• 'Champ' initials with foliate spray decoration extending into the margin., Fragment from a Lectionary (?)

of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled for historical purposes by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716). A number of drawings and printed book fragments were transferred from the volume to

• Initial with penwork decoration 'P'(retor)., Speculum monachorum

1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: sold to Edward Harley with the rest of his collection through his nephew John Batteley on 5 November 1723 (see Wright).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl

• Marginal sketch of the city of Jerusalem., Speculum monachorum

1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: sold to Edward Harley with the rest of his collection through his nephew John Batteley on 5 November 1723 (see Wright).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl

• Coloured decorated headpiece, title in display capitals, and decorated initial 'A'., Speeches, including 'Olynthiaca' 1-3 (ff. 1-15) and 'Philippica' 1, 2, 3-4 (ff. 15v-23, 27v-32v, 48v-70)

in light brown. Speeches, including 'Olynthiaca' 1-3 (ff. 1-15) and 'Philippica' 1, 2, 3-4 (ff. 15v-23, 27v-32v, 48v-70) Written by John Rhosos of Crete (d. 1498; ff. 1-73v, 75) ) and Michael Lygizos (ff. 75-184, 185-304v, marginal notes on ff.

• Text page with pen-flourished initial., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), imperfect

37, where the original part of the volume commences.' (p. 57, Bergen 1924-7, IV).Copied colophon: 'Sy fyne le livre de John Bochas des cas des nobles hommes & femmes translate du latyn en francoys par laurence du premyer fait Clerk

• Text page., Chronicle of Britian to Henry VI (1st version)

after 1461 (f. 2v).Inscription 'Suis Guilick ? Bahyer 1500' (ff. 4, 5).William Bowyer, owned by him in 1566; used by John Stow (see Title 1997).? Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, (b. 1571, d. 1631), 1st baronet, antiquary and politician: see Kingsford

• Detail of a miniature of seated kings, showing Edward IV's right to the throne of France., Chronicle of Britian to Henry VI (1st version)

after 1461 (f. 2v).Inscription 'Suis Guilick ? Bahyer 1500' (ff. 4, 5).William Bowyer, owned by him in 1566; used by John Stow (see Title 1997).? Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, (b. 1571, d. 1631), 1st baronet, antiquary and politician: see Kingsford

• Miniature of a map of Scotland, with castles, and place names., Chronicle of Britian to Henry VI (1st version)

after 1461 (f. 2v).Inscription 'Suis Guilick ? Bahyer 1500' (ff. 4, 5).William Bowyer, owned by him in 1566; used by John Stow (see Title 1997).? Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, (b. 1571, d. 1631), 1st baronet, antiquary and politician: see Kingsford

• Detail of a miniature of seated kings, showing Edward IV's right to the throne of France., Chronicle of Britian to Henry VI (1st version)

after 1461 (f. 2v).Inscription 'Suis Guilick ? Bahyer 1500' (ff. 4, 5).William Bowyer, owned by him in 1566; used by John Stow (see Title 1997).? Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, (b. 1571, d. 1631), 1st baronet, antiquary and politician: see Kingsford

• Marginal drawings of the heads of three men, on a text page., The Regiment of Princes

is divided by headings in Latin (e.g. De iusticia, De pietate, etc.).Includes the envoy addressed to Prince John (future duke of Bedford and regent of France) (f. 100); another copy of this text is included in Oxford, Bodleian Library, Dugdale

• 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

• 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.

• 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

• 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

• Detail of decorated initial., Collection of Franciscan texts, including the life of Francis

minister Thomas to Roger at Wynde and Isabella, and is dated 1467 (ff. 1v-2); the second is from Thomas to John Baly and Katherine, and dated 145-. (ff. 76v-77).The Franciscan convent at Southampton: inscription 'Ad usum fratrum minore In Suythamptona'

• Detail of miniature and illuminated initial., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), fragment

collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Detail Giovanni Boccaccio, translation by John Lydgate based on translation by Laurent de Premierfait England, S. (Bury St Edmunds?)

• Detail of decorated and illuminated initials., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), fragment

collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Detail Giovanni Boccaccio, translation by John Lydgate based on translation by Laurent de Premierfait England, S. (Bury St Edmunds?)

• Miniature of Matthew's symbol of a winged man holding a book., Four Gospels, with liturgical directions, tables, apparatus, lections, and, at the end, Synaxarion and Menologion, imperfect

Miniature of Matthew's symbol of a winged man holding a book. Silk curtains over some miniatures. 7 full-page miniatures in colours on gold grounds of the symbols of the Evangelists and Evangelist portraits (except Luke) (ff. 13, 13v, 106,

• Defaced miniature of Matthew, and decorated headpiece and initial 'B'(iblos) at the beginning of his Gospel., Four Gospels, with liturgical directions, tables, apparatus, lections, and, at the end, Synaxarion and Menologion, imperfect

Defaced miniature of Matthew, and decorated headpiece and initial 'B'(iblos) at the beginning of his Gospel. Silk curtains over some miniatures. 7 full-page miniatures in colours on gold grounds of the symbols of the Evangelists and Evangelist portraits (except