Partial white vine border from BL Harley 2764, f. 1

Partial white vine border with an initial 'I'(n) and the helm, motto and arms of the Sacrati family of Ferrara. The initial is an addition, cut from another manuscript and pasted into the original white vine border. Originally, the sentence would have read: 'Nam Valerium Asiaticum, bis consulem, fuisse quondam adulterum ejus credidit…' (Tacitus, Annales, Liber XI). Image taken from f. 1 of Annales…