• Coloured drawings of Noah's Ark, resting on the mountain of Taneez, and the story of a monk that brought one plank down to house in a church at the foot of the mountain., Travels (index Itinerarium)

fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. The Ark Sir John Mandeville England, E. England, E. (East Anglia)

• Coloured drawing depicting mythical people of Ethiopia born with only one foot (a sciopod), to shade them from the sun., Travels (index Itinerarium)

(a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Sciopod Sir John Mandeville England, E. England, E. (East Anglia)

• Coloured drawing depicting the Island of Crues near the Kingdom of Ind, where the heat is so great that men suffer from genital inflammation., Travels (index Itinerarium)

(a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Inflammation Sir John Mandeville England, E. England, E. (East Anglia)

• Coloured drawings depicting the bearded women of Ind and the tomb of Thomas ("Doubting Thomas"), with the relic of his hand., Travels (index Itinerarium)

(a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Thomas Sir John Mandeville England, E. England, E. (East Anglia)

• Coloured drawing depicting cannibals near the Isle of Java; and the men of Milke Island, who fight for sport., Travels (index Itinerarium)

(a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Cannibals Sir John Mandeville England, E. England, E. (East Anglia)

• Coloured drawings depicting the dog-headed people ("Cynocephales") of Nacumera Island., Travels (index Itinerarium)

(a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Cynocephales Sir John Mandeville England, E. England, E. (East Anglia)

• Coloured drawing depicting the Great Chan served in his tent., Travels (index Itinerarium)

(a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Tent Sir John Mandeville England, E. England, E. (East Anglia)

• Drawing depicting Cassay, a Christian stronghold known as the "City of Heaven," near Cathay., Travels (index Itinerarium)

(a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. City Sir John Mandeville England, E. England, E. (East Anglia)

• Coloured drawings of the way to Jerusalem from England: here, the Danube River in Hungary., Travels (index Itinerarium)

(a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Hungary Sir John Mandeville England, E. England, E. (East Anglia)

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£10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Sir John Mandeville England, E. England, E. (East Anglia)

• Coloured drawings depicting the wonders of Constantinople: Greek philosophers working in the highest hills of Macedonia, and tournaments at the palace of the Emperor in Constantinople., Travels (index Itinerarium)

(a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Constantinople Sir John Mandeville England, E. England, E. (East Anglia)

• Coloured drawing depicting the dragon-daughter of King Ypocras, and the knights who tried to break the spell enchanting her., Travels (index Itinerarium)

(a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Dragon Sir John Mandeville England, E. England, E. (East Anglia)

• Text page., Travels (index Itinerarium)

(a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Text Sir John Mandeville England, E. England, E. (East Anglia)

• Coloured drawings depicting the costume of the Chaldeans and the origin of the Amazons., Travels (index Itinerarium)

(a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Amazons Sir John Mandeville England, E. England, E. (East Anglia)

• Coloured drawing depicting the pygmies of Dondun Island, who eat through a straw. Spaces reserved for illustration have been left blank throughout the manuscript., Travels (index Itinerarium)

(a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Pygmies Sir John Mandeville England, E. England, E. (East Anglia)

• Decorated initials with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the text; ownership inscription in the lower margin., The Prose Brut Chronicle of England (extended version to 1419)

his name (f. 150).Added marginal annotations throughout, 16th-17th century. Inscribed 16th or 17th century, 'Com fflint' (f. 91v).Inscribed, 16th-17th century, 'John' (f. 1*v).Erased and partly erased inscriptions, ?17th century (ff. 17, 51v, 80v, 90v, 140).Added Latin verse signed ‘Johannes’, and

• Detail of a coloured drawing depicting the dragon-daughter of King Ypocras, and the knights who tried to break the spell enchanting her., Travels (index Itinerarium)

(a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Dragon Sir John Mandeville England, E. England, E. (East Anglia)

• Coloured drawing depicting the Palace of the Great Chan., Travels (index Itinerarium)

(a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Palace Sir John Mandeville England, E. England, E. (East Anglia)

• Decorated iInitial 'I(n) at the beginning of Ovid's Metamorphoses, and in the lower margin, a circular diagram of the Golden Chain of Macrobius, labelled in the centre ‘Aurea cathena macrobii’, with intersecting semi-circles marked ‘Ignis’, ‘calidus’, ‘aer’, ‘humidus’, etc., Metamorphoses (ff. 3-180); Commentary on the Metamorphoses (f. 181v-191); and other short texts

d. 1672), 2nd baronet, antiquary: signed by him (f. 2) and with his pagination and his (?) notes (f. 1v).Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: sold by him at the ‘Twysden’ sale, 6

• Diagram of the harmony of the planets, marked with names of Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, and the Moon, with the page number '380' in Twysden's handwriting., Metamorphoses (ff. 3-180); Commentary on the Metamorphoses (f. 181v-191); and other short texts

d. 1672), 2nd baronet, antiquary: signed by him (f. 2) and with his pagination and his (?) notes (f. 1v).Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: sold by him at the ‘Twysden’ sale, 6