• Detail of inscription., Domesday book (ends imperfectly)

16th century: inscribed several times with his name (ff. 34v, 59, 63, 81v, etc.).Listing of names, 16th century: 'John Hemys(?), John hill(?), John tomson(?), Robard Ward(?)' (f. 82).John McCarthy(?), 16th century: inscribed his name (f. 72v).Added tabula (f. 1) signed

• Miniature of the Crucifixion, with Gervasius de Someren, his wife, and a knight of the Church of St John Baptist in prayer., Missal, Use of Utrecht?

de Someren of Utrecht, for the Church of St John Baptist, Utrecht, 1510, four Latin verses stating that Gervasius de Someren presented the manuscript in 1510 to the Church of St John Baptist: inscribed 'Annis verbgene quingentis mille peractis. Et

• In the lower margin, the ownership inscription of Margam abbey, at the beginning of the Domesday book., Domesday book (ends imperfectly)

16th century: inscribed several times with his name (ff. 34v, 59, 63, 81v, etc.).Listing of names, 16th century: 'John Hemys(?), John hill(?), John tomson(?), Robard Ward(?)' (f. 82).John McCarthy(?), 16th century: inscribed his name (f. 72v).Added tabula (f. 1) signed

• Flourished initials with records for Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire in the Domesday book with small decorated initials., Domesday book (ends imperfectly)

16th century: inscribed several times with his name (ff. 34v, 59, 63, 81v, etc.).Listing of names, 16th century: 'John Hemys(?), John hill(?), John tomson(?), Robard Ward(?)' (f. 82).John McCarthy(?), 16th century: inscribed his name (f. 72v).Added tabula (f. 1) signed

• Marginal sketch in the lower margin, related to other marginal drawings in the manuscript, depicting royal and noble figures; with the ownership inscription Margam abbey in the upper margin., Domesday book (ends imperfectly)

16th century: inscribed several times with his name (ff. 34v, 59, 63, 81v, etc.).Listing of names, 16th century: 'John Hemys(?), John hill(?), John tomson(?), Robard Ward(?)' (f. 82).John McCarthy(?), 16th century: inscribed his name (f. 72v).Added tabula (f. 1) signed

• Full-page miniatures of Sir John de Lisle, on the left, facing Sir John Beauchamp, 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')

Full-page miniatures of Sir John de Lisle, on the left, facing Sir John Beauchamp, 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

• Miniatures with the labour of the month and the zodiacal signs for November and December in the Calendar, and John the Evangelist writing the Apocalypse, with his martyrdom in the bas-de-page, at the beginning of the Gospels., Book of Hours, Use of Rome (ends imperfectly)

zodiacal signs for November and December in the Calendar, and John the Evangelist writing the Apocalypse, with his martyrdom in the bas-de-page, at the beginning of the Gospels. 24 small miniatures with the labour of the month and the zodiacal

• 'Champ' initial 'M'(ichi) with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of Pierre d'Ailly's 'Elucidarium'., A miscellany of historical and scientific texts, including Dudo's 'De moribus et actis primorum Normanniae Ducum', lacking first leaf (ff. 1-57v), William of Jumièges's 'Gesta Normannorum Ducum', redaction A, books 5-7, lacking the first two leaves (ff. 57v-69), Pierre d'Ailly's works, including 'De concordia astronomice veritatis et narrationis historice', imperfect (ff. 163v-181), 'Elucidarium astronomice concordie', imperfect (ff. 181v-203), and Norfolk's 'In artem progressionis' (ff.238v-241)

one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Illuminated initial. John Norfolk John Norfolk Dudo of St Quentin, William of Jumièges (index Gulielmus Gemeticensis), Pierre d'Ailly (index Petro de Alliaco), John Norfolk (index Johannes Norfolke) Oxford England, Central (Oxford)

• Added list of the knights of the Order of the Garter., Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book')

Added list of the knights of the Order of the Garter. This is the first armorial for the Order of the Garter. The leaves were rearranged and are now mounted on paper leaves.ff. 1-3v are later notes; f. 4

• Page from a printed book., Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book')

Page from a printed book. This is the first armorial for the Order of the Garter. The leaves were rearranged and are now mounted on paper leaves.ff. 1-3v are later notes; f. 4 is a page from a printed

• Added notes., Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book')

Added notes. This is the first armorial for the Order of the Garter. The leaves were rearranged and are now mounted on paper leaves.ff. 1-3v are later notes; f. 4 is a page from a printed book.Watermark of a

• Added notes., Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book')

Added notes. This is the first armorial for the Order of the Garter. The leaves were rearranged and are now mounted on paper leaves.ff. 1-3v are later notes; f. 4 is a page from a printed book.Watermark of a

• Page from a printed book., Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book')

Page from a printed book. This is the first armorial for the Order of the Garter. The leaves were rearranged and are now mounted on paper leaves.ff. 1-3v are later notes; f. 4 is a page from a printed

• 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.

• Calendar page for August with three additions: 1. the obit of Mabel de Tresgoz; 2. the obits of John de Grandison and Thomas Saint John; 3. the dates of Henry VII's landing at Milford Haven and of Richard III's death., 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:

• Historiated initial with the Resurrection; inscription dated 1510., Missal, Use of Utrecht?

de Someren of Utrecht, for the Church of St John Baptist, Utrecht, 1510, four Latin verses stating that Gervasius de Someren presented the manuscript in 1510 to the Church of St John Baptist: inscribed 'Annis verbgene quingentis mille peractis. Et

• 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

• Illuminated border and historiated initial 'D'(e) of John the Baptist in the wilderness, wearing a camel skin garment carrying a book to which is tied a small figure of a lamb, at the beginning of the offertory of feast of the birth of John the Baptist on 24 June. In the lower margin, a note, or possibly an instruction to the artist: 'sent Jon ye baptyst'., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

'D'(e) of John the Baptist in the wilderness, wearing a camel skin garment carrying a book to which is tied a small figure of a lamb, at the beginning of the offertory of feast of the birth of John the

• 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,