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(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
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
of John the Evangelist as a scribe, writing on a leaf resting on his knee, with his symbol, the eagle, nearby, and a border of scrolls. The contents consist of a calendar (ff. 1-6v); suffrage to the Trinity (using masculine
- Historiated initial 'I'(nter) of John the Baptist., Book of Hours, Use of Rome ('The Tilliot Hours')
initial 'I'(nter) of John the Baptist. The contents consist of a calendar (ff. 1-6v); suffrage to the Trinity (using masculine forms) (f. 7r-v); f. 8r-v is ruled, otherwise blank; Gospel extracts (ff. 9-12v); the Passion narrative (John 18:1-19:42), followed by
the naming of John the Baptist. The contents consist of a calendar (ff. 1-6v); suffrage to the Trinity (using masculine forms) (f. 7r-v); f. 8r-v is ruled, otherwise blank; Gospel extracts (ff. 9-12v); the Passion narrative (John 18:1-19:42), followed by
Manuscript not consulted. Book written for John Dedwood of Chester c. 1470 (see Macaulay 1899-1902, p. clxiii). Dedwood's name and device, a piece of the trunk of a dead tree, appear on f. 1. John Dedwood is listed as Sheriff
517 (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, p. 244). A late fifteenth-century copy of John Mirk's Festial with an explanation of the Apostle's Creed in English. ff. 1r-191r John Mirk Festial (IPMEP 734 ) 'The helpe and the grace of almyȝty
by Johannes Mirkus, John Mirk edited from Bodl. MS. Gough Eccl. Top. 4, with variant readings from other MSS , EETS, es, 96, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Tr ü bner & Co. Fletcher, A. J. 1987. John Mirk and
a schort tretys the wich erle renate sone wrote to the emperor'. 'In old tyme hytt was'. Imperfect. ff. 37r-52r John Russell Boke of Kervyng & Nortur (IMEV 1514 ) 'In nomine patris god kepe me Et filii for charitie
description of the contents of this manuscript can be found in McIntosh and Wakelin (19 82, pp. 443-445). ff. 3r-6v John Mirk Festial: Sermon for Christmas Day 'As this day holy church syngeth & redyth & makyth melody'. ' &