• Coloured initial., Psalter

Coloured initial. 1 decorated headpiece (f. 2). Large initials in plain red. Psalter Inscription in Russian (f. 1).Inscribed 'Ex dono Will(hel)mi Skinner Armig(?)' (f. 1). Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of

• Inscriptions., Alchemical treatises

Inscriptions. 1 large initial in blue with pen-flourishing in red. Small initials in plain red. Diagrams. Alchemical treatises Inscription, 15th century, and the number 'XV.B' (f. 1).Francis Bernard (bap. 1628, d. 1698), apothecary and physician: inscribed '90. Bern.' (f. 2).Sir

• Marginal drawings., Alchemical treatises

drawings. 1 large initial in blue with pen-flourishing in red. Small initials in plain red. Diagrams. Alchemical treatises Inscription, 15th century, and the number 'XV.B' (f. 1).Francis Bernard (bap. 1628, d. 1698), apothecary and physician: inscribed '90. Bern.' (f. 2).Sir

• Text page with small decorated initials., The Regiment of Princes (De Regimine Principum) (index Regement of Princes, The Government of Princes)

99. 1 presentation miniature in colours and gold (f. 37). 1 marginal drawing of the head of the royal figure in leadpoint (f. 37). 14 three-sided borders and large initials in colours and gold with foliate decoration (ff. 1, 37,

• Text page with coloured initials., The Regiment of Princes (De Regimine Principum) (index Regement of Princes, The Government of Princes)

99. 1 presentation miniature in colours and gold (f. 37). 1 marginal drawing of the head of the royal figure in leadpoint (f. 37). 14 three-sided borders and large initials in colours and gold with foliate decoration (ff. 1, 37,

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

Library Additional 36791 s. xv 1 English Scribal Dialect: Warwickshire. Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference: 437 258, LP 8070 (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, p. 245). An early fifteenth-century copy (c. 1425) of the Speculum Sacerdotale : a series of addresses

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

155 mm Collation: Rebinding obscures evidence; probably eights throughout. Item 1: Page layout - single columns, 30 lines, drypoint, pricking not visible. Writing space - 185 x 105 mm. Item 1: One or possibly two scribes writing in an Anglicana

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

saaf'. f. 153r-v 'Actiua uita est panem esurientem'. 'sic ab illo implicatus absorbeatur'. Codex Parchment 265 180 mm 1 8 , (wants 1, 6, 8), added a stub with painting?, 2 10 , 3-4 8 , 5 6 , 6-13

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

England Oxford Bodleian Library Douce 302 SC 21876 s. xv 1 English Latin Scribe 1 - Scribal dialect: Staffordshire. Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference: 383 336, 189 (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, p. 237). Scribe 2 - Scribal Dialect: Staffordshire.

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

(IMEV 404 ) 'As reson rywylde my rechyles mynde'. 'ffilius regis is alyve et non mortuus est'. 'Explicit'. English Furnival 1 866, pp. 233-242. ff. 5r-7v The Complaint of Christ (IMEV 3611 ) 'This is crystes owen complaynt fro man

• MS Part Two: Medieval Manuscripts from the Additional Manuscripts, Section B 28,617 British Library, London 47 images.

Manuscripts from the Additional Manuscripts, Section B Manuscript Number 28,617 Source Library British Library, London Description Prologue, II, 513-end, f. 1; "Legenda Cleopatrye," II, 1-31, f. 2; Tisbe, II. 103-end, f. 3; "Legenda Didonis Cartagie Regine," 11. 1-180, 381-end, with

• MS Part Two: Medieval Manuscripts from the Additional Manuscripts, Section B 32,248 British Library, London 18 images.

Part Two: Medieval Manuscripts from the Additional Manuscripts, Section B Manuscript Number 32,248 Source Library British Library, London Description 11. MIRACLES of the Virgin, in Latin rhyming verse, beginning "Virgo fuit quedam, metrice quam plenius edam." At the end,

• beginning of the XV Century MS Part One: Medieval Manuscripts from the Sloane and Additional Manuscripts, Section A 2457 British Library, London 4...

Medieval Manuscripts from the Sloane and Additional Manuscripts, Section A Manuscript Number 2457 Source Library British Library, London Description 11. Verses on blood-letting, the title of which is "How thow schalt knowe veynes for blod letynge; and how in

• Early xvth cent MS Part Two: Medieval Manuscripts from the Additional Manuscripts, Section B 33,971 British Library, London 87 images.

Description 11. The Chastising of God's children. In 27 chapters. Imperfect, beg. in chap. iv. with the words "and in saulo. Som falles pen in perplexities." The text differs considerably from that printed and attributed to Caxton. f. 1.

• MS Part One: Medieval Manuscripts from the Sloane and Additional Manuscripts, Section A 25,718 British Library, London 95 images.

British Library, London Description THE Canterbury Tales of Geoffroy Chaucer. Imperfect; containing portions only of tales of, the Knight, f. 1; Miller, f. 24 b; Man of Law, f. 31; Sompnour, f. 41; Doctor of Physic, f. 48; Pardonor, f.