• Miniature of a debate between a clerk and a knight in a garden, before the king of France and the personifications of Spiritual Power in a Franciscan habit, and Temporal Power represented as a queen, with the author sleeping, at the beginning of the text., Le Songe du Vergier

valued for his executors and priced 12 Parisian pounds (see Inventaire de la bibliothèque du roi Charles VI 1867). John[John of Lancaster], duke of Bedford (b. 1389, d.1435), regent of France and prince, probably purchased by him with the

• Detail of a miniature of a dialogue between a clerk and a knight, with a full border and a shield bearing the royal arms of France flanked by a lion., Le Songe du Vergier

valued for his executors and priced 12 Parisian pounds (see Inventaire de la bibliothèque du roi Charles VI 1867). John[John of Lancaster], duke of Bedford (b. 1389, d.1435), regent of France and prince, probably purchased by him with the

• Miniature of a dialogue between a clerk and a knight, and a foliate initial 'M'(anice) with a full border and a shield bearing the royal arms of France flanked by two lions., Le Songe du Vergier

valued for his executors and priced 12 Parisian pounds (see Inventaire de la bibliothèque du roi Charles VI 1867). John[John of Lancaster], duke of Bedford (b. 1389, d.1435), regent of France and prince, probably purchased by him with the

• Miniature of the king enthroned with a clerk and a knight debating., Le Songe du Vergier

valued for his executors and priced 12 Parisian pounds (see Inventaire de la bibliothèque du roi Charles VI 1867). John[John of Lancaster], duke of Bedford (b. 1389, d.1435), regent of France and prince, probably purchased by him with the

• Detail of a miniature of Charles V of France receiving the book from the author, at the beginning of book 1., Le Songe du Vergier

valued for his executors and priced 12 Parisian pounds (see Inventaire de la bibliothèque du roi Charles VI 1867). John[John of Lancaster], duke of Bedford (b. 1389, d.1435), regent of France and prince, probably purchased by him with the

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

Shropshire (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin, 1986, vol. 1, p. 149). A fifteenth-century copy of John Mirk's Instructions for Parish Priests copied by John Holyns. ff. 1r-33v John Mirk Instructions for Parish Priests (IMEV 961 ) 'God seythe hymselfe as wretyn

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

Atlas Grid Reference: not mapped (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, p. 239). A mid fifteenth-century copy of John Mirk's Festial . ff. 1r-164r John Mirk Festial (IPMEP 734 ) 'God maker of all þyng be at our begynnyng and ȝif

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

10r, 10v, and 11r recording the birth of the children of John Shirley (1535-1570) of Staunton Harold and Rakedale in Leicestershire (Matheson 1998; Harris 1983). F. 30v ' John ?Badon ' (?Badoat) in drypoint, sixteenth century. F. 101v, 'Thomas'; 'th';

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

11-30. McIntosh, A., Samuels, M. L. and Benskin, M. 1986. A Linguistic Atlas of Late Medieval English: County Dictionary , 4 vols, Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press, 4. Underhill, E., ed, 1923. The Scale of Perfection , London: John M. Watkins.

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

pyne of helle þat we ne spille. Amen'. G0rlach 1974, no. 85. pp. 29-40 South English Legendary: Life of St. John the Evangelist (IMEV 2932 ) 'Seint ion þe ewangelist þat apostel also is'. 'Bidde ffor vs þat we mote