• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of one knight unhorsing another before a castle, while a group of women look on., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

University of Paris (f. 4). John Batayle, a canon of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield, mentioned among other canons in a clerical subsidy roll of 1379 and named in a will of 1382, made by John Chyshull, another canon of St

• Detail of an historiated initial 'V'(alde) of John writing on a scroll ('S. Iohannes') with an eagle, his symbol, at his feet, with a partial bar border including a grotesque hybrid, at the reading for 27 December., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

historiated initial 'V'(alde) of John writing on a scroll ('S. Iohannes') with an eagle, his symbol, at his feet, with a partial bar border including a grotesque hybrid, at the reading for 27 December. 46 large historiated initials, with three-sided

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D' of John the Baptist, holding the Agnus Dei., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

historiated initial 'D' of John the Baptist, holding the Agnus Dei. 46 large historiated initials, with three-sided or partial foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 16v, 20v, 23v, 25v, 27v, 40, 87, 109, 121, 125v, 128, 130, 131, 136,

• Illuminated and decorated initial 'D's, in the Kalendarium (a table of contents), with a painted border containing figures in vesica-shaped spaces and a bas-de-page scene with two hybrid figures blowing a trumpets on either side of a castle full of people., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

University of Paris (f. 4). John Batayle, a canon of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield, mentioned among other canons in a clerical subsidy roll of 1379 and named in a will of 1382, made by John Chyshull, another canon of St

• Historiated initial 'V'(alde) of John writing on a scroll ('S. Iohannes') with an eagle, his symbol, at his feet, with a partial bar border including a grotesque hybrid and dragon extender, at the reading for 27 December., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

'V'(alde) of John writing on a scroll ('S. Iohannes') with an eagle, his symbol, at his feet, with a partial bar border including a grotesque hybrid and dragon extender, at the reading for 27 December. 46 large historiated initials, with

• Miniature of the martyrdom of Alban in the upper register, and of the martyrdom of Amphibaldus in the lower register., Psalter and Canticles

December, f. 7v).John of Dalling, monk of the Benedictine abbey of St Albans: given by him with the permission of John of Hertford, abbot of St. Albans (1235-60), before 1260, inscribed, 'Hunc librum dedit Frater Johannes de Dal/ling ex licencia

• Text page., Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions

the Vulgate version. Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions Copied by Pieter Meghen of 's-Hertogenbosch of the diocese of Liège (b. c.1466/1467, d. 1540) for John Colet (b. c.1456, d.1519), dean of St

• Text page., Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions

the Vulgate version. Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions Copied by Pieter Meghen of 's-Hertogenbosch of the diocese of Liège (b. c.1466/1467, d. 1540) for John Colet (b. c.1456, d.1519), dean of St

• Text page., Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions

the Vulgate version. Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions Copied by Pieter Meghen of 's-Hertogenbosch of the diocese of Liège (b. c.1466/1467, d. 1540) for John Colet (b. c.1456, d.1519), dean of St

• Text page., Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions

the Vulgate version. Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions Copied by Pieter Meghen of 's-Hertogenbosch of the diocese of Liège (b. c.1466/1467, d. 1540) for John Colet (b. c.1456, d.1519), dean of St

• Decorated initial 'P', with a rabbit., Statutes of Henry III and Edward I and law tracts

are a fragment of an indulgence from Clement [VI] to John [Arcber], rector of Ketlebergh [Kettleburgh, co. Suff.], Norwich diocese (see Warner and Gilson 1921).Formerly stitched to f. 8 but now attached to a paper leaf after f. 7 is

• Miniature of Mark, with his symbol, the lion, and a miniature of John, with his symbol, the eagle., La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame

the lion, and a miniature of John, with his symbol, the eagle. Includes the ~Somme le roi~, a manual of moral instruction, composed in 1279-80, at the request of King Philip III of France (1270-1285) by Laurent d'Orleans, the king's

• king John is brought to Winchester for burial, Roman de Brut, a verse epitome (begins imperfectly) with continuation to Edward III; Destruction de Rome; Fierabras

king John is brought to Winchester for burial The first quire misbound; the right order being ff. 2, 8, 3-7, 1, 9.French verse translation, in octosyllabic couplets, of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae.One of the first images of Stonehenge:

• Text page in the register for Northload [in Glastonbury]., Terrier of the Somersetshire estates of Glastonbury Abbey, with additional material relating to the abbey

Thomas Sutton, 'cellerarius forinsicus', assisted by John fitz James, steward of the abbey, William Lange, auditor, Thomas Gunwyn, a clerk with a special knowledge of the Glastonbury muniments and 'circa terrarium mensuratorem precipuum,' and John Horner, bailiff of Whitstone, who

• Text page in the register for Northload [in Glastonbury]., Terrier of the Somersetshire estates of Glastonbury Abbey, with additional material relating to the abbey

Thomas Sutton, 'cellerarius forinsicus', assisted by John fitz James, steward of the abbey, William Lange, auditor, Thomas Gunwyn, a clerk with a special knowledge of the Glastonbury muniments and 'circa terrarium mensuratorem precipuum,' and John Horner, bailiff of Whitstone, who

• Text page in the register for Northload [in Glastonbury]., Terrier of the Somersetshire estates of Glastonbury Abbey, with additional material relating to the abbey

Thomas Sutton, 'cellerarius forinsicus', assisted by John fitz James, steward of the abbey, William Lange, auditor, Thomas Gunwyn, a clerk with a special knowledge of the Glastonbury muniments and 'circa terrarium mensuratorem precipuum,' and John Horner, bailiff of Whitstone, who

• Miniature of Christ crucified between the two thieves, with the Virgin Mary and John the Evangelist, and Joseph of Arimathea collecting Christ's blood in a dish., Estoire del Saint Graal, La Queste del Saint Graal, Morte Artu

two thieves, with the Virgin Mary and John the Evangelist, and Joseph of Arimathea collecting Christ's blood in a dish. Includes: Estoire del Saint Graal, imperfect (ff. 1-88); La Queste del Saint Graal (ff. 89-139); abridged version of the Morte

• Detail of a miniature of Christ crucified between the two thieves, with the Virgin Mary and John the Evangelist, and Joseph of Arimathea collecting Christ's blood in a dish., Estoire del Saint Graal, La Queste del Saint Graal, Morte Artu

the two thieves, with the Virgin Mary and John the Evangelist, and Joseph of Arimathea collecting Christ's blood in a dish. Includes: Estoire del Saint Graal, imperfect (ff. 1-88); La Queste del Saint Graal (ff. 89-139); abridged version of the

• Miniature of John enthroned, caressing his dog; below, a genealogical table of his descendants., Drawings with various inscriptions, distichs and poems (ff. 1-9v), verse lament of Edward II (ff. 10 r-v), Chronicle of England (ff. 11-146v) Lancelot du Lac, imperfect (ff. 147-152v), a letter purporting to be from Joanna, Queen of Sicily to Hugh IV King of Cyprus (ff. 152v-154), La Queste del Saint Graal (ff. 155-169v), the latter imperfect at the beginning and at the end

of John enthroned, caressing his dog; below, a genealogical table of his descendants. Peter of Langtoft's Chronicle is prefaced by ten folios (the first quire) of tinted drawings with inscriptions, distichs, or longer poems. The final set of drawings portray

• Detail of a miniature of John enthroned, caressing his dog; below, a genealogical table of his descendants., Drawings with various inscriptions, distichs and poems (ff. 1-9v), verse lament of Edward II (ff. 10 r-v), Chronicle of England (ff. 11-146v) Lancelot du Lac, imperfect (ff. 147-152v), a letter purporting to be from Joanna, Queen of Sicily to Hugh IV King of Cyprus (ff. 152v-154), La Queste del Saint Graal (ff. 155-169v), the latter imperfect at the beginning and at the end

a miniature of John enthroned, caressing his dog; below, a genealogical table of his descendants. Peter of Langtoft's Chronicle is prefaced by ten folios (the first quire) of tinted drawings with inscriptions, distichs, or longer poems. The final set of