• The arms of Thomas Wall, Windsor herald, in the right margin, the signature of Jo Starkey, in the upper margin, that of Sir Robert Cotton ('Robert Cotton Bruceaus') with the date 1610 in the lower margin., De Regimine Principum; Secrets of the Philosophers; Secretum Secretorum

ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Heraldry and signatures Perhaps John Multon John Multon Thomas Hoccleve, Pseudo-Aristotle London England, S. E. (London)

• Decorated initial 'G'(od)., De Regimine Principum; Secrets of the Philosophers; Secretum Secretorum

/ ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Decorated initial Perhaps John Multon John Multon Thomas Hoccleve, Pseudo-Aristotle London England, S. E. (London)

• Flourished initial, Atalaya de las Cronicas por Alfonso Martinez de Toledo

abridgment of Spanish history made in 1443 by Alonso or Alfonso Martinez de Toledo, Archpriest of Talavera, and chaplain to John II of Castille (see de Gayangos 1875).Bought by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829

• Historiated initial 'O' of the beheading of John the Baptist., Cuttings from a choir book

of the beheading of John the Baptist. Italian cuttings.The present cuttings are kept in two boxes with Add. 18197, ff. B-F and G, I-M (there is no f. J). To see these cuttings in the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add.

• Acrostic with highlighting and pen-flourishing in margins., La Fleur des Histoires (index Hystoires) Part II, Volume II

314).John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673), antiquary: inscribed 'To pay for this and th'other volume xxv s 8 July 1650, John Theyer' 25 shillings' (f. 314v) and included in the catalogue of his library left to his grandson Charles Theyer

• Text page with initials, pen-flourishing, rubrics and chapter numbers., La Fleur des Histoires Part II, Volume I

314).John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673), antiquary: inscribed 'To pay for this and th'other volume xxv s 8 July 1650, John Theyer' 25 shillings' (see vol II: Royal 16 F VII,f. 314v) and included in the catalogue of his library

• Text page with pen-flourished initials and line-fillers. Colophons with pen-flourishing., La Fleur des Histoires (index Hystoires) Part II, Volume II

314).John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673), antiquary: inscribed 'To pay for this and th'other volume xxv s 8 July 1650, John Theyer' 25 shillings' (f. 314v) and included in the catalogue of his library left to his grandson Charles Theyer

• Decorated initial 'P'(lacete) at the beginning of the prologue to the History of Jerusalem of Foucher de Chartres., De muliere Chananaea, Miracula S. Letardi

scribe of Cambridge University Library, Kk.1.17 and Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 274 (ff. i-48).Part 3 includes 'De muliere Chananaea' of John Chrysostom (ff. 57-62) and 'Miracula S. Letardi' of Goscelin (ff. 62v-64v), each written by a different hand. Initials in

• Headpiece and decorated initial 'E' at the beginning of John., Four Gospels with canon tables and Eusebius of Caesarea's letter to Carpianus, imperfect

'E' at the beginning of John. Ruled in hardpoint.Some mold damage, particularly at the end of the manuscript.Binding by Chapman (restored and rebacked). 4 headpieces in colour, one at the beginning of each Gospel (ff. 6, 94, 152, 242v). 4

• Decorated and illuminated initials., Canterbury Tales, imperfectly

family: entries of the births of 'Morryse Worthe ... 1564', 'Frauncis ... 1565', 'Henry 1567', and 'John ... 1574' (f. 84); and again 'John Worth (f. 106), and also 'Humfrye Worthe' (f. 38v). ? The priory of Southwick in Hamphire:

• Decorated and illuminated initials., Canterbury Tales, imperfectly

family: entries of the births of 'Morryse Worthe ... 1564', 'Frauncis ... 1565', 'Henry 1567', and 'John ... 1574' (f. 84); and again 'John Worth (f. 106), and also 'Humfrye Worthe' (f. 38v). ? The priory of Southwick in Hamphire:

• Decorated initial in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales., Canterbury Tales, imperfectly

family: entries of the births of 'Morryse Worthe ... 1564', 'Frauncis ... 1565', 'Henry 1567', and 'John ... 1574' (f. 84); and again 'John Worth (f. 106), and also 'Humfrye Worthe' (f. 38v). ? The priory of Southwick in Hamphire:

• Decorated and illuminated initials., Canterbury Tales, imperfectly

family: entries of the births of 'Morryse Worthe ... 1564', 'Frauncis ... 1565', 'Henry 1567', and 'John ... 1574' (f. 84); and again 'John Worth (f. 106), and also 'Humfrye Worthe' (f. 38v). ? The priory of Southwick in Hamphire:

• Initial 'A' and border with floral decoration in gold and colours. Headpiece defaced. The arms of the Tornabuoni family of Florence in the bas-de-page., Odyssey

and rubrics in red at the beginning of books. Initials, running titles and marginal scholia in red. Odyssey Written by John Rhosos of Crete (d. 1498): see Gamillscheg and Harlfinger 1981.The Tornabuoni family of Florence, owned in the 15th century:

• Puzzle initial 'N' at the beginning of a chronicle., Chronicle from Noah to Henry IV, and a list of kings from William I to Henry VI (f. 71r-v)

the list of kings (f. 71r-v) apparently by the same scribe, ends with Henry VI (1422-1471).John Benson: late 15th-century inscription 'John Benson' (f. 71v).William Vagger of Sussex: inscribed in the late 15th century 'Constat Willelmo Vagger de Sussex' (f. 1v).John

• Miniature with the portrait of King Henry VIII, and the beginning of John Croke's English translation of Psalms., Psalms in English verse (girdle book)

Henry VIII, and the beginning of John Croke's English translation of Psalms. A very small girdle book, bound in gold.John Croke was one of the clerks in Chancery.Contents: ff. 2-5: Veni Creator; ff. 6-68v: seven Penitential Psalms followed by the

• Historiated initial 'D'(omino) with John Chrysostom and border., Homilies on Matthew (index In Matthaeum)

Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829), founder of the collection. John Chrysostom The scribe of the Ferrara Strabo The scribe of the Ferrara Strabo John Chrysostom (index Johannes Chrysostomus), translated by Georgius Trapezuntius (index George of Trebizond)

• First page of text, with a Lumley ownership inscription., The Regement of Princes

90) No decoration. The Regement of Princes John Treglystyn: inscribed 'Constat Iohanni Treglystyn', end of the 15th century (f. 90v).Nicholas Saunder, perhaps to be identified with Nicholas Saunder, pupil of the mathematician John Dee (1527-1609), or Sir Nicholas Saunder of

• Illuminated initial 'S'(aepe) at the beginning of Tacitus' Dialogus de oratoribus., De grammaticis et rhetoribus (ff. 2-14v); Dialogus de oratoribus (ff. 15-42v)

in the other colour. De grammaticis et rhetoribus (ff. 2-14v); Dialogus de oratoribus (ff. 15-42v) Written by John Free, probably in Padua, for John Tiptoft, earl of Worcester (b. 1427, d. 1470), administrator and humanist: his arms and crest (f.

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a group of people, one holding a dish and a pot., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

University of Paris (f. 4). John Batayle, a canon of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield, mentioned among other canons in a clerical subsidy roll of 1379 and named in a will of 1382, made by John Chyshull, another canon of St