• Decorated initial., Orationes

Decorated initial. 1 large zoomorphic initial, in colours and gold, with a partial border incorporating heraldic arms (f. 1). Small foliate initials in muted colours, at the start of each speech (ff. 14, 35, 54v, 60v, 95v, 111v, 129v,

• Text page., Orationes

Text page. 1 large zoomorphic initial, in colours and gold, with a partial border incorporating heraldic arms (f. 1). Small foliate initials in muted colours, at the start of each speech (ff. 14, 35, 54v, 60v, 95v, 111v, 129v,

• Decorated initial., Orationes

Decorated initial. 1 large zoomorphic initial, in colours and gold, with a partial border incorporating heraldic arms (f. 1). Small foliate initials in muted colours, at the start of each speech (ff. 14, 35, 54v, 60v, 95v, 111v, 129v,

• Decorated initial., Orationes

Decorated initial. 1 large zoomorphic initial, in colours and gold, with a partial border incorporating heraldic arms (f. 1). Small foliate initials in muted colours, at the start of each speech (ff. 14, 35, 54v, 60v, 95v, 111v, 129v,

• Text page., Orationes

Text page. 1 large zoomorphic initial, in colours and gold, with a partial border incorporating heraldic arms (f. 1). Small foliate initials in muted colours, at the start of each speech (ff. 14, 35, 54v, 60v, 95v, 111v, 129v,

• Decorated initial., Orationes

Decorated initial. 1 large zoomorphic initial, in colours and gold, with a partial border incorporating heraldic arms (f. 1). Small foliate initials in muted colours, at the start of each speech (ff. 14, 35, 54v, 60v, 95v, 111v, 129v,

• Decorated initial., Orationes

Decorated initial. 1 large zoomorphic initial, in colours and gold, with a partial border incorporating heraldic arms (f. 1). Small foliate initials in muted colours, at the start of each speech (ff. 14, 35, 54v, 60v, 95v, 111v, 129v,

• Decorated initial., Orationes

Decorated initial. 1 large zoomorphic initial, in colours and gold, with a partial border incorporating heraldic arms (f. 1). Small foliate initials in muted colours, at the start of each speech (ff. 14, 35, 54v, 60v, 95v, 111v, 129v,

• Decorated initial., Orationes

Decorated initial. 1 large zoomorphic initial, in colours and gold, with a partial border incorporating heraldic arms (f. 1). Small foliate initials in muted colours, at the start of each speech (ff. 14, 35, 54v, 60v, 95v, 111v, 129v,

• Decorated initial., Orationes

Decorated initial. 1 large zoomorphic initial, in colours and gold, with a partial border incorporating heraldic arms (f. 1). Small foliate initials in muted colours, at the start of each speech (ff. 14, 35, 54v, 60v, 95v, 111v, 129v,

• Historiated initial 'G'(allia) depicting the Triumph of Julius Caesar, with symbols of rulership within a carriage pulled by horses through mountains; arms in the lower margin., 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 historiated initial 'G'(allia) of the Triumph of Caesar., 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'(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 '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]).

• Historiated initial 'O(m[ni]p[oten]s) with a standing bishop and full border with besants, acanthus, flowers peacocks, and 2 putti supporting a bishop's coat of arms surmounted by a mitre and enclosed in a wreath. A (heraldic?) device seems to have been erased from the upper border., Benedictiones episcopales per totum annum (ff. 1-26); Consecratio olei (ff. 26v-33v); Consecrationes et ordinationes electi in episcopatum' (ff. 34-49) (index Benedictional)

Historiated initial 'O(m[ni]p[oten]s) with a standing bishop and full border with besants, acanthus, flowers peacocks, and 2 putti supporting a bishop's coat of arms surmounted by a mitre and enclosed in a wreath. A (heraldic?) device seems to have

• 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