• Illuminated initial., Astrological-medical miscellany, including a calendar of John Somer followed by tables of solar and lunar eclipses; the Secretum secretorum; a treatise by Rasis on complexions (f. 72v)

brown of urine glasses (ff. 21v-30; 47v-48). Drawings of eclipses (ff. 15v-16v). Guide letters. Astrological-medical miscellany, including a calendar of John Somer followed by tables of solar and lunar eclipses; the Secretum secretorum; a treatise by Rasis on complexions (f.

• Illuminated initial with foliate decoration, knots, flowers, and hybrid creatures., Polychronicon (ff. 1-201v); Dialogus inter clericum et militem (ff. 202-205), and other texts

Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Illuminated border Ranulf Higden (index Ranulph Higden), translated into English by John Trevisa England

• Full border with hybrid creatures and foliate forms., Polychronicon (ff. 1-201v); Dialogus inter clericum et militem (ff. 202-205), and other texts

Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Hybrids Ranulf Higden (index Ranulph Higden), translated into English by John Trevisa England

• Illuminated initial and full border with hybrid creatures., Polychronicon (ff. 1-201v); Dialogus inter clericum et militem (ff. 202-205), and other texts

Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Hybrids Ranulf Higden (index Ranulph Higden), translated into English by John Trevisa England

• Illuminated initial and full border with hybrid creatures., Polychronicon (ff. 1-201v); Dialogus inter clericum et militem (ff. 202-205), and other texts

Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Hybrids Ranulf Higden (index Ranulph Higden), translated into English by John Trevisa England

• Illuminated initial and full border with hybrid creatures., Polychronicon (ff. 1-201v); Dialogus inter clericum et militem (ff. 202-205), and other texts

Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Hybrids Ranulf Higden (index Ranulph Higden), translated into English by John Trevisa England

• Text page with a bar border and historiated initials 'D'(omine): the birth of John the Baptist., Psalter, Use of Sarum ('The Bohun Psalter and Hours'), imperfect

and historiated initials 'D'(omine): the birth of John the Baptist. The former 18th-century binding now kept separately as Egerton 3277B. 15 very large historiated initials with three-sides bar borders in colours and gold at the beginning of Psalms 38, 68,

• Text page with a bar border and historiated initials 'I'(ubilate): John the Baptist reproves Herod; historiated initial 'D'(eus) the Baptism of Christ., Psalter, Use of Sarum ('The Bohun Psalter and Hours'), imperfect

border and historiated initials 'I'(ubilate): John the Baptist reproves Herod; historiated initial 'D'(eus) the Baptism of Christ. The former 18th-century binding now kept separately as Egerton 3277B. 15 very large historiated initials with three-sides bar borders in colours and gold

• Text page with a bar border and an historiated initial 'D'(eus): John the Baptist is put into prison., Psalter, Use of Sarum ('The Bohun Psalter and Hours'), imperfect

border and an historiated initial 'D'(eus): John the Baptist is put into prison. The former 18th-century binding now kept separately as Egerton 3277B. 15 very large historiated initials with three-sides bar borders in colours and gold at the beginning of

• Text page with a bar border and historiated initials 'D'(eus): Michael; historiated initial 'P'(erpetuis): John the Baptist; historiated initial 'L'(argire): Peter and Paul., Psalter, Use of Sarum ('The Bohun Psalter and Hours'), imperfect

historiated initials 'D'(eus): Michael; historiated initial 'P'(erpetuis): John the Baptist; historiated initial 'L'(argire): Peter and Paul. The former 18th-century binding now kept separately as Egerton 3277B. 15 very large historiated initials with three-sides bar borders in colours and gold at

• Text page with a bar border and historiated initials 'E'(cclesiam): John the Evagelist; historiated initial 'L'(argire): Noli me tangere., Psalter, Use of Sarum ('The Bohun Psalter and Hours'), imperfect

border and historiated initials 'E'(cclesiam): John the Evagelist; historiated initial 'L'(argire): Noli me tangere. The former 18th-century binding now kept separately as Egerton 3277B. 15 very large historiated initials with three-sides bar borders in colours and gold at the beginning

• Historated initial 'D'(omini) at the Penitential Psalms: the priests give Judas money (Luke 22:5), Christ sends Peter and John to prepare the passover (Luke 22:8), the Last Supper, the Agony in the Garden, and the Last Judgement in the border., Psalter, Use of Sarum ('The Bohun Psalter and Hours'), imperfect

give Judas money (Luke 22:5), Christ sends Peter and John to prepare the passover (Luke 22:8), the Last Supper, the Agony in the Garden, and the Last Judgement in the border. The former 18th-century binding now kept separately as Egerton

• Text page with a bar border and historiated initials 'D'(eus): Paul holding a sword; historiated initial 'T'(uere): John the Evangelist holding a chalice and palm branch; historiated initial 'M'(aiestatem): Andrew holds a saltire., Psalter, Use of Sarum ('The Bohun Psalter and Hours'), imperfect

initials 'D'(eus): Paul holding a sword; historiated initial 'T'(uere): John the Evangelist holding a chalice and palm branch; historiated initial 'M'(aiestatem): Andrew holds a saltire. The former 18th-century binding now kept separately as Egerton 3277B. 15 very large historiated initials

• Text page with a bar border and an historiated initial 'I'(n) of Saint John the Evangelist, and an eagle standing before the lectern., Psalter, Use of Sarum ('The Bohun Psalter and Hours'), imperfect

and an historiated initial 'I'(n) of Saint John the Evangelist, and an eagle standing before the lectern. The former 18th-century binding now kept separately as Egerton 3277B. 15 very large historiated initials with three-sides bar borders in colours and gold

• Opening page of text, with the beginning of a table of contents and the ownership inscription 'Lumley'., New Testament, the later Wycliffite version

Opening page of text, with the beginning of a table of contents and the ownership inscription 'Lumley'. Includes a table of liturgical lections (ff. 1-9), a treatise on the Ten Commandments (ff. 235v-238), and a fragment on the Seven

• Puzzle initials 'M'(atheu) and 'T'(he) at the beginning of the Gospel of Matthew., New Testament, the later Wycliffite version

Puzzle initials 'M'(atheu) and 'T'(he) at the beginning of the Gospel of Matthew. Includes a table of liturgical lections (ff. 1-9), a treatise on the Ten Commandments (ff. 235v-238), and a fragment on the Seven Deadly Sins (f. 238v).Bifolium

• Detail of a miniature of the Royal arms of England, at the end of the dedicatory letter addressed to Henry VIII., Poem on Ursula and the eleven thousand virgins, dedicated to Henry VIII

Detail of a miniature of the Royal arms of England, at the end of the dedicatory letter addressed to Henry VIII. 1 full border including a miniature of Ursula and eleven thousand virgins, in colours and gold, at the

• Detail of a miniature in the lower panel of a border of Ursula and eleventh thousend virgins, at the beginning of book 1., Poem on Ursula and the eleven thousand virgins, dedicated to Henry VIII

Detail of a miniature in the lower panel of a border of Ursula and eleventh thousend virgins, at the beginning of book 1. 1 full border including a miniature of Ursula and eleven thousand virgins, in colours and gold,

• Two quatrilobed miniatures: Evangelist portrait of John, and his symbol, the eagle., Book of Hours, Use of Paris ('The Hours of René d'Anjou')

Evangelist portrait of John, and his symbol, the eagle. The suffrages are preceded by a rubric 'Cy apres sensuivent les memoires des sains et des saintes et de toutes les festes de l'an selonc lordenance du kallendier. Excepte que le

• Miniatures of Barnabas (left) and John the Baptist (right), with partial foliate borders carried by angels., Book of Hours, Use of Paris ('The Hours of René d'Anjou')

Barnabas (left) and John the Baptist (right), with partial foliate borders carried by angels. The suffrages are preceded by a rubric 'Cy apres sensuivent les memoires des sains et des saintes et de toutes les festes de l'an selonc lordenance