• Text page with the life of Margaret., South English Legendary (Legends of the saints in verse, listed according to their feast days), imperfect at the beginning

the saints in verse, listed according to their feast days), imperfect at the beginning John Sanford of Comersley, Somerset: inscribed in the late 16th century, 'John Sanford' (ff. 21, 41, 43, 46, 49 etc.), and 'Dieu saulve nostre royne Elizabeth

• Illuminated initial with oxidised silver., De mineralibus et lapidibus

1972, Kilwardby 1987).John Leland (b. c.1503, d. 1552), poet and antiquary (see Wright 1972); acquired on 18 May 1556 by John Dee.John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609), mathematician, astrologer, and antiquary (see Wright 1972; Roberts and Watson 1990): his astrological

• Detail of a miniature of the Lover kneeling before the Confessor in a landscape at the beginning of book 1 of Gower's Confessio amantis; an acanthus frame surrounds the miniature and foliate feathering extends into the margins., Confessio amantis, with the Traitié pour essampler les amantz marietz, and a Latin prayer and two Latin Marian lyrics

an acanthus frame surrounds the miniature and foliate feathering extends into the margins. This text was composed c. 1390 by John Gower (b. c. 1330, d. 1408), and is in the third recension of the text.One of 13 manuscripts containing

• Decorated initial 'F'(rater) and display capitals at the beginning of the general prologue., Old Testament with prologues, Vol. I: Genesis-Nehemiah

prologues, Vol. I: Genesis-Nehemiah Unidentified contemporary readers: with numerous marginal annotations, often in red ink, especially in vol. II.? Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: perhaps his sale 6 April 1807, lot 1102,

• Decorated initial 'I'(n) and display script at the beginning of Genesis., Old Testament with prologues, Vol. I: Genesis-Nehemiah

prologues, Vol. I: Genesis-Nehemiah Unidentified contemporary readers: with numerous marginal annotations, often in red ink, especially in vol. II.? Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: perhaps his sale 6 April 1807, lot 1102,

• Puzzle initial 'Q'(uia), in Johannes de Gaddesden's Rosa medicinae., Rosa medicinae

Rosa medicinae. The Rosa medicinae was written by John Gaddesden while he was at Oxford, probably between 1302 and 1317. This copy is one of 13 known surviving manuscripts. 4 large puzzle initials in red and blue with foliate pen-flourishing

• Historiated initial 'E'(seint) of the Evangelist John, holding a book and a martyr's palm, standing on the back of his symbol, the eagle., La lumiere as lais; Apocalypse (the 'Welles Apocalypse')

of the Evangelist John, holding a book and a martyr's palm, standing on the back of his symbol, the eagle. Includes La lumiere as lais of Peter of Peckham (or Peter of Fetcham) in Anglo-French (ff. 1-103v), and the Apocalypse

• Detail of an historiated initial 'E'(seint) of the Evangelist John, holding a book and a martyr's palm, standing on the back of his symbol, the eagle., La lumiere as lais; Apocalypse (the 'Welles Apocalypse')

initial 'E'(seint) of the Evangelist John, holding a book and a martyr's palm, standing on the back of his symbol, the eagle. Includes La lumiere as lais of Peter of Peckham (or Peter of Fetcham) in Anglo-French (ff. 1-103v), and

• Miniature of Christ dictating to John., La lumiere as lais; Apocalypse (the 'Welles Apocalypse')

Christ dictating to John. Includes La lumiere as lais of Peter of Peckham (or Peter of Fetcham) in Anglo-French (ff. 1-103v), and the Apocalypse with a commentary in the Anglo-French prose version (ff. 104-214v).According to Sandler, stylistically related to the

• Detail of a miniature of Christ dictating to John., La lumiere as lais; Apocalypse (the 'Welles Apocalypse')

of Christ dictating to John. Includes La lumiere as lais of Peter of Peckham (or Peter of Fetcham) in Anglo-French (ff. 1-103v), and the Apocalypse with a commentary in the Anglo-French prose version (ff. 104-214v).According to Sandler, stylistically related to

• Text page., Miscellany of various papers and fragments written by John Stowe and others, including the Song of the Lady Bessy, concerning Princess Elizabeth, future wife of Henry VII (ff. 89-100), written by Humphrey Brereton, an extract from Lydgate's Life of Edmund and Fremund (f. 86v)

written by John Stowe and others, including the Song of the Lady Bessy, concerning Princess Elizabeth, future wife of Henry VII (ff. 89-100), written by Humphrey Brereton, an extract from Lydgate's Life of Edmund and Fremund (f. 86v) John Stowe,

• Detail of initial 'H'(ic est), at the beginning of the prologue to John., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Lumley Bible')

the beginning of the prologue to John. Associated with a group of manuscripts (the 'William of Devon group'): now Egerton 1151, Pierpont Morgan Library M. 756, Cambridge, Emmanuel College 116 (2.I.6), Bodleian Library Auct. D. I. 17, Royal 1 D

• Detail of initial 'I'(n principio), at the beginning of John., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Lumley Bible')

principio), at the beginning of John. Associated with a group of manuscripts (the 'William of Devon group'): now Egerton 1151, Pierpont Morgan Library M. 756, Cambridge, Emmanuel College 116 (2.I.6), Bodleian Library Auct. D. I. 17, Royal 1 D I,

• Detail of initial 'Q'(uod), at the beginning of 1 John., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Lumley Bible')

at the beginning of 1 John. Associated with a group of manuscripts (the 'William of Devon group'): now Egerton 1151, Pierpont Morgan Library M. 756, Cambridge, Emmanuel College 116 (2.I.6), Bodleian Library Auct. D. I. 17, Royal 1 D I,

• Detail of initial 'S'(enior), at the beginning of 2 John., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Lumley Bible')

at the beginning of 2 John. Associated with a group of manuscripts (the 'William of Devon group'): now Egerton 1151, Pierpont Morgan Library M. 756, Cambridge, Emmanuel College 116 (2.I.6), Bodleian Library Auct. D. I. 17, Royal 1 D I,

• Detail of initial 'S'(enior), at the beginning of 3 John., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Lumley Bible')

at the beginning of 3 John. Associated with a group of manuscripts (the 'William of Devon group'): now Egerton 1151, Pierpont Morgan Library M. 756, Cambridge, Emmanuel College 116 (2.I.6), Bodleian Library Auct. D. I. 17, Royal 1 D I,

• Historiated initial 'C'(um) of the Lamb of God with a partial bar-border, at the beginning of the De testimonis Veteris et Novi Testamenti., Liber testimoniorum Veteris Testamenti ex opusculis S. Gregorii, De institutis coenobiorum, Collationes

Veteris Testamenti ex opusculis S. Gregorii, De institutis coenobiorum, Collationes The priory of St. Mary, Sempringham, co. Lincoln, given by John de Glynton, master of the Sempringham Order in 1332: originally with the inscription probably on the original cover, 'ex

• Text page with a crowned head of a bird in the margin., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum) (ff. 1-133), prologue to the Prophecies of Merlin, and the epistle to Alexander, bishop of Lincoln

an abridgement of Geoffrey of Monmouth: inscribed with his name 'Ponticus Virunius' (f. 1).Added marginal annotations in a 16th-century hand. John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673), antiquary: his monogram (f. 133) and notes in his hand (e.g., ff. 1, 132v-133);

• Detail of a drawing of the skyline of the city of York in the lower margins and two kings pointing the text in the outer margin., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum) (ff. 1-133), prologue to the Prophecies of Merlin, and the epistle to Alexander, bishop of Lincoln

an abridgement of Geoffrey of Monmouth: inscribed with his name 'Ponticus Virunius' (f. 1).Added marginal annotations in a 16th-century hand. John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673), antiquary: his monogram (f. 133) and notes in his hand (e.g., ff. 1, 132v-133);

• Detail of a drawing of the city of Gloucester., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum) (ff. 1-133), prologue to the Prophecies of Merlin, and the epistle to Alexander, bishop of Lincoln

an abridgement of Geoffrey of Monmouth: inscribed with his name 'Ponticus Virunius' (f. 1).Added marginal annotations in a 16th-century hand. John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673), antiquary: his monogram (f. 133) and notes in his hand (e.g., ff. 1, 132v-133);