• Illuminated miniature of the Trinity, with God the Father seated enthroned holding the cross with the crucified Christ and the dove of the Holy Spirit above the head of Christ (a 'Gnadenstuhl Trinity'), and below, a kneeling donor, William Melreth, alderman of London, in prayer, with his arms. Below this in gold letters and in English is the caption 'Blessed be the trinite', and an inscription detailing Melreth's gift of the missal to the church of St Lawrence, London., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

alderman of London, in prayer, with his arms. Below this in gold letters and in English is the caption 'Blessed be the trinite', and an inscription detailing Melreth's gift of the missal to the church of St Lawrence, London. Musical

• Detail of zoomorphic initial., De eucharista contra Petrum Martyrem Vermilium

the text is by Stephen Gardiner (b. 1495/8, d. 1555), theologian, administrator, and bishop of Winchester, and was written in London in 1549.Unidentified owner: inscribed with a shelfmark (?) '26' (?) (f. 1, upper left corner).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585,

• Detail of historiated initial., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

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 Parliament, and sheriff of London (colophon, f. 262v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd

• Detail of a miniature of the Trinity., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

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 Parliament, and sheriff of London (colophon, f. 262v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd

• Detail of historiated initial., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

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 Parliament, and sheriff of London (colophon, f. 262v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd

• CP.F.196

the Abbey of Selby Location: Abbey of Selby (monasterium sancti Germani de Selby) : religious house Location: Selby (YorkshireWestRiding) Place(s): Selby (Selby) : undefined Location: Drax (YorkshireWestRiding) Place(s): Newland (Newland super Ayre, Newland) : township Location: London (Londonium) : undefined

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

the London and Oxford Manuscripts , London: Printed for the Roxburghe Club by J. B. Nichols, pp. xxvii-xxx. Horstmann, C. 1896. Yorkshire Writers: Richard Rolle of Hampole and His Followers , Library of Early English Writers, 2 vols, London: Swan

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

England London British Library Cotton Vespasian, B.xvi s. xiv/xv English Scribal dialect: Warwickshire. Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference: 415 255, LP 4686 (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, p. 244). Only Piers Plowman has been linguistically analysed. A late-fourteenth/early fifteenth-century (Russell 1997)

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

Christ , EETS, os, 158, London: Oxford University Press; rpt. Kraus Reprint Co. New York, pp. viii-xv. Horstmann, C., ed, 1892. The Minor Poems of the Vernon Manuscript , 2 vols, EETS, os, 98, London: Kegan Paul & Tr ü

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

England London British Library Harley 2376 s. xv 1 English Scribal dialect: Herefordshire. Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference: 362 225, LP 7320 (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, p. 199). A manuscript containing the C-text of Piers Plowman dated to the first

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

England London British Library Harley 875 s. xv in English Scribe 1 (ff. 1r-8v): Scribal Dialect: Warwickshire. Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference: 412 273, LP 4680 (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, p. 244). Scribe 2 (ff. 9r-22v): Scribal Dialect: Warwickshire. Linguistic