• 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

• A 'U' shaped hook in the margin between two columns of text, containing a miniature of John the Baptist preaching, an illuminated initial 'M', an illuminated initial 'I'(n), with partial foliate borders, from the Book of Mark., Bible

two columns of text, containing a miniature of John the Baptist preaching, an illuminated initial 'M', an illuminated initial 'I'(n), with partial foliate borders, from the Book of Mark. 14 large historiated initials (ff. 1, 28v, 156v, 168, 169v, 171v,

• Detail of a 'U' shaped hook in the margin between two columns of text, containing a miniature of John the Baptist preaching, from the Book of Mark., Bible

between two columns of text, containing a miniature of John the Baptist preaching, from the Book of Mark. 14 large historiated initials (ff. 1, 28v, 156v, 168, 169v, 171v, 173, 175v, 242, 262, 265v, 267v, 275, 291). 2 full foliate

• White vine initial 'C'(rotoniate)., De inventione (index Rhetorica); Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)

possibly by, Luigi Piero Guicciardini, according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library, Oxford. John Gibson (fl. 1720-1726), dealer; sold to Edward Harley on 9 November 1721, but the manuscript is not inscribed as

• Decorated initials from a 13th-century leaf with a quotation from Ecclesiaticus., Leaf from a Missal(?) with part of the mass for one martyr

inscribed, 16th/17th century: 'Philemon Holland / John Barone(?), and 'RB'.f. 125: inscribed, 16th century: 'Thomas baulle'(?) and John Dean'.f. 137: inscribed, 16th century: 'James Collard'.f. 149: inscribed, 16th century: 'Statutes April 1581' and 'John Wallsall'.f. 175: inscribed, 17th century: 'Edmund(?)

• 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

• Detail of a miniature of a statue of Opis, the wife of Saturn, with two Roman worshippers., De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

manuscripts produced for John Talbot, earl of Shrewsbury: Royal 15 E VI, a collection of romances presented to Margaret of Anjou in honour of her marriage to Henry VI in 1445; and Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, 40.1950, the 'John Talbot Book

• Detail of a miniature of Juno crowned in heaven, with priests with censers below, and women with an infant., De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

manuscripts produced for John Talbot, earl of Shrewsbury: Royal 15 E VI, a collection of romances presented to Margaret of Anjou in honour of her marriage to Henry VI in 1445; and Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, 40.1950, the 'John Talbot Book

• Detail of a miniature of Ceres enthroned, while a man drives a harrow with an oxen., De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

manuscripts produced for John Talbot, earl of Shrewsbury: Royal 15 E VI, a collection of romances presented to Margaret of Anjou in honour of her marriage to Henry VI in 1445; and Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, 40.1950, the 'John Talbot Book

• Detail of a miniature of Amalthea writing., De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

manuscripts produced for John Talbot, earl of Shrewsbury: Royal 15 E VI, a collection of romances presented to Margaret of Anjou in honour of her marriage to Henry VI in 1445; and Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, 40.1950, the 'John Talbot Book

• Detail of a miniature of Nicostrata or Carmenta teaching., De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

manuscripts produced for John Talbot, earl of Shrewsbury: Royal 15 E VI, a collection of romances presented to Margaret of Anjou in honour of her marriage to Henry VI in 1445; and Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, 40.1950, the 'John Talbot Book

• Detail of a miniature of Venus, with Vulcan and Adonis, and a priest with a censor., De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

manuscripts produced for John Talbot, earl of Shrewsbury: Royal 15 E VI, a collection of romances presented to Margaret of Anjou in honour of her marriage to Henry VI in 1445; and Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, 40.1950, the 'John Talbot Book

• Detail of a miniature of Isis, crowned, escaping in a boat to Egypt., De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

manuscripts produced for John Talbot, earl of Shrewsbury: Royal 15 E VI, a collection of romances presented to Margaret of Anjou in honour of her marriage to Henry VI in 1445; and Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, 40.1950, the 'John Talbot Book

• Detail of a miniature of Thisbe stabbing herself with a sword, after finding the body of Pyramis., De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

manuscripts produced for John Talbot, earl of Shrewsbury: Royal 15 E VI, a collection of romances presented to Margaret of Anjou in honour of her marriage to Henry VI in 1445; and Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, 40.1950, the 'John Talbot Book

• Miniature of Thisbe stabbing herself with a sword, after finding the body of Pyramis., De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

manuscripts produced for John Talbot, earl of Shrewsbury: Royal 15 E VI, a collection of romances presented to Margaret of Anjou in honour of her marriage to Henry VI in 1445; and Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, 40.1950, the 'John Talbot Book

• Detail of a miniature of Hypermnestra sending away Lynceus and being arrested on the order of Danaus., De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

manuscripts produced for John Talbot, earl of Shrewsbury: Royal 15 E VI, a collection of romances presented to Margaret of Anjou in honour of her marriage to Henry VI in 1445; and Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, 40.1950, the 'John Talbot Book

• Detail of a miniature of Niobe viewing the dead bodies of Amphion and two sons., De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

manuscripts produced for John Talbot, earl of Shrewsbury: Royal 15 E VI, a collection of romances presented to Margaret of Anjou in honour of her marriage to Henry VI in 1445; and Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, 40.1950, the 'John Talbot Book

• Detail of a miniature of Hypispyle helping Thoas to escape by sea to Chios., De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

manuscripts produced for John Talbot, earl of Shrewsbury: Royal 15 E VI, a collection of romances presented to Margaret of Anjou in honour of her marriage to Henry VI in 1445; and Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, 40.1950, the 'John Talbot Book