• Detail of a miniature of Richard II enthroned and Phillipe de Mezieres holding a banner with Holy Lamb of the new crusading order, the Order of the Passion of Jesus Christ, and presenting his treatise to the king, at the beginning of the text., Epistre au roi Richart (Letter to King Richard II)

Detail of a miniature ofRichard II enthroned and Phillipe de Mezieres holding a banner with Holy Lamb of the new crusading order, the Order of the Passion of Jesus Christ, and presenting his treatise to the king, at the

• Miniature of Richard II enthroned and Phillipe de Mezieres holding a banner with Holy Lamb of the new crusading order, the Order of the Passion of Jesus Christ, and presenting his treatise to the king, with a full border, and a foliate initial 'U'(ne), at the beginning of the text., Epistre au roi Richart (Letter to King Richard II)

1405), monk of the Celestine monastery in Paris (from 1380), former chancellor of Cyprus and member of the royal council of Charles V, which was probably given to Richard II in 1395 by Robert le Mennot, member of Charles VI's

• Detail of a pen-flourished initial 'L'(a quarte)., Epistre au roi Richart (Letter to King Richard II)

1405), monk of the Celestine monastery in Paris (from 1380), former chancellor of Cyprus and member of the royal council of Charles V, which was probably given to Richard II in 1395 by Robert le Mennot, member of Charles VI's

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'O'(r)., Epistre au roi Richart (Letter to King Richard II)

1405), monk of the Celestine monastery in Paris (from 1380), former chancellor of Cyprus and member of the royal council of Charles V, which was probably given to Richard II in 1395 by Robert le Mennot, member of Charles VI's

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'I'(l)., Epistre au roi Richart (Letter to King Richard II)

1405), monk of the Celestine monastery in Paris (from 1380), former chancellor of Cyprus and member of the royal council of Charles V, which was probably given to Richard II in 1395 by Robert le Mennot, member of Charles VI's

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'Q'(ui)., Epistre au roi Richart (Letter to King Richard II)

1405), monk of the Celestine monastery in Paris (from 1380), former chancellor of Cyprus and member of the royal council of Charles V, which was probably given to Richard II in 1395 by Robert le Mennot, member of Charles VI's

• Illuminated initial 'S'(elonc)., Epistre au roi Richart (Letter to King Richard II)

1405), monk of the Celestine monastery in Paris (from 1380), former chancellor of Cyprus and member of the royal council of Charles V, which was probably given to Richard II in 1395 by Robert le Mennot, member of Charles VI's

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'T'(res)., Epistre au roi Richart (Letter to King Richard II)

1405), monk of the Celestine monastery in Paris (from 1380), former chancellor of Cyprus and member of the royal council of Charles V, which was probably given to Richard II in 1395 by Robert le Mennot, member of Charles VI's

• Illuminated initial 'T'(res), with a partial bar border., Epistre au roi Richart (Letter to King Richard II)

1405), monk of the Celestine monastery in Paris (from 1380), former chancellor of Cyprus and member of the royal council of Charles V, which was probably given to Richard II in 1395 by Robert le Mennot, member of Charles VI's

• Illuminated initial 'T'(res), with a partial bar border., Epistre au roi Richart (Letter to King Richard II)

1405), monk of the Celestine monastery in Paris (from 1380), former chancellor of Cyprus and member of the royal council of Charles V, which was probably given to Richard II in 1395 by Robert le Mennot, member of Charles VI's

• Miniature of the banner of the new crusading order, the Order of the Passion of Jesus Christ, with an Agnus Dei at the centre., Epistre au roi Richart (Letter to King Richard II)

1405), monk of the Celestine monastery in Paris (from 1380), former chancellor of Cyprus and member of the royal council of Charles V, which was probably given to Richard II in 1395 by Robert le Mennot, member of Charles VI's

• Detail of a miniature of the banner of the new crusading order, the Order of the Passion of Jesus Christ, with an Agnus Dei at the centre., Epistre au roi Richart (Letter to King Richard II)

Detail of a miniature of the banner of the new crusading order, the Order of the Passion of Jesus Christ, with an Agnus Dei at the centre. Contains the presentation copy of the ~Epistre au roi Richart~, composed in 1395

• Miniature of the Crown of Thorns with two inscriptions, 'Pax vobis', and 'Ih[es]us Roy de paix', between the crowns of the king of France, inscribed with the motto 'en bien', and 'Charles roy de fra[n]ce', and of England, inscribed with the motto 'sans dep[ar]tir' and 'Richart roy danglet[er]re'; and of the large 'YHS' on a ground in colours of France (blue with feur-de-lis) and England (red with lions), with a full border., Epistre au roi Richart (Letter to King Richard II)

1405), monk of the Celestine monastery in Paris (from 1380), former chancellor of Cyprus and member of the royal council of Charles V, which was probably given to Richard II in 1395 by Robert le Mennot, member of Charles VI's

• Decorated initial 'C'(oment) with pen-flourishing and line-fillers at the beginning of the statutes., Nova statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from 1 Edward III (ff. 30-115) to 17 Richard II (ff. 116-171v)

of paper inscribed with the title to appear on the spine, with the annotation 'calf' designating the type of leather to be used for the binding (f. [iii]).Beginnning with a list of chapters (ff. 1-29).Catchwords written horizontally.The first leaf