• Decorated initials., Mainly scientific and grammatic miscellany, including the Summa Chiromantiae (ff. 100-108v; 109-34), the Mirror of Light (ff. 155-168); Cistercian statuta and ordinationes (ff. 200-220); De sphaera (ff. 59-75); algorismus with commentary (ff. 26-43)

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. Initials Richard Dove of Buckfast, John Metham, and others England

• Miniature of the horoscope diagram for the day in which the world was created, including a world map within an astrological chart and personifications of winds, surrounded by 12 triangles with symbolic scenes representing aspects of life associated with the twelve astrological houses. The world map is a loose copy of the world map printed by Francesco Rosselli in Florence in 1492-3, which was copied from Henricus Martellus map (Additional 15760 f. 69)., Liber de Optimo fato Henrici Eboraci ducis et optimorum ipsius parentum

possible as a New Year Gift for 1503, before the death of Elisabeth ofYork, consort of Henry VII (d. 11 February 1503), for whome he foretold a life of eighty or ninety years.Inscribed 'De fortuna henrici principis Wallie' (f.

• Calligraphic initial 'L'(iber de optimo fato) at the beginning of William Parron's dedication., Liber de Optimo fato Henrici Eboraci ducis et optimorum ipsius parentum

possible as a New Year Gift for 1503, before the death of Elisabeth ofYork, consort of Henry VII (d. 11 February 1503), for whome he foretold a life of eighty or ninety years.Inscribed 'De fortuna henrici principis Wallie' (f.

• Historiated initial 'S'(apientissime) of king Henry VII enthroned, with Tudor roses and the royal arms of England in the border., Liber de Optimo fato Henrici Eboraci ducis et optimorum ipsius parentum

possible as a New Year Gift for 1503, before the death of Elisabeth ofYork, consort of Henry VII (d. 11 February 1503), for whome he foretold a life of eighty or ninety years.Inscribed 'De fortuna henrici principis Wallie' (f.

• Detail of a miniature of Imagination taking leave of the knight, with the city of Halle in the background, with a full trompe l'oeil border including a bird and an owl., Imaginacion de vraye noblesse

Roy dangleterre et de france' (f. 1); royal arms of England surmounted by a crown, with a white rose ofYork and a red rose of Lancaster (f. 3). ?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old

• Detail of an historiated initial 'A'(vous) of Henry VII receiving the book from the writer., Imaginacion de vraye noblesse

Roy dangleterre et de france' (f. 1); royal arms of England surmounted by a crown, with a white rose ofYork and a red rose of Lancaster (f. 3). ?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old

• Detail of a marginal painting of flowers and a bear, from the partial trompe l'oeil border., Imaginacion de vraye noblesse

Roy dangleterre et de france' (f. 1); royal arms of England surmounted by a crown, with a white rose ofYork and a red rose of Lancaster (f. 3). ?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old

• Text page., Imaginacion de vraye noblesse

Roy dangleterre et de france' (f. 1); royal arms of England surmounted by a crown, with a white rose ofYork and a red rose of Lancaster (f. 3). ?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old

• Miniature of Imagination introducing the knight to the three Virtues (or the three aspects of Nobility), with a full trompe l'oeil border, including flowers, birds, and a monkey., Imaginacion de vraye noblesse

Roy dangleterre et de france' (f. 1); royal arms of England surmounted by a crown, with a white rose ofYork and a red rose of Lancaster (f. 3). ?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old

• Detail of a miniature of Imagination introducing the knight to the three Virtues (or the three aspects of Nobility)., Imaginacion de vraye noblesse

Roy dangleterre et de france' (f. 1); royal arms of England surmounted by a crown, with a white rose ofYork and a red rose of Lancaster (f. 3). ?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old

• Detail from the full trompe l'oeil border, including flowers, a bird, and a monkey., Imaginacion de vraye noblesse

Roy dangleterre et de france' (f. 1); royal arms of England surmounted by a crown, with a white rose ofYork and a red rose of Lancaster (f. 3). ?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old

• Miniature of a prince enthroned, with supplicants surrounding him, and God the Father above, with a full trompe l'oeil border including flowers, Tudor roses, and a bird., Imaginacion de vraye noblesse

Roy dangleterre et de france' (f. 1); royal arms of England surmounted by a crown, with a white rose ofYork and a red rose of Lancaster (f. 3). ?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old

• Detail of a miniature of a prince enthroned, with supplicants surrounding him, and God the Father above., Imaginacion de vraye noblesse

Roy dangleterre et de france' (f. 1); royal arms of England surmounted by a crown, with a white rose ofYork and a red rose of Lancaster (f. 3). ?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old

• Detail from the full trompe l'oeil border of a bird among flowers., Imaginacion de vraye noblesse

Roy dangleterre et de france' (f. 1); royal arms of England surmounted by a crown, with a white rose ofYork and a red rose of Lancaster (f. 3). ?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old

• End of the text, and final colophon, reading ‘Explicit Limaginacion de vraye noblesse / paracheve le derrenier jour de Juyn au Manoir / de Shene Lan mil cccc iiiixx et xvi. p[ar] Q Poulet.’, Imaginacion de vraye noblesse

Roy dangleterre et de france' (f. 1); royal arms of England surmounted by a crown, with a white rose ofYork and a red rose of Lancaster (f. 3). ?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old

• Detail of flowers from the full trompe l'oeil border., Imaginacion de vraye noblesse

Roy dangleterre et de france' (f. 1); royal arms of England surmounted by a crown, with a white rose ofYork and a red rose of Lancaster (f. 3). ?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old

• Miniature of the knight kneeling and addressing Lady Imagination, with the city of Halle in the background, with a full trompe l'oeil border, including flowers, fruit, and the royal arms of England., Imaginacion de vraye noblesse

Roy dangleterre et de france' (f. 1); royal arms of England surmounted by a crown, with a white rose ofYork and a red rose of Lancaster (f. 3). ?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old

• Detail of a miniature of the knight kneeling and addressing Lady Imagination, with the city of Halle in the background., Imaginacion de vraye noblesse

Roy dangleterre et de france' (f. 1); royal arms of England surmounted by a crown, with a white rose ofYork and a red rose of Lancaster (f. 3). ?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old

• Detail of the Royal arms of England, with a crown in the lower margin of the folio., Imaginacion de vraye noblesse

Roy dangleterre et de france' (f. 1); royal arms of England surmounted by a crown, with a white rose ofYork and a red rose of Lancaster (f. 3). ?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old

• Miniature of Imagination showing the knight a man with severed arms (representing a man without chivalry or honour), with a full trompe l'oeil border including flowers, a bird of prey, a rooster, and a chicken emerging from a shell., Imaginacion de vraye noblesse

Roy dangleterre et de france' (f. 1); royal arms of England surmounted by a crown, with a white rose ofYork and a red rose of Lancaster (f. 3). ?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old