Lamentations (ff. 1, 1v). Initials in green, or red. Commentary on Lamentations The Benedictine abbey of the Virgin and St. John the Evangelist, Reading: inscribed 'Hic est liber sancte Marie de Rading[ia]. Que[m] qui celav[er]it / vel fraude[m] de eo
'William le Poher lord of Pirton' (see 'Parishes: Pirton', in ~The Victoria History of the County of Worcester~, ed. by John William Willis-Bund and H. Arthur Doubleday, 5 vols (London: A. Constable, 1901-1926), vol. 4 (1924), pp. 180-184; available at
Historiated initial 'O' (intemerata) with John the Evangelist, at the beginning of a prayer to the Virgin and John the Evangelist. The Veronica image is the earliest in Western art, according to Lewis 1987 p. 127.This is the earliest richly
the list of kings (f. 71r-v) apparently by the same scribe, ends with Henry VI (1422-1471).John Benson: late 15th-century inscription 'John Benson' (f. 71v).William Vagger of Sussex: inscribed in the late 15th century 'Constat Willelmo Vagger de Sussex' (f. 1v).John
two works by John Lydgate, the Troy Book, a translation from Historia destructionis Troiae of Guido delle Colonne, originally presented by Lydgate to Henry V in 1420, and the Siege of Thebes of 1421-1422.Part 3 includes: John Lydgate, Testament (ff.
two works by John Lydgate, the Troy Book, a translation from Historia destructionis Troiae of Guido delle Colonne, originally presented by Lydgate to Henry V in 1420, and the Siege of Thebes of 1421-1422.Part 3 includes: John Lydgate, Testament (ff.
two works by John Lydgate, the Troy Book, a translation from Historia destructionis Troiae of Guido delle Colonne, originally presented by Lydgate to Henry V in 1420, and the Siege of Thebes of 1421-1422.Part 3 includes: John Lydgate, Testament (ff.
two works by John Lydgate, the Troy Book, a translation from Historia destructionis Troiae of Guido delle Colonne, originally presented by Lydgate to Henry V in 1420, and the Siege of Thebes of 1421-1422.Part 3 includes: John Lydgate, Testament (ff.
two works by John Lydgate, the Troy Book, a translation from Historia destructionis Troiae of Guido delle Colonne, originally presented by Lydgate to Henry V in 1420, and the Siege of Thebes of 1421-1422.Part 3 includes: John Lydgate, Testament (ff.
two works by John Lydgate, the Troy Book, a translation from Historia destructionis Troiae of Guido delle Colonne, originally presented by Lydgate to Henry V in 1420, and the Siege of Thebes of 1421-1422.Part 3 includes: John Lydgate, Testament (ff.
two works by John Lydgate, the Troy Book, a translation from Historia destructionis Troiae of Guido delle Colonne, originally presented by Lydgate to Henry V in 1420, and the Siege of Thebes of 1421-1422.Part 3 includes: John Lydgate, Testament (ff.
two works by John Lydgate, the Troy Book, a translation from Historia destructionis Troiae of Guido delle Colonne, originally presented by Lydgate to Henry V in 1420, and the Siege of Thebes of 1421-1422.Part 3 includes: John Lydgate, Testament (ff.
two works by John Lydgate, the Troy Book, a translation from Historia destructionis Troiae of Guido delle Colonne, originally presented by Lydgate to Henry V in 1420, and the Siege of Thebes of 1421-1422.Part 3 includes: John Lydgate, Testament (ff.
two works by John Lydgate, the Troy Book, a translation from Historia destructionis Troiae of Guido delle Colonne, originally presented by Lydgate to Henry V in 1420, and the Siege of Thebes of 1421-1422.Part 3 includes: John Lydgate, Testament (ff.
Peter; f. 589: John seated for I John; f. 590v: John seated with martyr’s palm?, for II John; f. 591: John seated with book for III John, and Jude standing with book, for Jude; f. 592: John seated with book,
by a purchase of John Gigur: inscribed, 'Hunc librum emit Gigurde executoribus magistri More', 15th century (f. 1v).Included in the list of manuscripts from Lincolnshire houses entitled 'de historiis antiquitatum ac divinitate tractancium', perhaps composed by John Longland, bishop of
by a purchase of John Gigur: inscribed, 'Hunc librum emit Gigurde executoribus magistri More', 15th century (f. 1v).Included in the list of manuscripts from Lincolnshire houses entitled 'de historiis antiquitatum ac divinitate tractancium', perhaps composed by John Longland, bishop of
Inscription stating that John of Dalling, monk of the Benedictine abbey of St Albans, gave this book to the abbey with the permission of abbot John of Hertford, reading 'Hunc librum dedit Frater Johannes de Dal/ling ex licencia domini Joh[annis]
glosses and recipes by John Dee Added alphabetical table of contents added by a later hand, with page references: later hand (ff. 4-5v, 302-302v, with additions on f. 3v) . Added prayer to Bartholomew by John Mirfield: late 14th -
initials in outline drawing, partially coloured, and display script in red and blue, at the beginning of Mathew, Luke, and John (ff. 9, 72, 114v). 2 historiated (ff. 6, 6v), 5 inhabited or zoomorphic (ff. 2v, 5, 44, 46, 70),