• Detail of a miniature of the Annunciation., Meditationes vitae Christi (Le Livre doré des meditations de la vie de nostre seigneur Jesu Christ)

Booke' (see Krochalis 1988).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the Catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 13v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. The Annunciation

• Detail of a miniature of the Visitation., Meditationes vitae Christi (Le Livre doré des meditations de la vie de nostre seigneur Jesu Christ)

Booke' (see Krochalis 1988).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the Catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 13v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. The Visitation

• Detail of a miniature of an angel appearing to Joseph., Meditationes vitae Christi (Le Livre doré des meditations de la vie de nostre seigneur Jesu Christ)

Booke' (see Krochalis 1988).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the Catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 13v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Angel appearing

• Detail of a miniature of the Nativity., Meditationes vitae Christi (Le Livre doré des meditations de la vie de nostre seigneur Jesu Christ)

Booke' (see Krochalis 1988).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the Catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 13v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. The Nativity

• Detail of a miniature of the Circumcision of Christ., Meditationes vitae Christi (Le Livre doré des meditations de la vie de nostre seigneur Jesu Christ)

Booke' (see Krochalis 1988).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the Catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 13v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. The Circumcision

• Miniature of the raising of the widow's son, with a preliminary sketch in the lower margin, a partial border, and a foliate initial 'E'(n ce temps), at the beginning of the chapter 26., Meditationes vitae Christi (Le Livre doré des meditations de la vie de nostre seigneur Jesu Christ)

Booke' (see Krochalis 1988).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the Catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 13v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Raising of

• Miniature of the healing of the woman with an issue of blood, with a preliminary sketch in the lower margin, a partial border and a foliate initial 'A'(la requeste), at the beginning of chapter 27., Meditationes vitae Christi (Le Livre doré des meditations de la vie de nostre seigneur Jesu Christ)

Booke' (see Krochalis 1988).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the Catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 13v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Christ healing

• Miniature of the healing of the man (represented as woman) with a withered hand, with a preliminary sketch in the lower margin, a partial border, and a foliate initial 'E'(n un jour), at the beginning of chapter 33., Meditationes vitae Christi (Le Livre doré des meditations de la vie de nostre seigneur Jesu Christ)

Booke' (see Krochalis 1988).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the Catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 13v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Christ healing

• Miniature of Christ feeding the multitude, with a preliminary sketch in the lower margin, a partial border, and a foliate initial 'O'(n lit), at the beginning of chapter 34., Meditationes vitae Christi (Le Livre doré des meditations de la vie de nostre seigneur Jesu Christ)

Booke' (see Krochalis 1988).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the Catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 13v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Christ feeding

• Drawing of a battle between mounted knights., Chanson d'Aspremont, imperfect

According to Hunt 1987, one of three thirteenth-century English manuscripts with secular romance illustrations. 45 pen drawings and fragments of 2 more, with a wash of green, and often red, or sometimes yellow and/or blue, often of knights on horseback

• Tables for determining the dominical letter and the golden number for the year 1425, and on the right, an illuminated initial 'M'(agna) at the beginning of the Speculum Christiani., Theological miscellany, entitled 'Speculum Christiani', including prayers and poetry in English, with dominical tables

in blue. Line-fillers in blue. Highlighting of letters in yellow. Theological miscellany, entitled 'Speculum Christiani', including prayers and poetry in English, with dominical tables ? Former shelfmark 'LLb No. 14' on a former pastedown (f. 1); f. 85 is also

• Puzzle initial 'A' with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of the Register book of the Infirmary of the Abbey of St Edmundsbury called Ikworth., Register book of the Infirmary of the abbey of St Edmund, Bury

locis pertinentibus officio Infirmarii monasterii Sancti Edmundi factum anno Domini 1425 Dompno Thoma Ikworth tunc infirmario existente' (f. 4).Inscription in English, 15th-century, followed by 'John / mens est iste liber' (f. 1).Charles Batteley, 1698: mentioned by Ducarel (see below).James West

• null, Register book of the Infirmary of the abbey of St Edmund, Bury

locis pertinentibus officio Infirmarii monasterii Sancti Edmundi factum anno Domini 1425 Dompno Thoma Ikworth tunc infirmario existente' (f. 4).Inscription in English, 15th-century, followed by 'John / mens est iste liber' (f. 1).Charles Batteley, 1698: mentioned by Ducarel (see below).James West

• Illuminated initial 'M'(agna) at the beginning of the Speculum Christiani., Theological miscellany, entitled 'Speculum Christiani', including prayers and poetry in English, with dominical tables

in blue. Line-fillers in blue. Highlighting of letters in yellow. Theological miscellany, entitled 'Speculum Christiani', including prayers and poetry in English, with dominical tables ? Former shelfmark 'LLb No. 14' on a former pastedown (f. 1); f. 85 is also

• Tables for determining the dominical letter and the golden number for the year 1425., Theological miscellany, entitled 'Speculum Christiani', including prayers and poetry in English, with dominical tables

in blue. Line-fillers in blue. Highlighting of letters in yellow. Theological miscellany, entitled 'Speculum Christiani', including prayers and poetry in English, with dominical tables ? Former shelfmark 'LLb No. 14' on a former pastedown (f. 1); f. 85 is also

• Diagrams of solar and lunar eclipses in a physician's folding almanac., Physician's folding almanac, including John Somer's 'Calendar' (ff. 3-6), eclipse canon (f. 7), diagrams of solar and lunar eclipses from 1431 to 1462 (ff. 8-10)

the 'Kalendarium' of John Somer (d. in or after 1409), Franciscan friar at Bridgwater and astronomer.One of 29 English folding almanacs, of which 10 are in the British Library: see Carey 2003. Initials in gold on background of blue and

• Detail of diagrams of solar and lunar eclipses from 1431 to 1462., Physician's folding almanac, including John Somer's 'Calendar' (ff. 3-6), eclipse canon (f. 7), diagrams of solar and lunar eclipses from 1431 to 1462 (ff. 8-10)

on the 'Kalendarium' of John Somer (d. in or after 1409), Franciscan friar at Bridgwater and astronomer.One of 29 English folding almanacs, of which 10 are in the British Library: see Carey 2003. Initials in gold on background of blue

• Physician's folding almanac., Physician's folding almanac, including John Somer's 'Calendar' (ff. 3-6), eclipse canon (f. 7), diagrams of solar and lunar eclipses from 1431 to 1462 (ff. 8-10)

Somer (d. in or after 1409), Franciscan friar at Bridgwater and astronomer.One of 29 English folding almanacs, of which 10 are in the British Library: see Carey 2003. Initials in gold on background of blue and light purple with black

• Detail of puzzle initial., Bible with prologues, and Interpretation of Hebrew names (ff. 488-525v)

century: erased inscription (f. 526v).Unidentified owner, c. 1440-1500: inscription in humanistic book script (ff. 401-402).Unidentified owner, 16th century: inscription in English (f. 368v).Unidentified owner, 16th century?: inscribed with a motto(?) 'Timor meus spes mea' (ff. 3v, 526v). This motto appears

• Decorated and inhabited initials., Comedies, with arguments, a life of Terence, and other supplementary matter

In Viconovo dyocensis Ferrariensis' (f. 111v).Inscription, 1436: '... scripsit uigilia s. Luce 17 Octobr. 1436.' (f. 1, crossed out).Inscribed an old number '.N.55.' (f. 1v).Inscribed, 18th century: 'H. VIII 23.' (1st flyleaf [f. i]).Inscribed in pencil, '10 luigi osia 44