• Historiated initial 'F' of John the Baptist., Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary)

'F' of John the Baptist. Italian cuttings.Add. 18161 is also attributed to the Master of the Donato Commission (see Minazzato).These leaves are bound together with other mounted cuttings as Add. 22310. To see these leaves in the Manuscripts Reading Room

• Diagrams, in John of Arderne's Medical treatises., Medical treatises, Fistula in Ano (ff. 96v-163v); Liber medicinarum (ff. 20v-96v)

in John of Arderne's Medical treatises. Scott 1996 p. 201 speculates that this manuscript was intended to travel as a physician's ~vade-mecum~. 4 full-page diagrams, in colours (ff. 108-109v). Numerous diagrams in the margins, in colours. Medical treatises, Fistula in

• Illuminated initial 'A'(d honorem) at the beginning of John Somer's preface., Astronomical Calendar

Illuminated initial 'A'(d honorem) at the beginning of John Somer's preface. Part 2 contains a preface by John Somer (ff. 1-2v), and a calendar (ff. 3v-9). The Psalter section (Part 1) includes a litany (ff. 138-143) and the Office of

• Decorated initial with a leaf pattern., Collection of alchemical secrets

alchemical symbols (ff. 17v-20; 30-37; 50v-51v; 65-66, 72v-75v; 89v).John Somers (b. 1651, d. 1716), Baron Somers, lawyer and politician: inscribed 'John Somers' (f. 76v).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane

• Table of eclipses of the sun., Astronomical Calendar

be identified with John Turke (d. c. 1561), warden of the Company of Stationers of London in 1558.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Table of eclipses John Somer England

• Initial 'V' with filigree penwork decoration., Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary)

order Add. 22310. 7 large historiated initials in colours and gold, of Michael, the Presentation in the Temple, Peter, Lucy, John the Baptist, Longinus, and Simon and Andrew (ff. 2, 3v, 4v, 5v, 6v, 7v, 8v), with foliate extension and

• Historiated initial 'V' of Michael weighing a soul., Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary)

order Add. 22310. 7 large historiated initials in colours and gold, of Michael, the Presentation in the Temple, Peter, Lucy, John the Baptist, Longinus, and Simon and Andrew (ff. 2, 3v, 4v, 5v, 6v, 7v, 8v), with foliate extension and

• Historiatd initial 'A' of the Presentation in the Temple., Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary)

order Add. 22310. 7 large historiated initials in colours and gold, of Michael, the Presentation in the Temple, Peter, Lucy, John the Baptist, Longinus, and Simon and Andrew (ff. 2, 3v, 4v, 5v, 6v, 7v, 8v), with foliate extension and

• Historiated initial 'S' of Saint Peter dressed as a pope and holding a book., Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary)

order Add. 22310. 7 large historiated initials in colours and gold, of Michael, the Presentation in the Temple, Peter, Lucy, John the Baptist, Longinus, and Simon and Andrew (ff. 2, 3v, 4v, 5v, 6v, 7v, 8v), with foliate extension and

• Historiated initial 'L' of Lucy holding eyes on a dish and a palm leaf., Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary)

order Add. 22310. 7 large historiated initials in colours and gold, of Michael, the Presentation in the Temple, Peter, Lucy, John the Baptist, Longinus, and Simon and Andrew (ff. 2, 3v, 4v, 5v, 6v, 7v, 8v), with foliate extension and

• Historiated initial 'B' of Longinus holding a spear., Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary)

order Add. 22310. 7 large historiated initials in colours and gold, of Michael, the Presentation in the Temple, Peter, Lucy, John the Baptist, Longinus, and Simon and Andrew (ff. 2, 3v, 4v, 5v, 6v, 7v, 8v), with foliate extension and

• Historiated initial 'D' with Simon and Andrew fishing on Lake Galilee., Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary)

order Add. 22310. 7 large historiated initials in colours and gold, of Michael, the Presentation in the Temple, Peter, Lucy, John the Baptist, Longinus, and Simon and Andrew (ff. 2, 3v, 4v, 5v, 6v, 7v, 8v), with foliate extension and

• Initial 'A' with filigree decoration., Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary)

order Add. 22310. 7 large historiated initials in colours and gold, of Michael, the Presentation in the Temple, Peter, Lucy, John the Baptist, Longinus, and Simon and Andrew (ff. 2, 3v, 4v, 5v, 6v, 7v, 8v), with foliate extension and

• Decorated initial O(paca) in blue, magenta, and green with floral sprays and bezants. Marginal hand and text hand by Gunthorpe., Tragoediae (index Tragedies)

fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Initial John Gunthorpe John Gunthorpe Lucius Annaeus Seneca Ferrara Ferrara, Italy

• Decorated initial 'G'(od) at the beginning of John Lydgate's Book of Governance of Kings and Princes., Sir John Paston's 'Grete Booke', a miscellany, including the challenge of an Auncestre of Therle of Warrewik (ff. 16-17v); the tournament between Lord Scales and the Bastard of Burgundy (ff. 18-22v; 29v-43)

blue or red. Sir John Paston's 'Grete Booke', a miscellany, including the challenge of an Auncestre of Therle of Warrewik (ff. 16-17v); the tournament between Lord Scales and the Bastard of Burgundy (ff. 18-22v; 29v-43) Sir John Paston (II) (b.

• Decorated intial., Travels of Sir John Mandeville

in plain red or blue, some with reserved designs. Travels of Sir John Mandeville ? The Benedictine Abbey of St Albans (see below).? Willyam Caxton, by 1490 (see below).? Richard Tottyl, London, by 1579 (see below).Hugh Tuthill, descendant of Tottyl

• Text page., Travels of Sir John Mandeville

in plain red or blue, some with reserved designs. Travels of Sir John Mandeville ? The Benedictine Abbey of St Albans (see below).? Willyam Caxton, by 1490 (see below).? Richard Tottyl, London, by 1579 (see below).Hugh Tuthill, descendant of Tottyl

• null, Commentary on the Psalms (imperfect, starting in the middle of the commentary on Psalm 9 and ending in the middle of the commentary on Psalm 146)

Reynolds' , f. 116, and 'Anthony Harris of Cheston in the county of Suff', f. 92v, in the same hand). John Reynolds, 17th century: (inscription, f. 282v). ? Price: 'ei/r', f. i verso. Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.

• null, Commentary on the Psalms (imperfect, starting in the middle of the commentary on Psalm 9 and ending in the middle of the commentary on Psalm 146)

Reynolds' , f. 116, and 'Anthony Harris of Cheston in the county of Suff', f. 92v, in the same hand). John Reynolds, 17th century: (inscription, f. 282v). ? Price: 'ei/r', f. i verso. Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.

• Detail of a miniature of a master and scholars., L'image du Monde

Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6649.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix, 70, no .