book-plate (inside

• Detail of a section of the full border inhabited by animals (peacock, lion, bear, goat, roe deer, birds) and putti, from Livy's De Secundo Bello Punic., De Secundo Bello Punico

colours and gold (ff. 25, 51v, 74v, 96, 118, 144, 169v, 193, 210v). Display script. De Secundo Bello Punico Inscription: 'John Peachey London 1772' (2nd fllyleaf [f. iv]).James Peachey (b. c. 1722, d. 1808), Bart of Westdean: his book-plate (inside

• Detail of a section of the full border inhabited by animals (peacock, lion, bear, goat, roe deer, birds) and putti, from Livy's De Secundo Bello Punic, with heraldic arms., De Secundo Bello Punico

colours and gold (ff. 25, 51v, 74v, 96, 118, 144, 169v, 193, 210v). Display script. De Secundo Bello Punico Inscription: 'John Peachey London 1772' (2nd fllyleaf [f. iv]).James Peachey (b. c. 1722, d. 1808), Bart of Westdean: his book-plate (inside

• Detail of a white-vine initial 'C'(ornelius)., De Secundo Bello Punico

colours and gold (ff. 25, 51v, 74v, 96, 118, 144, 169v, 193, 210v). Display script. De Secundo Bello Punico Inscription: 'John Peachey London 1772' (2nd fllyleaf [f. iv]).James Peachey (b. c. 1722, d. 1808), Bart of Westdean: his book-plate (inside

• Detail of a white-vine initial 'V'(t ex)., De Secundo Bello Punico

colours and gold (ff. 25, 51v, 74v, 96, 118, 144, 169v, 193, 210v). Display script. De Secundo Bello Punico Inscription: 'John Peachey London 1772' (2nd fllyleaf [f. iv]).James Peachey (b. c. 1722, d. 1808), Bart of Westdean: his book-plate (inside

• Decorated foliate initial 'C'(um) and three-sided foliate border, at the beginning of book 2 of Petrus Crescentius Bononiensis's Liber ruralium., Liber ruralium, followed by a tabula (ff. 200-207)

of northern saints in red, e.g. Cuthbert (20 March), and his translation (4 Sept., with an octave), Wilfrid (24 April), John of Beverley (7 May); in plain ink are William of York (8 June), Carileffus (1 July), the rare Boisil