• Text page with supernatural words inscribed., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Mistres Trygg for yt by hers' (f. 1).John Bird, by 1517: inscribed 'Of your charyte pray for the sole of John Byrd gentylman the wych departyd the ii dey of august in thys ix yere + rayne of kyng herry

• Calendar page and text in various hands and inks., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Mistres Trygg for yt by hers' (f. 1).John Bird, by 1517: inscribed 'Of your charyte pray for the sole of John Byrd gentylman the wych departyd the ii dey of august in thys ix yere + rayne of kyng herry

• Miniature of Christopher carrying the Christ child across a stream., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Mistres Trygg for yt by hers' (f. 1).John Bird, by 1517: inscribed 'Of your charyte pray for the sole of John Byrd gentylman the wych departyd the ii dey of august in thys ix yere + rayne of kyng herry

• Miniature of Mary Magdalene kneeling in prayer, with the hand of God above., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Mistres Trygg for yt by hers' (f. 1).John Bird, by 1517: inscribed 'Of your charyte pray for the sole of John Byrd gentylman the wych departyd the ii dey of august in thys ix yere + rayne of kyng herry

• Miniature of Nebuchadnezzar, lying in bed, telling Daniel his dream, while Moses, John the Evangelist, and John the Baptist sit enclosed in a circle of seraphs, and the Archangels Raphael, Gabriel and Michael stand below, in illustration of Paradiso, Canto IV., Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy)

Miniature of Nebuchadnezzar, lying in bed, telling Daniel his dream, while Moses, John the Evangelist, and John the Baptist sit enclosed in a circle of seraphs, and the Archangels Raphael, Gabriel and Michael stand below, in illustration of Paradiso, Canto

• Miniature of Dante being examined by James and John, with Christ and angels looking on., Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy)

examined by James and John, with Christ and angels looking on. Pope-Hennessy 1993 proposed a date after 1444, partly depending on the representations of the dome and cupola of Florence Cathedral, in building during these years. 3 large historiated initials,

• Miniature of Beatrice watching as Dante is examined by John the Evangelist, who stands within a circle of golden stars with five naked souls., Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy)

as Dante is examined by John the Evangelist, who stands within a circle of golden stars with five naked souls. Pope-Hennessy 1993 proposed a date after 1444, partly depending on the representations of the dome and cupola of Florence Cathedral,

• Illuminated initial 'C'(lementissime) with a partial border., Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester')

Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester') The calendar of Sarum use includes John of Beverley (7th May, added to the Sarum calendar in 1416, f. 3); Frideswide annotated 'non sarum' (f. 5v);

• Detail of an historiated initial 'C'(um) of David playing the harp with two angels, at the beginning of Psalm 4., Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester')

Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester') The calendar of Sarum use includes John of Beverley (7th May, added to the Sarum calendar in 1416, f. 3); Frideswide annotated 'non sarum' (f. 5v);

• Two historiated initials 'D'(eus) and 'E'(xaudi) of a king's head (David?), at the beginning of Psalms 53 and 54., Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester')

Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester') The calendar of Sarum use includes John of Beverley (7th May, added to the Sarum calendar in 1416, f. 3); Frideswide annotated 'non sarum' (f. 5v);

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(eus) of a king's head (David?), at the beginning of Psalm 53., Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester')

Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester') The calendar of Sarum use includes John of Beverley (7th May, added to the Sarum calendar in 1416, f. 3); Frideswide annotated 'non sarum' (f. 5v);

• Detail of an historiated initial 'E'(xaudi) of a king's head (David?), at the beginning of Psalm 54., Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester')

Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester') The calendar of Sarum use includes John of Beverley (7th May, added to the Sarum calendar in 1416, f. 3); Frideswide annotated 'non sarum' (f. 5v);

• Historiated initials 'I'(n) of a building with a small face visible behind the bars of the window, and 'N'(isi) of a church building., Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester')

Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester') The calendar of Sarum use includes John of Beverley (7th May, added to the Sarum calendar in 1416, f. 3); Frideswide annotated 'non sarum' (f. 5v);

• Detail of an historiated initial 'I'(n) of a building with a small face visible behind the bars of the window., Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester')

Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester') The calendar of Sarum use includes John of Beverley (7th May, added to the Sarum calendar in 1416, f. 3); Frideswide annotated 'non sarum' (f. 5v);

• Detail of an historiated initial 'N'(isi) of a church building., Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester')

Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester') The calendar of Sarum use includes John of Beverley (7th May, added to the Sarum calendar in 1416, f. 3); Frideswide annotated 'non sarum' (f. 5v);

• Full, historiated border with the text excised, of trompe l'oeil flowers and insects, doves and olive branches and roundels with scenes from the Passion (clockwise from top left; the Betrayal, the Agony in the Garden, the Crowning with Thorns, the Road to Calvary, and the Flagellation), and portraits of the Evangelists John (lower left) and Matthew (lower right) in monochrome. In the lower border, flanked by two winged putti, are the arms of pope Innocent X. The border frames miniatures of Christ's Entry into Jerusalem and an initial letter 'D', and Pentecost., Cuttings from Missals of Innocent X

Agony in the Garden, the Crowning with Thorns, the Road to Calvary, and the Flagellation), and portraits of the Evangelists John (lower left) and Matthew (lower right) in monochrome. In the lower border, flanked by two winged putti, are the

• Miniature of Raymond de Peñafort presenting the Decretales to Gregory IX, with an illuminated initial 'G'(regorius), at the beginning of Gregory IX letter to the university of Bologna., Decretales, with the glossa ordinaria

inscribed 'Lib[er] Caroli Theyer' (f. 296v).Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: perhaps included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix, 70, no. 289.Charles

• Cruciform text of the Greek Gospels., Gospel lectionary with Menologion and Gospels for special services (Covel Gospel)

Gospel) Written by presbyter Constantine: his colophon dated 27 May 995 (f. 376v).Manolakes Kastorianos of Constantinople: presented by him to John Covel (see Additional 22911, f. 180).John Covel (b. 1638, d. 1722), chaplain of the Levant Company in Constantinople, 1670-1676,

• Miniature of the presentation of the book to king Charles V of France by the translator, with a puzzle initial 'C'(elui)., De consolatione philosophiae (index Consolation of Philosophy)

Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6649.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix, 70, no. 150.Charles

• Illuminated initial F'(idelium), with a coloured line-filler on a fragment from a Book of Hours., Fragment from a Book of Hours, on parchment

of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled in 64 volumes by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716). During the 19th century, the drawings and printed book fragments from the volume were