• Detail of a drawing of the Resurrection, with angels., Speculum humanae salvationis, with tabula, prohemium, and 45 chapters

details. Large initials in blue. Small initials in brown. Speculum humanae salvationis, with tabula, prohemium, and 45 chapters 15th-century inscription 'John west of new (?) Beryy' [in Berkshire?] (f. 1).15th-16th century inscription of a marriage bann (f. 1).Sir Hans Sloane

• Detail of a drawing of the finding of the lost pieces of silver., Speculum humanae salvationis, with tabula, prohemium, and 45 chapters

details. Large initials in blue. Small initials in brown. Speculum humanae salvationis, with tabula, prohemium, and 45 chapters 15th-century inscription 'John west of new (?) Beryy' [in Berkshire?] (f. 1).15th-16th century inscription of a marriage bann (f. 1).Sir Hans Sloane

• Drawing of a marriage., Speculum humanae salvationis, with tabula, prohemium, and 45 chapters

details. Large initials in blue. Small initials in brown. Speculum humanae salvationis, with tabula, prohemium, and 45 chapters 15th-century inscription 'John west of new (?) Beryy' [in Berkshire?] (f. 1).15th-16th century inscription of a marriage bann (f. 1).Sir Hans Sloane

• Detail of a drawing of the Coronation of the Virgin., Speculum humanae salvationis, with tabula, prohemium, and 45 chapters

details. Large initials in blue. Small initials in brown. Speculum humanae salvationis, with tabula, prohemium, and 45 chapters 15th-century inscription 'John west of new (?) Beryy' [in Berkshire?] (f. 1).15th-16th century inscription of a marriage bann (f. 1).Sir Hans Sloane

• Marginal drawing of a surgical procedure., Fistula in ano (ff. 1-180), and other texts, including part of the Liber medicalium

folio. Anol. 1637' (f. 181v).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. Surgical procedure John Arderne England

• Marginal drawing of a surgical procedure., Fistula in ano (ff. 1-180), and other texts, including part of the Liber medicalium

folio. Anol. 1637' (f. 181v).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. Surgical procedure John Arderne England

• Detail of a diagram., Fistula in ano (ff. 1-180), and other texts, including part of the Liber medicalium

4 folio. Anol. 1637' (f. 181v).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. Diagram John Arderne England

• 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

• Foliate initial 'D'(omine) with a full border, at the beginning of Psalm 89., Commentary on the Psalms

with human heads. Commentary on the Psalms John Russell, fellow of Merton College, Oxford, and a prebendary of Peterborough Cathedral, author of the ~Proposals for Printing the Holy Bible~, (1721): his initials, 'J[ohn] R[ussell]' and note numbering the manuscript as

• 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