• Diagram called 'arbre de dueil' of a tree surmounted by Fortune with her wheel, with two claimants to the papacy, Clement VII and Urban VI (with erased faces); the kings of France (Charles VI) and England (Richard II); the king of Jerusalem and Naples (Louis of Anjou) and the duke of Burgundy (Philip the Bold) ; the kings of Castile and Leon (John I) and of Portugal (Ferdinand) ; and the kings of the Romans (Ferdinand) and of Hungary and Poland (Louis I the Great)., 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

• Detail of a diagram called 'arbre de dueil' of a tree surmounted by Fortune with her wheel, with two claimants to the papacy, Clement VII and Urban VI (with erased faces); the kings of France (Charles VI) and England (Richard II); the king of Jerusalem and Naples (Louis of Anjou) and the duke of Burgundy (Philip the Bold) ; the kings of Castile and Leon (John I) and of Portugal (Ferdinand) ; and the kings of the Romans (Ferdinand) and of Hungary and Poland (Louis I the Great)., 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

• Decorated initial 'W'(hen)., Testament and The reignes of the kyngis of England, A Treatise between Information and Truth; On the Death of the Earl of Northumberland; Le assemble de dyeus; Descent of the Lords Percy

two works by John Lydgate, the Troy Book, a translation from Historia destructionis Troiae of Guido delle Colonne, originally presented by Lydgate to Henry V in 1420, and the Siege of Thebes of 1421-1422.Part 3 includes: John Lydgate, Testament (ff.

• Illuminated border and initial 'A'(nno) at the beginning of the life of Christ., 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. Illuminated initial and border 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 ?)

• Illuminated border including the initial 'Q'(uoniam) with Martin of Troppau as a scribe at the beginning of his 'Chronicle of Popes and Emperors'., 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)

form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Martin of Troppau 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 ?)

• Illuminated border and initial 'P'(ost) at the beginning of the account of the reign of Augustus., 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. Illuminated border and initial 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 ?)

• Detail of a historiated initial 'Q' with the portray of Martin of Troppau as a scribe dipping his quill into an inkwell in a niche at his right, while a page that he has already written dries at his left., 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)

form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Martin of Troppau 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 ?)

• Illuminated border and initial 'P'(ost) at the beginning of the account of the reign of Augustus., 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. Illuminated border and initial 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 ?)

• Illuminated historiated initial 'I'(n) at the beginning of John, of four separate scenes: John with the head of his evangelist symbol, the Eagle; John resting against Christ at the Last Supper; John presenting a woman (the woman taken in adultery, or the woman of Samaria?) to Christ; and the Marriage Feast at Cana., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

Illuminated historiated initial 'I'(n) at the beginning of John, of four separate scenes: John with the head of his evangelist symbol, the Eagle; John resting against Christ at the Last Supper; John presenting a woman (the woman taken in adultery,

• Illuminated historiated initial 'S's of Peter and John at the beginnings of II and III John. In the left-hand one John hands a book to Peter, below which are the children who are referred to several times in the short Epistle. In the right-hand initial Peter sits writing (his keys hanging from his wrist), instructed by John., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

Illuminated historiated initial 'S's of Peter and John at the beginnings of II and III John. In the left-hand one John hands a book to Peter, below which are the children who are referred to several times in the short

• 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

• 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