• Marginal miniature of the well in Ethiopia with an inscription reading, 'a well', and a miniature of a Sciapod, with an inscription reading, 'a man wiÞ oon foot'., Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English

the scribe. Initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English Inscribed 'D. and Y. Knottesford', 15th century (f. 2).Added itinerary from the Northern Europe to Florence, partially excised, late

• Marginal miniature of a monk praying beside Noah's Ark, with an inscription reading, 'Noe is shippe'., Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English

the scribe. Initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English Inscribed 'D. and Y. Knottesford', 15th century (f. 2).Added itinerary from the Northern Europe to Florence, partially excised, late

• Marginal miniature of the Holy Sepulchre and a miraculous lamp, with inscriptions reading, 'Þe sepulchre of our lord', and 'a lampe', and a miniature of the Calvary with an inscription reading, 'Mount caluary'., Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English

the scribe. Initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English Inscribed 'D. and Y. Knottesford', 15th century (f. 2).Added itinerary from the Northern Europe to Florence, partially excised, late

• Marginal miniature of Helen holding a book, with an inscription reading, 'Seynt Eline', and the crown of thorns, with an inscription reading, 'Þe corone of crist'., Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English

the scribe. Initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English Inscribed 'D. and Y. Knottesford', 15th century (f. 2).Added itinerary from the Northern Europe to Florence, partially excised, late

• Marginal miniature of a feathered man, with a inscription reading, 'a man ygrowe in feÞeris'., Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English

the scribe. Initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English Inscribed 'D. and Y. Knottesford', 15th century (f. 2).Added itinerary from the Northern Europe to Florence, partially excised, late

• Marginal miniature of emperor Justinian on horseback, with an inscription reading, 'A ymage of Justinyan emperour'., Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English

the scribe. Initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English Inscribed 'D. and Y. Knottesford', 15th century (f. 2).Added itinerary from the Northern Europe to Florence, partially excised, late

• Detail of a table of signs and images used in the text to mark some of the subjects treated in the text, with explanations of their meanings., Series causae inter Henricum regem et Thomam archiepiscopum, Abbreviationes chronicorum, and Imagines historiarum

York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1044' (f. i), included in the inventory of books in the

• Decorated initials from a 13th-century leaf with a quotation from Ecclesiaticus., Leaf from a Missal(?) with part of the mass for one martyr

ff. 76-77.f. 130, Leaf from an early 13th century English Breviary. Musical notation: neumes on red four-line staves (C, D, F and B clefs).f. 131, leaf from a late 13th century English Troper (Sanctus and Agnus tropes). Musical notation: square

• Drawings of furnaces, stills, jars for drawing off liquid, and other apparatus used for the alchemical transmutation of metals and for preparing medicines., Medical miscellany, including Arderne's Liber medicinarum (ff. 26-99); list of herbs in Latin and English

with red (ff. 23, 25, 25v). Medical miscellany, including Arderne's Liber medicinarum (ff. 26-99); list of herbs in Latin and English Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from

• Decorated initial 'W', at the beginning of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales., Canterbury Tales (begins and ends imperfectly)

out (f. 183). Canterbury Tales (begins and ends imperfectly) Inscribed, 16th-century: 'GH' (f. 4).Inscribed, 16th-century: 'Thomas Wentworth' (f. 222v).Inscriptions in English, 16th-century (ff. 173, 196v, 223).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of

• Detail of text page., Canterbury Tales (begins and ends imperfectly)

out (f. 183). Canterbury Tales (begins and ends imperfectly) Inscribed, 16th-century: 'GH' (f. 4).Inscribed, 16th-century: 'Thomas Wentworth' (f. 222v).Inscriptions in English, 16th-century (ff. 173, 196v, 223).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of

• Text page., Canterbury Tales (begins and ends imperfectly)

out (f. 183). Canterbury Tales (begins and ends imperfectly) Inscribed, 16th-century: 'GH' (f. 4).Inscribed, 16th-century: 'Thomas Wentworth' (f. 222v).Inscriptions in English, 16th-century (ff. 173, 196v, 223).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of

• Initial 'T' of the dedication of a church., Cutting from an Antiphoner (index Antiphonal, antiphonary)

Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 60630. To see the Ascott Album which originally contained all the cuttings order Add. 60630, Old Covers. Other cuttings from the same parent Antiphoner include: Bern, Randall Collection; Bratislava, Slovenská Národní Galerie, inv. 03266; Cambridge,

• Detail of a medallion with Jerome., Cutting from a Missal

Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 60630. To see the Ascott Album, which originally contained all the cuttings order Add. 60630, Old Covers. 1 historiated initial 'O' in colours and gold, of the Coronation of the Virgin with architectural elements, monochrome

• Detail of a monochrome angel., Cutting from a Missal

Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 60630. To see the Ascott Album, which originally contained all the cuttings order Add. 60630, Old Covers. 1 historiated initial 'O' in colours and gold, of the Coronation of the Virgin with architectural elements, monochrome

• Illuminated historiated initial 'U' at the beginning of Leviticus, showing Aaron(?), dressed as a thirteenth-century priest, sacrificing a sheep on an altar, watched by similarly dressed Israelites., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

not common in English Bibles before c.1240.Marginalia indicate that the text of this Bible has been compared to that of another.The large decorative extensions in the lower margins are of a type which are found in English manuscripts from about

• Illuminated historiated initial 'P' of Paul handing the book to the messenger Phebe at the beginning of Romans., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

not common in English Bibles before c.1240.Marginalia indicate that the text of this Bible has been compared to that of another.The large decorative extensions in the lower margins are of a type which are found in English manuscripts from about

• Illuminated historiated initial at the beginning of Luke, with Luke shown writing, with the head of his symbol, an ox, and an illuminated initial below of Zacharias censing the altar (Luke 1:9)., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

not common in English Bibles before c.1240.Marginalia indicate that the text of this Bible has been compared to that of another.The large decorative extensions in the lower margins are of a type which are found in English manuscripts from about

• Illuminated historiated initial 'P' at the beginning of Acts, of Luke writing and of Theophilus, to whom the Acts are addressed in the opening lines, with two smaller decorated illuminated initials., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

not common in English Bibles before c.1240.Marginalia indicate that the text of this Bible has been compared to that of another.The large decorative extensions in the lower margins are of a type which are found in English manuscripts from about

• Illuminated historiated initial 'P' at the beginning of I Peter, of Peter writing, and his arrest; the buildings at the top probably represent the cities to which Peter's epistle was addressed., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

not common in English Bibles before c.1240.Marginalia indicate that the text of this Bible has been compared to that of another.The large decorative extensions in the lower margins are of a type which are found in English manuscripts from about