• Detail of decorated initial 'I' (may) combined with a partial foliate bar border with acanthus leaves and feathering including the arms of the James family at the beginning of book 1., Speculum religiosorum or ecclesiae (ff. 1-6v); Confessio amantis, imperfect (ff. 8-215v), (also known as The Rede (Boarstall) Gower)

of Norfolk: recorded as being at Naworth in 1697 (see Bernard 1697), inscribed in his hand 'Jhon Gower' (f. 8), 'Chaucer by writinge purchas'd fame And Gower gatt a worthy name Sweet Surrey suck't Pernassus springs And wiatt wrote of

• Decorated initial 'H'(ow) combined with a partial foliate bar border with acanthus leaves and feathering including the arms of the Haudlo family at the beginning of book 2., Speculum religiosorum or ecclesiae (ff. 1-6v); Confessio amantis, imperfect (ff. 8-215v), (also known as The Rede (Boarstall) Gower)

of Norfolk: recorded as being at Naworth in 1697 (see Bernard 1697), inscribed in his hand 'Jhon Gower' (f. 8), 'Chaucer by writinge purchas'd fame And Gower gatt a worthy name Sweet Surrey suck't Pernassus springs And wiatt wrote of

• Decorated initial 'F'(erste) combined with a partial foliate bar border with acanthus leaves and feathering including the arms of the De la Pole family at the beginning of book 5., Speculum religiosorum or ecclesiae (ff. 1-6v); Confessio amantis, imperfect (ff. 8-215v), (also known as The Rede (Boarstall) Gower)

of Norfolk: recorded as being at Naworth in 1697 (see Bernard 1697), inscribed in his hand 'Jhon Gower' (f. 8), 'Chaucer by writinge purchas'd fame And Gower gatt a worthy name Sweet Surrey suck't Pernassus springs And wiatt wrote of

• Decorated initial 'T'(he) combined with a partial foliate bar border with acanthus leaves and feathering including the arms of the Marmion family of Checkenden at the beginning of book 8., Speculum religiosorum or ecclesiae (ff. 1-6v); Confessio amantis, imperfect (ff. 8-215v), (also known as The Rede (Boarstall) Gower)

of Norfolk: recorded as being at Naworth in 1697 (see Bernard 1697), inscribed in his hand 'Jhon Gower' (f. 8), 'Chaucer by writinge purchas'd fame And Gower gatt a worthy name Sweet Surrey suck't Pernassus springs And wiatt wrote of

• Decorated initial 'I'(ff) combined with a partial foliate bar border with acanthus leaves and feathering including the arms of the Fitz-Nigel family at the beginning of book 4., Speculum religiosorum or ecclesiae (ff. 1-6v); Confessio amantis, imperfect (ff. 8-215v), (also known as The Rede (Boarstall) Gower)

of Norfolk: recorded as being at Naworth in 1697 (see Bernard 1697), inscribed in his hand 'Jhon Gower' (f. 8), 'Chaucer by writinge purchas'd fame And Gower gatt a worthy name Sweet Surrey suck't Pernassus springs And wiatt wrote of

• Illluminated initials in the Friar's tale., The Canterbury Tales

form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Opening Scribe of Egerton 1991 and Oxford, Corpus Christi College, MSS 67 and 198. Geoffrey Chaucer (b. c. 1340, d. 1400) London England, S. E. (probably London or East Anglia)

• Illuminated initials 'T'(he) and 'A'(prentys) with partial foliate bar borders at the opening of the Cook's Tale., The Canterbury Tales

one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Illuminated initials Scribe of Egerton 1991 and Oxford, Corpus Christi College, MSS 67 and 198. Geoffrey Chaucer (b. c. 1340, d. 1400) London England, S. E. (probably London or East Anglia)

• Detail of a scribal (?) note reading 'Icy commencera le fable de Gamelyn' ('Here will begin Gamelyn's tale')., The Canterbury Tales

form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Note Scribe of Egerton 1991 and Oxford, Corpus Christi College, MSS 67 and 198. Geoffrey Chaucer (b. c. 1340, d. 1400) London England, S. E. (probably London or East Anglia)

• Illuminated initial 'O'(hateful) with a partial foliate bar border at the beginning of the prologue to the Man of Law's Tale., The Canterbury Tales

one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Illuminated initial Scribe of Egerton 1991 and Oxford, Corpus Christi College, MSS 67 and 198. Geoffrey Chaucer (b. c. 1340, d. 1400) London England, S. E. (probably London or East Anglia)

• Illuminated initial 'T'(her) with a partial foliate bar border at the beginning of the Clerk's Tale., The Canterbury Tales

one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Illuminated initial Scribe of Egerton 1991 and Oxford, Corpus Christi College, MSS 67 and 198. Geoffrey Chaucer (b. c. 1340, d. 1400) London England, S. E. (probably London or East Anglia)

• Illuminated initial 'A'(t) with a partial foliate bar border at the beginning of the Squire's Tale., The Canterbury Tales

one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Illuminated initial Scribe of Egerton 1991 and Oxford, Corpus Christi College, MSS 67 and 198. Geoffrey Chaucer (b. c. 1340, d. 1400) London England, S. E. (probably London or East Anglia)

• Illuminated initial 'L'(ordyngs) with a partial foliate bar border at the beginning of the Pardoner's Tale. ., The Canterbury Tales

one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Illuminated initial Scribe of Egerton 1991 and Oxford, Corpus Christi College, MSS 67 and 198. Geoffrey Chaucer (b. c. 1340, d. 1400) London England, S. E. (probably London or East Anglia)

• Illuminated initial 'T'(her) with a partial foliate bar border at the beginning of the Prioress's Tale., The Canterbury Tales

one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Illuminated initial Scribe of Egerton 1991 and Oxford, Corpus Christi College, MSS 67 and 198. Geoffrey Chaucer (b. c. 1340, d. 1400) London England, S. E. (probably London or East Anglia)

• Illuminated initial 'A'(pore) with a partial foliate bar border at the beginning of the Nun's Priest's Tale., The Canterbury Tales

one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Illuminated initial Scribe of Egerton 1991 and Oxford, Corpus Christi College, MSS 67 and 198. Geoffrey Chaucer (b. c. 1340, d. 1400) London England, S. E. (probably London or East Anglia)

• Illuminated initial 'W'(han) and foliate bar border at the beginning of the text., The Canterbury Tales

foundation collections of the British Library. Illuminated initial and bar border Scribe of Egerton 1991 and Oxford, Corpus Christi College, MSS 67 and 198. Geoffrey Chaucer (b. c. 1340, d. 1400) London England, S. E. (probably London or East Anglia)

• 'Champ' initial 'S'(ir) with ivy tendril decoration at the opening of the prologue to the Clerk's Tale., The Canterbury Tales

one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Illuminated initial Scribe of Egerton 1991 and Oxford, Corpus Christi College, MSS 67 and 198. Geoffrey Chaucer (b. c. 1340, d. 1400) London England, S. E. (probably London or East Anglia)