• Miniature of John the Baptist, and full foliate borders with birds, a dragon and a grotesque figure, for his suffrage., Prayer book

of John the Baptist, and full foliate borders with birds, a dragon and a grotesque figure, for his suffrage. 30 small miniatures, in colours and gold (ff. 2, 6, 14v, 17v, 18, 26v, 33v, 38v, 40v, 56v, 58v, 66v, 69,

• Miniature of John at the beginning of his gospel., Gospels

Miniature of John at the beginning of his gospel. Note that Rhosos also wrote the Vatican Homer in 1477 for Cardinal Gonazaga: see Alexander. Alphabetical quire signatures. 3 large miniatures in colours and gold of Mark, Luke, and John (ff.

• Detail of a miniature of John at the beginning of his gospel., Gospels

miniature of John at the beginning of his gospel. Note that Rhosos also wrote the Vatican Homer in 1477 for Cardinal Gonazaga: see Alexander. Alphabetical quire signatures. 3 large miniatures in colours and gold of Mark, Luke, and John (ff.

• Headpiece with Christ blessing flanked by angels, illuminated initial, and marginal figure of a standing John the Baptist, at the beginning of John., Gospels

standing John the Baptist, at the beginning of John. Note that Rhosos also wrote the Vatican Homer in 1477 for Cardinal Gonazaga: see Alexander. Alphabetical quire signatures. 3 large miniatures in colours and gold of Mark, Luke, and John (ff.

• Miniature of John at the beginning of his gospel., Gospels

Miniature of John at the beginning of his gospel. Note that Rhosos also wrote the Vatican Homer in 1477 for Cardinal Gonazaga: see Alexander. Alphabetical quire signatures. 3 large miniatures in colours and gold of Mark, Luke, and John (ff.

• Full-page frame with interlace, and words in gold and silver, before the beginning of John., Gospels of Luke and John, with prologue, table of chapters, and lections for the year (ff. 104v-111v)

gold and silver, before the beginning of John. The shelfmark 'AII' and the title on the fore-edge in Latin in black ink and '3' on the top edge of the leaves. Matthew and Mark were presumably 'AI'. 4 full-page frames

• Diagrams of the winds, with the four elements, and the four qualities., Medical treatises, Fistula in Ano (ff. 96v-163v); Liber medicinarum (ff. 20v-96v)

96v-163v); Liber medicinarum (ff. 20v-96v) Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Winds John Arderne England

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a plant., Medical treatises, Fistula in Ano (ff. 96v-163v); Liber medicinarum (ff. 20v-96v)

96v-163v); Liber medicinarum (ff. 20v-96v) Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Plant John Arderne England

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a vessel., Medical treatises, Fistula in Ano (ff. 96v-163v); Liber medicinarum (ff. 20v-96v)

96v-163v); Liber medicinarum (ff. 20v-96v) Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Vessel John Arderne England

• Drawings of surgical instruments and anatomical drawings., Medical treatises, Fistula in Ano (ff. 96v-163v); Liber medicinarum (ff. 20v-96v)

Liber medicinarum (ff. 20v-96v) Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Surgical instruments John Arderne England

• Calendar for May with tinted drawings of man with a hawk (hawking is the labour of the month), twins (Gemini), Philip and Jacob, a papal cross (Alexander), John before the gate, John of Beverlaco., Agricultural almanac containing an astronomical calendar (1420), miscellaneous tables, mnemonic verses and charms

a hawk (hawking is the labour of the month), twins (Gemini), Philip and Jacob, a papal cross (Alexander), John before the gate, John of Beverlaco. Contents very similar to Harley 2332.Prologue to a letter from St Louis to King Charles

• Decorated headpiece with Christ blessing with Mary and John, flanked by angels, at the beginning of Matthew., Gospels

and John, flanked by angels, at the beginning of Matthew. Note that Rhosos also wrote the Vatican Homer in 1477 for Cardinal Gonazaga: see Alexander. Alphabetical quire signatures. 3 large miniatures in colours and gold of Mark, Luke, and John

• Headpiece with Christ holding a book flanked by prophets, and a marginal figure of John the Baptist, at the beginning of Mark., Gospels

of John the Baptist, at the beginning of Mark. Note that Rhosos also wrote the Vatican Homer in 1477 for Cardinal Gonazaga: see Alexander. Alphabetical quire signatures. 3 large miniatures in colours and gold of Mark, Luke, and John (ff.

• Detail of a miniature of Jocasta's embassy to Adrastus., Troy Book, Siege of Thebes, Testament and The reignes of the kyngis of England; A Treatise between Information and Truth; On the Death of the Earl of Northumberland; Le assemble de dyeus; Descent of the Lords Percy

two works by John Lydgate, the Troy Book, a translation from Historia destructionis Troiae of Guido delle Colonne, originally presented by Lydgate to Henry V in 1420, and the Siege of Thebes of 1421-1422.Part 3 includes: John Lydgate, Testament (ff.

• Detail of inhabited initial 'A'., Leaf from de Chauliac's 'Surgery' (index Chirurgia magna), Book VI, in English translation (originally ff. 107-107v in New York, Academy of Medicine, MS. 12, from which it was removed by John Bagford)

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

• Historiated initial 'A', with foliate borders., Leaf from de Chauliac's 'Surgery' (index Chirurgia magna), Book VI, in English translation (originally ff. 107-107v in New York, Academy of Medicine, MS. 12, from which it was removed by John Bagford)

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

• 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.

• Penwork initial 'P' in green and red, at the beginning of the Epistles of Paul., Glossed Pauline Epistles; treatise on prayer, Donatio Constantini, excerpta from Augustine and Jerome

but 1698?), II, no. 6513 or 6523.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 .

• Detail of a miniature of pope John XII, at the beginning of chapter 7 of book 9., De casibus virorum illustrium in French translation (Des cas des ruynes des nobles hommes et femmes)

miniature of pope John XII, at the beginning of chapter 7 of book 9. Contains the second translation of De casibus virorum illustrium of Boccaccio made by Laurent de Premierfait in 1409, and dedicated to Jean, duke of Berry. The

• Detail of a miniature of the imprisonment of John of France, at the beginning of chapter 27 of book 9., De casibus virorum illustrium in French translation (Des cas des ruynes des nobles hommes et femmes)

of the imprisonment of John of France, at the beginning of chapter 27 of book 9. Contains the second translation of De casibus virorum illustrium of Boccaccio made by Laurent de Premierfait in 1409, and dedicated to Jean, duke of