• A volvelle, a device with a moveable disc rotating with a fixed matrix, the pointing moveable index of which could be set at the sign and degree of the zodiac for a particular day in order to predict the best time to provide medical treatment: the moving central part of the volvelle, with the pointer, is inscribed in red with numbers from 1-30; in the concentric circles around this are drawings of the signs of the zodiac, their names, and the names of the months and emblems for the occupations of the months, 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

names of the months and emblems for the occupations of the months, 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

• Miniature of John on Patmos with his eagle flying away with the pencase and the inkwell, decorated initial 'I'(n) and foliate borders, at the beginning of the Gospel Lessons., Book of Hours, Use of Bourges

of John on Patmos with his eagle flying away with the pencase and the inkwell, decorated initial 'I'(n) and foliate borders, at the beginning of the Gospel Lessons. 13 full-page miniatures mostly with large decorated initials and full foliate borders,

• Pages painted black with red drops of blood, representing the wounds of Christ, worn, perhaps as the result of kissing., Psalter and Rosary of the Virgin (from f. 27), in two versions, and other devotional texts, including a litany

Pages painted black with red drops of blood, representing the wounds of Christ, worn, perhaps as the result of kissing. The most remarkable example of a book of devotion that may show signs of having received that devotion in

• Print with the Virgin nursing the Child., Psalter and Rosary of the Virgin (from f. 27), in two versions, and other devotional texts, including a litany

Print with the Virgin nursing the Child. 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.

• Pages painted red with streaming blood., Psalter and Rosary of the Virgin (from f. 27), in two versions, and other devotional texts, including a litany

Pages 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

• 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

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

• Miniature of John the Evangelist and decorated initial 'O' with foliate borders including a bird., Prayer book

of John the Evangelist and decorated initial 'O' with foliate borders including a bird. Fragment of a 14th-century text leaf of a Bible, Apc. 5., used as a flyleaf. 2 large full-page miniatures, followed by large or small decorated initials

• Detail of panel initial 'S'(i ab) at the beginning of the text., 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 illuminated initial 'H'(abunde) with knotwork at the beginning of book 4., 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 white vine initial 'A'(nnus) at the beginning of book 5., 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

• 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

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

• 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

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

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)

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

• Miniature of the Pietà with Mary Magdalen, the Virgin Mary, and John the Evangelist., Prayer book (Fifteen Oes of St Bridget), imperfect

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

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

• 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

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

• 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

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),

• 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

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,

• 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

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