• Decorated initial 'H'(ic) at the beginning of the preface to John, with coloured letters., Gospels, with the Epistle to Damasus, Canon tables, and prefaces, imperfect

to John, with coloured letters. This manuscript is part of the 'Irish-Northumbrian' group with the sigla 'DELQR', and is designed 'E': see Marsden 1999 p. 290 and n. 25. 2 full page miniatures of Evangelist portraits of Mark and John

• Puzzle initial 'P'(lurimorum), with a partial pen-flourished border, at the beginning of the text., Summa logicae et naturalis philosophiae, with an index

of the text. Includes the Summa logicae et naturalis philosophiae of John Dumbleton (d. 1349?), fellow of Merton College, Oxford, (by 1338) and named as one of the original fellows of Queen's College in 1341, composed after 1335 (ff. 4-225v);

• Decorated initials., Collection of alchemical secrets

alchemical symbols (ff. 17v-20; 30-37; 50v-51v; 65-66, 72v-75v; 89v).John Somers (b. 1651, d. 1716), Baron Somers, lawyer and politician: inscribed 'John Somers' (f. 76v).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane

• Decorated initials in a leaf from a 13th-century Missal., Fragment of a leaf with readings for the feast for Laurence

inscribed, 16th/17th century: 'Philemon Holland / John Barone(?), and 'RB'.f. 125: inscribed, 16th century: 'Thomas baulle'(?) and John Dean'.f. 137: inscribed, 16th century: 'James Collard'.f. 149: inscribed, 16th century: 'Statutes April 1581' and 'John Wallsall'.f. 175: inscribed, 17th century: 'Edmund(?)

• Detail of decorated initial., Fragment of a leaf of a Bible (Paralipomenon)

inscribed, 16th/17th century: 'Philemon Holland / John Barone(?), and 'RB'.f. 125: inscribed, 16th century: 'Thomas baulle'(?) and John Dean'.f. 137: inscribed, 16th century: 'James Collard'.f. 149: inscribed, 16th century: 'Statutes April 1581' and 'John Wallsall'.f. 175: inscribed, 17th century: 'Edmund(?)

• Flourished initial., Leaf of an unidentified text

inscribed, 16th/17th century: 'Philemon Holland / John Barone(?), and 'RB'.f. 125: inscribed, 16th century: 'Thomas baulle'(?) and John Dean'.f. 137: inscribed, 16th century: 'James Collard'.f. 149: inscribed, 16th century: 'Statutes April 1581' and 'John Wallsall'.f. 175: inscribed, 17th century: 'Edmund(?)

• Detail of flourished initial., Leaf of an unidentified text

inscribed, 16th/17th century: 'Philemon Holland / John Barone(?), and 'RB'.f. 125: inscribed, 16th century: 'Thomas baulle'(?) and John Dean'.f. 137: inscribed, 16th century: 'James Collard'.f. 149: inscribed, 16th century: 'Statutes April 1581' and 'John Wallsall'.f. 175: inscribed, 17th century: 'Edmund(?)

• Decorated initials in a 12th-century fragment of the Psalms., Bifolium of a Psalter, including Psalms 77 and 71

inscribed, 16th/17th century: 'Philemon Holland / John Barone(?), and 'RB'.f. 125: inscribed, 16th century: 'Thomas baulle'(?) and John Dean'.f. 137: inscribed, 16th century: 'James Collard'.f. 149: inscribed, 16th century: 'Statutes April 1581' and 'John Wallsall'.f. 175: inscribed, 17th century: 'Edmund(?)

• Detail of decorated initials in a 12th-century fragment of the Psalms., Bifolium of a Psalter, including Psalms 77 and 71

inscribed, 16th/17th century: 'Philemon Holland / John Barone(?), and 'RB'.f. 125: inscribed, 16th century: 'Thomas baulle'(?) and John Dean'.f. 137: inscribed, 16th century: 'James Collard'.f. 149: inscribed, 16th century: 'Statutes April 1581' and 'John Wallsall'.f. 175: inscribed, 17th century: 'Edmund(?)

• Decorated initials., Two leaves of a Breviary

inscribed, 16th/17th century: 'Philemon Holland / John Barone(?), and 'RB'.f. 125: inscribed, 16th century: 'Thomas baulle'(?) and John Dean'.f. 137: inscribed, 16th century: 'James Collard'.f. 149: inscribed, 16th century: 'Statutes April 1581' and 'John Wallsall'.f. 175: inscribed, 17th century: 'Edmund(?)

• Decorated initials., Two leaves of a noted Missal, with part of the masses for the dead

inscribed, 16th/17th century: 'Philemon Holland / John Barone(?), and 'RB'.f. 125: inscribed, 16th century: 'Thomas baulle'(?) and John Dean'.f. 137: inscribed, 16th century: 'James Collard'.f. 149: inscribed, 16th century: 'Statutes April 1581' and 'John Wallsall'.f. 175: inscribed, 17th century: 'Edmund(?)

• Miniature of an Evanglist portrait of a standing winged figure with a bird head in an interlace border, before the beginning of John., Gospels, with the Epistle to Damasus, Canon tables, and prefaces, imperfect

beginning of John. This manuscript is part of the 'Irish-Northumbrian' group with the sigla 'DELQR', and is designed 'E': see Marsden 1999 p. 290 and n. 25. 2 full page miniatures of Evangelist portraits of Mark and John (ff. 45v,

• Puzzle initial 'I'(nsistit) with pen-flourishing., Doctrinale fidei ecclesiae, Books 1 and 2

and 4 of the ~Doctrinale~ and was also given to the monks of Gloucester College by John Whethamstede. Together, the books were produced for John Whethamstede at a cost of £6 13s 4d.On ff. 204-205v, a brief subject index has

• 2 ownership inscriptions stating that the book belonged to John Preston, monk of St Augustine's abbey, Canterbury, and that it was included in the library of St Augustine's, reading 'Summa Magistri Johannis Dumbletone / fratris Iohannis Prestone,' and 'de librario s. Aug. ext[ra] Cantuariam distin[ctio]ne xii gradu iii'., Summa logicae et naturalis philosophiae, with an index

that the book belonged to John Preston, monk of St Augustine's abbey, Canterbury, and that it was included in the library of St Augustine's, reading 'Summa Magistri Johannis Dumbletone / fratris Iohannis Prestone,' and 'de librario s. Aug. ext[ra] Cantuariam

• Puzzle initial 'B'(eatissimi) with pen-flourishing and a partial border at the beginning of Book 2., Doctrinale fidei ecclesiae, Books 1 and 2

and 4 of the ~Doctrinale~ and was also given to the monks of Gloucester College by John Whethamstede. Together, the books were produced for John Whethamstede at a cost of £6 13s 4d.On ff. 204-205v, a brief subject index has

• Foliate initial 'C'(um) at the beginning of the prologue, with the ownership inscription of the Carthusian priory of St. Mary, St. John the Baptist and All Saints in Henton, Somerset, reading 'Explanat[i]o d[omi]ni Rad[u]l/phii Flaviacens[is] monachi / sup[er] librum Leviticum / Liber. Undecimus in E. / Hentone. ord[inis] Chartusie', and names of John Lumley and Thomas Cranmer, archbishop of Canterbury., Commentary on Leviticus

of St. Mary, St. John the Baptist and All Saints in Henton, Somerset, reading 'Explanat[i]o d[omi]ni Rad[u]l/phii Flaviacens[is] monachi / sup[er] librum Leviticum / Liber. Undecimus in E. / Hentone. ord[inis] Chartusie', and names of John Lumley and Thomas Cranmer,

• Illuminated initial 'H'(ic) at the beginning of the prologue to John., Gospels of Luke and John, with the Glossa ordinaria

beginning of the prologue to John. Catchwords and quire and bifolium signatures. 2 historiated initials in colours, at the beginning of the two Gospels (ff. 2, 121v), and 2 foliate initials with dragons in colours, at the beginning of prologues

• Calligraphic initial 'T'(he) at the beginning of the Testament of John Lydgate., Testament and The reignes of the kyngis of England, A Treatise between Information and Truth; On the Death of the Earl of Northumberland; Le assemble de dyeus; Descent of the Lords Percy

Calligraphic initial 'T'(he) at the beginning of the Testament of John Lydgate. Part 1 includes two works by John Lydgate, the Troy Book, a translation from Historia destructionis Troiae of Guido delle Colonne, originally presented by Lydgate to Henry V

• Puzzle initial at the beginning of the preface to John Gaddesden's Rosa Anglica., Medical miscellany, including John of Gaddesden's Rosa Anglica (ff. 9-262), and four tracts on urine

beginning of the preface to John Gaddesden's Rosa Anglica. 15th-century? foliation in brown ink.f. 95 is an inserted, smaller folio. 1 large puzzle initial in blue and red with pen-flourishing forming a full border (f. 9). Large initials in blue

• Decorated initial 'P'(lures) with an animal head and stylised tail., Gospels, with the Epistle to Damasus, Canon tables, and prefaces, imperfect

designed 'E': see Marsden 1999 p. 290 and n. 25. 2 full page miniatures of Evangelist portraits of Mark and John (ff. 45v, 78v). Canon tables in frames in brown and yellow, some with animal heads (ff. 3v-7). 4 very