• White vine initial 'O'(mnis) at the beginning of Sallust's Catilina., Various works including Catilina (ff. 1-34v), Jugurtha (ff. 35v-100), Letter 3 from Book 15 of Petrarch's Epistulae rerum senilium (ff. 104-113), Letter to Petrarch attributed to Leonardus Brunus Aretinus

White vine initial 'O'(mnis) at the beginning of Sallust's Catilina. Catchwords written vertically.ff. 35 and 100v are ruled but left blank.According to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, this manuscript was made

• Text page with the third and fourth chapters of the Inferno., Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy)

Text page with the third and fourth chapters of the Inferno. Horizontal catchwords.This manuscript was made in Milan in 1469, according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Marginal drawings in black

• Three-sided white vine border with gold initial 'V'(os) and mutilated arms in the lower margin., Comoediae (index Comedies)

Three-sided white vine border with gold initial 'V'(os) and mutilated arms in the lower margin. ff. 1-2 are parchment leaves with various inscriptions.ff. 162 is a blank, ruled folio with inscriptions on the verso.Horizontal catchwords. Three-sided white vine border,

• Marginal drawings of Dante and Virgil entering Hell., Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy)

Marginal drawings of Dante and Virgil entering Hell. Horizontal catchwords.This manuscript was made in Milan in 1469, according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Marginal drawings in black ink of subjects

• Decorated iInitial 'Q'(uoniam) with foliate decoration, at the beginning of the prologue to Josephus's De bello Judaico., De bello Judaico

Decorated iInitial 'Q'(uoniam) with foliate decoration, at the beginning of the prologue to Josephus's De bello Judaico. 2 large initials in colours, at the beginning of the prologue and Book 1 (ff. 4, 5v). 6 large puzzle initials in

• Puzzle initial 'N'(eronem) at the beginning of Book 3 of Josephus's De bello Judaico., De bello Judaico

Puzzle initial 'N'(eronem) at the beginning of Book 3 of Josephus's De bello Judaico. 2 large initials in colours, at the beginning of the prologue and Book 1 (ff. 4, 5v). 6 large puzzle initials in red and blue,

• Detail of a historiated initial with a portrait of a famous man, at the beginning of his biography., Lives

Detail of a historiated initial with a portrait of a famous man, at the beginning of his biography. Probably the second of two volumes; the first volume is likely Modena, Bibl. Estense MS lat. 429 (α J.1.4) (see de

• Text page., Lives

Text page. Probably the second of two volumes; the first volume is likely Modena, Bibl. Estense MS lat. 429 (α J.1.4) (see de la Mare 1984, p. 272).The scribe who copied this manuscript is known as the 'Omnium rerum'

• Decorated initial 'P'(eripoltas)., Lives

Decorated initial 'P'(eripoltas). Probably the second of two volumes; the first volume is likely Modena, Bibl. Estense MS lat. 429 (α J.1.4) (see de la Mare 1984, p. 272).The scribe who copied this manuscript is known as the 'Omnium

• Historiated initial 'L'(ucii), with a portrait of Lucullus, crowned with a garland, holding a book., Lives

Historiated initial 'L'(ucii), with a portrait of Lucullus, crowned with a garland, holding a book. Probably the second of two volumes; the first volume is likely Modena, Bibl. Estense MS lat. 429 (α J.1.4) (see de la Mare 1984,

• Detail of the colophon: 'Anno dominicae incarnationis M^o^CCCC^o^LXX^o^ & vii^a^ decembris opus hoc consumatum est: die autum veneris summo mane. Laus & gloria sit omnipotenti yhu xpo per infinita secula'., Lives

Detail of the colophon: 'Anno dominicae incarnationis M^o^CCCC^o^LXX^o^ & vii^a^ decembris opus hoc consumatum est: die autum veneris summo mane. Laus & gloria sit omnipotenti yhu xpo per infinita secula'. Probably the second of two volumes; the first volume

• Decorated initial 'P'(rincipia), and plain red initial 'P'(aulus); the upper margin with an ownership inscription of Sir John Prise., Commentaria in Epistolas beati Pauli

that most of John Prise's religious manuscripts came from such houses.Sir John Prise (alias Sion ap Rhys, b. 1502 or 1503, d. 1555): 'John Prise: is Owner of this booke' (f. 2); cf. N. R. Ker, 'Sir John Prise', ~The

• Decorated initials 'S'(hal) and 'S'(oules) in the fourth book of Sidrak and Bokkus, with inscriptions, possibly 'Thomas Walker Thomas Cowpland, John Bolton, Robert Spynk, Garry Jacson, James Loueden, Thomas Tomson, John Best, Richard Hilborn' in the margin below., Sidrak and Bokkus

(?) (f. 88v); 'I tell you plyn of John Hanum [. . . ] (f. 102v); 'William Wylkensone' (f. 111v); 'Thomas Cowpland, John Bolton, Robert Spynk, Garry Jacson, James Loueden, Thomas Tomson, John Best, Richard Hilborn (f. 172); Harry bramam'

• 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

• Coloured initial 'P'(aulus) and other plain red and green initials., Commentaria in Epistolas beati Pauli

that most of John Prise's religious manuscripts came from such houses.Sir John Prise (alias Sion ap Rhys, b. 1502 or 1503, d. 1555): 'John Prise: is Owner of this booke' (f. 2); cf. N. R. Ker, 'Sir John Prise', ~The

• null, Liturgy of John Chrysostom, imperfect

decorated in red ink; large and small red initials, many decorated with foliate or geometric patterns. Liturgy of John Chrysostom, imperfect ? John Jackson (d. 1794), antiquary: his sale, 28 April, 1784, lot 337, possibly bought by Chapman for 2s.Charles

• Drawing of the Sacred Heart with the Five wounds of Christ, on the left, and on the right, decorated initials in an alphabet., Medical and religious miscellany, including 'Walter Map's' De mundi vanitate (f. 13v) and an alphabet (ff. 27-28)

1995 p. 153).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. Sacred Heart John Gysborn John Gysborn England

• Full-page drawing of the initial 'D' with interlace, a rooster's head, and fish., Medical and religious miscellany, including 'Walter Map's' De mundi vanitate (f. 13v) and an alphabet (ff. 27-28)

1995 p. 153).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. Zoomorphic initial John Gysborn John Gysborn England

• Text page with the inscription 'Scriptum per me Johannes Gysborn canonicus de Coverham' in red., Medical and religious miscellany, including 'Walter Map's' De mundi vanitate (f. 13v) and an alphabet (ff. 27-28)

Friedman 1995 p. 153).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. Text John Gysborn John Gysborn England

• Illuminated initial 'G'(od) at the beginning of John Lydgate and Benedict Burgh's Secrets of the Philosophers., Secrets of Philosophers

at the beginning of John Lydgate and Benedict Burgh's Secrets of the Philosophers. Steele suggests that the manuscript may be connected with Margaret, duchess of Burgundy (b. 1446, d. 1503), Yorkist matriarch and mediator. 1 3-sided foliate border in colours