• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a king and a messenger., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

University of Paris (f. 4). John Batayle, a canon of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield, mentioned among other canons in a clerical subsidy roll of 1379 and named in a will of 1382, made by John Chyshull, another canon of St

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of one knight unhorsing another before a castle, while a group of women look on., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

University of Paris (f. 4). John Batayle, a canon of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield, mentioned among other canons in a clerical subsidy roll of 1379 and named in a will of 1382, made by John Chyshull, another canon of St

• Miniature of the Lover's Confession, of the Lover kneeling before the priest Genus., Confessio amantis (begins imperfectly)

Catherine Burghe [widow of William de Burgh, Lord Burgh], to whom it descended from her mother, Elizabeth [daughter of Sir John Blount, mistress of Henry VIII] wife, successively, of [Gilbert Talboys] Lord Talboys, and [Edward Clinton] Lord Clinton, afterwards Earl

• Decorated initial., Confessio amantis (begins imperfectly)

Catherine Burghe [widow of William de Burgh, Lord Burgh], to whom it descended from her mother, Elizabeth [daughter of Sir John Blount, mistress of Henry VIII] wife, successively, of [Gilbert Talboys] Lord Talboys, and [Edward Clinton] Lord Clinton, afterwards Earl

• Decorated initial., Confessio amantis (begins imperfectly)

Catherine Burghe [widow of William de Burgh, Lord Burgh], to whom it descended from her mother, Elizabeth [daughter of Sir John Blount, mistress of Henry VIII] wife, successively, of [Gilbert Talboys] Lord Talboys, and [Edward Clinton] Lord Clinton, afterwards Earl

• Detail of an historiated initial 'V'(alde) of John writing on a scroll ('S. Iohannes') with an eagle, his symbol, at his feet, with a partial bar border including a grotesque hybrid, at the reading for 27 December., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

historiated initial 'V'(alde) of John writing on a scroll ('S. Iohannes') with an eagle, his symbol, at his feet, with a partial bar border including a grotesque hybrid, at the reading for 27 December. 46 large historiated initials, with three-sided

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D' of John the Baptist, holding the Agnus Dei., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

historiated initial 'D' of John the Baptist, holding the Agnus Dei. 46 large historiated initials, with three-sided or partial foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 16v, 20v, 23v, 25v, 27v, 40, 87, 109, 121, 125v, 128, 130, 131, 136,

• Text page., Grammatical and legal tracts, letters and documents

St Edmunds (according to Arnould 1940).Part 3:Grant of land at Aldwinkle, Northamptonshire (5th July 1308) by Simon de Repindon to John de [Al]dewyncle (f. 128). 10 lines of a love song in English in a 15th century hand (f. 128v).Parts

• Text page., Grammatical and legal tracts, letters and documents

St Edmunds (according to Arnould 1940).Part 3:Grant of land at Aldwinkle, Northamptonshire (5th July 1308) by Simon de Repindon to John de [Al]dewyncle (f. 128). 10 lines of a love song in English in a 15th century hand (f. 128v).Parts

• Miniature of John writing, assisted by his evangelist symbol, the eagle, with an angel looking upon from an open window, with an illuminated initial 'I'(n) and a full foliate border., Book of Hours, Use of Troyes

of John writing, assisted by his evangelist symbol, the eagle, with an angel looking upon from an open window, with an illuminated initial 'I'(n) and a full foliate border. Quaternion with the Gospel Lessons misbound, in the unusual order of

• Illuminated initial 'D'(ominica)., Processional, use of Sarum (index Processionale)

St Bartholomew's Priory, West Smithfield, London. Inscription on f. 120v names John Popham as well as two late priors of St. Bartholomew's, Reynold and Richard. Popham may refer to John Popham (b.c. 1395, d. 1463), who added a chapel to

• Historiated initial 'V'(alde) of John writing on a scroll ('S. Iohannes') with an eagle, his symbol, at his feet, with a partial bar border including a grotesque hybrid and dragon extender, at the reading for 27 December., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

'V'(alde) of John writing on a scroll ('S. Iohannes') with an eagle, his symbol, at his feet, with a partial bar border including a grotesque hybrid and dragon extender, at the reading for 27 December. 46 large historiated initials, with

• Detail of an historiated initial 'E'(dwardus) of Edward III enthroned giving a charter to the kneeling Black Prince, at the beginning of a collection of documents relating to Black Prince's principality of Aquitaine., Collection of treaties

documents relating to the Peace of Brétigny in the name of John the Good, king of France, all bearing the date 24 October 1360, with the ratification by king John of the treaty in London in 1362, followed by the

• Miniature of the martyrdom of Alban in the upper register, and of the martyrdom of Amphibaldus in the lower register., Psalter and Canticles

December, f. 7v).John of Dalling, monk of the Benedictine abbey of St Albans: given by him with the permission of John of Hertford, abbot of St. Albans (1235-60), before 1260, inscribed, 'Hunc librum dedit Frater Johannes de Dal/ling ex licencia

• Text page., Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions

the Vulgate version. Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions Copied by Pieter Meghen of 's-Hertogenbosch of the diocese of Liège (b. c.1466/1467, d. 1540) for John Colet (b. c.1456, d.1519), dean of St

• Text page., Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions

the Vulgate version. Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions Copied by Pieter Meghen of 's-Hertogenbosch of the diocese of Liège (b. c.1466/1467, d. 1540) for John Colet (b. c.1456, d.1519), dean of St

• Text page., Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions

the Vulgate version. Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions Copied by Pieter Meghen of 's-Hertogenbosch of the diocese of Liège (b. c.1466/1467, d. 1540) for John Colet (b. c.1456, d.1519), dean of St

• Text page., Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions

the Vulgate version. Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions Copied by Pieter Meghen of 's-Hertogenbosch of the diocese of Liège (b. c.1466/1467, d. 1540) for John Colet (b. c.1456, d.1519), dean of St

• Detail of flowers in the border of the folio., Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions

the Vulgate version. Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions Copied by Pieter Meghen of 's-Hertogenbosch of the diocese of Liège (b. c.1466/1467, d. 1540) for John Colet (b. c.1456, d.1519), dean of St

• Detail of a painting of a drum-beating ape, flowers, and a moth, from the borders of the folio., Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions

the Vulgate version. Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions Copied by Pieter Meghen of 's-Hertogenbosch of the diocese of Liège (b. c.1466/1467, d. 1540) for John Colet (b. c.1456, d.1519), dean of St