• Detail of a miniature of the death of Amaury., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

with dark blue pen-flourishing. Chroniques de France ou de St Denis John(John the Good) (b. 1319, d. 1364), duke of Normandy (1332-1350), and king of France as John II (1350-1364), probably made for him before his accession to the

• Historiated initial 'I'(ohan) of John II the Good, king of France, with a shield bearing the royal arms of France in the margin, at the beginning of the collection of documents relating to the Peace of Brétigny., Collection of treaties

documents relating to the Peace of Brétigny in the name of John the Good, king of France, all bearing the date 24 October 1360, with the ratification by king John of the treaty in London in 1362, followed by the

• Decorated line-filler and initial., Miscellany of liturgical services and prayers, including Canons of the Palaeologue Emperors John V and Andronicus IV (ff. 53v-147), and Questions of Ionas, monk, and Answers of Neilos, metropolites (ff. 147v-156v)

and prayers, including Canons of the Palaeologue Emperors John V and Andronicus IV (ff. 53v-147), and Questions of Ionas, monk, and Answers of Neilos, metropolites (ff. 147v-156v) The Canons of the Emperors John V and Andronicus IV relate to the

• Line-filler with geometric decoration., Miscellany of liturgical services and prayers, including Canons of the Palaeologue Emperors John V and Andronicus IV (ff. 53v-147), and Questions of Ionas, monk, and Answers of Neilos, metropolites (ff. 147v-156v)

and prayers, including Canons of the Palaeologue Emperors John V and Andronicus IV (ff. 53v-147), and Questions of Ionas, monk, and Answers of Neilos, metropolites (ff. 147v-156v) The Canons of the Emperors John V and Andronicus IV relate to the

• Detail of an historiated initial 'I'(ohan) of John II the Good, king of France, with a shield bearing the royal arms of France in the margin, at the beginning of the collection of documents relating to the Peace of Brétigny., Collection of treaties

documents relating to the Peace of Brétigny in the name of John the Good, king of France, all bearing the date 24 October 1360, with the ratification by king John of the treaty in London in 1362, followed by the

• Puzzle initial 'A(nno), with penwork decoration in the form of leaves., Polychronicon to the year 1352, with table

or blue. Diagrams in red or brown. Polychronicon to the year 1352, with table Added, near comtemporary text (ff. 238v-239v). John Macclesfield, in 1416-1417: inscription (f. 6v).John Hunt: 18th-century inscription (f. 2). W. Ford: his note about the manuscript pasted

• Detail of decorated headpiece., Homilies on John (index In Ioannem), imperfect

initials in red with penwork decoration, a few also with black penwork decoration. Small simple letters in red. Homilies on John (index In Ioannem), imperfect 16th-century (?) note of 8 missing leaves (f. 330v; see also ff. 10v, 12v).? Thomas

• Puzzle initial 'I'(n), developing three-sided extensions, at the beginning of Oon of foure, John Wycliffe's English translation of Clement of Llanthony's Harmony of the Gospels., New Testament in the later Wycliffe version (ends imperfect), including Oon of foure (ff. 19-86)

at the beginning of Oon of foure, John Wycliffe's English translation of Clement of Llanthony's Harmony of the Gospels. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with foliate pen-flourishing in purple and red, developing three-sided extensions in red and

• Puzzle initial 'I'(n), and part of the three-sided extensions, at the beginning of Oon of foure, John Wycliffe's English translation of Clement of Llanthony's Harmony of the Gospels., New Testament in the later Wycliffe version (ends imperfect), including Oon of foure (ff. 19-86)

extensions, at the beginning of Oon of foure, John Wycliffe's English translation of Clement of Llanthony's Harmony of the Gospels. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with foliate pen-flourishing in purple and red, developing three-sided extensions in red

• Original foliate headpiece and decorated initial 'K' in John Chrysostom's Commentary in Matthaeum., Homilies on Matthew (index In Matthaeum), imperfect

decorated initial 'K' in John Chrysostom's Commentary in Matthaeum. ff. 1, 8, 137-138, and 180-187 are replacements in a 13th- (?) century hand. 3 pink foliate headpieces and large decorated pink initials (ff. 138v, 180v, and 187v) added in the

• Miniature in four segments: 1. Pierre Bersuire presenting the book to John II; 2. the wolf with Romulus and Remus; 3. John II enthroned; 4. Knights fighting, at the beginning of the prologue., Ab urbe condita (Les decades de Titus Livius)

Miniature in four segments: 1. Pierre Bersuire presenting the book to John II; 2. the wolf with Romulus and Remus; 3. John II enthroned; 4. Knights fighting, at the beginning of the prologue. Contains the 'Ab urbe condita' of Livy,

• Historiated initial 'J'(ohannes) of a lawyer holding a book, with a partial border, at the beginning of the preface (the introductory bull of John XXII), and a foliate initial 'J'(ohannes), at the beginning of the gloss; with birds and a hybrid grotesque in the margin., Constitutiones Clementinae; Extravagantes; Decretal on Franciscans; Lectura super Clementinis; Breviarium sive Repertorium

bull of John XXII), and a foliate initial 'J'(ohannes), at the beginning of the gloss; with birds and a hybrid grotesque in the margin. Contains the Constitutuions Clementinae, a collection of constitutions of Clement V promulgated by John II in

• Detail of a miniature of the capture of John de St John and others by the French., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis (from 1270 to1380)

Detail of a miniature of the capture of John de St John and others by the French. Includes the series of nine miniatures illustrating the visit of the Emperor Charles IV to the King of France, Charles V, which occur

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(ominica) of a portrait of a man, perhaps John the Evangelist, at the beginning of a reading for Rogation Sunday, with the text of John 16:23., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

of an historiated initial 'D'(ominica) of a portrait of a man, perhaps John the Evangelist, at the beginning of a reading for Rogation Sunday, with the text of John 16:23. 46 large historiated initials, with three-sided or partial foliate borders,

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(ominica) of a portrait of a man, perhaps John the Evangelist, at the beginning of a reading for Rogation Sunday, with the text of John 16:23., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

of an historiated initial 'D'(ominica) of a portrait of a man, perhaps John the Evangelist, at the beginning of a reading for Rogation Sunday, with the text of John 16:23. 46 large historiated initials, with three-sided or partial foliate borders,

• Illuminated border and initial 'A'(nti) with floral penwork decoration, and the signature of Lord William Howard (b. 1563, d. 1640), antiquary and landowner, the younger son of Thomas Howard (b. 1538, d. 1572), 4th duke of Norfolk, with the date 1589, in the upper margin., Historical and theological miscellany, including excerpts from the Granarium, part II, and a commentary on Sacrobosco's De sphaera (ff. 183-198)

15th century notes in a 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

• Puzzle initial 'A'(lphica), at the beginning of the Catalogus medicam., Catalogus medicam (ff. 1-78), Receipes in English (ff. 79-200)

plain red or blue. Catalogus medicam (ff. 1-78), Receipes in English (ff. 79-200) Inscription, 15th-century: 'Richard Flint' (f. 207).Inscription, 15th-century: 'John …(?)' (f. 207).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane

• Flourished initials, in the Catalogus medicam., Catalogus medicam (ff. 1-78), Receipes in English (ff. 79-200)

plain red or blue. Catalogus medicam (ff. 1-78), Receipes in English (ff. 79-200) Inscription, 15th-century: 'Richard Flint' (f. 207).Inscription, 15th-century: 'John …(?)' (f. 207).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane

• Historiated initial 'D'(ominica) of a portrait of a man, perhaps John the Evangelist, with a partial bar border, at the beginning of a reading for Rogation Sunday, with the text of John 16:23., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

initial 'D'(ominica) of a portrait of a man, perhaps John the Evangelist, with a partial bar border, at the beginning of a reading for Rogation Sunday, with the text of John 16:23. 46 large historiated initials, with three-sided or partial

• Decorated initial 'A'., Medical miscellany, including the Liber Medicinarum (ff. 1-40v)

Liber Medicinarum (ff. 1-40v) Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Decorated initial John Arderne England