• Decorated initials, the one on the left anthromorphic., Liturgy of John Chrysostom, imperfect

decorated in red ink; large and small red initials, many decorated with foliate or geometric patterns. Liturgy of John Chrysostom, imperfect ? John Jackson (d. 1794), antiquary: his sale, 28 April, 1784, lot 337, possibly bought by Chapman for 2s.Charles

• Flourished initial 'C'(um), incorporating a shield with the symbols of the Passion of Christ, at the beginning of John Mandeville's Itinerarium., Itinerarium (index Travels)

of the Passion of Christ, at the beginning of John Mandeville's Itinerarium. 1 large initial in red with reserved designs, incorporating a shield with the symbols of the Passion of Christ, with red pen-flourishing (f. 1). Large and small initials

• null, Law treatise called Britton (begins and ends imperfectly)

and ends imperfectly) William Petty (~formerly~ Fitzmaurice) (b. 1737, d. 1805), 2nd earl of Shelburne and 1st marquess of Lansdowne, prime minister; purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts in 1807. Detail John le Breton England

• Illuminated initial 'G'(od) with a tree with a vine entwined around the trunk, and foliate extensions., John Crophill's commonplace book with astrological prognostications, cookery recipes, and medical and alchemical treatises, imperfect

animals, birds, fish, ships and various figures. Blue initials with red pen-flourishing. John Crophill's commonplace book with astrological prognostications, cookery recipes, and medical and alchemical treatises, imperfect John Crophill, (d. c. 1485) medical practitioner and bailiff at Wix priory, Essex

• Tinted pen-drawing of the Crucifixion.

'William le Poher lord of Pirton' (see 'Parishes: Pirton', in ~The Victoria History of the County of Worcester~, ed. by John William Willis-Bund and H. Arthur Doubleday, 5 vols (London: A. Constable, 1901-1926), vol. 4 (1924), pp. 180-184; available at

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

disciple'. Translation into French of the Elucidarius of Honorius Augustodunensis. French Meyer 1956, pp. 117-118. ff. 46v-51v Letter from Prester John to the emperor Frederic (Barbarossa) 'Prestre iohans par la grace de ihesu crist rois'. French ff. 52r-64r Robert Grosseteste