• Decorated initial 'E'(t)., The Historia Aseneth (ff. 53-64v) and Testamenta xii. Patriarcharum filiorum Jacob (ff. 65-96v)

'Chr' Towneley' ( f. 1). Richard Towneley, in 1702: his book-plate with the date (f. 2v); inscriptions 'T.283' (f. 3). John Hirst of Ladcastle, Dobcross, purchased at his sale at Sotheby's 14 December 1887 by the British Museum, using the

• Coloured initials., Leaf of a glossed codex of Justinian, book 6.6.4-6.14.2, imperfect, and bound with the recto as the verso, formerly used as a pastedown

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• Decorated initials., Fragment of a Psalter, with part of Psalms 11-13, with the recto bound as the verso

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• Decorated initials and musical notation., Fragment of a Missal, with part of the Mass for the 18th Sunday after Trinity

notation on red four-line staves. Fragment of a Missal, with part of the Mass for the 18th Sunday after Trinity John Bagford: inscribed, probably by Frederic Madden, that this is 'A portion of Bagford's collection F. M.' (f. [iii]).Sir Hans

• Musical notation., Fragment with Antiphons for the Nativity of the Lord

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• Marginal drawing of diseased genitals., Treatise on Surgery, with tables and calendar

.' (f. 271v).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Genitals John Arderne England, S. E.(?) (London?)

• Marginal drawing of diseased genitals., Treatise on Surgery, with tables and calendar

.' (f. 271v).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Genitals John Arderne England, S. E.(?) (London?)

• Marginal drawing of diseased genitals and a knife., Treatise on Surgery, with tables and calendar

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• null, Commentary on the Psalms (imperfect, starting in the middle of the commentary on Psalm 9 and ending in the middle of the commentary on Psalm 146)

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• null, Commentary on the Psalms (imperfect, starting in the middle of the commentary on Psalm 9 and ending in the middle of the commentary on Psalm 146)

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• Detail of miniature of Jerome kneeling., Expositio symboli apostolorum (Expositio sancti Ieronimi in simbolum apostolorum ad papam laurentium)

Detail of miniature of Jerome kneeling. Four dots before line four indicated where the compositor was to being the last page of the printed book. 1 full-page miniature (unfinished), with a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f.

• Detail of illuminated white vine initial 'M'., Expositio symboli apostolorum (Expositio sancti Ieronimi in simbolum apostolorum ad papam laurentium)

Detail of illuminated white vine initial 'M'. Four dots before line four indicated where the compositor was to being the last page of the printed book. 1 full-page miniature (unfinished), with a full foliate border, in colours and gold

• Detail of lower border., Expositio symboli apostolorum (Expositio sancti Ieronimi in simbolum apostolorum ad papam laurentium)

Detail of lower border. Four dots before line four indicated where the compositor was to being the last page of the printed book. 1 full-page miniature (unfinished), with a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 2v). Large

• Miniature of the Fall with the snake with a woman's torso and head, illuminated initial 'C'(onsiderans), diagram, and the ownership inscription of 'Johannis Sprotte', at the beginning of a genealogical chronicle of the kings of England, from Adam to Edward IV (the 'Considerans' chronicle)., Genealogical Chronicle of the Kings of England, from Adam to Edward IV (the 'Considerans' chronicle)

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• Detail of inscription., Expositio symboli apostolorum (Expositio sancti Ieronimi in simbolum apostolorum ad papam laurentium)

Detail of inscription. Four dots before line four indicated where the compositor was to being the last page of the printed book. 1 full-page miniature (unfinished), with a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 2v). Large white

• Miniature of Jerome., Expositio symboli apostolorum (Expositio sancti Ieronimi in simbolum apostolorum ad papam laurentium)

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• Illuminated initial and heraldy in the lower border., Expositio symboli apostolorum (Expositio sancti Ieronimi in simbolum apostolorum ad papam laurentium)

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• Detail of diagram., Theological miscellany, including provebial Latin poetry, and William of Waddington's Le Manuel des Pechiez (f. 81r-v); the 'Speculum theologie'

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