• Diagrams of solar and lunar eclipses in a 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)

almanac. A portable physician's 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.

• Detail of diagrams of solar and lunar eclipses from 1431 to 1462., 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)

1462. A portable physician's 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.

• 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

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of devils in stocks, while a queen and an angel look on., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

University of Paris (f. 4). John Batayle, a canon of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield, mentioned among other canons in a clerical subsidy roll of 1379 and named in a will of 1382, made by John Chyshull, another canon of St

• Detail of a miniature of John the Baptist in prison, sending disciples to Christ., Meditationes vitae Christi (Le Livre doré des meditations de la vie de nostre seigneur Jesu Christ)

a miniature of John the Baptist in prison, sending disciples to Christ. ~Meditationes vitae Christi~ attributed here to Bonaventure, translated as ~Le Livre doré des meditations de la vie de nostre seigneur Jesu Christ~ by Jean Galopes, dean of Saint-Louis

• Detail of a miniature of the execution of John the Baptist., Meditationes vitae Christi (Le Livre doré des meditations de la vie de nostre seigneur Jesu Christ)

of the execution of John the Baptist. ~Meditationes vitae Christi~ attributed here to Bonaventure, translated as ~Le Livre doré des meditations de la vie de nostre seigneur Jesu Christ~ by Jean Galopes, dean of Saint-Louis de la Saussaye (diocese of

• Marginal drawing of a plant., 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. Plant John Arderne England

• Detail of marginal drawings., 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. Drawings John Arderne England

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a jester and a crossbow., 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. Jester John Arderne England

• Detail of a drawing in the right margin of a surgical procedure., Medical miscellany, including Liber medicinarum (ff. 1-78v)

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. Surgical procedure John Arderne England

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a bird., 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. Bird John Arderne England

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a plant., 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. Plant John Arderne England

• Miniature of John in Patmos, with the seven-horned dragon rising from the sea, and a foliate initial 'L'(ors)., Bible historiale complétée (Proverbs - Revelation)

of John in Patmos, with the seven-horned dragon rising from the sea, and a foliate initial 'L'(ors). Second volume of two; the first volume is Royal 19 D VI.Contains the Bible Historiale complétée, a French adaptation of Peter Comestor's Historia

• Miniature of John the Baptist in the desert., Secreta secretorum (ff. 1-43); Il Tesoro (translation of Li Livres dou Tresor) (ff. 43v-130); miscellaneous texts (ff. 130v-143v)

of John the Baptist in the desert. This manuscript was formerly Additional 39844. 50 small miniatures, in colours (ff. 43v, 44, 46, 47, 49, 49v, 50v, 51 (x2), 53, 53v, 54, 55, 55v, 56 (x2), 57 (x2), 57v, 58, 58v,

• Miniature of John the Baptist preaching; miniature of Vespasian or Titus attacking Jews., Secreta secretorum (ff. 1-43); Il Tesoro (translation of Li Livres dou Tresor) (ff. 43v-130); miscellaneous texts (ff. 130v-143v)

of John the Baptist preaching; miniature of Vespasian or Titus attacking Jews. This manuscript was formerly Additional 39844. 50 small miniatures, in colours (ff. 43v, 44, 46, 47, 49, 49v, 50v, 51 (x2), 53, 53v, 54, 55, 55v, 56 (x2),

• Miniature of John the Evangelist and his vision of the seven churches., Secreta secretorum (ff. 1-43); Il Tesoro (translation of Li Livres dou Tresor) (ff. 43v-130); miscellaneous texts (ff. 130v-143v)

of John the Evangelist and his vision of the seven churches. This manuscript was formerly Additional 39844. 50 small miniatures, in colours (ff. 43v, 44, 46, 47, 49, 49v, 50v, 51 (x2), 53, 53v, 54, 55, 55v, 56 (x2), 57

• null, Consilia medica and other texts

1 large initial in red (corrected with brown) with red pen-flourishing (f. 4). 21 smaller initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in red, at the beginning of the texts (ff. 7, 31v, 40, 43, 101, 156, 159v, 161,

• 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

• Puzzle initial 'A' with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of the Register book of the Infirmary of the Abbey of St Edmundsbury called Ikworth., Register book of the Infirmary of the abbey of St Edmund, Bury

monasterii Sancti Edmundi factum anno Domini 1425 Dompno Thoma Ikworth tunc infirmario existente' (f. 4).Inscription in English, 15th-century, followed by 'John / mens est iste liber' (f. 1).Charles Batteley, 1698: mentioned by Ducarel (see below).James West (b. 1703, d. 1772),

• null, Register book of the Infirmary of the abbey of St Edmund, Bury

monasterii Sancti Edmundi factum anno Domini 1425 Dompno Thoma Ikworth tunc infirmario existente' (f. 4).Inscription in English, 15th-century, followed by 'John / mens est iste liber' (f. 1).Charles Batteley, 1698: mentioned by Ducarel (see below).James West (b. 1703, d. 1772),