• Detail of a miniature of Boccaccio reading a book., De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

manuscripts produced for John Talbot, earl of Shrewsbury: Royal 15 E VI, a collection of romances presented to Margaret of Anjou in honour of her marriage to Henry VI in 1445; and Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, 40.1950, the 'John Talbot Book

• Miniature of Medea, with Jason on a horse and a slaughter of a child, at the beginning of chapter 17., De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

manuscripts produced for John Talbot, earl of Shrewsbury: Royal 15 E VI, a collection of romances presented to Margaret of Anjou in honour of her marriage to Henry VI in 1445; and Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, 40.1950, the 'John Talbot Book

• Text page., Part of a lectionary

Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6637.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, appraised in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix, 70, no. 202.Charles

• null, De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

manuscripts produced for John Talbot, earl of Shrewsbury: Royal 15 E VI, a collection of romances presented to Margaret of Anjou in honour of her marriage to Henry VI in 1445; and Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, 40.1950, the 'John Talbot Book

• Detail of a miniature of Argia discovering the dead body of her husband, Polynices., De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

manuscripts produced for John Talbot, earl of Shrewsbury: Royal 15 E VI, a collection of romances presented to Margaret of Anjou in honour of her marriage to Henry VI in 1445; and Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, 40.1950, the 'John Talbot Book

• Detail of a miniature of Manto, the daughter of Tiresias, stirring a fire., De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

manuscripts produced for John Talbot, earl of Shrewsbury: Royal 15 E VI, a collection of romances presented to Margaret of Anjou in honour of her marriage to Henry VI in 1445; and Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, 40.1950, the 'John Talbot Book

• Detail of a miniature of Camilla, queen of the Volscians, hunting., De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

manuscripts produced for John Talbot, earl of Shrewsbury: Royal 15 E VI, a collection of romances presented to Margaret of Anjou in honour of her marriage to Henry VI in 1445; and Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, 40.1950, the 'John Talbot Book

• Miniature of Camilla, queen of the Volscians, hunting., De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

manuscripts produced for John Talbot, earl of Shrewsbury: Royal 15 E VI, a collection of romances presented to Margaret of Anjou in honour of her marriage to Henry VI in 1445; and Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, 40.1950, the 'John Talbot Book

• Detail of a miniature of Regnet slaying Bertoullet with a sword, while outside are the four sons of Bayard., Renaut de Montauban (or Les Quatre Fils Aimon)

manuscripts produced for John Talbot, earl of Shrewsbury: Royal 15 E VI, a collection of romances presented to Margaret of Anjou in honour of her marriage to Henry VI in 1445; and Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, 40.1950, the 'John Talbot Book

• Detail of a miniature of the sons robbing travellers in the forest., Renaut de Montauban (or Les Quatre Fils Aimon)

manuscripts produced for John Talbot, earl of Shrewsbury: Royal 15 E VI, a collection of romances presented to Margaret of Anjou in honour of her marriage to Henry VI in 1445; and Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, 40.1950, the 'John Talbot Book

• Coloured drawings depicting Sir John Mandeville as a witness to the earth-dwelling people of Tracoda Island, and the idol-worship of the dog-headed "Cynocephales" on Nacumera Island., Travels (index Itinerarium)

depicting Sir John Mandeville as a witness to the earth-dwelling people of Tracoda Island, and the idol-worship of the dog-headed "Cynocephales" on Nacumera Island. Written in a Norfolk dialect. Combination of the beginning of text B with the end of

• Last page of text with cadels; colophon by John Merylynch., Martinus's 'Chronica pontificum et imperatorum' (ff. 118-174v), with additions possibly by John Merelynch (ff. 174v-186v), followed by the 'Proceedings against Dame Alice Kyteler' (1324) (index Rerum Hibernicarum quarundam pracipue ecclesiasticarum descriptio) attributed to Ledrede (ff. 186v-206v)

one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Text page with cadels John Merylynch John Merelynch The Oriel Master Martinus Polanus (index Martin of Troppau) (d. 1278), John Merelynch, Richard Ledrede, bishop of Ossory Glastonbury England, W. (Glastonbury ?)

• Coloured drawing depicting Sir John Mandeville setting out on his adventures., Travels (index Itinerarium)

depicting Sir John Mandeville setting out on his adventures. Written in a Norfolk dialect. Combination of the beginning of text B with the end of text A (Doyle, 1986).Made in a vertical quarto shape, perhaps for travel or for carrying:

• Coloured drawing depicting the gerfaunts in the land of Prester John ("Ind")., Travels (index Itinerarium)

in the land of Prester John ("Ind"). Written in a Norfolk dialect. Combination of the beginning of text B with the end of text A (Doyle, 1986).Made in a vertical quarto shape, perhaps for travel or for carrying: see Scott

• Coloured drawings depicting feathered men in the lands of Prester John, and the keepers of orchards with fruit that brings long life., Travels (index Itinerarium)

in the lands of Prester John, and the keepers of orchards with fruit that brings long life. Written in a Norfolk dialect. Combination of the beginning of text B with the end of text A (Doyle, 1986).Made in a vertical

• Coloured drawings illustrating the Prologue: Sir John Mandeville sets off on his travels to Jerusalem and beyond., Travels (index Itinerarium)

the Prologue: Sir John Mandeville sets off on his travels to Jerusalem and beyond. Written in a Norfolk dialect. Combination of the beginning of text B with the end of text A (Doyle, 1986).Made in a vertical quarto shape, perhaps

• Coloured drawings depicting Sir John Mandeville as a witness to foreign marvels, here: the city of Constantinople, Travels (index Itinerarium)

depicting Sir John Mandeville as a witness to foreign marvels, here: the city of Constantinople Written in a Norfolk dialect. Combination of the beginning of text B with the end of text A (Doyle, 1986).Made in a vertical quarto shape,

• Sir John Mandeville meditates on the Church of St. Nicholas in Bethlehem, where the Virgin Mary milked her overflowing breasts onto red marble stones., Travels (index Itinerarium)

Sir John Mandeville meditates on the Church of St. Nicholas in Bethlehem, where the Virgin Mary milked her overflowing breasts onto red marble stones. Written in a Norfolk dialect. Combination of the beginning of text B with the end of

• Coloured drawing depicting Sir John Mandeville witnessing the griffins of Bacharia., Travels (index Itinerarium)

depicting Sir John Mandeville witnessing the griffins of Bacharia. Written in a Norfolk dialect. Combination of the beginning of text B with the end of text A (Doyle, 1986).Made in a vertical quarto shape, perhaps for travel or for carrying:

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

Dorothie, née Leuenthorp: inscribed with their names (f. 286v; see Wright 1972).Other inscriptions include 'John Martant', 16th century (ff. 144, 180), and 'John Thomsyn' and 'John Thomsun Symond, late 16th-early 17th century (ff. 165v, 284v).John Somers, 1st baron Somers (b.