• Illuminated initials decorated with berries or flowers and decorated line-fillers., Leaf from a Book of Hours (the 'Hours of Louis XII', or 'Hours of Henry VII'), including text from the abbreviated Psalter, on parchment.

of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled in 64 volumes by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716). During the 19th century, the drawings and printed book fragments from the volume were

• Illuminated initial with pen-flourished decoration., Fragment from a Missal, on parchment

of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled in 64 volumes by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716). 159 fragments from printed books were transferred from this volume to the Department of

• Coloured initial 'U' with penwork decoration., Fragment from and Canon law (?) text, on paper

of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled in 64 volumes by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716). 159 fragments from printed books were transferred from this volume to the Department of

• Miniature of Pope Gregory handing his book to a messenger, while three cardinals stand by, within ivy leaf border with three grotesques, birds and butterflies., Les omelies Saint Grégoire pape

(d. 1544), 'Ce liure apartient au noble conte henri arundel mylle vc xlvii [1547]'.On f. 176 is 16th century inscription, 'John Bourdin'.John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: inscribed with his name (f. 1);

• Miniature of Pope Gregory handing his book to a messenger, while three cardinals stand by, within ivy leaf border with three grotesques, birds and butterflies., Les omelies Saint Grégoire pape

(d. 1544), 'Ce liure apartient au noble conte henri arundel mylle vc xlvii [1547]'.On f. 176 is 16th century inscription, 'John Bourdin'.John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: inscribed with his name (f. 1);

• Added prayer and miniature of Sebastian sewn to the parchment., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Mistres Trygg for yt by hers' (f. 1).John Bird, by 1517: inscribed 'Of your charyte pray for the sole of John Byrd gentylman the wych departyd the ii dey of august in thys ix yere + rayne of kyng herry

• Coloured print with Christ as Man of Sorrows being adored by a Carthsian, pasted to a page painted in red covered with streaming blood. A Carthusian kneels before a bloody Christ, who stands beside his cross. They converse by means of scrolls with texts in latin. The Carthusian petitions Christ: ‘O Lord I beseech, send me salvation’ (Domine obsecro dirige ad me salutem). He replies: ‘Son, shun (temptation, understood), subdue (it), say nothing, keep quiet (Fili fuge, vince, tace, quiesce). The formulation is found in Abelard’s Epistle VII on the foundation of a women’s convent, and the context is how to avoid the temptation to sin. Below is a caption in English: ‘The greatest comfort in al temptacyon Is the remembraunce of Crystes passyon.’, Psalter and Rosary of the Virgin (from f. 27), in two versions, and other devotional texts, including a litany

Coloured print with Christ as Man of Sorrows being adored by a Carthsian, pasted to a page painted in red covered with streaming blood. A Carthusian kneels before a bloody Christ, who stands beside his cross. They converse by

• Decorated and coloured initials., Cartulary of the Cistercian abbey of Byland, imperfect

and John Wywell, regarding rent of lands at Osgodby, county York, dated 26 October 18 Henry VIII [1526] (f. 90v).Brian Fairfax: record by Thomas Tanner in 1695 that it had belonged to him (see Burton 2004 p. xxvi). John Rushworth

• Miniature of John the Baptist., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

of John the Baptist. For another Tudor Book of Hours with royal autographs see Additional 17012, which contains the autographs of Henry VII, Elizabeth of York, Henry VIII, and Catherine of Aragon. 24 scatter borders in the calendar, historiated with

• Coloured print with Christ as the Man of Sorrows surrounded by instruments of the Passion pasted to a page painted in red covered with streaming blood, with an indulgence (later defaced): ‘To all them that devoutly say five Pater nosters, five Aves, and a Creed afore such a figure are granted 32,755 years of pardon.’, Psalter and Rosary of the Virgin (from f. 27), in two versions, and other devotional texts, including a litany

Coloured print with Christ as the Man of Sorrows surrounded by instruments of the Passion pasted to a page painted in red covered with streaming blood, with an indulgence (later defaced): ‘To all them that devoutly say five Pater

• Coloured initials, one with zoomorphic motif., Irish medical miscellany, imperfect at the end

1-11); Medical compendium relating to ailments of the body (ff. 12-19v, 37-47, 49-54); Medical compendium, including medical recipes (ff. 20-35v); John of Gaddesden, 'Rosa Anglica', excerpt, in an anonymous Irish translation (f. 57); Medical compendium relating to fevers (ff. 59-68);

• Miniature of the Annunciation, decorated initial 'D'(omine) and foliate borders, at the beginning of the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Mistres Trygg for yt by hers' (f. 1).John Bird, by 1517: inscribed 'Of your charyte pray for the sole of John Byrd gentylman the wych departyd the ii dey of august in thys ix yere + rayne of kyng herry

• Miniature of the Evangelist John, perhaps with Prochoros, and in the upper margin, and added cock and a donkey, with the inscription "The Holy J(oh)n the Theologian"., Four Gospels

Miniature of the Evangelist John, perhaps with Prochoros, and in the upper margin, and added cock and a donkey, with the inscription "The Holy J(oh)n the Theologian". The conclusions of each section of text are written in geometric shapes.Part of

• Miniature of an Evangelist portrait of John., Four Gospels (the 'Golden Gospels', 'Harley Golden Gospels'; 'Codex Aureus'), with canon tables (ff. 6v-12), and capitulary (ff. 199-208v)

Evangelist portrait of John. One of 10 manuscripts of the so-called 'Ada group' that Koehler attributed to the 'court school' of Charlemagne. Canon tables in colours and gold, with symbols of the Evangelists, animals, and columns (ff. 6v-12). Full-page title

• Miniature of Sebastian., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Mistres Trygg for yt by hers' (f. 1).John Bird, by 1517: inscribed 'Of your charyte pray for the sole of John Byrd gentylman the wych departyd the ii dey of august in thys ix yere + rayne of kyng herry

• Detail of miniature of Christopher carrying the Christ child across a stream., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Mistres Trygg for yt by hers' (f. 1).John Bird, by 1517: inscribed 'Of your charyte pray for the sole of John Byrd gentylman the wych departyd the ii dey of august in thys ix yere + rayne of kyng herry

• Miniature of Catherine and the wheel., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Mistres Trygg for yt by hers' (f. 1).John Bird, by 1517: inscribed 'Of your charyte pray for the sole of John Byrd gentylman the wych departyd the ii dey of august in thys ix yere + rayne of kyng herry

• Detail of miniature of Mary Magdalene kneeling in prayer, with the hand of God above., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Mistres Trygg for yt by hers' (f. 1).John Bird, by 1517: inscribed 'Of your charyte pray for the sole of John Byrd gentylman the wych departyd the ii dey of august in thys ix yere + rayne of kyng herry

• null, Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Mistres Trygg for yt by hers' (f. 1).John Bird, by 1517: inscribed 'Of your charyte pray for the sole of John Byrd gentylman the wych departyd the ii dey of august in thys ix yere + rayne of kyng herry

• Detail of miniature of George and decorated initial 'G'(eorgi) at the beginning of his suffrage., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Mistres Trygg for yt by hers' (f. 1).John Bird, by 1517: inscribed 'Of your charyte pray for the sole of John Byrd gentylman the wych departyd the ii dey of august in thys ix yere + rayne of kyng herry