• Illuminated interlace initial 'E'(go), at the beginning of Cicero's Epistolae ad familiares, Book 1, Epistolae ad familiares

Epistolae ad familiares, Book 1 The decoration is typically Veronese according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library, Oxford.The inserted first leaf has an Easter table, covering 1480-1831 (f. 1)1 large interlace initial,

• Historiated initial 'N'(on) depicting crowned emperor(?) holding a gold staff/sceptre at the beginning of Cornelius Nepos's Liber de excellentibus ducibus exterarum Gentium; the lower margin with arms party per fess, ~gules~ and ~vert~, a letter 'B' ~or~, the shield depicted as if hanging from a hook., Liber de excellentibus ducibus exterarum Gentium

a letter 'B' ~or~, the shield depicted as if hanging from a hook. 1 large historiated initial, in colours and gold (f. 1). Heraldic arms (f. 1). Small initials alternately gold with blue penwork decoration or pen-flourishing, or blue with

• Illuminated initial 'A'(nte) and the arms of the Gonzaga family, at the beginning of Cicero's Philippica., Philippica, omitting 5.12-6.6

as used between 1433 and 1530 (f. 1); foliated and inscribed 'scrite 122', 15th century (f. 123; cf. Burney 159).? Mario Maffei (b. 1463, d. 1537): inscribed 'No. 325.', 18th century (f. 1; cf. Burney 144 and Burney 160, both

• Unfinished initial 'G'(entem), at the beginning of Suetonius's Vita Augusti., De vita Caesarum (index XII Caesars)

Greek to be inserted. 1 large white vine initial with partial border incorporating two butterlies and a grasshopper, in colours and gold (f. 1). Large initials unfinished (e.g. ff. 19, 44v), or not started. Guide letters. 1 added partial border,

• Initial 'A' with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of John Capgrave's Life of Catherine., The Life of Catherine (ff. 1-117v), etc.

Initial 'A' with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of John Capgrave's Life of Catherine. 1 large initial in red with pen-flourishing in brown (f. 1). Smaller initials in plain red. Capital letters highlighted in red. The Life of Catherine (ff. 1-117v),

• Zoomorphic initial 'Q'(uod) formed by two biting dragons, and in the lower margin, the ink stamp of the Royal Society of London., De eucharista contra Petrum Martyrem Vermilium

two biting dragons, and in the lower margin, the ink stamp of the Royal Society of London. 1 large zoomorphic initial (f. 1). 2 large decorated initials (ff. 45, 78). Decorated descenders, one including a Crucifixion (f. 182v). De eucharista

• White vine initial 'M'(aiores), at the beginning of the book 7., De architectura

3-sided white vine border, in colours and gold (f. 1). 11 large white vine initials, in colours and gold, at the beginning of the prologue and of the 10 books (ff. 1, 2, 16v, 33v, 49, 54, 63v, 81v, 95v,

• Illuminated initial 'O'(ratius), and partial foliate border, at the beginning of Pseudo Acro's Commentaries on Horace., Commentaries on Horace (ff. 1-180v and ff. 181-183)

and partial foliate border, at the beginning of Pseudo Acro's Commentaries on Horace. 1 large illuminated initial with a partial foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 1). Small initials in red or blue, with purple pen-flourishing. Commentaries on Horace

• Decorated initial with a deer and satyr holding a cup., Astronomical miscellany

holding a cup. Musical notation. 1 bas-de page image of two animals and a red heart with an arrow through it (f. 20). 1 initial with a hybrid figure in red and blue (f. 30). 1 initial in red and

• Unfinished initial 'P'(atricia), at eh beginning of Suetonius's Life of Tiberius., De vita Caesarum (index XII Caesars)

Greek to be inserted. 1 large white vine initial with partial border incorporating two butterlies and a grasshopper, in colours and gold (f. 1). Large initials unfinished (e.g. ff. 19, 44v), or not started. Guide letters. 1 added partial border,

• Illuminated white vine initial 'B' (elli) in Cicero's Philippica., Philippica, omitting 5.12-6.6

as used between 1433 and 1530 (f. 1); foliated and inscribed 'scrite 122', 15th century (f. 123; cf. Burney 159).? Mario Maffei (b. 1463, d. 1537): inscribed 'No. 325.', 18th century (f. 1; cf. Burney 144 and Burney 160, both

• Detail of unfinished initial., De vita Caesarum (index XII Caesars)

Greek to be inserted. 1 large white vine initial with partial border incorporating two butterlies and a grasshopper, in colours and gold (f. 1). Large initials unfinished (e.g. ff. 19, 44v), or not started. Guide letters. 1 added partial border,

• Detail of decorated initial., De finibus (ff. 1-94), Disputationes tusculanae (ff. 95-190v)

on a gold field, at the beginning of each book (ff. 1, 15v, 40v, 56v, 72v, 95, 119v, 133, 150v, 168), the first with matching partial borders incorporating heraldic arms. The initial in each of the two texts are in

• null, De finibus (ff. 1-94), Disputationes tusculanae (ff. 95-190v)

gold field, at the beginning of each book (ff. 1, 15v, 40v, 56v, 72v, 95, 119v, 133, 150v, 168), the first with matching partial borders incorporating heraldic arms. The initial in each of the two texts are in slightly different

• null, De finibus (ff. 1-94), Disputationes tusculanae (ff. 95-190v)

gold field, at the beginning of each book (ff. 1, 15v, 40v, 56v, 72v, 95, 119v, 133, 150v, 168), the first with matching partial borders incorporating heraldic arms. The initial in each of the two texts are in slightly different

• Detail of illuminated initial., Philippica, omitting 5.12-6.6

as used between 1433 and 1530 (f. 1); foliated and inscribed 'scrite 122', 15th century (f. 123; cf. Burney 159).? Mario Maffei (b. 1463, d. 1537): inscribed 'No. 325.', 18th century (f. 1; cf. Burney 144 and Burney 160, both

• Detail of illuminated initial., Philippica, omitting 5.12-6.6

as used between 1433 and 1530 (f. 1); foliated and inscribed 'scrite 122', 15th century (f. 123; cf. Burney 159).? Mario Maffei (b. 1463, d. 1537): inscribed 'No. 325.', 18th century (f. 1; cf. Burney 144 and Burney 160, both

• Detail of heraldry., Philippica, omitting 5.12-6.6

as used between 1433 and 1530 (f. 1); foliated and inscribed 'scrite 122', 15th century (f. 123; cf. Burney 159).? Mario Maffei (b. 1463, d. 1537): inscribed 'No. 325.', 18th century (f. 1; cf. Burney 144 and Burney 160, both

• null, De finibus (ff. 1-94), Disputationes tusculanae (ff. 95-190v)

gold field, at the beginning of each book (ff. 1, 15v, 40v, 56v, 72v, 95, 119v, 133, 150v, 168), the first with matching partial borders incorporating heraldic arms. The initial in each of the two texts are in slightly different

• Detail of illuminated initial., Philippica, omitting 5.12-6.6

as used between 1433 and 1530 (f. 1); foliated and inscribed 'scrite 122', 15th century (f. 123; cf. Burney 159).? Mario Maffei (b. 1463, d. 1537): inscribed 'No. 325.', 18th century (f. 1; cf. Burney 144 and Burney 160, both