• Initial 'C'(arminis) with white vine decoration., Elegiae (index Elegies) (ff. 1-55); Carmina (ff. 55v-81v); Catullus (ff. 82-113v); Priapea (ff. 113v-122v)

in colours and gold (ff. 1, 55v, 82, 113v). Smaller initials in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials in plain red or blue. Elegiae (index Elegies) (ff. 1-55); Carmina (ff. 55v-81v); Catullus (ff. 82-113v); Priapea (ff. 113v-122v) Colophon

• Three-sided white vine border with gold initial 'V'(os) and mutilated arms in the lower margin., Comoediae (index Comedies)

gold (ff. 3, 30, 31, 59, 85, 111, 135). 2 gold initials on pink and blue panels (f. 3). Initials alternating in red or blue. Rubrics, incipits, explicits, running headers, and protagonists' names in red. Comoediae (index Comedies) Written by

• 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

• Illuminated initial 'P'(hobe) with white vine stem decoration at the beginning of De medicina., Various poems, including Columella's De re rustica (ff. 1-9); Serenus's Liber medicinali (ff. 9-30v); Ibis (ff. 65-77); Nux (f. 79v-83), Medicamina faciei femineae; Aetna (ff. 52-64) (index Appendix Vergiliana)

65, 77, 78, 79v, 83). Marginal heraldic decoration in colours and gold, now effaced (f. 1). Large simple initials in blue. Small simple initials in brown, or sometimes red (e.g. ff. 34v, 35v, 36v) at the beginning of lines. Headings

• Detail of a miniature of Anthony being tormented by demons, with an historiated initial 'A'(nthoine) of Anthony being blessed by another saint, at the beginning of his legend., The Golden Legend (La Légende Dorée)

in colours and gold. Large decorated initials, in colours and gold. Smaller and small initials in gold on red and blue grounds. The Golden Legend (La Légende Dorée) Château d'Anet: its library mark(?) 'quarante vii' (vol. 1, f. 1) (see

• Ink diagram of the Nativity., Chronicle of England ( the 'Anonimalle Chronicle')

36v-37) in darker ink, e.g. a Roman eagle (f. 71), a dragon (f. 86). Numerous large and smaller initials in blue with pen-flourishing including leaf patterns in red. Elongated ascenders on top line decorated in red (e.g. ff. 24v, 25).

• Genealogical diagram, ink drawing of sword and decorated initial C., Chronicle of England ( the 'Anonimalle Chronicle')

36v-37) in darker ink, e.g. a Roman eagle (f. 71), a dragon (f. 86). Numerous large and smaller initials in blue with pen-flourishing including leaf patterns in red. Elongated ascenders on top line decorated in red (e.g. ff. 24v, 25).

• Ink drawing of a castle., Chronicle of England ( the 'Anonimalle Chronicle')

36v-37) in darker ink, e.g. a Roman eagle (f. 71), a dragon (f. 86). Numerous large and smaller initials in blue with pen-flourishing including leaf patterns in red. Elongated ascenders on top line decorated in red (e.g. ff. 24v, 25).

• Ink drawing of coat of arms of Henry II with 3 lions passant gardant, crest and lion crowned and of crown and sceptre., Chronicle of England ( the 'Anonimalle Chronicle')

36v-37) in darker ink, e.g. a Roman eagle (f. 71), a dragon (f. 86). Numerous large and smaller initials in blue with pen-flourishing including leaf patterns in red. Elongated ascenders on top line decorated in red (e.g. ff. 24v, 25).

• Three-sided white vine border inhabited by two parakeets, and a hawk attacking a caterpillar, with a large white vine initial 'D'(ecimus) and the coat of arms Pedro Ferriz, bishop of Tarragona, supported by two putti., Historia, with capitula (f. 2)

by 2 putti (f. 3). 2 large white vine initials in colours and gold (ff. 65, 115). Plain initials in blue. Rubrics and marginal annotations in red. Historia, with capitula (f. 2) Written by Michael Laurenti: colophon, 'Jacobi de Sancto

• White vine initial 'S'(i) cui varias humanarum rerum' at the beginning of the twelfth book., Historia, with capitula (f. 2)

by 2 putti (f. 3). 2 large white vine initials in colours and gold (ff. 65, 115). Plain initials in blue. Rubrics and marginal annotations in red. Historia, with capitula (f. 2) Written by Michael Laurenti: colophon, 'Jacobi de Sancto

• Detail of a white vine initial 'S'(i) cui varias humanarum rerum' at the beginning of the twelfth book., Historia, with capitula (f. 2)

by 2 putti (f. 3). 2 large white vine initials in colours and gold (ff. 65, 115). Plain initials in blue. Rubrics and marginal annotations in red. Historia, with capitula (f. 2) Written by Michael Laurenti: colophon, 'Jacobi de Sancto

• Detail of white vine initial 'S(i) quidem in explicanda historia nil usque nobis' at the beginning of the thirteenth book., Historia, with capitula (f. 2)

by 2 putti (f. 3). 2 large white vine initials in colours and gold (ff. 65, 115). Plain initials in blue. Rubrics and marginal annotations in red. Historia, with capitula (f. 2) Written by Michael Laurenti: colophon, 'Jacobi de Sancto

• White vine initial 'M'(undum)., Historia naturalis (index Natural history)

309v, 317v, 326, 336, 346). 5 gold initials on coloured grounds (ff. 1 (x 3), 1v, 2). Alternating initials in blue or red. Rubrics and running headers in red. Historia naturalis (index Natural history) Written for a member of the

• White vine initial 'F'(requenter)., Letters and other texts

(ff. 1, 28, 43v, 59v, 76v, 92, 106, 123, 138v). Alternating initials in red or blue. Rubrics in red. Marginal notes in red. Letters and other texts Written by Pietro Cennini in Florence in 1467: colophon reads, 'Scripsit florentie hoc

• White vine initial 'O'(mnis) at the beginning of Sallust's Catilina., Various works including Catilina (ff. 1-34v), Jugurtha (ff. 35v-100), Letter 3 from Book 15 of Petrarch's Epistulae rerum senilium (ff. 104-113), Letter to Petrarch attributed to Leonardus Brunus Aretinus

in Rome or Naples. 2 large white vine initials in gold and colours (ff. 1, 35v). 2 smaller initials in blue ink (ff. 2v, 37v). Display script. Spaces for initials left blank. A few small initials in red ink. Various

• Three-sided white vine border in colours and gold, inhabited by birds, with the Medici coat of arms in the lower margin, supported by putti, and a white vine initial 'L'(ibros)., Historia naturalis (index Natural history)

309v, 317v, 326, 336, 346). 5 gold initials on coloured grounds (ff. 1 (x 3), 1v, 2). Alternating initials in blue or red. Rubrics and running headers in red. Historia naturalis (index Natural history) Written for a member of the