• Miniature of Christ in majesty, with the Virgin Mary and John the Baptist, and the Resurrection of the Souls. Decorated initial in gold and colours, and full foliate border., Book of Hours, Use of Paris

and partial foliate borders on recto, in colours and gold. Small initials and line fillers in gold on red and blue grounds. Book of Hours, Use of Paris Inscription, 16th century (f. 1).Ownership mark dated 1640 (f. 2).The Harley Collection,

• Detail of text page with a diagram on rainfall in the lower margin at the end of the first book of Macrobius' Commentary on Cicero's 'De somno Scipionis'., Commentary on Cicero's De somno Scipionis

(ff. 39v, 50v, 53v, 70) and in the margins (ff. 12v, 28v, 37v, 42v, 43, 52v). 1 large initial in blue with a reserved design and red pen-flourishing (f. 1). Initials wanting (ff. 6v, 43v, 46v). Pointing hands, human faces

• Miniature of the Annunciation to the Shepherds., Book of Hours, Use of Paris

and partial foliate borders on recto, in colours and gold. Small initials and line fillers in gold on red and blue grounds. Book of Hours, Use of Paris Inscription, 16th century (f. 1).Ownership mark dated 1640 (f. 2).The Harley Collection,

• White vine initial 'D'(ivitias) at the beginning of the text., Various poems including Carmina, Elegiae and Catullus' Carmina

86v, 103). 3 large initials in gold on coloured panels (ff. 14v, 69v, 155). Coloured initials in alternating red or blue. Various poems including Carmina, Elegiae and Catullus' Carmina Maffeo Veggio (b. 1407, d. 1458) and Giovanni Pontani (b. 1426,

• White vine initial 'H'(erbarum) with a butterfly., De viribus herbarum

pastedowns.Marginal notes list ailments for which the various herbs are recommended. 1 large white vine initial in gold, purple, blue and green: 'H'(erbarum), with a butterfly in the upper margin (f. 3). De viribus herbarum Written by Geptius de Lucignano

• 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.

• Initial 'A'(dam) with foliate and spray decoration., Latin Brut Chronicle of England, 2nd version

additions up to 1456 (Matheson 1998). Initial with foliate and spray decoration in gold and colours (f. 2). Initials in blue with pen-flourishing in red. Paraphs in red. Initials highlighted in yellow. Latin Brut Chronicle of England, 2nd version Written

• Miniature of monks singing a requiem, with the celebrant wearing spectacles, decorated initial 'D'(ilexi) and full foliate borders, at the beginning of the Office of the Dead., Book of Hours, Use of Paris

pages with partial foliate borders, in colours and gold. Large and small initials and line-fillers in gold on red and blue grounds. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Book of Hours, Use of Paris Perhaps written for a woman: the prayer

• Flourished initial 'T'(ransacto) and coloured initials 'E' and two 'P's at the beginning of Book 4 of Eutropius's Breviarum ab urbe condita., Breviarum ab urbe condita

in gold with penwork decoration in an unusual green (ff. 7v, 14v, 20v, etc.). Small initials in plain red or blue. Breviarum ab urbe condita Written perhaps in 1460 by Carlo Reguardati of Nursia/Norcia: inscribed, apparently by the main scribe

• Decorated initial 'E'(go), at the beginning of Cicero's Epistolae ad familiares., Epistolae ad familiares

36, 46, 61, 73v, 87, 101, 116, 134, 146v, 162v, 188v, 195, 209). Small initials mostly in plain red or blue, a few with pen-flourishing or penwork decoration in red or brown. Epistolae ad familiares Written in Bologna in 1446

• Text page with a space left for an initial, at the beginning of Eutropius's Breviarum ab urbe condita., Breviarum ab urbe condita

in gold with penwork decoration in an unusual green (ff. 7v, 14v, 20v, etc.). Small initials in plain red or blue. Breviarum ab urbe condita Written perhaps in 1460 by Carlo Reguardati of Nursia/Norcia: inscribed, apparently by the main scribe

• Illuminated initial 'P'(ost) with penwork decoration and coloured initials in Eutropius's Breviarum ab urbe condita., Breviarum ab urbe condita

in gold with penwork decoration in an unusual green (ff. 7v, 14v, 20v, etc.). Small initials in plain red or blue. Breviarum ab urbe condita Written perhaps in 1460 by Carlo Reguardati of Nursia/Norcia: inscribed, apparently by the main scribe

• Last page of Paul the Deacon's Historia Romana, with the inscription: Mei Karoli Reguardati Nursini Militis / .1460.', Historia Romana

in gold with penwork decoration in an unusual green (ff. 7v, 14v, 20v, etc.). Small initials in plain red or blue. Historia Romana Written perhaps in 1460 by Carlo Reguardati of Nursia/Norcia: inscribed, apparently by the main scribe despite a

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in gold with penwork decoration in an unusual green (ff. 7v, 14v, 20v, etc.). Small initials in plain red or blue. Breviarum ab urbe condita Written perhaps in 1460 by Carlo Reguardati of Nursia/Norcia: inscribed, apparently by the main scribe

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in gold with penwork decoration in an unusual green (ff. 7v, 14v, 20v, etc.). Small initials in plain red or blue. Historia Romana Written perhaps in 1460 by Carlo Reguardati of Nursia/Norcia: inscribed, apparently by the main scribe despite a

• Detail of historiated initial., Miscellany, including Liber Hermetis de alchimia (ff. 155-157); Liber triginta verborum (ff. 164-166); De duodecim aquis (ff. 166v-167v); and De naturis colorum iuxta Aristotelem 70 preceptorum (ff. 185v-186).

1457 to Würzburg). 1 large red initial with a human face (f. 84). Large and small initials in red, green, blue, or brown, two decorated with patterns. Paraphs in red. Marginalia. 1 table (f. 121). Blank spaces left (for illustrations?).

• White vine initial 'T'(ytire) in colours and gold., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues)(ff. 2-19v); Georgica (index Georgics)(ff. 19v-66); Aeneis (index Aeneid)(ff. 67-276v); Appendix (ff. 277-310).

83, 99v, 115, 130, 148v, 167v, 185, 200v, 218, 237, 256v, 277, 286, 288v, 300v, 309, 309v). Plain initials in blue. Rubrics in red. Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues)(ff. 2-19v); Georgica (index Georgics)(ff. 19v-66); Aeneis (index Aeneid)(ff. 67-276v); Appendix (ff. 277-310).

• White vine initial 'A'(rma) in colours and gold., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues)(ff. 2-19v); Georgica (index Georgics)(ff. 19v-66); Aeneis (index Aeneid)(ff. 67-276v); Appendix (ff. 277-310).

83, 99v, 115, 130, 148v, 167v, 185, 200v, 218, 237, 256v, 277, 286, 288v, 300v, 309, 309v). Plain initials in blue. Rubrics in red. Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues)(ff. 2-19v); Georgica (index Georgics)(ff. 19v-66); Aeneis (index Aeneid)(ff. 67-276v); Appendix (ff. 277-310).

• 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

• Historiated initial 'N' of Dante and Virgil in a dark wood, with four half-length figures representing Justice, Power, Peace and Temperance., Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy)

190). Large decorated initials with foliate extensions into the margins, in colours and gold. Small initials in gold on pink, blue, and/or green grounds. Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy) Alphonso V, king of Aragon, Naples and Sicily (reigned 1416 to