• Text page of John Skelton's 'On the Death of the Earl of Northumberland', with calligraphic letters and decorated ascenders., Testament and The reignes of the kyngis of England, A Treatise between Information and Truth; On the Death of the Earl of Northumberland; Le assemble de dyeus; Descent of the Lords Percy

Text page of John Skelton's 'On the Death of the Earl of Northumberland', with calligraphic letters and decorated ascenders. Part 1 includes two works by John Lydgate, the Troy Book, a translation from Historia destructionis Troiae of Guido delle Colonne,

• The arms of Thomas Wall, Windsor herald, in the right margin, the signature of Jo Starkey, in the upper margin, that of Sir Robert Cotton ('Robert Cotton Bruceaus') with the date 1610 in the lower margin., De Regimine Principum; Secrets of the Philosophers; Secretum Secretorum

ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Heraldry and signatures Perhaps John Multon John Multon Thomas Hoccleve, Pseudo-Aristotle London England, S. E. (London)

• Decorated initial 'G'(od)., De Regimine Principum; Secrets of the Philosophers; Secretum Secretorum

/ ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Decorated initial Perhaps John Multon John Multon Thomas Hoccleve, Pseudo-Aristotle London England, S. E. (London)

• Text page of the beginning of 'A Treatise between Information and Truth' of William Cornish., Testament and The reignes of the kyngis of England, A Treatise between Information and Truth; On the Death of the Earl of Northumberland; Le assemble de dyeus; Descent of the Lords Percy

two works by John Lydgate, the Troy Book, a translation from Historia destructionis Troiae of Guido delle Colonne, originally presented by Lydgate to Henry V in 1420, and the Siege of Thebes of 1421-1422.Part 3 includes: John Lydgate, Testament (ff.

• Detail of a miniature of Calchas mounted on the brazen horse., Troy Book

two works by John Lydgate, the Troy Book, a translation from Historia destructionis Troiae of Guido delle Colonne, originally presented by Lydgate to Henry V in 1420, and the Siege of Thebes of 1421-1422.Part 3 includes: John Lydgate, Testament (ff.

• Detail of a miniature of the Trojan Horse at the gate of Troy., Troy Book

two works by John Lydgate, the Troy Book, a translation from Historia destructionis Troiae of Guido delle Colonne, originally presented by Lydgate to Henry V in 1420, and the Siege of Thebes of 1421-1422.Part 3 includes: John Lydgate, Testament (ff.

• Detail of a miniature of Greek tents being overthrown by a storm., Troy Book

two works by John Lydgate, the Troy Book, a translation from Historia destructionis Troiae of Guido delle Colonne, originally presented by Lydgate to Henry V in 1420, and the Siege of Thebes of 1421-1422.Part 3 includes: John Lydgate, Testament (ff.

• Detail of a miniature of the quartered arms of Percy and Lucy flanked by initials 'HP', accompanied by badges of crescent and shackle-bolt, and encircled by the Garter., Troy Book

two works by John Lydgate, the Troy Book, a translation from Historia destructionis Troiae of Guido delle Colonne, originally presented by Lydgate to Henry V in 1420, and the Siege of Thebes of 1421-1422.Part 3 includes: John Lydgate, Testament (ff.

• Text page recording the miracle of a young man who was injured playing football and then healed by Henry VI., Miracles of Henry VI, comissioned by John Morgan, dean of Windsor from 1485 to 1496 and bishop of St. David's from 1496 to 1504, with a dedication to Morgan (f. 1) and a hymn and prayer to Henry VI (f. 1v)

comissioned by John Morgan, dean of Windsor from 1485 to 1496 and bishop of St. David's from 1496 to 1504, with a dedication to Morgan (f. 1) and a hymn and prayer to Henry VI (f. 1v) John Morgan (d.

• Text page recording the miracle of a young man who was injured playing football and then healed by Henry VI., Miracles of Henry VI, comissioned by John Morgan, dean of Windsor from 1485 to 1496 and bishop of St. David's from 1496 to 1504, with a dedication to Morgan (f. 1) and a hymn and prayer to Henry VI (f. 1v)

comissioned by John Morgan, dean of Windsor from 1485 to 1496 and bishop of St. David's from 1496 to 1504, with a dedication to Morgan (f. 1) and a hymn and prayer to Henry VI (f. 1v) John Morgan (d.

• Text page recording the miracles of Henry VI, including the revival of Thomas Paynston, a young man who was run over by a wagon, and the healing of a boy living in London., Miracles of Henry VI, comissioned by John Morgan, dean of Windsor from 1485 to 1496 and bishop of St. David's from 1496 to 1504, with a dedication to Morgan (f. 1) and a hymn and prayer to Henry VI (f. 1v)

comissioned by John Morgan, dean of Windsor from 1485 to 1496 and bishop of St. David's from 1496 to 1504, with a dedication to Morgan (f. 1) and a hymn and prayer to Henry VI (f. 1v) John Morgan (d.

• Text page recording the miracles of Henry VI, including the revival of Thomas Paynston, a young man who was run over by a wagon, and the healing of a boy living in London., Miracles of Henry VI, comissioned by John Morgan, dean of Windsor from 1485 to 1496 and bishop of St. David's from 1496 to 1504, with a dedication to Morgan (f. 1) and a hymn and prayer to Henry VI (f. 1v)

comissioned by John Morgan, dean of Windsor from 1485 to 1496 and bishop of St. David's from 1496 to 1504, with a dedication to Morgan (f. 1) and a hymn and prayer to Henry VI (f. 1v) John Morgan (d.

• Text page., Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions

the Vulgate version. Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions Copied by Pieter Meghen of 's-Hertogenbosch of the diocese of Liège (b. c.1466/1467, d. 1540) for John Colet (b. c.1456, d.1519), dean of St

• Full-page miniature of Luke painting seated at an easel supporting an arch-topped panel, and holding a brush and palette, with a winged bull, Luke's symbol, behind him, and a scroll bearing the opening words of Luke 1:5 ('Fuit in diebus Herodis'), with a full border including flowers, insects and a drum-beating ape., Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions

the Vulgate version. Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions Copied by Pieter Meghen of 's-Hertogenbosch of the diocese of Liège (b. c.1466/1467, d. 1540) for John Colet (b. c.1456, d.1519), dean of St

• Detail of a miniature of Luke painting seated at an easel supporting an arch-topped panel, and holding a brush and palette, with a winged bull, Luke's symbol, behind him, and a scroll bearing the opening words of Luke 1:5 ('Fuit in diebus Herodis')., Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions

the Vulgate version. Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions Copied by Pieter Meghen of 's-Hertogenbosch of the diocese of Liège (b. c.1466/1467, d. 1540) for John Colet (b. c.1456, d.1519), dean of St

• Text page., Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions

the Vulgate version. Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions Copied by Pieter Meghen of 's-Hertogenbosch of the diocese of Liège (b. c.1466/1467, d. 1540) for John Colet (b. c.1456, d.1519), dean of St

• Text page., Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions

the Vulgate version. Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions Copied by Pieter Meghen of 's-Hertogenbosch of the diocese of Liège (b. c.1466/1467, d. 1540) for John Colet (b. c.1456, d.1519), dean of St

• White vine initial 'I'(n explanati) in colours and gold, with a white vine border., Sermons (index Homiliae)

of the Theatines, founded in Rome in 1524]: late-16th century book stamp (entirely effaced): 'BIBLIOTECAE S. ANDREAE ROMAE' (f. 2). John Wright, librarian to George Henry Hay, 7th earl of Kinnoull and husband of Abigail, youngest daughter of Robert Harley:

• Faceted initial 'M'(agna)., De factionibus extinguendis et civibus in gratiam pristinam revocandis continendisque (a political treatise on the dissensions of the Guelfs and the Ghibellines)

Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6526.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. 180.Charles

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'H'(ere) with the arms of Anne Neville, wife of Richard III, at the beginning of book 3., De re militari (the Book of Vegecye of Dedes of Knyghthode)

English translation of 'De re militari' of Flavius Vegetius Renatus made in 1408 for Thomas, Lord Berkeley and attributed to John Walton: see Sutton and Visser-Fuchs 1997 p. 79. The colophon is 'Here endeth the boke that clerkes / clepeth