• Detail of Chateau d'Anet marks., Heroides, with glosses (external link no longer available)

possibly in his sale, 29 March 1742, p. 95 lot 104.? Unidentified owner: perhaps in John Egerton, ~Catalogue of Books, including the Library of John Smeaton … and Many Other Collections~, 1794, item 3891, priced £3 3s.Sir Robert Smyth (b.

• Canon table in a micro-architectural frame, with beak heads., Gospels, with the Epistle to Damasus, Canon tables, and prefaces, imperfect (external link no longer available)

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

• Puzzle intial 'D'(ixit) at the beginning of Psalm 52., Psalter, a metrical version (the Surtees Psalter version) (external link no longer available)

version (the Surtees Psalter version) Inscription 'Will (?) Bonnell' (f. 1v).John Fauntleroy: inscription in calligraphy (f. 1*); inscription (f. 1); 'John Fauntlero' (f. [101v].Bought by the British Museum in 1836, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis

• Historiated initial 'Q'(uoniam) of a teacher with students, at the beginning of the Physica., Physical treatises (external link no longer available)

philosophical, including a few proverbs, early 14th century English hand (ff. 2r-v).Notes including names of Oliver Went, John Bedyngton, John Thwenge, Richard Daniel, John Haket, and Richard Bruyn, 14th-15th century (f. 197).John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d.

• Text page with glosses and marginal drawings., Physical treatises (external link no longer available)

philosophical, including a few proverbs, early 14th century English hand (ff. 2r-v).Notes including names of Oliver Went, John Bedyngton, John Thwenge, Richard Daniel, John Haket, and Richard Bruyn, 14th-15th century (f. 197).John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d.

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a goat playing the violin., Glosses to Aristotle's Physical treatises, with a table of contents (external link no longer available)

philosophical, including a few proverbs, early 14th century English hand (ff. 2r-v).Notes including names of Oliver Went, John Bedyngton, John Thwenge, Richard Daniel, John Haket, and Richard Bruyn, 14th-15th century (f. 197).John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d.

• Historiated initial 'P'(ost quam) of a man gazing at the heavens, with earth and sea before him, at the beginning of Meteorologica, and a marginal drawing of a man pointing to a gloss., Physical treatises (external link no longer available)

philosophical, including a few proverbs, early 14th century English hand (ff. 2r-v).Notes including names of Oliver Went, John Bedyngton, John Thwenge, Richard Daniel, John Haket, and Richard Bruyn, 14th-15th century (f. 197).John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d.

• Detail of a historiated initial 'P'(ost quam) of a man, with the sky, earth, and sea before him, at the beginning of Meteorologica, with an instruction for the display script., Physical treatises (external link no longer available)

philosophical, including a few proverbs, early 14th century English hand (ff. 2r-v).Notes including names of Oliver Went, John Bedyngton, John Thwenge, Richard Daniel, John Haket, and Richard Bruyn, 14th-15th century (f. 197).John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d.

• Foliate initial 'B' (first row, left)., Cuttings from a choir book (external link no longer available)

red stave lines visible to sides of cuttings. 21 foliate initials in colours and gold. Cuttings from a choir book John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the

• Foliate initial 'E' (first row, centre)., Cuttings from a choir book (external link no longer available)

red stave lines visible to sides of cuttings. 21 foliate initials in colours and gold. Cuttings from a choir book John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the

• Foliate initial 'A' (first row, right)., Cuttings from a choir book (external link no longer available)

red stave lines visible to sides of cuttings. 21 foliate initials in colours and gold. Cuttings from a choir book John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the

• Foliate initial 'T' (second row, left)., Cuttings from a choir book (external link no longer available)

red stave lines visible to sides of cuttings. 21 foliate initials in colours and gold. Cuttings from a choir book John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the

• Foliate initial 'S' (second row, centre)., Cuttings from a choir book (external link no longer available)

red stave lines visible to sides of cuttings. 21 foliate initials in colours and gold. Cuttings from a choir book John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the

• Historiated initial 'I'(n principio) of John standing on his symbol, the eagle, at the beginning of John., Gospels, with the Glossa ordinaria (external link no longer available)

Historiated initial 'I'(n principio) of John standing on his symbol, the eagle, at the beginning of John. Part of a set. The other manuscripts are Royal 3 E I-V. Royal 3 E VII is related but not executed in the

• Puzzle initials 'I'(gitur) and 'B'(eata)., Lectionary from the Lives of the Saints, from 22 February to 10 August (external link no longer available)

Charles Long, Baron Farnborough (b. 1761, d. 1838), a cousin of Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829), founder of the collection. Puzzle initials John of Salisbury John of Salisbury Mons Netherlands, S. (Mons in Hainault)

• Historiated initial 'O' of a standing Virgin suckling the Child and two kneeling nuns., Lectionary from the Lives of the Saints, from 22 February to 10 August (external link no longer available)

Long, Baron Farnborough (b. 1761, d. 1838), a cousin of Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829), founder of the collection. Virgin and Child John of Salisbury John of Salisbury Mons Netherlands, S. (Mons in Hainault)

• Decorated initials in a leaf from a 13th-century Missal., Fragment of a leaf from a noted Missal, with part of the feast of Peter (external link no longer available)

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 a decorated initials in a leaf from a 13th-century Missal., Fragment of a leaf from a noted Missal, with part of the feast of Peter (external link no longer available)

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(?)

• Puzzle initial 'O' in a 14th-century leaf., Leaf of a Breviary, with collects and hymns (external link no longer available)

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(?)

• Puzzle initial 'O' in a 14th-century leaf., Leaf of a Breviary, with collects and hymns (external link no longer available)

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(?)