• Detail of decorated initials., Regula sancti Benedicti (ff. 1-26v), and other related works

decorated initials. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue (f. 29). Small initials alternately red or blue, a few of them with penwork decoration in brown. Regula sancti Benedicti (ff. 1-26v), and other related works Charles Burney (b. 1757,

• Illuminated initials and diagrams, in the calendar., Calendar

and diagrams, in the calendar. 1 zodiac man, in colours (f. 10). Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Diagrams. Calendar Inscription, 15th-century: 'Joh…' (f. 1, erased).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660,

• Table and Zodiac man, in the calendar., Calendar

Zodiac man, in the calendar. 1 zodiac man, in colours (f. 10). Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Diagrams. Calendar Inscription, 15th-century: 'Joh…' (f. 1, erased).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660,

• Pen-flourished initials and heraldic shield with a lion in the lower border., 49 love sonnets

border. 1 large historiated initial, and a three-sided foliate border with gold balls, with heraldry, devices, and monograms, in colours and gold; a large red heart on a burning wood fire with raindrops, in the right margin (f. 1). Small

• Initial 'R' with the arms of Henry Despenser, bishop of Norwich, in the upper margin the signature of 'William Howarde 1579', in the right margin an ink drawing of a lion rampant, and in the lower margin the ink stamp of the Royal Society of London., Historia ecclesiastica (ff. 1-99), De muliere forti, Epistola Cuthberti

Society of London. 1 full foliate bar border and large initial in colours and gold, with a quadruped (dragon) on the border and an unfinished drawing in the historiated initial of a seated man writing (f. 2v). 1 three-sided foliate

• Illuminated border and Initial 'N'(octiam) with an unfinished drawing of a seated man (possibly Bede) writing at the desk holding a quill and a knife, and on the bar border, a quadruped (dragon?)., Historia ecclesiastica (ff. 1-99), De muliere forti, Epistola Cuthberti

a quadruped (dragon?). 1 full foliate bar border and large initial in colours and gold, with a quadruped (dragon) on the border and an unfinished drawing in the historiated initial of a seated man writing (f. 2v). 1 three-sided foliate

• null, De vita Caesarum (index XII Caesars)

1 large white vine initial, accompanied by a full white vine border with putti and bird, in colours and gold (f. 1). 11 large white vine initials with extensions into the margins, in colours and gold (ff. 26, 62, 86,

• null, Ysagoge alkabitii ad scitiam juditiorum astrorum

1 large white vine initial, in colours and gold (f. 1). Small initials in plain red. Ysagoge alkabitii ad scitiam juditiorum astrorum James Orchard Halliwell-[Phillipps] (b. 1820, d. 1889), antiquary and literary scholar: his stamp 'Bibliotheca Halliwelliana' (ff. 1, 52v),

• White vine initial 'S'(emper)., Satires (index Saturae, Satirae)

White vine initial 'S'(emper). f. 1* is a parchment leaf.Lines ruled in ink. Vertical catchwords. 1 large white vine initial in colours and gold (f. 1). Plain initials in blue. Rubrics in red. Satires (index Saturae, Satirae) The Jesuit College

• Illuminated white vine-stem initial 'Q'(uid) at the beginning of Book II of Martial's Epigrams; the text attributed to Pomponio Leto., Epigrams, preceeded by the Liber de Spectaculis (ff. 1-5, imperfect)

text attributed to Pomponio Leto. 1 large white vine initial, accompaniedd by a three-sided white vine border, with putti holding a wreath in the lower margin, and two green parrots, in colours and gold (f. 1). Smaller white vine initials

• Opening of Martial's Liber de Spectaculis, with the title in the square capitals attributed to Bartolomeo Sanvito, and the text to Pompino Leto, with the illuminated white vine-stem initial 'B'(arbara)., Epigrams, preceeded by the Liber de Spectaculis (ff. 1-5, imperfect)

illuminated white vine-stem initial 'B'(arbara). 1 large white vine initial, accompaniedd by a three-sided white vine border, with putti holding a wreath in the lower margin, and two green parrots, in colours and gold (f. 1). Smaller white vine initials

• Illuminated initial 'Q'(uae) and lower border with white vine-stem decoration, green parrots, and putti holding a wreath (left blank, perhaps for the addition of a coat of arms)., Epigrams, preceeded by the Liber de Spectaculis (ff. 1-5, imperfect)

of a coat of arms). 1 large white vine initial, accompaniedd by a three-sided white vine border, with putti holding a wreath in the lower margin, and two green parrots, in colours and gold (f. 1). Smaller white vine initials

• Illuminated white vine-stem initial 'Q'(uid) at the beginning of Book II of Martial's Epigrams; the text attributed to Pomponio Leto., Epigrams, preceeded by the Liber de Spectaculis (ff. 1-5, imperfect)

text attributed to Pomponio Leto. 1 large white vine initial, accompaniedd by a three-sided white vine border, with putti holding a wreath in the lower margin, and two green parrots, in colours and gold (f. 1). Smaller white vine initials

• Detail of illuminated initial., Epigrams, preceeded by the Liber de Spectaculis (ff. 1-5, imperfect)

Detail of illuminated initial. 1 large white vine initial, accompaniedd by a three-sided white vine border, with putti holding a wreath in the lower margin, and two green parrots, in colours and gold (f. 1). Smaller white vine initials with

• Detail of historiated initial with bishops., Lections for feasts of saints, including Vita Gregorii, the life of St Augustine; Nativitate St Maria, Vita Edwardi regis (one chapter), and other texts

pp. 74-77. 1 historiated initial of two bishops in green, red, and brown on a blue ground (f. 1). 2 large initials with animals or animals heads in red, green, and brown, or also with blue (ff. 1, 18v). Simple

• Historiated initial 'A'(more) of a kneeling lover presenting a book to a lady, identified in the text as Mirabel Zucharia, at the beginning of a series of sonnets, and, in the lower margin, the Zucharia's monogram 'MZ' to the right of a shield overpainted, but that of 'AM' (perhaps Andrea Matteo Acquaviva), to the left of the shield unaltered. The 'm' of 'Amore' in the first word of the poem is also rendered as the 'AM' monogram. The original arms on the shield have been overpainted with two hearts burning in a fire, and in the right margin is the device of a heart on a bonfire, being quenched by the rain., 49 love sonnets

rain. 1 large historiated initial, and a three-sided foliate border with gold balls, with heraldry, devices, and monograms, in colours and gold; a large red heart on a burning wood fire with raindrops, in the right margin (f. 1). Small

• Historiated initial 'D'(omino) with John Chrysostom and border., Homilies on Matthew (index In Matthaeum)

Historiated initial 'D'(omino) with John Chrysostom and border. 1 large historiated initial with a three-sided inhabited white vine border, in colours and gold (f. 1). 3 large white vine initials with foliate extensions into the margins, in colours and gold

• White vine initial 'I'(ntranti)., Homilies on Matthew (index In Matthaeum)

White vine initial 'I'(ntranti). 1 large historiated initial with a three-sided inhabited white vine border, in colours and gold (f. 1). 3 large white vine initials with foliate extensions into the margins, in colours and gold (ff. 1*, 2, 103).

• null, De verbis domini, preceded by (ff. 1v-2v) a table of contents (index Sermons)

1 large initial in green, blue, gold outlined in red, and silver (tarnished to metallic black), at the beginning of the sermons based on Matthew (f. 3). 2 large initials infilled with foliage in red, or red and other

• null, De verbis domini, preceded by (ff. 1v-2v) a table of contents (index Sermons)

1 large initial in green, blue, gold outlined in red, and silver (tarnished to metallic black), at the beginning of the sermons based on Matthew (f. 3). 2 large initials infilled with foliage in red, or red and other