• Diagrams of solar and lunar eclipses in a physician's folding almanac., Physician's folding almanac, including John Somer's 'Calendar' (ff. 3-6), eclipse canon (f. 7), diagrams of solar and lunar eclipses from 1431 to 1462 (ff. 8-10)

the 'Kalendarium' of John Somer (d. in or after 1409), Franciscan friar at Bridgwater and astronomer.One of 29 English folding almanacs, of which 10 are in the British Library: see Carey 2003. Initials in gold on background of blue and

• Detail of diagrams of solar and lunar eclipses from 1431 to 1462., Physician's folding almanac, including John Somer's 'Calendar' (ff. 3-6), eclipse canon (f. 7), diagrams of solar and lunar eclipses from 1431 to 1462 (ff. 8-10)

on the 'Kalendarium' of John Somer (d. in or after 1409), Franciscan friar at Bridgwater and astronomer.One of 29 English folding almanacs, of which 10 are in the British Library: see Carey 2003. Initials in gold on background of blue

• Physician's folding almanac., Physician's folding almanac, including John Somer's 'Calendar' (ff. 3-6), eclipse canon (f. 7), diagrams of solar and lunar eclipses from 1431 to 1462 (ff. 8-10)

Somer (d. in or after 1409), Franciscan friar at Bridgwater and astronomer.One of 29 English folding almanacs, of which 10 are in the British Library: see Carey 2003. Initials in gold on background of blue and light purple with black

• Miniature of Alexander being lowered into the sea in a cask, along with a cat and a cock, with a foliate initial 'L'(ore) and a partial border, at the beginning of chapter 65., Historia de proelis in a French translation (Le Livre et le vraye hystoire du bon roy Alixandre)(index Alexandre)

'HR' [for Henricus Rex] (f. i).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '73' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 475' (f. i), included in the inventory of

• Detail of a miniature of Alexander enthroned, presented with the caladrius birds, and a foliate initial 'Q'(uant) with a partial border, at the beginning of chapter 74., Historia de proelis in a French translation (Le Livre et le vraye hystoire du bon roy Alixandre)(index Alexandre)

'HR' [for Henricus Rex] (f. i).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '73' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 475' (f. i), included in the inventory of

• CP.F.175

Wilfrid (Sanctus Wilfridus) : ecclesiastical parish Participant: JohnMetelay [Metelay] Role: witness Details: male; 36 Location: Old Malton (YorkshireNorthRiding) Place(s): Malton (Malton) : undefined Unclear if Old or New Malton is meant. Notes: Cannot identify the surname 'Metelay' Participant: AliceBarton [Barton]

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

Additional 36791 s. xv 1 English Scribal Dialect: Warwickshire. Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference: 437 258, LP 8070 (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, p. 245). An early fifteenth-century copy (c. 1425) of the Speculum Sacerdotale : a series of addresses to

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

roberto glocestrensi qui codem tempore floruit'. 'Engelond his a wel god lond'. 'of holichurche me'. English Rubric added by a seventeenth/eighteenth-century hand. f. 14r Abridged English Metrical Brut (IMEV 1105 ) '...þe king hid regnete king bladud'. 'soffret him bifore...'.

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

Lyell 30 s. xv med English Latin Scribal Dialect: Staffordshire. Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference: 392 289, LP 4286 (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, p. 238). A private collection of prayers and devotions in Latin and English copied by [J. ]