The outcome of the survey he undertook with Elzbieta Temple of the illuminated manuscripts held in the collections of the University of Oxford colleges resulted in the co-authored book Illuminated Manuscripts in the Oxford College Libraries, the University Archives and the Taylor Institution which was published in 1985.
This work is said to be the inspiration for the more recent cataloguing of the manuscripts in the University of Cambridge collection[5] with which J.J.G.
[9] 1981 Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries[10] 1982-1983 Lyell Lecturer in Bibliography at the University of Oxford 1984-1985 Sandars Readership in Bibliography at Cambridge University 1985 Fellow, British Academy[3] 1995 Honorary Fellow, Pierpont Morgan Library 1995-1996 Guggenheim Fellowship 1999 Fellow, Medieval Academy of America 2002 J. Clawson Mills Art History Fellowship, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York[2] The festschrift collection Tributes to Jonathan J.G.
Alexander: the Making and Meaning of Illuminated Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts, Art & Architecture (London: Harvey Miller, 2006, ISBN 978-1-872501-47-5) was edited by Susan L’Engle and Gerald B.
[11] Professor Alexander wrote the obituary of T. S. R. Boase, a former director of the Courtauld Institute of Art, for The British Academy.