• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

barnabe þat he us to heouene bringue'. English Horstmann 1887, pp. 26-29. ff. 32v-34r South English Legendary: Life of St. John the Baptist ( IMEV 2945 ) 'Seint iohan was þe beste bern þe holie baptist þat euere of womman

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

Shropshire (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin, 1986, vol. 1, p. 149). A fifteenth-century copy of John Mirk's Instructions for Parish Priests copied by John Holyns. ff. 1r-33v John Mirk Instructions for Parish Priests (IMEV 961 ) 'God seythe hymselfe as wretyn

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

218, LP 6960 (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, vol. 4, p. 196). An early fifteenth-century copy of John Mirk's Festial . ff. 1r-32v John Mirk Festial (IPMEP 734 ) 'Ne dar þe noþyng drede'. 'grete peyne þu schalt childe bere

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

ista anglie confinia ita quod fere omnes turbarentur in lectis'. Good. On f. 1r: ' John nycholas owethe this book' and again on f. 214v: 'John nycholas owethe this book 1576'. Other names on f. 214v: ' dominus thomas browne

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

Atlas Grid Reference: not mapped (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, p. 239). A mid fifteenth-century copy of John Mirk's Festial . ff. 1r-164r John Mirk Festial (IPMEP 734 ) 'God maker of all þyng be at our begynnyng and ȝif

• MS Part Two: Medieval Manuscripts from the Additional Manuscripts, Section B 28,256 British Library, London 27 images.

27 images. Date(s) Author(s) [John Wycliffe] Collection(s) Part Two: Medieval Manuscripts from the Additional Manuscripts, Section B Manuscript Number 28,256 Source Library British Library, London Description THE Revelation of St. John, translated into English by John Wycliffe, preceded by a

• MS Part Two: Medieval Manuscripts from the Additional Manuscripts, Section B 28,026 British Library, London 192 images.

London 192 images. Date(s) Author(s) [John Wycliffe] Collection(s) Part Two: Medieval Manuscripts from the Additional Manuscripts, Section B Manuscript Number 28,026 Source Library British Library, London Description COMMENTARY on St. Matthew's Gospel; commonly attributed to John Wycliffe. It is headed,

• MS Part Two: Medieval Manuscripts from the Additional Manuscripts, Section B 39849 British Library, London 10 images.

10 images. Date(s) Author(s) [Sir John Fastolf] Collection(s) Part Two: Medieval Manuscripts from the Additional Manuscripts, Section B Manuscript Number 39849 Source Library British Library, London Description Vol.II. Draft of the will of Sir John Fastolf, dated 3 Nov. 1459.

• MS Part One: Medieval Manuscripts from the Sloane and Additional Manuscripts, Section A 24,203 British Library, London 160 images.

[RICHARD Rolle, John de Bageby] Collection(s) Part One: Medieval Manuscripts from the Sloane and Additional Manuscripts, Section A Manuscript Number 24,203 Source Library British Library, London Description RICHARD Rolle of Hampole's Prick of Conscience, with alterations by John de Bageby,

• MS Part Two: Medieval Manuscripts from the Additional Manuscripts, Section B 27,944 British Library, London 340 images.

[BARTHOLOMEW Glanvill, John de Trevisa] Collection(s) Part Two: Medieval Manuscripts from the Additional Manuscripts, Section B Manuscript Number 27,944 Source Library British Library, London Description BARTHOLOMEW Glanvill "Do proprietatibus rerum," in 19 books; translated into English by John de Trevisa.

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

Now goþ þis marchaunt faste and bysyly Til he cam in to Bruges meryly To Flaundres ward his prentys wel him gydeþ þe morne came and forþ þis marchaunt rydeþ Til þat daun Iohn rydeþ to his abbeye þey dranken

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

causeþ more dispence And compynable and reuerent was sche A wyf he hadde of excellent beaute That riche was for which men heelde him wys A Marchaunt whilom dwelled at Seint Denys Here bygynneþ þe schipmannes tale f . 204

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

A certeyn frankes and some wiþ him he ladde To borwe of certein frendes þat he hadde For which þis marchaunt is y wont to gon To paye xx þousand scheldes anon þat needes moste he make a Cheuesaunce For

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

shipmannes tale A Marchaunt whilom dwelt at seint denys That riche was for which men hild him wis A wyf he had of excellent beaute And compaynable and reuerent was she Which is a thing that causeth more dispence Than

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

And thus I lete hem ete and drynke and pleye This Marchaunt and this monk a day or tweye The thrid day this Marchaunt vp riseth And on his nedes sadly him auyseth And vp in to his countyng hous

• Detail of a drawing of John with his eagle in the lower margin of the folio., Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English

1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. John with the eagle 'Sir John Mandeville' England

• Drawings of Elijah in the wilderness, and James and John, in the lower margin of the folio., Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English

1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Elijah, James and John 'Sir John Mandeville' England

• Detail of a drawing of John the Baptist with the Agnus Dei, and the fountain of Jacob., Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English

(b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. John the Baptist 'Sir John Mandeville' England

• Marginal miniature of Prester John kneeling before a crucifix., Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English

Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Prester John 'Sir John Mandeville' England

• Historiated initial 'E' of Christ in Majesty, his robes covered with the words 'Rex Regum', surrounded by the busts of twelve saints including John the Baptist, Jerome, and a Bishop (lower miniature)., Cutting from a choir book

'Rex Regum', surrounded by the busts of twelve saints including John the Baptist, Jerome, and a bishop, with foliate extension of acanthus leaves and bezants. Cutting from a choir book John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: