• Miniature of John the Almoner kneeling before the Virgin, with a partial border and a foliate initial 'L'(aint) instead of 'S'., Legenda aurea

of John the Almoner kneeling before the Virgin, with a partial border and a foliate initial 'L'(aint) instead of 'S'. Contains the Golden legend by Iacobus de Voragine translated in c. 1333-1348 by Jean de Vignay as Legende doree, originally

• Miniature of John the Baptist with a partial border and two foliate initials 'I'(ehan)., Legenda aurea

of John the Baptist with a partial border and two foliate initials 'I'(ehan). Contains the Golden legend by Iacobus de Voragine translated in c. 1333-1348 by Jean de Vignay as Legende doree, originally for Jeanne de Bourgogne, queen of France

• Illuminated initials 'T'(he) and 'A'(prentys) with partial foliate bar borders at the opening of the Cook's Tale., The Canterbury Tales

Dorothie, née Leuenthorp: inscribed with their names (f. 286v; see Wright 1972).Other inscriptions include 'John Martant', 16th century (ff. 144, 180), and 'John Thomsyn' and 'John Thomsun Symond, late 16th-early 17th century (ff. 165v, 284v).John Somers, 1st baron Somers (b.

• Detail of a scribal (?) note reading 'Icy commencera le fable de Gamelyn' ('Here will begin Gamelyn's tale')., The Canterbury Tales

Dorothie, née Leuenthorp: inscribed with their names (f. 286v; see Wright 1972).Other inscriptions include 'John Martant', 16th century (ff. 144, 180), and 'John Thomsyn' and 'John Thomsun Symond, late 16th-early 17th century (ff. 165v, 284v).John Somers, 1st baron Somers (b.

• Illuminated initial 'O'(hateful) with a partial foliate bar border at the beginning of the prologue to the Man of Law's Tale., The Canterbury Tales

Dorothie, née Leuenthorp: inscribed with their names (f. 286v; see Wright 1972).Other inscriptions include 'John Martant', 16th century (ff. 144, 180), and 'John Thomsyn' and 'John Thomsun Symond, late 16th-early 17th century (ff. 165v, 284v).John Somers, 1st baron Somers (b.

• Illuminated initial 'T'(her) with a partial foliate bar border at the beginning of the Clerk's Tale., The Canterbury Tales

Dorothie, née Leuenthorp: inscribed with their names (f. 286v; see Wright 1972).Other inscriptions include 'John Martant', 16th century (ff. 144, 180), and 'John Thomsyn' and 'John Thomsun Symond, late 16th-early 17th century (ff. 165v, 284v).John Somers, 1st baron Somers (b.

• Illuminated initial 'A'(t) with a partial foliate bar border at the beginning of the Squire's Tale., The Canterbury Tales

Dorothie, née Leuenthorp: inscribed with their names (f. 286v; see Wright 1972).Other inscriptions include 'John Martant', 16th century (ff. 144, 180), and 'John Thomsyn' and 'John Thomsun Symond, late 16th-early 17th century (ff. 165v, 284v).John Somers, 1st baron Somers (b.

• Illuminated initial 'L'(ordyngs) with a partial foliate bar border at the beginning of the Pardoner's Tale. ., The Canterbury Tales

Dorothie, née Leuenthorp: inscribed with their names (f. 286v; see Wright 1972).Other inscriptions include 'John Martant', 16th century (ff. 144, 180), and 'John Thomsyn' and 'John Thomsun Symond, late 16th-early 17th century (ff. 165v, 284v).John Somers, 1st baron Somers (b.

• Illuminated initial 'T'(her) with a partial foliate bar border at the beginning of the Prioress's Tale., The Canterbury Tales

Dorothie, née Leuenthorp: inscribed with their names (f. 286v; see Wright 1972).Other inscriptions include 'John Martant', 16th century (ff. 144, 180), and 'John Thomsyn' and 'John Thomsun Symond, late 16th-early 17th century (ff. 165v, 284v).John Somers, 1st baron Somers (b.

• Illuminated initial 'A'(pore) with a partial foliate bar border at the beginning of the Nun's Priest's Tale., The Canterbury Tales

Dorothie, née Leuenthorp: inscribed with their names (f. 286v; see Wright 1972).Other inscriptions include 'John Martant', 16th century (ff. 144, 180), and 'John Thomsyn' and 'John Thomsun Symond, late 16th-early 17th century (ff. 165v, 284v).John Somers, 1st baron Somers (b.

• Illuminated initial 'W'(han) and foliate bar border at the beginning of the text., The Canterbury Tales

Dorothie, née Leuenthorp: inscribed with their names (f. 286v; see Wright 1972).Other inscriptions include 'John Martant', 16th century (ff. 144, 180), and 'John Thomsyn' and 'John Thomsun Symond, late 16th-early 17th century (ff. 165v, 284v).John Somers, 1st baron Somers (b.

• 'Champ' initial 'S'(ir) with ivy tendril decoration at the opening of the prologue to the Clerk's Tale., The Canterbury Tales

Dorothie, née Leuenthorp: inscribed with their names (f. 286v; see Wright 1972).Other inscriptions include 'John Martant', 16th century (ff. 144, 180), and 'John Thomsyn' and 'John Thomsun Symond, late 16th-early 17th century (ff. 165v, 284v).John Somers, 1st baron Somers (b.

• Illuminated initial 'A'(ctum) with a partial bar border, at the beginning of book 10., Commentary on Unum ex quatuor

328-331v), and 2 foliate descenders of a human head and a fish (ff. 333, 420v). Commentary on Unum ex quatuor John Leyre, rector of Great Doddington, Northans (1377-81), presented to the church of Doddington, in the diocese of Lincoln in

• Foliate initials 'H'(ybernia) and 'H'(yspanicum)., Topographia Hiberniae, Expugnatio Hibernica, Itinerarium Kambriae; De purgatorio sancti Patrici, Excerpts from the Chronicle of Eusebius of Caesarea

c. 1375-c. 1420, no. 906 (see St Augustine's Abbey 2008). John Twyne (b. c.1505, d. 1581), schoolmaster and antiquary, perhaps owned by him: inscribed 'Twyne' in the hand of John Dee, antiquary (b. 1527, d.1609), in the entry of the

• Illuminated initial ‘H’(ac)., Topographia Hiberniae, Expugnatio Hibernica, Itinerarium Kambriae; De purgatorio sancti Patrici, Excerpts from the Chronicle of Eusebius of Caesarea

c. 1375-c. 1420, no. 906 (see St Augustine's Abbey 2008). John Twyne (b. c.1505, d. 1581), schoolmaster and antiquary, perhaps owned by him: inscribed 'Twyne' in the hand of John Dee, antiquary (b. 1527, d.1609), in the entry of the

• Foliate initials 'H'(ybernia) and 'H'(yspanicum)., Topographia Hiberniae, Expugnatio Hibernica, Itinerarium Kambriae; De purgatorio sancti Patrici, Excerpts from the Chronicle of Eusebius of Caesarea

c. 1375-c. 1420, no. 906 (see St Augustine's Abbey 2008). John Twyne (b. c.1505, d. 1581), schoolmaster and antiquary, perhaps owned by him: inscribed 'Twyne' in the hand of John Dee, antiquary (b. 1527, d.1609), in the entry of the

• Headpiece and initial with foliate decoration., Commentary on Plato's Parmenides, Books 1-6

Headpiece and initial with foliate decoration. Headpiece with foliate decoration in red (f. 2). Initials with foliate decoration, line-fillers and titles in red. Commentary on Plato's Parmenides, Books 1-6 Scribe erroneously identified as Angelos Bergikios (see Gamillscheg and Harlfinger

• Illuminated initial, at the beginning of Ovid's Metamorphoses., Metamorphoses (ff. 3-180); Commentary on the Metamorphoses (f. 181v-191); and other short texts

d. 1672), 2nd baronet, antiquary: signed by him (f. 2) and with his pagination and his (?) notes (f. 1v).Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: sold by him at the ‘Twysden’ sale, 6

• null, Metamorphoses (ff. 3-180); Commentary on the Metamorphoses (f. 181v-191); and other short texts

d. 1672), 2nd baronet, antiquary: signed by him (f. 2) and with his pagination and his (?) notes (f. 1v).Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: sold by him at the ‘Twysden’ sale, 6

• In the upper left, an ownership inscription of All Souls college, Oxford: 'Liber collegium animarum omnium', and in the lower right corner, an ownership incription of William Romesey: 'liber Willelmus Romesey quae fecit scribi' ('William Romesay for whom it was written'")., Medical miscellany, including John of Gaddesden's Rosa Anglica (ff. 9-262), and four tracts on urine

many with foliate forms. Large simple initials in red or blue. Paraphs in red or blue. Cadels. Medical miscellany, including John of Gaddesden's Rosa Anglica (ff. 9-262), and four tracts on urine ff. 270-285v is an unilluminated text in English.