• Miniature of Zodiac man., Physician's folding almanac, including Somer's 'Calendar' (ff. B-E, i.e. 9-6), diagrams of solar and lunar eclipses from 1398 to 1462 (ff. G-I, i.e. 4-2), and Grosseteste's 'De prognosticatione aeri', abridged (f. K, i.e. 1)

Zodiac man. John Somer's calendar provides lunar conjunctions of the 19-year Metonic cycle beginning on 1387, 1406, 1425, 1444. The saints in the calendar correspond to those in calendars for the use of Sarum produced in Southern England.One of 29

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'D'(ominus)., pages from a Missal

ff. 1-3 are paper leaves.The name John Siferwas occurs in the Sherborne Missal with 'Illuminator': see Scoft 1996 p. 62. Large initials with foliate decoration and full borders in colours and gold (ff. 21, 22). Small initials in gold with

• Illuminated initial 'D'(ominus) with foliate decoration and border., pages from a Missal

border. ff. 1-3 are paper leaves.The name John Siferwas occurs in the Sherborne Missal with 'Illuminator': see Scoft 1996 p. 62. Large initials with foliate decoration and full borders in colours and gold (ff. 21, 22). Small initials in gold

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'D'., pages from a Missal

ff. 1-3 are paper leaves.The name John Siferwas occurs in the Sherborne Missal with 'Illuminator': see Scoft 1996 p. 62. Large initials with foliate decoration and full borders in colours and gold (ff. 21, 22). Small initials in gold with

• Volvelle for calculating Easter, other movable feasts, Sunday letters, the Golden Number and the leap year, with a figure (a woman?) in the centre., A literary and scientific miscellany, including the third version of the Latin Brut Chronicle of England (ff. 1-3v); Honorius's 'Imago mundi' (ff. 6-21); 'On the Times', a rhymed macaronic complaint lyric (ff. 21v-23v); Lydgate's 'Dietary' (ff. 24-25); Sacro Bosco's 'Tractatus de sphaera' (index De sphera)(ff. 30-49v); Langenstein's 'Expositio terminorum astronomiae' (ff. 51-58, 58-61v); Decembrius's 'Liber de Historia peregrina', Book 1, 'Cosmographia' (ff. 72-79v)

form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Volvelle Honorius Augustodunensis (index Honorius d'Autun, Honorius of Autun), John Lydgate, Johannes de Sacro Bosco (index Johannes de Sacrobosco, Iohannes de Sacro Bosco, John de Sacrobosco), Heinrich von Langenstein England

• 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)

Includes a genealogy and chronological diagrams at the end including a diagram (ff. 235v-236) listing the archbishops of Canterbury to John Stafford (archbishop from 1443, d. 1452) and the popes to Pius II (elected 1458, d. 1464) (ff. 229v-236).Added index

• Decorated initial 'O'(mnibus) with blue penwork extensions., Eighty-eight sermons on the Gospel of John (index Homiliae 88 in S. Johannem)

ff. 86v, 99). Running headers, rubrics, and underlining in red. Capitals marked in red. Eighty-eight sermons on the Gospel of John (index Homiliae 88 in S. Johannem) Shelfmark: 'no. 259 h' (f. 1v).Johann Georg Graevius (b. 1632, d. 1703), German

• Coloured title in display capitals, and decorated line and initial 'O'., Iliad, highly imperfect

decorated initials (ff. 12, 22v) in light brown. Initials and running titles in light brown. Iliad, highly imperfect Written by John Rhosos of Crete (d. 1498): see Gamillscheg and Harlfinger 1981.ff. 1-18:The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661,

• null, Historia adversus paganos

1722, d. 1772), physician and book collector: his sale, 7 March 1785, lot 500, bought by Munro for 7s. 6d. John Monro (b. 1715, d. 1791), physician and specialist in insanity: his sale, 23 April 1792, lot 3400.David Swan, 1792:

• null, Historia adversus paganos

1722, d. 1772), physician and book collector: his sale, 7 March 1785, lot 500, bought by Munro for 7s. 6d. John Monro (b. 1715, d. 1791), physician and specialist in insanity: his sale, 23 April 1792, lot 3400.David Swan, 1792:

• null, Historia adversus paganos

1722, d. 1772), physician and book collector: his sale, 7 March 1785, lot 500, bought by Munro for 7s. 6d. John Monro (b. 1715, d. 1791), physician and specialist in insanity: his sale, 23 April 1792, lot 3400.David Swan, 1792:

• Illuminated initial 'H'(e) at the beginning of John Lydgate's Fall of Princes., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium)

at the beginning of John Lydgate's Fall of Princes. f. 2r-v is an added a poem of moral and political advice; f. 3r-v is an added prayer, and f. 189v is an added a prophecy relating to the events of

• Illuminated initials and decorated verses in John Lydgate's Fall of Princes., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium)

decorated verses in John Lydgate's Fall of Princes. f. 2r-v is an added a poem of moral and political advice; f. 3r-v is an added prayer, and f. 189v is an added a prophecy relating to the events of the

• Miniature of Medea killing her children., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), abridged

abridged Numerous medieval and post-medieval added inscriptions in Greek, English and Latin (ff. 1*v, 2*v, 265v, 266). John Bentley: inscribed in 1587 'John Bentley aetatis sue xxxiiii, fe. viii 1587 Anno eliza xxx' (f. 4v).Thomas Cotton, 16th century: inscribed with

• Miniature with two hanging men., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), abridged

abridged Numerous medieval and post-medieval added inscriptions in Greek, English and Latin (ff. 1*v, 2*v, 265v, 266). John Bentley: inscribed in 1587 'John Bentley aetatis sue xxxiiii, fe. viii 1587 Anno eliza xxx' (f. 4v).Thomas Cotton, 16th century: inscribed with

• Historiated initial 'L' of the Nativity and the Annunciation to the Shepherds (bottom miniature)., Cutting from a Gradual

are portions of the gradual for the same Mass. 1 initial in penwork (verso). Cutting from a Gradual Presented by John E. Leary, violin and pianoforte instructor, of 59 Hazelville Road, Hornsey Lane, [London] N, 1930: his business card attached

• Miniature of the suicide of Dido., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), abridged

abridged Numerous medieval and post-medieval added inscriptions in Greek, English and Latin (ff. 1*v, 2*v, 265v, 266). John Bentley: inscribed in 1587 'John Bentley aetatis sue xxxiiii, fe. viii 1587 Anno eliza xxx' (f. 4v).Thomas Cotton, 16th century: inscribed with

• Miniature of Cyrus and Astyages in battle., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), abridged

abridged Numerous medieval and post-medieval added inscriptions in Greek, English and Latin (ff. 1*v, 2*v, 265v, 266). John Bentley: inscribed in 1587 'John Bentley aetatis sue xxxiiii, fe. viii 1587 Anno eliza xxx' (f. 4v).Thomas Cotton, 16th century: inscribed with

• Miniature of Croesus being seized by a knight., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), abridged

abridged Numerous medieval and post-medieval added inscriptions in Greek, English and Latin (ff. 1*v, 2*v, 265v, 266). John Bentley: inscribed in 1587 'John Bentley aetatis sue xxxiiii, fe. viii 1587 Anno eliza xxx' (f. 4v).Thomas Cotton, 16th century: inscribed with

• Miniature of Marcus Regulus., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), abridged

abridged Numerous medieval and post-medieval added inscriptions in Greek, English and Latin (ff. 1*v, 2*v, 265v, 266). John Bentley: inscribed in 1587 'John Bentley aetatis sue xxxiiii, fe. viii 1587 Anno eliza xxx' (f. 4v).Thomas Cotton, 16th century: inscribed with