• Miniature of the Crucifixion at the beginning of a prayer to the Instruments of the Passion., Prayer book with an alphabet and texts for beginning readers (index Primer)

name 'Iohannis Heesbeen' and referring to the city of Bosch (?s'Hertogenbosch) (f. 209). Humfrey Wanley (b. 1672, d. 1726), OldEnglish scholar, palaeographer, and librarian of Robert and Edward Harley, earls of Oxford: inscribed ‘Bought of H. W.' (f. [ii]).

• Miniature showing dice and Christ's robe to illustrated a prayer to the Instruments of the Passion., Prayer book with an alphabet and texts for beginning readers (index Primer)

name 'Iohannis Heesbeen' and referring to the city of Bosch (?s'Hertogenbosch) (f. 209). Humfrey Wanley (b. 1672, d. 1726), OldEnglish scholar, palaeographer, and librarian of Robert and Edward Harley, earls of Oxford: inscribed ‘Bought of H. W.' (f. [ii]).

• Marginal miniatures of the kingship ritual in Trirconnell of killing of the white mare, the bath of a king in a stew of mare's meat, and eating of the meat by the king's supporters; and on the opposite page, two men of Connaugh in a boat called a curragh and an Irishman riding bare-chested on a horse., Topographia Hiberniae, Expugnatio Hibernica, Itinerarium Kambriae; De purgatorio sancti Patrici, Excerpts from the Chronicle of Eusebius of Caesarea

d.1609), in the entry of the catalogue of St. Augustine's abbey (see St Augustine's Abbey 2008, p. 939)The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1116' (f. 1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Marginal miniatures of examples of bestiality: the Cow-stag of Chester, the woman of Connaught embracing a goat and Joanna of Paris embracing a lion, with an Irish cockerel, and Kevin of Glendalough allowing a bird to nest in his hand., Topographia Hiberniae, Expugnatio Hibernica, Itinerarium Kambriae; De purgatorio sancti Patrici, Excerpts from the Chronicle of Eusebius of Caesarea

d.1609), in the entry of the catalogue of St. Augustine's abbey (see St Augustine's Abbey 2008, p. 939)The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1116' (f. 1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after

• null, Legendae sanctorum

initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. Small initials in plain red. Legendae sanctorum Inscription in English (f. 166v).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and

• null, Medical treatises

plain red. Spaces for initials. Diagrams (ff. 4v-9. Medical treatises Inscriptions in English in different hands, 15th-century (ff. 30v, 31, 71v, 72, 72v).Inscription, 15th-century: 'Francis Stuplero(?)' (f. 31v).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as

• null, Medical treatises

plain red. Spaces for initials. Diagrams (ff. 4v-9. Medical treatises Inscriptions in English in different hands, 15th-century (ff. 30v, 31, 71v, 72, 72v).Inscription, 15th-century: 'Francis Stuplero(?)' (f. 31v).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as

• Drawing of flasks., Medical treatises

in plain red. Spaces for initials. Diagrams (ff. 4v-9. Medical treatises Inscriptions in English in different hands, 15th-century (ff. 30v, 31, 71v, 72, 72v).Inscription, 15th-century: 'Francis Stuplero(?)' (f. 31v).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased

• 3 jars., Medical treatises

in plain red. Spaces for initials. Diagrams (ff. 4v-9. Medical treatises Inscriptions in English in different hands, 15th-century (ff. 30v, 31, 71v, 72, 72v).Inscription, 15th-century: 'Francis Stuplero(?)' (f. 31v).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased

• Coloured initials., 5 wisdom books from the Old Testament, including part of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Sapientia, Ecclesiasticus (the 'Egerton Codex')

or red. 5 wisdom books from the Old Testament, including part of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Sapientia, Ecclesiasticus (the 'Egerton Codex') Purchased by the British Museum from William Pickering on 11 November 1843 using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by

• Coloured initial and display script., Part of the Old Testament, including part of Canticum canticorum

of letters in yellow, red, or blue. Part of the Old Testament, including part of Canticum canticorum Purchased by the British Museum from William Pickering on 11 November 1843 using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry

• null, Speculum humanae salvationis; Register of the history of the Old Testatment

in red. Speculum humanae salvationis; Register of the history of the Old Testatment The Cistercian nunnery of St Mary and St Mauritius, Medingen, lower Saxony: inscription 'Liber sanctae Marie virginis sanctique mauritii in medinghe' (f. 1).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660,

• Diagrams of some 'pictura urinarum', in a medical treatise., Medical treatises

20). Small initials in plain red. Spaces for initials. Diagrams (ff. 4v-9. Medical treatises Inscriptions in English in different hands, 15th-century (ff. 30v, 31, 71v, 72, 72v).Inscription, 15th-century: 'Francis Stuplero(?)' (f. 31v).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician

• Drawing of a zodiacal man, in a medical treatise., Medical treatises

20). Small initials in plain red. Spaces for initials. Diagrams (ff. 4v-9. Medical treatises Inscriptions in English in different hands, 15th-century (ff. 30v, 31, 71v, 72, 72v).Inscription, 15th-century: 'Francis Stuplero(?)' (f. 31v).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician

• Decorated initial 'D'(eus) with acanthus leaves at the beginning of Terce of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Jerome's Psalter (ff. 180-204), the fifteen O's of St Bridget introduced by a long rubric in English (ff. 204-221). Some long rubrics in English. Catchwords.Quire signatures. 2 historiated initial in gold and colours with acanthus leaves, with full border with

• Calendar page for September, on the left, and for August (bound upside down) on the right., Almanac, with a calendar, and tables for the calculation of eclipses and of the moon's influence

August (bound upside down) on the right. One of 29 English folding almanacs, of which 10 are in the British Library: see Carey 2003. Large 'KL' letters in blue with red penwork decoration. Small initials in red or blue. Tables

• null, Almanac, with a calendar, and tables for the calculation of eclipses and of the moon's influence

of 29 English folding almanacs, of which 10 are in the British Library: see Carey 2003. Large 'KL' letters in blue with red penwork decoration. Small initials in red or blue. Tables with words in red. Almanac, with a calendar,

• Medallion of Taurus and the illuminated initial 'T'(aurus)., Fragment of an astrological treatise, including a text on the use of spheres (ff. 6v-7v)

unfoliated leaf and f. i are a late 16th-century paper codex in English. 3 medallions of Taurus, Libra, and Scorpio in colours and gold (ff. 2v, 4v, 5v). 7 large initials in gold on red and blue grounds with sprays

• Medallion of Scorpio and the illuminated initial 'S'(corpio)., Fragment of an astrological treatise, including a text on the use of spheres (ff. 6v-7v)

unfoliated leaf and f. i are a late 16th-century paper codex in English. 3 medallions of Taurus, Libra, and Scorpio in colours and gold (ff. 2v, 4v, 5v). 7 large initials in gold on red and blue grounds with sprays

• Decorated initial with a leaf pattern., Collection of alchemical secrets

or pen-flourishing. Large initials in brown with red penwork decoration. Paraphs in red. Collection of alchemical secrets Later additions in English and Latin, and alchemical symbols (ff. 17v-20; 30-37; 50v-51v; 65-66, 72v-75v; 89v).John Somers (b. 1651, d. 1716), Baron Somers,