• Marginal miniature of an Amazon, with an inscription reading 'Þe lond of wymmen'., Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English

the scribe. Initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English Inscribed 'D. and Y. Knottesford', 15th century (f. 2).Added itinerary from the Northern Europe to Florence, partially excised, late

• Marginal miniature of the tomb of Thomas, in Mabaron, with his hand holding a document, with an inscription reading, 'tumba s[anc]ti ap[osto]li Thome', and a miniature of a pilgrim, with an inscription reading, 'a pilgrime'., Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English

the scribe. Initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English Inscribed 'D. and Y. Knottesford', 15th century (f. 2).Added itinerary from the Northern Europe to Florence, partially excised, late

• Marginal miniature of a dog attacking a man, with an inscription reading 'a honde strangleÞ a man', and a miniature of a Cynocephalus, with an inscription reading, 'A man wiÞ a hondes heed'., Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English

the scribe. Initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English Inscribed 'D. and Y. Knottesford', 15th century (f. 2).Added itinerary from the Northern Europe to Florence, partially excised, late

• Marginal miniature of the four pillars of gold., Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English

the scribe. Initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English Inscribed 'D. and Y. Knottesford', 15th century (f. 2).Added itinerary from the Northern Europe to Florence, partially excised, late

• Marginal miniature of the death of the Great Khan, with an inscription reading, 'the deÞgret Chane', Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English

the scribe. Initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English Inscribed 'D. and Y. Knottesford', 15th century (f. 2).Added itinerary from the Northern Europe to Florence, partially excised, late

• Marginal miniature of a giraffe with an inscription reading, 'a girsaunt'., Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English

the scribe. Initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English Inscribed 'D. and Y. Knottesford', 15th century (f. 2).Added itinerary from the Northern Europe to Florence, partially excised, late

• Marginal miniature of Prester John kneeling before a crucifix., Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English

the scribe. Initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English Inscribed 'D. and Y. Knottesford', 15th century (f. 2).Added itinerary from the Northern Europe to Florence, partially excised, late

• Marginal miniature (rubbed) of a Cannibal eating, with an inscription reading, 'a man and another', a Cyclop with an inscription reading, 'a man wiÞ on eye in Þe forhed', and a Blemmyae with an inscription reading, 'a man wiÞ oute heed…eys in his shulders'., Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English

the scribe. Initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English Inscribed 'D. and Y. Knottesford', 15th century (f. 2).Added itinerary from the Northern Europe to Florence, partially excised, late

• Marginal miniature of the well in Ethiopia with an inscription reading, 'a well', and a miniature of a Sciapod, with an inscription reading, 'a man wiÞ oon foot'., Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English

the scribe. Initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English Inscribed 'D. and Y. Knottesford', 15th century (f. 2).Added itinerary from the Northern Europe to Florence, partially excised, late

• Marginal miniature of a monk praying beside Noah's Ark, with an inscription reading, 'Noe is shippe'., Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English

the scribe. Initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English Inscribed 'D. and Y. Knottesford', 15th century (f. 2).Added itinerary from the Northern Europe to Florence, partially excised, late

• Marginal miniature of the Holy Sepulchre and a miraculous lamp, with inscriptions reading, 'Þe sepulchre of our lord', and 'a lampe', and a miniature of the Calvary with an inscription reading, 'Mount caluary'., Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English

the scribe. Initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English Inscribed 'D. and Y. Knottesford', 15th century (f. 2).Added itinerary from the Northern Europe to Florence, partially excised, late

• Marginal miniature of Helen holding a book, with an inscription reading, 'Seynt Eline', and the crown of thorns, with an inscription reading, 'Þe corone of crist'., Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English

the scribe. Initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English Inscribed 'D. and Y. Knottesford', 15th century (f. 2).Added itinerary from the Northern Europe to Florence, partially excised, late

• Marginal miniature of a feathered man, with a inscription reading, 'a man ygrowe in feÞeris'., Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English

the scribe. Initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English Inscribed 'D. and Y. Knottesford', 15th century (f. 2).Added itinerary from the Northern Europe to Florence, partially excised, late

• Marginal miniature of emperor Justinian on horseback, with an inscription reading, 'A ymage of Justinyan emperour'., Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English

the scribe. Initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English Inscribed 'D. and Y. Knottesford', 15th century (f. 2).Added itinerary from the Northern Europe to Florence, partially excised, late

• Detail of a table of signs and images used in the text to mark some of the subjects treated in the text, with explanations of their meanings., Series causae inter Henricum regem et Thomam archiepiscopum, Abbreviationes chronicorum, and Imagines historiarum

York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1044' (f. i), included in the inventory of books in the

• Decorated initials from a 13th-century leaf with a quotation from Ecclesiaticus., Leaf from a Missal(?) with part of the mass for one martyr

ff. 76-77.f. 130, Leaf from an early 13th century English Breviary. Musical notation: neumes on red four-line staves (C, D, F and B clefs).f. 131, leaf from a late 13th century English Troper (Sanctus and Agnus tropes). Musical notation: square

• Detail of a decorated initial 'B'(eatus) at the beginning of Ecclesiasticus 14:22, in a 13th-century leaf., Leaf from a Missal(?) with part of the mass for one martyr

ff. 76-77.f. 130, Leaf from an early 13th century English Breviary. Musical notation: neumes on red four-line staves (C, D, F and B clefs).f. 131, leaf from a late 13th century English Troper (Sanctus and Agnus tropes). Musical notation: square

• Decorated initials from a 13th-century leaf., Leaf from a Missal(?) with part of the mass for one martyr

ff. 76-77.f. 130, Leaf from an early 13th century English Breviary. Musical notation: neumes on red four-line staves (C, D, F and B clefs).f. 131, leaf from a late 13th century English Troper (Sanctus and Agnus tropes). Musical notation: square

• Table of English kings with twelve portraits, including those of William the Conqueror and Richard II., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

of English kings with twelve portraits, including those of William the Conqueror and Richard II. 'On fol. 20v are coloured drawings representing events in the past, dated backwards from the date of writing. Thus, [an image of] the Nativity is

• Drawings of furnaces, stills, jars for drawing off liquid, and other apparatus used for the alchemical transmutation of metals and for preparing medicines., Medical miscellany, including Arderne's Liber medicinarum (ff. 26-99); list of herbs in Latin and English

with red (ff. 23, 25, 25v). Medical miscellany, including Arderne's Liber medicinarum (ff. 26-99); list of herbs in Latin and English Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from