• Full-page frame with interlace, and illuminated initial 'I(n) with bird heads, at the beginning of John., Gospels of Luke and John, with prologue, table of chapters, and lections for the year (ff. 104v-111v)

for August and September starting imperfectly and ending incomplete, in 12th-century German hand.Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller, bought on 28 March 1840 by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by

• 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

departmental copy of the sale catalogue. Payne and Foss, London booksellers: their sale, 24 June 1850, lot 1087; purchased by Boone on the fourth day of the sale, 27 June.William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £18;

• Miniature of Pentecost., Cuttings from Missals of Innocent X

departmental copy of the sale catalogue. Payne and Foss, London booksellers: their sale, 24 June 1850, lot 1087; purchased by Boone on the fourth day of the sale, 27 June.William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £18;

• Miniature of Christ's Entry into Jerusalem and an initial letter 'D'., Cuttings from Missals of Innocent X

departmental copy of the sale catalogue. Payne and Foss, London booksellers: their sale, 24 June 1850, lot 1087; purchased by Boone on the fourth day of the sale, 27 June.William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £18;

• Detail of a miniature of the Crucifixion of Christ., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

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. Crucifixion Richard Franciscus Ricardus Franciscus Master of Sir John Fastolf London England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of a miniature of Christ before Pilate., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Christ before Pilate Richard Franciscus Ricardus Franciscus Master of Sir John Fastolf London England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a priest celebrating Mass, with a minor cleric in attendance holding two tapers, at the moment of the elevation of the host., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Priest celebrating mass Richard Franciscus Ricardus Franciscus Master of Sir John Fastolf London England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of a miniature of the Entombment of Christ, with foliate borders, at the beginning of Compline in the Hours of the Passion., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Entombment of Christ Richard Franciscus Ricardus Franciscus Master of Sir John Fastolf London England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of a miniature of the Presentation in the Temple, decorated initial 'D'(eus) and foliate borders, at the beginning of None in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Presentation in the Temple Richard Franciscus Ricardus Franciscus Master of Sir John Fastolf London England, S. E. (London)

• Full page miniature of the arrival of Brutus to England, the slaying of giants and the building of a city, possibly London., Historical miscellany, including abridged versions of Monmouth's 'Historia Regum Britanniae' (index Gesta Britonum) in verse (404 verses) and in prose (ff. 46-48v), followed by a poem relating to the building of York (ff. 48v-55v), and copies of papal bulls and regal documents (ff. 55v-58v)

the slaying of giants and the building of a city, possibly London. The volume is a composite miscellany of historical texts and documents of different provenance, mostly with no significant decoration; it is imperfect at the end. For a detailed

• Detail of illuminated initial., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

'de Liber sancti Augustini Cante' (f. 1v); see also James 1963 no. 1166.Johannes de London, monk of St Augustine's Abbey, c.1364: inscribed 'Liber Johans de London' and '1364' (f. 1v).Index added, 14th-15th centuries (f. 242).John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609),

• Diagram., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

'de Liber sancti Augustini Cante' (f. 1v); see also James 1963 no. 1166.Johannes de London, monk of St Augustine's Abbey, c.1364: inscribed 'Liber Johans de London' and '1364' (f. 1v).Index added, 14th-15th centuries (f. 242).John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609),

• Text page with volvelle., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

'de Liber sancti Augustini Cante' (f. 1v); see also James 1963 no. 1166.Johannes de London, monk of St Augustine's Abbey, c.1364: inscribed 'Liber Johans de London' and '1364' (f. 1v).Index added, 14th-15th centuries (f. 242).John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609),

• Text page with volvelle., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

'de Liber sancti Augustini Cante' (f. 1v); see also James 1963 no. 1166.Johannes de London, monk of St Augustine's Abbey, c.1364: inscribed 'Liber Johans de London' and '1364' (f. 1v).Index added, 14th-15th centuries (f. 242).John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609),

• Detail of decorated initial 'Q'(uoniam)., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

'de Liber sancti Augustini Cante' (f. 1v); see also James 1963 no. 1166.Johannes de London, monk of St Augustine's Abbey, c.1364: inscribed 'Liber Johans de London' and '1364' (f. 1v).Index added, 14th-15th centuries (f. 242).John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609),

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uoniam)., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

'de Liber sancti Augustini Cante' (f. 1v); see also James 1963 no. 1166.Johannes de London, monk of St Augustine's Abbey, c.1364: inscribed 'Liber Johans de London' and '1364' (f. 1v).Index added, 14th-15th centuries (f. 242).John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609),

• Decorated initials and diagram., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

'de Liber sancti Augustini Cante' (f. 1v); see also James 1963 no. 1166.Johannes de London, monk of St Augustine's Abbey, c.1364: inscribed 'Liber Johans de London' and '1364' (f. 1v).Index added, 14th-15th centuries (f. 242).John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609),

• Illuminated initial 'S'(uper), in a 15th-century copy of Psalm 135: 1-136:5., Leaf of a noted liturgical Psalter, with Psalm 135: 1-136:5 (verso); 136:5-137 (recto)

collected by him.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. Illuminated initial London England, S. E. (London?)

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'S'(uper), in a 15th-century copy of Psalm 136:1., Leaf of a noted liturgical Psalter, with Psalm 135: 1-136:5 (verso); 136:5-137 (recto)

fragments collected by him.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. Detail London England, S. E. (London?)

• Detail of a historiated initial 'D'(ominus) of king David pointing to his eyes at Psalm 26: 'Dominus illuminatio mea' / 'The Lord is my light', and a full border with acanthus motifs and sprays., Psalter with a calendar (ff. 2-5), a litany (ff. 143-146), and excerpts from the New Testament

Stoke Nayland, Suffolk; lord mayor of London from 1503-04, and from 1509-10: inscription recording the gift of a 'Valentyn' to him from the wife of Sir Richard Cholmondeley, Lieutenant of the Tower of London, while Capell was imprisoned in the