• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(e) of Mary, accompanied by Joseph bearing gifts, presenting Jesus to the priest Simeon, with a partial bar border including a grotesque whose hood grows into a foliate extender, at the beginning of the reading for 2 February, the feast of the Purification of the Virgin, also known as Candlemas., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

of Thomas, Duke of Lancaster, in March 1322 (f. 157). The last appointment of a bishop of Norwich mentioned is John Salmon (d. 1325) (f. 156v, line 14).Inscription, after 1344: note of debt for £100 by Philip and Walter de

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(e) depicting a monk venerating Christ on the cross, at the reading for 14 September., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

of Thomas, Duke of Lancaster, in March 1322 (f. 157). The last appointment of a bishop of Norwich mentioned is John Salmon (d. 1325) (f. 156v, line 14).Inscription, after 1344: note of debt for £100 by Philip and Walter de

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(eus) of the Holy Face, or portrait of Christ, at the reading for the feast of the Circumcision on 1 January., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

of Thomas, Duke of Lancaster, in March 1322 (f. 157). The last appointment of a bishop of Norwich mentioned is John Salmon (d. 1325) (f. 156v, line 14).Inscription, after 1344: note of debt for £100 by Philip and Walter de

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a grotesque hybrid., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

of Thomas, Duke of Lancaster, in March 1322 (f. 157). The last appointment of a bishop of Norwich mentioned is John Salmon (d. 1325) (f. 156v, line 14).Inscription, after 1344: note of debt for £100 by Philip and Walter de

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(eus) depicting the Resurrection of Christ with praying angels and sleeping knights, at the beginning of Easter prayers., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

of Thomas, Duke of Lancaster, in March 1322 (f. 157). The last appointment of a bishop of Norwich mentioned is John Salmon (d. 1325) (f. 156v, line 14).Inscription, after 1344: note of debt for £100 by Philip and Walter de

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(ominica) of Judith beheading the sleeping Holofernes, with a partial bar border including a bearded grotesque hybrid, at the beginning of the reading for the last Sunday in September, for early morning prayers known as 'Judith.', Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

of Thomas, Duke of Lancaster, in March 1322 (f. 157). The last appointment of a bishop of Norwich mentioned is John Salmon (d. 1325) (f. 156v, line 14).Inscription, after 1344: note of debt for £100 by Philip and Walter de

• Detail of an historiated initial 'E'(xultate) depicting King David playing bells, with a partial bar border including a bearded grotesque, at the beginning of Psalm 80., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

of Thomas, Duke of Lancaster, in March 1322 (f. 157). The last appointment of a bishop of Norwich mentioned is John Salmon (d. 1325) (f. 156v, line 14).Inscription, after 1344: note of debt for £100 by Philip and Walter de

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(e) depicting the bishop saint Nicholas of Bari resurrecting three murdered children from a pickling vat, at the beginning of the reading for 6 December., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

of Thomas, Duke of Lancaster, in March 1322 (f. 157). The last appointment of a bishop of Norwich mentioned is John Salmon (d. 1325) (f. 156v, line 14).Inscription, after 1344: note of debt for £100 by Philip and Walter de

• Historiated initial 'E'(cclesiam) of Barnabas, at the beginning of the reading for 11 June., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

of Thomas, Duke of Lancaster, in March 1322 (f. 157). The last appointment of a bishop of Norwich mentioned is John Salmon (d. 1325) (f. 156v, line 14).Inscription, after 1344: note of debt for £100 by Philip and Walter de

• Detail of an inhabited initial 'D'(eus) with the bust of a martyr, probably Gervasius or Prothasius., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

of Thomas, Duke of Lancaster, in March 1322 (f. 157). The last appointment of a bishop of Norwich mentioned is John Salmon (d. 1325) (f. 156v, line 14).Inscription, after 1344: note of debt for £100 by Philip and Walter de

• Detail of an inhabited initial 'D'(eus) with the bust of a martyr, probably Edward the Martyr., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

of Thomas, Duke of Lancaster, in March 1322 (f. 157). The last appointment of a bishop of Norwich mentioned is John Salmon (d. 1325) (f. 156v, line 14).Inscription, after 1344: note of debt for £100 by Philip and Walter de

• Historiated initial 'O'(mnipotens?) of bust of Swithun, with a partial bar border including a bearded grotesque, at the beginning of the reading for 15 July., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

of Thomas, Duke of Lancaster, in March 1322 (f. 157). The last appointment of a bishop of Norwich mentioned is John Salmon (d. 1325) (f. 156v, line 14).Inscription, after 1344: note of debt for £100 by Philip and Walter de

• Detail of an historiated initial 'E'(xaudi) with a bust of bishop Germanus, at the beginning of the reading for 28 May and 1 August., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

of Thomas, Duke of Lancaster, in March 1322 (f. 157). The last appointment of a bishop of Norwich mentioned is John Salmon (d. 1325) (f. 156v, line 14).Inscription, after 1344: note of debt for £100 by Philip and Walter de

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(e) of Peter holding the chains of his imprisonment at the beginning of the reading for 28 May and 1 August, with a partial bar border including a peasant., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

of Thomas, Duke of Lancaster, in March 1322 (f. 157). The last appointment of a bishop of Norwich mentioned is John Salmon (d. 1325) (f. 156v, line 14).Inscription, after 1344: note of debt for £100 by Philip and Walter de

• Detail of an historiated initial 'P'(uer) of Lawrence being martyred on a grill, tormented by demonic executioners, at the beginning of the reading for 10 August., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

of Thomas, Duke of Lancaster, in March 1322 (f. 157). The last appointment of a bishop of Norwich mentioned is John Salmon (d. 1325) (f. 156v, line 14).Inscription, after 1344: note of debt for £100 by Philip and Walter de

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(e) depicting the archangel spearing the dragon, at the reading for 29 September., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

of Thomas, Duke of Lancaster, in March 1322 (f. 157). The last appointment of a bishop of Norwich mentioned is John Salmon (d. 1325) (f. 156v, line 14).Inscription, after 1344: note of debt for £100 by Philip and Walter de

• Detail a two-headed grotesque in the lower margins of the folio., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

of Thomas, Duke of Lancaster, in March 1322 (f. 157). The last appointment of a bishop of Norwich mentioned is John Salmon (d. 1325) (f. 156v, line 14).Inscription, after 1344: note of debt for £100 by Philip and Walter de

• Full page with minature of Gawain and his brothers with their cousin Yvonet., L'estoire del Saint Graal (ff. 1-76); L'estoire de Merlin (ff. 76-216)

45).Louis César de Baume le Blanc, Duc de La Vallière (b. 1708, d. 1780): his sale, Paris, 1783, lot 3989. John Duke of Roxburghe (b. 1740, d. 1804), his sale, 1812, lot 6093. His family crest on the cover with

• Full page with miniature of Merlin disguised as a young boy kneeling before Gawain giving him a letter., L'estoire del Saint Graal (ff. 1-76); L'estoire de Merlin (ff. 76-216)

45).Louis César de Baume le Blanc, Duc de La Vallière (b. 1708, d. 1780): his sale, Paris, 1783, lot 3989. John Duke of Roxburghe (b. 1740, d. 1804), his sale, 1812, lot 6093. His family crest on the cover with

• Miniature of Merlin disguised as a boy bringing a letter to King Pendragon and Uther, his brother., L'estoire del Saint Graal (ff. 1-76); L'estoire de Merlin (ff. 76-216)

45).Louis César de Baume le Blanc, Duc de La Vallière (b. 1708, d. 1780): his sale, Paris, 1783, lot 3989. John Duke of Roxburghe (b. 1740, d. 1804), his sale, 1812, lot 6093. His family crest on the cover with