• Decorated initials., Mainly scientific and grammatic miscellany, including the Summa Chiromantiae (ff. 100-108v; 109-34), the Mirror of Light (ff. 155-168); Cistercian statuta and ordinationes (ff. 200-220); De sphaera (ff. 59-75); algorismus with commentary (ff. 26-43) (external link no longer available)

(ff. 26-43) The Cistercian abbey of St Mary, Buckfast, Devon: see Ker 1964.Inscription with the name John Fox (f. 34v)Inscriptions: 'John Sgacton (?), 'John Shabeton' (?) (ff. 1, 221).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased

• null, Indenture between Lady Margaret Beaufort, countess of Richmond, and John Islip, abbot of Westminster abbey (external link no longer available)

and John Islip, abbot of Westminster abbey ? Lady Margaret Beaufort (b. 1443, d. 1509), countess of Richmond and Derby, mother of Henry VII (b. 1457, d. 1509): arms of the earldom of Richmond (f. 3); ? or ? John

• 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 (external link no longer available)

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,

• Foliate initial 'M' (top miniature)., Cuttings from a choir book (external link no longer available)

red stave lines visible to sides of cuttings. 21 foliate initials in colours and gold. Cuttings from a choir book John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the

• Foliate initial 'S'., Cuttings from a choir book (external link no longer available)

red stave lines visible to sides of cuttings. 21 foliate initials in colours and gold. Cuttings from a choir book John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the

• Foliate initial 'S'., Cuttings from a choir book (external link no longer available)

red stave lines visible to sides of cuttings. 21 foliate initials in colours and gold. Cuttings from a choir book John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the

• 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 (external link no longer available)

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 (external link no longer available)

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 (external link no longer available)

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 (external link no longer available)

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 (external link no longer available)

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.

• Illuminated initial 'M'(ultum) with red and white roses, at the beginning of John Killingworth's Planetary Tables; the almanac tables of John Killingworth provided formulae for calculating the phases of the moon and movement of the sun, and according to the title in red (rubric), the system is that used at Oxford., Almagest (extract), Liber Astronomiae, Liber Arenalis, astronomical and geomantic tables, political prophecies (external link no longer available)

Illuminated initial 'M'(ultum) with red and white roses, at the beginning of John Killingworth's Planetary Tables; the almanac tables of John Killingworth provided formulae for calculating the phases of the moon and movement of the sun, and according to the

• Illuminated initial 'M'(ultum) with red and white roses, at the beginning of John Killingworth's Planetary Tables; the almanac tables of John Killingworth provided formulae for calculating the phases of the moon and movement of the sun, and according to the title in red (rubric), the system is that used at Oxford., Almagest (extract), Liber Astronomiae, Liber Arenalis, astronomical and geomantic tables, political prophecies (external link no longer available)

Illuminated initial 'M'(ultum) with red and white roses, at the beginning of John Killingworth's Planetary Tables; the almanac tables of John Killingworth provided formulae for calculating the phases of the moon and movement of the sun, and according to the

• Detail of the bottom border of the folio with a bas-de-page scene of a messenger delivering a letter to a man seated at a desk., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals') (external link no longer available)

University of Paris (f. 4). John Batayle, a canon of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield, mentioned among other canons in a clerical subsidy roll of 1379 and named in a will of 1382, made by John Chyshull, another canon of St

• Historiated initial 'D'., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals') (external link no longer available)

University of Paris (f. 4). John Batayle, a canon of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield, mentioned among other canons in a clerical subsidy roll of 1379 and named in a will of 1382, made by John Chyshull, another canon of St

• Detail of the left-hand border., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals') (external link no longer available)

University of Paris (f. 4). John Batayle, a canon of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield, mentioned among other canons in a clerical subsidy roll of 1379 and named in a will of 1382, made by John Chyshull, another canon of St

• Miniature of a Zodiac man, with signs of the Zodiac signs marked on his body., Medical miscellany, including an astronomical calendar (external link no longer available)

this and the subsequent provenance suggests an origin in London.? John Smith, London, 16th century: a memorandum records that '… I, John Fysh(?), Dyer of London doythe owe unto John Smith of London cloth worker the some of 2s xd

• Volvelle with three moving parts representing the zodiac, the sun, and the moon, and showing their relative positions and the moon's phases, and astronomical diagram., Medical miscellany, including an astronomical calendar (external link no longer available)

this and the subsequent provenance suggests an origin in London.? John Smith, London, 16th century: a memorandum records that '… I, John Fysh(?), Dyer of London doythe owe unto John Smith of London cloth worker the some of 2s xd

• 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) (external link no longer available)

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) (external link no longer available)

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.