• Detail of decorated initial., Law treatise called Britton (external link no longer available)

Smaller initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Smaller and small initials in plain red or blue. Law treatise called Britton John Eltonhed(?), 15th-century: inscriptions (ff. 188, 188v).Count Justin de MacCarthy-Reagh of Toulouse, his sale in 1789: note by 'F[rancis].D[ouce] .'

• Illuminated initials 'A's in John Lydgate and Benedict Burgh's Secrets of the Philosophers., Secrets of Philosophers (external link no longer available)

'A's in John Lydgate and Benedict Burgh's Secrets of the Philosophers. Steele suggests that the manuscript may be connected with Margaret, duchess of Burgundy (b. 1446, d. 1503), Yorkist matriarch and mediator. 1 3-sided foliate border in colours and gold

• Illuminated initial 'G'(od) at the beginning of John Lydgate and Benedict Burgh's Secrets of the Philosophers., Secrets of Philosophers (external link no longer available)

at the beginning of John Lydgate and Benedict Burgh's Secrets of the Philosophers. Steele suggests that the manuscript may be connected with Margaret, duchess of Burgundy (b. 1446, d. 1503), Yorkist matriarch and mediator. 1 3-sided foliate border in colours

• Decorated initial with a leaf pattern., Collection of alchemical secrets (external link no longer available)

alchemical symbols (ff. 17v-20; 30-37; 50v-51v; 65-66, 72v-75v; 89v).John Somers (b. 1651, d. 1716), Baron Somers, lawyer and politician: inscribed 'John Somers' (f. 76v).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane

• Drawings of various surgical procedures for fistula in ano in John Arderne's Liber Medicinarum., Liber Medicinarum (external link no longer available)

for fistula in ano in John Arderne's Liber Medicinarum. Large initials in red. Paraphs in red. Highlighting of letters in red. Line-fillers in red. Drawings in brown, red, yellow and/or green, 1 also with blue (f. 85v), often of plants

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a bell in John Arderne's Liber Medicinarum., Liber Medicinarum (external link no longer available)

drawing of a bell in John Arderne's Liber Medicinarum. Large initials in red. Paraphs in red. Highlighting of letters in red. Line-fillers in red. Drawings in brown, red, yellow and/or green, 1 also with blue (f. 85v), often of plants

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a plant in John Arderne's Liber Medicinarum., Liber Medicinarum (external link no longer available)

drawing of a plant in John Arderne's Liber Medicinarum. Large initials in red. Paraphs in red. Highlighting of letters in red. Line-fillers in red. Drawings in brown, red, yellow and/or green, 1 also with blue (f. 85v), often of plants

• Marginal drawings of an animal face, a woman's head, and a medical procedure, in John Arderne's Liber Medicinarum., Liber Medicinarum (external link no longer available)

woman's head, and a medical procedure, in John Arderne's Liber Medicinarum. Large initials in red. Paraphs in red. Highlighting of letters in red. Line-fillers in red. Drawings in brown, red, yellow and/or green, 1 also with blue (f. 85v), often

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a coat of arms with three birds in John Arderne's Liber Medicinarum., Liber Medicinarum (external link no longer available)

coat of arms with three birds in John Arderne's Liber Medicinarum. Large initials in red. Paraphs in red. Highlighting of letters in red. Line-fillers in red. Drawings in brown, red, yellow and/or green, 1 also with blue (f. 85v), often

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a plant in John Arderne's Liber Medicinarum., Liber Medicinarum (external link no longer available)

drawing of a plant in John Arderne's Liber Medicinarum. Large initials in red. Paraphs in red. Highlighting of letters in red. Line-fillers in red. Drawings in brown, red, yellow and/or green, 1 also with blue (f. 85v), often of plants

• Detail of a marginal drawing in John Arderne's Liber Medicinarum., Liber Medicinarum (external link no longer available)

marginal drawing in John Arderne's Liber Medicinarum. Large initials in red. Paraphs in red. Highlighting of letters in red. Line-fillers in red. Drawings in brown, red, yellow and/or green, 1 also with blue (f. 85v), often of plants or body

• Drawing of a chaplain with a growth on his chest in John Arderne's Liber Medicinarum., Liber Medicinarum (external link no longer available)

a growth on his chest in John Arderne's Liber Medicinarum. Large initials in red. Paraphs in red. Highlighting of letters in red. Line-fillers in red. Drawings in brown, red, yellow and/or green, 1 also with blue (f. 85v), often of

• Detail of a chaplain with a growth on his chest in John Arderne's Liber Medicinarum., Liber Medicinarum (external link no longer available)

a growth on his chest in John Arderne's Liber Medicinarum. Large initials in red. Paraphs in red. Highlighting of letters in red. Line-fillers in red. Drawings in brown, red, yellow and/or green, 1 also with blue (f. 85v), often of

• Detail of a seated man holding out his arm in John Arderne's Liber Medicinarum., Liber Medicinarum (external link no longer available)

holding out his arm in John Arderne's Liber Medicinarum. Large initials in red. Paraphs in red. Highlighting of letters in red. Line-fillers in red. Drawings in brown, red, yellow and/or green, 1 also with blue (f. 85v), often of plants

• Drawing of a seated man holding out his arm in John Arderne's Liber Medicinarum., Liber Medicinarum (external link no longer available)

holding out his arm in John Arderne's Liber Medicinarum. Large initials in red. Paraphs in red. Highlighting of letters in red. Line-fillers in red. Drawings in brown, red, yellow and/or green, 1 also with blue (f. 85v), often of plants

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a seated tonsured man with a sore on his penis in John Arderne's Liber Medicinarum., Liber Medicinarum (external link no longer available)

tonsured man with a sore on his penis in John Arderne's Liber Medicinarum. Large initials in red. Paraphs in red. Highlighting of letters in red. Line-fillers in red. Drawings in brown, red, yellow and/or green, 1 also with blue (f.

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a seated tonsured man with a sore on his penis in John Arderne's Liber Medicinarum., Liber Medicinarum (external link no longer available)

tonsured man with a sore on his penis in John Arderne's Liber Medicinarum. Large initials in red. Paraphs in red. Highlighting of letters in red. Line-fillers in red. Drawings in brown, red, yellow and/or green, 1 also with blue (f.

• Detail of a drawing of a man on crutches in John Arderne's Liber Medicinarum., Liber Medicinarum (external link no longer available)

a man on crutches in John Arderne's Liber Medicinarum. Large initials in red. Paraphs in red. Highlighting of letters in red. Line-fillers in red. Drawings in brown, red, yellow and/or green, 1 also with blue (f. 85v), often of plants

• Detail of a drawing of a man on crutches in John Arderne's Liber Medicinarum., Liber Medicinarum (external link no longer available)

a man on crutches in John Arderne's Liber Medicinarum. Large initials in red. Paraphs in red. Highlighting of letters in red. Line-fillers in red. Drawings in brown, red, yellow and/or green, 1 also with blue (f. 85v), often of plants

• Miniature of John the Baptist, and full foliate borders with birds, a dragon and a grotesque figure, for his suffrage., Prayer book (external link no longer available)

of John the Baptist, and full foliate borders with birds, a dragon and a grotesque figure, for his suffrage. 30 small miniatures, in colours and gold (ff. 2, 6, 14v, 17v, 18, 26v, 33v, 38v, 40v, 56v, 58v, 66v, 69,