• Decorated initials., Mainly scientific and grammatic miscellany, including the Summa Chiromantiae (ff. 100-108v; 109-34), the Mirror of Light (ff. 155-168); Cistercian statuta and ordinationes (ff. 200-220); De sphaera (ff. 59-75); algorismus with commentary (ff. 26-43)

Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Initials Richard Dove of Buckfast, John Metham, and others England

• Miniature of the horoscope diagram for the day in which the world was created, including a world map within an astrological chart and personifications of winds, surrounded by 12 triangles with symbolic scenes representing aspects of life associated with the twelve astrological houses. The world map is a loose copy of the world map printed by Francesco Rosselli in Florence in 1492-3, which was copied from Henricus Martellus map (Additional 15760 f. 69)., Liber de Optimo fato Henrici Eboraci ducis et optimorum ipsius parentum

possible as a New Year Gift for 1503, before the death of Elisabeth ofYork, consort of Henry VII (d. 11 February 1503), for whome he foretold a life of eighty or ninety years.Inscribed 'De fortuna henrici principis Wallie' (f.

• Calligraphic initial 'L'(iber de optimo fato) at the beginning of William Parron's dedication., Liber de Optimo fato Henrici Eboraci ducis et optimorum ipsius parentum

possible as a New Year Gift for 1503, before the death of Elisabeth ofYork, consort of Henry VII (d. 11 February 1503), for whome he foretold a life of eighty or ninety years.Inscribed 'De fortuna henrici principis Wallie' (f.

• Historiated initial 'S'(apientissime) of king Henry VII enthroned, with Tudor roses and the royal arms of England in the border., Liber de Optimo fato Henrici Eboraci ducis et optimorum ipsius parentum

possible as a New Year Gift for 1503, before the death of Elisabeth ofYork, consort of Henry VII (d. 11 February 1503), for whome he foretold a life of eighty or ninety years.Inscribed 'De fortuna henrici principis Wallie' (f.

• Detail of a miniature of Imagination taking leave of the knight, with the city of Halle in the background, with a full trompe l'oeil border including a bird and an owl., Imaginacion de vraye noblesse

Roy dangleterre et de france' (f. 1); royal arms of England surmounted by a crown, with a white rose ofYork and a red rose of Lancaster (f. 3). ?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

endyth a [part ] of þis book'. Fragment English ff. 25v-26v Three Workings of Man's Soul (IPMEP 5 ) 'A grete clerke richardof seynt victores'. Epistle on thought, thinking, and contemplation based on Richardof St. Victor's De Preparatione

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

C-text of Piers Plowman . Allen, H. E. 1927. Writings Ascribed to Richard Rolle, Hermit of Hampole and Materials for his Biography , Modern Language Association of America Monograph series, 3, New York and London: Modern Language Associati on of

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

Description of Man's Limbs (IMEV 4070 ) 'Whereof is mad al mankynde'. 'God of his mercy haue vs in mynde. Amen'. English Kail 1904, pp. 64-69. ff. 115r-116r Follies of the Duke of Burgundy (IMEV 1939 ) 'A remembraunce of

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

J. A. W. 1954. The Rediscovery of Sir John Mandeville , New York: Modern Language Association of America, p. 292. Braswell, L. 1987. The Index of Middle English Prose, Handlist IV: A Handlist of Douce Manuscripts Containing Middle English Prose

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

Hall, near Tideswell, Derbyshire, at the Auction Sale of Books, late the Property of the Reverend Duncalf, deceased Minister of Peak Forest, in the County of Derby, buy this book, (No. 40 of Sale Catalogue) (prices at which it was