• Decorated initial., Confessio amantis (begins imperfectly)

Catherine Burghe [widow of William de Burgh, Lord Burgh], to whom it descended from her mother, Elizabeth [daughter of Sir John Blount, mistress of Henry VIII] wife, successively, of [Gilbert Talboys] Lord Talboys, and [Edward Clinton] Lord Clinton, afterwards Earl

• Miniature of John writing, assisted by his evangelist symbol, the eagle, with an angel looking upon from an open window, with an illuminated initial 'I'(n) and a full foliate border., Book of Hours, Use of Troyes

of John writing, assisted by his evangelist symbol, the eagle, with an angel looking upon from an open window, with an illuminated initial 'I'(n) and a full foliate border. Quaternion with the Gospel Lessons misbound, in the unusual order of

• Foliate initial 'I'(n), mostly excised, at the beginning of Livy's Ab urbe condita., Ab urbe condita (third, first, and fourth decades)

4 March 1793, lot 1201, bought by Egerton for £4 14s. 6d.John Egerton, ~Catalogue of Books, including the Library of John Smeaton … and Many Other Collections~, 1794, item 1506, priced £12 12s.Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical

• null, Ab urbe condita (third, first, and fourth decades)

4 March 1793, lot 1201, bought by Egerton for £4 14s. 6d.John Egerton, ~Catalogue of Books, including the Library of John Smeaton … and Many Other Collections~, 1794, item 1506, priced £12 12s.Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical

• Detail of flowers in the border of the folio., Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions

the Vulgate version. Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions Copied by Pieter Meghen of 's-Hertogenbosch of the diocese of Liège (b. c.1466/1467, d. 1540) for John Colet (b. c.1456, d.1519), dean of St

• Detail of a painting of a drum-beating ape, flowers, and a moth, from the borders of the folio., Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions

the Vulgate version. Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions Copied by Pieter Meghen of 's-Hertogenbosch of the diocese of Liège (b. c.1466/1467, d. 1540) for John Colet (b. c.1456, d.1519), dean of St

• Detail of a marginal painting of two men with wicker armour riding on rams, as one unseats the other in a parody of tournament., Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions

the Vulgate version. Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions Copied by Pieter Meghen of 's-Hertogenbosch of the diocese of Liège (b. c.1466/1467, d. 1540) for John Colet (b. c.1456, d.1519), dean of St

• Detail of a marginal painting of a butterfly and flowers, from the full border., Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions

the Vulgate version. Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions Copied by Pieter Meghen of 's-Hertogenbosch of the diocese of Liège (b. c.1466/1467, d. 1540) for John Colet (b. c.1456, d.1519), dean of St

• Detail of a marginal painting of a peacock among flowers, from the lower margin of the folio., Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions

the Vulgate version. Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions Copied by Pieter Meghen of 's-Hertogenbosch of the diocese of Liège (b. c.1466/1467, d. 1540) for John Colet (b. c.1456, d.1519), dean of St

• Illuminated initials., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

initials. John Lydgate (probably from Lidgate or Lydgate, 10 miles from Bury), a monk of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, translated this work on the life of king Edmund and his cousin Fremund from Latin into English verse to

• Miniature of John and the woman clothed with the sun and the dragon; miniature of John and the Beast., Bible historiale, the early version

Miniature of John and the woman clothed with the sun and the dragon; miniature of John and the Beast. Bound In four volumes: vol. 1 (ff. 1-144), vol. 2 (ff. 145-284v), vol. 3 (ff. 285-412), vol. 4 (ff. 413-532), originally

• Miniature of the death of Sweyn, the king of the Danes., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

Sweyn, the king of the Danes. John Lydgate (probably from Lidgate or Lydgate, 10 miles from Bury), a monk of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, translated this work on the life of king Edmund and his cousin Fremund from

• Detail of a miniature of the death of Sweyn, the king of the Danes., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

of Sweyn, the king of the Danes. John Lydgate (probably from Lidgate or Lydgate, 10 miles from Bury), a monk of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, translated this work on the life of king Edmund and his cousin Fremund

• Miniature of a woman being pulled from the shrine of Edmund., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

pulled from the shrine of Edmund. John Lydgate (probably from Lidgate or Lydgate, 10 miles from Bury), a monk of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, translated this work on the life of king Edmund and his cousin Fremund from

• Detail of a miniature of a woman being pulled from the shrine of Edmund., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

being pulled from the shrine of Edmund. John Lydgate (probably from Lidgate or Lydgate, 10 miles from Bury), a monk of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, translated this work on the life of king Edmund and his cousin Fremund

• 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')

certainty; he holds a scroll which reads 'Pray for us, all saints of God'. ff. 1-3 are paper leaves.The name John Siferwas occurs in the Sherborne Missal with 'Illuminator': see Scoft 1996 p. 62. Large miniature in colours of the

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

family. ff. 1-3 are paper leaves.The name John Siferwas occurs in the Sherborne Missal with 'Illuminator': see Scoft 1996 p. 62. Large miniature in colours of the patron, Lord Lovell (f. 4v). Smaller miniatures or historiated initials with full inhabited

• Detail of a miniature of the presentation of the text to the king, or alternatively, the admission of the king and leading courtiers into the confraternity of St Edmund, an event described in the poem, and illuminated initial., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

king and leading courtiers into the confraternity of St Edmund, an event described in the poem, and illuminated initial. John Lydgate (probably from Lidgate or Lydgate, 10 miles from Bury), a monk of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, translated

• Partialy repainted miniature of Jean, duke of Berry receiving the book from the author, Honoré Bouvet, in a prior's habit with a blue hood, with a full border with Jean's arms, and a foliate initial 'A'( la sainte), at the beginning of the dedicatory letter to Charles VI of France., L'Arbre des batailles

beginning 'Je may pouoir de vivre en joye...', and 'Triste playsir et doloureuse joye...', 15th century (f. 165). John Gamston (or John of Gamston, Nottinghamshire): inscribed with his name, 'Iste liber constat Joh[an]i Gamston[i] generoso', early 16th century (f. 164v).Henry

• Full-page miniature of Edward III, wearing a blue Garter mantle, with his arms., Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book')

Full-page miniature of Edward III, wearing a blue Garter mantle, with his arms. This is the first armorial for the Order of the Garter. The leaves were rearranged and are now mounted on paper leaves.ff. 1-3v are later notes;