• Detail of interlace initial 'D'., De bello gallico (index Bellum Gallicum)

crescents ~or~, surmounted by a papal tiara, added after his accession to the papacy in 1458 (f. 1).Cristoforus Canchi of Venice: inscribed, 16th century, 'Christofori canchi quondam' (f. [ii verso]).Nicolaus: inscribed, 16th century, 'domini Nicolaj patricius Venetorum' (f. [ii verso]).

• Detail of interlace initial 'Q'(uieta)., De bello gallico (index Bellum Gallicum)

crescents ~or~, surmounted by a papal tiara, added after his accession to the papacy in 1458 (f. 1).Cristoforus Canchi of Venice: inscribed, 16th century, 'Christofori canchi quondam' (f. [ii verso]).Nicolaus: inscribed, 16th century, 'domini Nicolaj patricius Venetorum' (f. [ii verso]).

• Detail of interlace initial 'C'(oactus)., De bello gallico (index Bellum Gallicum)

crescents ~or~, surmounted by a papal tiara, added after his accession to the papacy in 1458 (f. 1).Cristoforus Canchi of Venice: inscribed, 16th century, 'Christofori canchi quondam' (f. [ii verso]).Nicolaus: inscribed, 16th century, 'domini Nicolaj patricius Venetorum' (f. [ii verso]).

• Detail of interlace initial 'D'(um)., De bello gallico (index Bellum Gallicum)

crescents ~or~, surmounted by a papal tiara, added after his accession to the papacy in 1458 (f. 1).Cristoforus Canchi of Venice: inscribed, 16th century, 'Christofori canchi quondam' (f. [ii verso]).Nicolaus: inscribed, 16th century, 'domini Nicolaj patricius Venetorum' (f. [ii verso]).

• Detail of interlace initial 'B'(ello)., De bello gallico (index Bellum Gallicum)

crescents ~or~, surmounted by a papal tiara, added after his accession to the papacy in 1458 (f. 1).Cristoforus Canchi of Venice: inscribed, 16th century, 'Christofori canchi quondam' (f. [ii verso]).Nicolaus: inscribed, 16th century, 'domini Nicolaj patricius Venetorum' (f. [ii verso]).

• Illuminated initials 'Q'(uintus) and 'I'(nterea)., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 1-16v); Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 16v-57v); Aeneis (index Aeneid) (ff. 57v-245); Appendix (ff. 245-263); Epitaphs (ff. 263-268)

of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Illuminated initials Cristoforo Cortese Virgil (index Virgilius; Vergilius; Vergil; P. Vergilius Maro) Padua Italy, N.E. (possibly Venice or Padua)

• Illuminated initial 'U'(t)., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 1-16v); Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 16v-57v); Aeneis (index Aeneid) (ff. 57v-245); Appendix (ff. 245-263); Epitaphs (ff. 263-268)

of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Illuminated initial Cristoforo Cortese Virgil (index Virgilius; Vergilius; Vergil; P. Vergilius Maro) Padua Italy, N.E. (possibly Venice or Padua)

• Illuminated initial 'T'(urnus)., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 1-16v); Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 16v-57v); Aeneis (index Aeneid) (ff. 57v-245); Appendix (ff. 245-263); Epitaphs (ff. 263-268)

of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Illuminated initial Cristoforo Cortese Virgil (index Virgilius; Vergilius; Vergil; P. Vergilius Maro) Padua Italy, N.E. (possibly Venice or Padua)

• Upper cover of 15th-century binding., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 1-16v); Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 16v-57v); Aeneis (index Aeneid) (ff. 57v-245); Appendix (ff. 245-263); Epitaphs (ff. 263-268)

of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Upper cover Cristoforo Cortese Virgil (index Virgilius; Vergilius; Vergil; P. Vergilius Maro) Padua Italy, N.E. (possibly Venice or Padua)

• Lower cover of 15th-century binding., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 1-16v); Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 16v-57v); Aeneis (index Aeneid) (ff. 57v-245); Appendix (ff. 245-263); Epitaphs (ff. 263-268)

of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Lower cover Cristoforo Cortese Virgil (index Virgilius; Vergilius; Vergil; P. Vergilius Maro) Padua Italy, N.E. (possibly Venice or Padua)

• Illuminated initial 'Q'(uid) and historiated initial 'Q'(uid) with a man climbing through vines., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 1-16v); Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 16v-57v); Aeneis (index Aeneid) (ff. 57v-245); Appendix (ff. 245-263); Epitaphs (ff. 263-268)

that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Illuminated and historiated initials Cristoforo Cortese Virgil (index Virgilius; Vergilius; Vergil; P. Vergilius Maro) Padua Italy, N.E. (possibly Venice or Padua)

• Historiated initial 'P'(rimus) with a man wearing a blue hood., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 1-16v); Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 16v-57v); Aeneis (index Aeneid) (ff. 57v-245); Appendix (ff. 245-263); Epitaphs (ff. 263-268)

of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Historiated initial Cristoforo Cortese Virgil (index Virgilius; Vergilius; Vergil; P. Vergilius Maro) Padua Italy, N.E. (possibly Venice or Padua)

• Illuminated initial 'P'(ost) and historiated initial 'P'(ostque) with a bearded man., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 1-16v); Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 16v-57v); Aeneis (index Aeneid) (ff. 57v-245); Appendix (ff. 245-263); Epitaphs (ff. 263-268)

that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Illuminated and historiated initials Cristoforo Cortese Virgil (index Virgilius; Vergilius; Vergil; P. Vergilius Maro) Padua Italy, N.E. (possibly Venice or Padua)

• Illuminated initial 'A'(eneas) and historiated initial 'F'(ille) with a bearded man wearing a garland., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 1-16v); Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 16v-57v); Aeneis (index Aeneid) (ff. 57v-245); Appendix (ff. 245-263); Epitaphs (ff. 263-268)

that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Illuminated and historiated initials Cristoforo Cortese Virgil (index Virgilius; Vergilius; Vergil; P. Vergilius Maro) Padua Italy, N.E. (possibly Venice or Padua)

• Illuminated initial 'S'(eptimus) and historiated initial 'T'(u) with a woman in profile., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 1-16v); Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 16v-57v); Aeneis (index Aeneid) (ff. 57v-245); Appendix (ff. 245-263); Epitaphs (ff. 263-268)

that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Illuminated and historiated initials Cristoforo Cortese Virgil (index Virgilius; Vergilius; Vergil; P. Vergilius Maro) Padua Italy, N.E. (possibly Venice or Padua)

• Illuminated initial 'Q'(ueruntur)and historiated initial 'O'(buertunt)., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 1-16v); Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 16v-57v); Aeneis (index Aeneid) (ff. 57v-245); Appendix (ff. 245-263); Epitaphs (ff. 263-268)

that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Illuminated and historiated initials Cristoforo Cortese Virgil (index Virgilius; Vergilius; Vergil; P. Vergilius Maro) Padua Italy, N.E. (possibly Venice or Padua)

• Historiated initial 'P'(anditur) with a man wearing golden armour., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 1-16v); Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 16v-57v); Aeneis (index Aeneid) (ff. 57v-245); Appendix (ff. 245-263); Epitaphs (ff. 263-268)

of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Historiated initial Cristoforo Cortese Virgil (index Virgilius; Vergilius; Vergil; P. Vergilius Maro) Padua Italy, N.E. (possibly Venice or Padua)

• Headpiece with geometric and zoomorphic decoration. Notes added by John Covel (before 1715)., Collection of medical texts, including Aetius's 'Libri medicinales', Books 3-4 (ff. 1v-51, 53v-79v), and Hippocrates's 'Epistula ad Ptolemaeum regem' (ff. 80-83v) and 'Aphorismi', Books 2-6 (ff. 86-91v)

~Wasserzeichen Anker~, Die Wasserzeichenkartei Piccard im Hauptstaatsarchiv Stuttgart, Findbuch 6 (Stuttgart: Kotilhammer, 1978), nos. V 105-106 (from Trient 1572 and Venice 1573). Headpieces with geometric and zoomorphic decoration in red and black (ff. 2*, 1v, 51v, 85). Initials with pen-work

• Inhabited initial 'N'(e) with a hybrid creature wearing a turban and holding a shield and sword, at the beginning of Plautus's Aulularia., Eight comedies (index Comoediae), with prologues and arguments: Amphitruo (ff. 2v-20v), Asinaria (ff. 21-36), Aulularia (ff. 36v-50), Captivi (ff. 51-66v), Circulio (ff. 67-79), Casina (ff. 80v-92-), Cistellaria (ff. 92-99), Epidicus (ff. 99-108v)

the second part of Bodleian, MS. Canon. Misc. 554 (partly written at Padua in 1435), according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library. Cristoforo Cortese Maccius Plautus Padua Italy, N. E. (Padua or Venice)

• Historiated initial 'V'(t) depicting a half-length bearded figure (Plautus?) holding a book and wearing a wreath on his head; border; and bas-de-page scene(s) depicting two groups of three figures, perhaps, to the left: Jupiter disguised as Amphitriuo, Alcmena, and Mercury disguised as Sosia the slave; and, to the right: Jupiter (with different hair and clothing) confessing to Alcmena his deception, and Mercury again disguised a a slave; between the groups a roundel containing the arms of the Stella family of Verona., Eight comedies (index Comoediae), with prologues and arguments: Amphitruo (ff. 2v-20v), Asinaria (ff. 21-36), Aulularia (ff. 36v-50), Captivi (ff. 51-66v), Circulio (ff. 67-79), Casina (ff. 80v-92-), Cistellaria (ff. 92-99), Epidicus (ff. 99-108v)

the second part of Bodleian, MS. Canon. Misc. 554 (partly written at Padua in 1435), according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library. Cristoforo Cortese Maccius Plautus Padua Italy, N. E. (Padua or Venice)