• Detail of a miniature of Jason being feasted by Aetes., Historia destructionis Troiae in a French translation

France in 1380 (f. 1).Catchwords. 34 miniatures in colours and gold with partial borders, at the beginning of books (ff. 1, 3, 4, 8v, 11v, 14v, 17v, 20, 24v, 25v, 28, 30, 32v, 39, 47, 48v, 50, 51v, 55, 58,

• Detail of a miniature of the gathering of heroes against Troy., Historia destructionis Troiae in a French translation

France in 1380 (f. 1).Catchwords. 34 miniatures in colours and gold with partial borders, at the beginning of books (ff. 1, 3, 4, 8v, 11v, 14v, 17v, 20, 24v, 25v, 28, 30, 32v, 39, 47, 48v, 50, 51v, 55, 58,

• Detail of a miniature of the return of Priam and Hecuba to Troy., Historia destructionis Troiae in a French translation

France in 1380 (f. 1).Catchwords. 34 miniatures in colours and gold with partial borders, at the beginning of books (ff. 1, 3, 4, 8v, 11v, 14v, 17v, 20, 24v, 25v, 28, 30, 32v, 39, 47, 48v, 50, 51v, 55, 58,

• Detail of a miniature of Antenor speaking to Priam., Historia destructionis Troiae in a French translation

France in 1380 (f. 1).Catchwords. 34 miniatures in colours and gold with partial borders, at the beginning of books (ff. 1, 3, 4, 8v, 11v, 14v, 17v, 20, 24v, 25v, 28, 30, 32v, 39, 47, 48v, 50, 51v, 55, 58,

• Detail of a miniature of Priam sending Paris to Greece., Historia destructionis Troiae in a French translation

France in 1380 (f. 1).Catchwords. 34 miniatures in colours and gold with partial borders, at the beginning of books (ff. 1, 3, 4, 8v, 11v, 14v, 17v, 20, 24v, 25v, 28, 30, 32v, 39, 47, 48v, 50, 51v, 55, 58,

• Detail of a miniature of soldiers attacking and killing during the Rape of Helen., Historia destructionis Troiae in a French translation

France in 1380 (f. 1).Catchwords. 34 miniatures in colours and gold with partial borders, at the beginning of books (ff. 1, 3, 4, 8v, 11v, 14v, 17v, 20, 24v, 25v, 28, 30, 32v, 39, 47, 48v, 50, 51v, 55, 58,

• Detail of a miniature of the Greek fleet off of Athens., Historia destructionis Troiae in a French translation

France in 1380 (f. 1).Catchwords. 34 miniatures in colours and gold with partial borders, at the beginning of books (ff. 1, 3, 4, 8v, 11v, 14v, 17v, 20, 24v, 25v, 28, 30, 32v, 39, 47, 48v, 50, 51v, 55, 58,

• Detail of a miniature of Agamemnon addressing three other kings., Historia destructionis Troiae in a French translation

France in 1380 (f. 1).Catchwords. 34 miniatures in colours and gold with partial borders, at the beginning of books (ff. 1, 3, 4, 8v, 11v, 14v, 17v, 20, 24v, 25v, 28, 30, 32v, 39, 47, 48v, 50, 51v, 55, 58,

• Detail of a miniature of Achilles bringing Calchas to Agamemnon., Historia destructionis Troiae in a French translation

France in 1380 (f. 1).Catchwords. 34 miniatures in colours and gold with partial borders, at the beginning of books (ff. 1, 3, 4, 8v, 11v, 14v, 17v, 20, 24v, 25v, 28, 30, 32v, 39, 47, 48v, 50, 51v, 55, 58,

• Puzzle initial., Leaf of a Psalter, in the Gallican version, including Psalms 26-32, imperfect, and bound with the recto as the verso

67-76, and 82 were printed fragments and have been removed.Musical notation (e.g., ff. 18v, 38, 40, 77r-v, 78r-v, 80r-v, 83r-v). 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with red and blue pen-flourishing for Psalm 26 (f. 24v). Small initials

• A volvelle, a device with moveable discs rotating with a fixed matrix, the pointing moveable index of which could be set at the sign and degree of the zodiac for a particular day in order to predict the best time to provide medical treatment. Above and below the circles are the compass points in Latin in red. On the outer movable circle are the astrological days and a pointing index for the sun, and on the inner ring, a pointing index for the moon., Medical miscellany, including the Secretum secretorum

wifhon (?)' (f. 169).Inscription 'William made thys x deay of Februeary J Faning' (f. 152v).Inscription 'Gabriel Gostwyke' (ff. 1, 1434v); on f. 1 with the date 1633.Added index (ff. 108-115v).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector.

• Detail of calligraphic specimens with decorated initial 'O' signed by Petruccio Ubaldini, dated 1550, and dedicated to Edward VI (in the fourth year of his reign)., Specimens of Calligraphy

brown ink (f. 48). Specimens of Calligraphy Written in London by Petruccio Ubaldini; signed and dated 20 July 1550 (ff. 1, 21, 42).Edward VI (b. 1537, d.1553), king of England and Ireland, king from 1547: apparently intended for him (ff.

• Coloured print with Christ as Man of Sorrows being adored by a Carthsian, pasted to a page painted in red covered with streaming blood. A Carthusian kneels before a bloody Christ, who stands beside his cross. They converse by means of scrolls with texts in latin. The Carthusian petitions Christ: ‘O Lord I beseech, send me salvation’ (Domine obsecro dirige ad me salutem). He replies: ‘Son, shun (temptation, understood), subdue (it), say nothing, keep quiet (Fili fuge, vince, tace, quiesce). The formulation is found in Abelard’s Epistle VII on the foundation of a women’s convent, and the context is how to avoid the temptation to sin. Below is a caption in English: ‘The greatest comfort in al temptacyon Is the remembraunce of Crystes passyon.’, Psalter and Rosary of the Virgin (from f. 27), in two versions, and other devotional texts, including a litany

them (ff. 8v-9v). 1 large coloured print with the Virgin and Child at the beginning of the Rosary (f. 2v). 1 large decorated initial, in red and blue (f. 29). Small initials in plain red or blue. 1 headpiece with

• Detail of decorated initial., Register of possessions and rents of the Pirckheimer family of Nuremberg, beginning in 1398

history, beginning his research in 1463 (see inscription on f. 37v).Numerous blank ruled unfoliated parchment leaves: 1 after f. 14, 7 after f. 16, 1 after f. 23, 6 after f. 25, 2 after f. 29, 3 after f. 30,

• Large illuminated initial, with later ownership inscriptions in the lower margin., Decretals, an anonymous collection, the latest being attributed to Pope Lucius III (1181-1185), with marginal gloss

collection of decretals (a collection in 63 titles with 713 chapters): see Duggan 2008. 1 large initial in colours and gold with foliate decoration (f. 1). Small initials in red with blue and/or red penwork decoration, or in blue with

• Coloured print with Christ as the Man of Sorrows surrounded by instruments of the Passion pasted to a page painted in red covered with streaming blood, with an indulgence (later defaced): ‘To all them that devoutly say five Pater nosters, five Aves, and a Creed afore such a figure are granted 32,755 years of pardon.’, Psalter and Rosary of the Virgin (from f. 27), in two versions, and other devotional texts, including a litany

them (ff. 8v-9v). 1 large coloured print with the Virgin and Child at the beginning of the Rosary (f. 2v). 1 large decorated initial, in red and blue (f. 29). Small initials in plain red or blue. 1 headpiece with

• Illuminated initial 'P'(hilippus), and full border including harpies, a bust, serpents and flowers, at the beginning of the Statutes of the Order of the Golden Fleece., Statutes of the Order of the Golden Fleece

at the beginning of the Statutes of the Order of the Golden Fleece. 1 large initial and a full border with all'antica ornament, in colours and gold (f. 4). Small initials in gold on red or blue grounds. Statutes of

• Decorated initial 'O' (heer) at the beginning of a prayer, with a penwork border of acanthus scrolls in red and blue winding around aubergines., Prayer Book

red and blue winding around aubergines. Borders of red and blue penwork decoration incorporating aubergine motifs, either full (ff. 1, 57), or three-sided (ff. 17, 29, 37). Large blue initials with green and red foliate or geometric penwork decoration, some

• Historiated initial 'R'(esurrexi) with the Resurrection, and border roundels with the Maries at the sepulchre, and the 'Noli me tangere'; angels supporting heraldic arms to the left of the initial, in a Missal., Missal

Surrey' (f. 1). Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate

• Decorated initials, in the Register of possessions and rents of the Pirckheimer family of Nuremberg, with additions by the hand of Hans Pirckheimer dated from 1381 to 1463., Register of possessions and rents of the Pirckheimer family of Nuremberg, beginning in 1398

history, beginning his research in 1463 (see inscription on f. 37v).Numerous blank ruled unfoliated parchment leaves: 1 after f. 14, 7 after f. 16, 1 after f. 23, 6 after f. 25, 2 after f. 29, 3 after f. 30,