• Text page., Canterbury Tales

429.Bought by the British Museum from B. Quaritch, 9 November 1889 (note on 1st flyleaf verso), using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829). Detail Geoffrey Chaucer England

• Text page., Canterbury Tales

429.Bought by the British Museum from B. Quaritch, 9 November 1889 (note on 1st flyleaf verso), using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829). Detail Geoffrey Chaucer England

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by the British Museum from B. Quaritch, 9 November 1889 (note on 1st flyleaf verso), using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829). Flourished initial Geoffrey Chaucer England

• Text page and decorated catchword., Canterbury Tales

429.Bought by the British Museum from B. Quaritch, 9 November 1889 (note on 1st flyleaf verso), using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829). Detail Geoffrey Chaucer England

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

of Geoffrey Chaucer pointing the text, with a caption reading 'Chauceris ymago'. Includes five works by Thomas Hoccleve (b. c.1367, d. 1426): The Regenment of Princes (ff. 4-101v), addressed to prince Henry, the future Henry V;The Chaste Empress or Jereslaus

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

marginal miniature of Geoffrey Chaucer pointing the text, with a caption reading 'Chauceris ymago'. Includes five works by Thomas Hoccleve (b. c.1367, d. 1426): The Regenment of Princes (ff. 4-101v), addressed to prince Henry, the future Henry V;The Chaste Empress

• Text page with flourished initial and decorated catchword of a crowned woman., Canterbury Tales

429.Bought by the British Museum from B. Quaritch, 9 November 1889 (note on 1st flyleaf verso), using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829). Detail Geoffrey Chaucer England

• Inserted miniature of a kneeling pilgrim, accompanied by a monk, presenting a book to a standing knight in armour. A later inscription on the facing folio identifies the monk as John Lydgate, and the knight as the Earl of Salisbury, to whom Lydgate's 'The Pilgrimage of the Life of Man' was dedicated. The figure of the monk may represent either Lydgate (d. c. 1450), a Benedictine monk at the abbey of Bury St Edwards, Suffolk, or Deguileville (d. c. 1358), a Cistercian at the abbey of Chalis in Valois, and the earl of Salisbury, Thomas Montague (d. 1428) may be the figure in armour (see Scott 1996, p. 305)., Added tinted drawing

in armour, probably Thomas Montague (index Montacute), Earl of Salisbury (f. 1*). Added tinted drawing Part 1:Added poem (on the Chaucer page), 15th century:'Off worthy Chaucerhere the pickture stoodThat much did wryghtand all to doo us good.Summe ffuryous ffoole have

• Decorated and illuminated initials., Canterbury Tales, imperfectly

his sale, Sotheby's, 3 December 1906, lot 115. Bought by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829) (note on 2nd flyleaf). Initials Chaucer England

• Decorated and illuminated initials., Canterbury Tales, imperfectly

his sale, Sotheby's, 3 December 1906, lot 115. Bought by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829) (note on 2nd flyleaf). Initials Chaucer England

• Decorated initial in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales., Canterbury Tales, imperfectly

sale, Sotheby's, 3 December 1906, lot 115. Bought by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829) (note on 2nd flyleaf). Decorated initial Chaucer England

• Decorated and illuminated initials., Canterbury Tales, imperfectly

his sale, Sotheby's, 3 December 1906, lot 115. Bought by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829) (note on 2nd flyleaf). Initials Chaucer England

• Partial border with illuminated initial 'P'(itee)., The Regiment of Princes (De Regimine Principum) (index Regement of Princes, The Government of Princes)

was written in 1411 or 1412 for the instruction of Henry V, then Prince of Wales. Miniature in colours of Chaucer clutching a rosary and pointing at the text (f. 88). Miniature in colours of a man, reclining on the

• Partial border with illuminated initial 'M'(ercy)., The Regiment of Princes (De Regimine Principum) (index Regement of Princes, The Government of Princes)

was written in 1411 or 1412 for the instruction of Henry V, then Prince of Wales. Miniature in colours of Chaucer clutching a rosary and pointing at the text (f. 88). Miniature in colours of a man, reclining on the

• Partial border with illuminated initial 'G'(regorie)., The Regiment of Princes (De Regimine Principum) (index Regement of Princes, The Government of Princes)

was written in 1411 or 1412 for the instruction of Henry V, then Prince of Wales. Miniature in colours of Chaucer clutching a rosary and pointing at the text (f. 88). Miniature in colours of a man, reclining on the

• Partial border with illuminated initial 'T'(o)., The Regiment of Princes (De Regimine Principum) (index Regement of Princes, The Government of Princes)

was written in 1411 or 1412 for the instruction of Henry V, then Prince of Wales. Miniature in colours of Chaucer clutching a rosary and pointing at the text (f. 88). Miniature in colours of a man, reclining on the

• Partial border with illuminated initial 'O'(f)., The Regiment of Princes (De Regimine Principum) (index Regement of Princes, The Government of Princes)

was written in 1411 or 1412 for the instruction of Henry V, then Prince of Wales. Miniature in colours of Chaucer clutching a rosary and pointing at the text (f. 88). Miniature in colours of a man, reclining on the

• Partial border with illuminated initial 'N'(ow), effaced., The Regiment of Princes (De Regimine Principum) (index Regement of Princes, The Government of Princes)

was written in 1411 or 1412 for the instruction of Henry V, then Prince of Wales. Miniature in colours of Chaucer clutching a rosary and pointing at the text (f. 88). Miniature in colours of a man, reclining on the

• Partial border with illuminated initial 'A'(ristotil)., The Regiment of Princes (De Regimine Principum) (index Regement of Princes, The Government of Princes)

was written in 1411 or 1412 for the instruction of Henry V, then Prince of Wales. Miniature in colours of Chaucer clutching a rosary and pointing at the text (f. 88). Miniature in colours of a man, reclining on the

• Partial border with illuminated initial 'N'(ow)., The Regiment of Princes (De Regimine Principum) (index Regement of Princes, The Government of Princes)

was written in 1411 or 1412 for the instruction of Henry V, then Prince of Wales. Miniature in colours of Chaucer clutching a rosary and pointing at the text (f. 88). Miniature in colours of a man, reclining on the