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Paul the hermit, Lives of the Saints (British Library Royal 20 D VI, fol. 195v), 2nd quarter of the 13th century A hermit exhorts Lancelot, Lancelot cycle (Digby 223, fol. 118r), end of the 13th century Lancelot confesses to the hermit, Lancelot Cycle (Douce 215, fol. 14r), c. 1300 Lancelot and the hermit, Lancelot Cycle (Ashmole 828, fol. 66r), beginning of the 14th century The Smithfield Decretals (Royal 10 E IV), c. 1300-1340: fols. 113v, 114r, 114v, 115r, 115v, 116r, 116v, 117r, 117v, 118r, 118v, 127r, 129r, 129v, 130r, 130v, 131r, 131v, 132r, 132v, 133r, 133v, 134r, 134v, 135r, 135v, 136r, 136v An angel delivers a child to a hermit to be nurtured, the Queen Mary Psalter (British Library Royal 2 B VII, fol. 209r), 1310-1320 Lancelot-Grail prose cycle (British Library Royal 14 E III), c. 1315-1325: fols. 3r, 6v, 91v, 109r, 123v Lancelot with a hermit putting his grandfather's head, which he has taken out of the water of the boiling spring, into the tomb with his body, Lancelot du Lac (British Library Additional 10293, fol. 335), c. 1316 Lancelot meets a hermit in the forest near Dolereuse Chartre, where the hermit had ministered to Galegantin and Lohot (fol. 40v), Lancelot leaves the hermit (fol. 47v), Bohort bids farewell to the hermit who blesses him (fol. 205r), the hermit preaches to Lancelot and urges him to repent his sins (fol. 334v), Romance of Lancelot du Lac (Rawl. q. b. 6), c. 1320-1330 The Taymouth Hours (British Library Yates Thompson 13), 2nd quarter of the 14th century: fols. 157r, 158r, 167r, 175v, 176r, 177r, 177v, 178r Ansoald meeting the hermit, Les grandes chroniques de France (British Library Royal 16 G VI, fol. 110r), 1332-1350 The emperor, following the lion and encountering the hermit, Continuations of the Roman des sept sages (British Library Harley 4903, fol. 93), 2nd quarter of the 14th century The hermit to whom the abbess's child is to be entrusted, the Bohun Psalter and Hours (Auct. D. 4. 4, fol. 188v), c. 1370-1380 The conversion of a harlot in Rome through the exhortations of a hermit, the Vernon Miracles (Eng. poet. a. 1, fol. 124v), c. 1390-1400 Richard Rolle and another hermit, various treatises (Laud Misc. 528, fol. 2v), c. 1400 A grotesque hermit reads beneath a lantern, book of hours (Douce 62, fol. 105v), c. 1400 A hermit feeds a rabbit, psalter (Douce 272, fol. 32r), 3rd quarter of the 15th century Unchaste abbess pardoned by the Virgin; her son given to hermit by angels (fol. 64r), abbess accused of unchastity; knights give her infant son to a hermit (fol. 107v), hermit kneels before Provost of Auileia, accompanying condemned robber (fol. 112r), a knight, unable to fill flask of water because he is impenitent, kneels before a hermit (fol. 115v), Miracles de Nostre Dame (Douce 374), c. 1456 Hermit prophesying to Arthur (fol. 149v), Lancelot meets the hermit (fol. 238v), Bors of Gannes with a hermit (fol. 244v), Roman de Tristan (PML M.41), 1468 A hermit instructing a squire, Libre del Orde de cavayleria (British Library Royal 14 E II, fol. 338r), 1475-1483 Ermengarda received by the hermit, Les anciennes chroniques de Flandres (British Library Royal 16 F III, fol. 11), 4th quarter of the 15th century Hermit with rosary and book, Portable Psalter (Liturg. 60, fol. 55v), end of the 15th century Anthony as a desert hermit, the Tilliot Hours (British Library Yates Thompson 5, fol. 117v), c. 1500 A hermit kneels, glancing upward, hands raised; behind him is his cell, the Hours of Henry VIII (PML H.8, fol. 187v), c. 1500 A hermit reading and another holding a rosary, book of hours (Douce 276, fol. 71r), beginning of the 16th century A hermit, book of hours (Douce 135, fol. 89r), 2nd quarter of the 16th century The author encounters the hermit Understanding outside his thatched stone house (fol. 7r), in the chapel of the hermit Understanding (fol. 8v), and the author receives the lance Governance from the hermit Understanding (fol. 12r), the hermit Understanding counsels the author in preparation for death (fol. 55v), Le Chevalier délibéré (Douce 168), middle of the 16th century

Hermits

Paul the hermit, Lives of the Saints (British Library Royal 20 D VI, fol. 195v), 2nd quarter of the 13th century
A hermit exhorts Lancelot, Lancelot cycle (Digby 223, fol. 118r), end of the 13th century
Lancelot confesses to the hermit, Lancelot Cycle (Douce 215, fol. 14r), c. 1300
Lancelot and the hermit, Lancelot Cycle (Ashmole 828, fol. 66r), beginning of the 14th century
The Smithfield Decretals (Royal 10 E IV), c. 1300-1340: fols. 113v, 114r, 114v, 115r, 115v, 116r, 116v, 117r, 117v, 118r, 118v, 127r, 129r, 129v, 130r, 130v, 131r, 131v, 132r, 132v, 133r, 133v, 134r, 134v, 135r, 135v, 136r, 136v
An angel delivers a child to a hermit to be nurtured, the Queen Mary Psalter (British Library Royal 2 B VII, fol. 209r), 1310-1320
Lancelot-Grail prose cycle (British Library Royal 14 E III), c. 1315-1325: fols. 3r, 6v, 91v, 109r, 123v
Lancelot with a hermit putting his grandfather's head, which he has taken out of the water of the boiling spring, into the tomb with his body, Lancelot du Lac (British Library Additional 10293, fol. 335), c. 1316
Lancelot meets a hermit in the forest near Dolereuse Chartre, where the hermit had ministered to Galegantin and Lohot (fol. 40v), Lancelot leaves the hermit (fol. 47v), Bohort bids farewell to the hermit who blesses him (fol. 205r), the hermit preaches to Lancelot and urges him to repent his sins (fol. 334v), Romance of Lancelot du Lac (Rawl. q. b. 6), c. 1320-1330
The Taymouth Hours (British Library Yates Thompson 13), 2nd quarter of the 14th century: fols. 157r, 158r, 167r, 175v, 176r, 177r, 177v, 178r
Ansoald meeting the hermit, Les grandes chroniques de France (British Library Royal 16 G VI, fol. 110r), 1332-1350
The emperor, following the lion and encountering the hermit, Continuations of the Roman des sept sages (British Library Harley 4903, fol. 93), 2nd quarter of the 14th century
The hermit to whom the abbess's child is to be entrusted, the Bohun Psalter and Hours (Auct. D. 4. 4, fol. 188v), c. 1370-1380
The conversion of a harlot in Rome through the exhortations of a hermit, the Vernon Miracles (Eng. poet. a. 1, fol. 124v), c. 1390-1400
Richard Rolle and another hermit, various treatises (Laud Misc. 528, fol. 2v), c. 1400
A grotesque hermit reads beneath a lantern, book of hours (Douce 62, fol. 105v), c. 1400
A hermit feeds a rabbit, psalter (Douce 272, fol. 32r), 3rd quarter of the 15th century
Unchaste abbess pardoned by the Virgin; her son given to hermit by angels (fol. 64r), abbess accused of unchastity; knights give her infant son to a hermit (fol. 107v), hermit kneels before Provost of Auileia, accompanying condemned robber (fol. 112r), a knight, unable to fill flask of water because he is impenitent, kneels before a hermit (fol. 115v), Miracles de Nostre Dame (Douce 374), c. 1456
Hermit prophesying to Arthur (fol. 149v), Lancelot meets the hermit (fol. 238v), Bors of Gannes with a hermit (fol. 244v), Roman de Tristan (PML M.41), 1468
A hermit instructing a squire, Libre del Orde de cavayleria (British Library Royal 14 E II, fol. 338r), 1475-1483
Ermengarda received by the hermit, Les anciennes chroniques de Flandres (British Library Royal 16 F III, fol. 11), 4th quarter of the 15th century
Hermit with rosary and book, Portable Psalter (Liturg. 60, fol. 55v), end of the 15th century
Anthony as a desert hermit, the Tilliot Hours (British Library Yates Thompson 5, fol. 117v), c. 1500
A hermit kneels, glancing upward, hands raised; behind him is his cell, the Hours of Henry VIII (PML H.8, fol. 187v), c. 1500
A hermit reading and another holding a rosary, book of hours (Douce 276, fol. 71r), beginning of the 16th century
A hermit, book of hours (Douce 135, fol. 89r), 2nd quarter of the 16th century
The author encounters the hermit Understanding outside his thatched stone house (fol. 7r), in the chapel of the hermit Understanding (fol. 8v), and the author receives the lance Governance from the hermit Understanding (fol. 12r), the hermit Understanding counsels the author in preparation for death (fol. 55v), Le Chevalier délibéré (Douce 168), middle of the 16th century