• null, Heroides, with glosses

possibly in his sale, 29 March 1742, p. 95 lot 104.? Unidentified owner: perhaps in John Egerton, ~Catalogue of Books, including the Library of John Smeaton … and Many Other Collections~, 1794, item 3891, priced £3 3s.Sir Robert Smyth (b.

• Puzzle initial 'A(nno), with penwork decoration in the form of leaves., Polychronicon to the year 1352, with table

or blue. Diagrams in red or brown. Polychronicon to the year 1352, with table Added, near comtemporary text (ff. 238v-239v). John Macclesfield, in 1416-1417: inscription (f. 6v).John Hunt: 18th-century inscription (f. 2). W. Ford: his note about the manuscript pasted

• Puzzle initial., Psalter, a metrical version (the Surtees Psalter version)

version (the Surtees Psalter version) Inscription 'Will (?) Bonnell' (f. 1v).John Fauntleroy: inscription in calligraphy (f. 1*); inscription (f. 1); 'John Fauntlero' (f. [101v].Bought by the British Museum in 1836, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis

• Detail of decorated headpiece., Homilies on John (index In Ioannem), imperfect

initials in red with penwork decoration, a few also with black penwork decoration. Small simple letters in red. Homilies on John (index In Ioannem), imperfect 16th-century (?) note of 8 missing leaves (f. 330v; see also ff. 10v, 12v).? Thomas

• Coloured drawings depicting Sir John Mandeville as a witness to the earth-dwelling people of Tracoda Island, and the idol-worship of the dog-headed "Cynocephales" on Nacumera Island., Travels (index Itinerarium)

depicting Sir John Mandeville as a witness to the earth-dwelling people of Tracoda Island, and the idol-worship of the dog-headed "Cynocephales" on Nacumera Island. Written in a Norfolk dialect. Combination of the beginning of text B with the end of

• Last page of text with cadels; colophon by John Merylynch., Martinus's 'Chronica pontificum et imperatorum' (ff. 118-174v), with additions possibly by John Merelynch (ff. 174v-186v), followed by the 'Proceedings against Dame Alice Kyteler' (1324) (index Rerum Hibernicarum quarundam pracipue ecclesiasticarum descriptio) attributed to Ledrede (ff. 186v-206v)

one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Text page with cadels John Merylynch John Merelynch The Oriel Master Martinus Polanus (index Martin of Troppau) (d. 1278), John Merelynch, Richard Ledrede, bishop of Ossory Glastonbury England, W. (Glastonbury ?)

• Coloured drawing depicting Sir John Mandeville setting out on his adventures., Travels (index Itinerarium)

depicting Sir John Mandeville setting out on his adventures. Written in a Norfolk dialect. Combination of the beginning of text B with the end of text A (Doyle, 1986).Made in a vertical quarto shape, perhaps for travel or for carrying:

• Coloured drawing depicting the gerfaunts in the land of Prester John ("Ind")., Travels (index Itinerarium)

in the land of Prester John ("Ind"). Written in a Norfolk dialect. Combination of the beginning of text B with the end of text A (Doyle, 1986).Made in a vertical quarto shape, perhaps for travel or for carrying: see Scott

• Coloured drawings depicting feathered men in the lands of Prester John, and the keepers of orchards with fruit that brings long life., Travels (index Itinerarium)

in the lands of Prester John, and the keepers of orchards with fruit that brings long life. Written in a Norfolk dialect. Combination of the beginning of text B with the end of text A (Doyle, 1986).Made in a vertical

• Coloured drawings illustrating the Prologue: Sir John Mandeville sets off on his travels to Jerusalem and beyond., Travels (index Itinerarium)

the Prologue: Sir John Mandeville sets off on his travels to Jerusalem and beyond. Written in a Norfolk dialect. Combination of the beginning of text B with the end of text A (Doyle, 1986).Made in a vertical quarto shape, perhaps

• Coloured drawings depicting Sir John Mandeville as a witness to foreign marvels, here: the city of Constantinople, Travels (index Itinerarium)

depicting Sir John Mandeville as a witness to foreign marvels, here: the city of Constantinople Written in a Norfolk dialect. Combination of the beginning of text B with the end of text A (Doyle, 1986).Made in a vertical quarto shape,

• Sir John Mandeville meditates on the Church of St. Nicholas in Bethlehem, where the Virgin Mary milked her overflowing breasts onto red marble stones., Travels (index Itinerarium)

Sir John Mandeville meditates on the Church of St. Nicholas in Bethlehem, where the Virgin Mary milked her overflowing breasts onto red marble stones. Written in a Norfolk dialect. Combination of the beginning of text B with the end of

• Coloured drawing depicting Sir John Mandeville witnessing the griffins of Bacharia., Travels (index Itinerarium)

depicting Sir John Mandeville witnessing the griffins of Bacharia. Written in a Norfolk dialect. Combination of the beginning of text B with the end of text A (Doyle, 1986).Made in a vertical quarto shape, perhaps for travel or for carrying:

• Illluminated initials in the Friar's tale., The Canterbury Tales

Dorothie, née Leuenthorp: inscribed with their names (f. 286v; see Wright 1972).Other inscriptions include 'John Martant', 16th century (ff. 144, 180), and 'John Thomsyn' and 'John Thomsun Symond, late 16th-early 17th century (ff. 165v, 284v).John Somers, 1st baron Somers (b.

• Foliate and interlace initial 'C'(apitulum), at the beginning of the sermons based on John., De verbis domini, preceded by (ff. 1v-2v) a table of contents (index Sermons)

the beginning of the sermons based on John. 1 large initial in green, blue, gold outlined in red, and silver (tarnished to metallic black), at the beginning of the sermons based on Matthew (f. 3). 2 large initials infilled with

• Initial 'A' with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of John Capgrave's Life of Catherine., The Life of Catherine (ff. 1-117v), etc.

at the beginning of John Capgrave's Life of Catherine. 1 large initial in red with pen-flourishing in brown (f. 1). Smaller initials in plain red. Capital letters highlighted in red. The Life of Catherine (ff. 1-117v), etc. Table for Easter

• Illuminated foliate patterned headpiece and initial at the beginning of John Chrysostom's homily De diabolo tentatore., Various theological works

initial at the beginning of John Chrysostom's homily De diabolo tentatore. Misbinding of ff. 1-20 noted in a 13th century (?) Greek hand in the lower margin. ff. 38-39 bound upside down. Large foliate, geometric, or decorated headpieces in colours

• Initial 'H'(anc) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Ovid's Heroides; headings in unusual ornamental capitals., Heroides, with glosses

possibly in his sale, 29 March 1742, p. 95 lot 104.? Unidentified owner: perhaps in John Egerton, ~Catalogue of Books, including the Library of John Smeaton … and Many Other Collections~, 1794, item 3891, priced £3 3s.Sir Robert Smyth (b.

• Puzzle initial 'I'(n), developing three-sided extensions, at the beginning of Oon of foure, John Wycliffe's English translation of Clement of Llanthony's Harmony of the Gospels., New Testament in the later Wycliffe version (ends imperfect), including Oon of foure (ff. 19-86)

at the beginning of Oon of foure, John Wycliffe's English translation of Clement of Llanthony's Harmony of the Gospels. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with foliate pen-flourishing in purple and red, developing three-sided extensions in red and

• Decorated initial 'E', at the beginning of the Law treatise entitled 'Breton'., Law treatise called Britton

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] .'