• Marginal miniature of Helen holding a book, with an inscription reading, 'Seynt Eline', and the crown of thorns, with an inscription reading, 'Þe corone of crist'., Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English

of a vessel, 15th-16th century (ff. 14v, 17v).Inscribed names of some members of the Osborne family: Harry, William, Anthony, Raff, John, and Thomas, 16th century? (f. 2).Edward Banister, recusant and patron of the arts, inscribed with his name (f. 1).John

• Marginal miniature of a feathered man, with a inscription reading, 'a man ygrowe in feÞeris'., Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English

of a vessel, 15th-16th century (ff. 14v, 17v).Inscribed names of some members of the Osborne family: Harry, William, Anthony, Raff, John, and Thomas, 16th century? (f. 2).Edward Banister, recusant and patron of the arts, inscribed with his name (f. 1).John

• Marginal miniature of emperor Justinian on horseback, with an inscription reading, 'A ymage of Justinyan emperour'., Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English

of a vessel, 15th-16th century (ff. 14v, 17v).Inscribed names of some members of the Osborne family: Harry, William, Anthony, Raff, John, and Thomas, 16th century? (f. 2).Edward Banister, recusant and patron of the arts, inscribed with his name (f. 1).John

• Physician's folding almanac., Physician's folding almanac, including John Somer's 'Calendar' (ff. 3-6), eclipse canon (f. 7), diagrams of solar and lunar eclipses from 1431 to 1462 (ff. 8-10)

folding almanac based on the 'Kalendarium' of John Somer (d. in or after 1409), Franciscan friar at Bridgwater and astronomer.One of 29 English folding almanacs, of which 10 are in the British Library: see Carey 2003. Initials in gold on

• Decorated initial 'R'(icardus) combined with a three-sided foliate border including acanthus leaves, at the beginning of the text., Registrum brevium for the reign of Richard II (r. 1377-1399)

of contents, 15th century (ff. 1-11v).Added texts, 15th century (ff. 336v and 337v).John Killingworth, (possibly the John Killingworth of Queen's College, Cambridge), 1566: inscribed 'John Killingworth. Anno Domini 1566' (f. 335).Henry Worsley (b. 1675, d. 1747), scholar and manuscript collector,

• Miniature of John the Baptist., Book of Hours ('The Entwisle Hours'), Use of Sarum

of John the Baptist. Suffrage to Thomas crossed out (f. 51v). 27 full-page miniatures, accompanied by large decorated initials on the following page, with full foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 16, 32, 44v, 54, 56v, 58v, 61v, 63v,

• Diagram called 'arbre de dueil' of a tree surmounted by Fortune with her wheel, with two claimants to the papacy, Clement VII and Urban VI (with erased faces); the kings of France (Charles VI) and England (Richard II); the king of Jerusalem and Naples (Louis of Anjou) and the duke of Burgundy (Philip the Bold) ; the kings of Castile and Leon (John I) and of Portugal (Ferdinand) ; and the kings of the Romans (Ferdinand) and of Hungary and Poland (Louis I the Great)., L'Arbre des batailles

beginning 'Je may pouoir de vivre en joye...', and 'Triste playsir et doloureuse joye...', 15th century (f. 165). John Gamston (or John of Gamston, Nottinghamshire): inscribed with his name, 'Iste liber constat Joh[an]i Gamston[i] generoso', early 16th century (f. 164v).Henry

• Detail of a diagram called 'arbre de dueil' of a tree surmounted by Fortune with her wheel, with two claimants to the papacy, Clement VII and Urban VI (with erased faces); the kings of France (Charles VI) and England (Richard II); the king of Jerusalem and Naples (Louis of Anjou) and the duke of Burgundy (Philip the Bold) ; the kings of Castile and Leon (John I) and of Portugal (Ferdinand) ; and the kings of the Romans (Ferdinand) and of Hungary and Poland (Louis I the Great)., L'Arbre des batailles

beginning 'Je may pouoir de vivre en joye...', and 'Triste playsir et doloureuse joye...', 15th century (f. 165). John Gamston (or John of Gamston, Nottinghamshire): inscribed with his name, 'Iste liber constat Joh[an]i Gamston[i] generoso', early 16th century (f. 164v).Henry

• Detail of a miniature of the Nativity of John the Baptist., Breviary (the 'Breviary of John the Fearless and Margaret of Bavaria'), Use of Rome (index Breviary of Jean sans Peur)

that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Nativity of John the Baptist Master of the Breviary of John the Fearless Master of Egerton 1070 Paris France, Central (Paris)

• Miniature of the patron, Lord Lovell, to the left, with a canon or monk. The inscription on the winding states that he commissioned the manuscript as a gift to Salisbury Cathedral, so that the canons would pray for his soul, and for that of his wife, Maud de Holand: 'Orate pro anima domini iohannis lovell qui hunc librum orinavit ecclesie cathedrali Sarum pro speciali memoria sui et uxoris'. Below, a very faint inscription identifies the other man as, John Siferwas, a monk or friar: 'frater Johes Siferwas'. It is not clear whether this is Lovell receiving the book from Siferwas, or Lovell presenting it to a canon of Salisbury., Lectionary, imperfect (the 'Lovell Lectionary')

as, John Siferwas, a monk or friar: 'frater Johes Siferwas'. It is not clear whether this is Lovell receiving the book from Siferwas, or Lovell presenting it to a canon of Salisbury. ff. 1-3 are paper leaves.The name John Siferwas

• Miniature of the Nativity of John the Baptist., Breviary (the 'Breviary of John the Fearless and Margaret of Bavaria'), Use of Rome (index Breviary of Jean sans Peur)

that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Nativity of John the Baptist Master of the Breviary of John the Fearless Master of Egerton 1070 Paris France, Central (Paris)

• Full page miniatures of the 'Cappedan de la Bouche' (left) identified by the inscription on the scroll above as Sir John de Grailly, and on the right, William, Earl of Salisbury, of the Order of the Garter, each wearing a blue Garter mantle over plate armour and surcoat displaying his arms. A framed tablet displays painted arms of successors in their Garter stalls at St. George's Chapel, Windsor., Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book')

identified by the inscription on the scroll above as Sir John de Grailly, and on the right, William, Earl of Salisbury, of the Order of the Garter, each wearing a blue Garter mantle over plate armour and surcoat displaying his

• Full page miniatures of Sir Hugh Courteney and Sir John Gray (unfinished), of the Order of the Garter, each wearing a blue Garter mantle over plate armour and surcoat displaying his arms. A framed tablet displays painted arms of successors in their Garter stalls at St. George's Chapel, Windsor., Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book')

Sir Hugh Courteney and Sir John Gray (unfinished), of the Order of the Garter, each wearing a blue Garter mantle over plate armour and surcoat displaying his arms. A framed tablet displays painted arms of successors in their Garter stalls

• Full page miniatures of Sir John Chandos and Sir Otes Holland (unfinished), of the Order of the Garter, each wearing a blue Garter mantle over plate armour and surcoat displaying his arms. A framed tablet displays painted arms of successors in their Garter stalls at St. George's Chapel, Windsor., Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book')

miniatures of Sir John Chandos and Sir Otes Holland (unfinished), of the Order of the Garter, each wearing a blue Garter mantle over plate armour and surcoat displaying his arms. A framed tablet displays painted arms of successors in their

• Full page miniature of John, Lord Mohun (unfinished), and Sir Thomas Holland (unfinished), of the Order of the Garter, each unfinished and wearing a blue Garter mantle over plate armour and surcoat displaying his arms. A framed tablet displays painted arms of successors in their Garter stall at St. George's Chapel, Windsor., Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book')

miniature of John, Lord Mohun (unfinished), and Sir Thomas Holland (unfinished), of the Order of the Garter, each unfinished and wearing a blue Garter mantle over plate armour and surcoat displaying his arms. A framed tablet displays painted arms of

• Illuminated initials 'O'(prior) and 'D'(eus) at the beginning of the prayer to John of Bridlington, Added prayers to saints

of Anne of York.Part 2:Margaret Beauchamp (b. 1405/6, d. 1482), duchess of Somerset, daughter of John Beauchamp of Bletsoe, married to Sir Oliver St John,John Beaufort, and Lionel de Welles, 6th Baron Welles, probably made for her before 1443:

• Calendar page for April with four additions: 1. the obit of Prince Arthur, son of Henry VII; 2. the obits of Otho de Grandison and Katherine Montagu, countess of Salisbury, daughter of William de Grandison; 3. the obit of Edward IV; and 4. the date of the investiture of Margaret Saint John as the abbess of Shaftesbury., Book of Hours (The 'Beaufort/Beauchamp Hours'), Use of Sarum

of Anne of York.Part 2:Margaret Beauchamp (b. 1405/6, d. 1482), duchess of Somerset, daughter of John Beauchamp of Bletsoe, married to Sir Oliver St John,John Beaufort, and Lionel de Welles, 6th Baron Welles, probably made for her before 1443:

• Calendar page for May wit three additions: 1. the obit of king Henry VII; 2. the obit of John Beaufort, duke of Somerset, and 3. the birth of Margaret Beaufort., Book of Hours (The 'Beaufort/Beauchamp Hours'), Use of Sarum

of Anne of York.Part 2:Margaret Beauchamp (b. 1405/6, d. 1482), duchess of Somerset, daughter of John Beauchamp of Bletsoe, married to Sir Oliver St John,John Beaufort, and Lionel de Welles, 6th Baron Welles, probably made for her before 1443:

• Detail of miniature of Lydgate and pilgrims on the road to Canterbury, at the beginning of the prologue of the Siege of Thebes., Troy Book, Siege of Thebes, Testament and The reignes of the kyngis of England; A Treatise between Information and Truth; On the Death of the Earl of Northumberland; Le assemble de dyeus; Descent of the Lords Percy

two works by John Lydgate, the Troy Book, a translation from Historia destructionis Troiae of Guido delle Colonne, originally presented by Lydgate to Henry V in 1420, and the Siege of Thebes of 1421-1422.Part 3 includes: John Lydgate, Testament (ff.

• Decorated initial 'W'(hen)., Testament and The reignes of the kyngis of England, A Treatise between Information and Truth; On the Death of the Earl of Northumberland; Le assemble de dyeus; Descent of the Lords Percy

two works by John Lydgate, the Troy Book, a translation from Historia destructionis Troiae of Guido delle Colonne, originally presented by Lydgate to Henry V in 1420, and the Siege of Thebes of 1421-1422.Part 3 includes: John Lydgate, Testament (ff.