• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a woman before two seated men., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

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 a bas-de-page scene of a woman dictating a letter., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

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 a bas-de-page scene of a man kneeling before another man., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

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 a bas-de-page scene of two men embracing, as their horses are held by attendants., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

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 a bas-de-page scene of a man and a woman in a tent., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

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 a bas-de-page scene of a man and a woman holding hands, as two men look on., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

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 a bas-de-page scene of a king, a woman and attendants riding., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

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 a bas-de-page scene of a knight killing a king., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

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 a bas-de-page scene of a man and a woman before a priest, with a king and queen in attendance., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

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

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

• Miniature of the Tree of Jesse with the Virgin and Child and gold crowns on a pink background; initial 'A' (floure) with pen-flourishing., Life of Our Lady

initial 'O' in blue with a full border of pink, green, and blue acanthus leaves with gold and foliate spray; John de Vere's shield partially covers the top portion of the decorated 'O' (Thoughtful) (f. 1). Miniature of the Tree

• Volvelle for calculating Easter, other movable feasts, Sunday letters, the Golden Number and the leap year, with a figure (a woman?) in the centre., A literary and scientific miscellany, including the third version of the Latin Brut Chronicle of England (ff. 1-3v); Honorius's 'Imago mundi' (ff. 6-21); 'On the Times', a rhymed macaronic complaint lyric (ff. 21v-23v); Lydgate's 'Dietary' (ff. 24-25); Sacro Bosco's 'Tractatus de sphaera' (index De sphera)(ff. 30-49v); Langenstein's 'Expositio terminorum astronomiae' (ff. 51-58, 58-61v); Decembrius's 'Liber de Historia peregrina', Book 1, 'Cosmographia' (ff. 72-79v)

form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Volvelle Honorius Augustodunensis (index Honorius d'Autun, Honorius of Autun), John Lydgate, Johannes de Sacro Bosco (index Johannes de Sacrobosco, Iohannes de Sacro Bosco, John de Sacrobosco), Heinrich von Langenstein England

• White vine initial 'N'(icolaus) and full border with medallions enclosing heads 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 (Pegasus, mermaid, man and centaur), and an unidentified coat of arms, at the beginning of the dedication to pope Nicholas V., Historiae

(including Pope Nicholas V who commissioned this translation, and a copy of Pisanello's medallion of Emperor John VIII Palaeologus), mythological all'antica scenes (Pegasus, mermaid, man and centaur), and an unidentified coat of arms, at the beginning of the dedication to

• Decorated initial 'O'(mnibus) with blue penwork extensions., Eighty-eight sermons on the Gospel of John (index Homiliae 88 in S. Johannem)

ff. 86v, 99). Running headers, rubrics, and underlining in red. Capitals marked in red. Eighty-eight sermons on the Gospel of John (index Homiliae 88 in S. Johannem) Shelfmark: 'no. 259 h' (f. 1v).Johann Georg Graevius (b. 1632, d. 1703), German

• Coloured title in display capitals, and decorated line and initial 'O'., Iliad, highly imperfect

decorated initials (ff. 12, 22v) in light brown. Initials and running titles in light brown. Iliad, highly imperfect Written by John Rhosos of Crete (d. 1498): see Gamillscheg and Harlfinger 1981.ff. 1-18:The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661,

• null, Historia adversus paganos

1722, d. 1772), physician and book collector: his sale, 7 March 1785, lot 500, bought by Munro for 7s. 6d. John Monro (b. 1715, d. 1791), physician and specialist in insanity: his sale, 23 April 1792, lot 3400.David Swan, 1792:

• null, Historia adversus paganos

1722, d. 1772), physician and book collector: his sale, 7 March 1785, lot 500, bought by Munro for 7s. 6d. John Monro (b. 1715, d. 1791), physician and specialist in insanity: his sale, 23 April 1792, lot 3400.David Swan, 1792:

• null, Historia adversus paganos

1722, d. 1772), physician and book collector: his sale, 7 March 1785, lot 500, bought by Munro for 7s. 6d. John Monro (b. 1715, d. 1791), physician and specialist in insanity: his sale, 23 April 1792, lot 3400.David Swan, 1792:

• 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

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)

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.