• Miniature of Lothbrok, King of the Danes, hunting with birds of prey, and hunting with a dog., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

with birds of prey, and hunting with a dog. John Lydgate (probably from Lidgate or Lydgate, 10 miles from Bury), a monk of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, translated this work on the life of king Edmund and his

• Miniature of the martyrdom of Edmund, pierced with arrows, and in prayer., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

pierced with arrows, and in prayer. John Lydgate (probably from Lidgate or Lydgate, 10 miles from Bury), a monk of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, translated this work on the life of king Edmund and his cousin Fremund from

• Miniature of the martyrdom of Edmund, who was first tied to a tree and used for target practice by archers, and then executed by beheading., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

tree and used for target practice by archers, and then executed by beheading. John Lydgate (probably from Lidgate or Lydgate, 10 miles from Bury), a monk of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, translated this work on the life of

• Miniature of the hiding of Edmund's head., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

hiding of Edmund's head. John Lydgate (probably from Lidgate or Lydgate, 10 miles from Bury), a monk of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, translated this work on the life of king Edmund and his cousin Fremund from Latin into

• Miniature of the wolf guarding Edmund's head., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

wolf guarding Edmund's head. John Lydgate (probably from Lidgate or Lydgate, 10 miles from Bury), a monk of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, translated this work on the life of king Edmund and his cousin Fremund from Latin into

• Miniature of Edmund's head calling out "Here! Here! Here!" all day long until the men searching for it found it hidden in a thicket, being guarded from predatory animals by a wolf., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

for it found it hidden in a thicket, being guarded from predatory animals by a wolf. John Lydgate (probably from Lidgate or Lydgate, 10 miles from Bury), a monk of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, translated this work on

• Miniature of Edmund's rediscovered head being found by monks and held aloft; and, to the right being reunited with his body, which is still pierced with the arrows of his murderers, with rabbits coming in and out of holes, in the background., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

is still pierced with the arrows of his murderers, with rabbits coming in and out of holes, in the background. John Lydgate (probably from Lidgate or Lydgate, 10 miles from Bury), a monk of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds,

• Miniature of a rainbow at Fremund's birth., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

rainbow at Fremund's birth. John Lydgate (probably from Lidgate or Lydgate, 10 miles from Bury), a monk of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, translated this work on the life of king Edmund and his cousin Fremund from Latin into

• Miniature of Fremund's secretary and biographer, Burchard, in a domestic interior, writing at a sloping desk, with two books and a roll on one of the shelves in the background., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

desk, with two books and a roll on one of the shelves in the background. John Lydgate (probably from Lidgate or Lydgate, 10 miles from Bury), a monk of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, translated this work on the

• Miniature of a miraculous rainbow over the spot where Fremund's mother holds her infant, surrounded by handmaids; on the right-hand side the child is christened by a bishop., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

surrounded by handmaids; on the right-hand side the child is christened by a bishop. John Lydgate (probably from Lidgate or Lydgate, 10 miles from Bury), a monk of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, translated this work on the life

• Miniature of Fremund at prayer and work., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

at prayer and work. John Lydgate (probably from Lidgate or Lydgate, 10 miles from Bury), a monk of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, translated this work on the life of king Edmund and his cousin Fremund from Latin into

• Miniature of Fremund defeating a Danish army of forty thousand with just twenty-four soldiers. Fremund is in the middle wearing a crown, being aided by sword-wielding angels above., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

Fremund is in the middle wearing a crown, being aided by sword-wielding angels above. John Lydgate (probably from Lidgate or Lydgate, 10 miles from Bury), a monk of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, translated this work on the life

• Miniature of the decapitated head of Fremund speaking to Oswy., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

of Fremund speaking to Oswy. John Lydgate (probably from Lidgate or Lydgate, 10 miles from Bury), a monk of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, translated this work on the life of king Edmund and his cousin Fremund from Latin

• null, Genealogical Chronicle of the Kings of England, from Adam to Edward IV (the 'Considerans' chronicle)

red lines connecting them. Diagrams. Genealogical Chronicle of the Kings of England, from Adam to Edward IV (the 'Considerans' chronicle) John Sprotte: inscription 'Liber symfom dono me Johannie Sprotte de Gryndon rectoris' (f. 2v).? Shelfmark 'LLg 148' (f. 1).William Petty

• Initial 'A'(ries) with pen-decoration., Miscellaneous treatises on alchemy, including John Lydgate's 'The Churl and the Bird' (the latter imperfect at the beginning)

(1652) wherein Ashmole publishes the text and illustration from ff. 75-75v. John Batteley (b. c.1646, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary; bought in 1723 through his nephew, John Batteley, by Edward Harley, along with other manuscripts (see ~Diary~

• Initial 'R'(yght) with pen-flourishing., Miscellaneous treatises on alchemy, including John Lydgate's 'The Churl and the Bird' (the latter imperfect at the beginning)

(1652) wherein Ashmole publishes the text and illustration from ff. 75-75v. John Batteley (b. c.1646, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary; bought in 1723 through his nephew, John Batteley, by Edward Harley, along with other manuscripts (see ~Diary~

• Miniature of Hercules shooting arrows at Nessus and Deianira., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), abridged

abridged Numerous medieval and post-medieval added inscriptions in Greek, English and Latin (ff. 1*v, 2*v, 265v, 266). John Bentley: inscribed in 1587 'John Bentley aetatis sue xxxiiii, fe. viii 1587 Anno eliza xxx' (f. 4v).Thomas Cotton, 16th century: inscribed with

• Decorated initials., Medical miscellany, including Practica brevis (ff. 2-25v); the Practica of Bartholomaeus (ff. 26-52v); the Breviarium medicinae of Johannes de Sancto Paulo (ff. 53v-81v); De differentia animae et spiritus by Costa ben Luca in the translation of John of Spain (ff. 82-84v); Constantine the African's De natura humana (ff. 84v-86)

of Johannes de Sancto Paulo (ff. 53v-81v); De differentia animae et spiritus by Costa ben Luca in the translation of John of Spain (ff. 82-84v); Constantine the African's De natura humana (ff. 84v-86) Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753),

• Detail of a miniature of the Expulsion from Paradise., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), abridged

abridged Numerous medieval and post-medieval added inscriptions in Greek, English and Latin (ff. 1*v, 2*v, 265v, 266). John Bentley: inscribed in 1587 'John Bentley aetatis sue xxxiiii, fe. viii 1587 Anno eliza xxx' (f. 4v).Thomas Cotton, 16th century: inscribed with

• Miniature of the Expulsion from Paradise., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), abridged

abridged Numerous medieval and post-medieval added inscriptions in Greek, English and Latin (ff. 1*v, 2*v, 265v, 266). John Bentley: inscribed in 1587 'John Bentley aetatis sue xxxiiii, fe. viii 1587 Anno eliza xxx' (f. 4v).Thomas Cotton, 16th century: inscribed with