• Decorated initial 'G'(audeamus)with acanthus leaves and foliate feathering., Masses

brown ink in the margin of f. 1. Capitals marked in yellow. Masses ff. 1-8vMade for Alicia Ligh, widow of John Ligh, of Chippenham, Wiltshire, 15th century: inscribed 'Alicia Ligh nuper coniunx Johannis ligh De Chipnam, hunc librum scribi ac

• Decorated initial 'I'(n principio) with interlace patterns at the beginning of John., Gospels (ff. 1-139) and capitulare evangeliorum (ff. 139v-150)

interlace patterns at the beginning of John. Some neumes in the genealogies of Matthew (ff.10v-11) and Luke (?f. 76) (see Benoit-Castelli and Huglo, p. 174). Coloured canon tables with arches and pillars with capitals and bases in varying shapes, decorated

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixi) of David before God, pointing to his mouth, at the beginning of Psalm 38., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

both John and Genevieve (3rd January, f. 1), and the litany includes Fara, Honorine (f. 175; translated to Conflans Ste. Honorine, near Pontoise, in 1250), and a special listing of widows (f. 175).Added prayer to the Virgin and John for

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of David and a fool, at the beginning of Psalm 52., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

both John and Genevieve (3rd January, f. 1), and the litany includes Fara, Honorine (f. 175; translated to Conflans Ste. Honorine, near Pontoise, in 1250), and a special listing of widows (f. 175).Added prayer to the Virgin and John for

• Detail of a historiated initial 'S'(alvum) of David drowning in water, with God above, at the beginning of Psalm 68., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

both John and Genevieve (3rd January, f. 1), and the litany includes Fara, Honorine (f. 175; translated to Conflans Ste. Honorine, near Pontoise, in 1250), and a special listing of widows (f. 175).Added prayer to the Virgin and John for

• Detail of a historiated initial 'E(xultate)' of David playing the bells, at the beginning of Psalm 80., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

both John and Genevieve (3rd January, f. 1), and the litany includes Fara, Honorine (f. 175; translated to Conflans Ste. Honorine, near Pontoise, in 1250), and a special listing of widows (f. 175).Added prayer to the Virgin and John for

• Miniature of the author, Thomas Hoccleve, presenting the book to prince Henry, with a partial border containing the arms of William FitzAlan, earl of Arundel, and a foliate initial 'H'(ye)., The Regement of Princes, with other poems

century (f. 3),Signatures including: Blount (ff. 1v, 2), and Humfrey Blount (f. 3), John Myll (ff. 2, 3), Acton (f. 2), Folyet (f. 2), Stoughton (f. 2), John Womgey (f. 2), Roland Schakyrley (f. 3), 16th century.John Lumley, 1st baron

• Marginal miniature of Geoffrey Chaucer pointing the text, with a caption reading 'Chauceris ymago'., The Regement of Princes, with other poems

century (f. 3),Signatures including: Blount (ff. 1v, 2), and Humfrey Blount (f. 3), John Myll (ff. 2, 3), Acton (f. 2), Folyet (f. 2), Stoughton (f. 2), John Womgey (f. 2), Roland Schakyrley (f. 3), 16th century.John Lumley, 1st baron

• Illumianted initial ‘I'(n), with a partial bar border, and an added drawing of two interlaced gloves., The Regement of Princes, with other poems

century (f. 3),Signatures including: Blount (ff. 1v, 2), and Humfrey Blount (f. 3), John Myll (ff. 2, 3), Acton (f. 2), Folyet (f. 2), Stoughton (f. 2), John Womgey (f. 2), Roland Schakyrley (f. 3), 16th century.John Lumley, 1st baron

• Text page., The Regement of Princes, with other poems

century (f. 3),Signatures including: Blount (ff. 1v, 2), and Humfrey Blount (f. 3), John Myll (ff. 2, 3), Acton (f. 2), Folyet (f. 2), Stoughton (f. 2), John Womgey (f. 2), Roland Schakyrley (f. 3), 16th century.John Lumley, 1st baron

• Illuminated initial ‘M’ in colours and gold with a partial bar-border and the arms of William FitzAlan, earl of Arundel impaling those of his wife, Joan, daughter of Richard Neville, earl of Salisbury., The Regement of Princes, with other poems

century (f. 3),Signatures including: Blount (ff. 1v, 2), and Humfrey Blount (f. 3), John Myll (ff. 2, 3), Acton (f. 2), Folyet (f. 2), Stoughton (f. 2), John Womgey (f. 2), Roland Schakyrley (f. 3), 16th century.John Lumley, 1st baron

• Illuminated initials., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

initials. John Lydgate (probably from Lidgate or Lydgate, 10 miles from Bury), a monk of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, translated this work on the life of king Edmund and his cousin Fremund from Latin into English verse to

• Detail of a miniature of the author, Thomas Hoccleve, presenting the book to prince Henry., The Regement of Princes, with other poems

century (f. 3),Signatures including: Blount (ff. 1v, 2), and Humfrey Blount (f. 3), John Myll (ff. 2, 3), Acton (f. 2), Folyet (f. 2), Stoughton (f. 2), John Womgey (f. 2), Roland Schakyrley (f. 3), 16th century.John Lumley, 1st baron

• Detail of a marginal miniature of Geoffrey Chaucer pointing the text, with a caption reading 'Chauceris ymago'., The Regement of Princes, with other poems

century (f. 3),Signatures including: Blount (ff. 1v, 2), and Humfrey Blount (f. 3), John Myll (ff. 2, 3), Acton (f. 2), Folyet (f. 2), Stoughton (f. 2), John Womgey (f. 2), Roland Schakyrley (f. 3), 16th century.John Lumley, 1st baron

• Miniature of the death of Sweyn, the king of the Danes., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

Sweyn, the king of the Danes. John Lydgate (probably from Lidgate or Lydgate, 10 miles from Bury), a monk of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, translated this work on the life of king Edmund and his cousin Fremund from

• Detail of a miniature of the death of Sweyn, the king of the Danes., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

of Sweyn, the king of the Danes. John Lydgate (probably from Lidgate or Lydgate, 10 miles from Bury), a monk of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, translated this work on the life of king Edmund and his cousin Fremund

• Miniature of a woman being pulled from the shrine of Edmund., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

pulled from the shrine of Edmund. John Lydgate (probably from Lidgate or Lydgate, 10 miles from Bury), a monk of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, translated this work on the life of king Edmund and his cousin Fremund from

• Detail of a miniature of a woman being pulled from the shrine of Edmund., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

being pulled from the shrine of Edmund. John Lydgate (probably from Lidgate or Lydgate, 10 miles from Bury), a monk of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, translated this work on the life of king Edmund and his cousin Fremund

• Detail of a miniature of the presentation of the text to the king, or alternatively, the admission of the king and leading courtiers into the confraternity of St Edmund, an event described in the poem, and illuminated initial., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

king and leading courtiers into the confraternity of St Edmund, an event described in the poem, and illuminated initial. John Lydgate (probably from Lidgate or Lydgate, 10 miles from Bury), a monk of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, translated

• Illuminated initial 'T'(o) with a partial bar and foliate border., The Regement of Princes, with other poems

century (f. 3),Signatures including: Blount (ff. 1v, 2), and Humfrey Blount (f. 3), John Myll (ff. 2, 3), Acton (f. 2), Folyet (f. 2), Stoughton (f. 2), John Womgey (f. 2), Roland Schakyrley (f. 3), 16th century.John Lumley, 1st baron