• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a man playing a fife and drum, with a man on his shoulder, while below, a bad baker is being dragged on a horse-drawn hurdle with his deficient loaf of brea around his neck., 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

• Miniature of John the Baptist pointing to the Lamb of God in a landscape, with an illuminated initial 'A' and partial foliate border, at the beginning of the reading for the feast of John the Baptist., Epistle Lectionary

Miniature of John the Baptist pointing to the Lamb of God in a landscape, with an illuminated initial 'A' and partial foliate border, at the beginning of the reading for the feast of John the Baptist. The second volume is

• 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

• Detail of an historiated initial 'V'(alde) of John writing on a scroll ('S. Iohannes') with an eagle, his symbol, at his feet, with a partial bar border including a grotesque hybrid, at the reading for 27 December., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

historiated initial 'V'(alde) of John writing on a scroll ('S. Iohannes') with an eagle, his symbol, at his feet, with a partial bar border including a grotesque hybrid, at the reading for 27 December. 46 large historiated initials, with three-sided

• 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

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D' of John the Baptist, holding the Agnus Dei., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

historiated initial 'D' of John the Baptist, holding the Agnus Dei. 46 large historiated initials, with three-sided or partial foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 16v, 20v, 23v, 25v, 27v, 40, 87, 109, 121, 125v, 128, 130, 131, 136,

• 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

• Illuminated and decorated initial 'D's, in the Kalendarium (a table of contents), with a painted border containing figures in vesica-shaped spaces and a bas-de-page scene with two hybrid figures blowing a trumpets on either side of a castle full of people., 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

• Historiated initial 'V'(alde) of John writing on a scroll ('S. Iohannes') with an eagle, his symbol, at his feet, with a partial bar border including a grotesque hybrid and dragon extender, at the reading for 27 December., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

'V'(alde) of John writing on a scroll ('S. Iohannes') with an eagle, his symbol, at his feet, with a partial bar border including a grotesque hybrid and dragon extender, at the reading for 27 December. 46 large historiated initials, with

• Foliate initial 'H'(ic), at the beginning of the prologue to John, and a text page., Gospels, with the Glossa ordinaria

beginning of the prologue to John, and a text page. First page probably missing: inscribed 'prima pagina deficit' (f. 1).Catchwords and instruction for running titles. Indication of 'pecia'?: inscribed 'XVII pecia' (f. 44).Numerous pointing hands (maniculae).Some margins incised (ff. 37,

• Detail of a roundel drawing of Christ in Majesty, encircled in the mandorla supported by two angels., Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi

text between diagrams. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: listed in the 1609 catalogue of his

• Detail of a roundel drawing of the rainbow of Noah's covenant with God, below the third roundel., Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi

text between diagrams. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: listed in the 1609 catalogue of his

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'A'(braham) between the third and fourth roundels., Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi

text between diagrams. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: listed in the 1609 catalogue of his

• Detail of roundel drawing of the Sacrifice of Abraham., Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi

text between diagrams. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: listed in the 1609 catalogue of his

• Detail of a roundel drawing of Salomon and queen Sabah., Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi

text between diagrams. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: listed in the 1609 catalogue of his

• Detail of a roundel drawing of Nebuchadnezzar's dream., Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi

text between diagrams. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: listed in the 1609 catalogue of his

• Detail of a roundel drawing of king Sedechias enthroned., Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi

text between diagrams. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: listed in the 1609 catalogue of his