• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a man and a woman holding hands, as two men look on., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

University of Paris (f. 4). John Batayle, a canon of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield, mentioned among other canons in a clerical subsidy roll of 1379 and named in a will of 1382, made by John Chyshull, another canon of St

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a king, a woman and attendants riding., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

University of Paris (f. 4). John Batayle, a canon of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield, mentioned among other canons in a clerical subsidy roll of 1379 and named in a will of 1382, made by John Chyshull, another canon of St

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a knight killing a king., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

University of Paris (f. 4). John Batayle, a canon of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield, mentioned among other canons in a clerical subsidy roll of 1379 and named in a will of 1382, made by John Chyshull, another canon of St

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a man and a woman before a priest, with a king and queen in attendance., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

University of Paris (f. 4). John Batayle, a canon of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield, mentioned among other canons in a clerical subsidy roll of 1379 and named in a will of 1382, made by John Chyshull, another canon of St

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'D'(ominus)., pages from a Missal

ff. 1-3 are paper leaves.The name John Siferwas occurs in the Sherborne Missal with 'Illuminator': see Scoft 1996 p. 62. Large initials with foliate decoration and full borders in colours and gold (ff. 21, 22). Small initials in gold with

• Illuminated initial 'D'(ominus) with foliate decoration and border., pages from a Missal

border. ff. 1-3 are paper leaves.The name John Siferwas occurs in the Sherborne Missal with 'Illuminator': see Scoft 1996 p. 62. Large initials with foliate decoration and full borders in colours and gold (ff. 21, 22). Small initials in gold

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'D'., pages from a Missal

ff. 1-3 are paper leaves.The name John Siferwas occurs in the Sherborne Missal with 'Illuminator': see Scoft 1996 p. 62. Large initials with foliate decoration and full borders in colours and gold (ff. 21, 22). Small initials in gold with

• White vine initial 'N'(icolaus) and full border with medallions enclosing heads of men in profile (including Pope Nicholas V who commissioned this translation, and a copy of Pisanello's medallion of Emperor John VIII Palaeologus), mythological all'antica scenes (Pegasus, mermaid, man and centaur), and an unidentified coat of arms, at the beginning of the dedication to pope Nicholas V., Historiae

(including Pope Nicholas V who commissioned this translation, and a copy of Pisanello's medallion of Emperor John VIII Palaeologus), mythological all'antica scenes (Pegasus, mermaid, man and centaur), and an unidentified coat of arms, at the beginning of the dedication to

• Coloured initials., Miscellany of prose and verse, including Gregory's Chronicle, a dietary (ff. 66-77); John Page's poem The Siege of Rouen; a chronicle of London breaking off in 1470; the Seven Sages of Rome (ff. 3-54v)

initials in red. Paraphs in red. Miscellany of prose and verse, including Gregory's Chronicle, a dietary (ff. 66-77); John Page's poem The Siege of Rouen; a chronicle of London breaking off in 1470; the Seven Sages of Rome (ff. 3-54v)

• Decorated initial 'H'(e) combined with a foliate border including acanthus leaves and besants at the beginning of the text., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium)

was in th[e] Kinges displeasu[re]' (f. 73). John Batteley (b. 1647, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: sold to Edward Harley with the rest of his collection through his nephew John Batteley on 5 November 1723.The Harley Collection,

• null, Similitudines Anselmi, with table of chapters

Similitudines Anselmi, with table of chapters Former shelfmark (?) ‘L.N.9’, ‘N° 3’ (f. i verso) and ‘B’ (f. 66). ? John Brand (b. 1744, d. 1806), antiquary and topographer (inscribed in pencil ‘Archbishop Anselm’s Similitudes, Compleat/Wrote about Anno Domini 1400

• 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 .

• Tinted drawing of king Henry VI on horseback., Coats of Arms in the time of Henry VI

include those of Wyfolde or Wywold, Gregory and Norman, Lord Mayors in 1450, 1451, and 1453; John Derby, sheriff of London in 1446; John Stockton and William Stoker, Lord Mayors in 1470 and 1483 and the arms of the Tallow

• Detail of a white vine initial 'N'(icolaus)., Historiae

of men in profile (including Pope Nicholas V who commissioned this translation, and a copy of Pisanello's medallion of Emperor John VIII Palaeologus), mythological all'antica scenes, and an unidentified coat of arms (f. 2). 2 large panel initials in gold

• Detail of unidentified arms in the lower margin of the folio., Historiae

of men in profile (including Pope Nicholas V who commissioned this translation, and a copy of Pisanello's medallion of Emperor John VIII Palaeologus), mythological all'antica scenes, and an unidentified coat of arms (f. 2). 2 large panel initials in gold

• Front cover of brown leather with gold tooling, the arms of George II and the date, 1757., Constituciones artis gemetrie secundum Euclyde: a poem on the craft of Masonry

and paraphs in red. Letters highlighted in red. Constituciones artis gemetrie secundum Euclyde: a poem on the craft of Masonry John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673): his monogram (ff. 1, 32v) and included in the catalogue of his library left

• Text page., Constituciones artis gemetrie secundum Euclyde: a poem on the craft of Masonry

and paraphs in red. Letters highlighted in red. Constituciones artis gemetrie secundum Euclyde: a poem on the craft of Masonry John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673): his monogram (ff. 1, 32v) and included in the catalogue of his library left

• Text page., Constituciones artis gemetrie secundum Euclyde: a poem on the craft of Masonry

and paraphs in red. Letters highlighted in red. Constituciones artis gemetrie secundum Euclyde: a poem on the craft of Masonry John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673): his monogram (ff. 1, 32v) and included in the catalogue of his library left

• Coloured print with Christ as the Man of Sorrows surrounded by symbols of the Passion pasted to a page painted in red covered with streaming blood., Psalter and Rosary of the Virgin (from f. 27), in two versions, and other devotional texts, including a litany

Coloured print with Christ as the Man of Sorrows surrounded by symbols of the Passion pasted to a page painted in red covered with streaming blood. The most remarkable example of a book of devotion that may show signs

• Coloured print with the symbols of the Passion pasted to a page painted in red covered with streaming blood., Psalter and Rosary of the Virgin (from f. 27), in two versions, and other devotional texts, including a litany

Coloured print with the symbols of the Passion pasted to a page painted in red covered with streaming blood. The most remarkable example of a book of devotion that may show signs of having received that devotion in a