• Partialy repainted miniature of Jean, duke of Berry receiving the book from the author, Honoré Bouvet, in a prior's habit with a blue hood, with a full border with Jean's arms, and a foliate initial 'A'( la sainte), at the beginning of the dedicatory letter to Charles VI of France., 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 lower border with a woman holding shields with the arms of John the Fearless (d. 1419), duke of Burgundy, and his wife, Margaret of Bavaria., Breviary (the 'Breviary of John the Fearless and Margaret of Bavaria'), Use of Rome (index Breviary of Jean sans Peur)

woman holding shields with the arms of John the Fearless (d. 1419), duke of Burgundy, and his wife, Margaret of Bavaria. The manuscript bears references to the work of the Limbourg brothers, e.g., the Martyrdom of Mark (f. 282v) copies

• Drawing of the Mocking of Christ., Speculum humanae salvationis, with tabula, prohemium, and 45 chapters

details. Large initials in blue. Small initials in brown. Speculum humanae salvationis, with tabula, prohemium, and 45 chapters 15th-century inscription 'John west of new (?) Beryy' [in Berkshire?] (f. 1).15th-16th century inscription of a marriage bann (f. 1).Sir Hans Sloane

• Miniature of the Annunciation in the upper register and of the Nativity in the lower register., Psalter and Canticles

December, f. 7v).John of Dalling, monk of the Benedictine abbey of St Albans: given by him with the permission of John of Hertford, abbot of St. Albans (1235-60), before 1260, inscribed, 'Hunc librum dedit Frater Johannes de Dal/ling ex licencia

• Initials with pen-flourishing., Various texts including Ashendon's Summa de accidentibus mundi (ff. 1-98v)

red and blue. John Batteley (b. 1647, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: these three manuscripts were sold as a separate volumes to Edward Harley with the rest of Batteley's collection through his nephew John Batteley (of the

• Drawings, some tinted, of various plants., Medical miscellany, including Liber medicinarum (ff. 1-78v)

including Liber medicinarum (ff. 1-78v) Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Plants John Arderne England

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a diseased hand., Liber Medicinarum

Journal~, 13 (1987), 52-89 (p. 67) (his manuscript no. 59). Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Hand Willelmus de Seton Willelmus de Seton John Arderne England

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a diseased penis and a scapel., Liber Medicinarum

Journal~, 13 (1987), 52-89 (p. 67) (his manuscript no. 59). Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Genitals Willelmus de Seton Willelmus de Seton John Arderne England

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a bandaged leg., Liber Medicinarum

Journal~, 13 (1987), 52-89 (p. 67) (his manuscript no. 59). Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Leg Willelmus de Seton Willelmus de Seton John Arderne England

• Detail of a marginal drawing of an owl., Liber Medicinarum

Journal~, 13 (1987), 52-89 (p. 67) (his manuscript no. 59). Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Owl Willelmus de Seton Willelmus de Seton John Arderne England

• Detail of a marginal drawing., Liber Medicinarum

Journal~, 13 (1987), 52-89 (p. 67) (his manuscript no. 59). Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Detail Willelmus de Seton Willelmus de Seton John Arderne England

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a man 's head., Liber Medicinarum

Journal~, 13 (1987), 52-89 (p. 67) (his manuscript no. 59). Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Head Willelmus de Seton Willelmus de Seton John Arderne England

• Marginal drawings of animals and a man's head., Liber Medicinarum

(1987), 52-89 (p. 67) (his manuscript no. 59). Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Animals and head Willelmus de Seton Willelmus de Seton John Arderne England

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a hand and a plant., Liber Medicinarum

(1987), 52-89 (p. 67) (his manuscript no. 59). Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Hand and plant Willelmus de Seton Willelmus de Seton John Arderne England

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a feather and a surgical implement., Liber Medicinarum

(1987), 52-89 (p. 67) (his manuscript no. 59). Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Feather and instrument Willelmus de Seton Willelmus de Seton John Arderne England

• Text page., Liber Medicinarum

13 (1987), 52-89 (p. 67) (his manuscript no. 59). Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Text page Willelmus de Seton Willelmus de Seton John Arderne England

• Drawing of God in Majesty with good and bad angels, and the mouth of hell., Speculum humanae salvationis, with tabula, prohemium, and 45 chapters

details. Large initials in blue. Small initials in brown. Speculum humanae salvationis, with tabula, prohemium, and 45 chapters 15th-century inscription 'John west of new (?) Beryy' [in Berkshire?] (f. 1).15th-16th century inscription of a marriage bann (f. 1).Sir Hans Sloane

• Detail of a drawing of Adam delving and Eve spinning, with children., Speculum humanae salvationis, with tabula, prohemium, and 45 chapters

details. Large initials in blue. Small initials in brown. Speculum humanae salvationis, with tabula, prohemium, and 45 chapters 15th-century inscription 'John west of new (?) Beryy' [in Berkshire?] (f. 1).15th-16th century inscription of a marriage bann (f. 1).Sir Hans Sloane

• Detail of a drawing of the Nativity of the Virgin., Speculum humanae salvationis, with tabula, prohemium, and 45 chapters

details. Large initials in blue. Small initials in brown. Speculum humanae salvationis, with tabula, prohemium, and 45 chapters 15th-century inscription 'John west of new (?) Beryy' [in Berkshire?] (f. 1).15th-16th century inscription of a marriage bann (f. 1).Sir Hans Sloane

• Drawing of the Presentation of the Virgin., Speculum humanae salvationis, with tabula, prohemium, and 45 chapters

details. Large initials in blue. Small initials in brown. Speculum humanae salvationis, with tabula, prohemium, and 45 chapters 15th-century inscription 'John west of new (?) Beryy' [in Berkshire?] (f. 1).15th-16th century inscription of a marriage bann (f. 1).Sir Hans Sloane