• Historiated initial 'I'(ohan) of John II the Good, king of France, with a shield bearing the royal arms of France in the margin, at the beginning of the collection of documents relating to the Peace of Brétigny., Collection of treaties

documents relating to the Peace of Brétigny in the name of John the Good, king of France, all bearing the date 24 October 1360, with the ratification by king John of the treaty in London in 1362, followed by the

• Decorated line-filler and initial., Miscellany of liturgical services and prayers, including Canons of the Palaeologue Emperors John V and Andronicus IV (ff. 53v-147), and Questions of Ionas, monk, and Answers of Neilos, metropolites (ff. 147v-156v)

and prayers, including Canons of the Palaeologue Emperors John V and Andronicus IV (ff. 53v-147), and Questions of Ionas, monk, and Answers of Neilos, metropolites (ff. 147v-156v) The Canons of the Emperors John V and Andronicus IV relate to the

• Line-filler with geometric decoration., Miscellany of liturgical services and prayers, including Canons of the Palaeologue Emperors John V and Andronicus IV (ff. 53v-147), and Questions of Ionas, monk, and Answers of Neilos, metropolites (ff. 147v-156v)

and prayers, including Canons of the Palaeologue Emperors John V and Andronicus IV (ff. 53v-147), and Questions of Ionas, monk, and Answers of Neilos, metropolites (ff. 147v-156v) The Canons of the Emperors John V and Andronicus IV relate to the

• Detail of an historiated initial 'I'(ohan) of John II the Good, king of France, with a shield bearing the royal arms of France in the margin, at the beginning of the collection of documents relating to the Peace of Brétigny., Collection of treaties

documents relating to the Peace of Brétigny in the name of John the Good, king of France, all bearing the date 24 October 1360, with the ratification by king John of the treaty in London in 1362, followed by the

• Puzzle initial 'E'(dward) and marginal drawing of a stag hunt., The Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton, and the Proposiciones digestorum) (index Liber de Legibus Angliae; De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae) with a table of contents (ff. 2*v-4*v)

established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Stag hunt Written by more than one scribe. John le Breton (attributed to) (index Johannes Breton; John Brito; Johannes Britton, John Bretun) England

• Marginal drawing of a monkey on horseback playing the harp., The Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton, and the Proposiciones digestorum) (index Liber de Legibus Angliae; De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae) with a table of contents (ff. 2*v-4*v)

the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Monkey on horseback playing the harp Written by more than one scribe. John le Breton (attributed to) (index Johannes Breton; John Brito; Johannes Britton, John Bretun) England

• Marginal drawing of a rabbit riding a dog., The Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton, and the Proposiciones digestorum) (index Liber de Legibus Angliae; De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae) with a table of contents (ff. 2*v-4*v)

British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Rabbit riding a dog Written by more than one scribe. John le Breton (attributed to) (index Johannes Breton; John Brito; Johannes Britton, John Bretun) England

• Marginal drawing of a fox and a goose., The Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton, and the Proposiciones digestorum) (index Liber de Legibus Angliae; De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae) with a table of contents (ff. 2*v-4*v)

the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Fox and goose Written by more than one scribe. John le Breton (attributed to) (index Johannes Breton; John Brito; Johannes Britton, John Bretun) England

• Marginal drawing of a hunt, with the hunter wielding a bow., The Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton, and the Proposiciones digestorum) (index Liber de Legibus Angliae; De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae) with a table of contents (ff. 2*v-4*v)

established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Hunting scene Written by more than one scribe. John le Breton (attributed to) (index Johannes Breton; John Brito; Johannes Britton, John Bretun) England

• Pen-flourished initial 'D'(e) and mariginal drawing of a dog pursuing another animal., The Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton, and the Proposiciones digestorum) (index Liber de Legibus Angliae; De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae) with a table of contents (ff. 2*v-4*v)

British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Dog pursuing an animal Written by more than one scribe. John le Breton (attributed to) (index Johannes Breton; John Brito; Johannes Britton, John Bretun) England

• Marginal drawing of a man playing a trumpet., The Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton, and the Proposiciones digestorum) (index Liber de Legibus Angliae; De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae) with a table of contents (ff. 2*v-4*v)

the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Man playing trumpet Written by more than one scribe. John le Breton (attributed to) (index Johannes Breton; John Brito; Johannes Britton, John Bretun) England

• Miniature of the Nativity of John the Baptist, with Zacharias., Lectionary, imperfect (the 'Lovell Lectionary')

Miniature of the Nativity of John the Baptist, with Zacharias. ff. 1-3 are paper leaves.The name John Siferwas occurs in the Sherborne Missal with 'Illuminator': see Scoft 1996 p. 62. Large miniature in colours of the patron, Lord Lovell (f.

• Miniature of John the Evangelist writing, with his symbol, the eagle, before him, with a full border including grotesques, two angels holding a shield with the arms of Holy Trinity Priory, Aldgate, London in the upper margin, and the arms of the Holand and Lovell families in the lower margin., Lectionary, imperfect (the 'Lovell Lectionary')

£10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. John the Evangelist John Siferwas England, S. (probably Glastonbury)

• Detail of a miniature of John the Evangelist writing, with his symbol, the eagle, before him., Lectionary, imperfect (the 'Lovell Lectionary')

Detail of a miniature of John the Evangelist writing, with his symbol, the eagle, before him. ff. 1-3 are paper leaves.The name John Siferwas occurs in the Sherborne Missal with 'Illuminator': see Scoft 1996 p. 62. Large miniature in colours

• Detail of a miniature of the Nativity of John the Baptist, with Zacharias., Lectionary, imperfect (the 'Lovell Lectionary')

Detail of a miniature of the Nativity of John the Baptist, with Zacharias. ff. 1-3 are paper leaves.The name John Siferwas occurs in the Sherborne Missal with 'Illuminator': see Scoft 1996 p. 62. Large miniature in colours of the patron,

• Decorated initial 'W'(han) with pen-flourishing., The Consolation of Philosophy (index De consolatione philosophiae), in English verse with the Latin text in the margin (ending imperfectly) and other texts (see notes)

Oxford): inscribed 'Explicit primus liber. Quod Chawndelere' (f. 17) .Verses in English (imperfect), 15th century (f. 3) John Bunge, 15th century: inscribed 'John Bunge' (f. [iii]).Pen-trials in various 15th-16th-century hands (see ff. 2r-v, 45, 87r-v) including various names: 'Elizabeth', 'Richard

• Miniature of John the Baptist, with Agnus Dei, faceing the text of a prayer to St John the Baptist., 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:

• Detail of decorated headpiece., Homilies on John (index In Ioannem), imperfect

initials in red with penwork decoration, a few also with black penwork decoration. Small simple letters in red. Homilies on John (index In Ioannem), imperfect 16th-century (?) note of 8 missing leaves (f. 330v; see also ff. 10v, 12v).? Thomas

• Last page of text with cadels; colophon by John Merylynch., Martinus's 'Chronica pontificum et imperatorum' (ff. 118-174v), with additions possibly by John Merelynch (ff. 174v-186v), followed by the 'Proceedings against Dame Alice Kyteler' (1324) (index Rerum Hibernicarum quarundam pracipue ecclesiasticarum descriptio) attributed to Ledrede (ff. 186v-206v)

one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Text page with cadels John Merylynch John Merelynch The Oriel Master Martinus Polanus (index Martin of Troppau) (d. 1278), John Merelynch, Richard Ledrede, bishop of Ossory Glastonbury England, W. (Glastonbury ?)

• Illluminated initials in the Friar'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.