• Diagram illustrating the principle that a monochord (a single-stringed instrument) produces notes which are related in tone to the length of the chord., Musical miscellany, including the Musica manualis cum tonale; Thomas Walsingham's treatise on mensural music (ff. 97v–104v)

(~formerly~ Fitzmaurice) (b. 1737, d. 1805), 2nd earl of Shelburne and 1st marquess of Lansdowne, prime minister: his book-plate (f. [ii]); purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts in 1807. Diagram John Wylde John Wylde England

• Detail of a miniature of the Assumption of the Virgin., Assumption of the Virgin and saints' Lives

to the Master of the Dresden Prayerbook (Brinkmann 1997), who also illuminated Sir John Donne's Book of Hours (Louvain-la-Neuve, Université Catholique de Louvain, A. 2).Catchwords and bifolium signatures. 3 large miniatures in colours and gold with full borders and foliate

• Miniature of Mary Magdalene holding her jar of ointment, with a full border and a foliate initial 'M'(arie), at the beginning of the life of Mary., Assumption of the Virgin and saints' Lives

the life of Mary. Miniatures were attributed to the Master of the Dresden Prayerbook (Brinkmann 1997), who also illuminated Sir John Donne's Book of Hours (Louvain-la-Neuve, Université Catholique de Louvain, A. 2).Catchwords and bifolium signatures. 3 large miniatures in colours

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par la grace de dieu Roy de france et de naur(?)' (f. 1). John Callander (b. 1721 or after, d. 1789), antiquary: given by him to John MacGouan, F. R. S. (inscription, f. 1v).Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D.,

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par la grace de dieu Roy de france et de naur(?)' (f. 1). John Callander (b. 1721 or after, d. 1789), antiquary: given by him to John MacGouan, F. R. S. (inscription, f. 1v).Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D.,

• Flourished initial., Psalter, a metrical version (the Surtees Psalter version)

version (the Surtees Psalter version) Inscription 'Will (?) Bonnell' (f. 1v).John Fauntleroy: inscription in calligraphy (f. 1*); inscription (f. 1); 'John Fauntlero' (f. [101v].Bought by the British Museum in 1836, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis

• Illuminated border with acanthus leaves and foliate decoration in geometric panels, and an illuminated initial 'T'(on) at the beginning of Theodore Gaza's Introductio grammatica, book I., Introductio grammatica, Book I

par la grace de dieu Roy de france et de naur(?)' (f. 1). John Callander (b. 1721 or after, d. 1789), antiquary: given by him to John MacGouan, F. R. S. (inscription, f. 1v).Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D.,

• Foliate headpiece and initial with penwork decoration at the beginning of John Koukouzeles's Anagrammatismoi., Anagrammatismoi for the principal feasts, and hymns, tropes, and other theological miscellanea

penwork decoration at the beginning of John Koukouzeles's Anagrammatismoi. Musical notation (with neumes). Foliate pink headpiece (f. 11). Small red or pink initials, some with penwork decoration. Anagrammatismoi for the principal feasts, and hymns, tropes, and other theological miscellanea ?

• Marginal drawings including a leg and face., Medical miscellany, including Liber medicinarum (ff. 1-143); Fistula in Ano (ff. 143-144)

red or a yellow wash, or both. Medical miscellany, including Liber medicinarum (ff. 1-143); Fistula in Ano (ff. 143-144) Inscription: 'John azdmina ? (f. 108).Inscription: 'George ffelton' (f. 170, upside down).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and

• Illuminated initial at the beginning of the first book of Guy de Guy de Chauliac's Surgery., Surgery, imperfect

in blue. Line-fillers in red. Illustration in brown (ff. 154, 164, 268v, 283, 283v). Surgery, imperfect Various inscriptions 'John Jonson' ; 'John Ayllyff (?); 'William Loibce (?) (f. 314v).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector: his

• Added drawing of a woman playing lute, at the end of Boethius's De consolatione philosophiae., The Consolation of Philosophy (index De consolatione philosophiae)

in Anglicum translatus Anno domini millesimo cccc^mo^ x^o^ per capellanum Johannem' (f. 52v).Family of Leventhorpe, 15th-century: 'Leonard Leventhorpe', 'Thomas Leventhorpe', 'John Leventhorpe' (f. 53v).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector: see his list of manuscripts in

• White vine initial 'G'(rammatica) and wreath enclosing the arms and helm of John Tiptoft, earl of Worcester, at the beginning of Suetonius' De grammaticis et rhetoribus., De grammaticis et rhetoribus (ff. 2-14v); Dialogus de oratoribus (ff. 15-42v)

helm of John Tiptoft, earl of Worcester, at the beginning of Suetonius' De grammaticis et rhetoribus. f. 1 is a parchment ruled leaf.List of contents (f. 1v). White vine initial and wreath enclosing the arms and crest of John Tiptoft,

• Historiated initial 'P'(ost) at the beginning of Judges, with Christ in a roundel blessing soldiers, the death of Joshua, a devil entwined in the letter form, and animal head terminals., fragments from the end of Joshua and the beginning of Judges; and the end of Judges to the beginning of Ruth

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(?)

• Marginal drawing in red ink of a fish and a stock in a tun, a rebus for the name 'Stoughton'., The Canterbury Tales (imperfect), and other works, including the Prose Brut Chronicle of England ('peculiar version' to 1419) (ff. 1-24v), extracts from Gower's Confessio Amantis, and Lydgate's Life of Edmund and Fremund (ff. 136-146v)

British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library: inscribed by Edward Harley, 'Oxford BH, Dec 1738' (f. 2). Rebus for the name 'Stoughton' John Shirley John Shirley Geoffrey Chaucer Leicester England, Central (Leicester)

• Decorated initial 'A'(t)., The Canterbury Tales (imperfect), and other works, including the Prose Brut Chronicle of England ('peculiar version' to 1419) (ff. 1-24v), extracts from Gower's Confessio Amantis, and Lydgate's Life of Edmund and Fremund (ff. 136-146v)

also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library: inscribed by Edward Harley, 'Oxford BH, Dec 1738' (f. 2). Decorated intial John Shirley John Shirley Geoffrey Chaucer Leicester England, Central (Leicester)

• Decorated initials at the knight's interruption of the Monk's Tale and the beginning of the of the Nun's Priest's Tale., The Canterbury Tales (imperfect), and other works, including the Prose Brut Chronicle of England ('peculiar version' to 1419) (ff. 1-24v), extracts from Gower's Confessio Amantis, and Lydgate's Life of Edmund and Fremund (ff. 136-146v)

also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library: inscribed by Edward Harley, 'Oxford BH, Dec 1738' (f. 2). Decorated initials John Shirley John Shirley Geoffrey Chaucer Leicester England, Central (Leicester)

• Text page., The Canterbury Tales (imperfect), and other works, including the Prose Brut Chronicle of England ('peculiar version' to 1419) (ff. 1-24v), extracts from Gower's Confessio Amantis, and Lydgate's Life of Edmund and Fremund (ff. 136-146v)

also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library: inscribed by Edward Harley, 'Oxford BH, Dec 1738' (f. 2). Text page John Shirley John Shirley Geoffrey Chaucer Leicester England, Central (Leicester)

• Decorated initial 'W'(hanne) at the beginning of the general prologue: 'Whanne that aprill with his shoures soote / The droghte of march hath perced to the roote'., The Canterbury Tales (imperfect), and other works, including the Prose Brut Chronicle of England ('peculiar version' to 1419) (ff. 1-24v), extracts from Gower's Confessio Amantis, and Lydgate's Life of Edmund and Fremund (ff. 136-146v)

also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library: inscribed by Edward Harley, 'Oxford BH, Dec 1738' (f. 2). Decorated initial John Shirley John Shirley Geoffrey Chaucer Leicester England, Central (Leicester)

• Full band and bar border with illuminated interlace knots and foliate springs at the beginning of the text, possibly with an author portrait of the Dominican John of Genoa at a desk, with a blue weight on a cord over the edge, and an illuminated foliate initial., Summa Grammaticalis (index Catholicon)

the beginning of the text, possibly with an author portrait of the Dominican John of Genoa at a desk, with a blue weight on a cord over the edge, and an illuminated foliate initial. 1 full band and bar border,

• Small miniatures with God the Father, Michael, John the Baptist, John the Evangelist, and foliate compartiment borders, in the suffrages., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

Small miniatures with God the Father, Michael, John the Baptist, John the Evangelist, and foliate compartiment borders, in the suffrages. Offprints of pilgrim badges (upper and lower parchment flyleaves which faced the original binding).Backhouse 2004 located the manuscript to the