• Detail of a miniature of Alexander meeting the naked cave-dwelling Oxydraces., Roman d'Alexandre (index Romance of Alexander), in prose, with lacunae

'John de Geneth francoy de Tornay, Johannis Derne Engl. de Noryc, Johannes allemein de Yarm.... Johannes of... Storwice mercer, Robert Hendry demorant En Franche en la villle de Rouen, John de Geneth Bourgenon demerant en lotel de mr. Catelyn,

• Miniature of griffons bearing Alexander aloft in his cage., Roman d'Alexandre (index Romance of Alexander), in prose, with lacunae

'John de Geneth francoy de Tornay, Johannis Derne Engl. de Noryc, Johannes allemein de Yarm.... Johannes of... Storwice mercer, Robert Hendry demorant En Franche en la villle de Rouen, John de Geneth Bourgenon demerant en lotel de mr. Catelyn,

• Detail of a miniature of Alexander battling fire-breathing, horse-headed men., Roman d'Alexandre (index Romance of Alexander), in prose, with lacunae

'John de Geneth francoy de Tornay, Johannis Derne Engl. de Noryc, Johannes allemein de Yarm.... Johannes of... Storwice mercer, Robert Hendry demorant En Franche en la villle de Rouen, John de Geneth Bourgenon demerant en lotel de mr. Catelyn,

• Miniatures of Alexander the Great and his army fighting cyclopes (top) and blemmyae (bottom)., Roman d'Alexandre (index Romance of Alexander), in prose, with lacunae

'John de Geneth francoy de Tornay, Johannis Derne Engl. de Noryc, Johannes allemein de Yarm.... Johannes of... Storwice mercer, Robert Hendry demorant En Franche en la villle de Rouen, John de Geneth Bourgenon demerant en lotel de mr. Catelyn,

• Miniature of Queen Olympias and Aristotle receiving a letter from Alexander., Roman d'Alexandre (index Romance of Alexander), in prose, with lacunae

'John de Geneth francoy de Tornay, Johannis Derne Engl. de Noryc, Johannes allemein de Yarm.... Johannes of... Storwice mercer, Robert Hendry demorant En Franche en la villle de Rouen, John de Geneth Bourgenon demerant en lotel de mr. Catelyn,

• Text page in Jeremiah., Bible, in the early Wycliffite version; Proverbs to Maccabees

? (f. 2); perhaps that of Eleanor de Bohun (see Sandler 1986).Dr. John Hunter: inscribed 'This Ms. was once in the Collection of Doctor John Hunter' (f. 1v).Dr. John Fell (d. 1797); his sale, purchased by Clarke: see ~Facsimiles of

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'T'(he) with an animal head, at the beginning of Hosea., Bible, in the early Wycliffite version; Proverbs to Maccabees

? (f. 2); perhaps that of Eleanor de Bohun (see Sandler 1986).Dr. John Hunter: inscribed 'This Ms. was once in the Collection of Doctor John Hunter' (f. 1v).Dr. John Fell (d. 1797); his sale, purchased by Clarke: see ~Facsimiles of

• Illuminated initial 'T'(he) and full border with foliate decoration and hybrid creature, at the beginning of Hosea., Bible, in the early Wycliffite version; Proverbs to Maccabees

? (f. 2); perhaps that of Eleanor de Bohun (see Sandler 1986).Dr. John Hunter: inscribed 'This Ms. was once in the Collection of Doctor John Hunter' (f. 1v).Dr. John Fell (d. 1797); his sale, purchased by Clarke: see ~Facsimiles of

• Illuminated initials in Hosea., Bible, in the early Wycliffite version; Proverbs to Maccabees

? (f. 2); perhaps that of Eleanor de Bohun (see Sandler 1986).Dr. John Hunter: inscribed 'This Ms. was once in the Collection of Doctor John Hunter' (f. 1v).Dr. John Fell (d. 1797); his sale, purchased by Clarke: see ~Facsimiles of

• Illuminated initial 'I'(n) and full border with hybrid creature at the beginning of Zechariah., Bible, in the early Wycliffite version; Proverbs to Maccabees

? (f. 2); perhaps that of Eleanor de Bohun (see Sandler 1986).Dr. John Hunter: inscribed 'This Ms. was once in the Collection of Doctor John Hunter' (f. 1v).Dr. John Fell (d. 1797); his sale, purchased by Clarke: see ~Facsimiles of

• Detail of illuminated initial 'A'(ud) in 1 Maccabees., Bible, in the early Wycliffite version; Proverbs to Maccabees

? (f. 2); perhaps that of Eleanor de Bohun (see Sandler 1986).Dr. John Hunter: inscribed 'This Ms. was once in the Collection of Doctor John Hunter' (f. 1v).Dr. John Fell (d. 1797); his sale, purchased by Clarke: see ~Facsimiles of

• Detail of illuminated initial 'I'(n) at the beginning of John., Bible, in the early Wycliffite version: New Testament, with lessons (ff. 160-177)

617, f. 2); suggested by Sandler that it could have been that of Eleanor de Bohun.Dr. John Hunter: inscription in Egerton 617, f. 1v.Dr. John Fell: see record for Egerton 617.Adam Clarke (b. 1762, d. 1832), Wesleyan Methodist minister and

• Historiated initial 'C'(um) of William of Nangis writing, with a partial bar border., Chronicle

Frames for chronological tables in red or blue. Chronicle The Benedictine abbey of St. Denis: probably produced there; borrowed to John, duke of Berry (see below).John of Valois, duke of Berry (b. 1340, d. 1416), probably to be identified with

• Text page., Letters

Text page. Rubric and numbers in red (f. 1v-2v). Numbers in red. Rubrics in uncial. Letters The Benedictine abbey of Saint-Vaast, Arras (?), France (according to Steigmann and Wemhoff 1999).Charter in a 10th-century hand whereby Megenhardus conveys land at

• Illuminated initials., Fragment of a monastic Breviary

or in red with brown penwork decoration. Highlighting of letters in red. Rubrics in red. Fragment of a monastic Breviary John Bagford: inscribed, probably by Frederic Madden, that this is 'A portion of Bagford's collection F. M.' (f. [iii]).Sir Hans

• null, Breviloquium de quatuor virtutibus antiquorum

lot 8090, bought by Combe for 2s.Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical scholar.Acquired by the British Museum as part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818. Detail John of Wales (index Johannes Guallensis) England

• Illuminated headpiece and initial., Various theological works

stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Illuminated headpiece John Chrysostom (index Johannes Chrysostomus), Severianus Gabalensis Eastern Mediterranean

• Text page from Numbers, with a flourished initial 'Q'(uod) at the beginning of Numbers 21. A cut in the lower margin has been mended with a patch cut from a similar (or perhaps the same?) manuscript., Bible with prologues

characters alternately red or blue. Bible with prologues Unidentified English owner: with numerous annotations, second half of the 15th century.Inscription: 'John', 18th century? (f. 153).Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical scholar.Acquired by the British Museum as part of

• Zoomorphic initial 'I'(n) formed of two dragons with linked necks, at the beginning of Genesis., Bible with prologues

characters alternately red or blue. Bible with prologues Unidentified English owner: with numerous annotations, second half of the 15th century.Inscription: 'John', 18th century? (f. 153).Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical scholar.Acquired by the British Museum as part of

• Flourished initials and marginal drawing of a hand holding a fishing rod, line, and hook., De fide orthodoxa

by the British Museum as part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818. Flourished initials, and a marginal drawing of a fishing rod John of Damascus (translated by Burgundio of Pisa) England, Central England, Central? (Oxford?)