• Miniature of Margaret emerging from the back of a camel-like dragon faceing the text of a prayer to St Margaret., Added prayers to saints

of Anne of York.Part 2:Margaret Beauchamp (b. 1405/6, d. 1482), duchess of Somerset, daughter of John Beauchamp of Bletsoe, married to Sir Oliver St John,John Beaufort, and Lionel de Welles, 6th Baron Welles, probably made for her before 1443:

• Detail of the kneeling donor., Added prayers to saints

of Anne of York.Part 2:Margaret Beauchamp (b. 1405/6, d. 1482), duchess of Somerset, daughter of John Beauchamp of Bletsoe, married to Sir Oliver St John,John Beaufort, and Lionel de Welles, 6th Baron Welles, probably made for her before 1443:

• Miniature of the Annunciation, facing the text of a prayer to the Virgin., Added prayers to saints

of Anne of York.Part 2:Margaret Beauchamp (b. 1405/6, d. 1482), duchess of Somerset, daughter of John Beauchamp of Bletsoe, married to Sir Oliver St John,John Beaufort, and Lionel de Welles, 6th Baron Welles, probably made for her before 1443:

• Detail of a historiated initial 'D'(ominus) of David kneeling and pointing to his eye, at the beginning of Psalm 26., Psalter with Canticles and the Office of the Dead (The 'Princess Joan Psalter')

eye, at the beginning of Psalm 26. Part 2 contains a preface by John Somer (ff. 1-2v), and a calendar (ff. 3v-9). The Psalter section (Part 1) includes a litany (ff. 138-143) and the Office of the Dead (ff. 144-149).

• Illuminated initial 'Q'(uemadmodum) at the beginning of Psalm 41., Psalter with Canticles and the Office of the Dead (The 'Princess Joan Psalter')

Psalm 41. Part 2 contains a preface by John Somer (ff. 1-2v), and a calendar (ff. 3v-9). The Psalter section (Part 1) includes a litany (ff. 138-143) and the Office of the Dead (ff. 144-149). Associated with a group of

• Text page of Psalm 77:19, with pen-flourished initials., Psalter with Canticles and the Office of the Dead (The 'Princess Joan Psalter')

initials. Part 2 contains a preface by John Somer (ff. 1-2v), and a calendar (ff. 3v-9). The Psalter section (Part 1) includes a litany (ff. 138-143) and the Office of the Dead (ff. 144-149). Associated with a group of Psalters:

• Detail of a historiated initial 'E'(xultate) of David playing the bells, at the beginning of Psalm 80., Psalter with Canticles and the Office of the Dead (The 'Princess Joan Psalter')

at the beginning of Psalm 80. Part 2 contains a preface by John Somer (ff. 1-2v), and a calendar (ff. 3v-9). The Psalter section (Part 1) includes a litany (ff. 138-143) and the Office of the Dead (ff. 144-149). Associated

• Detail of a historiated initial 'C'(antate) of four clerics singing from a book on a lectern, at the beginning of Psalm 97., Psalter with Canticles and the Office of the Dead (The 'Princess Joan Psalter')

a lectern, at the beginning of Psalm 97. Part 2 contains a preface by John Somer (ff. 1-2v), and a calendar (ff. 3v-9). The Psalter section (Part 1) includes a litany (ff. 138-143) and the Office of the Dead (ff.

• Detail of a historiated initial 'C'(antate) of four clerics singing from a book on a lectern, at the beginning of Psalm 97., Psalter with Canticles and the Office of the Dead (The 'Princess Joan Psalter')

a lectern, at the beginning of Psalm 97. Part 2 contains a preface by John Somer (ff. 1-2v), and a calendar (ff. 3v-9). The Psalter section (Part 1) includes a litany (ff. 138-143) and the Office of the Dead (ff.

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of two men sawing a plank with a two-handed saw., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

University of Paris (f. 4). John Batayle, a canon of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield, mentioned among other canons in a clerical subsidy roll of 1379 and named in a will of 1382, made by John Chyshull, another canon of St

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a hermit sitting outside a tavern drinking ale; the alewife approaches him with a flagon. Subsequent scenes depict the hermit fornicating with the alewife, murdering the miller who catches them, and going mad with remorse; he turns into a wild man, is ultimately forgiven for his sins, and returns to his life as a hermit., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

University of Paris (f. 4). John Batayle, a canon of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield, mentioned among other canons in a clerical subsidy roll of 1379 and named in a will of 1382, made by John Chyshull, another canon of St

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a hermit sitting outside a tavern drinking ale; the alewife approaches him with a flagon. Subsequent scenes depict the hermit fornicating with the alewife, murdering the miller who catches them, and going mad with remorse; he turns into a wild man, is ultimately forgiven for his sins, and returns to his life as a hermit., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

University of Paris (f. 4). John Batayle, a canon of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield, mentioned among other canons in a clerical subsidy roll of 1379 and named in a will of 1382, made by John Chyshull, another canon of St

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a man shooting at a bird, with an owl at the top of the tree., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

University of Paris (f. 4). John Batayle, a canon of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield, mentioned among other canons in a clerical subsidy roll of 1379 and named in a will of 1382, made by John Chyshull, another canon of St

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) of David playing the harp, with a full foliate border containing a hybrid creature in a shell, in a lower left corner, at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter with Canticles and the Office of the Dead (The 'Princess Joan Psalter')

a shell, in a lower left corner, at the beginning of Psalm 1. Part 2 contains a preface by John Somer (ff. 1-2v), and a calendar (ff. 3v-9). The Psalter section (Part 1) includes a litany (ff. 138-143) and the

• Illuminated initial ‘O’(vid) on the text page facing the historiated initial., Psalter with Canticles and the Office of the Dead (The 'Princess Joan Psalter')

the historiated initial. Part 2 contains a preface by John Somer (ff. 1-2v), and a calendar (ff. 3v-9). The Psalter section (Part 1) includes a litany (ff. 138-143) and the Office of the Dead (ff. 144-149). Associated with a group

• Historiated initial 'E'(dwardus) of Edward III enthroned giving a charter to the kneeling Black Prince, at the beginning of a collection of documents relating to Black Prince's principality of Aquitaine., Collection of treaties

documents relating to the Peace of Brétigny in the name of John the Good, king of France, all bearing the date 24 October 1360, with the ratification by king John of the treaty in London in 1362, followed by the

• Miniature of the Entry into Jerusalem with a full border with the arms of the order of Saint John of Jerusalem and of Montmirail and the motto: 'Domine in te confido'., Saint mistere de la glorieuse piteuse et angoisseuse passion de notre seigneur et saulveur Ihesucrist (Treatise on the Passion of Christ)

order of the Knights Hospitallers of Saint John of Jerusalem: colophon, 'Ce liure est a frere Nicole de Montmirel, commandeur de sainct Mauluy' (f. 186); the arms of the order of Saint John of Jerusalem (gules, a cross argent), and

• Miniature of John., Bible historiale, the early version

of John. Bound In four volumes: vol. 1 (ff. 1-144), vol. 2 (ff. 145-284v), vol. 3 (ff. 285-412), vol. 4 (ff. 413-532), originally probably in two (ff. 1-284 and 285-532).Contains the early version of the Bible Historiale, a French adaptation

• Miniature of John on Patmos., Bible historiale, the early version

of John on Patmos. Bound In four volumes: vol. 1 (ff. 1-144), vol. 2 (ff. 145-284v), vol. 3 (ff. 285-412), vol. 4 (ff. 413-532), originally probably in two (ff. 1-284 and 285-532).Contains the early version of the Bible Historiale, a

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixi) of David pointing to his mouth with a full foliate border, at the beginning of Psalm 38., Psalter with Canticles and the Office of the Dead (The 'Princess Joan Psalter')

border, at the beginning of Psalm 38. Part 2 contains a preface by John Somer (ff. 1-2v), and a calendar (ff. 3v-9). The Psalter section (Part 1) includes a litany (ff. 138-143) and the Office of the Dead (ff. 144-149).