• Detail of miniature of Bel-Acoeil talking to the old woman., Roman de la Rose (ff. 2-175v), la Bataille d'Annezin (a burlesque chanson in 50 alexandrines), beginning 'A l'entrée de may / quivers va a declin' (ff. 176v-177)

is around 4,000 lines, and is lyrical and courtly, while the later addition is more didactic, scholarly, and pessimistic. f. 1 is a parchment flyleafMusical notation on a four-line stave, probably part of the melody of the chanson, la Bataille

• Detail of miniature of the dreamer talking to Bel-Acoeil., Roman de la Rose (ff. 2-175v), la Bataille d'Annezin (a burlesque chanson in 50 alexandrines), beginning 'A l'entrée de may / quivers va a declin' (ff. 176v-177)

is around 4,000 lines, and is lyrical and courtly, while the later addition is more didactic, scholarly, and pessimistic. f. 1 is a parchment flyleafMusical notation on a four-line stave, probably part of the melody of the chanson, la Bataille

• Detail of miniature of Dangier, Paour, and Honte with the dreamer., Roman de la Rose (ff. 2-175v), la Bataille d'Annezin (a burlesque chanson in 50 alexandrines), beginning 'A l'entrée de may / quivers va a declin' (ff. 176v-177)

is around 4,000 lines, and is lyrical and courtly, while the later addition is more didactic, scholarly, and pessimistic. f. 1 is a parchment flyleafMusical notation on a four-line stave, probably part of the melody of the chanson, la Bataille

• Detail of miniature of Pygmalion kneeling before the statue., Roman de la Rose (ff. 2-175v), la Bataille d'Annezin (a burlesque chanson in 50 alexandrines), beginning 'A l'entrée de may / quivers va a declin' (ff. 176v-177)

is around 4,000 lines, and is lyrical and courtly, while the later addition is more didactic, scholarly, and pessimistic. f. 1 is a parchment flyleafMusical notation on a four-line stave, probably part of the melody of the chanson, la Bataille

• Detail of miniature of Pygmalion praying before the temple., Roman de la Rose (ff. 2-175v), la Bataille d'Annezin (a burlesque chanson in 50 alexandrines), beginning 'A l'entrée de may / quivers va a declin' (ff. 176v-177)

is around 4,000 lines, and is lyrical and courtly, while the later addition is more didactic, scholarly, and pessimistic. f. 1 is a parchment flyleafMusical notation on a four-line stave, probably part of the melody of the chanson, la Bataille

• Detail of miniature of the statue speaking to Pygmalion., Roman de la Rose (ff. 2-175v), la Bataille d'Annezin (a burlesque chanson in 50 alexandrines), beginning 'A l'entrée de may / quivers va a declin' (ff. 176v-177)

is around 4,000 lines, and is lyrical and courtly, while the later addition is more didactic, scholarly, and pessimistic. f. 1 is a parchment flyleafMusical notation on a four-line stave, probably part of the melody of the chanson, la Bataille

• Detail of miniature of Pygmalion kissing the statue., Roman de la Rose (ff. 2-175v), la Bataille d'Annezin (a burlesque chanson in 50 alexandrines), beginning 'A l'entrée de may / quivers va a declin' (ff. 176v-177)

is around 4,000 lines, and is lyrical and courtly, while the later addition is more didactic, scholarly, and pessimistic. f. 1 is a parchment flyleafMusical notation on a four-line stave, probably part of the melody of the chanson, la Bataille

• Full bar border with a historiated initial 'B'(eatus) of David harping and a hound and a stag in the bas-de-page., Psalter, imperfect, with calendar and hymns, Breviary (Augustinian use)

112-13). 7 full or partial bar borders and historiated initials in colours, gold, and silver at the beginning of Psalms 1, 26, 38, 51, 68, 80, and 97 (Psalm 109 lacking), most with animals in the bas-de-page (ff. 9, 31v,

• Detail of a historiated initial 'D'(ominus) of the prophet Samuel anointing David, with a hound chasing a hare in the bas-de-page., Psalter, imperfect, with calendar and hymns, Breviary (Augustinian use)

112-13). 7 full or partial bar borders and historiated initials in colours, gold, and silver at the beginning of Psalms 1, 26, 38, 51, 68, 80, and 97 (Psalm 109 lacking), most with animals in the bas-de-page (ff. 9, 31v,

• Detail of illuminated initial and catchwords 'mala autem' with a face., Psalter, imperfect, with calendar and hymns, Breviary (Augustinian use)

112-13). 7 full or partial bar borders and historiated initials in colours, gold, and silver at the beginning of Psalms 1, 26, 38, 51, 68, 80, and 97 (Psalm 109 lacking), most with animals in the bas-de-page (ff. 9, 31v,

• Historiated initial 'S'(alvum) of Jonah riding the whale., Psalter, imperfect, with calendar and hymns, Breviary (Augustinian use)

112-13). 7 full or partial bar borders and historiated initials in colours, gold, and silver at the beginning of Psalms 1, 26, 38, 51, 68, 80, and 97 (Psalm 109 lacking), most with animals in the bas-de-page (ff. 9, 31v,

• An historiated initial 'C'(antate) depicting two monks singing at a lectern, with one conducting; musical notation and border decoration with grotesques., Psalter, imperfect, with calendar and hymns, Breviary (Augustinian use)

112-13). 7 full or partial bar borders and historiated initials in colours, gold, and silver at the beginning of Psalms 1, 26, 38, 51, 68, 80, and 97 (Psalm 109 lacking), most with animals in the bas-de-page (ff. 9, 31v,

• Miniature of the martyrdom of Alban in the upper register, and of the martyrdom of Amphibaldus in the lower register., Psalter and Canticles

fidelium defunctorum requiescant in pace. Amen/' (f. 1). The Benedictine abbey of St Albans, where it was kept in a cupboard in the choir: inscribed, 'De armariolo in choro', 14th century (f. 1). Robert Gylles, inscribed with his name, 'Robarthus

• Text page., Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions

patron. This volume is the first of a three or four-volume set. The second volume, containing the Pauline Epistles is 1 E V, vol. 2, and the third volume, containing the Gospels of Matthew and Mark, is Cambridge, Cambridge University

• Text page., Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions

patron. This volume is the first of a three or four-volume set. The second volume, containing the Pauline Epistles is 1 E V, vol. 2, and the third volume, containing the Gospels of Matthew and Mark, is Cambridge, Cambridge University

• Text page., Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions

patron. This volume is the first of a three or four-volume set. The second volume, containing the Pauline Epistles is 1 E V, vol. 2, and the third volume, containing the Gospels of Matthew and Mark, is Cambridge, Cambridge University

• Text page., Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions

patron. This volume is the first of a three or four-volume set. The second volume, containing the Pauline Epistles is 1 E V, vol. 2, and the third volume, containing the Gospels of Matthew and Mark, is Cambridge, Cambridge University

• Headpiece with geometric and foliate decoration., Sabaitic typicon, imperfect, including a fragment of the 'Vision of Constantine' (ff. 1-1v)

Headpiece with geometric and foliate decoration. The manuscript includes liturgical instructions and chants for Sundays. It is imperfect at the end.The leaf containing the fragment of the 'Vision of Constantine' comes from a larger manuscript and is bound at

• Decorated initial 'P'(er)., Cathemerinon (index The Daily Round)

Decorated initial 'P'(er). A fragment of the spine from a previous binding of gold-tooled brown leather is pasted inside the front cover. Initials in various colours with foliate decoration, some large, some mid-size. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing

• Bas-de-page scene of a mounted king hunting a fleeing stag; he raises a horn to his lips., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

century (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Decretales' and Westminster inventory number 'no. 1059' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after the inventory of 1542; in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix