• Detail of a diagram of the double course of the moon and the central path of the sun., Dragmaticon philosophiae, imperfect at the beginning and the end (index Dramaticon)

marked in red. Dragmaticon philosophiae, imperfect at the beginning and the end (index Dramaticon) John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673), antiquary: inscribed with his name, 'John Thayer' (f. 1), but not identified in his sale catalogue.Charles II (b. 1630, d.1685),

• Detail of a diagram of the zodiac., Dragmaticon philosophiae, imperfect at the beginning and the end (index Dramaticon)

marked in red. Dragmaticon philosophiae, imperfect at the beginning and the end (index Dramaticon) John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673), antiquary: inscribed with his name, 'John Thayer' (f. 1), but not identified in his sale catalogue.Charles II (b. 1630, d.1685),

• Miniature of a Venetian nobleman kneeling in prayer before a seated Virgin and Child with the infant John within an ornate border of scroll-work with putti, maidens, garlands, the lion of Mark and the Pasquaglio family arms., Leaf of a Doge's Commission (index commissione dogale) to a member of the Pasquaglio family of Venice

before a seated Virgin and Child with the infant John within an ornate border of scroll-work with putti, maidens, garlands, the lion of Mark and the Pasquaglio family arms. Italian cutting.The present leaf is one of 33 leaves and cuttings

• Decorated initials 'G'(loria) and 'X'(piste). Small initials. Musical notation, with neumes and heightened neumes., Troper

red or green rustic capitals. Musical notation with neumes and heightened neumes in brown. Line-fillers in red or green. Troper John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673), antiquary: inscribed with his name and monogram (f.38v) and included in the catalogue of

• Illuminated initial 'H'(ic) at the beginning of the prologue to John., Gospels of Luke and John, with the Glossa ordinaria

beginning of the prologue to John. Catchwords and quire and bifolium signatures. 2 historiated initials in colours, at the beginning of the two Gospels (ff. 2, 121v), and 2 foliate initials with dragons in colours, at the beginning of prologues

• Calligraphic initial 'T'(he) at the beginning of the Testament of John Lydgate., 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

Calligraphic initial 'T'(he) at the beginning of the Testament of John Lydgate. Part 1 includes 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

• Decorated initial 'V'(ictus), at the beginning of book 1., Sermons, with a list of the sermons (f. 4)

4).Henry Savile of Banke, Yorkshire (b. 1568, d. 1617), collector of manuscripts, probably acquired by him from John Nelton: shorthand inscription deciphered as 'John Netlton. Henry Savil' (ff. 4, 5v) (see Warner and Gilson 1921).The Old Royal Library (the English

• Decorated initial 'X'(cp), at the beginning of book 2., Sermons, with a list of the sermons (f. 4)

4).Henry Savile of Banke, Yorkshire (b. 1568, d. 1617), collector of manuscripts, probably acquired by him from John Nelton: shorthand inscription deciphered as 'John Netlton. Henry Savil' (ff. 4, 5v) (see Warner and Gilson 1921).The Old Royal Library (the English

• Decorated initial 'V'(entrem) at the beginning of book 6., Sermons, with a list of the sermons (f. 4)

4).Henry Savile of Banke, Yorkshire (b. 1568, d. 1617), collector of manuscripts, probably acquired by him from John Nelton: shorthand inscription deciphered as 'John Netlton. Henry Savil' (ff. 4, 5v) (see Warner and Gilson 1921).The Old Royal Library (the English

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uid), at the beginning of book 8., Sermons, with a list of the sermons (f. 4)

4).Henry Savile of Banke, Yorkshire (b. 1568, d. 1617), collector of manuscripts, probably acquired by him from John Nelton: shorthand inscription deciphered as 'John Netlton. Henry Savil' (ff. 4, 5v) (see Warner and Gilson 1921).The Old Royal Library (the English

• Decorated initial 'P'(roficiscenti) at the beginning of the preface., Sermons, with a list of the sermons (f. 4)

4).Henry Savile of Banke, Yorkshire (b. 1568, d. 1617), collector of manuscripts, probably acquired by him from John Nelton: shorthand inscription deciphered as 'John Netlton. Henry Savil' (ff. 4, 5v) (see Warner and Gilson 1921).The Old Royal Library (the English

• Text page., Sermons, with a list of the sermons (f. 4)

4).Henry Savile of Banke, Yorkshire (b. 1568, d. 1617), collector of manuscripts, probably acquired by him from John Nelton: shorthand inscription deciphered as 'John Netlton. Henry Savil' (ff. 4, 5v) (see Warner and Gilson 1921).The Old Royal Library (the English

• Decorated initial 'D'(e solennitate) at the beginning of book 4., Sermons, with a list of the sermons (f. 4)

4).Henry Savile of Banke, Yorkshire (b. 1568, d. 1617), collector of manuscripts, probably acquired by him from John Nelton: shorthand inscription deciphered as 'John Netlton. Henry Savil' (ff. 4, 5v) (see Warner and Gilson 1921).The Old Royal Library (the English

• Decorated initial 'D'(esiderabam) at the beginning of book 5., Sermons, with a list of the sermons (f. 4)

4).Henry Savile of Banke, Yorkshire (b. 1568, d. 1617), collector of manuscripts, probably acquired by him from John Nelton: shorthand inscription deciphered as 'John Netlton. Henry Savil' (ff. 4, 5v) (see Warner and Gilson 1921).The Old Royal Library (the English

• null, Heroides, with glosses

possibly in his sale, 29 March 1742, p. 95 lot 104.? Unidentified owner: perhaps in John Egerton, ~Catalogue of Books, including the Library of John Smeaton … and Many Other Collections~, 1794, item 3891, priced £3 3s.Sir Robert Smyth (b.

• Puzzle initial 'A(nno), with penwork decoration in the form of leaves., Polychronicon to the year 1352, with table

or blue. Diagrams in red or brown. Polychronicon to the year 1352, with table Added, near comtemporary text (ff. 238v-239v). John Macclesfield, in 1416-1417: inscription (f. 6v).John Hunt: 18th-century inscription (f. 2). W. Ford: his note about the manuscript pasted

• Puzzle initial., Psalter, a metrical version (the Surtees Psalter version)

version (the Surtees Psalter version) Inscription 'Will (?) Bonnell' (f. 1v).John Fauntleroy: inscription in calligraphy (f. 1*); inscription (f. 1); 'John Fauntlero' (f. [101v].Bought by the British Museum in 1836, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis

• Detail of decorated headpiece., Homilies on John (index In Ioannem), imperfect

initials in red with penwork decoration, a few also with black penwork decoration. Small simple letters in red. Homilies on John (index In Ioannem), imperfect 16th-century (?) note of 8 missing leaves (f. 330v; see also ff. 10v, 12v).? Thomas

• Last page of text with cadels; colophon by John Merylynch., Martinus's 'Chronica pontificum et imperatorum' (ff. 118-174v), with additions possibly by John Merelynch (ff. 174v-186v), followed by the 'Proceedings against Dame Alice Kyteler' (1324) (index Rerum Hibernicarum quarundam pracipue ecclesiasticarum descriptio) attributed to Ledrede (ff. 186v-206v)

one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Text page with cadels John Merylynch John Merelynch The Oriel Master Martinus Polanus (index Martin of Troppau) (d. 1278), John Merelynch, Richard Ledrede, bishop of Ossory Glastonbury England, W. (Glastonbury ?)

• Illluminated initials in the Friar's tale., The Canterbury Tales

Dorothie, née Leuenthorp: inscribed with their names (f. 286v; see Wright 1972).Other inscriptions include 'John Martant', 16th century (ff. 144, 180), and 'John Thomsyn' and 'John Thomsun Symond, late 16th-early 17th century (ff. 165v, 284v).John Somers, 1st baron Somers (b.