• Detail of a miniature of Durandus de Campania presenting the book to Jeanne de Navarre, with a foliate initial 'S'(elon) and a full border, at the beginning of the text., Speculum dominarum (Le Miroir des Dames)

a crown (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 11.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Jeanne de

• Miniature of Durandus de Campania presenting the book to Jeanne de Navarre, with a foliate initial 'S'(elon) and a full border, at the beginning of the text., Speculum dominarum (Le Miroir des Dames)

a crown (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 11.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Jeanne de

• Puzzle initial ‘A’(u), at the beginning of part II., Speculum dominarum (Le Miroir des Dames)

a crown (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 11.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Puzzle initial

• Colophon reading 'Ce livre est accompli et achive / le vendredi ixe jour de juil/let lan mil iiiic. xxviii. / deo gracias'., Speculum dominarum (Le Miroir des Dames)

a crown (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 11.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Colophon Durandus

• Drawing of a battle between mounted knights., Chanson d'Aspremont, imperfect

According to Hunt 1987, one of three thirteenth-century English manuscripts with secular romance illustrations. 45 pen drawings and fragments of 2 more, with a wash of green, and often red, or sometimes yellow and/or blue, often of knights on horseback

• Tables for determining the dominical letter and the golden number for the year 1425, and on the right, an illuminated initial 'M'(agna) at the beginning of the Speculum Christiani., Theological miscellany, entitled 'Speculum Christiani', including prayers and poetry in English, with dominical tables

in blue. Line-fillers in blue. Highlighting of letters in yellow. Theological miscellany, entitled 'Speculum Christiani', including prayers and poetry in English, with dominical tables ? Former shelfmark 'LLb No. 14' on a former pastedown (f. 1); f. 85 is also

• Puzzle initial 'A' with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of the Register book of the Infirmary of the Abbey of St Edmundsbury called Ikworth., Register book of the Infirmary of the abbey of St Edmund, Bury

locis pertinentibus officio Infirmarii monasterii Sancti Edmundi factum anno Domini 1425 Dompno Thoma Ikworth tunc infirmario existente' (f. 4).Inscription in English, 15th-century, followed by 'John / mens est iste liber' (f. 1).Charles Batteley, 1698: mentioned by Ducarel (see below).James West

• null, Register book of the Infirmary of the abbey of St Edmund, Bury

locis pertinentibus officio Infirmarii monasterii Sancti Edmundi factum anno Domini 1425 Dompno Thoma Ikworth tunc infirmario existente' (f. 4).Inscription in English, 15th-century, followed by 'John / mens est iste liber' (f. 1).Charles Batteley, 1698: mentioned by Ducarel (see below).James West

• Illuminated initial 'M'(agna) at the beginning of the Speculum Christiani., Theological miscellany, entitled 'Speculum Christiani', including prayers and poetry in English, with dominical tables

in blue. Line-fillers in blue. Highlighting of letters in yellow. Theological miscellany, entitled 'Speculum Christiani', including prayers and poetry in English, with dominical tables ? Former shelfmark 'LLb No. 14' on a former pastedown (f. 1); f. 85 is also

• Tables for determining the dominical letter and the golden number for the year 1425., Theological miscellany, entitled 'Speculum Christiani', including prayers and poetry in English, with dominical tables

in blue. Line-fillers in blue. Highlighting of letters in yellow. Theological miscellany, entitled 'Speculum Christiani', including prayers and poetry in English, with dominical tables ? Former shelfmark 'LLb No. 14' on a former pastedown (f. 1); f. 85 is also

• Historiated initial 'R' with Richard II, combined with a full foliate bar border, at the beginning of his statutes., Nova Statuta (index Statuta Angliae, Statute book, Statutes of England), for the reign of Edward III (r. 1327-1377)(ff. 11-140v), Richard II (r. 1377-1399)(ff. 141-218), Henry IV (r. 1399-1413)(ff. 219-265v), Henry V (r. 1413-1422) (ff. 265v-289v), to 15 Henry VI (r. 1422-1461, 1470-1471)(ff. 289v-338v)

historiated initials in colours and gold combined with a full foliate bar border including acanthus leaves and foliate feathering, of English kings (ff. 11, 141, 219, 265v, and 289v). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red or blue.

• Historiated initial 'H' with Henry IV, combined with a full foliate bar border, at the beginning of his statutes., Nova Statuta (index Statuta Angliae, Statute book, Statutes of England), for the reign of Edward III (r. 1327-1377)(ff. 11-140v), Richard II (r. 1377-1399)(ff. 141-218), Henry IV (r. 1399-1413)(ff. 219-265v), Henry V (r. 1413-1422) (ff. 265v-289v), to 15 Henry VI (r. 1422-1461, 1470-1471)(ff. 289v-338v)

historiated initials in colours and gold combined with a full foliate bar border including acanthus leaves and foliate feathering, of English kings (ff. 11, 141, 219, 265v, and 289v). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red or blue.

• Text page., Nova Statuta (index Statuta Angliae, Statute book, Statutes of England), for the reign of Edward III (r. 1327-1377)(ff. 11-140v), Richard II (r. 1377-1399)(ff. 141-218), Henry IV (r. 1399-1413)(ff. 219-265v), Henry V (r. 1413-1422) (ff. 265v-289v), to 15 Henry VI (r. 1422-1461, 1470-1471)(ff. 289v-338v)

historiated initials in colours and gold combined with a full foliate bar border including acanthus leaves and foliate feathering, of English kings (ff. 11, 141, 219, 265v, and 289v). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red or blue.

• Historiated initial 'A' with Henry VI, combined with a full foliate bar border, at the beginning of his statutes., Nova Statuta (index Statuta Angliae, Statute book, Statutes of England), for the reign of Edward III (r. 1327-1377)(ff. 11-140v), Richard II (r. 1377-1399)(ff. 141-218), Henry IV (r. 1399-1413)(ff. 219-265v), Henry V (r. 1413-1422) (ff. 265v-289v), to 15 Henry VI (r. 1422-1461, 1470-1471)(ff. 289v-338v)

historiated initials in colours and gold combined with a full foliate bar border including acanthus leaves and foliate feathering, of English kings (ff. 11, 141, 219, 265v, and 289v). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red or blue.

• Historiated initial with king Edward III (r. 1327-1377) combined with a full foliate bar border at the beginning of his statutes., Nova Statuta (index Statuta Angliae, Statute book, Statutes of England), for the reign of Edward III (r. 1327-1377)(ff. 11-140v), Richard II (r. 1377-1399)(ff. 141-218), Henry IV (r. 1399-1413)(ff. 219-265v), Henry V (r. 1413-1422) (ff. 265v-289v), to 15 Henry VI (r. 1422-1461, 1470-1471)(ff. 289v-338v)

historiated initials in colours and gold combined with a full foliate bar border including acanthus leaves and foliate feathering, of English kings (ff. 11, 141, 219, 265v, and 289v). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red or blue.

• Diagrams of solar and lunar eclipses in a physician's folding almanac., Physician's folding almanac, including John Somer's 'Calendar' (ff. 3-6), eclipse canon (f. 7), diagrams of solar and lunar eclipses from 1431 to 1462 (ff. 8-10)

the 'Kalendarium' of John Somer (d. in or after 1409), Franciscan friar at Bridgwater and astronomer.One of 29 English folding almanacs, of which 10 are in the British Library: see Carey 2003. Initials in gold on background of blue and

• Detail of diagrams of solar and lunar eclipses from 1431 to 1462., Physician's folding almanac, including John Somer's 'Calendar' (ff. 3-6), eclipse canon (f. 7), diagrams of solar and lunar eclipses from 1431 to 1462 (ff. 8-10)

on the 'Kalendarium' of John Somer (d. in or after 1409), Franciscan friar at Bridgwater and astronomer.One of 29 English folding almanacs, of which 10 are in the British Library: see Carey 2003. Initials in gold on background of blue

• Physician's folding almanac., Physician's folding almanac, including John Somer's 'Calendar' (ff. 3-6), eclipse canon (f. 7), diagrams of solar and lunar eclipses from 1431 to 1462 (ff. 8-10)

Somer (d. in or after 1409), Franciscan friar at Bridgwater and astronomer.One of 29 English folding almanacs, of which 10 are in the British Library: see Carey 2003. Initials in gold on background of blue and light purple with black

• Illuminated initial 'S' in gold with purple pen-flourishing in the shape of leaves, with paraphs., Miscellany of devotional works in prose and verse

and English in a cursive hand of the 15th century.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666 (f.14v or f.15).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old

• Illuminated initial 'S'(eynte) in gold with purple pen-flourishing in the shape of leaves, with paraphs., Miscellany of devotional works in prose and verse

and English in a cursive hand of the 15th century.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666 (f.14v or f.15).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old