• 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] .'

• Flourished initial 'T', in the Law treatise called Britton., 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] .'

• Puzzle initial 'I'(n), and part of the 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)

extensions, 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

• Original foliate headpiece and decorated initial 'K' in John Chrysostom's Commentary in Matthaeum., Homilies on Matthew (index In Matthaeum), imperfect

decorated initial 'K' in John Chrysostom's Commentary in Matthaeum. ff. 1, 8, 137-138, and 180-187 are replacements in a 13th- (?) century hand. 3 pink foliate headpieces and large decorated pink initials (ff. 138v, 180v, and 187v) added in the

• Puzzle initial at the beginning of the preface to John Gaddesden's Rosa Anglica., Medical miscellany, including John of Gaddesden's Rosa Anglica (ff. 9-262), and four tracts on urine

beginning of the preface to John Gaddesden's Rosa Anglica. 15th-century? foliation in brown ink.f. 95 is an inserted, smaller folio. 1 large puzzle initial in blue and red with pen-flourishing forming a full border (f. 9). Large initials in blue

• Miniatures with the labour of the month and the zodiacal signs for November and December in the Calendar, and John the Evangelist writing the Apocalypse, with his martyrdom in the bas-de-page, at the beginning of the Gospels., Book of Hours, Use of Rome (ends imperfectly)

zodiacal signs for November and December in the Calendar, and John the Evangelist writing the Apocalypse, with his martyrdom in the bas-de-page, at the beginning of the Gospels. 24 small miniatures with the labour of the month and the zodiacal

• Decorated initial 'P'(lures) with an animal head and stylised tail., Gospels, with the Epistle to Damasus, Canon tables, and prefaces, imperfect

designed 'E': see Marsden 1999 p. 290 and n. 25. 2 full page miniatures of Evangelist portraits of Mark and John (ff. 45v, 78v). Canon tables in frames in brown and yellow, some with animal heads (ff. 3v-7). 4 very

• Canon table in a micro-architectural frame, with beak heads., Gospels, with the Epistle to Damasus, Canon tables, and prefaces, imperfect

designed 'E': see Marsden 1999 p. 290 and n. 25. 2 full page miniatures of Evangelist portraits of Mark and John (ff. 45v, 78v). Canon tables in frames in brown and yellow, some with animal heads (ff. 3v-7). 4 very

• Zoomorphic initial 'L'(iber) with animal heads and interlace at the beginning of Matthew., Gospels, with the Epistle to Damasus, Canon tables, and prefaces, imperfect

designed 'E': see Marsden 1999 p. 290 and n. 25. 2 full page miniatures of Evangelist portraits of Mark and John (ff. 45v, 78v). Canon tables in frames in brown and yellow, some with animal heads (ff. 3v-7). 4 very

• Decorated word 'Marcus' with geometric interlace at the beginning of the preface to Mark., Gospels, with the Epistle to Damasus, Canon tables, and prefaces, imperfect

designed 'E': see Marsden 1999 p. 290 and n. 25. 2 full page miniatures of Evangelist portraits of Mark and John (ff. 45v, 78v). Canon tables in frames in brown and yellow, some with animal heads (ff. 3v-7). 4 very

• Miniature of an Evangelist portrait of a stylised man with an eagle head, before the beginning of Mark., Gospels, with the Epistle to Damasus, Canon tables, and prefaces, imperfect

designed 'E': see Marsden 1999 p. 290 and n. 25. 2 full page miniatures of Evangelist portraits of Mark and John (ff. 45v, 78v). Canon tables in frames in brown and yellow, some with animal heads (ff. 3v-7). 4 very

• Illuminated initial at the beginning of the first book of Guy de Guy de Chauliac's Surgery., Surgery, imperfect

in blue. Line-fillers in red. Illustration in brown (ff. 154, 164, 268v, 283, 283v). Surgery, imperfect Various inscriptions 'John Jonson' ; 'John Ayllyff (?); 'William Loibce (?) (f. 314v).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector: his

• Added drawing of a woman playing lute, at the end of Boethius's De consolatione philosophiae., The Consolation of Philosophy (index De consolatione philosophiae)

in Anglicum translatus Anno domini millesimo cccc^mo^ x^o^ per capellanum Johannem' (f. 52v).Family of Leventhorpe, 15th-century: 'Leonard Leventhorpe', 'Thomas Leventhorpe', 'John Leventhorpe' (f. 53v).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector: see his list of manuscripts in

• Detail of Chateau d'Anet marks., 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.