• 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

• Historiated initial 'O' in colours and gold, of the Coronation of the Virgin with architectural elements, monochrome choir of angels, medallions inhabited with saints, and ‘drôlerie’ of a Franciscan monk, dressed in the Order’s original grey hooded habit, climbing amongst the foliage., 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 miniature of the Annunciation., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family')

'Nupcie sacre fuerunt …ser Johannem Umfray et Alianorem uxorem eius in anno regis henrici sexti xxx^ano^ primo' (f. 5v).Inscriptions in English, 15th-century (f. 1r-v).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane

• Detail of a miniature of the Nativity., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family')

'Nupcie sacre fuerunt …ser Johannem Umfray et Alianorem uxorem eius in anno regis henrici sexti xxx^ano^ primo' (f. 5v).Inscriptions in English, 15th-century (f. 1r-v).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane

• Detail of a miniature of the Visitation., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family')

'Nupcie sacre fuerunt …ser Johannem Umfray et Alianorem uxorem eius in anno regis henrici sexti xxx^ano^ primo' (f. 5v).Inscriptions in English, 15th-century (f. 1r-v).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane

• Detail of a miniature of the Crucifixion., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family')

'Nupcie sacre fuerunt …ser Johannem Umfray et Alianorem uxorem eius in anno regis henrici sexti xxx^ano^ primo' (f. 5v).Inscriptions in English, 15th-century (f. 1r-v).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane

• Detail of historiated initial of a nun., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family')

'Nupcie sacre fuerunt …ser Johannem Umfray et Alianorem uxorem eius in anno regis henrici sexti xxx^ano^ primo' (f. 5v).Inscriptions in English, 15th-century (f. 1r-v).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane

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

'Nupcie sacre fuerunt …ser Johannem Umfray et Alianorem uxorem eius in anno regis henrici sexti xxx^ano^ primo' (f. 5v).Inscriptions in English, 15th-century (f. 1r-v).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane

• Miniature of the Visitation, decorated initial 'D'(eus), and full foliate border, at the beginning of Lauds in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family')

'Nupcie sacre fuerunt …ser Johannem Umfray et Alianorem uxorem eius in anno regis henrici sexti xxx^ano^ primo' (f. 5v).Inscriptions in English, 15th-century (f. 1r-v).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane

• Miniature of the Nativity with an angel preparing a bath for the Christ child, decorated initial 'D'(eus), and full foliate border, at the beginning of Prime in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family')

'Nupcie sacre fuerunt …ser Johannem Umfray et Alianorem uxorem eius in anno regis henrici sexti xxx^ano^ primo' (f. 5v).Inscriptions in English, 15th-century (f. 1r-v).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane

• Miniature of the Requiem mass, decorated initial 'D'(ilexi), and full foliate border, at the beginning of the Hours of the Dead., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family')

'Nupcie sacre fuerunt …ser Johannem Umfray et Alianorem uxorem eius in anno regis henrici sexti xxx^ano^ primo' (f. 5v).Inscriptions in English, 15th-century (f. 1r-v).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane

• Miniature of the Crucifixion, initial 'O' with a nun in prayer, and a full foliate border, at the beginning of a prayer to Our Lord., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family')

'Nupcie sacre fuerunt …ser Johannem Umfray et Alianorem uxorem eius in anno regis henrici sexti xxx^ano^ primo' (f. 5v).Inscriptions in English, 15th-century (f. 1r-v).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane

• On the left, illuminated initial, and on the right, a miniature of the Requiem mass, decorated initial 'D'(ilexi), and full foliate border, at the beginning of the Office of the Dead., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family')

'Nupcie sacre fuerunt …ser Johannem Umfray et Alianorem uxorem eius in anno regis henrici sexti xxx^ano^ primo' (f. 5v).Inscriptions in English, 15th-century (f. 1r-v).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane

• Miniature of a burial., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family')

'Nupcie sacre fuerunt …ser Johannem Umfray et Alianorem uxorem eius in anno regis henrici sexti xxx^ano^ primo' (f. 5v).Inscriptions in English, 15th-century (f. 1r-v).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane

• Decorated initial 'G'(audeamus)with acanthus leaves and foliate feathering., Masses

texts which have been bound together (ff. 9-226v). These various parts date from the 14th-15th-century, are written in many different English hands, and do not contain any illumination.John Batteley (b. c.1646, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary; bought

• Border of floral motifs and bezants with a medallion inscribed 'L.X.P.M.', the initials of Leo X, surmounted by a seated, winged putto, measuring 430 x 45 mm., Cuttings from Missals of Pope Leo X

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 Missals of Leo X include Add. 21412, ff. 20-44; Cambridge, University Library, Ms