• Marginal drawing of an 'Elephant and Castle'; the adjacent text describes King Pyrrhus's battle elephants, with decorated initials 'A'(nno) and 'I'(psi) in Orosius's Historiarum adversum paganos, and eighteenth-century ink pagination by David Swan., Historia adversus paganos

1722, d. 1772), physician and book collector: his sale, 7 March 1785, lot 500, bought by Munro for 7s. 6d. John Monro (b. 1715, d. 1791), physician and specialist in insanity: his sale, 23 April 1792, lot 3400.David Swan, 1792:

• Zoomorphic initial 'S'(ufficientia) in the form of a dragon, terminating in a bearded human head, in Orosius's Historiarum adversum paganos, with eighteenth-century ink pagination by David Swan., Historia adversus paganos

1722, d. 1772), physician and book collector: his sale, 7 March 1785, lot 500, bought by Munro for 7s. 6d. John Monro (b. 1715, d. 1791), physician and specialist in insanity: his sale, 23 April 1792, lot 3400.David Swan, 1792:

• Decorated initial 'N'(eminem), in Orosius's Historiarum adversum paganos, and 18th-century ink pagination by David Swan., Historia adversus paganos

1722, d. 1772), physician and book collector: his sale, 7 March 1785, lot 500, bought by Munro for 7s. 6d. John Monro (b. 1715, d. 1791), physician and specialist in insanity: his sale, 23 April 1792, lot 3400.David Swan, 1792:

• Historiated initial 'E'(xplicui), with a bishop and a tonsured monk offering him a book, in Orosius's Historiarum adversum paganos, and eighteenth-century ink pagination by David Swan., Historia adversus paganos

1722, d. 1772), physician and book collector: his sale, 7 March 1785, lot 500, bought by Munro for 7s. 6d. John Monro (b. 1715, d. 1791), physician and specialist in insanity: his sale, 23 April 1792, lot 3400.David Swan, 1792:

• Notes on an originally blank folio, including a statement of the author and title in 13th-century script in the middle at the top ('Adthelardus de compoto'), which is recognisable as a Christ Church, Canterbury inscription. Below this is a note of a flood in Thanet and Sheppy, in 1394, confirming continued ownership in Kent in the 14th century. The astrological symbol for Jupiter in the extreme top right corner is a characteristic marking of books owned by John Dee (died 1608), a famous alchemist in the court of Elizabeth I., Mnemonic verses, notes, etc., on the compotus

century. The astrological symbol for Jupiter in the extreme top right corner is a characteristic marking of books owned by John Dee (died 1608), a famous alchemist in the court of Elizabeth I. Originally formed a single volume with Cotton

• Illuminated 'KL' letters in a calendar page for April, with roundels of the occupation of the month of a man scything, and the zodiac sign, Taurus the bull. A little below Taurus is an added 13th-century inscription in black ink, recording the death of John, father of 'E', precentor of Chichester cathedral., Psalter, with calendar, ending imperfectly

of Bishop Ranulf on 15 September (f. 8); and of the precentor's father John on 24 April (f. 5v), and mother Avicia on 26 September (f. 8).? John Howard (? d. 1426) and his wife Alice Tendring: erased 15th-century inscription

• Historiated initial 'I'(n principio) of the days of creation, at the beginning of Genesis., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names

Historiated initial 'I'(n principio) of the days of creation, at the beginning of Genesis. Two historiated initials in colours (ff. 6, 9v) and numerous initials with foliate or zoomorphic decoration in colours, at the beginning of books. Puzzle initials

• Bible scenes and moralisations in a series of eight roundels., Bible moralisée (section of the Oxford-Paris-London Bible moralisée)

century, where it was the basis of a copy, now Additional 18719 (see discussion Lowden 2000 p. 185). John Thwayte: 16th-century inscription 'John Thwayte' (f. 2v). ? Sir Christopher Heydon (b. 1561, d. 1623), soldier and writer on astrology: he

• Bible scenes and moralisations in a series of eight roundels., Bible moralisée (section of the Oxford-Paris-London Bible moralisée)

century, where it was the basis of a copy, now Additional 18719 (see discussion Lowden 2000 p. 185). John Thwayte: 16th-century inscription 'John Thwayte' (f. 2v). ? Sir Christopher Heydon (b. 1561, d. 1623), soldier and writer on astrology: he

• Bible scenes and moralisations in a series of eight roundels., Bible moralisée (section of the Oxford-Paris-London Bible moralisée)

century, where it was the basis of a copy, now Additional 18719 (see discussion Lowden 2000 p. 185). John Thwayte: 16th-century inscription 'John Thwayte' (f. 2v). ? Sir Christopher Heydon (b. 1561, d. 1623), soldier and writer on astrology: he

• Bible scenes and moralisations in a series of eight roundels., Bible moralisée (section of the Oxford-Paris-London Bible moralisée)

century, where it was the basis of a copy, now Additional 18719 (see discussion Lowden 2000 p. 185). John Thwayte: 16th-century inscription 'John Thwayte' (f. 2v). ? Sir Christopher Heydon (b. 1561, d. 1623), soldier and writer on astrology: he

• Bible scenes and moralisations in a series of eight roundels., Bible moralisée (section of the Oxford-Paris-London Bible moralisée)

century, where it was the basis of a copy, now Additional 18719 (see discussion Lowden 2000 p. 185). John Thwayte: 16th-century inscription 'John Thwayte' (f. 2v). ? Sir Christopher Heydon (b. 1561, d. 1623), soldier and writer on astrology: he

• Bible scenes and moralisations in a series of eight roundels., Bible moralisée (section of the Oxford-Paris-London Bible moralisée)

century, where it was the basis of a copy, now Additional 18719 (see discussion Lowden 2000 p. 185). John Thwayte: 16th-century inscription 'John Thwayte' (f. 2v). ? Sir Christopher Heydon (b. 1561, d. 1623), soldier and writer on astrology: he

• Bible scenes and moralisations in a series of eight roundels., Bible moralisée (section of the Oxford-Paris-London Bible moralisée)

century, where it was the basis of a copy, now Additional 18719 (see discussion Lowden 2000 p. 185). John Thwayte: 16th-century inscription 'John Thwayte' (f. 2v). ? Sir Christopher Heydon (b. 1561, d. 1623), soldier and writer on astrology: he

• Bible scenes and moralisations in a series of eight roundels., Bible moralisée (section of the Oxford-Paris-London Bible moralisée)

century, where it was the basis of a copy, now Additional 18719 (see discussion Lowden 2000 p. 185). John Thwayte: 16th-century inscription 'John Thwayte' (f. 2v). ? Sir Christopher Heydon (b. 1561, d. 1623), soldier and writer on astrology: he

• Bible scenes and moralisations in a series of eight roundels., Bible moralisée (section of the Oxford-Paris-London Bible moralisée)

century, where it was the basis of a copy, now Additional 18719 (see discussion Lowden 2000 p. 185). John Thwayte: 16th-century inscription 'John Thwayte' (f. 2v). ? Sir Christopher Heydon (b. 1561, d. 1623), soldier and writer on astrology: he

• Bible scenes and moralisations in a series of eight roundels., Bible moralisée (section of the Oxford-Paris-London Bible moralisée)

century, where it was the basis of a copy, now Additional 18719 (see discussion Lowden 2000 p. 185). John Thwayte: 16th-century inscription 'John Thwayte' (f. 2v). ? Sir Christopher Heydon (b. 1561, d. 1623), soldier and writer on astrology: he

• Bible scenes and moralisations in a series of eight roundels., Bible moralisée (section of the Oxford-Paris-London Bible moralisée)

century, where it was the basis of a copy, now Additional 18719 (see discussion Lowden 2000 p. 185). John Thwayte: 16th-century inscription 'John Thwayte' (f. 2v). ? Sir Christopher Heydon (b. 1561, d. 1623), soldier and writer on astrology: he

• Bible scenes and moralisations in a series of eight roundels., Bible moralisée (section of the Oxford-Paris-London Bible moralisée)

century, where it was the basis of a copy, now Additional 18719 (see discussion Lowden 2000 p. 185). John Thwayte: 16th-century inscription 'John Thwayte' (f. 2v). ? Sir Christopher Heydon (b. 1561, d. 1623), soldier and writer on astrology: he

• Bible scenes and moralisations in a series of eight roundels., Bible moralisée (section of the Oxford-Paris-London Bible moralisée)

century, where it was the basis of a copy, now Additional 18719 (see discussion Lowden 2000 p. 185). John Thwayte: 16th-century inscription 'John Thwayte' (f. 2v). ? Sir Christopher Heydon (b. 1561, d. 1623), soldier and writer on astrology: he