• Illuminated border and historiated initial 'S'(uscepimus) of a bishop blessing the throats of the faithful who are queuing up, holding candles, at the beginning of the feast of Blaise, with a note 'purificaciou(n'), possibly an instruction to the illuminator and a direction to the artist or a note identifying the subject matter in the lower margin., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

Line-fillers in gold, red, and blue. Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers The church of St Lawrence in London, given in 1446 by William Melreth, alderman, textile merchant of Broad Street, member of

• Illuminated partial border and historiated initial 'R'(orate) of the Annunciation to the Virgin, with the Archangel Gabriel bearing a scroll with the words "Ave Maria" beside the Virgin who is in front of an open book, at the feast of the Annunciation,with a note, possibly an instruction to the illuminator, in the lower margin: 'i ymage of oure ladey'., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

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• Illuminated border and historiated initial 'D'(e) of John the Baptist in the wilderness, wearing a camel skin garment carrying a book to which is tied a small figure of a lamb, at the beginning of the offertory of feast of the birth of John the Baptist on 24 June. In the lower margin, a note, or possibly an instruction to the artist: 'sent Jon ye baptyst'., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

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• Illuminated border and historiated initial 'N'(unc) with Peter and Paul holding their symbols of keys and a sword, respectively, at the beginning of the feast of the Apostles Peter and Paul. In the lower margin, the note "Peter and Paule," is possibly a later identifying note or an instruction to the artist., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

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• Illuminated border and historiated initial 'L'(audeamus) of the crowned Virgin surrounded by cherubim at the feast of the Assumption, with a note, possibly an instruction to the illuminator or later note identifying the subject matter in the lower margin: 'assumsion'., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

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• Illuminated border and historiated initial 'L'(audeamus) of Anne, lying in a large bed as a midwife presents the infant Mary to her, at the feast of the birth of the Virgin, with a note, possibly an instruction to the illuminator or later note identifying the subject matter in the lower margin: 'the nativitie'., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

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• Illuminated border and historiated initial 'B'(enedicite) of a winged Michael holding a sword and a gold shield standing on the devil, at the feast of Michael, with a note, possibly an instruction to the illuminator or later note identifying the subject matter in the lower margin: 'archangele'., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

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• Miniature of Bernard with the monks of Citeaux taking possession of the Abbey of Clairvaux, decorated initial 'S'(aint), and scatter border of flowers, bird, and butterfly, in the Chroniques abrégées des Anciens Rois et Ducs de Bourgogne; the church in the background is based on St Servatius in Maastricht., Chroniques abrégées des Anciens Rois et Ducs de Bourgogne

scatter border of flowers, bird, and butterfly, in the Chroniques abrégées des Anciens Rois et Ducs de Bourgogne; the church in the background is based on St Servatius in Maastricht. The text is ascribed traditionally to Olivier de la Marche,

• Inhabited foliate initial 'A'(bsenti) with small figures, at the beginning of Joannes de Milis's Repertorium aureum sive lexicon juridicum., Repertorium aureum sive lexicon juridicum

Anno m [cccc] quinquagesimo quarto', followed by the initials 'IK' (f. 330).Perhaps written or owned in Mainz, which had a church dedicated to St Alban: with a contemporary or near-contemporary inscription 'Presulis Albani habens ossa que Ruffini / Talis in

• Miniature of the three estates (Church, Nobles, and Labour) in debate before Theology, Logic, Arithmetic, Geometry and Music, initial 'A'(ussi), and full border, at the beginning of Book 3., Débat de félicité

the three estates (Church, Nobles, and Labour) in debate before Theology, Logic, Arithmetic, Geometry and Music, initial 'A'(ussi), and full border, at the beginning of Book 3. Single leaf which doesn't belong to this manuscript taken out in 1947 and

• Puzzle initial 'S' from a bifolium used as a flyleaf., Fragment used as flyleaves of portions of an index of contents of a work probably on canon law

portions of an index of contents of a work probably on canon law William Darell (d. in or after 1580), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: inscribed 'William Darell (f. 196v); see also Peter Sherlock, ‘Darell, William (d. in or

• Puzzle initial 'S' from a bifolium used as a flyleaf., Fragment used as flyleaves of portions of an index of contents of a work probably on canon law

portions of an index of contents of a work probably on canon law William Darell (d. in or after 1580), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: inscribed 'William Darell (f. 196v); see also Peter Sherlock, ‘Darell, William (d. in or

• Inhabited foliate initial 'A'(bsenti) with a seated man and a naked man, at the beginning of Joannes de Milis's Repertorium aureum sive lexicon juridicum., Repertorium aureum sive lexicon juridicum

Anno m [cccc] quinquagesimo quarto', followed by the initials 'IK' (f. 330).Perhaps written or owned in Mainz, which had a church dedicated to St Alban: with a contemporary or near-contemporary inscription 'Presulis Albani habens ossa que Ruffini / Talis in

• Detail of a miniature of the three estates (Church, Nobles, and Labour) in debate before Theology, Logic, Arithmetic, Geometry and Music, at the beginning of Book 2., Débat de félicité

of the three estates (Church, Nobles, and Labour) in debate before Theology, Logic, Arithmetic, Geometry and Music, at the beginning of Book 2. Single leaf which doesn't belong to this manuscript taken out in 1947 and kept separately as Arundel

• Detail of a miniature of the three estates (Church, Nobles, and Labour) in debate before Theology, Logic, Arithmetic, Geometry and Music, at the beginning of Book 3., Débat de félicité

of the three estates (Church, Nobles, and Labour) in debate before Theology, Logic, Arithmetic, Geometry and Music, at the beginning of Book 3. Single leaf which doesn't belong to this manuscript taken out in 1947 and kept separately as Arundel

• null, Epitome bellorum omnium annorum DCC

1 large foliate initial in colours on a burnished punched gold ground (f. 1, perhaps 19th-century ?), with a three-sided border incorporating heraldic arms. Small initials alternately plain red or blue, often in unusual angular forms. Epitome bellorum omnium

• null, Epitome bellorum omnium annorum DCC

1 large foliate initial in colours on a burnished punched gold ground (f. 1, perhaps 19th-century ?), with a three-sided border incorporating heraldic arms. Small initials alternately plain red or blue, often in unusual angular forms. Epitome bellorum omnium

• Illuminated initials., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

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• Illuminated initials., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

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• Miniature of an eminent envoy sent by the head of the church being brought before the Grand Duke Dmitri., Skazanie o Mamaevom Poboishche (the Tale of the Rout of Mamai)

sent by the head of the church being brought before the Grand Duke Dmitri. The Skazanie is a romance, composed in the 15th century, relating the struggle of the Muscovian Grand Prince, Dmitri Donskoj, against his Tartar opponent, Mamai. The