• Detail of a miniature of the Saracens plundering and profaning the church of St James (by defecating at the altar), at the beginning of chapter 10 of 'Charlemagne' book 5., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

the Saracens plundering and profaning the church of St James (by defecating at the altar), at the beginning of chapter 10 of 'Charlemagne' book 5. With over 400 illustrations, this manuscript is one of the moxt luxurious French manuscripts of

• Miniature of Louis the Pious sustaining an accident on the stairway to church, and Louis giving orders to prelates., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

an accident on the stairway to church, and Louis giving orders to prelates. With over 400 illustrations, this manuscript is one of the moxt luxurious French manuscripts of the 14th century.According to Hedeman 1991, one of nine illustrated copies made

• Miniature of the flight of Louis, son of Charles the Simple, and his mother, and the Normans burning a church, and Benedict appearing to Sigillophus., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

the Simple, and his mother, and the Normans burning a church, and Benedict appearing to Sigillophus. With over 400 illustrations, this manuscript is one of the moxt luxurious French manuscripts of the 14th century.According to Hedeman 1991, one of nine

• Text page., Polychronicon with other historical works

Added drawing of a foliate initial in sepia 14th/15th century (f. 111).Added table of contents, 15th century (f. 2v). The church of St Peter-upon-Cornhill, London: inscribed 'Liber ecclesie Sancti / Petri sup[er] cornehill', 15th century (ff. 1v, 2v).The Old Royal

• Decorated initial 'P'(ost), with a partial bar border., Polychronicon with other historical works

Added drawing of a foliate initial in sepia 14th/15th century (f. 111).Added table of contents, 15th century (f. 2v). The church of St Peter-upon-Cornhill, London: inscribed 'Liber ecclesie Sancti / Petri sup[er] cornehill', 15th century (ff. 1v, 2v).The Old Royal

• Puzzle initial 'Q'(uinta), at the beginning of book 3 of the Polychronicon., Polychronicon with other historical works

Added drawing of a foliate initial in sepia 14th/15th century (f. 111).Added table of contents, 15th century (f. 2v). The church of St Peter-upon-Cornhill, London: inscribed 'Liber ecclesie Sancti / Petri sup[er] cornehill', 15th century (ff. 1v, 2v).The Old Royal

• Detail of a miniature of the enthroned Virgin with All Saints. To the left the kneeling figures are presumably Lord Lovell and his wife, although they do not have any heraldic emblems on their clothes to identify them with certainty; he holds a scroll which reads 'Pray for us, all saints of God'., Lectionary, imperfect (the 'Lovell Lectionary')

and livery badge of a padlock throughout, identified in a 17th-century hand. Glastonbury Abbey: added arms (f. 10).? The cathedral church of St Mary, Salisbury: found and acquired by Hollard (inscription cited below).Joseph Hollard, of the Inner Temple: inscription 'Manuscriptum

• Detail of a genealogy of the Holland family., Lectionary, imperfect (the 'Lovell Lectionary')

and livery badge of a padlock throughout, identified in a 17th-century hand. Glastonbury Abbey: added arms (f. 10).? The cathedral church of St Mary, Salisbury: found and acquired by Hollard (inscription cited below).Joseph Hollard, of the Inner Temple: inscription 'Manuscriptum

• Miniature of a grotesque creature dressed in academic robes, with coloured initials., Constitutiones clementis pape V(index Constitutiones Clementinae; Constitutions of pope Clement V), with the gloss of Johannes Andreae (Giovanni d’Andrea) and the preface of Pope John XXII

inscribed, 15th century, 'Hic liber est Nicolaij Soczini domini Nicolaij' (f. 85).Rome S. Andrea [? della Valle, Rome, the mother church of the Theatines, founded 1524]: late-16th century book stamps: 'BIBLIOTECAE S. ANDREAE ROMAE' (ff. 3, 85).John Wright, librarian to

• Miniature of a grotesque creature dressed in academic robes, with coloured initials., Constitutiones clementis pape V(index Constitutiones Clementinae; Constitutions of pope Clement V), with the gloss of Johannes Andreae (Giovanni d’Andrea) and the preface of Pope John XXII

inscribed, 15th century, 'Hic liber est Nicolaij Soczini domini Nicolaij' (f. 85).Rome S. Andrea [? della Valle, Rome, the mother church of the Theatines, founded 1524]: late-16th century book stamps: 'BIBLIOTECAE S. ANDREAE ROMAE' (ff. 3, 85).John Wright, librarian to

• Detail of an historiated initial of Caesar Augustus issuing an edict, with courtiers, at the beginning of the reading for Christmas with a passage from the gospel of Luke (2:1-14): 'And it came to pass that in those days there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that the whole world should be enrolled . . .'. The borders include heraldry, angels, a half-naked king, birds, and a dragon., Lectionary, imperfect (the 'Lovell Lectionary')

and livery badge of a padlock throughout, identified in a 17th-century hand. Glastonbury Abbey: added arms (f. 10).? The cathedral church of St Mary, Salisbury: found and acquired by Hollard (inscription cited below).Joseph Hollard, of the Inner Temple: inscription 'Manuscriptum

• Detail of a miniature of the Adoration of the Shepherds and George and the dragon., Lectionary, imperfect (the 'Lovell Lectionary')

and livery badge of a padlock throughout, identified in a 17th-century hand. Glastonbury Abbey: added arms (f. 10).? The cathedral church of St Mary, Salisbury: found and acquired by Hollard (inscription cited below).Joseph Hollard, of the Inner Temple: inscription 'Manuscriptum

• Detail of a miniature of the Annunciation to Joseph., Lectionary, imperfect (the 'Lovell Lectionary')

and livery badge of a padlock throughout, identified in a 17th-century hand. Glastonbury Abbey: added arms (f. 10).? The cathedral church of St Mary, Salisbury: found and acquired by Hollard (inscription cited below).Joseph Hollard, of the Inner Temple: inscription 'Manuscriptum

• Detail of an historiated initial 'C'(um) of the Adoration of the Magi, and in the borders, angels, busts, and heraldry., Lectionary, imperfect (the 'Lovell Lectionary')

and livery badge of a padlock throughout, identified in a 17th-century hand. Glastonbury Abbey: added arms (f. 10).? The cathedral church of St Mary, Salisbury: found and acquired by Hollard (inscription cited below).Joseph Hollard, of the Inner Temple: inscription 'Manuscriptum

• Miniature of two angels supporting the Lovell and Holland arms, and a crowned dog in the border., Lectionary, imperfect (the 'Lovell Lectionary')

and livery badge of a padlock throughout, identified in a 17th-century hand. Glastonbury Abbey: added arms (f. 10).? The cathedral church of St Mary, Salisbury: found and acquired by Hollard (inscription cited below).Joseph Hollard, of the Inner Temple: inscription 'Manuscriptum

• Detail of a miniature with angels supporting the Lovell and Holland arms, and a crowned dog in the border., Lectionary, imperfect (the 'Lovell Lectionary')

and livery badge of a padlock throughout, identified in a 17th-century hand. Glastonbury Abbey: added arms (f. 10).? The cathedral church of St Mary, Salisbury: found and acquired by Hollard (inscription cited below).Joseph Hollard, of the Inner Temple: inscription 'Manuscriptum

• Detail of a miniature of Christ with the two pilgrims at Emmaus, with a heraldic device in the border., Lectionary, imperfect (the 'Lovell Lectionary')

and livery badge of a padlock throughout, identified in a 17th-century hand. Glastonbury Abbey: added arms (f. 10).? The cathedral church of St Mary, Salisbury: found and acquired by Hollard (inscription cited below).Joseph Hollard, of the Inner Temple: inscription 'Manuscriptum

• Miniature of the Resurrection of Christ, with marginal praying figures, possibly Lovell and his wife, and in the border an angel and the face of Christ., Lectionary, imperfect (the 'Lovell Lectionary')

and livery badge of a padlock throughout, identified in a 17th-century hand. Glastonbury Abbey: added arms (f. 10).? The cathedral church of St Mary, Salisbury: found and acquired by Hollard (inscription cited below).Joseph Hollard, of the Inner Temple: inscription 'Manuscriptum

• Detail of a miniature of the Resurrection of Christ, with marginal praying figures, possibly Lovell and his wife, Lectionary, imperfect (the 'Lovell Lectionary')

and livery badge of a padlock throughout, identified in a 17th-century hand. Glastonbury Abbey: added arms (f. 10).? The cathedral church of St Mary, Salisbury: found and acquired by Hollard (inscription cited below).Joseph Hollard, of the Inner Temple: inscription 'Manuscriptum

• Detail of a miniature of the Coronation of the Virgin, with a marginal image of Mary holding the Christ child., Lectionary, imperfect (the 'Lovell Lectionary')

and livery badge of a padlock throughout, identified in a 17th-century hand. Glastonbury Abbey: added arms (f. 10).? The cathedral church of St Mary, Salisbury: found and acquired by Hollard (inscription cited below).Joseph Hollard, of the Inner Temple: inscription 'Manuscriptum