• Miniature of the three estates (Church, Nobles, and Labour) in debate before Theology, Logic, Arithmetic, Geometry and Music, initial 'A'(ussi), and full border, at the beginning of Book 3., Débat de félicité

lines) in gold on red and/or blue grounds, and full borders (ff. 1, 24, 39v). Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing. Débat de félicité The Débat

• Detail of a miniature of the three estates (Church, Nobles, and Labour) in debate before Theology, Logic, Arithmetic, Geometry and Music, at the beginning of Book 2., Débat de félicité

lines) in gold on red and/or blue grounds, and full borders (ff. 1, 24, 39v). Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing. Débat de félicité The Débat

• Detail of a miniature of the three estates (Church, Nobles, and Labour) in debate before Theology, Logic, Arithmetic, Geometry and Music, at the beginning of Book 3., Débat de félicité

lines) in gold on red and/or blue grounds, and full borders (ff. 1, 24, 39v). Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing. Débat de félicité The Débat

• Detail of a miniature in colours and gold showing Pliny writing in his study and a landscape with animals, rivers, the sea, sun and moon., Historia naturalis (index Natural history)

yellow, gold or white on a red, green or blue panel. Initials in gold on a ground combining blue, red and green (from f. 91). Coloured initials in gold or blue (ff. 11-20v). Historia naturalis (index Natural history) Aeneas Silvius

• Detail of a white vine initial 'M'., Historia naturalis (index Natural history)

yellow, gold or white on a red, green or blue panel. Initials in gold on a ground combining blue, red and green (from f. 91). Coloured initials in gold or blue (ff. 11-20v). Historia naturalis (index Natural history) Aeneas Silvius

• Detail of arms from the lower border of the folio., Historia naturalis (index Natural history)

yellow, gold or white on a red, green or blue panel. Initials in gold on a ground combining blue, red and green (from f. 91). Coloured initials in gold or blue (ff. 11-20v). Historia naturalis (index Natural history) Aeneas Silvius

• Puzzle initial and partial border, at the beginning of Bernard of Clairvaux's Sermons., Sermons

6d. (Egerton MSS 710-730). 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red, developing a three-sided border (f. 3). 7 smaller initials in blue, with reserved designs, with red pen-flourishing (ff. 7, 21, 53, 134,

• Flourished initial, in Bernard of Clairvaux's Sermons., Sermons

6d. (Egerton MSS 710-730). 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red, developing a three-sided border (f. 3). 7 smaller initials in blue, with reserved designs, with red pen-flourishing (ff. 7, 21, 53, 134,

• Three decorated initials 'M'(are), 'N'(ili) and 'A'(er); in the lower half of the image are the remains of f. 2., De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii, Book VIII (De astronomia also known as Hipparchus), imperfect (ff. 1-33v); two smaller texts (ff. 33v-39)

green and blue (ff. 23v, 26v, 28, 28v, 32, 32v). 2 diagrams in brown ink with some red (ff. 18v, 20), perhaps added later. 1 initial in blue and light brown (f. 3). Simple initials in red, blue, green or

• Decorated initial O(paca) in blue, magenta, and green with floral sprays and bezants. Marginal hand and text hand by Gunthorpe., Tragoediae (index Tragedies)

22, 40, 51, 91, 111, 147). The two remaining decorated initials in blue, magenta, and green with floral sprays and bezants (ff. 130, 163). Initials in red or blue at the beginning of each scene. Paraphs. Tragoediae (index Tragedies) John

• Decorated initial 'A'(lvredus) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of book 6., Polychronicon (to the 25th year in the reign of Henry VI, i.e. 1445), including 2 extracts from the Latin Brut Chronicle of England (ff. 227-228v) (imperfect)

(f. 37v). 5 initials in blue with blue, red and dark purple pen-flourishing extending into the margins at the beginning of each book (ff. 10, 32, 64, 89, 140v). Coloured initials in red or blue. Polychronicon (to the 25th year

• Pen-flourished initial 'D'(ignum), with a partial border and a shield with the coat of arms of the Duchy of Cleves., Commentary on Lucan's Pharsalia (index In Pharsaliam Lucani)

border in red, blue, and purple; 1 large initial in purple and yellow with red and purple pen-flourishing; and a coat of arms in the lower margin in colours and gold (f. 3). 8 large initials in blue with red

• Miniature in colours and gold showing Pliny writing in his study and a landscape with animals, rivers, the sea, sun and moon; text with a decorative initial 'M', and decorated borders with a coat of arms., Historia naturalis (index Natural history)

yellow, gold or white on a red, green or blue panel. Initials in gold on a ground combining blue, red and green (from f. 91). Coloured initials in gold or blue (ff. 11-20v). Historia naturalis (index Natural history) Aeneas Silvius

• Detail of decorated initial., Ovidii Metamorphoseon fabularum narratio, and other mythological texts

white vine scroll decoration. Small simple red or blue initials. The arms of the Donati family of Venice surmounted by a lion's head (f. 1). Guide letters. Ovidii Metamorphoseon fabularum narratio, and other mythological texts ‘Mithologeiarum liber feliciter finit anno

• Detail of heraldry., Ovidii Metamorphoseon fabularum narratio, and other mythological texts

white vine scroll decoration. Small simple red or blue initials. The arms of the Donati family of Venice surmounted by a lion's head (f. 1). Guide letters. Ovidii Metamorphoseon fabularum narratio, and other mythological texts ‘Mithologeiarum liber feliciter finit anno

• Decorated initial 'P'(ost) with foliate decoration including acanthus leaves combined with a three-sided border at the beginning of the prologue., Polychronicon to c. 1400 (imperfect)

117, 143v, 163v) or large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in red and purple (f. 94v) at the beginning of each book. Numerous smaller initials in blue with red pen-flourishing including foliate decoration and flowers. Polychronicon to

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

and vertically. Leaf signatures. 9 initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in the other colour (ff. 1, 3v, 17v, 39v, 51, 67v, 72v, 77, 81v). Coloured initials in red or blue. Capitals marked in red. Disputationes tusculanae (ff. 1-67v),

• Decorated initials 'A'(l)' and 'N'(ondum) at the beginning of book 12 of Statius' Thebaid., Thebais (index Thebaid)

outer bifolio in each quire is made of parchment. Very large initials with reserved designs in blue or red with penwork decoration in the other colour, or in red with brown penwork (ff. 1v (x2), 14v (x2), 28 (x2), 41,

• Decorated initial 'C'(armina) with acanthus leaves and naturalistic flowers at the beginning of the text., De Consolatione Philosophiae (index Consolation of Philosophy)

A very large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in the same colours at the beginning of each subsequent book (ff. 9v, 20v, 35, 47). Numerous smaller initials in blue with red pen-flourishing or in red with brown

• Decorated initial 'Q'(ui) and white vine decoration in the border enclosing defaced arms, probably that of the Sassetti family, at the beginning of Ovid's Amores., Amores

on a blue panel at the beginning of each book (ff. 2, 17, 34v (initial enclosing a smaller initial)). White vine marginal decoration enclosing a defaced coat of arms (f. 2). Coloured initials in alternating red or blue. Amores Probably