• On the left, large calligraphic initial 'L'(envoye) and illuminated initial 'T(his), and on the right, a miniature of the story of Cadmus, possibly retouched, and the illuminated initial 'B'., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), fragment

collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Cadmus Giovanni Boccaccio, translation by John Lydgate based on translation by Laurent de Premierfait England, S. (Bury St Edmunds?)

• Ownership inscription at the end of the manuscript, stating that it was a gift to the Augustinian nunnery at Campsey from Dame Katherine Babyngton, a former subprioress., The Life of Catherine (ff. 1-117v), etc.

Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Ownership inscription John Capgrave, and others Campsey England, S. E. (Campsey)

• null, Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from 1 Edward III to 1 Richard III, with a table of contents

6 large historiated (?) initials excised, accompanied by full foliate borders with heraldic arms in the lower margins, in colours and gold (ff. 51, 106, 143, 163, 179, 237). Large decorated initials, mostly with foliate extensions into the margins,

• null, Collection of Poems

Petty (~formerly~ Fitzmaurice) (b. 1737, d. 1805), 2nd earl of Shelburne and 1st marquess of Lansdowne, prime minister: his book-plate (4th flyleaf verso); purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts in 1807. Detail John Lydgate England

• Detail of miniature of Jerome kneeling., Expositio symboli apostolorum (Expositio sancti Ieronimi in simbolum apostolorum ad papam laurentium)

Detail of miniature of Jerome kneeling. Four dots before line four indicated where the compositor was to being the last page of the printed book. 1 full-page miniature (unfinished), with a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f.

• Detail of illuminated white vine initial 'M'., Expositio symboli apostolorum (Expositio sancti Ieronimi in simbolum apostolorum ad papam laurentium)

Detail of illuminated white vine initial 'M'. Four dots before line four indicated where the compositor was to being the last page of the printed book. 1 full-page miniature (unfinished), with a full foliate border, in colours and gold

• Detail of lower border., Expositio symboli apostolorum (Expositio sancti Ieronimi in simbolum apostolorum ad papam laurentium)

Detail of lower border. Four dots before line four indicated where the compositor was to being the last page of the printed book. 1 full-page miniature (unfinished), with a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 2v). Large

• Detail of a miniature of the story of Cadmus, possibly retouched, and the illuminated initial 'B'., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), fragment

collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Detail Giovanni Boccaccio, translation by John Lydgate based on translation by Laurent de Premierfait England, S. (Bury St Edmunds?)

• Detail of a large calligraphic initial 'L'(envoye) and illuminated initial 'T(his)., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), fragment

collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Initials Giovanni Boccaccio, translation by John Lydgate based on translation by Laurent de Premierfait England, S. (Bury St Edmunds?)

• Miniature of the Fall with the snake with a woman's torso and head, illuminated initial 'C'(onsiderans), diagram, and the ownership inscription of 'Johannis Sprotte', at the beginning of a genealogical chronicle of the kings of England, from Adam to Edward IV (the 'Considerans' chronicle)., Genealogical Chronicle of the Kings of England, from Adam to Edward IV (the 'Considerans' chronicle)

red lines connecting them. Diagrams. Genealogical Chronicle of the Kings of England, from Adam to Edward IV (the 'Considerans' chronicle) John Sprotte: inscription 'Liber symfom dono me Johannie Sprotte de Gryndon rectoris' (f. 2v).? Shelfmark 'LLg 148' (f. 1).William Petty

• Decorated initial 'T'(he), and three-sided foliate border, in the Maistir of game., Maistir of Game (index Maister of Game) (ends imperfectly)

Decorated initial 'T'(he), and three-sided foliate border, in the Maistir of game. 3 large decorated foliate initials with three-sided foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 2, 13, 19v). Small initials in gold on red and blue grounds, with

• Miniature of a zodiac man, with the signs of the zodiac illustrated on the body parts under their rulership., Physician's folding calendar, including the calendar of John Somer (ff. 3-10), Zodiac man, and tables of eclipses of the sun and moon

or blue with red penwork decoration. Calendars and tables in red and brown. Physician's folding calendar, including the calendar of John Somer (ff. 3-10), Zodiac man, and tables of eclipses of the sun and moon Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660,

• Illuminated diagram of eclipses., Physician's folding calendar, including the calendar of John Somer (ff. 3-10), Zodiac man, and tables of eclipses of the sun and moon

or blue with red penwork decoration. Calendars and tables in red and brown. Physician's folding calendar, including the calendar of John Somer (ff. 3-10), Zodiac man, and tables of eclipses of the sun and moon Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660,

• Puzzle initial 'D'(ominus) at the beginning of Psalm 26., Leaf of a Psalter, in the Gallican version, including Psalms 26-32, imperfect, and bound with the recto as the verso

Leaf of a Psalter, in the Gallican version, including Psalms 26-32, imperfect, and bound with the recto as the verso John Bagford: inscribed, probably by Frederic Madden, that this is 'A portion of Bagford's collection F. M.' (f. [iii]).Sir Hans

• Inhabited borders around calendrical tables, Calendar and calendrical material

of northern saints in red, e.g. Cuthbert (20 March), and his translation (4 Sept., with an octave), Wilfrid (24 April), John of Beverley (7 May); in plain ink are William of York (8 June), Carileffus (1 July), the rare Boisil

• null, Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from 1 Edward III to 1 Richard III, with a table of contents

6 large historiated (?) initials excised, accompanied by full foliate borders with heraldic arms in the lower margins, in colours and gold (ff. 51, 106, 143, 163, 179, 237). Large decorated initials, mostly with foliate extensions into the margins,

• null, Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from 1 Edward III to 1 Richard III, with a table of contents

6 large historiated (?) initials excised, accompanied by full foliate borders with heraldic arms in the lower margins, in colours and gold (ff. 51, 106, 143, 163, 179, 237). Large decorated initials, mostly with foliate extensions into the margins,

• null, Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from 1 Edward III to 1 Richard III, with a table of contents

6 large historiated (?) initials excised, accompanied by full foliate borders with heraldic arms in the lower margins, in colours and gold (ff. 51, 106, 143, 163, 179, 237). Large decorated initials, mostly with foliate extensions into the margins,

• null, Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from 1 Edward III to 1 Richard III, with a table of contents

6 large historiated (?) initials excised, accompanied by full foliate borders with heraldic arms in the lower margins, in colours and gold (ff. 51, 106, 143, 163, 179, 237). Large decorated initials, mostly with foliate extensions into the margins,

• null, Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from 1 Edward III to 1 Richard III, with a table of contents

6 large historiated (?) initials excised, accompanied by full foliate borders with heraldic arms in the lower margins, in colours and gold (ff. 51, 106, 143, 163, 179, 237). Large decorated initials, mostly with foliate extensions into the margins,