• Coloured initials with pen-flourished decoration and music staves., Fragments of a leaf from an early 14th century English Missal containing the Mass for the 5th and 6th Sunday after Pentecost

of a collection of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716) for historical purposes. 190 printed book fragments from the volume were transferred to the

• Miniature of Mark, with his symbol, the lion, and a miniature of John, with his symbol, the eagle., La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame

the lion, and a miniature of John, with his symbol, the eagle. Includes the ~Somme le roi~, a manual of moral instruction, composed in 1279-80, at the request of King Philip III of France (1270-1285) by Laurent d'Orleans, the king's

• Text page with initials at the beginning of the Historia Scholastica., Historia Scolastica

Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6429.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, appraised in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix 70, no. 121(?).Charles

• king John is brought to Winchester for burial, Roman de Brut, a verse epitome (begins imperfectly) with continuation to Edward III; Destruction de Rome; Fierabras

king John is brought to Winchester for burial The first quire misbound; the right order being ff. 2, 8, 3-7, 1, 9.French verse translation, in octosyllabic couplets, of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae.One of the first images of Stonehenge:

• Text page in the register for Northload [in Glastonbury]., Terrier of the Somersetshire estates of Glastonbury Abbey, with additional material relating to the abbey

Thomas Sutton, 'cellerarius forinsicus', assisted by John fitz James, steward of the abbey, William Lange, auditor, Thomas Gunwyn, a clerk with a special knowledge of the Glastonbury muniments and 'circa terrarium mensuratorem precipuum,' and John Horner, bailiff of Whitstone, who

• Text page in the register for Northload [in Glastonbury]., Terrier of the Somersetshire estates of Glastonbury Abbey, with additional material relating to the abbey

Thomas Sutton, 'cellerarius forinsicus', assisted by John fitz James, steward of the abbey, William Lange, auditor, Thomas Gunwyn, a clerk with a special knowledge of the Glastonbury muniments and 'circa terrarium mensuratorem precipuum,' and John Horner, bailiff of Whitstone, who

• Text page in the register for Northload [in Glastonbury]., Terrier of the Somersetshire estates of Glastonbury Abbey, with additional material relating to the abbey

Thomas Sutton, 'cellerarius forinsicus', assisted by John fitz James, steward of the abbey, William Lange, auditor, Thomas Gunwyn, a clerk with a special knowledge of the Glastonbury muniments and 'circa terrarium mensuratorem precipuum,' and John Horner, bailiff of Whitstone, who

• Miniature of John the Almoner kneeling before the Virgin, with a partial border and a foliate initial 'L'(aint) instead of 'S'., Legenda aurea

of John the Almoner kneeling before the Virgin, with a partial border and a foliate initial 'L'(aint) instead of 'S'. Contains the Golden legend by Iacobus de Voragine translated in c. 1333-1348 by Jean de Vignay as Legende doree, originally

• Miniature of John the Baptist with a partial border and two foliate initials 'I'(ehan)., Legenda aurea

of John the Baptist with a partial border and two foliate initials 'I'(ehan). Contains the Golden legend by Iacobus de Voragine translated in c. 1333-1348 by Jean de Vignay as Legende doree, originally for Jeanne de Bourgogne, queen of France

• Decorative headpiece and intials at the beginning of the first Ode., Psalter with odes, prayers, service of holy communion, and a short excerpt from Daniel (ff. 213v-214)

Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Ode Symeon Metaphrastes, St Basil, St John Chrysostom, St John of Damascus and others Italy or Eastern Mediterranean

• Illuminated initial 'A'(ctum) with a partial bar border, at the beginning of book 10., Commentary on Unum ex quatuor

328-331v), and 2 foliate descenders of a human head and a fish (ff. 333, 420v). Commentary on Unum ex quatuor John Leyre, rector of Great Doddington, Northans (1377-81), presented to the church of Doddington, in the diocese of Lincoln in

• Detail of a miniature of Matthew with an angel, his symbol, holding a scroll inscribed 'evangeli[a] secu[n]du[m] matheu[m]., Bible historiale complétée moyenne (the 'Bible Historiale of John the Good')

in gold and blue with blue and red pen-flourishing. Bible historiale complétée moyenne (the 'Bible Historiale of John the Good') John II (John the Good) (b. 1319, d. 1364), king of France (1350-1364), made for him and seized by the

• Detail of a miniature of Mark writing his Gospel, with the words 'secu[n]du[m] marcu[m]' on a scroll, with his symbol, the lion., Bible historiale complétée moyenne (the 'Bible Historiale of John the Good')

in gold and blue with blue and red pen-flourishing. Bible historiale complétée moyenne (the 'Bible Historiale of John the Good') John II (John the Good) (b. 1319, d. 1364), king of France (1350-1364), made for him and seized by the

• Detail of a miniature of Luke writing his Gospel, with the words '…gelium secundum lucam', with his symbol, the ox., Bible historiale complétée moyenne (the 'Bible Historiale of John the Good')

in gold and blue with blue and red pen-flourishing. Bible historiale complétée moyenne (the 'Bible Historiale of John the Good') John II (John the Good) (b. 1319, d. 1364), king of France (1350-1364), made for him and seized by the

• Detail of a miniature of the creation of the heavens and earth., Bible historiale complétée moyenne (the 'Bible Historiale of John the Good')

in gold and blue with blue and red pen-flourishing. Bible historiale complétée moyenne (the 'Bible Historiale of John the Good') John II (John the Good) (b. 1319, d. 1364), king of France (1350-1364), made for him and seized by the

• Detail of a miniature of the creation of the land and sea., Bible historiale complétée moyenne (the 'Bible Historiale of John the Good')

in gold and blue with blue and red pen-flourishing. Bible historiale complétée moyenne (the 'Bible Historiale of John the Good') John II (John the Good) (b. 1319, d. 1364), king of France (1350-1364), made for him and seized by the

• Detail of a miniature of the creation of the sun and moon., Bible historiale complétée moyenne (the 'Bible Historiale of John the Good')

in gold and blue with blue and red pen-flourishing. Bible historiale complétée moyenne (the 'Bible Historiale of John the Good') John II (John the Good) (b. 1319, d. 1364), king of France (1350-1364), made for him and seized by the

• Detail of a miniature of the creation of the fish and birds., Bible historiale complétée moyenne (the 'Bible Historiale of John the Good')

in gold and blue with blue and red pen-flourishing. Bible historiale complétée moyenne (the 'Bible Historiale of John the Good') John II (John the Good) (b. 1319, d. 1364), king of France (1350-1364), made for him and seized by the

• Detail of a miniature of the creation of the animals and the creation of Adam., Bible historiale complétée moyenne (the 'Bible Historiale of John the Good')

in gold and blue with blue and red pen-flourishing. Bible historiale complétée moyenne (the 'Bible Historiale of John the Good') John II (John the Good) (b. 1319, d. 1364), king of France (1350-1364), made for him and seized by the

• Detail of a miniature of God placing Adam in the Garden of Eden., Bible historiale complétée moyenne (the 'Bible Historiale of John the Good')

in gold and blue with blue and red pen-flourishing. Bible historiale complétée moyenne (the 'Bible Historiale of John the Good') John II (John the Good) (b. 1319, d. 1364), king of France (1350-1364), made for him and seized by the