• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a monk and a nun approaching a house., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

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 angel weighing a soul on scales, with the devil and a watching woman on either side., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

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

• Bas-de-page showing Dunstan healing injured peasants., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

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 man approaching a church, with a bishop and his attendant on the other side., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

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 prisoner seeking sanctuary from monks., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

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

• Bas-de-page scene of a man on a ladder painting an image in a shrine, with a church behind him and a devil on the right-hand side of the page., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

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 man on a ladder painting an image in a shrine, with a church behind him and a devil on the right-hand side of the page., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

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 man stealing food from a blind beggar's bowl, through a tube., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

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')

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')

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')

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

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

• Decorated initial 'P'(revaricatur) at the beginning of IV Kings (II Samuel)., Bible, with the Psalms (ff. 166-185v) and the Interpretation of Hebrew Names (ff. 378-397)

scenes, dragon and serpent; f. 135v: king Cyrus; f. 138v: Nehemiah, f. 181: blessing Christ, f. 326v: eagle, symbol of John, on a column, f. 335: Paul holding a sword, f. 343v: Paul). Numerous large initials with foliate decoration, interlaced

• Historiated initial 'F'(ratres) with a friar writing, for the beginning of the prologue to Genesis., Bible, with the Psalms (ff. 166-185v) and the Interpretation of Hebrew Names (ff. 378-397)

scenes, dragon and serpent; f. 135v: king Cyrus; f. 138v: Nehemiah, f. 181: blessing Christ, f. 326v: eagle, symbol of John, on a column, f. 335: Paul holding a sword, f. 343v: Paul). Numerous large initials with foliate decoration, interlaced

• End of II Macchabees followed by an early 16th-century ownership inscription 'p[er]tinet prioratui de Walsyngh[a]m' (see Provenance)., Bible, with the Psalms (ff. 166-185v) and the Interpretation of Hebrew Names (ff. 378-397)

scenes, dragon and serpent; f. 135v: king Cyrus; f. 138v: Nehemiah, f. 181: blessing Christ, f. 326v: eagle, symbol of John, on a column, f. 335: Paul holding a sword, f. 343v: Paul). Numerous large initials with foliate decoration, interlaced

• Initials with foliated decoration for the prologue and beginning of the Psalms., Bible, with the Psalms (ff. 166-185v) and the Interpretation of Hebrew Names (ff. 378-397)

scenes, dragon and serpent; f. 135v: king Cyrus; f. 138v: Nehemiah, f. 181: blessing Christ, f. 326v: eagle, symbol of John, on a column, f. 335: Paul holding a sword, f. 343v: Paul). Numerous large initials with foliate decoration, interlaced

• Decorated initials for the prologue and beginning of Matthew. Dragon., Bible, with the Psalms (ff. 166-185v) and the Interpretation of Hebrew Names (ff. 378-397)

scenes, dragon and serpent; f. 135v: king Cyrus; f. 138v: Nehemiah, f. 181: blessing Christ, f. 326v: eagle, symbol of John, on a column, f. 335: Paul holding a sword, f. 343v: Paul). Numerous large initials with foliate decoration, interlaced

• Decorated initials 'M'(enedemus), 'B'(asilius), 'B'(ias)., Collectio Sententiarum aurearum (index Collection of Golden Sentences), vol. 2, imperfect

See of Canterbury (Harley 3346, f. 4). George Goodwine: 16th-century inscription recording the gift of the manuscript by him to John Lee, 'Johannis Lee ex dono Georgii Goodwine' (f. 2).John Lee: 16th-century inscription recording the gift of the manuscript to

• 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)

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

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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: