• Detail of a miniature of Alexander and his soldiers fighting with crabs, with a preliminary sketch in the lower margin., Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances

Voyages of Marco Polo in a revised version attributed to Thibault de Cépoy, admiral of the fleet for Charles's of Valois projected crusade and Jean de Cépoy, admiral of the fleet for the projected crusade of Philip VI of France

• Detail of a miniature of Alexander receiving tribute from the citizens of Babylon., Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances

Voyages of Marco Polo in a revised version attributed to Thibault de Cépoy, admiral of the fleet for Charles's of Valois projected crusade and Jean de Cépoy, admiral of the fleet for the projected crusade of Philip VI of France

• Detail of a miniature of Alexander sending letters to Olympias and Aristotle, mistakenly represented as a woman., Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances

Voyages of Marco Polo in a revised version attributed to Thibault de Cépoy, admiral of the fleet for Charles's of Valois projected crusade and Jean de Cépoy, admiral of the fleet for the projected crusade of Philip VI of France

• Illuminated border and initial 'A'(nno) at the beginning of the life of Christ., Martinus's 'Chronica pontificum et imperatorum' (ff. 118-174v), with additions possibly by John Merelynch (ff. 174v-186v), followed by the 'Proceedings against Dame Alice Kyteler' (1324) (index Rerum Hibernicarum quarundam pracipue ecclesiasticarum descriptio) attributed to Ledrede (ff. 186v-206v)

Sir Thomas Moyleus of Eastwell, Kent (b. before 1500, d. 1560), lawyer and speaker of the House of Commons: acquired from John Twyne (see Watson 1986).Matthew Parker (b. 1504, d. 1575), archbishop of Canterbury and patron of scholarship: his red

• Last page of text with cadels; colophon by John Merylynch., Martinus's 'Chronica pontificum et imperatorum' (ff. 118-174v), with additions possibly by John Merelynch (ff. 174v-186v), followed by the 'Proceedings against Dame Alice Kyteler' (1324) (index Rerum Hibernicarum quarundam pracipue ecclesiasticarum descriptio) attributed to Ledrede (ff. 186v-206v)

Sir Thomas Moyleus of Eastwell, Kent (b. before 1500, d. 1560), lawyer and speaker of the House of Commons: acquired from John Twyne (see Watson 1986).Matthew Parker (b. 1504, d. 1575), archbishop of Canterbury and patron of scholarship: his red

• Illuminated border including the initial 'Q'(uoniam) with Martin of Troppau as a scribe at the beginning of his 'Chronicle of Popes and Emperors'., Martinus's 'Chronica pontificum et imperatorum' (ff. 118-174v), with additions possibly by John Merelynch (ff. 174v-186v), followed by the 'Proceedings against Dame Alice Kyteler' (1324) (index Rerum Hibernicarum quarundam pracipue ecclesiasticarum descriptio) attributed to Ledrede (ff. 186v-206v)

Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Martin of Troppau John Merylynch John Merelynch The Oriel Master Martinus Polanus (index Martin of Troppau) (d. 1278), John Merelynch, Richard Ledrede, bishop of Ossory Glastonbury England, W.

• Illuminated border and initial 'P'(ost) at the beginning of the account of the reign of Augustus., Martinus's 'Chronica pontificum et imperatorum' (ff. 118-174v), with additions possibly by John Merelynch (ff. 174v-186v), followed by the 'Proceedings against Dame Alice Kyteler' (1324) (index Rerum Hibernicarum quarundam pracipue ecclesiasticarum descriptio) attributed to Ledrede (ff. 186v-206v)

border and initial 'P'(ost) at the beginning of the account of the reign of Augustus. 'De bello troiano' (ff. 1-8) purports to be an eyewitness account of the Trojan war by 'Dares of Phrygius'. The page begins with a letter

• Detail of a historiated initial 'Q' with the portray of Martin of Troppau as a scribe dipping his quill into an inkwell in a niche at his right, while a page that he has already written dries at his left., Martinus's 'Chronica pontificum et imperatorum' (ff. 118-174v), with additions possibly by John Merelynch (ff. 174v-186v), followed by the 'Proceedings against Dame Alice Kyteler' (1324) (index Rerum Hibernicarum quarundam pracipue ecclesiasticarum descriptio) attributed to Ledrede (ff. 186v-206v)

Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Martin of Troppau John Merylynch John Merelynch The Oriel Master Martinus Polanus (index Martin of Troppau) (d. 1278), John Merelynch, Richard Ledrede, bishop of Ossory Glastonbury England, W.

• Illuminated border and initial 'P'(ost) at the beginning of the account of the reign of Augustus., Martinus's 'Chronica pontificum et imperatorum' (ff. 118-174v), with additions possibly by John Merelynch (ff. 174v-186v), followed by the 'Proceedings against Dame Alice Kyteler' (1324) (index Rerum Hibernicarum quarundam pracipue ecclesiasticarum descriptio) attributed to Ledrede (ff. 186v-206v)

border and initial 'P'(ost) at the beginning of the account of the reign of Augustus. 'De bello troiano' (ff. 1-8) purports to be an eyewitness account of the Trojan war by 'Dares of Phrygius'. The page begins with a letter

• Decorated initial 'D'(omine) at the beginning of the Hours of Saint Anne., Book of Hours (use of Sarum) ('The Percy Hours')

1-6v); Hours of the Virgin (Use of Sarum), with suffrages after Lauds, the Short Hours of the Cross intermixed, and with seasonal variants (ff. 7-53); Hours of the Trinity (ff. 54-64v); Hours of the Passion (ff. 65-78); Hours of St.

• Decorated initial 'D'(omine)., Book of Hours (use of Sarum) ('The Percy Hours')

1-6v); Hours of the Virgin (Use of Sarum), with suffrages after Lauds, the Short Hours of the Cross intermixed, and with seasonal variants (ff. 7-53); Hours of the Trinity (ff. 54-64v); Hours of the Passion (ff. 65-78); Hours of St.

• Detail of a historiated initial 'D'(ominus) of David kneeling and pointing to his eye, at the beginning of Psalm 26., Psalter with Canticles and the Office of the Dead (The 'Princess Joan Psalter')

made under the supervision of Johannes, and she attributes two initials to him (ff. 16, 64).Known as the 'Princess Joan Psalter' because of John Somer's dedication of the calendar to Joan Holland (d. 1442), mother ofRichard II, but there

• Illuminated initial 'Q'(uemadmodum) at the beginning of Psalm 41., Psalter with Canticles and the Office of the Dead (The 'Princess Joan Psalter')

made under the supervision of Johannes, and she attributes two initials to him (ff. 16, 64).Known as the 'Princess Joan Psalter' because of John Somer's dedication of the calendar to Joan Holland (d. 1442), mother ofRichard II, but there

• Text page of Psalm 77:19, with pen-flourished initials., Psalter with Canticles and the Office of the Dead (The 'Princess Joan Psalter')

made under the supervision of Johannes, and she attributes two initials to him (ff. 16, 64).Known as the 'Princess Joan Psalter' because of John Somer's dedication of the calendar to Joan Holland (d. 1442), mother ofRichard II, but there

• Detail of a historiated initial 'E'(xultate) of David playing the bells, at the beginning of Psalm 80., Psalter with Canticles and the Office of the Dead (The 'Princess Joan Psalter')

made under the supervision of Johannes, and she attributes two initials to him (ff. 16, 64).Known as the 'Princess Joan Psalter' because of John Somer's dedication of the calendar to Joan Holland (d. 1442), mother ofRichard II, but there

• Detail of a historiated initial 'C'(antate) of four clerics singing from a book on a lectern, at the beginning of Psalm 97., Psalter with Canticles and the Office of the Dead (The 'Princess Joan Psalter')

made under the supervision of Johannes, and she attributes two initials to him (ff. 16, 64).Known as the 'Princess Joan Psalter' because of John Somer's dedication of the calendar to Joan Holland (d. 1442), mother ofRichard II, but there

• Detail of a historiated initial 'C'(antate) of four clerics singing from a book on a lectern, at the beginning of Psalm 97., Psalter with Canticles and the Office of the Dead (The 'Princess Joan Psalter')

made under the supervision of Johannes, and she attributes two initials to him (ff. 16, 64).Known as the 'Princess Joan Psalter' because of John Somer's dedication of the calendar to Joan Holland (d. 1442), mother ofRichard II, but there

• Detail of an historiated initial 'O'(ff) of the Lover's confession, at the beginning of the prologue., Confessio amantis

Detail of an historiated initial 'O'(ff) of the Lover's confession, at the beginning of the prologue. This manuscript contains the first recension of the Confessio amantis of John Gower (b. 1330, d. 1408), originally dedicated to Richard II: 'In ovre

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) of David playing the harp, with a full foliate border containing a hybrid creature in a shell, in a lower left corner, at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter with Canticles and the Office of the Dead (The 'Princess Joan Psalter')

made under the supervision of Johannes, and she attributes two initials to him (ff. 16, 64).Known as the 'Princess Joan Psalter' because of John Somer's dedication of the calendar to Joan Holland (d. 1442), mother ofRichard II, but there

• Illuminated initial ‘O’(vid) on the text page facing the historiated initial., Psalter with Canticles and the Office of the Dead (The 'Princess Joan Psalter')

made under the supervision of Johannes, and she attributes two initials to him (ff. 16, 64).Known as the 'Princess Joan Psalter' because of John Somer's dedication of the calendar to Joan Holland (d. 1442), mother ofRichard II, but there