• Page painted red with streaming blood., Psalter and Rosary of the Virgin (from f. 27), in two versions, and other devotional texts, including a litany (external link no longer available)

Page painted red with streaming blood. The most remarkable example of a book of devotion that may show signs of having received that devotion in a direct physical form is Egerton 1821, an English product of around 1490. It

• Two decorated initials 'I'(nter) at the beginning of Isidore of Seville's 'De differentiis'., Homilies; De differentiis; De natura rerum; De liber arbitrio (external link no longer available)

of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated initials John Chrysostom (index Johannes Chrysostomus); Isidore of Seville; Bede the Venerable; Anselm of Canterbury England or France

• Decorated initial 'R'(everendissimo) with reserved designs and pen-flourishing at the beginning of Ludolfus de Suchem's Liber de terra sancta., Liber de terra sancta (ff. 1-73); Itinerarium (index Travels) (ff. 74-143v) (external link no longer available)

de terra sancta. Leaf signatures.Catchwords.The Liber de terra sancta ends with a capitula list (ff. 69-73) while John Mandeville's begins with it (f. 74r-v). 'Incipit itinerarius magistri Johannis de Mandevelt... ' (f. 74).Watermark visible on f. [144]. Large initials in

• Text page with drawing of man spearing a dragon added to the margin., Miscellany of patristic texts, imperfect, including Marcus Eremita's Opuscula III, X and IV (ff. 1-6v, 6v-15v, 16-29), Diadochus's 'Capita centum de perfectione spirituali' (ff. 29-59), John's 'Capita hortatoria ad monachos in India' (ff. 59v-69) and 'Capita theologica et gnostica' (ff. 69-81v), and Maximus's 'Capita de caritate' (ff. 82-117v) (external link no longer available)

82-117v) Pen and pencil drawings added to the margins, 17th-century ? (ff. 2, 23v, 24, 25, 78, 91v, 92, 97v). John Covel (b. 1638, d. 1722), chaplain of the Levant Company in Constantinople, 1670-1676, and later Master of Christ's College,

• Decorated initials 'O[mega]' and line separating the books; title in display capitals., Odyssey (external link no longer available)

in light brown at the beginning of each book. Initials and occasional marginal gloss in light brown. Odyssey Written by John Rhosos of Crete (d. 1498): signed and dated Rome, 10 August 1479 (f. 259).Made for Bartholomaios Chryspianos (f. 259).Conyers

• Miniature of the Pietà with Mary Magdalen, the Virgin Mary, and John the Evangelist., Prayer book (Fifteen Oes of St Bridget), imperfect (external link no longer available)

Mary Magdalen, the Virgin Mary, and John the Evangelist. Heavily trimmed.Lacking a bifolium after f. 112.A space was left blank for the last miniature (probably the Resurrection), but it was never painted (f. 122). 12 miniatures in colours and gold

• On the left, a drawing of zodiac man, with parts of the body linked to their governing zodiac symbols with labels and numerals. On the right is a volvelle, with movable pointer, with depictions of the signs of the zodiac and labours of the month within the wheel, with captions, markings and numeration crescent on the pointer, surrounded by figures of John the Baptist with Agnus Dei, top left, John the Evangelist with cup and dragon, top right, Cosmas with urine file, lower left, and Damian spooning medicine from box, lower right, all in ink, with scrolls bearing captions., Calendar, diagrams; medical texts (external link no longer available)

within the wheel, with captions, markings and numeration crescent on the pointer, surrounded by figures of John the Baptist with Agnus Dei, top left, John the Evangelist with cup and dragon, top right, Cosmas with urine file, lower left, and

• Decorated initial 'M'(ulta), and a full foliate border with John Morton's arms, at the beginning of Johannes de Giglis's Libellus de Canonizatione sanctorum., Libellus de Canonizatione sanctorum (external link no longer available)

a full foliate border with John Morton's arms, at the beginning of Johannes de Giglis's Libellus de Canonizatione sanctorum. For other manuscripts owned by Morton see Arundel 435 and 454. 2 large initials in gold on blue and red grounds,

• Illuminated initial 'Q'(ui), and full foliate border with putti holding heraldic arms, at the beginning of Ludovicus Lazarelli's Liber de apparatu Patavini Astiludii., Liber de apparatu Patavini Astiludii ad reverendum dominum D. Iohannem Chetvorth de Britannia, a description of the festivities organised by John Chedworth as rector of the Jurists at the University of Padua in 1467-68 (external link no longer available)

D. Iohannem Chetvorth de Britannia, a description of the festivities organised by John Chedworth as rector of the Jurists at the University of Padua in 1467-68 Dedicated to John Chetworth, archdean of Lincoln 1464 to 1467, rector of jurists at

• Lower part of a full foliate border with John Morton's arms, at the beginning of Johannes de Giglis's Libellus de Canonizatione sanctorum., Libellus de Canonizatione sanctorum (external link no longer available)

full foliate border with John Morton's arms, at the beginning of Johannes de Giglis's Libellus de Canonizatione sanctorum. For other manuscripts owned by Morton see Arundel 435 and 454. 2 large initials in gold on blue and red grounds, with

• Detail of a miniature of the presentation of the book to a king, at the beginning of the Romance of Sydrac and Boctus., Romance of Sydrac and Boctus, treatise on the Seven Deadly Sins (external link no longer available)

and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Romance of Sydrac and Boctus, treatise on the Seven Deadly Sins Sir John Donne (d. 1503), soldier and administrator: his arms (f. 1).John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609),

• Oxford almanac tables, providing formulae for calculating the phases of the moon and movement of the sun, of John Killingworth's Planetary Tables., Almagest (extract), Liber Astronomiae, Liber Arenalis, astronomical and geomantic tables, political prophecies (external link no longer available)

of the moon and movement of the sun, of John Killingworth's Planetary Tables. Contents:John Killingworth, Tables according to the Use of the University of Oxford (ff. 3-32), prefaced by Canons attributed to Master Thomas Pray (ff. 1v-2v);Astrological tables with images

• Miniature of John the Evangelist as a scribe, writing on a leaf resting on his knee, with his symbol, the eagle, nearby, and a border of scrolls., Book of Hours, Use of Rome ('The Tilliot Hours') (external link no longer available)

of John the Evangelist as a scribe, writing on a leaf resting on his knee, with his symbol, the eagle, nearby, and a border of scrolls. The contents consist of a calendar (ff. 1-6v); suffrage to the Trinity (using masculine

• Historiated initial 'I'(nter) of John the Baptist., Book of Hours, Use of Rome ('The Tilliot Hours') (external link no longer available)

initial 'I'(nter) of John the Baptist. The contents consist of a calendar (ff. 1-6v); suffrage to the Trinity (using masculine forms) (f. 7r-v); f. 8r-v is ruled, otherwise blank; Gospel extracts (ff. 9-12v); the Passion narrative (John 18:1-19:42), followed by

• Foliate initial 'D'(omine) with a tromp l'oeil border containing birds, flowers and fruits, at the beginning of Matins in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum (external link no longer available)

loss of miniatures: 'XX ymagys / XVI vynette / VI halfe vynett[is?]', 15th century (f. 188v).John Horley?: erased ownership inscription, 'John Horley? ownyth? thys booke', 16th century (f. 187).Inscribed a prayer in English, 16th century, (f. 168v).John Theyer (bap. 1598,

• Detail of a miniature of Paul writing an epistle, with a messenger waiting to carry it for him, and with John Colet, kneeling, with the full border including flowers, insects and a peacock, and a foliate initial 'P'(aulus) at the beginning of Romans., Pauline and Catholic Epistles in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions (external link no longer available)

a messenger waiting to carry it for him, and with John Colet, kneeling, with the full border including flowers, insects and a peacock, and a foliate initial 'P'(aulus) at the beginning of Romans. The wider column contains the Vulgate and

• An engraved historiated full-page border of medallions containing the four Evangelists and scenes from the life of the Virgin and the life and Passion of Christ: (anti-clockwise from top left) of the Annunciation, Luke, the Nativity, the Flight into Egypt, Christ's Dispute with the Doctors, the Baptism of Christ, John, the Feeding of the Five Thousand, the Last Supper, Matthew, the Agony in the Garden, Christ before Caiaphas, Christ before Pontius Pilate, the Crucifixion, Mark, and the Resurrection., Cuttings from a printed Missal, containing text from the Masses for the feasts of Pentecost and Augustus (external link no longer available)

left) of the Annunciation, Luke, the Nativity, the Flight into Egypt, Christ's Dispute with the Doctors, the Baptism of Christ, John, the Feeding of the Five Thousand, the Last Supper, Matthew, the Agony in the Garden, Christ before Caiaphas, Christ

• An engraved historiated full-page border of medallions containing the four Evangelists and scenes from the life of the Virgin and the life and Passion of Christ: (anti-clockwise from top left) of the Annunciation, Luke, the Nativity, the Flight into Egypt, Christ's Dispute with the Doctors, the Baptism of Christ, Matthew, the Feeding of the Five Thousand, the Last Supper, John, the Agony in the Garden, Christ before Caiaphas, Christ before Pontius Pilate, the Crucifixion, Mark, and the Resurrection., Cuttings from a printed Missal, containing text from the Masses for the feasts of Pentecost and Augustus (external link no longer available)

Egypt, Christ's Dispute with the Doctors, the Baptism of Christ, Matthew, the Feeding of the Five Thousand, the Last Supper, John, the Agony in the Garden, Christ before Caiaphas, Christ before Pontius Pilate, the Crucifixion, Mark, and the Resurrection. Italian

• 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) (external link no longer available)

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' (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) (external link no longer available)

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' (f. 160), and name (ff. 168, 168v): possibly related