• Text pages with marginal commentary and illuminated initial 'S'(ic), at the beginning of Book VI: 'Sic factur lacrimans, classique immittit habenas'., Aeneis (index Aeneid) , with a verse preface (ff. 1-201); Extract from Servius on Aeneis 6 (f. 202)

Text pages with marginal commentary and illuminated initial 'S'(ic), at the beginning of Book VI: 'Sic factur lacrimans, classique immittit habenas'. f. I is a paper flyleaf.Marginal commentary (ff. 87v to 97). 18 large initials in gold on red

• White vine historiated initial 'A'(dventus) with a man in bust with a wreath (Titus Livius) at the beginning of Livy's Ab urbe condita. White vine border with winged putti, deers, birds, rabbits, and a wreath enclosing the arms of Pope Pius II., Ab urbe condita (abbreviated) (ff. 1-60v); Epitoma de Tito Livio (index Epitome of Livy) (ff. 61-136)

White vine historiated initial 'A'(dventus) with a man in bust with a wreath (Titus Livius) at the beginning of Livy's Ab urbe condita. White vine border with winged putti, deers, birds, rabbits, and a wreath enclosing the arms of

• Full white vine border, inhabited by birds, with a roundel of Virgil, another of shepherds minding their sheep, a large initial 'T'(itire), and, in the lower margin, a wreath, intended for arms, supported by two putti., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues)(ff. 1-35); Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 35-55v); Aeneis (index Aeneid) (ff. 55v-239v)

Rubrics in red or orange. Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues)(ff. 1-35); Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 35-55v); Aeneis (index Aeneid) (ff. 55v-239v) John Gibson (fl. 1720-1726), dealer; sold to Harley on 17 June 1721 (see ~Diary~ 1966; Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed

• White vine initial 'M'(undum)., Historia naturalis (index Natural history)

White vine initial 'M'(undum). There is a ruled leaf after f. 175.Ruled in plummet; horizontal catchwords. Three-sided white vine border in colours and gold, inhabited by birds, with the Medici coat of arms in the lower margin, supported by

• Historiated initial 'E'(t si) with a man in profile, holding a book combined with a foliate bar border with ivy and acanthus at the beginning of the text. Unidentified arms with a griffin. 15th-century notarial inscription in the lower margin., Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)

Historiated initial 'E'(t si) with a man in profile, holding a book combined with a foliate bar border with ivy and acanthus at the beginning of the text. Unidentified arms with a griffin. 15th-century notarial inscription in the lower

• Detail of miniature of John the Baptist with the Lamb of God., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

miniature of John the Baptist with the Lamb of God. Text page with the suffrage to Thomas Becket cut out, except the upper and lower margins (f. 30).A shield-shape space left for the arms of a potential purchaser (f. 42)

• Historiated initial 'Q'(uoniam) with a portrait of Bartholomaeus de S. Concordio and an illuminated initial 'A'(bbas)., Summa Pisana with an index (ff. 222v-226v) (index Summa de casibus conscientiae, Summa Pisanella)

Benedicti papae xii. Atque scriptum et finitum anno dom. MCCCCLV . xx die mensis Decembris, in civitate Cortoniensi' (f. 226v). John Gibson (fl. 1720-1726), dealer; sold to Edward Harley on 28 August 1724 (see ~Diary~ 1966; Wright 1972).The monastery of

• Full border with Cupid in a large historiated initial 'V'(oi), medallions of leopard heads, and, in the lower margin, two crowned leopards salient ~or~ supporting a medallion with the arms of the Mussolini family of Treviso., Table of first lines (ff. 2-8v); Rime (ff. 12-138v); Trionfi (index Triumphs) (ff. 140-171)

Full border with Cupid in a large historiated initial 'V'(oi), medallions of leopard heads, and, in the lower margin, two crowned leopards salient ~or~ supporting a medallion with the arms of the Mussolini family of Treviso. Horizontal catchwords; no

• Three-sided white vine border with a large initial 'E'(usebium), a butterfly, two birds, and unidentified arms in the lower margin., De evangelica praeparatione

Three-sided white vine border with a large initial 'E'(usebium), a butterfly, two birds, and unidentified arms in the lower margin. ff. 1-2 are parchment leaves. Table of Contents in humanistic cursive (ff. 1v-2).Vertical catchwords with penwork decoration. Ruled in

• Miniature of John the Evangelist, probably with damage by kissing., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

of John the Evangelist, probably with damage by kissing. Text page with the suffrage to Thomas Becket cut out, except the upper and lower margins (f. 30).A shield-shape space left for the arms of a potential purchaser (f. 42) (see

• White vine initial 'O'(mnis) at the beginning of Sallust's Catilina., Various works including Catilina (ff. 1-34v), Jugurtha (ff. 35v-100), Letter 3 from Book 15 of Petrarch's Epistulae rerum senilium (ff. 104-113), Letter to Petrarch attributed to Leonardus Brunus Aretinus

White vine initial 'O'(mnis) at the beginning of Sallust's Catilina. Catchwords written vertically.ff. 35 and 100v are ruled but left blank.According to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, this manuscript was made

• White vine historiated initial 'O'(rigo) with the head of emperor Hadrian (inscribed 'ADRIANUS') combined with a partial white vine border, including a grasshopper, two birds and a wreath supported by two putti enclosing the arms of Ludovicus Petronius., Historia augusta

White vine historiated initial 'O'(rigo) with the head of emperor Hadrian (inscribed 'ADRIANUS') combined with a partial white vine border, including a grasshopper, two birds and a wreath supported by two putti enclosing the arms of Ludovicus Petronius. Catchwords

• White vine initial 'A'(nimadverti) at the beginning of Paradoxa stoicorum., De amicitia (ff. 1-26), De senectute (ff. 26-50), Paradoxa stoicorum (ff. 50-62v), Somnium Scipionis (ff. 62v-68v)

White vine initial 'A'(nimadverti) at the beginning of Paradoxa stoicorum. Catchwords written horizontally.The initial on f. 1 is damaged.Musical notation (added, f. 35). 4 large white vine initials in gold and colours (ff. 1, 26, 50, 62v). Numerous coloured

• Text page with the third and fourth chapters of the Inferno., Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy)

Text page with the third and fourth chapters of the Inferno. Horizontal catchwords.This manuscript was made in Milan in 1469, according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Marginal drawings in black

• Three-sided white vine border with gold initial 'V'(os) and mutilated arms in the lower margin., Comoediae (index Comedies)

Three-sided white vine border with gold initial 'V'(os) and mutilated arms in the lower margin. ff. 1-2 are parchment leaves with various inscriptions.ff. 162 is a blank, ruled folio with inscriptions on the verso.Horizontal catchwords. Three-sided white vine border,

• Partial white vine border with an historiated initial 'C'(iprianus) of Cyprian in his study., Works (index Opera)

white vine initials in colours and gold. Smaller plain intials in red or blue. Rubrics in red. Works (index Opera) John Gibson (fl. 1720-1726), dealer; sold to Edward Harley on 22 June 1726 (~Diary~ 1966; Wright 1972).Edward Harley (b. 1689,

• Marginal drawings of Dante and Virgil entering Hell., Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy)

Marginal drawings of Dante and Virgil entering Hell. Horizontal catchwords.This manuscript was made in Milan in 1469, according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Marginal drawings in black ink of subjects

• Three-sided white vine border in colours and gold, inhabited by birds, with the Medici coat of arms in the lower margin, supported by putti, and a white vine initial 'L'(ibros)., Historia naturalis (index Natural history)

Three-sided white vine border in colours and gold, inhabited by birds, with the Medici coat of arms in the lower margin, supported by putti, and a white vine initial 'L'(ibros). There is a ruled leaf after f. 175.Ruled in

• Detail of a folio: Incipit: 'ramento capitur cum cetera…' Explicit: 'quinquagenas libras lundens cumi', Historia naturalis (index Natural history)

Detail of a folio: Incipit: 'ramento capitur cum cetera…' Explicit: 'quinquagenas libras lundens cumi' There is a ruled leaf after f. 175.Ruled in plummet; horizontal catchwords. Three-sided white vine border in colours and gold, inhabited by birds, with the

• 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)

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. The miniature was