• Initial 'A'(nti) with floral penwork decoration and decorated border., Historical and theological miscellany, including excerpts from the Granarium, part II, and a commentary on Sacrobosco's De sphaera (ff. 183-198)

hand similar to those in Oxford, Bodleian, Bodl. MS 585, which includes the Granarium of John Whethamstede, according to Howlett 1974 p. 199. 1 partial border and puzzle initial in blue and gold, with penwork flowers (f. 9). 1 puzzle

• Puzzle initial 'C' with foliate penwork decoration and pen-flourishing., Historical and theological miscellany, including excerpts from the Granarium, part II, and a commentary on Sacrobosco's De sphaera (ff. 183-198)

hand similar to those in Oxford, Bodleian, Bodl. MS 585, which includes the Granarium of John Whethamstede, according to Howlett 1974 p. 199. 1 partial border and puzzle initial in blue and gold, with penwork flowers (f. 9). 1 puzzle

• Historiated initial with a battle scene., Fragment of a leaf of a Speculum maius (beginning of book 9)

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 historiated Initial 'Q'(uod) of John writing his epistle, at the beginning of John I., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (The 'Bible of William of Devon')

Detail of a historiated Initial 'Q'(uod) of John writing his epistle, at the beginning of John I. Rebound for Henry VIII.Associated with a group of manuscripts (the 'William of Devon group'): Blackburn, Museum and Art Gallery, Ms. 091.21001, Egerton 1151,

• Detail of a historiated Initial 'S'(enior) of John holding a scroll, at the beginning of John II., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (The 'Bible of William of Devon')

Detail of a historiated Initial 'S'(enior) of John holding a scroll, at the beginning of John II. Rebound for Henry VIII.Associated with a group of manuscripts (the 'William of Devon group'): Blackburn, Museum and Art Gallery, Ms. 091.21001, Egerton 1151,

• Detail of a historiated Initial 'S'(enior) of John holding a scroll, at the beginning of John III, and of a historiated initial 'I'(udas) of Jude holding a book, at the beginning of Jude., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (The 'Bible of William of Devon')

Detail of a historiated Initial 'S'(enior) of John holding a scroll, at the beginning of John III, and of a historiated initial 'I'(udas) of Jude holding a book, at the beginning of Jude. Rebound for Henry VIII.Associated with a group

• Historiated Initial 'I'(ohannes) of John holding a book, at the beginning of the prologue to Revelation, and a historiated initial 'A'(pocalipsis) of John writing at a desk, at the beginning of Revelation., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (The 'Bible of William of Devon')

Historiated Initial 'I'(ohannes) of John holding a book, at the beginning of the prologue to Revelation, and a historiated initial 'A'(pocalipsis) of John writing at a desk, at the beginning of Revelation. Rebound for Henry VIII.Associated with a group of

• Architectural headpiece in colours, silver, and gold with a pediment and four columns and an initial in red, silver, and gold., Evangeliary of the four Gospels with sections (but not canon tables) and Sermo catecheticus in Pascha

into this one.f. 3 is a parchment flyleaf.ff. 4-79: Matthew; ff. 79-127: Mark; ff. 130-217: Luke; ff. 220-278v: John.ff. 279-280: John Chrysostom's Sermo catecheticus in Pascha (PG 59. 721-24). Architectural headpiece in colours, silver, and gold with a pediment and

• Detail of a miniature of John the Baptist pointing to the Lamb of God in a landscape, at the beginning of the reading for the feast of John the Baptist., Epistle Lectionary

Detail of a miniature of John the Baptist pointing to the Lamb of God in a landscape, at the beginning of the reading for the feast of John the Baptist. The second volume is Royal 2 B XIII containing a

• Detail of a miniature of John writing and sending a letter of 1 John., Bible historiale complétée (Maccabees to Revelation)

Detail of a miniature of John writing and sending a letter of 1 John. Contains the Bible historiale, a French adaptation of Peter Comestor's Historia scholastica by Guyart des Moulins (c. 1291-95), classified as the bible historiale complétée by Berger

• Detail of a miniature of John being inspired by the Holy Ghost, at the beginning of 2 John., Bible historiale complétée (Maccabees to Revelation)

Detail of a miniature of John being inspired by the Holy Ghost, at the beginning of 2 John. Contains the Bible historiale, a French adaptation of Peter Comestor's Historia scholastica by Guyart des Moulins (c. 1291-95), classified as the bible

• Historiated initial 'Q'(uoniam) of the Dominican friar, John of Freiburg, teaching a group of pupils., Summa confessorum

no. 7976.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. John of Freiburg teaching Written by more than one scribe John of Freiburg (Johannes de Friburgo) East Anglia England, S. (East Anglia)

• Historiated initial with the Visitation; heraldic arms and the letters 'Z' and 'G'., Missal, Use of Utrecht?

de Someren of Utrecht, for the Church of St John Baptist, Utrecht, 1510, four Latin verses stating that Gervasius de Someren presented the manuscript in 1510 to the Church of St John Baptist: inscribed 'Annis verbgene quingentis mille peractis. Et

• Inscription recording that the manuscript was given by John Whethamstede, abbot of St. Albans to the priory of Redburn, reading, 'Hunc librum providit venerabilis / pater dompnus Ioh[ann]es Wheth[a]mstede / abbas monasterii s[an]c[t]i Albani sacre theo/logie professor prioratui Redburne et / monachis ibidem cursum capientib[us]/ quem qui alienaverit anathema sit'; with the title 'Sacrilogiu[m] guidonis abb[at]is sive / speculu[m] leganda[rum].', Sanctilogium

manuscript was given by John Whethamstede, abbot of St. Albans to the priory of Redburn, reading, 'Hunc librum providit venerabilis / pater dompnus Ioh[ann]es Wheth[a]mstede / abbas monasterii s[an]c[t]i Albani sacre theo/logie professor prioratui Redburne et / monachis ibidem cursum

• Decorated initial 'E'(dward)., Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton, and the Proposiciones digestorum (imperfect)) (index Liber de Legibus Angliae; De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae)

the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated initial John le Breton (attributed to) (index Johannes Breton; John Brito; Johannes Britton, John Bretun) England

• The tinted drawing of a man in profile., Sketchbook and household ledger

under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Man in profile Randle Holme John Holme Randle Holme, John Holme Chester England, N. W. (Chester)

• Text page with two faces in profile in the margin., Letter to William of Longchamps; the Speculum Stultorum (The Mirror of Fools), imperfect, ends on line 3542 of 4000

1 is a folded piece of parchment with a note in John Covel's hand on the verso.The Speculum stultorum is a verse satire of almost 4,000 lines about an ass named Burnel who attempts to gain a longer tail and

• Historiated initial 'G' of the birth of John the Baptist, measuring 165 x 125 mm (bottom miniature)., Cuttings from a Dominican choir book

of the birth of John the Baptist, measuring 165 x 125 mm (bottom miniature). Italian cuttings.The present cuttings are bound in an album with Add. 18196, ff. 2-13, 23-27, and 41-90. To see these cuttings in the Manuscripts Reading Room

• Historiated initial 'D' of Zachariah naming John the Baptist, measuring 165 x 120 mm (centre)., Cuttings from a Dominican choir book

of Zachariah naming John the Baptist, measuring 165 x 120 mm (centre). Italian cuttings.The present cuttings are bound in an album with Add. 18196, ff. 2-13, 23-27, and 41-90. To see these cuttings in the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add.

• Quatrefoil with introductory text cut from another manuscript and pasted into this one., Evangeliary of the four Gospels with sections (but not canon tables) and Sermo catecheticus in Pascha

into this one.f. 3 is a parchment flyleaf.ff. 4-79: Matthew; ff. 79-127: Mark; ff. 130-217: Luke; ff. 220-278v: John.ff. 279-280: John Chrysostom's Sermo catecheticus in Pascha (PG 59. 721-24). Architectural headpiece in colours, silver, and gold with a pediment and