• 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

• 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

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a medicinal plant., Liber medicinarum

87-91v);Treatise on uroscopy in Middle English (ff. 93-94v);Thomas Awkbarow, 96 culinary recipes in Middle English (ff. 95v-103);A text relating to John Lydgate, Dietary, in Middle English verse (ff. 103-104). Half- and full-page pen drawings of surgical instruments and procedures, highlighted

• Marginal drawing of a woman in a wimple., Liber medicinarum

87-91v);Treatise on uroscopy in Middle English (ff. 93-94v);Thomas Awkbarow, 96 culinary recipes in Middle English (ff. 95v-103);A text relating to John Lydgate, Dietary, in Middle English verse (ff. 103-104). Half- and full-page pen drawings of surgical instruments and procedures, highlighted

• Text page with marginal drawings of a man and a plant., Liber medicinarum

87-91v);Treatise on uroscopy in Middle English (ff. 93-94v);Thomas Awkbarow, 96 culinary recipes in Middle English (ff. 95v-103);A text relating to John Lydgate, Dietary, in Middle English verse (ff. 103-104). Half- and full-page pen drawings of surgical instruments and procedures, highlighted

• Marginal drawing of a gimlet., Liber medicinarum

87-91v);Treatise on uroscopy in Middle English (ff. 93-94v);Thomas Awkbarow, 96 culinary recipes in Middle English (ff. 95v-103);A text relating to John Lydgate, Dietary, in Middle English verse (ff. 103-104). Half- and full-page pen drawings of surgical instruments and procedures, highlighted

• Text page with marginal drawings., Liber medicinarum

87-91v);Treatise on uroscopy in Middle English (ff. 93-94v);Thomas Awkbarow, 96 culinary recipes in Middle English (ff. 95v-103);A text relating to John Lydgate, Dietary, in Middle English verse (ff. 103-104). Half- and full-page pen drawings of surgical instruments and procedures, highlighted

• Marginal drawing of an owl ('bubo' in Latin), to mark a passage relating to a cancerous swelling, also known as 'bubo' in Latin., Liber medicinarum

87-91v);Treatise on uroscopy in Middle English (ff. 93-94v);Thomas Awkbarow, 96 culinary recipes in Middle English (ff. 95v-103);A text relating to John Lydgate, Dietary, in Middle English verse (ff. 103-104). Half- and full-page pen drawings of surgical instruments and procedures, highlighted

• 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

• Initial with penwork decoration 'P'(retor)., Speculum monachorum

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 (see Wright).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl

• Marginal sketch of the city of Jerusalem., Speculum monachorum

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 (see Wright).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl

• Text page with pen-flourished initial., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), imperfect

37, where the original part of the volume commences.' (p. 57, Bergen 1924-7, IV).Copied colophon: 'Sy fyne le livre de John Bochas des cas des nobles hommes & femmes translate du latyn en francoys par laurence du premyer fait Clerk

• 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

• Decorated initial 'M'(ulta), and a full foliate border with John Morton's arms, at the beginning of Johannes de Giglis's Libellus de Canonizatione sanctorum., Libellus de Canonizatione sanctorum

a full foliate border with John Morton's arms, at the beginning of Johannes de Giglis's Libellus de Canonizatione sanctorum. For other manuscripts owned by Morton see Arundel 435 and 454. 2 large initials in gold on blue and red grounds,