• 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 border with a portrait of Horace in a roundel, two putti, an unidentified coat of arms, and a large white vine initial 'M'(ecenas)., Opera

beginning of each book (ff. 15, 24, 40, 49, 60v, 76, 92v, 107v, 115). Numerous initials in alternating red and blue. Rubrics in red. Opera Written in Ferrara in 1461: inscribed: 'Quinti Horatii Flacci, Venusini, Odarum, Sermonum, Epistolarum, Poetrieque carminum

• Miniature of the Crucifixion at the beginning of the Hours of the Cross., Book of Hours, Use of Troyes, imperfect

72v, 77). Large initials in gold and colours, some defaced (ff. 56v, 61, 77). Initials and line-fillers in red or blue. Capitals marked with yellow. Book of Hours, Use of Troyes, imperfect Certain saints in the calendar and in the

• 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).

• 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

• 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

• Miniature of Philosophy and decorated initial 'I'., Le Livre de Boece de Consolacion (index Consolation of Philosophy; De Consolatione Philosophiae) (Book 3)

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 Philosophy and decorated initial 'H'(ec)., 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

• Miniature of Philosophy and an illuminated initial 'D', 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

• Illuminated white vine initial 'F'(also) and heraldic arms, at the beginning of Sallust's Bellum Jugurthinum., 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

• Text page with colophon dated 1477: 'Finis Catalinarii in fabriano completi die xxii februarii MccccLxxvii. RR', and, in red: 'Hii duo libri in uno volumine compositi sunt [followed by an erasure]' at the end of Sallust's Bellum Catilinarum., 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

• 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.

• Illuminated white vine initial 'O'(mnis), at the beginning of Sallust's Bellum Catilinarum., 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