• Detail of miniature and illuminated initial., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), fragment

collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Detail Giovanni Boccaccio, translation by John Lydgate based on translation by Laurent de Premierfait England, S. (Bury St Edmunds?)

• Detail of decorated and illuminated initials., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), fragment

collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Detail Giovanni Boccaccio, translation by John Lydgate based on translation by Laurent de Premierfait England, S. (Bury St Edmunds?)

• On the left, large calligraphic initial 'L'(envoye) and illuminated initial 'T(his), and on the right, a miniature of the story of Cadmus, possibly retouched, and the illuminated initial 'B'., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), fragment

collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Cadmus Giovanni Boccaccio, translation by John Lydgate based on translation by Laurent de Premierfait England, S. (Bury St Edmunds?)

• Ownership inscription at the end of the manuscript, stating that it was a gift to the Augustinian nunnery at Campsey from Dame Katherine Babyngton, a former subprioress., The Life of Catherine (ff. 1-117v), etc.

Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Ownership inscription John Capgrave, and others Campsey England, S. E. (Campsey)

• Detail of a miniature of the story of Cadmus, possibly retouched, and the illuminated initial 'B'., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), fragment

collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Detail Giovanni Boccaccio, translation by John Lydgate based on translation by Laurent de Premierfait England, S. (Bury St Edmunds?)

• Detail of a large calligraphic initial 'L'(envoye) and illuminated initial 'T(his)., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), fragment

collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Initials Giovanni Boccaccio, translation by John Lydgate based on translation by Laurent de Premierfait England, S. (Bury St Edmunds?)

• Calendar pages with illuminated initials 'KL' and foliate borders., Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester')

Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester') The calendar of Sarum use includes John of Beverley (7th May, added to the Sarum calendar in 1416, f. 3); Frideswide annotated 'non sarum' (f. 5v);

• Miniature of Nebuchadnezzar, lying in bed, telling Daniel his dream, while Moses, John the Evangelist, and John the Baptist sit enclosed in a circle of seraphs, and the Archangels Raphael, Gabriel and Michael stand below, in illustration of Paradiso, Canto IV., Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy)

Miniature of Nebuchadnezzar, lying in bed, telling Daniel his dream, while Moses, John the Evangelist, and John the Baptist sit enclosed in a circle of seraphs, and the Archangels Raphael, Gabriel and Michael stand below, in illustration of Paradiso, Canto

• Miniature of Dante being examined by James and John, with Christ and angels looking on., Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy)

examined by James and John, with Christ and angels looking on. Pope-Hennessy 1993 proposed a date after 1444, partly depending on the representations of the dome and cupola of Florence Cathedral, in building during these years. 3 large historiated initials,

• Miniature of Beatrice watching as Dante is examined by John the Evangelist, who stands within a circle of golden stars with five naked souls., Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy)

as Dante is examined by John the Evangelist, who stands within a circle of golden stars with five naked souls. Pope-Hennessy 1993 proposed a date after 1444, partly depending on the representations of the dome and cupola of Florence Cathedral,

• Miniature of Prince Henry offering or receiving the book (the kneeling man is perhaps John Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk); and an illuminated initial 'H'(ye) with the arms of the Mowbray familly., The Regiment of Princes (De Regimine Principum) (index Regement of Princes, The Government of Princes)

the book (the kneeling man is perhaps John Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk); and an illuminated initial 'H'(ye) with the arms of the Mowbray familly. Numerous inscriptions on f. 99. 1 presentation miniature in colours and gold (f. 37). 1

• Illuminated initial 'C'(lementissime) with a partial border., Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester')

Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester') The calendar of Sarum use includes John of Beverley (7th May, added to the Sarum calendar in 1416, f. 3); Frideswide annotated 'non sarum' (f. 5v);

• Detail of an historiated initial 'C'(um) of David playing the harp with two angels, at the beginning of Psalm 4., Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester')

Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester') The calendar of Sarum use includes John of Beverley (7th May, added to the Sarum calendar in 1416, f. 3); Frideswide annotated 'non sarum' (f. 5v);

• Two historiated initials 'D'(eus) and 'E'(xaudi) of a king's head (David?), at the beginning of Psalms 53 and 54., Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester')

Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester') The calendar of Sarum use includes John of Beverley (7th May, added to the Sarum calendar in 1416, f. 3); Frideswide annotated 'non sarum' (f. 5v);

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(eus) of a king's head (David?), at the beginning of Psalm 53., Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester')

Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester') The calendar of Sarum use includes John of Beverley (7th May, added to the Sarum calendar in 1416, f. 3); Frideswide annotated 'non sarum' (f. 5v);

• Detail of an historiated initial 'E'(xaudi) of a king's head (David?), at the beginning of Psalm 54., Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester')

Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester') The calendar of Sarum use includes John of Beverley (7th May, added to the Sarum calendar in 1416, f. 3); Frideswide annotated 'non sarum' (f. 5v);

• Historiated initials 'I'(n) of a building with a small face visible behind the bars of the window, and 'N'(isi) of a church building., Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester')

Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester') The calendar of Sarum use includes John of Beverley (7th May, added to the Sarum calendar in 1416, f. 3); Frideswide annotated 'non sarum' (f. 5v);

• Detail of an historiated initial 'I'(n) of a building with a small face visible behind the bars of the window., Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester')

Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester') The calendar of Sarum use includes John of Beverley (7th May, added to the Sarum calendar in 1416, f. 3); Frideswide annotated 'non sarum' (f. 5v);

• Detail of an historiated initial 'N'(isi) of a church building., Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester')

Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester') The calendar of Sarum use includes John of Beverley (7th May, added to the Sarum calendar in 1416, f. 3); Frideswide annotated 'non sarum' (f. 5v);

• Detail of a minature of George fighting the dragon., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

devotion. Inscribed, 17th century: 'John Brooks' (f. 1). Inscribed, 17th century: 'Thomas Standlij of Trim' (f. 78). Robert Dale of Stratford-on-Avon, 17th century: inscribed with his name (ff. 16, 18), and the name of his cousin John Dale (f. 16).