• Miniature of the Crucifixion with scenes from the Passion of Christ., Various prayers including indulgenced prayers, and Gospel Lessons

of John writing (f. 19)). 6 historiated initials in ochre with gold acanthus leaves of Christ appearing to the Mary Magdalene, the Virgin and Child in bust as the Apocalyptic Woman (f. 3v), Christ (f. 4v), the Virgin and John

• Miniature of the Nativity of Christ., Various prayers including indulgenced prayers, and Gospel Lessons

of John writing (f. 19)). 6 historiated initials in ochre with gold acanthus leaves of Christ appearing to the Mary Magdalene, the Virgin and Child in bust as the Apocalyptic Woman (f. 3v), Christ (f. 4v), the Virgin and John

• Tinted miniature of Christ before Caiaphas., Various prayers including indulgenced prayers, and Gospel Lessons

of John writing (f. 19)). 6 historiated initials in ochre with gold acanthus leaves of Christ appearing to the Mary Magdalene, the Virgin and Child in bust as the Apocalyptic Woman (f. 3v), Christ (f. 4v), the Virgin and John

• Calendar page for April, with a full border, including Taurus the bull., Various prayers including indulgenced prayers, and Gospel Lessons

of John writing (f. 19)). 6 historiated initials in ochre with gold acanthus leaves of Christ appearing to the Mary Magdalene, the Virgin and Child in bust as the Apocalyptic Woman (f. 3v), Christ (f. 4v), the Virgin and John

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) of David playing his harp, with a full scatter border with flowers, leaves, birds, animals, and a skull., Various prayers including indulgenced prayers, and Gospel Lessons

of John writing (f. 19)). 6 historiated initials in ochre with gold acanthus leaves of Christ appearing to the Mary Magdalene, the Virgin and Child in bust as the Apocalyptic Woman (f. 3v), Christ (f. 4v), the Virgin and John

• Miniature of the Arrest of Christ, with a full border including instruments of the Passion and scenes from the Passion., Various prayers including indulgenced prayers, and Gospel Lessons

of John writing (f. 19)). 6 historiated initials in ochre with gold acanthus leaves of Christ appearing to the Mary Magdalene, the Virgin and Child in bust as the Apocalyptic Woman (f. 3v), Christ (f. 4v), the Virgin and John

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixi) of David kneeling in prayer, with a full foliate border including a grotesque and a peacock., Various prayers including indulgenced prayers, and Gospel Lessons

of John writing (f. 19)). 6 historiated initials in ochre with gold acanthus leaves of Christ appearing to the Mary Magdalene, the Virgin and Child in bust as the Apocalyptic Woman (f. 3v), Christ (f. 4v), the Virgin and John

• Miniature of the flagellation of Christ, with a full scatter border including flowers, birds, butterflies, and jewels., Various prayers including indulgenced prayers, and Gospel Lessons

of John writing (f. 19)). 6 historiated initials in ochre with gold acanthus leaves of Christ appearing to the Mary Magdalene, the Virgin and Child in bust as the Apocalyptic Woman (f. 3v), Christ (f. 4v), the Virgin and John

• Miniature of a bleeding Christ during his flagellation, with a full scatter border of flowers and insects., Various prayers including indulgenced prayers, and Gospel Lessons

of John writing (f. 19)). 6 historiated initials in ochre with gold acanthus leaves of Christ appearing to the Mary Magdalene, the Virgin and Child in bust as the Apocalyptic Woman (f. 3v), Christ (f. 4v), the Virgin and John

• Miniature of the Crucifixion of Christ, with the Expulsion from Paradise, a Pieta with Instruments of the Passion, the Harrowing of Hell, with an added border of the 12 Apostles, by an English artist., Various prayers including indulgenced prayers, and Gospel Lessons

of John writing (f. 19)). 6 historiated initials in ochre with gold acanthus leaves of Christ appearing to the Mary Magdalene, the Virgin and Child in bust as the Apocalyptic Woman (f. 3v), Christ (f. 4v), the Virgin and John

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of a king and fool at the beginning of Psalm 52., Various prayers including indulgenced prayers, and Gospel Lessons

of John writing (f. 19)). 6 historiated initials in ochre with gold acanthus leaves of Christ appearing to the Mary Magdalene, the Virgin and Child in bust as the Apocalyptic Woman (f. 3v), Christ (f. 4v), the Virgin and John

• Detail of a grotesque hybrid from a full foliate border., Various prayers including indulgenced prayers, and Gospel Lessons

of John writing (f. 19)). 6 historiated initials in ochre with gold acanthus leaves of Christ appearing to the Mary Magdalene, the Virgin and Child in bust as the Apocalyptic Woman (f. 3v), Christ (f. 4v), the Virgin and John

• Detail of a grotesque hybrid from a full foliate border., Various prayers including indulgenced prayers, and Gospel Lessons

of John writing (f. 19)). 6 historiated initials in ochre with gold acanthus leaves of Christ appearing to the Mary Magdalene, the Virgin and Child in bust as the Apocalyptic Woman (f. 3v), Christ (f. 4v), the Virgin and John

• Detail of a miniature of the Tree of Jesse at the beginning of Psalm 1., Various prayers including indulgenced prayers, and Gospel Lessons

of John writing (f. 19)). 6 historiated initials in ochre with gold acanthus leaves of Christ appearing to the Mary Magdalene, the Virgin and Child in bust as the Apocalyptic Woman (f. 3v), Christ (f. 4v), the Virgin and John

• Detail of John on Patmos, with an angel standing behind him, in the lower foliate margin, at the beginning of the Hours of the Virgin., Prayer book

of John on Patmos, with an angel standing behind him, in the lower foliate margin, at the beginning of the Hours of the Virgin. 6 full-page miniatures with full foliate borders including human figures and/or animals, in colours and gold,

• Illuminated initials decorated with berries or flowers and decorated line-fillers., Leaf from a Book of Hours (the 'Hours of Louis XII', or 'Hours of Henry VII'), including text from the abbreviated Psalter, on parchment.

of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled in 64 volumes by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716). During the 19th century, the drawings and printed book fragments from the volume were

• Illuminated initial with pen-flourished decoration., Fragment from a Missal, on parchment

of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled in 64 volumes by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716). 159 fragments from printed books were transferred from this volume to the Department of

• Coloured initial 'U' with penwork decoration., Fragment from and Canon law (?) text, on paper

of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled in 64 volumes by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716). 159 fragments from printed books were transferred from this volume to the Department of

• Coloured print with Christ as Man of Sorrows being adored by a Carthsian, pasted to a page painted in red covered with streaming blood. A Carthusian kneels before a bloody Christ, who stands beside his cross. They converse by means of scrolls with texts in latin. The Carthusian petitions Christ: ‘O Lord I beseech, send me salvation’ (Domine obsecro dirige ad me salutem). He replies: ‘Son, shun (temptation, understood), subdue (it), say nothing, keep quiet (Fili fuge, vince, tace, quiesce). The formulation is found in Abelard’s Epistle VII on the foundation of a women’s convent, and the context is how to avoid the temptation to sin. Below is a caption in English: ‘The greatest comfort in al temptacyon Is the remembraunce of Crystes passyon.’, Psalter and Rosary of the Virgin (from f. 27), in two versions, and other devotional texts, including a litany

Coloured print with Christ as Man of Sorrows being adored by a Carthsian, pasted to a page painted in red covered with streaming blood. A Carthusian kneels before a bloody Christ, who stands beside his cross. They converse by

• Decorated and coloured initials., Cartulary of the Cistercian abbey of Byland, imperfect

and John Wywell, regarding rent of lands at Osgodby, county York, dated 26 October 18 Henry VIII [1526] (f. 90v).Brian Fairfax: record by Thomas Tanner in 1695 that it had belonged to him (see Burton 2004 p. xxvi). John Rushworth