• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a man stealing food from a blind beggar's bowl, through a tube., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals') (external link no longer available)

University of Paris (f. 4). John Batayle, a canon of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield, mentioned among other canons in a clerical subsidy roll of 1379 and named in a will of 1382, made by John Chyshull, another canon of St

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a blind man and a boy seated on a bench eating, with a church in the background., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals') (external link no longer available)

University of Paris (f. 4). John Batayle, a canon of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield, mentioned among other canons in a clerical subsidy roll of 1379 and named in a will of 1382, made by John Chyshull, another canon of St

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of an abbot blessing a group of monks., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals') (external link no longer available)

University of Paris (f. 4). John Batayle, a canon of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield, mentioned among other canons in a clerical subsidy roll of 1379 and named in a will of 1382, made by John Chyshull, another canon of St

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a king at a banquet with others., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals') (external link no longer available)

University of Paris (f. 4). John Batayle, a canon of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield, mentioned among other canons in a clerical subsidy roll of 1379 and named in a will of 1382, made by John Chyshull, another canon of St

• Detail of a folio with a version of the Lord's prayer in English., Theological works in prose and verse including The Lay Folks' Mass Book and Speculum Mundi (external link no longer available)

Detail of a folio with a version of the Lord's prayer in English. Northern dialect features include 'kirc' for church (f. 100) and 'þo' for þe throughout. The middle English verses in this manuscript catalogued by Boffey and Edwards

• Detail of a miniature depicting urine flasks., Physician's folding almanac, including Somer's 'Calendar' (ff. B-E, i.e. 9-6), diagrams of solar and lunar eclipses from 1398 to 1462 (ff. G-I, i.e. 4-2), and Grosseteste's 'De prognosticatione aeri', abridged (f. K, i.e. 1) (external link no longer available)

miniature depicting urine flasks. John Somer's calendar provides lunar conjunctions of the 19-year Metonic cycle beginning on 1387, 1406, 1425, 1444. The saints in the calendar correspond to those in calendars for the use of Sarum produced in Southern England.One

• null, Historia adversus paganos (external link no longer available)

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:

• null, Historia adversus paganos (external link no longer available)

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:

• Miniatures in roundels of biblical scenes and moralisations., Bible moralisée (section of the Oxford-Paris-London Bible moralisée), containing 1 Maccabees 1:57-2 Maccabees 14:46 (external link no longer available)

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, Harley 1527). ? Sir Christopher Heydon (b. 1561, d. 1623), soldier and writer on

• Detail of an historiated initial 'B'(eatus) of David playing the harp, and David killing Goliath, at the beginning of Psalm 1, Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible) (external link no longer available)

both John and Genevieve (3rd January, f. 1), and the litany includes Fara, Honorine (f. 175; translated to Conflans Ste. Honorine, near Pontoise, in 1250), and a special listing of widows (f. 175).Added prayer to the Virgin and John for

• Detail of an historiated initial 'C'(antate) of three monks singing, at the beginning of Psalm 97., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible) (external link no longer available)

both John and Genevieve (3rd January, f. 1), and the litany includes Fara, Honorine (f. 175; translated to Conflans Ste. Honorine, near Pontoise, in 1250), and a special listing of widows (f. 175).Added prayer to the Virgin and John for

• Historiated initial 'C'(antate) of three monks singing, at the beginning of Psalm 97., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible) (external link no longer available)

both John and Genevieve (3rd January, f. 1), and the litany includes Fara, Honorine (f. 175; translated to Conflans Ste. Honorine, near Pontoise, in 1250), and a special listing of widows (f. 175).Added prayer to the Virgin and John for

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(ominus) of the anointing and coronation of David, at the beginning of Psalm 26., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible) (external link no longer available)

both John and Genevieve (3rd January, f. 1), and the litany includes Fara, Honorine (f. 175; translated to Conflans Ste. Honorine, near Pontoise, in 1250), and a special listing of widows (f. 175).Added prayer to the Virgin and John for

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) of David playing the harp, and David killing Goliath, at the beginning of Psalm 1, Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible) (external link no longer available)

both John and Genevieve (3rd January, f. 1), and the litany includes Fara, Honorine (f. 175; translated to Conflans Ste. Honorine, near Pontoise, in 1250), and a special listing of widows (f. 175).Added prayer to the Virgin and John for

• Text page with 2 decorated initials at the beginning of the preface and the first chapter of the chronicle of Ralph Niger., Chronica (to 1199), Chronicon anglicanum (to 1213) (external link no longer available)

(f. 3), (see Ker 1964).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1022 ', listed by John Bale in c.1548 (no. 10) and included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71 (f. 19v).Presented to the

• Bible scenes and moralisations in a series of eight roundels., Bible moralisée (section of the Oxford-Paris-London Bible moralisée), containing 1 Maccabees 1:57-2 Maccabees 14:46 (external link no longer available)

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, Harley 1527). ? Sir Christopher Heydon (b. 1561, d. 1623), soldier and writer on

• Bible scenes and moralisations in a series of eight roundels., Bible moralisée (section of the Oxford-Paris-London Bible moralisée), containing 1 Maccabees 1:57-2 Maccabees 14:46 (external link no longer available)

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, Harley 1527). ? Sir Christopher Heydon (b. 1561, d. 1623), soldier and writer on

• Bible scenes and moralisations in a series of eight roundels., Bible moralisée (section of the Oxford-Paris-London Bible moralisée), containing 1 Maccabees 1:57-2 Maccabees 14:46 (external link no longer available)

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, Harley 1527). ? Sir Christopher Heydon (b. 1561, d. 1623), soldier and writer on

• Bible scenes and moralisations in a series of eight roundels., Bible moralisée (section of the Oxford-Paris-London Bible moralisée), containing 1 Maccabees 1:57-2 Maccabees 14:46 (external link no longer available)

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, Harley 1527). ? Sir Christopher Heydon (b. 1561, d. 1623), soldier and writer on

• Bible scenes and moralisations in a series of eight roundels., Bible moralisée (section of the Oxford-Paris-London Bible moralisée), containing 1 Maccabees 1:57-2 Maccabees 14:46 (external link no longer available)

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, Harley 1527). ? Sir Christopher Heydon (b. 1561, d. 1623), soldier and writer on