• Detail of a genealogy of the Holland family., Lectionary, imperfect (the 'Lovell Lectionary')

family. ff. 1-3 are paper leaves.The name John Siferwas occurs in the Sherborne Missal with 'Illuminator': see Scoft 1996 p. 62. Large miniature in colours of the patron, Lord Lovell (f. 4v). Smaller miniatures or historiated initials with full inhabited

• Detail of a miniature of the presentation of the text to the king, or alternatively, the admission of the king and leading courtiers into the confraternity of St Edmund, an event described in the poem, and illuminated initial., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

king and leading courtiers into the confraternity of St Edmund, an event described in the poem, and illuminated initial. John Lydgate (probably from Lidgate or Lydgate, 10 miles from Bury), a monk of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, translated

• Partialy repainted miniature of Jean, duke of Berry receiving the book from the author, Honoré Bouvet, in a prior's habit with a blue hood, with a full border with Jean's arms, and a foliate initial 'A'( la sainte), at the beginning of the dedicatory letter to Charles VI of France., L'Arbre des batailles

beginning 'Je may pouoir de vivre en joye...', and 'Triste playsir et doloureuse joye...', 15th century (f. 165). John Gamston (or John of Gamston, Nottinghamshire): inscribed with his name, 'Iste liber constat Joh[an]i Gamston[i] generoso', early 16th century (f. 164v).Henry

• Miniature of Edmund appearing to Ailwyn, and Ailwyn sending a message to king Sweyn., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

Ailwyn sending a message to king Sweyn. John Lydgate (probably from Lidgate or Lydgate, 10 miles from Bury), a monk of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, translated this work on the life of king Edmund and his cousin Fremund

• Miniature of Edmund impaling Sweyn., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

Edmund impaling Sweyn. John Lydgate (probably from Lidgate or Lydgate, 10 miles from Bury), a monk of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, translated this work on the life of king Edmund and his cousin Fremund from Latin into English

• Miniature of penitential knights at Edmund's shrine., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

knights at Edmund's shrine. John Lydgate (probably from Lidgate or Lydgate, 10 miles from Bury), a monk of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, translated this work on the life of king Edmund and his cousin Fremund from Latin into

• Miniature of a priest's house burning and Ailwyn's entry at Cripplegate., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

burning and Ailwyn's entry at Cripplegate. John Lydgate (probably from Lidgate or Lydgate, 10 miles from Bury), a monk of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, translated this work on the life of king Edmund and his cousin Fremund from

• Miniature of a woman being pulled from Edmund's shrine., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

being pulled from Edmund's shrine. John Lydgate (probably from Lidgate or Lydgate, 10 miles from Bury), a monk of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, translated this work on the life of king Edmund and his cousin Fremund from Latin

• Decorated initial 'A', at the beginning of the Tract against clerks., Tract against clerks (ends imperfectly)

in colours and gold (f. 4). Tract against clerks (ends imperfectly) Unidentified owner, 18th century: note attributing the tract to John Wycliffe (f. 1v). Thomas Thorpe, London bookseller: catalogue 1836, no. 1359; bought by Phillipps.Sir Thomas Phillipps (b. 1792, d.

• Miniature of the Temptation of Adam and Eve, with the banner of Edmund, preceding a prefatory poem called 'The Banner of St. Edmund', which mentions the Fall in the opening lines., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

prefatory poem called 'The Banner of St. Edmund', which mentions the Fall in the opening lines. John Lydgate (probably from Lidgate or Lydgate, 10 miles from Bury), a monk of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, translated this work on

• Illuminated miniature of three crowns of the arms of Bury St. Edmunds., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

the arms of Bury St. Edmunds. John Lydgate (probably from Lidgate or Lydgate, 10 miles from Bury), a monk of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, translated this work on the life of king Edmund and his cousin Fremund from

• Miniature of Henry VI praying at the shrine of king Edmund at Bury St Edmunds and an illuminated initial., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

king Edmund at Bury St Edmunds and an illuminated initial. John Lydgate (probably from Lidgate or Lydgate, 10 miles from Bury), a monk of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, translated this work on the life of king Edmund and

• Miniature of the presentation of the text to the king, or alternatively, the admission of the king and leading courtiers into the confraternity of St Edmund, an event described in the poem, and illuminated initial., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

and leading courtiers into the confraternity of St Edmund, an event described in the poem, and illuminated initial. John Lydgate (probably from Lidgate or Lydgate, 10 miles from Bury), a monk of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, translated this

• Miniature of Lydgate praying at the shrine of Edmund. The lines immediately above the miniature describe the scene: 'Upon my knees right thus I began to say / To the holy martyr and meekly for to pray'., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

'Upon my knees right thus I began to say / To the holy martyr and meekly for to pray'. John Lydgate (probably from Lidgate or Lydgate, 10 miles from Bury), a monk of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, translated

• Miniature of King Alkmund of Northumbria and queen Siware (Edmund's parents) with courtiers., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

and queen Siware (Edmund's parents) with courtiers. John Lydgate (probably from Lidgate or Lydgate, 10 miles from Bury), a monk of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, translated this work on the life of king Edmund and his cousin Fremund

• Historiated initial 'I'(n) with David and a lion. The adjacent text refers to the courage and prowess of Edmund's royal father., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

text refers to the courage and prowess of Edmund's royal father. John Lydgate (probably from Lidgate or Lydgate, 10 miles from Bury), a monk of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, translated this work on the life of king Edmund

• Miniature of Edmund's father king Alkmund on a pilgrimage to Rome, where a devout lady saw a bright sun shining from his breast, and in Rome, at an audience with the pope., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

a bright sun shining from his breast, and in Rome, at an audience with the pope. John Lydgate (probably from Lidgate or Lydgate, 10 miles from Bury), a monk of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, translated this work on

• Miniature of the birth of Edmund, with a nursemaid keeping the infant warm before the fire, while his mother Queen Siware is being attended in her bed., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

before the fire, while his mother Queen Siware is being attended in her bed. John Lydgate (probably from Lidgate or Lydgate, 10 miles from Bury), a monk of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, translated this work on the life

• Miniature of Offa, king of East Anglia, with others in a boat at sea on a journey to Saxony., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

in a boat at sea on a journey to Saxony. John Lydgate (probably from Lidgate or Lydgate, 10 miles from Bury), a monk of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, translated this work on the life of king Edmund and

• Miniature of the burial of king Offa of East Anglia, whose dying wish was that he should be succeeded by Edmund, son of his cousin King Alkmund of Saxony., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

that he should be succeeded by Edmund, son of his cousin King Alkmund of Saxony. John Lydgate (probably from Lidgate or Lydgate, 10 miles from Bury), a monk of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, translated this work on the