• Historiated initial 'T'(his) of Henry VII, enthroned with crowned sceptre, giving the manuscript to the monks of Westminster and John Islip, Abbot of Westminster, with a full bar border with the arms of England., Quadripartite Indenture for Henry VII's Chapel

sceptre, giving the manuscript to the monks of Westminster and John Islip, Abbot of Westminster, with a full bar border with the arms of England. The original chemise binding is of burgundy velvet (outside) and pinkish gold damask (inside). One

• Detail of an historiated initial 'T'(his) of Henry VII, enthroned with crowned sceptre, giving the manuscript to the monks of Westminster and John Islip, Abbot of Westminster., Quadripartite Indenture for Henry VII's Chapel

crowned sceptre, giving the manuscript to the monks of Westminster and John Islip, Abbot of Westminster. The original chemise binding is of burgundy velvet (outside) and pinkish gold damask (inside). One large tassel remains on the top left corner in

• Historiated initial 'O' of Romauld enthroned with a bishop saint (probably Augustine) and monastic saints John Gualbert (top right), Maurus and Placidus in Camaldolese habits., Cutting from a Gradual

a bishop saint (probably Augustine) and monastic saints John Gualbert (top right), Maurus and Placidus in Camaldolese habits. Italian cutting.The present initial is boxed with Add. 37472, ff. 1-2, 4-7. To see this initial in the Manuscripts Reading Room order

• Text page with inscriptions., De corpore et sanguine Domini

fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford: inscribed 'Liber Henrici Iacksoni Oxoniensis, Collegii Corporis Christi, mdc. Maii xxi liberati' (f. 145). John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673), antiquary, included in the catalogue of his library left to his grandson Charles Theyer

• Historiated initial 'L'(egendas) of Guido de Castris as a Benedictine abbot with a book and crosier, with a partial border containing two fighting men, at the beginning of the prologue., Sanctilogium

or hybrids, at the beginning of books. Initials in red with purple pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Sanctilogium John Whethamstede, abbot of St. Albans (1420-1440 and 1452-1464), given by him to the Benedictine priory of St Amphibaldus in

• Initial with cadel decoration with face, among music staves., Fragment from an Antiphonary

of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled for historical purposes by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716). A number of drawings and printed book fragments were transferred from the volume to

• Text page with the explicit of Guido de Castris's Sanctilogium., Sanctilogium

or hybrids, at the beginning of books. Initials in red with purple pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Sanctilogium John Whethamstede, abbot of St. Albans (1420-1440 and 1452-1464), given by him to the Benedictine priory of St Amphibaldus in

• Illuminated initial 'A'(dventus) at the beginning of book 14., Sanctilogium

or hybrids, at the beginning of books. Initials in red with purple pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Sanctilogium John Whethamstede, abbot of St. Albans (1420-1440 and 1452-1464), given by him to the Benedictine priory of St Amphibaldus in

• Illuminated initial 'P'(rima) at the beginning of book 11., Sanctilogium

or hybrids, at the beginning of books. Initials in red with purple pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Sanctilogium John Whethamstede, abbot of St. Albans (1420-1440 and 1452-1464), given by him to the Benedictine priory of St Amphibaldus in

• Coloured initial with pen-flourished decoration., Fragment with text of Psalm 126:1-6

of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled for historical purposes by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716). A number of drawings and printed book fragments were transferred from the volume to

• Coloured initials with pen-flourished decoration and music staves., Fragments of a leaf from an early 14th century English Missal containing the Mass for the 5th and 6th Sunday after Pentecost

of a collection of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716) for historical purposes. 190 printed book fragments from the volume were transferred to the

• Miniature of John in Patmos, with the seven-horned dragon rising from the sea, and a foliate initial 'L'(ors)., Bible historiale complétée (Proverbs - Revelation)

of John in Patmos, with the seven-horned dragon rising from the sea, and a foliate initial 'L'(ors). Second volume of two; the first volume is Royal 19 D VI.Contains the Bible Historiale complétée, a French adaptation of Peter Comestor's Historia

• Framed initial 'B' with full foliate border and shield lacking arms., De Consolatione Philosophiae (index Consolation of Philosophy)

Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6612.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, appraised in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix, 70, no. 171.Charles

• Framed initial 'C' with foliate half border., De Consolatione Philosophiae (index Consolation of Philosophy)

Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6612.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, appraised in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix, 70, no. 171.Charles

• Text page with initials at the beginning of the Historia Scholastica., Historia Scolastica

Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6429.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, appraised in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix 70, no. 121(?).Charles

• Text page with rubric, Constituciones artis gemetrie secundum Euclyde: a poem on the craft of Masonry

and paraphs in red. Letters highlighted in red. Constituciones artis gemetrie secundum Euclyde: a poem on the craft of Masonry John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673): his monogram (ff. 1, 32v) and included in the catalogue of his library left

• Text page, Constituciones artis gemetrie secundum Euclyde: a poem on the craft of Masonry

and paraphs in red. Letters highlighted in red. Constituciones artis gemetrie secundum Euclyde: a poem on the craft of Masonry John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673): his monogram (ff. 1, 32v) and included in the catalogue of his library left

• Text page., Constituciones artis gemetrie secundum Euclyde: a poem on the craft of Masonry

and paraphs in red. Letters highlighted in red. Constituciones artis gemetrie secundum Euclyde: a poem on the craft of Masonry John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673): his monogram (ff. 1, 32v) and included in the catalogue of his library left

• Text page., Constituciones artis gemetrie secundum Euclyde: a poem on the craft of Masonry

and paraphs in red. Letters highlighted in red. Constituciones artis gemetrie secundum Euclyde: a poem on the craft of Masonry John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673): his monogram (ff. 1, 32v) and included in the catalogue of his library left

• Text page., Constituciones artis gemetrie secundum Euclyde: a poem on the craft of Masonry

and paraphs in red. Letters highlighted in red. Constituciones artis gemetrie secundum Euclyde: a poem on the craft of Masonry John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673): his monogram (ff. 1, 32v) and included in the catalogue of his library left