• Miniature of messengers sent to the church of Saint Martin at Tours to ask for a sign of victory. They were greeted by the Psalm 'Sire thou did gird me with strength for battle . . . Thou did make my assailants sink under me', in a scene from the life of Clovis., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

with dark blue pen-flourishing. Chroniques de France ou de St Denis John(John the Good) (b. 1319, d. 1364), duke of Normandy (1332-1350), and king of France as John II (1350-1364), probably made for him before his accession to the

• Detail of a miniature of messengers sent to the church of Saint Martin at Tours to ask for a sign of victory. They were greeted by the Psalm 'Sire thou did gird me with strength for battle . . . Thou did make my assailants sink under me', in a scene from the life of Clovis., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

with dark blue pen-flourishing. Chroniques de France ou de St Denis John(John the Good) (b. 1319, d. 1364), duke of Normandy (1332-1350), and king of France as John II (1350-1364), probably made for him before his accession to the

• Miniature of Clovis dismissing the betrayers of Kanacaire., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

with dark blue pen-flourishing. Chroniques de France ou de St Denis John(John the Good) (b. 1319, d. 1364), duke of Normandy (1332-1350), and king of France as John II (1350-1364), probably made for him before his accession to the

• Detail of a miniature of Clovis dismissing the betrayers of Kanacaire., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

with dark blue pen-flourishing. Chroniques de France ou de St Denis John(John the Good) (b. 1319, d. 1364), duke of Normandy (1332-1350), and king of France as John II (1350-1364), probably made for him before his accession to the

• Miniature of Clodomire, Childebert, Theodoric, and Clothaire., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

with dark blue pen-flourishing. Chroniques de France ou de St Denis John(John the Good) (b. 1319, d. 1364), duke of Normandy (1332-1350), and king of France as John II (1350-1364), probably made for him before his accession to the

• Detail of a miniature of Clodomire, Childebert, Theodoric, and Clothaire., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

with dark blue pen-flourishing. Chroniques de France ou de St Denis John(John the Good) (b. 1319, d. 1364), duke of Normandy (1332-1350), and king of France as John II (1350-1364), probably made for him before his accession to the

• Miniature of Justinian sleeping, his head in Antonia's lap, shaded by an eagle, with a foliate initial 'E'(n), at the beginning of chapter 2 of book 2., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

with dark blue pen-flourishing. Chroniques de France ou de St Denis John(John the Good) (b. 1319, d. 1364), duke of Normandy (1332-1350), and king of France as John II (1350-1364), probably made for him before his accession to the

• Miniature of the death of Amaury., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

with dark blue pen-flourishing. Chroniques de France ou de St Denis John(John the Good) (b. 1319, d. 1364), duke of Normandy (1332-1350), and king of France as John II (1350-1364), probably made for him before his accession to the

• Detail of a miniature of the death of Amaury., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

with dark blue pen-flourishing. Chroniques de France ou de St Denis John(John the Good) (b. 1319, d. 1364), duke of Normandy (1332-1350), and king of France as John II (1350-1364), probably made for him before his accession to the

• Detail of decorated headpiece., Homilies on John (index In Ioannem), imperfect

initials in red with penwork decoration, a few also with black penwork decoration. Small simple letters in red. Homilies on John (index In Ioannem), imperfect 16th-century (?) note of 8 missing leaves (f. 330v; see also ff. 10v, 12v).? Thomas

• Illuminated border and initial 'A'(nti) with floral penwork decoration, and the signature of Lord William Howard (b. 1563, d. 1640), antiquary and landowner, the younger son of Thomas Howard (b. 1538, d. 1572), 4th duke of Norfolk, with the date 1589, in the upper margin., Historical and theological miscellany, including excerpts from the Granarium, part II, and a commentary on Sacrobosco's De sphaera (ff. 183-198)

15th century notes in a hand similar to those in Oxford, Bodleian, Bodl. MS 585, which includes the Granarium of John Whethamstede, according to Howlett 1974 p. 199. 1 partial border and puzzle initial in blue and gold, with penwork

• Decorated initial 'A'., Medical miscellany, including the Liber Medicinarum (ff. 1-40v)

Liber Medicinarum (ff. 1-40v) Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Decorated initial John Arderne England

• Decorated initials with pen-flourishing in book 4., Polychronicon to the reign of Edward II (r. 1307, d. 1337)

Edward II (r. 1307, d. 1337) Oxford, Queen's College, early 16th century: perhaps the manuscript John Bale saw in Queen's College and subsequently owned (see John Bale, ~Index Britanniae Scriptorum [Oxford, Bodl. Libr. MS. Selden Supra 64 (SC3452)]~, ed. by

• Inscription recording that the manuscript was given by John Whethamstede, abbot of St. Albans to the priory of Redburn, reading, 'Hunc librum providit venerabilis / pater dompnus Ioh[ann]es Wheth[a]mstede / abbas monasterii s[an]c[t]i Albani sacre theo/logie professor prioratui Redburne et / monachis ibidem cursum capientib[us]/ quem qui alienaverit anathema sit'; with the title 'Sacrilogiu[m] guidonis abb[at]is sive / speculu[m] leganda[rum].', Sanctilogium

manuscript was given by John Whethamstede, abbot of St. Albans to the priory of Redburn, reading, 'Hunc librum providit venerabilis / pater dompnus Ioh[ann]es Wheth[a]mstede / abbas monasterii s[an]c[t]i Albani sacre theo/logie professor prioratui Redburne et / monachis ibidem cursum

• Miniature of pope Clement V, surrounded by clerical figures, and in the initial 'I'(ohannes), the canonist Johannes Andreae offering the book, at the beginning of the Papal constitutions of Clement V., Papal constitutions of Clement V and John XXII (index Constitutiones clementis pape V; Constitutiones Clementinae), with gloss by Johannes Andreae (Giovanni d'Andrea), ends imperfectly

to the large initial below, in colours and gold (f. 3). Large initial with the standing figure of the pope John XXII, in colours and gold (f. 59v). Large decorated foliate initials, some including human heads or half-length figures, in

• Decorated initials including a human head and a half-length figure, and initials with pen-flourishing, in the Papal constitutiones of Clement V., Papal constitutions of Clement V and John XXII (index Constitutiones clementis pape V; Constitutiones Clementinae), with gloss by Johannes Andreae (Giovanni d'Andrea), ends imperfectly

to the large initial below, in colours and gold (f. 3). Large initial with the standing figure of the pope John XXII, in colours and gold (f. 59v). Large decorated foliate initials, some including human heads or half-length figures, in

• Decorated initials including a human head and a half-length figure, in the Papal constitutiones of Clement V., Papal constitutions of Clement V and John XXII (index Constitutiones clementis pape V; Constitutiones Clementinae), with gloss by Johannes Andreae (Giovanni d'Andrea), ends imperfectly

to the large initial below, in colours and gold (f. 3). Large initial with the standing figure of the pope John XXII, in colours and gold (f. 59v). Large decorated foliate initials, some including human heads or half-length figures, in

• Detail of a miniature of John., Bible historiale complétée moyenne (the 'Bible Historiale of John the Good')

in gold and blue with blue and red pen-flourishing. Bible historiale complétée moyenne (the 'Bible Historiale of John the Good') John II (John the Good) (b. 1319, d. 1364), king of France (1350-1364), made for him and seized by the

• Detail of a miniature of John asleep, with a cup, and behind him, a lion-like beast with crowned horns., Bible historiale complétée moyenne (the 'Bible Historiale of John the Good')

in gold and blue with blue and red pen-flourishing. Bible historiale complétée moyenne (the 'Bible Historiale of John the Good') John II (John the Good) (b. 1319, d. 1364), king of France (1350-1364), made for him and seized by the

• Detail of a miniature of John with an eagle, his symbol., Bible historiale complétée moyenne (the 'Bible Historiale of John the Good')

in gold and blue with blue and red pen-flourishing. Bible historiale complétée moyenne (the 'Bible Historiale of John the Good') John II (John the Good) (b. 1319, d. 1364), king of France (1350-1364), made for him and seized by the