• Bas-de-page scene of two men holding bones in their arms, and the skeleton of John in a tomb., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours')

in their arms, and the skeleton of John in a tomb. The style and subject, especially the many bas-de-page narratives ranging from romance and fabliau to biblical and hagiographic material, are closely connected to two important manuscripts thought to have

• Bas-de-page scene of Peter and John visiting the sepulchre and removing the sudarium., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours')

of Peter and John visiting the sepulchre and removing the sudarium. The style and subject, especially the many bas-de-page narratives ranging from romance and fabliau to biblical and hagiographic material, are closely connected to two important manuscripts thought to have

• Bas-de-page scene of Christ beckoning Peter and John while they are out fishing., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours')

Christ beckoning Peter and John while they are out fishing. The style and subject, especially the many bas-de-page narratives ranging from romance and fabliau to biblical and hagiographic material, are closely connected to two important manuscripts thought to have been

• Bas-de-page scene of the standing figure of John holding a scroll., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours')

the standing figure of John holding a scroll. The style and subject, especially the many bas-de-page narratives ranging from romance and fabliau to biblical and hagiographic material, are closely connected to two important manuscripts thought to have been illuminated in

• Bas-de-page scene of the the Nativity of John the Baptist., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours')

the the Nativity of John the Baptist. The style and subject, especially the many bas-de-page narratives ranging from romance and fabliau to biblical and hagiographic material, are closely connected to two important manuscripts thought to have been illuminated in London:

• Historiated initial 'A'(nno) with an abbot holding a crosier, and full border with faces in diamond shapes, at the beginning of a cartulary of Chertsey abbey., Register of Chertsey abbey

left for initials. Register of Chertsey abbey ? The Benedictine abbey of St Peter, Chertsey, Surrey, during the abbacy of John de Rutherwyk, including charters from 1307 to 1344; see ~Chertsey Cartularies~ p. iii.Henry Powle (bap. 1630, d. 1692), politician:

• Bas-de-page scene of John the Evangelist gesturing towards St Edward on the facing verso. The caption reads, 'Ey sein iohan le ewangelist uient a seint edward p[our] demaund[er] acun bien pur lam[our] de deu'., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours')

scene of John the Evangelist gesturing towards St Edward on the facing verso. The caption reads, 'Ey sein iohan le ewangelist uient a seint edward p[our] demaund[er] acun bien pur lam[our] de deu'. The style and subject, especially the many

• Historiated initial 'B' of God in Majesty above four saints, including two Franciscans, measuring 90 x 95 mm (upper centre)., Cuttings from liturgical manuscripts

these cuttings in the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 18196, ff. 2-90. 11 historiated initials in colours and gold, of John the Baptist (f. 46), a Benedictine monk (f. 47), God (ff. 48, 52), seated men (ff. 53, 62, 64),

• Portolan chart of the British Isles and west coast of Europe (from north Denmark to Oporto)., Atlas with seven double-page Portolan charts (index Portolano, maps, Lord Lumley's Atlas)

circuit of wall in a lake) (ff. 7v-8). Atlas with seven double-page Portolan charts (index Portolano, maps, Lord Lumley's Atlas) John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: his name inscribed (f. 1); listed in

• Decorated initial 'S' (epe et multum) at the beginning of Cicero's De inventione, Book I, with ownership inscriptions for Thomas Cranmer (Thomas Cantuarien[sis]) and Lumley., De inventione (index Rhetorica)

Decorated initial 'S' (epe et multum) at the beginning of Cicero's De inventione, Book I, with ownership inscriptions for Thomas Cranmer (Thomas Cantuarien[sis]) and Lumley. 1 large puzzle initial in red, blue, green, and yellow with foliate motifs, at

• Detail of a miniature of the eagle of John, with a scroll, at the beginning of Luke., Bible historiale complétée (Maccabees to Revelation)

of the eagle of John, with a scroll, at the beginning of Luke. Contains the Bible historiale, a French adaptation of Peter Comestor's Historia scholastica by Guyart des Moulins (c. 1291-95), classified as the bible historiale complétée by Berger 1884.

• Detail of a miniature of Solomon instructing Rehoboam, at the beginning of John., Bible historiale complétée (Maccabees to Revelation)

instructing Rehoboam, at the beginning of John. Contains the Bible historiale, a French adaptation of Peter Comestor's Historia scholastica by Guyart des Moulins (c. 1291-95), classified as the bible historiale complétée by Berger 1884. According to Komada 2000, illuminated by

• Detail of a miniature of the Crucifixion, with the Virgin Mary and John., La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame

Crucifixion, with the Virgin Mary and John. 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 confessor (ff. 1-107), Gospels in

• Decorated initial 'Q' with a partial bar border., Summa confessorum

1698?), no. 7976.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial 'Q' Written by more than one scribe John of Freiburg (Johannes de Friburgo) East Anglia England, S. (East Anglia)

• Puzzle initial and pen-flourished initials., Summa confessorum

7976.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Puzzle initial and pen-flourished initials Written by more than one scribe John of Freiburg (Johannes de Friburgo) East Anglia England, S. (East Anglia)

• Puzzle initial 'D'(omino) with a partial border, at the beginning of the Secretum Secretorum., Secretum Secretorum, Historia destructionis Troiae, and other texts

Puzzle initial 'D'(omino) with a partial border, at the beginning of the Secretum Secretorum. Includes the Secretum Secretorum, a didactic treatise believed to be a work of Aristotle composed for the guidance of Alexander the Great, in the second

• Miniature of the Last Supper, with Christ sitting at the centre of the table, embracing John; on each side of Christ are seated five apostles; Judas is in the right foreground, shown from behind, in the left foreground is the inn keeper, pouring wine from a jug into a beaker., Two miniatures after woodcuts from the ~Large Passion~ series, by Albrecht Dürer, Germany, 1497-1510, printed by Hieronymus Höltzel, Nuremberg, 1511

sitting at the centre of the table, embracing John; on each side of Christ are seated five apostles; Judas is in the right foreground, shown from behind, in the left foreground is the inn keeper, pouring wine from a jug

• Pen-flourished initial 'Q'(uant)., Li Livres dou Tresor (index Tresors)

Pen-flourished initial 'Q'(uant). f. 1 is a parchment leaf with a list of accounts of farms at St. Hyllaire, near Falaise, Normandy, added in the 15th century.The text is similar to, but not derived from, Paris MS. Bibl. Nat.,

• Decorated initial 'E' before the first word 'Iste'., Charter, and Domesday book of the laws and usages of Ipswich

Library printed and on-line catalogue for a fuller description).Inscription with the date 18 March, 1731/2 and the names Edward Syer, John Marten, and R. Love (f. 55v). Bought from J. Bohn, 29 July 1893 by the British Museum, using the

• Decorated initial 'S' with foliate decoration., Tragoediae (index Tragedies)

Decorated initial 'S' with foliate decoration. Copious notes in an early-modern hand. 10 large decorated foliate initials with foliate extensions into the margins, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 24v, 44, 55v, 78, 96v, 117, 135, 153, 170v). Small