• Detail of white vine initial 'P'(roficiscenti)., Apologeticus and various sermons

la Mare 1985)Horizontal catchwords.Marginal commentary. 1 large white vine initial in colours and gold (f. 1). 6 plain initials In blue (f. 2, 27, 48, 50, 57v, 66v) . Rubrics, paraphs, and colophon in red. Apologeticus and various sermons Ser

• Drawing of two shepherds, one standing with his flock, the other seated, playing a pipe., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 1-4v); Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 4v-14v0; Aeneis (index Aeneid) with verse preface (ff. 15-61); various works by Lucan (ff. 61v-101); Statius Thebaid (ff. 101-120v); Horace (ff. 121-155v); Persius (ff. 156-159); Juvenal (ff. 159-159v); and Ovid (ff. 160-173)

7). 5 drawings in brown ink of agricultural tasks (ff. 1, 4v, 9v, 12, 15, the last, added). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing and in red with purple pen-flourishing (ff. 121-139v). Rubrics in red. Capitals marked in red. Bucolica

• Miniature of a man pruning vines., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 1-4v); Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 4v-14v0; Aeneis (index Aeneid) with verse preface (ff. 15-61); various works by Lucan (ff. 61v-101); Statius Thebaid (ff. 101-120v); Horace (ff. 121-155v); Persius (ff. 156-159); Juvenal (ff. 159-159v); and Ovid (ff. 160-173)

7). 5 drawings in brown ink of agricultural tasks (ff. 1, 4v, 9v, 12, 15, the last, added). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing and in red with purple pen-flourishing (ff. 121-139v). Rubrics in red. Capitals marked in red. Bucolica

• Detail of a drawing of a shepherd with his flock., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 1-4v); Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 4v-14v0; Aeneis (index Aeneid) with verse preface (ff. 15-61); various works by Lucan (ff. 61v-101); Statius Thebaid (ff. 101-120v); Horace (ff. 121-155v); Persius (ff. 156-159); Juvenal (ff. 159-159v); and Ovid (ff. 160-173)

7). 5 drawings in brown ink of agricultural tasks (ff. 1, 4v, 9v, 12, 15, the last, added). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing and in red with purple pen-flourishing (ff. 121-139v). Rubrics in red. Capitals marked in red. Bucolica

• Drawing of an armed horseman., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 1-4v); Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 4v-14v0; Aeneis (index Aeneid) with verse preface (ff. 15-61); various works by Lucan (ff. 61v-101); Statius Thebaid (ff. 101-120v); Horace (ff. 121-155v); Persius (ff. 156-159); Juvenal (ff. 159-159v); and Ovid (ff. 160-173)

7). 5 drawings in brown ink of agricultural tasks (ff. 1, 4v, 9v, 12, 15, the last, added). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing and in red with purple pen-flourishing (ff. 121-139v). Rubrics in red. Capitals marked in red. Bucolica

• Detail of marginal notes from a text page of Ovid's Metamorphoses., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 1-4v); Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 4v-14v0; Aeneis (index Aeneid) with verse preface (ff. 15-61); various works by Lucan (ff. 61v-101); Statius Thebaid (ff. 101-120v); Horace (ff. 121-155v); Persius (ff. 156-159); Juvenal (ff. 159-159v); and Ovid (ff. 160-173)

7). 5 drawings in brown ink of agricultural tasks (ff. 1, 4v, 9v, 12, 15, the last, added). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing and in red with purple pen-flourishing (ff. 121-139v). Rubrics in red. Capitals marked in red. Bucolica

• Text page of Ovid's Metamorphoses., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 1-4v); Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 4v-14v0; Aeneis (index Aeneid) with verse preface (ff. 15-61); various works by Lucan (ff. 61v-101); Statius Thebaid (ff. 101-120v); Horace (ff. 121-155v); Persius (ff. 156-159); Juvenal (ff. 159-159v); and Ovid (ff. 160-173)

7). 5 drawings in brown ink of agricultural tasks (ff. 1, 4v, 9v, 12, 15, the last, added). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing and in red with purple pen-flourishing (ff. 121-139v). Rubrics in red. Capitals marked in red. Bucolica

• Miniature of Christ in majesty, with the Virgin Mary and John the Baptist, and the Resurrection of the Souls. Decorated initial in gold and colours, and full foliate border., Book of Hours, Use of Paris

and partial foliate borders on recto, in colours and gold. Small initials and line fillers in gold on red and blue grounds. Book of Hours, Use of Paris Inscription, 16th century (f. 1).Ownership mark dated 1640 (f. 2).The Harley Collection,

• Detail of text page with a diagram on rainfall in the lower margin at the end of the first book of Macrobius' Commentary on Cicero's 'De somno Scipionis'., Commentary on Cicero's De somno Scipionis

(ff. 39v, 50v, 53v, 70) and in the margins (ff. 12v, 28v, 37v, 42v, 43, 52v). 1 large initial in blue with a reserved design and red pen-flourishing (f. 1). Initials wanting (ff. 6v, 43v, 46v). Pointing hands, human faces

• Miniature of the Annunciation to the Shepherds., Book of Hours, Use of Paris

and partial foliate borders on recto, in colours and gold. Small initials and line fillers in gold on red and blue grounds. Book of Hours, Use of Paris Inscription, 16th century (f. 1).Ownership mark dated 1640 (f. 2).The Harley Collection,

• 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

• White vine initial 'D'(ivitias) at the beginning of the text., Various poems including Carmina, Elegiae and Catullus' Carmina

86v, 103). 3 large initials in gold on coloured panels (ff. 14v, 69v, 155). Coloured initials in alternating red or blue. Various poems including Carmina, Elegiae and Catullus' Carmina Maffeo Veggio (b. 1407, d. 1458) and Giovanni Pontani (b. 1426,

• White vine initial 'H'(erbarum) with a butterfly., De viribus herbarum

pastedowns.Marginal notes list ailments for which the various herbs are recommended. 1 large white vine initial in gold, purple, blue and green: 'H'(erbarum), with a butterfly in the upper margin (f. 3). De viribus herbarum Written by Geptius de Lucignano

• 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.

• Initial 'A'(dam) with foliate and spray decoration., Latin Brut Chronicle of England, 2nd version

additions up to 1456 (Matheson 1998). Initial with foliate and spray decoration in gold and colours (f. 2). Initials in blue with pen-flourishing in red. Paraphs in red. Initials highlighted in yellow. Latin Brut Chronicle of England, 2nd version Written

• Miniature of monks singing a requiem, with the celebrant wearing spectacles, decorated initial 'D'(ilexi) and full foliate borders, at the beginning of the Office of the Dead., Book of Hours, Use of Paris

pages with partial foliate borders, in colours and gold. Large and small initials and line-fillers in gold on red and blue grounds. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Book of Hours, Use of Paris Perhaps written for a woman: the prayer

• Flourished initial 'T'(ransacto) and coloured initials 'E' and two 'P's at the beginning of Book 4 of Eutropius's Breviarum ab urbe condita., Breviarum ab urbe condita

in gold with penwork decoration in an unusual green (ff. 7v, 14v, 20v, etc.). Small initials in plain red or blue. Breviarum ab urbe condita Written perhaps in 1460 by Carlo Reguardati of Nursia/Norcia: inscribed, apparently by the main scribe

• Decorated initial 'E'(go), at the beginning of Cicero's Epistolae ad familiares., Epistolae ad familiares

36, 46, 61, 73v, 87, 101, 116, 134, 146v, 162v, 188v, 195, 209). Small initials mostly in plain red or blue, a few with pen-flourishing or penwork decoration in red or brown. Epistolae ad familiares Written in Bologna in 1446

• Text page with a space left for an initial, at the beginning of Eutropius's Breviarum ab urbe condita., Breviarum ab urbe condita

in gold with penwork decoration in an unusual green (ff. 7v, 14v, 20v, etc.). Small initials in plain red or blue. Breviarum ab urbe condita Written perhaps in 1460 by Carlo Reguardati of Nursia/Norcia: inscribed, apparently by the main scribe

• Illuminated initial 'P'(ost) with penwork decoration and coloured initials in Eutropius's Breviarum ab urbe condita., Breviarum ab urbe condita

in gold with penwork decoration in an unusual green (ff. 7v, 14v, 20v, etc.). Small initials in plain red or blue. Breviarum ab urbe condita Written perhaps in 1460 by Carlo Reguardati of Nursia/Norcia: inscribed, apparently by the main scribe