• Illuminated initial and border., Bible, in the early Wycliffite version; Proverbs to Maccabees

? (f. 2); perhaps that of Eleanor de Bohun (see Sandler 1986).Dr. John Hunter: inscribed 'This Ms. was once in the Collection of Doctor John Hunter' (f. 1v).Dr. John Fell (d. 1797); his sale, purchased by Clarke: see ~Facsimiles of

• Ownership inscription by Thomas Cleobury, antepenultimate abbot of Dore, dated 1526., Miscellany, including and astrological treatise entitled 'De temporibus mundi' dated 1445 (ff. 73-79), an English chronicle in verse (ff. 79v-83), a poem on the life and passion of Jesus Christ entitled 'Meditacions on the soper' (ff. 83-102), and the fragment of a calendar, January to March (ff. 102v-104v)

decorated initial were added by a 16th-century (?) hand in pencil (f. 158).? John Hartylbury (ordained 1511), a monk at Dore Abbey: his ownership note 'Dan John Hartylbury Monke of dor<e>' (f. 160), and name (ff. 168, 168v): possibly related

• Notes added by a reader in 1512 to the margin of a page of Johann Lichtenberger, 'Prognosticatio', printed in Strasburg by Kistler after 31 December 1499., Miscellany, including and astrological treatise entitled 'De temporibus mundi' dated 1445 (ff. 73-79), an English chronicle in verse (ff. 79v-83), a poem on the life and passion of Jesus Christ entitled 'Meditacions on the soper' (ff. 83-102), and the fragment of a calendar, January to March (ff. 102v-104v)

decorated initial were added by a 16th-century (?) hand in pencil (f. 158).? John Hartylbury (ordained 1511), a monk at Dore Abbey: his ownership note 'Dan John Hartylbury Monke of dor<e>' (f. 160), and name (ff. 168, 168v): possibly related

• Map of the world., 'Imago mundi' attributed to Honorius Augustodunensis (ff. 104-117v), three theological treatises (ff. 118-119v), and excerpts from the Church Fathers (ff. 119v-121)

decorated initial were added by a 16th-century (?) hand in pencil (f. 158).? John Hartylbury (ordained 1511), a monk at Dore Abbey: his ownership note 'Dan John Hartylbury Monke of dor<e>' (f. 160), and name (ff. 168, 168v): possibly related

• Coloured nitial 'S'(abbati) with a hybrid creature and a catchword 'precepto' with a decorated frame., Theological tracts

same hand (see Watson 1979). John Sewell, 16th century: inscribed 'ad Joannem Sewell spectat iste libellus vicariu(m) de tyburton baccalariu(m) artis' (f. 152). Added diagram (f. 152v) and texts (ff. 1, 4, 153-156v), 15th/16th century. John Batteley (b. c.1646, d.

• Puzzle initial 'N'(umquid) with pen-flourished decoration at the beginning of 'Ordinarium sive Alphabetum vitae religiosae'., Opera (index Works), imperfect at the end

of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Puzzle initial 'I.M.' and other scribes I.M. John of Wales (index John of Waleys, Johannes Gualensis, Ioannes Gallensis) England

• Miniature of a stag, a hare, a badger, a beaver, a weasel, two snail, and a mole., Topographia Hiberniae, Expugnatio Hibernica, Itinerarium Kambriae; De purgatorio sancti Patrici, Excerpts from the Chronicle of Eusebius of Caesarea

c. 1375-c. 1420, no. 906 (see St Augustine's Abbey 2008). John Twyne (b. c.1505, d. 1581), schoolmaster and antiquary, perhaps owned by him: inscribed 'Twyne' in the hand of John Dee, antiquary (b. 1527, d.1609), in the entry of the

• Miniature of Catherine, with border, at the beginning of her suffrage., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

her suffrage. Includes a calender (ff. 1-6v); a prayer to Jesus Christ (ff. 7-13v); suffrages to the Trinity, John the Baptist, John the Evangelist, Thomas, George, Christopher, Anne, Catherine, Barbara, Mary Magdalene, and Margaret (ff. 14-33v); the Hours of the

• Miniature of Catherine, with border, at the beginning of her suffrage., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

her suffrage. Includes a calender (ff. 1-6v); a prayer to Jesus Christ (ff. 7-13v); suffrages to the Trinity, John the Baptist, John the Evangelist, Thomas, George, Christopher, Anne, Catherine, Barbara, Mary Magdalene, and Margaret (ff. 14-33v); the Hours of the

• Miniatures of a bust of Christ and of his hand., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

his hand. Includes a calender (ff. 1-6v); a prayer to Jesus Christ (ff. 7-13v); suffrages to the Trinity, John the Baptist, John the Evangelist, Thomas, George, Christopher, Anne, Catherine, Barbara, Mary Magdalene, and Margaret (ff. 14-33v); the Hours of the

• Miniature of Abraham holding a soul, with a praying soul and angel and devil below., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

devil below. Includes a calender (ff. 1-6v); a prayer to Jesus Christ (ff. 7-13v); suffrages to the Trinity, John the Baptist, John the Evangelist, Thomas, George, Christopher, Anne, Catherine, Barbara, Mary Magdalene, and Margaret (ff. 14-33v); the Hours of the

• Initial 'D'(omine) decorated with foliate forms on a gold ground with full border in gold and colours., Book of Hours

the Penitential Psalms, a Litany and prayers 'pro patre et matre' and 'pro cunctis fidelibus' (ff. 87-110); a Gospel reading, John 1, 1-14 (ff. 110v-112). Thomas Becket's name erased in the calendar (f. 12v). 3 large foliate initials on gold

• Christ in Majesty or God the Father seated in a mandorla on a rainbow, carrying a gold sceptre in his right hand and an orb in his left, with 'Beati immaculati' in display text (top miniature)., Cutting from a Breviary, containing text from psalm 118

of verses 11 and 12 of the same Psalm. Cutting from a Breviary, containing text from psalm 118 Presented by John E. Leary, violin and pianoforte instructor, of 59 Hazelville Road, Hornsey Lane, [London] N, 1930: his business card attached

• Historiated initial with the presentation of an astrological textbook to King Henry VII, with the bishop and presenter of the book pointing to the stars, and an illuminated initial 'P'(ost), and floral scatter border with a bird in the lower margin, at the beginning of the Tractatus de revolutionibus in Guido Bonatti's ~Liber astronomiae~., Almagest (extract), Liber Astronomiae, Liber Arenalis, astronomical and geomantic tables, political prophecies

Arenalis (geomancy of Alpharinus) (ff. 269-277);Geomantic tables entitled 'Tabulæ Humfridi Ducis Glowcestriæ in judiciis artis geomansie' (ff. 277v-187v);The Prophecy of John of Bridlington (ff. 288 – 290v);A prophecy beginning 'Lilia terna dies libre…' (f. 290v);A prophecy beginning 'Ter tria lustra'

• Miniature of the dragon constellation ('Draco'), in tables from Ptolemy's Almagest., Almagest (extract), Liber Astronomiae, Liber Arenalis, astronomical and geomantic tables, political prophecies

Arenalis (geomancy of Alpharinus) (ff. 269-277);Geomantic tables entitled 'Tabulæ Humfridi Ducis Glowcestriæ in judiciis artis geomansie' (ff. 277v-187v);The Prophecy of John of Bridlington (ff. 288 – 290v);A prophecy beginning 'Lilia terna dies libre…' (f. 290v);A prophecy beginning 'Ter tria lustra'

• Miniatures of Cephus (the King) and Boetes (Ploughman or Bear-Hunter), in tables from Ptolemy's Almagest. The tables give the locations of constellations at different times of the year., Almagest (extract), Liber Astronomiae, Liber Arenalis, astronomical and geomantic tables, political prophecies

Arenalis (geomancy of Alpharinus) (ff. 269-277);Geomantic tables entitled 'Tabulæ Humfridi Ducis Glowcestriæ in judiciis artis geomansie' (ff. 277v-187v);The Prophecy of John of Bridlington (ff. 288 – 290v);A prophecy beginning 'Lilia terna dies libre…' (f. 290v);A prophecy beginning 'Ter tria lustra'

• Detail of a historiated initial with the presentation of an astrological textbook to Henry VII., Almagest (extract), Liber Astronomiae, Liber Arenalis, astronomical and geomantic tables, political prophecies

Arenalis (geomancy of Alpharinus) (ff. 269-277);Geomantic tables entitled 'Tabulæ Humfridi Ducis Glowcestriæ in judiciis artis geomansie' (ff. 277v-187v);The Prophecy of John of Bridlington (ff. 288 – 290v);A prophecy beginning 'Lilia terna dies libre…' (f. 290v);A prophecy beginning 'Ter tria lustra'

• Detail of illuminated initial and border with red and white roses., Almagest (extract), Liber Astronomiae, Liber Arenalis, astronomical and geomantic tables, political prophecies

Arenalis (geomancy of Alpharinus) (ff. 269-277);Geomantic tables entitled 'Tabulæ Humfridi Ducis Glowcestriæ in judiciis artis geomansie' (ff. 277v-187v);The Prophecy of John of Bridlington (ff. 288 – 290v);A prophecy beginning 'Lilia terna dies libre…' (f. 290v);A prophecy beginning 'Ter tria lustra'

• Detail of a miniature of the dragon constellation ('Draco'), in tables from Ptolemy's Almagest., Almagest (extract), Liber Astronomiae, Liber Arenalis, astronomical and geomantic tables, political prophecies

Arenalis (geomancy of Alpharinus) (ff. 269-277);Geomantic tables entitled 'Tabulæ Humfridi Ducis Glowcestriæ in judiciis artis geomansie' (ff. 277v-187v);The Prophecy of John of Bridlington (ff. 288 – 290v);A prophecy beginning 'Lilia terna dies libre…' (f. 290v);A prophecy beginning 'Ter tria lustra'

• Detail of a miniature of Cephus (the King) in tables from Ptolemy's Almagest., Almagest (extract), Liber Astronomiae, Liber Arenalis, astronomical and geomantic tables, political prophecies

Arenalis (geomancy of Alpharinus) (ff. 269-277);Geomantic tables entitled 'Tabulæ Humfridi Ducis Glowcestriæ in judiciis artis geomansie' (ff. 277v-187v);The Prophecy of John of Bridlington (ff. 288 – 290v);A prophecy beginning 'Lilia terna dies libre…' (f. 290v);A prophecy beginning 'Ter tria lustra'