• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(ominica) of a portrait of a man, perhaps John the Evangelist, at the beginning of a reading for Rogation Sunday, with the text of John 16:23., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

of an historiated initial 'D'(ominica) of a portrait of a man, perhaps John the Evangelist, at the beginning of a reading for Rogation Sunday, with the text of John 16:23. 46 large historiated initials, with three-sided or partial foliate borders,

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(ominica) of a portrait of a man, perhaps John the Evangelist, at the beginning of a reading for Rogation Sunday, with the text of John 16:23., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

of an historiated initial 'D'(ominica) of a portrait of a man, perhaps John the Evangelist, at the beginning of a reading for Rogation Sunday, with the text of John 16:23. 46 large historiated initials, with three-sided or partial foliate borders,

• Historiated initial 'D'(ominica) of a portrait of a man, perhaps John the Evangelist, with a partial bar border, at the beginning of a reading for Rogation Sunday, with the text of John 16:23., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

initial 'D'(ominica) of a portrait of a man, perhaps John the Evangelist, with a partial bar border, at the beginning of a reading for Rogation Sunday, with the text of John 16:23. 46 large historiated initials, with three-sided or partial

• Detail of an historiated initial 'V'(alde) of John writing on a scroll ('S. Iohannes') with an eagle, his symbol, at his feet, with a partial bar border including a grotesque hybrid, at the reading for 27 December., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

historiated initial 'V'(alde) of John writing on a scroll ('S. Iohannes') with an eagle, his symbol, at his feet, with a partial bar border including a grotesque hybrid, at the reading for 27 December. 46 large historiated initials, with three-sided

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D' of John the Baptist, holding the Agnus Dei., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

historiated initial 'D' of John the Baptist, holding the Agnus Dei. 46 large historiated initials, with three-sided or partial foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 16v, 20v, 23v, 25v, 27v, 40, 87, 109, 121, 125v, 128, 130, 131, 136,

• The Auchinleck Manuscript

þere., Anon ase þe apostles seghen,, Seint John wep wiȝ his eghen,, þai weren amaid alle., ‘John’ quad Peter ‘leue fere,, Whi makst þous foule chere,, What is þe bifalle?’, ‘Peter’ quad John ‘iwis,, Formest þou sschalt telle me þis:,

• The Auchinleck Manuscript

of other versions of the so-called Battle Abbey Roll and the relation between the Auchinleck text and that published by John Leland in his De Rebus Britannicis Collectanea, see Smyser and the study by the Duchess of Cleveland, who resided

• The Auchinleck Manuscript

Additional MS 36983. Manchester, John Rylands MS 45388 (Engl. 50). St John's College Cambridge MS 256. Bodleian Library MS 29430 (Additional C.220). Note: Morrill does not list four of the manuscripts (BL Add. 36983, Manchester John Rylands 45388, St John's

• The Auchinleck Manuscript

How þis child mourning sit?, Mete and drink he forȝit., Litel he eteȝ and lasse he drinkeȝ;, He nis no marchaunt as me þinkeȝ.’, To Florice þan spak ȝhe, ‘Child, ful of mourning I þe se,, þus far herinne þis

• The Auchinleck Manuscript

he nemnede þous þo., þe heremite, þat was holi of lif,, Hadde a soster þat was a wif;, A riche marchaunt of þat countre, Hadde hire ispoused into þat cite., To hire þat schild he sente þo, Bi his knaue