• Miniatures of two figures in two compartments, relating to the accompanying astrological tables., Libellus geomancie (Book of Astrological Tables)

et alc. /meddelton', late 15th, early 16th century (f. 227).Humphrey Lloyd (b. c. 1527, d. 1568), Welsh antiquary, brother-in-law of John Lumley: inscribed 'Sum Humfredi Lloyde' (f. 4).John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator:

• Calendar page for February, illuminated initials and some text in gold., Missal, for monastic use, including a calendar (ff. 2-7v)

Cuthbert, Durham: inscriptions that this manuscript was acquired for Durham cathedral through Prior John Fossor (1341-1374), and that it was kept at the altar of Sts. John the Baptist and Margaret in the Chapel of the Nine Altars (f. 1v);

• Illuminated initial 'S'(piritus) at the beginning of Pentecost., Missal, for monastic use, including a calendar (ff. 2-7v)

Cuthbert, Durham: inscriptions that this manuscript was acquired for Durham cathedral through Prior John Fossor (1341-1374), and that it was kept at the altar of Sts. John the Baptist and Margaret in the Chapel of the Nine Altars (f. 1v);

• Decorated initials., Missal, for monastic use, including a calendar (ff. 2-7v)

Cuthbert, Durham: inscriptions that this manuscript was acquired for Durham cathedral through Prior John Fossor (1341-1374), and that it was kept at the altar of Sts. John the Baptist and Margaret in the Chapel of the Nine Altars (f. 1v);

• Illuminated initials 'P'(er) and 'P'(ater)., Missal, for monastic use, including a calendar (ff. 2-7v)

Cuthbert, Durham: inscriptions that this manuscript was acquired for Durham cathedral through Prior John Fossor (1341-1374), and that it was kept at the altar of Sts. John the Baptist and Margaret in the Chapel of the Nine Altars (f. 1v);

• Illuminated initial 'E'(go) at the beginning of the Common of Saints., Missal, for monastic use, including a calendar (ff. 2-7v)

Cuthbert, Durham: inscriptions that this manuscript was acquired for Durham cathedral through Prior John Fossor (1341-1374), and that it was kept at the altar of Sts. John the Baptist and Margaret in the Chapel of the Nine Altars (f. 1v);

• Calendar page for March, illuminated initials and some text in gold., Missal, for monastic use, including a calendar (ff. 2-7v)

Cuthbert, Durham: inscriptions that this manuscript was acquired for Durham cathedral through Prior John Fossor (1341-1374), and that it was kept at the altar of Sts. John the Baptist and Margaret in the Chapel of the Nine Altars (f. 1v);

• Illuminated initial 'A'(d) at the beginning of the Missal, with the text for Advent., Missal, for monastic use, including a calendar (ff. 2-7v)

Cuthbert, Durham: inscriptions that this manuscript was acquired for Durham cathedral through Prior John Fossor (1341-1374), and that it was kept at the altar of Sts. John the Baptist and Margaret in the Chapel of the Nine Altars (f. 1v);

• Illuminated initial 'T'(e) at the beginning of the Canon of the Mass., Missal, for monastic use, including a calendar (ff. 2-7v)

Cuthbert, Durham: inscriptions that this manuscript was acquired for Durham cathedral through Prior John Fossor (1341-1374), and that it was kept at the altar of Sts. John the Baptist and Margaret in the Chapel of the Nine Altars (f. 1v);

• Illuminated initial 'D'(ominus) at the beginning of the Sanctorale., Missal, for monastic use, including a calendar (ff. 2-7v)

Cuthbert, Durham: inscriptions that this manuscript was acquired for Durham cathedral through Prior John Fossor (1341-1374), and that it was kept at the altar of Sts. John the Baptist and Margaret in the Chapel of the Nine Altars (f. 1v);

• Illuminated initial 'D'(eus)., Missal, for monastic use, including a calendar (ff. 2-7v)

Cuthbert, Durham: inscriptions that this manuscript was acquired for Durham cathedral through Prior John Fossor (1341-1374), and that it was kept at the altar of Sts. John the Baptist and Margaret in the Chapel of the Nine Altars (f. 1v);

• Puzzle initial 'A'(braham) at the beginning of the Tabula super methodo fulgentii., Tabula super methodo fulgentii, Gesta Romanorum (index Deeds of the Romans), Liber de vitiis, various sermons

1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: sold to Edward Harley with the rest of his collection through his nephew John Batteley on 5 November 1723.The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford

• Illuminated initials and musical notation., Missal, for monastic use, including a calendar (ff. 2-7v)

Cuthbert, Durham: inscriptions that this manuscript was acquired for Durham cathedral through Prior John Fossor (1341-1374), and that it was kept at the altar of Sts. John the Baptist and Margaret in the Chapel of the Nine Altars (f. 1v);

• Decorated initials 'KL' with pen-flourishing for the month of May in the calendar., Register of St Mary's of Crich

24th year of the reign of Edward III (r. 1327-77) and includes charters dated until at least 1368.Numerous names including John Waleys and William de Wakebrug. For a more detailed list of contents, see ~Catalogue~ 1808. Initials in blue with

• Miniatures of two figures in two compartments, relating to the accompanying astrological tables., Libellus geomancie (Book of Astrological Tables)

et alc. /meddelton', late 15th, early 16th century (f. 227).Humphrey Lloyd (b. c. 1527, d. 1568), Welsh antiquary, brother-in-law of John Lumley: inscribed 'Sum Humfredi Lloyde' (f. 4).John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator:

• Detail of a miniature in four segments: 1. Pierre Bersuire reading; 2. the Death of Hasdrubal; 3. John II enthroned; 4. A battle illustrating the second Punic War, at the beginning of decade 2., Ab urbe condita (Les decades de Titus Livius)

3. John II enthroned; 4. A battle illustrating the second Punic War, at the beginning of decade 2. Contains the 'Ab urbe condita' of Livy, translated by Pierre Bersuire (ca. 1290-1362), as 'Les decades de Titus Livius', for John II,

• Miniature of God enthroned holding a globe with two angels supporting a papal tiara above him, and four Evangelists writing on scrolls with their symbols; two scenes in the bas-de-page, Samson with the gates of Gaza and Solomon setting the three sons to shoot at their father's corpse to prove their legitimacy; and a foliate initial 'P'(our) with a full border, at the beginning of the prologue., 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

• Miniature of Bernard holding a scroll; miniature of a Jew holding an open book while a devil covers his eyes, representing the blindness of the Jews to the Christian fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy; miniature of John holding a scroll, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour., Breviari d'Amor (Catalan prose version)

his eyes, representing the blindness of the Jews to the Christian fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy; miniature of John holding a scroll, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour. The text is originally a Provencal poem composed between 1288 and

• Miniature of John the Baptist, standing on a rock, prophesying to three men of the coming of Christ, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour., Breviari d'Amor (Catalan prose version)

of John the Baptist, standing on a rock, prophesying to three men of the coming of Christ, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour. The text is originally a Provencal poem composed between 1288 and 1292 by Matfré Ermengau of

• Miniature of John the Baptist wearing a skin and a mantle and carrying a staff with a disc bearing the Agnus Dei; miniature of John the Baptist baptizing Christ while an angel holds his robe, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour., Breviari d'Amor (Catalan prose version)

Miniature of John the Baptist wearing a skin and a mantle and carrying a staff with a disc bearing the Agnus Dei; miniature of John the Baptist baptizing Christ while an angel holds his robe, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's