• Detail of a miniature of the battle of Hastings, and decorated initial 'A'(insi), in the Grande Chronique de Normandie., 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 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

• 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

• Incipit with red infill, in the Council of Gangra., Dionisio-Hadriana

Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIII.6.9’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of

• Allegorical designs: the demolition of a house, etc., Allegorical designs, relating to political events in the reigns of James I. and Charles I.

Allegorical designs: the demolition of a house, etc. Allegorical designs, in colours and gold (1-2v). Allegorical designs, relating to political events in the reigns of James I. and Charles I. Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839), 1st duke of

• 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

• Miniature of a boy being thrown by cattle from London Bridge, and floating in the water with a boatman rowing towards him, with a marginal inscription, 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 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