• Diagram, De chirobalistra (ff. 16v-19), Belopoeea (ff. 19-32v), Extracts (ff. 33v-52)

Extracts (ff. 33v-52) Written in 1545: colophon ( f. 358).The monastery of St Catherine, Mount Sinai: inscription (f. 1). ? John Spencer Smith, minister plenipotentiary to Turkey: sale catalogue notices that the manuscript was 'collected by one of His Majesty's

• Detail of marginal diagram., De chirobalistra (ff. 16v-19), Belopoeea (ff. 19-32v), Extracts (ff. 33v-52)

Extracts (ff. 33v-52) Written in 1545: colophon ( f. 358).The monastery of St Catherine, Mount Sinai: inscription (f. 1). ? John Spencer Smith, minister plenipotentiary to Turkey: sale catalogue notices that the manuscript was 'collected by one of His Majesty's

• Detail of marginal drawing., Ars poetica (ff. 1-9), Epistolae (ff. 9-35), with marginal and interlinear glosses

by Edwards for £1 2s.; inscribed '1.2.0' (f. 1, top right).James Edwards (b. 1756, d. 1816), book collector and bookseller.? John Haddon Hindley (b. 1765, d. 1827), orientalist: perhaps his sale, 4 March 1793, lot 1193, bought by Walker for

• Detail of the arms or the Urswick family and the motto 'Misericordia' in the lower border., Manuale (ff. 2-46v), Retractiones (extract), De beata vita (ff. 47-86v); and Psalms, Prayers, Litanies

Detail of the arms or the Urswick family and the motto 'Misericordia' in the lower border. The litany including saints Swithin, Dunstan, Edith, and Etheldreda.Watermark, f. 1, of a quartered coat of arms, similar to ~Monumenta Chartae Papyraceae, Historiam

• Detail of a miniature of a seated author with a book, with three other scholars; outside, two doctors consulting the stars., Régime de Senté, Li Livres dou Tresor (extract)

hind-quarters of a lion, collared, chained, and ringed or (f. 158v), inscribed twice 'the Lorde Morley's best' (ff. 157v, 158). John Messe, binder: inscribed twice by the same hand as above 'Iohannes Meese me ligavit', late 15th century (f. 158).The

• Miniature of a seated author with a book, with three other scholars; outside, two doctors consulting the stars., Régime de Senté, Li Livres dou Tresor (extract)

hind-quarters of a lion, collared, chained, and ringed or (f. 158v), inscribed twice 'the Lorde Morley's best' (ff. 157v, 158). John Messe, binder: inscribed twice by the same hand as above 'Iohannes Meese me ligavit', late 15th century (f. 158).The

• Text page with rubric in capitals at the beginning of the Gospel of John., Bodmin Gospels (St Petroc Gospels); records of grants of manumission in Old English and Latin added on blank leaves and in margins (ff. 1, 8, 13, 141)

at the beginning of the Gospel of John. The text of the Gospels displays Irish variants with interpolation of Mass formulae common in Breton Gospel books (see Cohen and Teviotdale 2002). The punctuation is unusual, and is similar to that

• Detail of a miniature of John the Baptist being taken to prison., La Bible Historiale, part 4 (Bible Historiale of Edward IV)

a miniature of John the Baptist being taken to prison. Volume 4 of a set that includes Royal MS 18 D IX and Royal MS 18 D X; it is not known whether the third volume ever existed.Contains the second

• Detail of a miniature of the beheading of John the Baptist., La Bible Historiale, part 4 (Bible Historiale of Edward IV)

of the beheading of John the Baptist. Volume 4 of a set that includes Royal MS 18 D IX and Royal MS 18 D X; it is not known whether the third volume ever existed.Contains the second edition of the

• Miniature of the death of Meleager, with a partial border; and a miniature of a Tudor rose and pomegranates, between two lions surmounted by a fleur-de-lis and a crown, with the autograph inscriptions of Margaret of York, reading 'For yet not har that /ys on of yo[u]r treu frendes / Margarete of Yorke', and her doughter, Marie de Bourgogne, reading 'Prenez moy a jamais pour votre / bonne amie Marie .X. de bourg[og]ne', and erased arms of John Donne of a wolf rampant., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

de Bourgogne, reading 'Prenez moy a jamais pour votre / bonne amie Marie .X. de bourg[og]ne', and erased arms of John Donne of a wolf rampant. Contains the Historia Alexandri translated as Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre

• Miniature of John the Baptist being taken to prison, with a partial border., La Bible Historiale, part 4 (Bible Historiale of Edward IV)

of John the Baptist being taken to prison, with a partial border. Volume 4 of a set that includes Royal MS 18 D IX and Royal MS 18 D X; it is not known whether the third volume ever existed.Contains

• Miniature of the beheading of John the Baptist, with a partial border., La Bible Historiale, part 4 (Bible Historiale of Edward IV)

the beheading of John the Baptist, with a partial border. Volume 4 of a set that includes Royal MS 18 D IX and Royal MS 18 D X; it is not known whether the third volume ever existed.Contains the second

• An inscription in Old English from the 2nd half of the 11th century referring to the former binding of the manuscript: '+Aelfric 7 wulfwine. Eadgife goldsmides geafen to broperraedenne twegen orn weghenes goldes daet is on pis ilce boc her foruten gewired' (Aelfric and Wulfwine, goldsmiths of Eadgifu, gave for the confraternity two oras of weighed gold which is wired without upon this same book)., Gospel Book (the 'Thorney Gospels') with Eusebian canon tables (ff. 4v-9v); added Liber Vitae (ff. 1v-4, 9v-11,12) and list of relics (f. 11v) of Thorney Abbey

foundation of the abbey in 973. The earlier names concur with those in the 12th-century lists and entries extend to John Ramsey, abbot from 1450 to 1457. Full page-length or large initials with geometric and foliate decoration in colours (f.

• Miniature of Aeneas leaving Dido, and of the suicide of Dido, with a full border and an illuminated initial 'E'(neas) with dragons., Chronique of Baudouin d'Avennes (L'histoire tripartite, Le trésor de sapience)

Master of the Soane Josephus (ff. 21, 54v, 80, 111, 137v, 158v, 199, 232, 263, 330v, 355v, 365v), named after John Soane's Museum 1, and the small miniatures attributed to the follower of Loyset Liedet who was also responsible for

• White vine initial 'P'(lutarchus) combined with a three-sided white vine border with a wreath enclosing the arms of Lodovico Petroni, at the beginning of the text., Noctes atticae

White vine initial 'P'(lutarchus) combined with a three-sided white vine border with a wreath enclosing the arms of Lodovico Petroni, at the beginning of the text. Many books are preceded by a capitula list (ff. 59v-60v, 72v-73v, 86-87, 96v-97v,

• Evangelist portrait of Mark as a scribe, in colours and gold., Gospel Lectionary

colours and gold. Musical notation (ecphonetic).Contents:Daily readings in John (ff. 1-65v);Saturday-Sunday readings in Matthew (ff. 66v-103);Saturday-Sunday readings in Luke (ff. 104-143);Saturday-Sunday readings in Mark (ff. 143v-187);Holy Week readings (ff. 187v-245v);Synaxarion (ff. 246-359).f. 66 is a blank leaf.The portrait of Luke

• Evangelist portrait of Luke as a scribe, in colours and gold., Gospel Lectionary

colours and gold. Musical notation (ecphonetic).Contents:Daily readings in John (ff. 1-65v);Saturday-Sunday readings in Matthew (ff. 66v-103);Saturday-Sunday readings in Luke (ff. 104-143);Saturday-Sunday readings in Mark (ff. 143v-187);Holy Week readings (ff. 187v-245v);Synaxarion (ff. 246-359).f. 66 is a blank leaf.The portrait of Luke

• Miniature of Judith with the head of Holofernes, with a full border and an illuminated initial 'Q'(uant) with a griffin., Chronique of Baudouin d'Avennes (L'histoire tripartite, Le trésor de sapience)

Master of the Soane Josephus (ff. 21, 54v, 80, 111, 137v, 158v, 199, 232, 263, 330v, 355v, 365v), named after John Soane's Museum 1, and the small miniatures attributed to the follower of Loyset Liedet who was also responsible for

• Detail of a miniature of Mattathias killing a Jew offering a sacrifice., Chronique of Baudouin d'Avennes (L'histoire tripartite, Le trésor de sapience)

Master of the Soane Josephus (ff. 21, 54v, 80, 111, 137v, 158v, 199, 232, 263, 330v, 355v, 365v), named after John Soane's Museum 1, and the small miniatures attributed to the follower of Loyset Liedet who was also responsible for

• Detail of a space in the lower border, left blank for arms, and surrounded by foliage., Chronique of Baudouin d'Avennes (L'histoire tripartite, Le trésor de sapience)

Master of the Soane Josephus (ff. 21, 54v, 80, 111, 137v, 158v, 199, 232, 263, 330v, 355v, 365v), named after John Soane's Museum 1, and the small miniatures attributed to the follower of Loyset Liedet who was also responsible for