• Detail of a miniature of Richard II and the Duke of Northumberland, bearing a message from Lancaster., La Prinse et mort du roy Richart (Book of the Capture and Death of King Richard II) (index Histoire rimée de Richard II, The Capture and Death of king Richard, Account of the Fall of Richard II, The Chronicle of Jean Creton)

Detail of a miniature of Richard II and the Duke of Northumberland, bearing a message from Lancaster. Illustrated by the Virgil Master (fl. in Paris, c. 1309-1420).Jean Creton (fl. 1386–1420), historian and poet. This work was commissioned between November

• Detail of a miniature of the Duke of Northumberland kneeling at an altar and swearing an oath on the sacred host., La Prinse et mort du roy Richart (Book of the Capture and Death of King Richard II) (index Histoire rimée de Richard II, The Capture and Death of king Richard, Account of the Fall of Richard II, The Chronicle of Jean Creton)

Detail of a miniature of the Duke of Northumberland kneeling at an altar and swearing an oath on the sacred host. Illustrated by the Virgil Master (fl. in Paris, c. 1309-1420).Jean Creton (fl. 1386–1420), historian and poet. This work

• Miniature of Richard II being delivered to the citizens of London., La Prinse et mort du roy Richart (Book of the Capture and Death of King Richard II) (index Histoire rimée de Richard II, The Capture and Death of king Richard, Account of the Fall of Richard II, The Chronicle of Jean Creton)

Miniature of Richard II being delivered to the citizens of London. Illustrated by the Virgil Master (fl. in Paris, c. 1309-1420).Jean Creton (fl. 1386–1420), historian and poet. This work was commissioned between November 1401 and March 1402 by Philip

• Detail of a miniature of Richard II knighting Henry of Monmouth in Ireland., La Prinse et mort du roy Richart (Book of the Capture and Death of King Richard II) (index Histoire rimée de Richard II, The Capture and Death of king Richard, Account of the Fall of Richard II, The Chronicle of Jean Creton)

Detail of a miniature of Richard II knighting Henry of Monmouth in Ireland. Illustrated by the Virgil Master (fl. in Paris, c. 1309-1420).Jean Creton (fl. 1386–1420), historian and poet. This work was commissioned between November 1401 and March 1402

• Detail of a miniature of the Duke of Salisbury arriving at Conway., La Prinse et mort du roy Richart (Book of the Capture and Death of King Richard II) (index Histoire rimée de Richard II, The Capture and Death of king Richard, Account of the Fall of Richard II, The Chronicle of Jean Creton)

Detail of a miniature of the Duke of Salisbury arriving at Conway. Illustrated by the Virgil Master (fl. in Paris, c. 1309-1420).Jean Creton (fl. 1386–1420), historian and poet. This work was commissioned between November 1401 and March 1402 by

• Miniature of Richard II at Conway, disguised in a priest's cowl., La Prinse et mort du roy Richart (Book of the Capture and Death of King Richard II) (index Histoire rimée de Richard II, The Capture and Death of king Richard, Account of the Fall of Richard II, The Chronicle of Jean Creton)

Miniature of Richard II at Conway, disguised in a priest's cowl. Illustrated by the Virgil Master (fl. in Paris, c. 1309-1420).Jean Creton (fl. 1386–1420), historian and poet. This work was commissioned between November 1401 and March 1402 by Philip

• Detail of a miniature of Richard II at Conway, disguised in a priest's cowl., La Prinse et mort du roy Richart (Book of the Capture and Death of King Richard II) (index Histoire rimée de Richard II, The Capture and Death of king Richard, Account of the Fall of Richard II, The Chronicle of Jean Creton)

Detail of a miniature of Richard II at Conway, disguised in a priest's cowl. Illustrated by the Virgil Master (fl. in Paris, c. 1309-1420).Jean Creton (fl. 1386–1420), historian and poet. This work was commissioned between November 1401 and March

• Detail of a miniature of the meeting between Bolingbroke and the Dukes., La Prinse et mort du roy Richart (Book of the Capture and Death of King Richard II) (index Histoire rimée de Richard II, The Capture and Death of king Richard, Account of the Fall of Richard II, The Chronicle of Jean Creton)

Detail of a miniature of the meeting between Bolingbroke and the Dukes. Illustrated by the Virgil Master (fl. in Paris, c. 1309-1420).Jean Creton (fl. 1386–1420), historian and poet. This work was commissioned between November 1401 and March 1402 by

• Miniature of Richard II being delivered to the citizens of London., La Prinse et mort du roy Richart (Book of the Capture and Death of King Richard II) (index Histoire rimée de Richard II, The Capture and Death of king Richard, Account of the Fall of Richard II, The Chronicle of Jean Creton)

Miniature of Richard II being delivered to the citizens of London. Illustrated by the Virgil Master (fl. in Paris, c. 1309-1420).Jean Creton (fl. 1386–1420), historian and poet. This work was commissioned between November 1401 and March 1402 by Philip

• Historiated initial 'E' of Christ in Majesty, his robes covered with the words 'Rex Regum', surrounded by the busts of twelve saints including John the Baptist, Jerome, and a Bishop (lower miniature)., Cutting from a choir book

'Rex Regum', surrounded by the busts of twelve saints including John the Baptist, Jerome, and a bishop, with foliate extension of acanthus leaves and bezants. Cutting from a choir book John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author:

• Historiated initial 'U' of John the Baptist, measuring 85 x 80 mm (upper left)., Cuttings from liturgical manuscripts

'U' of John the Baptist, measuring 85 x 80 mm (upper left). Italian cuttings.The present cuttings are bound in an album with Add. 18196, ff. 2-44, 49-51, 56-60, and 65-90. To see these cuttings in the Manuscripts Reading Room order

• Miniature of a standing John Chrysostom., Leitourgikon (containing the texts needed by the celebrant at the Eucharist in the Orothodox church: Liturgies of John Chrysostom, Basil the Great, and the Presanctified)

a standing John Chrysostom. 2 full-page miniatures in colours and gold of standing saints (ff. 2v, 21v ). 3 large historiated headpieces in colours and gold (ff. 3, 22, 49). Large historiated initials in colours and gold (ff. 3, 6,

• Decorated headpiece and initial 'P'(anti) in John Chrysostom's commentary In Ioannem., Homilies on John (index In Ioannem), imperfect

initial 'P'(anti) in John Chrysostom's commentary In Ioannem. 5 patterned headpieces in red and black (ff. 38, 74v, 78, 91v, 310). Numerous patterned or linear headpieces in red. Large initials in red with penwork decoration, a few also with black

• Decorated Initial 'C'., Theological miscellany relating to the Great Schism and to the power of the pope and ecclesiastical councils, including Waleys's 'Communiloquium sive Summa collationum ad omne genus hominum' (ff. 1-127v), Trevet's 'De officio missae' (ff. 128-155), Pierre d'Ailly's 'Tractatus super reformatione ecclesiae' (ff. 167-173v), Fakenham's 'Determinatio de sedando schismate' and 'Conclusiones' (ff. 188-196, 196-196v), and texts relating to the Council of Basel of 1432 (ff. 156-166, 173, 175v)

manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated initial and border John Gobych John Gobych John Waleys (index John of Wales, John Wallensis, Johannes Vallensis), Nicholas Trevet (index Nicholaus Trevet), Pierre d'Ailly (index Petrus Aliacensis, Petrus

• Diagrams of procedures., Medical and scientific treatises, including recipes, and a dietary (ff. 100v-101); Physiognomia VII (ff. 115-126)

treatises, including recipes, and a dietary (ff. 100v-101); Physiognomia VII (ff. 115-126) ? John Feild [Felde] (b. c.1520, d. 1587), astrologer and compiler of almanacs: inscription 'John Feld' (f.vii verso). Note with a transcription by Rev. W.W. Skeat, dated Cambridge,

• Drawings of various surgical procedures for fistula in ano in John Arderne's Liber Medicinarum., Liber Medicinarum

for fistula in ano in John Arderne's Liber Medicinarum. Large initials in red. Paraphs in red. Highlighting of letters in red. Line-fillers in red. Drawings in brown, red, yellow and/or green, 1 also with blue (f. 85v), often of plants

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a bell in John Arderne's Liber Medicinarum., Liber Medicinarum

drawing of a bell in John Arderne's Liber Medicinarum. Large initials in red. Paraphs in red. Highlighting of letters in red. Line-fillers in red. Drawings in brown, red, yellow and/or green, 1 also with blue (f. 85v), often of plants

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a plant in John Arderne's Liber Medicinarum., Liber Medicinarum

drawing of a plant in John Arderne's Liber Medicinarum. Large initials in red. Paraphs in red. Highlighting of letters in red. Line-fillers in red. Drawings in brown, red, yellow and/or green, 1 also with blue (f. 85v), often of plants

• Marginal drawings of an animal face, a woman's head, and a medical procedure, in John Arderne's Liber Medicinarum., Liber Medicinarum

woman's head, and a medical procedure, in John Arderne's Liber Medicinarum. Large initials in red. Paraphs in red. Highlighting of letters in red. Line-fillers in red. Drawings in brown, red, yellow and/or green, 1 also with blue (f. 85v), often

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a coat of arms with three birds in John Arderne's Liber Medicinarum., Liber Medicinarum

coat of arms with three birds in John Arderne's Liber Medicinarum. Large initials in red. Paraphs in red. Highlighting of letters in red. Line-fillers in red. Drawings in brown, red, yellow and/or green, 1 also with blue (f. 85v), often