• Astrological drawing of the sun, moon, and Zodiac constellations., Miscellaneous treatises on alchemy, including John Lydgate's 'The Churl and the Bird' (the latter imperfect at the beginning)

(1652) wherein Ashmole publishes the text and illustration from ff. 75-75v. John Batteley (b. c.1646, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary; bought in 1723 through his nephew, John Batteley, by Edward Harley, along with other manuscripts (see ~Diary~

• Initial 'A'(ries) with pen-decoration., Miscellaneous treatises on alchemy, including John Lydgate's 'The Churl and the Bird' (the latter imperfect at the beginning)

(1652) wherein Ashmole publishes the text and illustration from ff. 75-75v. John Batteley (b. c.1646, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary; bought in 1723 through his nephew, John Batteley, by Edward Harley, along with other manuscripts (see ~Diary~

• Initial 'R'(yght) with pen-flourishing., Miscellaneous treatises on alchemy, including John Lydgate's 'The Churl and the Bird' (the latter imperfect at the beginning)

(1652) wherein Ashmole publishes the text and illustration from ff. 75-75v. John Batteley (b. c.1646, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary; bought in 1723 through his nephew, John Batteley, by Edward Harley, along with other manuscripts (see ~Diary~

• A drawing of a spirit, sun, man, and woman., Miscellaneous treatises on alchemy, including John Lydgate's 'The Churl and the Bird' (the latter imperfect at the beginning)

(1652) wherein Ashmole publishes the text and illustration from ff. 75-75v. John Batteley (b. c.1646, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary; bought in 1723 through his nephew, John Batteley, by Edward Harley, along with other manuscripts (see ~Diary~

• A drawing of a man and woman embracing., Miscellaneous treatises on alchemy, including John Lydgate's 'The Churl and the Bird' (the latter imperfect at the beginning)

(1652) wherein Ashmole publishes the text and illustration from ff. 75-75v. John Batteley (b. c.1646, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary; bought in 1723 through his nephew, John Batteley, by Edward Harley, along with other manuscripts (see ~Diary~

• Drawing of an eagle, a snake, a man and a frog, with a legend below., Miscellaneous treatises on alchemy, including John Lydgate's 'The Churl and the Bird' (the latter imperfect at the beginning)

(1652) wherein Ashmole publishes the text and illustration from ff. 75-75v. John Batteley (b. c.1646, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary; bought in 1723 through his nephew, John Batteley, by Edward Harley, along with other manuscripts (see ~Diary~

• A drawing of a village., Miscellaneous treatises on alchemy, including John Lydgate's 'The Churl and the Bird' (the latter imperfect at the beginning)

(1652) wherein Ashmole publishes the text and illustration from ff. 75-75v. John Batteley (b. c.1646, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary; bought in 1723 through his nephew, John Batteley, by Edward Harley, along with other manuscripts (see ~Diary~

• Drawing of vessels relating to alchemy., Miscellaneous treatises on alchemy, including John Lydgate's 'The Churl and the Bird' (the latter imperfect at the beginning)

(1652) wherein Ashmole publishes the text and illustration from ff. 75-75v. John Batteley (b. c.1646, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary; bought in 1723 through his nephew, John Batteley, by Edward Harley, along with other manuscripts (see ~Diary~

• Miniature of Nebuchadnezzar in bed with the Image of precious metals at the beginning of the prologue to Gower's Confessio amantis., Confessio amantis, with the Traitié pour essampler les amantz marietz, and a Latin prayer and two Latin Marian lyrics

of the prologue to Gower's Confessio amantis. This text was composed c. 1390 by John Gower (b. c. 1330, d. 1408), and is in the third recension of the text.One of 13 manuscripts containing an image of the Lover's Confession.

• Miniature of Nebuchadnezzar in bed with the Image of precious metals, and decorated initial 'O'(f hem) with acanthus leaves and foliate feathering extending into the margins at the beginning of the prologue to Gower's Confessio amantis., Confessio amantis, with the Traitié pour essampler les amantz marietz, and a Latin prayer and two Latin Marian lyrics

into the margins at the beginning of the prologue to Gower's Confessio amantis. This text was composed c. 1390 by John Gower (b. c. 1330, d. 1408), and is in the third recension of the text.One of 13 manuscripts containing

• Miniature of the Lover kneeling before the Confessor in a landscape at the beginning of book 1 of Gower's Confessio amantis, with an acanthus frame surrounding the miniature and decorated initial 'I'( may)., Confessio amantis, with the Traitié pour essampler les amantz marietz, and a Latin prayer and two Latin Marian lyrics

amantis, with an acanthus frame surrounding the miniature and decorated initial 'I'( may). This text was composed c. 1390 by John Gower (b. c. 1330, d. 1408), and is in the third recension of the text.One of 13 manuscripts containing

• 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

• Drawing of bloodletting man., Medical miscellany, including John of Gaddesden's Rosa Anglica (ff. 48-169), and a phlebotomy

decoration in red or brown. Small initials in brown. Paraphs in red or blue. Diagram (f. 25). Medical miscellany, including John of Gaddesden's Rosa Anglica (ff. 48-169), and a phlebotomy Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and

• Canon tables and the ownership inscription of Lord Lumley., Gospels

spectral comparator, 10th century (see Keynes, 1985, pp. 167-69).Inscribed, 'Diamate', and 'Umfridus me fecit', 14th century (f. 3).Thomas Lee, John Birchyton, John Hinstyde [or Lynstyde], inscribed with their names, 15th century (f. 8v).N. Hersth, inscribed with his name, 15th century.John

• 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 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

• Text with decorated initial 'A' at the beginning of the History of Jerusalem of Foucher de Chartres., History of Jerusalem

scribe of Cambridge University Library, Kk.1.17 and Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 274 (ff. i-48).Part 3 includes 'De muliere Chananaea' of John Chrysostom (ff. 57-62) and 'Miracula S. Letardi' of Goscelin (ff. 62v-64v), each written by a different hand. 1 large

• 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