• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

) 'We shal bileue þat þis pater noster'. 'shal we haue euer lastynge fredom. Amen'. 'Explicit pater noster'. ff. 3v-4v John Wyclif Ave Maria (IPMEP 455 ) 'Men greten commonly our lady goddis moder'. 'worshipe the marie wiþ al our

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

Good but initial page and border faded. Unknown Unknown Acquired by Trinity between 1688 and 1741/2. Rebound at Trinity by John Exshaw in 1741/2 (Brooks 1951). Catalogued and encoded: Rebecca Farnham, University of Birmingham, May 2004. Abbott, T. K. 1900.

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

barnabe þat he us to heouene bringue'. English Horstmann 1887, pp. 26-29. ff. 32v-34r South English Legendary: Life of St. John the Baptist ( IMEV 2945 ) 'Seint iohan was þe beste bern þe holie baptist þat euere of womman

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

Shropshire (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin, 1986, vol. 1, p. 149). A fifteenth-century copy of John Mirk's Instructions for Parish Priests copied by John Holyns. ff. 1r-33v John Mirk Instructions for Parish Priests (IMEV 961 ) 'God seythe hymselfe as wretyn

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

218, LP 6960 (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, vol. 4, p. 196). An early fifteenth-century copy of John Mirk's Festial . ff. 1r-32v John Mirk Festial (IPMEP 734 ) 'Ne dar þe noþyng drede'. 'grete peyne þu schalt childe bere

• CP.E.223

Details:2 Pieces; No deposition; No libel; No sentence Outcome: Date: 1396 — 1396 People & Places Participant: John Salter [Salter] Alternate name: John son of Henry Salter [Salter] Role: plaintiff Details: male Location: Stanhope (Durham) Place(s): Snape Gate (Snape) :

• CP.E.158

female Location: York (Ebor') : undefined Participant: HenryBrigg [Bryge] Role: defendant Details: male Participant: John Catterick [Catryk] Role: prosecution proctor Details: male; clerk Employment: proctor Participant: John Willingham [Wyllyngham] Role: defence proctor Details: male; clerk Employment: proctor Location: York :

• CP.E.222

09/03/1393 — 06/12/1395 People & Places Participant: John Burnham [de Burnham; de Burnam; Burneham] Role: plaintiff Details: male; clerk Employment: rector of Walkington Location: Walkington (YorkshireEastRiding) Place(s): Walkington (Walkyngton) : ecclesiastical parish Participant: John Middleton [de Medilton; de Middelton; de

• CP.E.230

: ecclesiastical parish Participant: John Stanton [de Stanton] Role: undefined Details: male; clerk Employment: proctor Participant: RobertEasingwold [de Esyngwald] Role: undefined Details: male; clerk Employment: proctor Participant: John Shilbottle [Shilbotill] Role: undefined Details: male Participant: John Ferrour [Ferrour] Role: witness

• CP.E.176

15/11/1390 — 1390 People & Places Participant: John Tomlinson [Thomelynson] Role: plaintiff Details: male Participant: John Shutt [Shutte; Schut] Role: plaintiff Details: male Participant: William Milner [Milner] Role: plaintiff Details: male Participant: John Collingham [Colyngham] Role: defendant Details: male; clerk

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

Now goþ þis marchaunt faste and bysyly Til he cam in to Bruges meryly To Flaundres ward his prentys wel him gydeþ þe morne came and forþ þis marchaunt rydeþ Til þat daun Iohn rydeþ to his abbeye þey dranken

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

causeþ more dispence And compynable and reuerent was sche A wyf he hadde of excellent beaute That riche was for which men heelde him wys A Marchaunt whilom dwelled at Seint Denys Here bygynneþ þe schipmannes tale f . 204

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

A certeyn frankes and some wiþ him he ladde To borwe of certein frendes þat he hadde For which þis marchaunt is y wont to gon To paye xx þousand scheldes anon þat needes moste he make a Cheuesaunce For

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

shipmannes tale A Marchaunt whilom dwelt at seint denys That riche was for which men hild him wis A wyf he had of excellent beaute And compaynable and reuerent was she Which is a thing that causeth more dispence Than

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

And thus I lete hem ete and drynke and pleye This Marchaunt and this monk a day or tweye The thrid day this Marchaunt vp riseth And on his nedes sadly him auyseth And vp in to his countyng hous

• Detail of a decorated initial 'B'(eatus) at the beginning of Ecclesiasticus 14:22, in a 13th-century leaf., Leaf from a Missal(?) with part of the mass for one martyr

inscribed, 16th/17th century: 'Philemon Holland / John Barone(?), and 'RB'.f. 125: inscribed, 16th century: 'Thomas baulle'(?) and John Dean'.f. 137: inscribed, 16th century: 'James Collard'.f. 149: inscribed, 16th century: 'Statutes April 1581' and 'John Wallsall'.f. 175: inscribed, 17th century: 'Edmund(?)

• Decorated initials from a 13th-century leaf., Leaf from a Missal(?) with part of the mass for one martyr

inscribed, 16th/17th century: 'Philemon Holland / John Barone(?), and 'RB'.f. 125: inscribed, 16th century: 'Thomas baulle'(?) and John Dean'.f. 137: inscribed, 16th century: 'James Collard'.f. 149: inscribed, 16th century: 'Statutes April 1581' and 'John Wallsall'.f. 175: inscribed, 17th century: 'Edmund(?)

• Historiated initial 'I' of the eagle symbol of John, extension of acanthus-like foliage and bezants with single hair-line embellishment, at the beginning of a Gospel extract from John 1:1-14., Leaves from a Book of Hours, containing Gospel extracts: John 1:1-14, Matthew 2:1-12, Mark 16:14-120 and Luke 6:36-42

Historiated initial 'I' of the eagle symbol of John, extension of acanthus-like foliage and bezants with single hair-line embellishment, at the beginning of a Gospel extract from John 1:1-14. Italian cuttings. The present leaves and bifolia originally formed part of

• Miniature of the Nativity of John the Baptist, with Zacharias., Lectionary, imperfect (the 'Lovell Lectionary')

Miniature of the Nativity of John the Baptist, with Zacharias. ff. 1-3 are paper leaves.The name John Siferwas occurs in the Sherborne Missal with 'Illuminator': see Scoft 1996 p. 62. Large miniature in colours of the patron, Lord Lovell (f.

• Miniature of John the Evangelist writing, with his symbol, the eagle, before him, with a full border including grotesques, two angels holding a shield with the arms of Holy Trinity Priory, Aldgate, London in the upper margin, and the arms of the Holand and Lovell families in the lower margin., Lectionary, imperfect (the 'Lovell Lectionary')

£10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. John the Evangelist John Siferwas England, S. (probably Glastonbury)