• Detail of a miniature of the arrival of Duke Rollo in Normandy, with the city of Rouen on the left., Grande Chronique de Normandie

date somewhere around 1465. 15 half-page miniatures, the first accompanied by a full foliate border, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 24v, 35v, 74, 88, 89, 101, 138v, 155v, 160v, 167, 176, 186, 213v, 244v). Large initials with monochrome grotesque

• Miniature, in two compartments, of a widow seeing the sun on Alkmund's breast, and on the right, Alkmund kneeling before the pope, with a Veronica's veil (an image of Christ's face on a linen cloth) in the background, with an illuminated initial, from John Lydgate's Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund., Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund

manuscript includes both pagination and foliation, with the ink pagination in brackets and lined through in pencil: Page 1 is folio 1, but thereafter page 2 is f. 1v, and 3 is f. 2, etc.The Arundel Castle manuscript is a

• Illuminated initial 'T'(his), and in the lower margin, the arms of Bury St Edmunds and an ownership inscription that 'Thys boke gyften to my lady beaumoun be har lovftng moder margaret ffytz wauter w^t^ all my hart’ ', in John Lydgate's Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund., Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund

manuscript includes both pagination and foliation, with the ink pagination in brackets and lined through in pencil: Page 1 is folio 1, but thereafter page 2 is f. 1v, and 3 is f. 2, etc.The Arundel Castle manuscript is a

• Detail of a miniature of an infant being handed to its mother by a man in a boat on the Thames, with the marginal inscription 'london bredge', from John Lydgate's Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund., Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund

manuscript includes both pagination and foliation, with the ink pagination in brackets and lined through in pencil: Page 1 is folio 1, but thereafter page 2 is f. 1v, and 3 is f. 2, etc.The Arundel Castle manuscript is a

• Detail of a miniature of a boy being thrown by cattle from London Bridge, and floating in the water with a boatman rowing towards him, from John Lydgate's Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund., Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund

manuscript includes both pagination and foliation, with the ink pagination in brackets and lined through in pencil: Page 1 is folio 1, but thereafter page 2 is f. 1v, and 3 is f. 2, etc.The Arundel Castle manuscript is a

• Detail of a miniature of the discovery of Edmund's head with a scroll with gold inscription 'heer heer herr', with a wolf guarding it, and a man blowing a horn, from John Lydgate's Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund., Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund

manuscript includes both pagination and foliation, with the ink pagination in brackets and lined through in pencil: Page 1 is folio 1, but thereafter page 2 is f. 1v, and 3 is f. 2, etc.The Arundel Castle manuscript is a

• Detail of a miniature of the death of King Offa, lying in a brocade canopied bed and giving a ring to his steward, from John Lydgate's Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund., Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund

manuscript includes both pagination and foliation, with the ink pagination in brackets and lined through in pencil: Page 1 is folio 1, but thereafter page 2 is f. 1v, and 3 is f. 2, etc.The Arundel Castle manuscript is a

• Detail of a miniature of King Offa and his retinue kneeling at the Holy Sepulchre, with a Cruxifixion image on the retable, from John Lydgate's Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund., Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund

manuscript includes both pagination and foliation, with the ink pagination in brackets and lined through in pencil: Page 1 is folio 1, but thereafter page 2 is f. 1v, and 3 is f. 2, etc.The Arundel Castle manuscript is a

• Detail of a miniature of John Lydgate kneeling at the shrine of Edmund, with an illuminated initial 'O', from John Lydgate's Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund., Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund

manuscript includes both pagination and foliation, with the ink pagination in brackets and lined through in pencil: Page 1 is folio 1, but thereafter page 2 is f. 1v, and 3 is f. 2, etc.The Arundel Castle manuscript is a

• Detail of a miniature of Edmund in battle against the Danes at Thetford, with God blessing above, from John Lydgate's Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund., Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund

manuscript includes both pagination and foliation, with the ink pagination in brackets and lined through in pencil: Page 1 is folio 1, but thereafter page 2 is f. 1v, and 3 is f. 2, etc.The Arundel Castle manuscript is a

• Text page., Gospels

Andrés, 1968). The monastery San Lorenzo el Real, El Escorial, in 1809: inscription 'San Lorenzo el R. del Escorial' (f. 1) (see also Andrés, 1968). Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical scholar.Acquired by the British Museum as part

• Text page., Gospels

Andrés, 1968). The monastery San Lorenzo el Real, El Escorial, in 1809: inscription 'San Lorenzo el R. del Escorial' (f. 1) (see also Andrés, 1968). Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical scholar.Acquired by the British Museum as part

• White-vine initial 'I'(ulius), and white-vine border with putti and a parrot, with the arms of Pope Paul II (?) in the lower margin, at the beginning of Suetonius's De Vita Caesarum., De vita Caesarum (index XII Caesars)

margin, at the beginning of Suetonius's De Vita Caesarum. 1 large white-vine initial, accompanied by a three-sided white-vine border, including heraldic arms in the lower margin, in colours and gold (f. 1). 11 smaller white-vine initials, in colours and gold

• White-vine initial 'V'(itelliorum), from Suetonius's De Vita Caesarum., De vita Caesarum (index XII Caesars)

White-vine initial 'V'(itelliorum), from Suetonius's De Vita Caesarum. 1 large white-vine initial, accompanied by a three-sided white-vine border, including heraldic arms in the lower margin, in colours and gold (f. 1). 11 smaller white-vine initials, in colours and gold (ff.

• Marginal drawing of of a dog? and a human half-bust figure, in the Sermones de quadragesima., Sermones de quadragesima (imperfect)

Marginal drawing of of a dog? and a human half-bust figure, in the Sermones de quadragesima. Large initials (2 lines) in brown, mostly with (zoomorphic) pen-flourishing in brown, with red infill. Capital letters highlighted in red. Holes in the

• Detail of a white-vine initial 'I'(ulius), and the upper section of the white-vine border, at the beginning of Suetonius's De Vita Caesarum., De vita Caesarum (index XII Caesars)

border, at the beginning of Suetonius's De Vita Caesarum. 1 large white-vine initial, accompanied by a three-sided white-vine border, including heraldic arms in the lower margin, in colours and gold (f. 1). 11 smaller white-vine initials, in colours and gold

• Detail of the lower section of the white-vine border with putti and a parrot, with the arms of Pope Paul II (?), at the beginning of Suetonius's De Vita Caesarum., De vita Caesarum (index XII Caesars)

(?), at the beginning of Suetonius's De Vita Caesarum. 1 large white-vine initial, accompanied by a three-sided white-vine border, including heraldic arms in the lower margin, in colours and gold (f. 1). 11 smaller white-vine initials, in colours and gold

• Detail of a white-vine initial 'V'(itelliorum), from Suetonius's De Vita Caesarum., De vita Caesarum (index XII Caesars)

a white-vine initial 'V'(itelliorum), from Suetonius's De Vita Caesarum. 1 large white-vine initial, accompanied by a three-sided white-vine border, including heraldic arms in the lower margin, in colours and gold (f. 1). 11 smaller white-vine initials, in colours and gold

• Miniature of King Offa and his retinue kneeling at the Holy Sepulchre, with a Cruxifixion image on the retable, from John Lydgate's Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund., Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund

manuscript includes both pagination and foliation, with the ink pagination in brackets and lined through in pencil: Page 1 is folio 1, but thereafter page 2 is f. 1v, and 3 is f. 2, etc.The Arundel Castle manuscript is a

• Miniature of Edmund in battle against the Danes at Thetford, with God blessing above, from John Lydgate's Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund., Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund

manuscript includes both pagination and foliation, with the ink pagination in brackets and lined through in pencil: Page 1 is folio 1, but thereafter page 2 is f. 1v, and 3 is f. 2, etc.The Arundel Castle manuscript is a