• null, Epistles and treatises

initials with foliate extensions into the margins, in colours and gold. Large and small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Epistles and treatises Unidentified member of the Cornaro family

• null, Epistles and treatises

initials with foliate extensions into the margins, in colours and gold. Large and small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Epistles and treatises Unidentified member of the Cornaro family

• null, Epistles and treatises

initials with foliate extensions into the margins, in colours and gold. Large and small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Epistles and treatises Unidentified member of the Cornaro family

• null, Epistles and treatises

initials with foliate extensions into the margins, in colours and gold. Large and small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Epistles and treatises Unidentified member of the Cornaro family

• null, Epistles and treatises

initials with foliate extensions into the margins, in colours and gold. Large and small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Epistles and treatises Unidentified member of the Cornaro family

• Decorated border with floral motifs with the arms of the Calori of Modena, and a historiated initial 'P'(aucos) with a portrait of Petrarch seated in a garden, reading a book., Opuscula varia (index various works)

small decorated initial in gold and colours (f. 71). Initials in red or blue with red penwork decoration. Headings and marginal notes in red. Paraphs in blue. Opuscula varia (index various works) Written in 1398: colophon reads, 'Explicit Deo gratias.

• Detail of a historiated initial 'P'(aucos) with a portrait of Petrarch seated in a garden, reading a book., Opuscula varia (index various works)

small decorated initial in gold and colours (f. 71). Initials in red or blue with red penwork decoration. Headings and marginal notes in red. Paraphs in blue. Opuscula varia (index various works) Written in 1398: colophon reads, 'Explicit Deo gratias.

• Historiated initial 'P'(ost) of an enthroned king, perhaps Richard II, at the beginning of the text., Polychronicon

with a full bar border (f. 9). 2 maps in colours (ff. 1v-2, 2v). Initials in blue wit red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red and blue. Polychronicon Partially erased colophon added in different hand: 'Hic finitur ceserensis opus domini(?) quod policronicon

• Decorated initial 'V'(erbum) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the text., Verbum abbreviatum

capitula list (f. 1r-v).Catchwords. Large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in the same colours at the beginning of the text (f. 2). Smaller initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in the other colour. Letters marked in

• Detail of an historiated initial 'P'(ost) of an enthroned king., Polychronicon

with a full bar border (f. 9). 2 maps in colours (ff. 1v-2, 2v). Initials in blue wit red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red and blue. Polychronicon Partially erased colophon added in different hand: 'Hic finitur ceserensis opus domini(?) quod policronicon

• Miniature of two groups of knights in armour fighting., Ab urbe condita (Les decades de Titus Livius)

601v). Small foliate initials in colours and gold with extensions. Initials in gold on blue and rore grounds with penwork decoration in gold. Line-fillers in blue, rose and gold with penwork decoration in white. Ab urbe condita (Les decades de

• Historiated initial 'S'(oror) showing Seneca holding an open book at the beginning of Seneca's Tragedies, with a three-sided foliate border., Tragoediae (index Tragedies), with argumenta

(ff. 22v, 39v, 55v, 65v, 85, 102v, 118v, 133v, 148v). Small initials in red or blue with red pen-flourishing. A few small initials plain in blue. Tragoediae (index Tragedies), with argumenta Unidentified owners, between 1425 and 1499: with added epigrams

• Historiated initial 'V'(oi) at the beginning of Petrarch's Il Canzoniere, with an image of Petrarch, shown before a lectern with an open book before him in the bowl of the initial, and a miniature on the right-hand side of the page of Petrarch's muse, Laura, beside a laurel tree, framed with a three-sided border made up of foliate scrolls and gold balls., Il Canzoniere

foliate border, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 34). Smaller initials in gold on red and/or blue grounds. Paraph marks in plain red or blue. Capital letters at the beginning of each line highlighted in yellow. Attributed to Cristoforo Cortese

• Historiated initial 'C'(armina) depicting a layman pointing to a book he is holding (presumably the author, Boethius), and arms of the de Lando family of Verona in the lower margin., De consolatione philosophiae

2 large puzzle initials in red and blue, with penwork flourishing in red and pink (ff. 30, 39v, with shell gold on f. 39v). Small initials alternately red with pink penwork flourishing, or blue with red penwork flourishing. De consolatione

• Flourished initials 'B'(ella) and 'D'(ixerat) in Boethius's De consolatione philosophiae., De consolatione philosophiae

2 large puzzle initials in red and blue, with penwork flourishing in red and pink (ff. 30, 39v, with shell gold on f. 39v). Small initials alternately red with pink penwork flourishing, or blue with red penwork flourishing. De consolatione

• Decorated initials 'Q'(uid) and 'U'(nde) with penwork decoration in Seneca's Hercules., Tragoediae (index Tragedies): Hercules furens (ff. 5-29), Thyestes (ff. 29-50), Phoenissae (ff. 50v-62v), Phaedra (ff. 63-86), Oedipus (ff. 86v-106), Troades (ff. 106v-128), Medea (ff. 128v-147v), Agamemnon (ff. 148-166), Octavia (ff. 167-185), Hercules Oetaeus (ff. 185v-221v)

Hercules. Large initials unfinished or in brown ink. Small initials in blue with red penwork. 1 diagram showing the family relationship of Nero and Claudius (f. 166v). Some marginal sketches (e.g. ff. 76v, 81v, 82, 94). Tragoediae (index Tragedies): Hercules

• Illuminated initial 'D'(i) with a flower in the bowl of the letter and gold balls extending into the margin at the beginning of Seneca's Medea., Tragoediae (index Tragedies), with argumenta

(ff. 22v, 39v, 55v, 65v, 85, 102v, 118v, 133v, 148v). Small initials in red or blue with red pen-flourishing. A few small initials plain in blue. Tragoediae (index Tragedies), with argumenta Unidentified owners, between 1425 and 1499: with added epigrams

• Historiated initial 'I'(vo) of Petrarch holding a closed book, and a foliate border with gold balls, at the beginning of Petrarch's 264th canzone., Il Canzoniere

foliate border, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 34). Smaller initials in gold on red and/or blue grounds. Paraph marks in plain red or blue. Capital letters at the beginning of each line highlighted in yellow. Attributed to Cristoforo Cortese

• A diagram of Old Testament genealogy, including Noah, with diagrams of the world and Noah's ark., Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Edward VI (the Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England)

grounds, with brown pen-flourishing extending into the margins (f. 1v). Small initials in blue with red pen-flourishing or in red with brown pen-flourishing. Line-fillers in red and/or blue. Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Edward VI (the

• A diagram of the genealogy of the kings of England, including Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI, Edward IV, Richard III, and Henry VII., Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Edward VI (the Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England)

grounds, with brown pen-flourishing extending into the margins (f. 1v). Small initials in blue with red pen-flourishing or in red with brown pen-flourishing. Line-fillers in red and/or blue. Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Edward VI (the