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

asking the advice of a bishop. 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 Edmund tied to a tree and being shot at with arrows., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

a tree and being shot at with arrows. 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

• Miniature of a group of Christians with dogs setting out to find the body of Edmund., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

setting out to find the body 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

• Detail of a miniature of Edmund's head calling out "Here! Here! Here!" all day long until the men searching for it found it hidden in a thicket, being guarded from predatory animals by a wolf., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

men searching for it found it hidden in a thicket, being guarded from predatory animals by a wolf. John Lydgate (probably from Lidgate or Lydgate, 10 miles from Bury), a monk of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, translated this

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

the Danes and their king, Sweyn, in England. 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

• Miniature of the death of Sweyn, the king of the Danes; 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)

miniature of a woman 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

• Detail of a miniature of the installation of abbot Baldwin and the building of the abbey at Bury St. Edmond's., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

and the building of the abbey at Bury St. Edmond's. 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

• Detail of a miniature of the entombment of Edmund in the abbey at Bury St. Edmunds., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

Edmund in the abbey at Bury St. Edmunds. 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

• Text and details of the genealogy of the Holland family., Lectionary, imperfect (the 'Lovell Lectionary')

Holland family. ff. 1-3 are paper leaves.The name John Siferwas occurs in the Sherborne Missal with 'Illuminator': see Scoft 1996 p. 62. Large miniature in colours of the patron, Lord Lovell (f. 4v). Smaller miniatures or historiated initials with full

• Detail from the border at the lower edge of the page: angels with an icon of the Virgin and Child, a pheasant and a peacock., Lectionary, imperfect (the 'Lovell Lectionary')

of the Virgin and Child, a pheasant and a peacock. ff. 1-3 are paper leaves.The name John Siferwas occurs in the Sherborne Missal with 'Illuminator': see Scoft 1996 p. 62. Large miniature in colours of the patron, Lord Lovell (f.

• Detail of a miniature of a bishop carrying a monstrance in a Corpus Christi procession under an canopy carried by four clerics., Lectionary, imperfect (the 'Lovell Lectionary')

procession under an canopy carried by four clerics. ff. 1-3 are paper leaves.The name John Siferwas occurs in the Sherborne Missal with 'Illuminator': see Scoft 1996 p. 62. Large miniature in colours of the patron, Lord Lovell (f. 4v). Smaller

• Detail of a marginal painting of two men desecrating the host, in the lower margin of the folio., Lectionary, imperfect (the 'Lovell Lectionary')

the lower margin of the folio. ff. 1-3 are paper leaves.The name John Siferwas occurs in the Sherborne Missal with 'Illuminator': see Scoft 1996 p. 62. Large miniature in colours of the patron, Lord Lovell (f. 4v). Smaller miniatures or

• Miniature of the enthroned Virgin with All Saints. To the left the kneeling figures are presumably Lord Lovell and his wife, although they do not have any heraldic emblems on their clothes to identify them with certainty; he holds a scroll which reads 'Pray for us, all saints of God'., Lectionary, imperfect (the 'Lovell Lectionary')

certainty; he holds a scroll which reads 'Pray for us, all saints of God'. ff. 1-3 are paper leaves.The name John Siferwas occurs in the Sherborne Missal with 'Illuminator': see Scoft 1996 p. 62. Large miniature in colours of the

• Detail from the lower right-hand border of the folio: an angel with a scroll., Lectionary, imperfect (the 'Lovell Lectionary')

angel with a scroll. ff. 1-3 are paper leaves.The name John Siferwas occurs in the Sherborne Missal with 'Illuminator': see Scoft 1996 p. 62. Large miniature in colours of the patron, Lord Lovell (f. 4v). Smaller miniatures or historiated initials

• Detail from the border at the foot of the folio: a bird of prey hovering over a duck under water; on either side are two grotesques., Lectionary, imperfect (the 'Lovell Lectionary')

a duck under water; on either side are two grotesques. ff. 1-3 are paper leaves.The name John Siferwas occurs in the Sherborne Missal with 'Illuminator': see Scoft 1996 p. 62. Large miniature in colours of the patron, Lord Lovell (f.

• Detail of a miniature of Edmund praying, and the miraculous appearance of five springs., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

and the miraculous appearance of five springs. 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 the death of Sweyn, the king of the Danes, and on the right, 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)

on the right, a woman 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

• Drawings, some tinted, of various plants., Medical miscellany, including Liber medicinarum (ff. 1-78v)

including Liber medicinarum (ff. 1-78v) Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Plants John Arderne England

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a diseased hand., Liber Medicinarum

Journal~, 13 (1987), 52-89 (p. 67) (his manuscript no. 59). Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Hand Willelmus de Seton Willelmus de Seton John Arderne England

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a diseased penis and a scapel., Liber Medicinarum

Journal~, 13 (1987), 52-89 (p. 67) (his manuscript no. 59). Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Genitals Willelmus de Seton Willelmus de Seton John Arderne England