• Foliate initial 'D'(omine) with a full border, at the beginning of Psalm 89., Commentary on the Psalms

with human heads. Commentary on the Psalms John Russell, fellow of Merton College, Oxford, and a prebendary of Peterborough Cathedral, author of the ~Proposals for Printing the Holy Bible~, (1721): his initials, 'J[ohn] R[ussell]' and note numbering the manuscript as

• Text page with inscriptions., De corpore et sanguine Domini

fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford: inscribed 'Liber Henrici Iacksoni Oxoniensis, Collegii Corporis Christi, mdc. Maii xxi liberati' (f. 145). John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673), antiquary, included in the catalogue of his library left to his grandson Charles Theyer

• Miniature of John the Baptist, and hybrid creature in the margin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

of John the Baptist, and hybrid creature in the margin. 9 full-page miniatures, followed by large historiated initials, with full foliate borders including birds and hybrid figures, in colours and gold (ff. 50v, 60v, 76v, 82v, 86v, 90v, 94v, 98v,

• Miniature of John with his Evangelist symbol, the eagle., Book of Hours

of John with his Evangelist symbol, the eagle. 3 diptychs of full-page miniatures with foliate borders, in colours and gold, inserted as a separate quire after the calendar (ff. 18v-21). 37 full-page miniatures in semi-grisaille against coloured backgrounds, with large

• Illuminated initials 'T'(he) and 'A'(prentys) with partial foliate bar borders at the opening of the Cook's Tale., The Canterbury Tales

Dorothie, née Leuenthorp: inscribed with their names (f. 286v; see Wright 1972).Other inscriptions include 'John Martant', 16th century (ff. 144, 180), and 'John Thomsyn' and 'John Thomsun Symond, late 16th-early 17th century (ff. 165v, 284v).John Somers, 1st baron Somers (b.

• Detail of a scribal (?) note reading 'Icy commencera le fable de Gamelyn' ('Here will begin Gamelyn's tale')., The Canterbury Tales

Dorothie, née Leuenthorp: inscribed with their names (f. 286v; see Wright 1972).Other inscriptions include 'John Martant', 16th century (ff. 144, 180), and 'John Thomsyn' and 'John Thomsun Symond, late 16th-early 17th century (ff. 165v, 284v).John Somers, 1st baron Somers (b.

• Illuminated initial 'O'(hateful) with a partial foliate bar border at the beginning of the prologue to the Man of Law's Tale., The Canterbury Tales

Dorothie, née Leuenthorp: inscribed with their names (f. 286v; see Wright 1972).Other inscriptions include 'John Martant', 16th century (ff. 144, 180), and 'John Thomsyn' and 'John Thomsun Symond, late 16th-early 17th century (ff. 165v, 284v).John Somers, 1st baron Somers (b.

• Illuminated initial 'T'(her) with a partial foliate bar border at the beginning of the Clerk's Tale., The Canterbury Tales

Dorothie, née Leuenthorp: inscribed with their names (f. 286v; see Wright 1972).Other inscriptions include 'John Martant', 16th century (ff. 144, 180), and 'John Thomsyn' and 'John Thomsun Symond, late 16th-early 17th century (ff. 165v, 284v).John Somers, 1st baron Somers (b.

• Illuminated initial 'A'(t) with a partial foliate bar border at the beginning of the Squire's Tale., The Canterbury Tales

Dorothie, née Leuenthorp: inscribed with their names (f. 286v; see Wright 1972).Other inscriptions include 'John Martant', 16th century (ff. 144, 180), and 'John Thomsyn' and 'John Thomsun Symond, late 16th-early 17th century (ff. 165v, 284v).John Somers, 1st baron Somers (b.

• Illuminated initial 'L'(ordyngs) with a partial foliate bar border at the beginning of the Pardoner's Tale. ., The Canterbury Tales

Dorothie, née Leuenthorp: inscribed with their names (f. 286v; see Wright 1972).Other inscriptions include 'John Martant', 16th century (ff. 144, 180), and 'John Thomsyn' and 'John Thomsun Symond, late 16th-early 17th century (ff. 165v, 284v).John Somers, 1st baron Somers (b.

• Illuminated initial 'T'(her) with a partial foliate bar border at the beginning of the Prioress's Tale., The Canterbury Tales

Dorothie, née Leuenthorp: inscribed with their names (f. 286v; see Wright 1972).Other inscriptions include 'John Martant', 16th century (ff. 144, 180), and 'John Thomsyn' and 'John Thomsun Symond, late 16th-early 17th century (ff. 165v, 284v).John Somers, 1st baron Somers (b.

• Illuminated initial 'A'(pore) with a partial foliate bar border at the beginning of the Nun's Priest's Tale., The Canterbury Tales

Dorothie, née Leuenthorp: inscribed with their names (f. 286v; see Wright 1972).Other inscriptions include 'John Martant', 16th century (ff. 144, 180), and 'John Thomsyn' and 'John Thomsun Symond, late 16th-early 17th century (ff. 165v, 284v).John Somers, 1st baron Somers (b.

• Decorated initial 'A'(luredus) with pen-flourishing added by a later hand at the beginning of book 6 of the Polychronicon., Various texts including Dialogus inter Militem et Clericum; Polychronicon (ending with 1357), the Pseudo-Methodius, The Beginning and the End of the World (ff. 21v-23v)

hand at the beginning of book 6 of the Polychronicon. John Trevisa (b. c.1342, d. in or before 1402) completed his translation of the Polychronicon in April 1387. Contains a few diagrams (e.g., f. 128v). Catchwords. Large puzzle initials in

• Coloured initial 'P(ueri novissima hora est)., Sermons on John, I, imperfect at the end

parchment pastedown. Large initials in red (some oxidised). Rubrics in red. Capitals marked in red. Sermons on John, I, imperfect at the end Johannes Vlimmerius (d. 1597), prior of St. Martin's, Louvain from 1559 to 1562: inscriptions recording his gift

• Initials with pen-flourished decoration., Lanterne of Light, a Lollard text, imperfect

1; see Wright 1972).Henry Gate, c. 1600: his name (original flyleaf after f. 57; see Wright 1972).? John Edwards, 17th-century: the inscription 'John Edwards his writing' (f. 9v).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl

• Three-sided border with large initial 'I'(n)., De planctu naturae (ff. 2-53v), Forma dictandi (ff. 54-66v), Philobiblon (ff. 67-109v), Contra luxuriam (ff. 110-130v), John of Limoges' Sompniale dilucidarium Pharonis (ff. 131-166)

red or blue. Cadels. De planctu naturae (ff. 2-53v), Forma dictandi (ff. 54-66v), Philobiblon (ff. 67-109v), Contra luxuriam (ff. 110-130v), John of Limoges' Sompniale dilucidarium Pharonis (ff. 131-166) William Welde, abbot of St. Augustine's, Canterbury from 1387 to 1405: his

• Illuminated initial 'A'(bstinendum) with a partial bar border with foliate feathering, at the beginning of the text., 'De articulis passionis Christi' (ff. 1-201); Pseudo-Origen's De Maria Magdalena, imperfect (ff. 201v-203v), including a tabula (ff. 153-159), John of Lathbury's Alphabetum morale

left blank. 'De articulis passionis Christi' (ff. 1-201); Pseudo-Origen's De Maria Magdalena, imperfect (ff. 201v-203v), including a tabula (ff. 153-159), John of Lathbury's Alphabetum morale Added (?) ink drawing of a bridge (f. 70v).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley

• Illuminated initial 'W'(han) and foliate bar border at the beginning of the text., The Canterbury Tales

Dorothie, née Leuenthorp: inscribed with their names (f. 286v; see Wright 1972).Other inscriptions include 'John Martant', 16th century (ff. 144, 180), and 'John Thomsyn' and 'John Thomsun Symond, late 16th-early 17th century (ff. 165v, 284v).John Somers, 1st baron Somers (b.

• 'Champ' initial 'S'(ir) with ivy tendril decoration at the opening of the prologue to the Clerk's Tale., The Canterbury Tales

Dorothie, née Leuenthorp: inscribed with their names (f. 286v; see Wright 1972).Other inscriptions include 'John Martant', 16th century (ff. 144, 180), and 'John Thomsyn' and 'John Thomsun Symond, late 16th-early 17th century (ff. 165v, 284v).John Somers, 1st baron Somers (b.

• Floriate bar border and initial 'D'(eus) on a gold ground, and smaller gold initials at the beginning of the Hour of Prime., Book of Hours, Use of Le Mans, fragmentary

Psalms, litany, and prayers (ff. 27v-37v); the Office of the Dead, beginning imperfect (ff. 38-54v); extract from the Gospel of John (ff. 54v-55v). Partial floriate bar borders with penwork decoration in gold and colours. Large and small gold initials on