• Detail of a miniature of John., La Bible historiale complétée (Proverbs - Revelation)

a miniature of John. Contains Guyard des Moulins, 'La Bible historiale complétée', a French adaptation of Petrus Comestors's 'Historia scholastica'; bound in two volumes (volume I: Genesis-Psalms; volume II: Proverbs-Revelation).According to Avril 1970 and O'Meara 2001, illuminated by Master of

• Detail of a miniature of John with a chalice, and the best with seven heads., La Bible historiale complétée (Proverbs - Revelation)

a miniature of John with a chalice, and the best with seven heads. Contains Guyard des Moulins, 'La Bible historiale complétée', a French adaptation of Petrus Comestors's 'Historia scholastica'; bound in two volumes (volume I: Genesis-Psalms; volume II: Proverbs-Revelation).According to

• 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

• 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

• Illuminated headpiece with foliate decoration and initial at the beginning of John., Four Gospels and Hebrews 12:17-13:25, imperfect (see notes), adapted for liturgical use

and initial at the beginning of John. The volume of which this manuscript was originally a part also contained Metz, Bibliothèque Municipale, MS 4 (destroyed in 1944), which comprised Acts, Catholic and Pauline Epistles, and Hebrews 1:1-12:16. Pink silk endpapers

• Perth

Icon description two buildings, spired church Icons church buildings (multiple) Description Appearances Etymology St John Translation Earlier editors Scs Johis (Gough); Sa. Joh. (Parsons) Early Maps opp(idum) s. Joh(ann)is (Angliae Figura) Overwritten no Attested spelling St. Johnstoun or Perth 1220

• Barnard Castle

Icons castle building Description Appearances faded Etymology built in 1112-32 by Bernard Baliol, ancestor of John Baliol, king of Scotland Translation Earlier editors Castrum barnard (Parsons) Early Maps Barnard Castle (Angliae Figura) Overwritten no Attested spelling de Castello Bernardi 1200

• Towcester

building Icons building Description Appearances faded Etymology Tove, river-name + ceaster, 'Roman settlement' Translation Earlier editors Castor or Thrapston (Gough); -/towcestre (OS 1935); towcestre (Parsons) Early Maps Towcet(er) (Angliae Figura) Overwritten no Attested spelling Towecestre t. John, c. 1220 For