• Initial 'D'(ebitor) marking the beginning of the prologue to the Scotichronicon itself. In the upper margin is an inscription identifying this as the book of the abbey of St James and St Mirrin, Paisley., Scotichronicon (f. 28) and other texts, many of which pertain to Scotland (the Black Book of Paisley)

John of Fordun and continued by Walter Bower (ff. 28-265);'Tractatus et composicio inter reges Scocie et Norwagie' (ff. 265v-267);prophecy (f. 267v);'Seneca ad Lucilium' (f. 268);Boethius, 'De fide Christiana' (ff. 268-269);Pseudo-Bernard, 'Tractatus de formula honeste vite' (ff. 269-270);letter of Prester

• Text page., Scotichronicon (f. 28) and other texts, many of which pertain to Scotland (the Black Book of Paisley)

John of Fordun and continued by Walter Bower (ff. 28-265);'Tractatus et composicio inter reges Scocie et Norwagie' (ff. 265v-267);prophecy (f. 267v);'Seneca ad Lucilium' (f. 268);Boethius, 'De fide Christiana' (ff. 268-269);Pseudo-Bernard, 'Tractatus de formula honeste vite' (ff. 269-270);letter of Prester

• Initial 'A'(d) at the beginning of Book 8 of the Scotichronicon., Scotichronicon (f. 28) and other texts, many of which pertain to Scotland (the Black Book of Paisley)

John of Fordun and continued by Walter Bower (ff. 28-265);'Tractatus et composicio inter reges Scocie et Norwagie' (ff. 265v-267);prophecy (f. 267v);'Seneca ad Lucilium' (f. 268);Boethius, 'De fide Christiana' (ff. 268-269);Pseudo-Bernard, 'Tractatus de formula honeste vite' (ff. 269-270);letter of Prester

• Detail of a miniature of John., La Bible historiale complétée (Proverbs - Revelation)

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• Detail of a miniature of John with a chalice, and the best with seven heads., La Bible historiale complétée (Proverbs - Revelation)

a miniature of John with a chalice, and the best with seven heads. Contains Guyard des Moulins, 'La Bible historiale complétée', a French adaptation of Petrus Comestors's 'Historia scholastica'; bound in two volumes (volume I: Genesis-Psalms; volume II: Proverbs-Revelation).According to

• Decorated initial 'A', at the beginning of the Tract against clerks., Tract against clerks (ends imperfectly)

in colours and gold (f. 4). Tract against clerks (ends imperfectly) Unidentified owner, 18th century: note attributing the tract to John Wycliffe (f. 1v). Thomas Thorpe, London bookseller: catalogue 1836, no. 1359; bought by Phillipps.Sir Thomas Phillipps (b. 1792, d.

• Diagram of the Seal of God., Liber Iuratus Honorii, imperfect

Diagram of the Seal of God. Note that this is one of the three complete or nearly complete Latin manuscripts of this text, according to Hedegård 2002 p. 13. Large initials in red, 2 with penwork decoration in black

• Text page with the life of Margaret., South English Legendary (Legends of the saints in verse, listed according to their feast days), imperfect at the beginning

the saints in verse, listed according to their feast days), imperfect at the beginning John Sanford of Comersley, Somerset: inscribed in the late 16th century, 'John Sanford' (ff. 21, 41, 43, 46, 49 etc.), and 'Dieu saulve nostre royne Elizabeth

• Illuminated initial with oxidised silver., De mineralibus et lapidibus

1972, Kilwardby 1987).John Leland (b. c.1503, d. 1552), poet and antiquary (see Wright 1972); acquired on 18 May 1556 by John Dee.John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609), mathematician, astrologer, and antiquary (see Wright 1972; Roberts and Watson 1990): his astrological

• Detail of a miniature of the Lover kneeling before the Confessor in a landscape at the beginning of book 1 of Gower's Confessio amantis; an acanthus frame surrounds the miniature and foliate feathering extends into the margins., Confessio amantis, with the Traitié pour essampler les amantz marietz, and a Latin prayer and two Latin Marian lyrics

an acanthus frame surrounds the miniature and foliate feathering extends into the margins. This text was composed c. 1390 by John Gower (b. c. 1330, d. 1408), and is in the third recension of the text.One of 13 manuscripts containing

• null, Letters, extracts, scholia

Letters, extracts, scholia ? Cardinal Giovanni Salviati: probably no. 99 in his 1546 catalogue (see Cataldi Palau 1995 no. 77).Charles Townley (b. 1737, d. 1805), collector of antiquities, acquired in Rome in 1773 together with several other former

• Drawing of the Crucifixion, with the thieves, Mary pierced by a sword, and John., Speculum humanae salvationis, imperfect

thieves, Mary pierced by a sword, and John. Numerous drawings in ink, with captions and sometimes details in red or a red wash, identified by Scott as by three artists: 'A' of 100 miniatures, of c. 1330-1340 (ff. 1-33v, 35-38v,

• Historiated initial 'T'(his) of Henry VII, enthroned with crowned sceptre, giving the manuscript to the monks of Westminster and John Islip, Abbot of Westminster, with a full bar border with the arms of England., Quadripartite Indenture for Henry VII's Chapel

sceptre, giving the manuscript to the monks of Westminster and John Islip, Abbot of Westminster, with a full bar border with the arms of England. The original chemise binding is of burgundy velvet (outside) and pinkish gold damask (inside). One

• Detail of an historiated initial 'T'(his) of Henry VII, enthroned with crowned sceptre, giving the manuscript to the monks of Westminster and John Islip, Abbot of Westminster., Quadripartite Indenture for Henry VII's Chapel

crowned sceptre, giving the manuscript to the monks of Westminster and John Islip, Abbot of Westminster. The original chemise binding is of burgundy velvet (outside) and pinkish gold damask (inside). One large tassel remains on the top left corner in

• Historiated initial 'E'(seint) of the Evangelist John, holding a book and a martyr's palm, standing on the back of his symbol, the eagle., La lumiere as lais; Apocalypse (the 'Welles Apocalypse')

of the Evangelist John, holding a book and a martyr's palm, standing on the back of his symbol, the eagle. Includes La lumiere as lais of Peter of Peckham (or Peter of Fetcham) in Anglo-French (ff. 1-103v), and the Apocalypse

• Detail of an historiated initial 'E'(seint) of the Evangelist John, holding a book and a martyr's palm, standing on the back of his symbol, the eagle., La lumiere as lais; Apocalypse (the 'Welles Apocalypse')

initial 'E'(seint) of the Evangelist John, holding a book and a martyr's palm, standing on the back of his symbol, the eagle. Includes La lumiere as lais of Peter of Peckham (or Peter of Fetcham) in Anglo-French (ff. 1-103v), and

• Miniature of Christ dictating to John., La lumiere as lais; Apocalypse (the 'Welles Apocalypse')

Christ dictating to John. Includes La lumiere as lais of Peter of Peckham (or Peter of Fetcham) in Anglo-French (ff. 1-103v), and the Apocalypse with a commentary in the Anglo-French prose version (ff. 104-214v).According to Sandler, stylistically related to the

• Detail of a miniature of Christ dictating to John., La lumiere as lais; Apocalypse (the 'Welles Apocalypse')

of Christ dictating to John. Includes La lumiere as lais of Peter of Peckham (or Peter of Fetcham) in Anglo-French (ff. 1-103v), and the Apocalypse with a commentary in the Anglo-French prose version (ff. 104-214v).According to Sandler, stylistically related to

• Text page., Miscellany of various papers and fragments written by John Stowe and others, including the Song of the Lady Bessy, concerning Princess Elizabeth, future wife of Henry VII (ff. 89-100), written by Humphrey Brereton, an extract from Lydgate's Life of Edmund and Fremund (f. 86v)

written by John Stowe and others, including the Song of the Lady Bessy, concerning Princess Elizabeth, future wife of Henry VII (ff. 89-100), written by Humphrey Brereton, an extract from Lydgate's Life of Edmund and Fremund (f. 86v) John Stowe,

• Historiated initial 'C'(um) of the Lamb of God with a partial bar-border, at the beginning of the De testimonis Veteris et Novi Testamenti., Liber testimoniorum Veteris Testamenti ex opusculis S. Gregorii, De institutis coenobiorum, Collationes

Veteris Testamenti ex opusculis S. Gregorii, De institutis coenobiorum, Collationes The priory of St. Mary, Sempringham, co. Lincoln, given by John de Glynton, master of the Sempringham Order in 1332: originally with the inscription probably on the original cover, 'ex