• Decorated initial 'V'(ideo) with pen-flourishing in Cicero's In catilinam., Disputationes tusculanae (ff. 1-67v), Orationes in Catilinam (ff. 67v-85v)

part 1 (ff. 67-72v) are by the hand of Jean Blanchard and were probably written in 1463 (see Watson 1979).Catchwords written horizontally and vertically. Leaf signatures. 9 initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in the other colour (ff. 1,

• The arms of Pope Pius II in the lower margin at the beginning of Strabo's De situ orbis , in the Latin translation of Guarino da Verona., De situ orbis (index Geographica)

start of that of the next scribe, resulting in blank pages being left mid-sentence. Heraldic arms and partial border (f. 1). De situ orbis (index Geographica) Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini (index Enea Silvio Piccolomini) (b. 1405 d. 1464): with his arms

• Detail of decorated initial., Register of possessions and rents of the Pirckheimer family of Nuremberg, beginning in 1398

history, beginning his research in 1463 (see inscription on f. 37v).Numerous blank ruled unfoliated parchment leaves: 1 after f. 14, 7 after f. 16, 1 after f. 23, 6 after f. 25, 2 after f. 29, 3 after f. 30,

• Decorated initial 'E'(xistincabant) and foliate borders including hybrid figures, a monkey, birds, a butterfly and a garter with the inscribed motto 'Honi soit qui mal y pense' in the lower margin., Order of the Garter

n. 246). 1 large decorated initial with a full foliate border including hybrid figures, animals, birds, and a garter with the inscribed motto 'Honi soit qui mal y pense' in the lower margin, in colours and gold (f. 1). 18

• Decorated initials, in the Register of possessions and rents of the Pirckheimer family of Nuremberg, with additions by the hand of Hans Pirckheimer dated from 1381 to 1463., Register of possessions and rents of the Pirckheimer family of Nuremberg, beginning in 1398

history, beginning his research in 1463 (see inscription on f. 37v).Numerous blank ruled unfoliated parchment leaves: 1 after f. 14, 7 after f. 16, 1 after f. 23, 6 after f. 25, 2 after f. 29, 3 after f. 30,

• Detail of decorated initials., Register of possessions and rents of the Pirckheimer family of Nuremberg, beginning in 1398

history, beginning his research in 1463 (see inscription on f. 37v).Numerous blank ruled unfoliated parchment leaves: 1 after f. 14, 7 after f. 16, 1 after f. 23, 6 after f. 25, 2 after f. 29, 3 after f. 30,

• Text page., Gospels

Andrés, 1968). The monastery San Lorenzo el Real, El Escorial, in 1809: inscription 'San Lorenzo el R. del Escorial' (f. 1) (see also Andrés, 1968). Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical scholar.Acquired by the British Museum as part

• Text page., Gospels

Andrés, 1968). The monastery San Lorenzo el Real, El Escorial, in 1809: inscription 'San Lorenzo el R. del Escorial' (f. 1) (see also Andrés, 1968). Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical scholar.Acquired by the British Museum as part

• null, Commentary on the Psalms (imperfect, starting in the middle of the commentary on Psalm 9 and ending in the middle of the commentary on Psalm 146)

for Psalms 26, 38, 51, 80, 101, and 109. 1 large painted initial with acanthus leaf decoration at the beginning of Psalm 68 (f. 111), and other large and small red, blue, green, and yellow simple initials, some decorated around

• null, Commentary on the Psalms (imperfect, starting in the middle of the commentary on Psalm 9 and ending in the middle of the commentary on Psalm 146)

for Psalms 26, 38, 51, 80, 101, and 109. 1 large painted initial with acanthus leaf decoration at the beginning of Psalm 68 (f. 111), and other large and small red, blue, green, and yellow simple initials, some decorated around

• Full border with rinceaux decoration, foliate motifs, and birds, with the coat of arms of Petrus de Foix, supported by two angels, and the historiated initial 'E'(go) with a man at a lecturn., Epistolae (index Letters)

arms, supported by two angels, and an historiated initial in colours and gold with a man at a lecturn (f. 1). Partial border with rinceaux decoration, a quadripartite square in colours and gold with foliate motifs, and an intial in

• Illuminated white vine initial 'S'(i), at the beginning of Book 7 of Cicero's Epistolae ad familiares., Epistolae ad familiares

Illuminated white vine initial 'S'(i), at the beginning of Book 7 of Cicero's Epistolae ad familiares. 9 white vine initials, in colours and gold (ff. 2v, 21, 34v, etc.). Small white vine initials, in colours and gold (ff. 1v,

• Illuminated white vine initials 'E'(t) at the last letter of Book 13, and the beginning of Book 14 of Cicero's Epistolae ad familiares., Epistolae ad familiares

Illuminated white vine initials 'E'(t) at the last letter of Book 13, and the beginning of Book 14 of Cicero's Epistolae ad familiares. 9 white vine initials, in colours and gold (ff. 2v, 21, 34v, etc.). Small white vine

• lluminated white vine initial 'Q'(uod) in Cicero's Epistolae ad familiares., Epistolae ad familiares

lluminated white vine initial 'Q'(uod) in Cicero's Epistolae ad familiares. 9 white vine initials, in colours and gold (ff. 2v, 21, 34v, etc.). Small white vine initials, in colours and gold (ff. 1v, 2v, 3v, 4, etc.). Epistolae ad

• Detail of illuminated initial., Epistolae ad familiares

Detail of illuminated initial. 9 white vine initials, in colours and gold (ff. 2v, 21, 34v, etc.). Small white vine initials, in colours and gold (ff. 1v, 2v, 3v, 4, etc.). Epistolae ad familiares Written c.1450, probably in Rome

• Detail of illuminated initial., Epistolae ad familiares

Detail of illuminated initial. 9 white vine initials, in colours and gold (ff. 2v, 21, 34v, etc.). Small white vine initials, in colours and gold (ff. 1v, 2v, 3v, 4, etc.). Epistolae ad familiares Written c.1450, probably in Rome

• Detail of illuminated initial., Epistolae ad familiares

Detail of illuminated initial. 9 white vine initials, in colours and gold (ff. 2v, 21, 34v, etc.). Small white vine initials, in colours and gold (ff. 1v, 2v, 3v, 4, etc.). Epistolae ad familiares Written c.1450, probably in Rome

• Miniature of the Crucifixion and foliate borders; historiated initial 'H'(ere) of a dragon biting a tree, with foliate borders., Book of Hours, unidentified use

on which numerous miniatures and marginal designs are based in the present manuscript, e.g., f. 89v (see Marrow 1978). f. 1 is a calendar leaf from another contemporary prayerbook used as a flyleaf.f. 16 is unwritten.Leaf signatures. Instructions to the

• Miniature of the Arrest of Christ, with foliate borders., Book of Hours, unidentified use

on which numerous miniatures and marginal designs are based in the present manuscript, e.g., f. 89v (see Marrow 1978). f. 1 is a calendar leaf from another contemporary prayerbook used as a flyleaf.f. 16 is unwritten.Leaf signatures. Instructions to the

• Detail of a cadel of a bird's head., Book of Hours, unidentified use

on which numerous miniatures and marginal designs are based in the present manuscript, e.g., f. 89v (see Marrow 1978). f. 1 is a calendar leaf from another contemporary prayerbook used as a flyleaf.f. 16 is unwritten.Leaf signatures. Instructions to the