• Miniature of the arrival of Duke Rollo in Normandy, with the city of Rouen on the left. With an illuminated initial 'D' of the arms of Philippe de Crèvecoeur, seigneur des Querdes, and a full foliate border including flowers, acanthus, birds, a man, and a griffin attacking a dragon., 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

• 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

• White-vine initial 'L'(eo) with decoration forming a partial border at the beginning of the text (should be 'D'(eo)); the arms of Jean Jouffroy, bishop of Arras from 1453, enclosed in a wreath with the name 'IOFRE' in the lower margin., De legibus

Jean Jouffroy, bishop of Arras from 1453, enclosed in a wreath with the name 'IOFRE' in the lower margin. ff. 1 and [166] are former pastedowns.Catchwords written horizontally. Leaf signatures.The translation was made between 1450-1451. White vine initial combined with

• Detail of the arms of Jean Jouffroy, bishop of Arras from 1453, enclosed in a wreath with the name 'IOFRE', in the lower margin., De legibus

enclosed in a wreath with the name 'IOFRE', in the lower margin. ff. 1 and [166] are former pastedowns.Catchwords written horizontally. Leaf signatures.The translation was made between 1450-1451. White vine initial combined with a partial border including heraldic arms (f.

• 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

• Decorated initial, 'Ce sunt les rentes de lesglise S. Norrice de Reins' (register of tithes, rents, and other dues of the church of St Nourrice, otherwise St Balsamia, Nurse of St Remigius, at Reims)

initial f. 1 is a 14th? century text leaf recycled as a flyleaf.ff. 2-3 are contemporary additions to the register. 8 large inhabited initials in brown ink, including human figures or animals, with red wash (ff. 4, 6, 6v, 7,

• 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

• Miniature of the Annunciation and decorated initial 'D'(omine), at the beginning of the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

frames, in colours and gold (ff. 9, 13v, 33, 38, 50v, 60, 64, 67v, 70v, 73v, 79, 91, 105, 136). 1 large miniature with a large decorated initial, in colours and gold (f. 10v). 7 small miniatures, in colours and

• Initial 'P'(lutarchus) decorated with foliate decoration in the style of 'white vine', but coloured, and full borders incorporating putti, birds, animals, buildings, and the arms of Ludovico Maria Sforza, at the beginning of Aulus Gellius's Noctes Atticae., Noctes Atticae, with list of chapters (ff. 1-2)

of Aulus Gellius's Noctes Atticae. 1 large faceted initial in gold on a coloured field, with partial floral border (f. 1). Heading in display capitals, and small initials, alternating gold, purple, gold, red, gold, green. 1 large 'white vine' initial:

• Decorated initial 'R'(esurrexi) and a three-sided foliate border., Missal, Use of Rome (begins and ends imperfectly)

Decorated initial 'R'(esurrexi) and a three-sided foliate border. Musical notation. 6 large decorated initials, accompanied by three-sided foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 85v, 128v, 143, 149, 165v, 169v). Large puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing

• Miniature of David in penitence, decorated initial 'D'(omine), and full foliate border, at the beginning of the Penitential Psalms., Book of Hours, Use of Paris

Miniature of David in penitence, decorated initial 'D'(omine), and full foliate border, at the beginning of the Penitential Psalms. 8 full-page miniatures, accompanied by large decorated initials and full foliate borders, in colours and gold, for major text divisions