• Detail of a miniature of the Pope excommunicating the Albigensians, while on the right, the Albigensian Crusade is launched., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

with dark blue pen-flourishing. Chroniques de France ou de St Denis John(John the Good) (b. 1319, d. 1364), duke of Normandy (1332-1350), and king of France as John II (1350-1364), probably made for him before his accession to the

• Puzzle initial 'I'(nsistit) with pen-flourishing., Doctrinale fidei ecclesiae, Books 1 and 2

and 4 of the ~Doctrinale~ and was also given to the monks of Gloucester College by John Whethamstede. Together, the books were produced for John Whethamstede at a cost of £6 13s 4d.On ff. 204-205v, a brief subject index has

• 2 ownership inscriptions stating that the book belonged to John Preston, monk of St Augustine's abbey, Canterbury, and that it was included in the library of St Augustine's, reading 'Summa Magistri Johannis Dumbletone / fratris Iohannis Prestone,' and 'de librario s. Aug. ext[ra] Cantuariam distin[ctio]ne xii gradu iii'., Summa logicae et naturalis philosophiae, with an index

that the book belonged to John Preston, monk of St Augustine's abbey, Canterbury, and that it was included in the library of St Augustine's, reading 'Summa Magistri Johannis Dumbletone / fratris Iohannis Prestone,' and 'de librario s. Aug. ext[ra] Cantuariam

• Miniature of William, king of the Romans, being killed., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

with dark blue pen-flourishing. Chroniques de France ou de St Denis John(John the Good) (b. 1319, d. 1364), duke of Normandy (1332-1350), and king of France as John II (1350-1364), probably made for him before his accession to the

• Miniature of Louis IX making officers swear to his etablissements., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

with dark blue pen-flourishing. Chroniques de France ou de St Denis John(John the Good) (b. 1319, d. 1364), duke of Normandy (1332-1350), and king of France as John II (1350-1364), probably made for him before his accession to the

• Detail of a miniature of the murderers of Charles, count of Flanders, being hanged, at the beginning of chapter 20 of 'Louis VI' book., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

with dark blue pen-flourishing. Chroniques de France ou de St Denis John(John the Good) (b. 1319, d. 1364), duke of Normandy (1332-1350), and king of France as John II (1350-1364), probably made for him before his accession to the

• Detail of a miniature of Brunhilda being dragged by hands and hair behind a horse, at the beginning of chapter 20 of book 4., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

with dark blue pen-flourishing. Chroniques de France ou de St Denis John(John the Good) (b. 1319, d. 1364), duke of Normandy (1332-1350), and king of France as John II (1350-1364), probably made for him before his accession to the

• Detail of a miniature of a poor man warning Guntram, and Fredegunda ordering the mutilation of Olericus (i.e. clericus), at the beginning of chapter 23 of book 3., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

with dark blue pen-flourishing. Chroniques de France ou de St Denis John(John the Good) (b. 1319, d. 1364), duke of Normandy (1332-1350), and king of France as John II (1350-1364), probably made for him before his accession to the

• Detail of a miniature of the death of Romhilda, and her daughters saving their honour, at the beginning of chapter 24 of book 4., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

with dark blue pen-flourishing. Chroniques de France ou de St Denis John(John the Good) (b. 1319, d. 1364), duke of Normandy (1332-1350), and king of France as John II (1350-1364), probably made for him before his accession to the

• Detail of a miniature of Charlemagne taking council, at the beginning of chapter 7 of 'Charlemagne' book 3., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

with dark blue pen-flourishing. Chroniques de France ou de St Denis John(John the Good) (b. 1319, d. 1364), duke of Normandy (1332-1350), and king of France as John II (1350-1364), probably made for him before his accession to the

• Detail of a miniature of Charlemagne on his deathbed; Theodulph and Louis the Pious receiving the news; Theodulph meeting Louis the Pious, at the beginning of chapter 7 of 'Louis the Pious' book 1., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

with dark blue pen-flourishing. Chroniques de France ou de St Denis John(John the Good) (b. 1319, d. 1364), duke of Normandy (1332-1350), and king of France as John II (1350-1364), probably made for him before his accession to the

• Text page of chapter 2 of 'Charlemagne' book 4., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

with dark blue pen-flourishing. Chroniques de France ou de St Denis John(John the Good) (b. 1319, d. 1364), duke of Normandy (1332-1350), and king of France as John II (1350-1364), probably made for him before his accession to the

• Text page of chapter 8 of 'Charlemagne' book 4., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

with dark blue pen-flourishing. Chroniques de France ou de St Denis John(John the Good) (b. 1319, d. 1364), duke of Normandy (1332-1350), and king of France as John II (1350-1364), probably made for him before his accession to the

• Miniature of Roland receiving a messenger at Grenoble; Roland and his knights praying in a tent; and the slaughter of inhabitants, with a foliate initial 'P'(our), at the beginning of chapter 9 of 'Charlemagne' book 5., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

with dark blue pen-flourishing. Chroniques de France ou de St Denis John(John the Good) (b. 1319, d. 1364), duke of Normandy (1332-1350), and king of France as John II (1350-1364), probably made for him before his accession to the

• Miniature of the funeral of Roland and the punishment of Ganelon, with a foliate initial 'L'(e), at the beginning of chapter 5 of 'Charlemagne' book 5., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

with dark blue pen-flourishing. Chroniques de France ou de St Denis John(John the Good) (b. 1319, d. 1364), duke of Normandy (1332-1350), and king of France as John II (1350-1364), probably made for him before his accession to the

• Detail of a miniature of the Saracens plundering and profaning the church of St James and the punishment of the Saracens, at the beginning of chapter 10 of 'Charlemagne' book 5., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

with dark blue pen-flourishing. Chroniques de France ou de St Denis John(John the Good) (b. 1319, d. 1364), duke of Normandy (1332-1350), and king of France as John II (1350-1364), probably made for him before his accession to the

• Detail of a miniature of the funeral of Roland and the punishment of Ganelon, at the beginning of chapter 5 of 'Charlemagne' book 5., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

with dark blue pen-flourishing. Chroniques de France ou de St Denis John(John the Good) (b. 1319, d. 1364), duke of Normandy (1332-1350), and king of France as John II (1350-1364), probably made for him before his accession to the

• Puzzle initial 'B'(eatissimi) with pen-flourishing and a partial border at the beginning of Book 2., Doctrinale fidei ecclesiae, Books 1 and 2

and 4 of the ~Doctrinale~ and was also given to the monks of Gloucester College by John Whethamstede. Together, the books were produced for John Whethamstede at a cost of £6 13s 4d.On ff. 204-205v, a brief subject index has

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of a martyrdom of John the Evangelist with a fool in the margin, at the beginning of Psalm 52., Psalter, with a calendar (ff. 2-6v); Psalms (ff. 7-187); canticles and prayers (ff. 187-204v); litany, petitions, and collects (ff. 204v-209)

his signature; possibly obtained from his estate by Ives. Cf. Paul Grinke, 'John Ives and the LIbrary of 'Honest' Tom Martin', ~in The Warden's Meeting: A Tribute to John Sparrow~ (Oxford: Oxford University Society of Bibliophiles, 1977), pp. 39-42 (p.

• Miniature of Louis IX receiving the Crown of Thorns and other relics from Constantinople., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

with dark blue pen-flourishing. Chroniques de France ou de St Denis John(John the Good) (b. 1319, d. 1364), duke of Normandy (1332-1350), and king of France as John II (1350-1364), probably made for him before his accession to the