• Detail of decorated initial., Fragment of a leaf, mentioning Lothar I Carolingien Holy Roman Emperor

ff. 76-77.f. 130, Leaf from an early 13th century English Breviary. Musical notation: neumes on red four-line staves (C, D, F and B clefs).f. 131, leaf from a late 13th century English Troper (Sanctus and Agnus tropes). Musical notation: square

• null, Medical treatises

blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. Paraph marks in plain red or blue. Medical treatises Note on the content in English, 16th-century (f. 5v).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection

• Fragment of John 21, from an 8th-century Gospel book, probably from Northumbria., Fragment of a Gospel Book (John 21:16)

ff. 76-77.f. 130, Leaf from an early 13th century English Breviary. Musical notation: neumes on red four-line staves (C, D, F and B clefs).f. 131, leaf from a late 13th century English Troper (Sanctus and Agnus tropes). Musical notation: square

• Decorated initial 'D'(omine)., Devotional book with various offices, indulgences, antiphons, collects, and prayers

Mention of numerous English saints, including John of Beverley (f. 55) and John of Bridlington (f. 55v), Winifred (f. 67v), and Etheldreda (f. 68); see also English saints listed in the litany (ff. 8v-11v). An indulgence in English connected with

• Decorated initial 'H' with interlace., Medical miscellany including a dietary (ff. 3-5)

Additional texts in Latin and English (ff. 22v-23, 24-25v) 1 large interlace initial in brown with penwork decoration (f. 6). Small initials in red or brown. Cadels in red or brown. Highlighting of letters in yellow. Medical miscellany including a

• Frontispiece at the beginning of Leviticus: initial-word panel is decorated with penwork and full floral border., Pentateuch, ~Haftarot~ and the Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~)

(f. 245v). 1 embellished panel with pen-flourishing, in mauve ink (f. 42). Pentateuch, ~Haftarot~ and the Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~) English description of the manuscript (f. [v]).Prince Augustus Frederick (b. 1773, d. 1843), duke of Sussex: his armorial book-plate (inside

• Frontispiece at the beginning of Numbers: initial-word panel is decorated with penwork and full foliate border., Pentateuch, ~Haftarot~ and the Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~)

(f. 245v). 1 embellished panel with pen-flourishing, in mauve ink (f. 42). Pentateuch, ~Haftarot~ and the Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~) English description of the manuscript (f. [v]).Prince Augustus Frederick (b. 1773, d. 1843), duke of Sussex: his armorial book-plate (inside

• Frontispiece at the beginning of Genesis with penwork decoration and full floral border inhabited by birds and with a coat of arms in its upper part., Pentateuch, ~Haftarot~ and the Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~)

(f. 245v). 1 embellished panel with pen-flourishing, in mauve ink (f. 42). Pentateuch, ~Haftarot~ and the Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~) English description of the manuscript (f. [v]).Prince Augustus Frederick (b. 1773, d. 1843), duke of Sussex: his armorial book-plate (inside

• Frontispiece at the beginning of Exodus with penwork decoration and full foliate border., Pentateuch, ~Haftarot~ and the Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~)

(f. 245v). 1 embellished panel with pen-flourishing, in mauve ink (f. 42). Pentateuch, ~Haftarot~ and the Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~) English description of the manuscript (f. [v]).Prince Augustus Frederick (b. 1773, d. 1843), duke of Sussex: his armorial book-plate (inside

• Decorated initial-word panel at the beginning of Ruth., Pentateuch, ~Haftarot~ and the Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~)

(f. 245v). 1 embellished panel with pen-flourishing, in mauve ink (f. 42). Pentateuch, ~Haftarot~ and the Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~) English description of the manuscript (f. [v]).Prince Augustus Frederick (b. 1773, d. 1843), duke of Sussex: his armorial book-plate (inside

• Decorated initial-word panel at the beginning of Esther., Pentateuch, ~Haftarot~ and the Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~)

(f. 245v). 1 embellished panel with pen-flourishing, in mauve ink (f. 42). Pentateuch, ~Haftarot~ and the Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~) English description of the manuscript (f. [v]).Prince Augustus Frederick (b. 1773, d. 1843), duke of Sussex: his armorial book-plate (inside

• Drawing of bloodletting man., Medical miscellany, including John of Gaddesden's Rosa Anglica (ff. 48-169), and a phlebotomy

man. Inscriptions in English (ff. 88v, 163). Drawings in pencil of zodiac men (ff. 25v-26). From f. 31, large and small blue initials, usually with red penwork decoration. Small initials in red, some with penwork decoration in red or brown.

• Decorated initial 'G'(od)., Collection of medical recipes, with an English verse compendium of astrological medicine

partial border (f. 5). Highlighting of letters in red. Collection of medical recipes, with an English verse compendium of astrological medicine Inscriptions 'J (?) G Foulor ppp'; 'J Logane With my' (f. 2). Added texts to parchment leaves (ff. 1-4).Sir

• Dtail of a page: decorated initial-word panel at the beginning of Esther., Pentateuch, ~Haftarot~ and the Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~)

(f. 245v). 1 embellished panel with pen-flourishing, in mauve ink (f. 42). Pentateuch, ~Haftarot~ and the Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~) English description of the manuscript (f. [v]).Prince Augustus Frederick (b. 1773, d. 1843), duke of Sussex: his armorial book-plate (inside

• Detail of a page: decorated initial-word panel at the beginning of Ruth., Pentateuch, ~Haftarot~ and the Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~)

(f. 245v). 1 embellished panel with pen-flourishing, in mauve ink (f. 42). Pentateuch, ~Haftarot~ and the Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~) English description of the manuscript (f. [v]).Prince Augustus Frederick (b. 1773, d. 1843), duke of Sussex: his armorial book-plate (inside

• Illuminated initial 'S'(aepe) with a full border containing the royal arms of England surmounted by a crown, at the beginning of the text., Letter to Henry VII

(f. 1); the royal arms of England surmounted by a crown (f. 1).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Illuminated initial Johannes de Cirellis France, N. France, Central or N.

• Detail from the full border of a bird, the royal arms of England surmounted by a crown, and a grotesque., Letter to Henry VII

oratio' (f. 1); the royal arms of England surmounted by a crown (f. 1).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Border Johannes de Cirellis France, N. France, Central or N.

• Calendar page for July with a miniature of a man mowing hay., Psalter with a calendar (ff. 3-9) and litany (ff. 92v-94v)

etc., suggesting a Bruges or Ghent origin.The manuscript may have been made for the English market since the litany includes Swithun, Edmund, Edburga, Edith, and other English saints (ff. 92v-94v).Change of hands at f. 88v. 11 miniatures in colours and

• Historiated initial 'I'(n) with standing male and female figures in front of a building and full foliate bar border., The Knight of the Tower, imperfect

manuscript is the only known surviving copy of the earlier Middle English translation of ~The Book of the Knight of La Tour-Landry~ by Geoffery La Tour-Landry. (The later Middle English translation was printed by Caxton in 1484.) Historiated initial in

• Initials with pen-flourished decoration at the beginning of 'The Chasting of God's Children'., A collection of devotional treatises, including 'The Chasting of God's Children' (ff. 1-100), Bridget's 'Revelations', in English translation (ff. 104-109v), and Flete's 'De remedis contra temptationes', in two different English translations (ff. 109v-123, 142v-152)

devotional treatises, including 'The Chasting of God's Children' (ff. 1-100), Bridget's 'Revelations', in English translation (ff. 104-109v), and Flete's 'De remedis contra temptationes', in two different English translations (ff. 109v-123, 142v-152) Thomas Granger (d. 1732), clerk to the committee of