• Detail of an initial 'Q'(uoniam) from the incipit page, at the beginning of Luke., Gospels, imperfect (the 'Royal Bible')

to Zacharias, now lost;Luke, with the first page missing, beginning with 1:5, 'Fuit in diebus Herodis' (ff. 45-67v);The capitula of John (f. 68);John, with the first and the last leaf missing, beginning with 1:6, 'Fuit homo missus', and ending with

• Detail of a miniature of an ox, the symbol of Luke, with God the Father above, at the beginning of Luke., Gospels, imperfect (the 'Royal Bible')

to Zacharias, now lost;Luke, with the first page missing, beginning with 1:5, 'Fuit in diebus Herodis' (ff. 45-67v);The capitula of John (f. 68);John, with the first and the last leaf missing, beginning with 1:6, 'Fuit homo missus', and ending with

• Text page., Gospels, imperfect (the 'Royal Bible')

to Zacharias, now lost;Luke, with the first page missing, beginning with 1:5, 'Fuit in diebus Herodis' (ff. 45-67v);The capitula of John (f. 68);John, with the first and the last leaf missing, beginning with 1:6, 'Fuit homo missus', and ending with

• Text page., Gospels, imperfect (the 'Royal Bible')

to Zacharias, now lost;Luke, with the first page missing, beginning with 1:5, 'Fuit in diebus Herodis' (ff. 45-67v);The capitula of John (f. 68);John, with the first and the last leaf missing, beginning with 1:6, 'Fuit homo missus', and ending with

• The ownership inscription of John Clerk, grocer and apocetharius of King Edward IV, and warden of the London Company of Grocers in 1467 and 1475. The apocetharius of the royal household was the official responsible for preserved fruits and condiments., Miscellany, including a calendar, Psalter with prayers and Hours of the Virgin, imperfect, Bestiaire d'amour; Rules, and the Chronicle of Turpin (see Notes)

in Latin with initials in red (ff. 204-212v). John Clerk, grocer and apothecary to Edward IV, warden of the London Company of Grocers in 1467 and 1475: inscribed 'Iste liber constat John Clerk grocero apocethario regis Edwarde quarti post conquestum'

• Illuminated headpiece decorated with a foliate pattern on a gold ground, (the right hand portion replaced with a similar pattern in red) and illuminated initial 'E'(n) at the beginning of the Gospel of John, with a marginal inscription in Ottoman Turkish., Gospel Lectionary for the liturgical year starting from the lesson for Easter Sunday

with a similar pattern in red) and illuminated initial 'E'(n) at the beginning of the Gospel of John, with a marginal inscription in Ottoman Turkish. Marginal notes in Ottoman Turkish (ff. 1, 49, 149). Headpiece with vine scroll decoration in

• Puzzle initial 'O'(rdo) with pen-flourishing including foliate motifs, dragon heads and masks, extending into a full border at the beginning of the text., Coronation order for the king of England

politician, owner of a library at Welbeck Abbey: his bookplate (f. iv). Henrietta Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755), daughter of John, married in 1713 Edward Harley (b. 1689, d. 1741), 2nd earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron

• Calendar page for February, with the dedication of the church of St. Lawrence, Ludlow (the largest parish church in Shropshire): about half-way down the page, written in red ink at 13 February, is 'Dedicacion de la eglise seint Laurence de Lodelawe'., Miscellany, including a calendar, Psalter with prayers and Hours of the Virgin, imperfect, Bestiaire d'amour; Rules, and the Chronicle of Turpin (see Notes)

in Latin with initials in red (ff. 204-212v). John Clerk, grocer and apothecary to Edward IV, warden of the London Company of Grocers in 1467 and 1475: inscribed 'Iste liber constat John Clerk grocero apocethario regis Edwarde quarti post conquestum'

• Coloured initials in the litany. Each column on this page has the saint's name to the left, followed by a space and an abbreviation of the word 'priez' (pray [for me]), with a hybrid creature in the lower right margin., Miscellany, including a calendar, Psalter with prayers and Hours of the Virgin, imperfect, Bestiaire d'amour; Rules, and the Chronicle of Turpin (see Notes)

in Latin with initials in red (ff. 204-212v). John Clerk, grocer and apothecary to Edward IV, warden of the London Company of Grocers in 1467 and 1475: inscribed 'Iste liber constat John Clerk grocero apocethario regis Edwarde quarti post conquestum'

• Ink drawings of a huntsman and his dog chasing a female ape: the ape carries one child on her back, and the other on her front, and a mermaid and a ship in the sea., Miscellany, including a calendar, Psalter with prayers and Hours of the Virgin, imperfect, Bestiaire d'amour; Rules, and the Chronicle of Turpin (see Notes)

in Latin with initials in red (ff. 204-212v). John Clerk, grocer and apothecary to Edward IV, warden of the London Company of Grocers in 1467 and 1475: inscribed 'Iste liber constat John Clerk grocero apocethario regis Edwarde quarti post conquestum'

• Bas-de-page scene of John the Baptist preaching holding a disk before a seated group of people., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours')

scene of John the Baptist preaching holding a disk before a seated group of people. The style and subject, especially the many bas-de-page narratives ranging from romance and fabliau to biblical and hagiographic material, are closely connected to two important

• Bas-de-page scene of John the Baptist before a seated Herod with a sword., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours')

scene of John the Baptist before a seated Herod with a sword. The style and subject, especially the many bas-de-page narratives ranging from romance and fabliau to biblical and hagiographic material, are closely connected to two important manuscripts thought to

• Bas-de-page scene of John being pushed into a prison tower by a man holding a club., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours')

scene of John being pushed into a prison tower by a man holding a club. The style and subject, especially the many bas-de-page narratives ranging from romance and fabliau to biblical and hagiographic material, are closely connected to two important

• Bas-de-page scene of John kneeling in a tower doorway, with an executioner holding him by the hair and a raised sword, and behind him Salome holding a golden bowl., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours')

scene of John kneeling in a tower doorway, with an executioner holding him by the hair and a raised sword, and behind him Salome holding a golden bowl. The style and subject, especially the many bas-de-page narratives ranging from romance

• Bas-de-page scene of Salome presenting the head of John in a golden bowl to her seated mother., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours')

presenting the head of John in a golden bowl to her seated mother. The style and subject, especially the many bas-de-page narratives ranging from romance and fabliau to biblical and hagiographic material, are closely connected to two important manuscripts thought

• Bas-de-page scene of two men holding bones in their arms, and the skeleton of John in a tomb., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours')

in their arms, and the skeleton of John in a tomb. The style and subject, especially the many bas-de-page narratives ranging from romance and fabliau to biblical and hagiographic material, are closely connected to two important manuscripts thought to have

• Bas-de-page scene of Peter and John visiting the sepulchre and removing the sudarium., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours')

of Peter and John visiting the sepulchre and removing the sudarium. The style and subject, especially the many bas-de-page narratives ranging from romance and fabliau to biblical and hagiographic material, are closely connected to two important manuscripts thought to have

• Bas-de-page scene of Christ beckoning Peter and John while they are out fishing., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours')

Christ beckoning Peter and John while they are out fishing. The style and subject, especially the many bas-de-page narratives ranging from romance and fabliau to biblical and hagiographic material, are closely connected to two important manuscripts thought to have been

• Miniature of the Virgin and Child, at the beginning of Cantiques., La bible historiale complétée, 2nd volume, imperfect

Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698), II, no. 6543.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix, 70, no 115.Charles

• Miniature of Amos as a shepherd, at the beginning of Amos, with the instruction for an illuminator in the margin; 'I saint berger / garde de berbis et / vois d'ange'., La bible historiale complétée, 2nd volume, imperfect

Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698), II, no. 6543.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix, 70, no 115.Charles