• Detail of decorated initial., St Albans register of properties

Detail of decorated initial. Large brown ink initials with intricate penwork decoration, many including patterns, flowers or foliage, crowns, some with faces. Cadels. St Albans register of properties The Benedictine abbey of St Albans after 1506 and before 1539

• Text page from Numbers, with a flourished initial 'Q'(uod) at the beginning of Numbers 21. A cut in the lower margin has been mended with a patch cut from a similar (or perhaps the same?) manuscript., Bible with prologues

flourishing in the other colour. Chapter numbers and running titles in characters alternately red or blue. Bible with prologues Unidentified English owner: with numerous annotations, second half of the 15th century.Inscription: 'John', 18th century? (f. 153).Charles Burney (b. 1757, d.

• Zoomorphic initial 'I'(n) formed of two dragons with linked necks, at the beginning of Genesis., Bible with prologues

flourishing in the other colour. Chapter numbers and running titles in characters alternately red or blue. Bible with prologues Unidentified English owner: with numerous annotations, second half of the 15th century.Inscription: 'John', 18th century? (f. 153).Charles Burney (b. 1757, d.

• Heading in display capitals, and the first word 'Vir' in colours, at the beginning of the book of Job., Job and Ezra, with prologues

sketch of Christ on the Cross, 12th century (back flyleaf). Job and Ezra, with prologues Re-written and restored by an English hand, of the Canterbury type, in the second half of the 10th century, according to Gameson.? Thomas Howard (b.

• Decorated initial 'I'(n) and heading in display capitals, at the beginning of the book Ezra., Job and Ezra, with prologues

sketch of Christ on the Cross, 12th century (back flyleaf). Job and Ezra, with prologues Re-written and restored by an English hand, of the Canterbury type, in the second half of the 10th century, according to Gameson.? Thomas Howard (b.

• Puzzle initial., Medical miscellany, including Aldebrandino of Siena's Régime du corps (ff. 24-81); Herbal 'Circa instans' (ff. 108-178v); Roger Frugard's Chirurgia (ff. 180-208); the Antidotarium Nicolai (ff. 222v-244v); Trotula (ff. 246v-253)

(ff. 246v-253) ff. 1-23v are texts in French, with some faces in the ink initials (ff. 3-5v).Added receipts in an English hand (ff. 178v-179).Additional verses in Latin in 15th-century Gothic hybrid script (f. 259). Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d.

• Detail of a circular diagram illustrating principles of natural philosophy., Dragmaticon philosophiae, imperfect at the beginning and the end (index Dramaticon)

purchased from Scott together with other 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Circular diagram William of Conches (Guillaume de Conches) (index Guillelmus de Conchis) England

• Detail of diagram of primary qualities and elements based on Aristotelian and Platonic theories., Dragmaticon philosophiae, imperfect at the beginning and the end (index Dramaticon)

Scott together with other 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Primary qualities and elements William of Conches (Guillaume de Conches) (index Guillelmus de Conchis) England

• Detail of a diagram of the zodiac., Dragmaticon philosophiae, imperfect at the beginning and the end (index Dramaticon)

Scott together with other 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Diagram of the zodiac William of Conches (Guillaume de Conches) (index Guillelmus de Conchis) England

• Detail of circular diagrams illustrating principles of natural philosophy., Dragmaticon philosophiae, imperfect at the beginning and the end (index Dramaticon)

purchased from Scott together with other 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Circular diagrams William of Conches (Guillaume de Conches) (index Guillelmus de Conchis) England

• Detail of a diagram of the motions of Saturn., Dragmaticon philosophiae, imperfect at the beginning and the end (index Dramaticon)

from Scott together with other 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Motions of Saturn William of Conches (Guillaume de Conches) (index Guillelmus de Conchis) England

• Detail of a diagram of the sun with Mercury and Venus., Dragmaticon philosophiae, imperfect at the beginning and the end (index Dramaticon)

Scott together with other 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Sun, Mercury, and Venus William of Conches (Guillaume de Conches) (index Guillelmus de Conchis) England

• Detail of a diagram of the double course of the moon and the central path of the sun., Dragmaticon philosophiae, imperfect at the beginning and the end (index Dramaticon)

with other 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Double course of the moon and central path of the sun William of Conches (Guillaume de Conches)

• Detail of a diagram of the zodiac., Dragmaticon philosophiae, imperfect at the beginning and the end (index Dramaticon)

Scott together with other 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Diagram of the zodiac William of Conches (Guillaume de Conches) (index Guillelmus de Conchis) England

• Decorated initials 'G'(loria) and 'X'(piste). Small initials. Musical notation, with neumes and heightened neumes., Troper

king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together with other 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Gloria in excelsis France, N. W. (Normandy)

• Initial-word panels decorated with penwork and pen-flourishing., Guide of the Perplexed (~Moreh Nevukhim~) in Samuel ibn Tibbon's translation

pen-flourishing, in red and violet ink (until f. 142). Guide of the Perplexed (~Moreh Nevukhim~) in Samuel ibn Tibbon's translation English inscription of the content of the manuscript (f. [iii verso].Samuel ibn Tibbon, the translator: inscribed with his name in

• Initial-word panels decorated with penwork and pen-flourishing., Guide of the Perplexed (~Moreh Nevukhim~) in Samuel ibn Tibbon's translation

pen-flourishing, in red and violet ink (until f. 142). Guide of the Perplexed (~Moreh Nevukhim~) in Samuel ibn Tibbon's translation English inscription of the content of the manuscript (f. [iii verso].Samuel ibn Tibbon, the translator: inscribed with his name in

• null, Expositio vocabulorum Bibliae

fish (e.g., f. 144). Expositio vocabulorum Bibliae Inscriptions: 'Iste liber constat [remainder erased]', 'No lost' and 'Be guod', in an English hand, c.1300 or first quarter of the 14th century (f. 173v).'Will(el)mo Tilgman Iun(ior) de Snodland [in Kent]', added over

• null, Expositio vocabulorum Bibliae

fish (e.g., f. 144). Expositio vocabulorum Bibliae Inscriptions: 'Iste liber constat [remainder erased]', 'No lost' and 'Be guod', in an English hand, c.1300 or first quarter of the 14th century (f. 173v).'Will(el)mo Tilgman Iun(ior) de Snodland [in Kent]', added over

• Puzzle initial 'H'(enricus)., Various legal texts, including Statutes of England (index Statute book, Statuta Angliae)

parchment flyleaf inscribed with chronological notes concerning English kings.ff. 2-9 is a Table of Contents.ff. 10-12 is inscribed with the Statutum de Consuetudinibus Kancie (in French).f. 13: is a list:Taxatio civitatis London[ensis] persingulas custodias sive Wardas eiusdem.ff. 174-76 are parchment