• Detail of a miniature of John with a symbol of Mark and the vision of the Red Horse, illustrating the opening of the Second Seal (Revelation 6: 3-4)., Apocalypse, with commentary (The 'Queen Mary Apocalypse'), with the prologue of Gilbert de la Porrée translated in French.

a miniature of John with a symbol of Mark and the vision of the Red Horse, illustrating the opening of the Second Seal (Revelation 6: 3-4). According to Sandler 1986, illuminated by three artists: The Queen Mary Master (ff. 1-16v),

• Miniature of John with a symbol of Luke and the vision of the Black Horse, a portent of famine, illustrating the opening of the Third Seal (Revelation 6: 5)., Apocalypse, with commentary (The 'Queen Mary Apocalypse'), with the prologue of Gilbert de la Porrée translated in French.

of John with a symbol of Luke and the vision of the Black Horse, a portent of famine, illustrating the opening of the Third Seal (Revelation 6: 5). According to Sandler 1986, illuminated by three artists: The Queen Mary Master

• Miniature of John with a symbol of Luke and the vision of the Black Horse, a portent of famine, illustrating the opening of the Third Seal (Revelation 6: 5)., Apocalypse, with commentary (The 'Queen Mary Apocalypse'), with the prologue of Gilbert de la Porrée translated in French.

of John with a symbol of Luke and the vision of the Black Horse, a portent of famine, illustrating the opening of the Third Seal (Revelation 6: 5). According to Sandler 1986, illuminated by three artists: The Queen Mary Master

• Miniature of John with five souls, two of whom are being given robes by angels., Apocalypse, with commentary (The 'Queen Mary Apocalypse'), with the prologue of Gilbert de la Porrée translated in French.

of John with five souls, two of whom are being given robes by angels. According to Sandler 1986, illuminated by three artists: The Queen Mary Master (ff. 1-16v), Hand II (ff. 17-24v, 30, 34-45v), Hand III (25-29v, 31v-32v). The attribution

• Detail of a miniature of John with five souls, two of whom are being given robes by angels., Apocalypse, with commentary (The 'Queen Mary Apocalypse'), with the prologue of Gilbert de la Porrée translated in French.

a miniature of John with five souls, two of whom are being given robes by angels. According to Sandler 1986, illuminated by three artists: The Queen Mary Master (ff. 1-16v), Hand II (ff. 17-24v, 30, 34-45v), Hand III (25-29v, 31v-32v).

• Historiated initial 'M' of two saints, measuring 105 x 100 mm (top centre)., Cuttings from a Dominican choir book

initials in colours and gold, of Gabriel and Zachariah (f. 14), the birth (f. 15) and naming (f. 18) of John the Baptist with two four-line red staves visible through the illumination. 18 historiated initials in colours and gold, of

• Historiated initial 'D', instead of 'O'(mnem) of en emperor (or a pope?) with a sword and three men before him, at the beginning of the Constitutio Omnem., Digestum Vetus, with the Glossa ordinaria

Historiated initial 'D', instead of 'O'(mnem) of en emperor (or a pope?) with a sword and three men before him, at the beginning of the Constitutio Omnem. Catchwords; lemmas underlined in ink or in yellow. 1 historiated initial in

• Portolan chart of the British Isles and west coast of Europe (from north Denmark to Oporto)., Atlas with seven double-page Portolan charts (index Portolano, maps, Lord Lumley's Atlas)

circuit of wall in a lake) (ff. 7v-8). Atlas with seven double-page Portolan charts (index Portolano, maps, Lord Lumley's Atlas) John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: his name inscribed (f. 1); listed in

• Detail of a miniature of Hosea seated between two female figures, each with a child (representing Gomer?)., Bible historiale complétée

1406) and his wife Alice Beauchamp (d. 1383), daughter of Thomas, earl of Warwick (d. 1369) and widow of Sir John Beauchamp of Hatch Beauchamp, perhaps belonged to them: the arms of Beauchamp, earl of Warwick (gules a fess between

• Detail of a miniature of the third day of the Creation of the earth, with trees and grass shown., Bible historiale complétée

1406) and his wife Alice Beauchamp (d. 1383), daughter of Thomas, earl of Warwick (d. 1369) and widow of Sir John Beauchamp of Hatch Beauchamp, perhaps belonged to them: the arms of Beauchamp, earl of Warwick (gules a fess between

• Decorated initial 'Q' with a partial bar border., Summa confessorum

1698?), no. 7976.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial 'Q' Written by more than one scribe John of Freiburg (Johannes de Friburgo) East Anglia England, S. (East Anglia)

• Puzzle initial and pen-flourished initials., Summa confessorum

7976.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Puzzle initial and pen-flourished initials Written by more than one scribe John of Freiburg (Johannes de Friburgo) East Anglia England, S. (East Anglia)

• Puzzle initial 'D'(omino) with a partial border, at the beginning of the Secretum Secretorum., Secretum Secretorum, Historia destructionis Troiae, and other texts

Puzzle initial 'D'(omino) with a partial border, at the beginning of the Secretum Secretorum. Includes the Secretum Secretorum, a didactic treatise believed to be a work of Aristotle composed for the guidance of Alexander the Great, in the second

• Miniature of the Last Supper, with Christ sitting at the centre of the table, embracing John; on each side of Christ are seated five apostles; Judas is in the right foreground, shown from behind, in the left foreground is the inn keeper, pouring wine from a jug into a beaker., Two miniatures after woodcuts from the ~Large Passion~ series, by Albrecht Dürer, Germany, 1497-1510, printed by Hieronymus Höltzel, Nuremberg, 1511

sitting at the centre of the table, embracing John; on each side of Christ are seated five apostles; Judas is in the right foreground, shown from behind, in the left foreground is the inn keeper, pouring wine from a jug

• Pen-flourished initial 'Q'(uant)., Li Livres dou Tresor (index Tresors)

Pen-flourished initial 'Q'(uant). f. 1 is a parchment leaf with a list of accounts of farms at St. Hyllaire, near Falaise, Normandy, added in the 15th century.The text is similar to, but not derived from, Paris MS. Bibl. Nat.,

• Miniature of the Crucifixion, with Mary and John flanking the cross, and personifications of the sun (Sol) and moon (Luna) above the arms of the cross, and half-length figures of Adam and Eve emerging from their graves below. This image faces one of the Evangelist Luke and prefaces his Gospel, Four Gospels, with list of lections (ff. 168v-177)

Crucifixion, with Mary and John flanking the cross, and personifications of the sun (Sol) and moon (Luna) above the arms of the cross, and half-length figures of Adam and Eve emerging from their graves below. This image faces one of

• Miniature of an angel and the vision of the New Earth, and a miniature of John with an angel and the vision of the New Sea, illustrating Revelation 21:1., Apocalypse, with commentary (The 'Queen Mary Apocalypse'), with the prologue of Gilbert de la Porrée translated in French.

of the New Earth, and a miniature of John with an angel and the vision of the New Sea, illustrating Revelation 21:1. According to Sandler 1986, illuminated by three artists: The Queen Mary Master (ff. 1-16v), Hand II (ff. 17-24v,

• Silk curtain before John., Four Gospels, with list of lections (ff. 168v-177)

curtain before John. Facing miniatures are now separated by an inserted paper leaf. 10 full-page miniatures in colours and gold, of Christ in Majesty opposite two clerics presenting a book, and Evangelist portraits opposite the Annunciation, the Nativity, the Crucifixion,

• Miniature of the Ascension, before the beginning of John., Four Gospels, with list of lections (ff. 168v-177)

before the beginning of John. Facing miniatures are now separated by an inserted paper leaf. 10 full-page miniatures in colours and gold, of Christ in Majesty opposite two clerics presenting a book, and Evangelist portraits opposite the Annunciation, the Nativity,

• Illuminated initial 'I'(n) at the beginning of John, in a decorated frame., Four Gospels, with list of lections (ff. 168v-177)

at the beginning of John, in a decorated frame. Facing miniatures are now separated by an inserted paper leaf. 10 full-page miniatures in colours and gold, of Christ in Majesty opposite two clerics presenting a book, and Evangelist portraits opposite