• Headpiece with Mary with raised hands flanked by angels, and a marginal figure of Solomon and David, at the beginning of Luke., Gospels

1477 for Cardinal Gonazaga: see Alexander. Alphabetical quire signatures. 3 large miniatures in colours and gold of Mark, Luke, and John (ff. 87v, 142v, 232v). Small miniatures in colours and gold in rectangular frames at the beginning of Gospels (ff.

• Page painted red with streaming blood., Psalter and Rosary of the Virgin (from f. 27), in two versions, and other devotional texts, including a litany

Page painted red with streaming blood. The most remarkable example of a book of devotion that may show signs of having received that devotion in a direct physical form is Egerton 1821, an English product of around 1490. It

• Page painted red with streaming blood., Psalter and Rosary of the Virgin (from f. 27), in two versions, and other devotional texts, including a litany

Page painted red with streaming blood. The most remarkable example of a book of devotion that may show signs of having received that devotion in a direct physical form is Egerton 1821, an English product of around 1490. It

• Text page with drawing of man spearing a dragon added to the margin., Miscellany of patristic texts, imperfect, including Marcus Eremita's Opuscula III, X and IV (ff. 1-6v, 6v-15v, 16-29), Diadochus's 'Capita centum de perfectione spirituali' (ff. 29-59), John's 'Capita hortatoria ad monachos in India' (ff. 59v-69) and 'Capita theologica et gnostica' (ff. 69-81v), and Maximus's 'Capita de caritate' (ff. 82-117v)

82-117v) Pen and pencil drawings added to the margins, 17th-century ? (ff. 2, 23v, 24, 25, 78, 91v, 92, 97v). John Covel (b. 1638, d. 1722), chaplain of the Levant Company in Constantinople, 1670-1676, and later Master of Christ's College,

• Decorated initials 'O[mega]' and line separating the books; title in display capitals., Odyssey

in light brown at the beginning of each book. Initials and occasional marginal gloss in light brown. Odyssey Written by John Rhosos of Crete (d. 1498): signed and dated Rome, 10 August 1479 (f. 259).Made for Bartholomaios Chryspianos (f. 259).Conyers

• Decorated initial 'M'(ulta), and a full foliate border with John Morton's arms, at the beginning of Johannes de Giglis's Libellus de Canonizatione sanctorum., Libellus de Canonizatione sanctorum

a full foliate border with John Morton's arms, at the beginning of Johannes de Giglis's Libellus de Canonizatione sanctorum. For other manuscripts owned by Morton see Arundel 435 and 454. 2 large initials in gold on blue and red grounds,

• Lower part of a full foliate border with John Morton's arms, at the beginning of Johannes de Giglis's Libellus de Canonizatione sanctorum., Libellus de Canonizatione sanctorum

full foliate border with John Morton's arms, at the beginning of Johannes de Giglis's Libellus de Canonizatione sanctorum. For other manuscripts owned by Morton see Arundel 435 and 454. 2 large initials in gold on blue and red grounds, with

• Oxford almanac tables, providing formulae for calculating the phases of the moon and movement of the sun, of John Killingworth's Planetary Tables., Almagest (extract), Liber Astronomiae, Liber Arenalis, astronomical and geomantic tables, political prophecies

of the moon and movement of the sun, of John Killingworth's Planetary Tables. Contents:John Killingworth, Tables according to the Use of the University of Oxford (ff. 3-32), prefaced by Canons attributed to Master Thomas Pray (ff. 1v-2v);Astrological tables with images

• Detail of a miniature of Paul writing an epistle, with a messenger waiting to carry it for him, and with John Colet, kneeling, with the full border including flowers, insects and a peacock, and a foliate initial 'P'(aulus) at the beginning of Romans., Pauline and Catholic Epistles in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions

a messenger waiting to carry it for him, and with John Colet, kneeling, with the full border including flowers, insects and a peacock, and a foliate initial 'P'(aulus) at the beginning of Romans. The wider column contains the Vulgate and

• An engraved historiated full-page border of medallions containing the four Evangelists and scenes from the life of the Virgin and the life and Passion of Christ: (anti-clockwise from top left) of the Annunciation, Luke, the Nativity, the Flight into Egypt, Christ's Dispute with the Doctors, the Baptism of Christ, John, the Feeding of the Five Thousand, the Last Supper, Matthew, the Agony in the Garden, Christ before Caiaphas, Christ before Pontius Pilate, the Crucifixion, Mark, and the Resurrection., Cuttings from a printed Missal, containing text from the Masses for the feasts of Pentecost and Augustus

left) of the Annunciation, Luke, the Nativity, the Flight into Egypt, Christ's Dispute with the Doctors, the Baptism of Christ, John, the Feeding of the Five Thousand, the Last Supper, Matthew, the Agony in the Garden, Christ before Caiaphas, Christ

• An engraved historiated full-page border of medallions containing the four Evangelists and scenes from the life of the Virgin and the life and Passion of Christ: (anti-clockwise from top left) of the Annunciation, Luke, the Nativity, the Flight into Egypt, Christ's Dispute with the Doctors, the Baptism of Christ, Matthew, the Feeding of the Five Thousand, the Last Supper, John, the Agony in the Garden, Christ before Caiaphas, Christ before Pontius Pilate, the Crucifixion, Mark, and the Resurrection., Cuttings from a printed Missal, containing text from the Masses for the feasts of Pentecost and Augustus

Egypt, Christ's Dispute with the Doctors, the Baptism of Christ, Matthew, the Feeding of the Five Thousand, the Last Supper, John, the Agony in the Garden, Christ before Caiaphas, Christ before Pontius Pilate, the Crucifixion, Mark, and the Resurrection. Italian

• Ownership inscription by Thomas Cleobury, antepenultimate abbot of Dore, dated 1526., Miscellany, including and astrological treatise entitled 'De temporibus mundi' dated 1445 (ff. 73-79), an English chronicle in verse (ff. 79v-83), a poem on the life and passion of Jesus Christ entitled 'Meditacions on the soper' (ff. 83-102), and the fragment of a calendar, January to March (ff. 102v-104v)

decorated initial were added by a 16th-century (?) hand in pencil (f. 158).? John Hartylbury (ordained 1511), a monk at Dore Abbey: his ownership note 'Dan John Hartylbury Monke of dor<e>' (f. 160), and name (ff. 168, 168v): possibly related

• Notes added by a reader in 1512 to the margin of a page of Johann Lichtenberger, 'Prognosticatio', printed in Strasburg by Kistler after 31 December 1499., Miscellany, including and astrological treatise entitled 'De temporibus mundi' dated 1445 (ff. 73-79), an English chronicle in verse (ff. 79v-83), a poem on the life and passion of Jesus Christ entitled 'Meditacions on the soper' (ff. 83-102), and the fragment of a calendar, January to March (ff. 102v-104v)

decorated initial were added by a 16th-century (?) hand in pencil (f. 158).? John Hartylbury (ordained 1511), a monk at Dore Abbey: his ownership note 'Dan John Hartylbury Monke of dor<e>' (f. 160), and name (ff. 168, 168v): possibly related

• Map of the world., 'Imago mundi' attributed to Honorius Augustodunensis (ff. 104-117v), three theological treatises (ff. 118-119v), and excerpts from the Church Fathers (ff. 119v-121)

decorated initial were added by a 16th-century (?) hand in pencil (f. 158).? John Hartylbury (ordained 1511), a monk at Dore Abbey: his ownership note 'Dan John Hartylbury Monke of dor<e>' (f. 160), and name (ff. 168, 168v): possibly related

• Historiated initial with the presentation of an astrological textbook to King Henry VII, with the bishop and presenter of the book pointing to the stars, and an illuminated initial 'P'(ost), and floral scatter border with a bird in the lower margin, at the beginning of the Tractatus de revolutionibus in Guido Bonatti's ~Liber astronomiae~., Almagest (extract), Liber Astronomiae, Liber Arenalis, astronomical and geomantic tables, political prophecies

Arenalis (geomancy of Alpharinus) (ff. 269-277);Geomantic tables entitled 'Tabulæ Humfridi Ducis Glowcestriæ in judiciis artis geomansie' (ff. 277v-187v);The Prophecy of John of Bridlington (ff. 288 – 290v);A prophecy beginning 'Lilia terna dies libre…' (f. 290v);A prophecy beginning 'Ter tria lustra'

• Miniature of the dragon constellation ('Draco'), in tables from Ptolemy's Almagest., Almagest (extract), Liber Astronomiae, Liber Arenalis, astronomical and geomantic tables, political prophecies

Arenalis (geomancy of Alpharinus) (ff. 269-277);Geomantic tables entitled 'Tabulæ Humfridi Ducis Glowcestriæ in judiciis artis geomansie' (ff. 277v-187v);The Prophecy of John of Bridlington (ff. 288 – 290v);A prophecy beginning 'Lilia terna dies libre…' (f. 290v);A prophecy beginning 'Ter tria lustra'

• Miniatures of Cephus (the King) and Boetes (Ploughman or Bear-Hunter), in tables from Ptolemy's Almagest. The tables give the locations of constellations at different times of the year., Almagest (extract), Liber Astronomiae, Liber Arenalis, astronomical and geomantic tables, political prophecies

Arenalis (geomancy of Alpharinus) (ff. 269-277);Geomantic tables entitled 'Tabulæ Humfridi Ducis Glowcestriæ in judiciis artis geomansie' (ff. 277v-187v);The Prophecy of John of Bridlington (ff. 288 – 290v);A prophecy beginning 'Lilia terna dies libre…' (f. 290v);A prophecy beginning 'Ter tria lustra'

• Detail of a historiated initial with the presentation of an astrological textbook to Henry VII., Almagest (extract), Liber Astronomiae, Liber Arenalis, astronomical and geomantic tables, political prophecies

Arenalis (geomancy of Alpharinus) (ff. 269-277);Geomantic tables entitled 'Tabulæ Humfridi Ducis Glowcestriæ in judiciis artis geomansie' (ff. 277v-187v);The Prophecy of John of Bridlington (ff. 288 – 290v);A prophecy beginning 'Lilia terna dies libre…' (f. 290v);A prophecy beginning 'Ter tria lustra'

• Detail of illuminated initial and border with red and white roses., Almagest (extract), Liber Astronomiae, Liber Arenalis, astronomical and geomantic tables, political prophecies

Arenalis (geomancy of Alpharinus) (ff. 269-277);Geomantic tables entitled 'Tabulæ Humfridi Ducis Glowcestriæ in judiciis artis geomansie' (ff. 277v-187v);The Prophecy of John of Bridlington (ff. 288 – 290v);A prophecy beginning 'Lilia terna dies libre…' (f. 290v);A prophecy beginning 'Ter tria lustra'

• Detail of a miniature of the dragon constellation ('Draco'), in tables from Ptolemy's Almagest., Almagest (extract), Liber Astronomiae, Liber Arenalis, astronomical and geomantic tables, political prophecies

Arenalis (geomancy of Alpharinus) (ff. 269-277);Geomantic tables entitled 'Tabulæ Humfridi Ducis Glowcestriæ in judiciis artis geomansie' (ff. 277v-187v);The Prophecy of John of Bridlington (ff. 288 – 290v);A prophecy beginning 'Lilia terna dies libre…' (f. 290v);A prophecy beginning 'Ter tria lustra'