• Drawing of a bird., Religious miscellany, in prose and verse, including a metrical treatise on the vocation of a nun (ff. 59-64)

This one of four 13th-century English illustrated copies of Guillaume le Clerc's text, written in 1210-1211, according to Morgan 1988 p. 194. Large initial in red with green penwork decoration (f. 13v). Small initials in red or green, one with

• Text page., Religious miscellany, in prose and verse, including a metrical treatise on the vocation of a nun (ff. 59-64)

one of four 13th-century English illustrated copies of Guillaume le Clerc's text, written in 1210-1211, according to Morgan 1988 p. 194. Large initial in red with green penwork decoration (f. 13v). Small initials in red or green, one with penwork

• Detail of decorated 'KL' letters., Calendar

blue with red penwork decoration. Calendar Ely cathedral: evidence of the calendar (see Ker 1964).Inscription, dated 1654 (f. 27v).Inscriptions in English, 17th-century (ff. 29, 57).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the

• Decorated 'KL' initials, at the beginning of July in the calendar., Calendar

blue with red penwork decoration. Calendar Ely cathedral: evidence of the calendar (see Ker 1964).Inscription, dated 1654 (f. 27v).Inscriptions in English, 17th-century (ff. 29, 57).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the

• Flourished initials, in Petrus de Riga's Aurora., Aurora

large (f. 2) and small initials in blue with red (foliate) pen-flourishing. Aurora Franciscan convent, Cambridge: inscription (f. 1).Inscription in English, 15th- or 16th-century: 'Thomas …' (f. 117).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as

• null, Bible with prologues

Occasional marginal drawings, e.g. a pair of scales (f. 68) Bible with prologues Unidentified English owners, 15th century: with his added marginal notes throughout; in English on f. 228v, and in Latin filling most of f. 438v; erased ownership(?) inscription

• null, Bible with prologues

Occasional marginal drawings, e.g. a pair of scales (f. 68) Bible with prologues Unidentified English owners, 15th century: with his added marginal notes throughout; in English on f. 228v, and in Latin filling most of f. 438v; erased ownership(?) inscription

• null, Bible with prologues

Occasional marginal drawings, e.g. a pair of scales (f. 68) Bible with prologues Unidentified English owners, 15th century: with his added marginal notes throughout; in English on f. 228v, and in Latin filling most of f. 438v; erased ownership(?) inscription

• Illuminated initial 'F'(rater), at the beginning of the general prologue., Bible with prologues

Occasional marginal drawings, e.g. a pair of scales (f. 68) Bible with prologues Unidentified English owners, 15th century: with his added marginal notes throughout; in English on f. 228v, and in Latin filling most of f. 438v; erased ownership(?) inscription

• Flourished initial 'A'(ccesserunt) and puzzle initial 'H'(ec) at the beginning of Numbers 36 and the beginning of Deuteronomy., Bible with prologues

Occasional marginal drawings, e.g. a pair of scales (f. 68) Bible with prologues Unidentified English owners, 15th century: with his added marginal notes throughout; in English on f. 228v, and in Latin filling most of f. 438v; erased ownership(?) inscription

• Illuminated initial 'I'(n) at the beginning of Genesis., Bible with prologues

Occasional marginal drawings, e.g. a pair of scales (f. 68) Bible with prologues Unidentified English owners, 15th century: with his added marginal notes throughout; in English on f. 228v, and in Latin filling most of f. 438v; erased ownership(?) inscription

• Decorated initials 'P(ietas) and 'H'(ierafter) in an English homily on the virtues and vices., Homilies on the various virtues and vices, imperfect

and 'H'(ierafter) in an English homily on the virtues and vices. Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration, and in red with blue penwork decoration. Large initials in red. Rubrics in red. Highlighting of letters in red. Homilies on

• Puzzle initial at the beginning of the preface to John Gaddesden's Rosa Anglica., Medical miscellany, including John of Gaddesden's Rosa Anglica (ff. 9-262), and four tracts on urine

including John of Gaddesden's Rosa Anglica (ff. 9-262), and four tracts on urine ff. 270-285v is an unilluminated text in English. William Romesey (d. 1501), fellow of Merton: inscription 'liber Willelmus Romesey quae fecit scribi' (f. 2v).All Souls College, in

• Decorated initial 'A' (micum), the usual incipit of Platearius's text: 'Amicum induit qui amicorum precibus., Medical miscellany, the Ars medicine, including Antidotarium Nicolai (ff. 58-71); Practica brevis (ff. 74-111), with table of chapters (f. 73v); the Practica of Bartholomaeus (ff. 111v-146); the Trotula (ff. 172-178)

111v-146); the Trotula (ff. 172-178) Added text in 15th-century Gothic cursive (f. 146).Inscription in 17th-century cursive script (f. 57v).Inscription in English (f. 170).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection

• Flourished initials 'C'(irca) and 'A'(loe), at the beginning of the Tractatus de medicinis simplicibus., Tractatus de medicinis simplicibus (ff. 3-40); Summa antidotarii (ff. 40v-67)

decoration. Small initials in plain red or green. Tractatus de medicinis simplicibus (ff. 3-40); Summa antidotarii (ff. 40v-67) Inscription in English, 15th-century (f. 1v).Inscribed 'Marmaduci Constable de north Clyff Armiger an^o^ salve(?) 1518 die 25 mense May' (f. 68, cf.

• Historiated initial 'E'(t rex) of David and Abisag, at the beginning of Kings III., Bible, with the interpretation of Hebrew names

Marginal glosses, 13th century.Pen-flourished decoration in brawn and red added in some lower margins, 13th century.Marginal gloss, 16th century (f. 3).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Historiated initial England

• Historiated initial 'C'(onfortatus) of Salomon enthroned, at the beginning of Chronicles II., Bible, with the interpretation of Hebrew names

Marginal glosses, 13th century.Pen-flourished decoration in brawn and red added in some lower margins, 13th century.Marginal gloss, 16th century (f. 3).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Historiated initial England

• Illuminated initial 'E'(l) with a marginal drawing of Saul on a throne holding a sceptre., Theological miscellany, including a paraphrase of the Old Testament, in verse, imperfect, and a life of John (ff. 139v-142v)

f. 136, paraphs in red or brown, probably added. Decorated title (f. 143v). Theological miscellany, including a paraphrase of the Old Testament, in verse, imperfect, and a life of John (ff. 139v-142v) The Benedictine nunnery of St Mary, King's Mead,

• Decorated initials at the end of a versified biblical history, ending with 4 (2) Kings. In the lower margin, a 15th-century inscription identifies the book as belonging to the nuns of Derby Priory., Theological miscellany, including a paraphrase of the Old Testament, in verse, imperfect, and a life of John (ff. 139v-142v)

f. 136, paraphs in red or brown, probably added. Decorated title (f. 143v). Theological miscellany, including a paraphrase of the Old Testament, in verse, imperfect, and a life of John (ff. 139v-142v) The Benedictine nunnery of St Mary, King's Mead,

• Ink drawing of Christ in Majesty, with angels., Theological miscellany, including a paraphrase of the Old Testament, in verse, imperfect, and a life of John (ff. 139v-142v)

f. 136, paraphs in red or brown, probably added. Decorated title (f. 143v). Theological miscellany, including a paraphrase of the Old Testament, in verse, imperfect, and a life of John (ff. 139v-142v) The Benedictine nunnery of St Mary, King's Mead,