• Miniatures of the Annunciation and Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane (underdrawing on recto) with historiated borders including heraldic arms of the Butler family., Added miniature

in colours and gold (28v). Underdrawing for the same miniature (f. 28). Added miniature A member of the Gower family, London, by 1467: the birth of Annas Gower is inscribed as having taken place on 25 August, 1467, in the

• Drawing of the world, with God wearing a crown above, Christ in Majesty, and the devil bound below., Tractatus de sphaera (index De sphera)

National Biography~ (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004) [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/12020, accessed 10 Feb 2006]. Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller; bought from him by the British Museum on 13 August 1840 for 10s, along with 32 other manuscripts

• Miniature of the Visitation, with a scatter border of red roses, moths, a fly, and a deer, at the beginning of Lauds in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

his armorial bookplate (inside upper cover). Bought by the British Museum from Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller, 8 May 1847 (note on 1st flyleaf verso), using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis

• Calendar roundel with a gentleman and a lady riding the same horse, and an insect in the right margin, at the beginning of May., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

his armorial bookplate (inside upper cover). Bought by the British Museum from Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller, 8 May 1847 (note on 1st flyleaf verso), using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis

• Calendar roundel with a man warming himself by a fire, at the beginning of January, with a bumble bee in the right margin., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

his armorial bookplate (inside upper cover). Bought by the British Museum from Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller, 8 May 1847 (note on 1st flyleaf verso), using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis

• Detail of decorated initial., Ars poetica (ff. 1-9), Epistolae (ff. 9-35), with marginal and interlinear glosses

his inventory number, see, Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, p. 360: his London sale, 2 March 1789, lot 12844, bought by Edwards for £1 2s.; inscribed '1.2.0' (f. 1, top right).James Edwards

• Text page., Medical miscellany, including an English translation of Gilbertus Anglicus's Compendium medicinae (ff. 63v-151v), imperfect; 'Super lunam' (ff. 179v-181); a zodiacal lunary (ff. 173-179); a gynecological tract (ff. 158-172v); Bernard Goron's De prognosticis (ff. 61-63)

(ff. 173-179); a gynecological tract (ff. 158-172v); Bernard Goron's De prognosticis (ff. 61-63) Inscription 'Iste liber constans Richardo Dod. de london, Barbor Sorior' (f. 157), perhaps attached to the hospital of St Giles without Cripplegate: inscription 'Gilys' (f. 157, upper

• Miniature of the Trinity, at the beginning of Jean le Meung's Sept articles de la foi., Les sept articles de la foi

a eté doné, le 24 May 1765, par Madame Richard à M. Biscarel Prêtre de St Sulpice' (f. 1).Thomas Thorpe, London bookseller: sold anonymously (the identification is in the Department of Manuscripts's copy of the catalogue) at Fletcher's, 21 April

• Detail of a miniature of Calchas mounted on the brazen horse., Troy Book

of the Royal Library: included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 12.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Calchas John Lydgate London England, S. E. ( London)

• Detail of a miniature of the Trojan Horse at the gate of Troy., Troy Book

the Royal Library: included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 12.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Trojan Horse John Lydgate London England, S. E. ( London)

• Detail of a miniature of Greek tents being overthrown by a storm., Troy Book

Royal Library: included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 12.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Greek tents overthrown John Lydgate London England, S. E. ( London)

• Detail of a miniature of the quartered arms of Percy and Lucy flanked by initials 'HP', accompanied by badges of crescent and shackle-bolt, and encircled by the Garter., Troy Book

included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 12.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Arms of Percy and Lucy John Lydgate London England, S. E. ( London)

• Text page of the beginning of 'A Treatise between Information and Truth' of William Cornish., Testament and The reignes of the kyngis of England, A Treatise between Information and Truth; On the Death of the Earl of Northumberland; Le assemble de dyeus; Descent of the Lords Percy

the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 12.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text page John Lydgate, William Cornish, John Skelton, William Peeris London England, S. E. (London?)

• Text page of John Skelton's 'On the Death of the Earl of Northumberland', with calligraphic letters and decorated ascenders., Testament and The reignes of the kyngis of England, A Treatise between Information and Truth; On the Death of the Earl of Northumberland; Le assemble de dyeus; Descent of the Lords Percy

the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 12.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text page John Lydgate, William Cornish, John Skelton, William Peeris London England, S. E. (London?)

• Miniature of the month of May, with a seated young man receives fruit and flowers from a courtly group composed of a dwarf, three girls and five youths, some of whom play musical instruments in the foreground. In the landscape in the background two peasants labour, one scything and the other carrying baskets., Calendar leaf from the Book of Hours, Use of Rome, of Bona Sforza (the 'Sforza Hours') (index Sforza Hours) (May)

F. Warner, ~Miniatures and Borders from the Book of Hours of Bona Sforza, Duchess of Milan in the British Museum~ (London: Trustees, 1894), pp. viii-ix). Three detached leaves, an Adoration of the Magi (Add. 45722), the calendar miniature for the

• Full-page miniature of peasants and noblemen engaged in the occupations and labours of the month of October: peasants making wine in the background and nobles hawking in the foreground., Calendar leaf from the Book of Hours, Use of Rome, of Bona Sforza (the 'Sforza Hours') (index Sforza Hours) (October)

F. Warner, ~Miniatures and Borders from the Book of Hours of Bona Sforza, Duchess of Milan in the British Museum~ (London: Trustees, 1894), pp. viii-ix). Three detached leaves, an Adoration of the Magi (Add. 45722), the calendar miniature for the

• Miniature of the Annunciation, at the beginning of the Hours of the Virigin., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

f. 1v), bought by Rodd for £81.Bought by the British Museum from Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller, 13 November 1847 (note on f. 1), for £90, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by

• Historiated border with the Tree of Jesse and decorated initial 'D'(omine), at the beginning of the Hours of the Virigin., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

f. 1v), bought by Rodd for £81.Bought by the British Museum from Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller, 13 November 1847 (note on f. 1), for £90, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by

• Text page recording the miracles of Henry VI, including the revival of Thomas Paynston, a young man who was run over by a wagon, and the healing of a boy living in London., Miracles of Henry VI, comissioned by John Morgan, dean of Windsor from 1485 to 1496 and bishop of St. David's from 1496 to 1504, with a dedication to Morgan (f. 1) and a hymn and prayer to Henry VI (f. 1v)

man who was run over by a wagon, and the healing of a boy living in London. f. 112 is a paper flyleaf.ff. 1v-25v: A collection of 28 miracles, preceded by a table of contents. The date and circumstances of

• Text page recording the miracles of Henry VI, including the revival of Thomas Paynston, a young man who was run over by a wagon, and the healing of a boy living in London., Miracles of Henry VI, comissioned by John Morgan, dean of Windsor from 1485 to 1496 and bishop of St. David's from 1496 to 1504, with a dedication to Morgan (f. 1) and a hymn and prayer to Henry VI (f. 1v)

man who was run over by a wagon, and the healing of a boy living in London. f. 112 is a paper flyleaf.ff. 1v-25v: A collection of 28 miracles, preceded by a table of contents. The date and circumstances of