• Miniature of the battle of English and French at Castillon-sur-Dordogne, with a partial border and a foliate initial 'O'(udict)., Grandes Chroniques de France (Chronique de Charles VII)

17th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 12v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Battle at

• Text page with a note referring to a fragment beginning, 'Gif hwa smeað hwæt se moyses wære…', which is not found in other manuscripts of Aelfric's Homilies., Catholic Homilies

be identified with Robert Beale, clerk to the Council c. 1572-1601: inscribed with his name (f. 4).Both parts:The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James’s Palace (see [Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi

• Detail of a miniature of the battle of English and French at Castillon-sur-Dordogne., Grandes Chroniques de France (Chronique de Charles VII)

17th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 12v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Battle at

• Miniature of English soldiers scaling ladders at the walls of Montpin, Chroniques, volume 2

in 1494. The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 9.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Attack

• Detail of a miniature of Breton troops fighting with English assailants., Chroniques

in 1494. The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 10.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Battle

• Text page with manumissions in Latin and Old English., Bodmin Gospels (St Petroc Gospels); records of grants of manumission in Old English and Latin added on blank leaves and in margins (ff. 1, 8, 13, 141)

Text page with manumissions in Latin and OldEnglish. The text of the Gospels displays Irish variants with interpolation of Mass formulae common in Breton Gospel books (see Cohen and Teviotdale 2002). The punctuation is unusual, and is similar to

• Text page with manumissions in Old English and Latin., Bodmin Gospels (St Petroc Gospels); records of grants of manumission in Old English and Latin added on blank leaves and in margins (ff. 1, 8, 13, 141)

Text page with manumissions in OldEnglish and Latin. The text of the Gospels displays Irish variants with interpolation of Mass formulae common in Breton Gospel books (see Cohen and Teviotdale 2002). The punctuation is unusual, and is similar to

• Book plates, inscriptions and note about purchase of the manuscript by Sir Thomas Mostyn in 1692., Gospel Book (the 'Thorney Gospels') with Eusebian canon tables (ff. 4v-9v); added Liber Vitae (ff. 1v-4, 9v-11,12) and list of relics (f. 11v) of Thorney Abbey

miniatures.There are some 50 pencilled or scratched interlinear glosses in OldEnglish in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke dating from the beginning of the 10th century. An OldEnglish inscription of the 2nd half of the 11th century refers

• Later list of Anglo-Norman names entered in the Thorney Liber Vitae., Gospel Book (the 'Thorney Gospels') with Eusebian canon tables (ff. 4v-9v); added Liber Vitae (ff. 1v-4, 9v-11,12) and list of relics (f. 11v) of Thorney Abbey

miniatures.There are some 50 pencilled or scratched interlinear glosses in OldEnglish in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke dating from the beginning of the 10th century. An OldEnglish inscription of the 2nd half of the 11th century refers

• Canon tables with columns in colours and with foliate capitals., Gospel Book (the 'Thorney Gospels') with Eusebian canon tables (ff. 4v-9v); added Liber Vitae (ff. 1v-4, 9v-11,12) and list of relics (f. 11v) of Thorney Abbey

miniatures.There are some 50 pencilled or scratched interlinear glosses in OldEnglish in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke dating from the beginning of the 10th century. An OldEnglish inscription of the 2nd half of the 11th century refers

• 12th-century list of relics at Thorney abbey with title: 'Hec sunt nomina sanctorum Thornensi cenobio requiescentium'., Gospel Book (the 'Thorney Gospels') with Eusebian canon tables (ff. 4v-9v); added Liber Vitae (ff. 1v-4, 9v-11,12) and list of relics (f. 11v) of Thorney Abbey

miniatures.There are some 50 pencilled or scratched interlinear glosses in OldEnglish in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke dating from the beginning of the 10th century. An OldEnglish inscription of the 2nd half of the 11th century refers

• Full page-length initial 'I'(nitium) at the beginning of Mark's Gospel., Gospel Book (the 'Thorney Gospels') with Eusebian canon tables (ff. 4v-9v); added Liber Vitae (ff. 1v-4, 9v-11,12) and list of relics (f. 11v) of Thorney Abbey

miniatures.There are some 50 pencilled or scratched interlinear glosses in OldEnglish in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke dating from the beginning of the 10th century. An OldEnglish inscription of the 2nd half of the 11th century refers

• Full page initial 'L'(iber) at the beginning of Matthew's Gospel with zig-zag pattern, geometric and foliate decoration., Gospel Book (the 'Thorney Gospels') with Eusebian canon tables (ff. 4v-9v); added Liber Vitae (ff. 1v-4, 9v-11,12) and list of relics (f. 11v) of Thorney Abbey

miniatures.There are some 50 pencilled or scratched interlinear glosses in OldEnglish in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke dating from the beginning of the 10th century. An OldEnglish inscription of the 2nd half of the 11th century refers

• Large decorated initial 'Q'(uoniam) at the beginning of Luke's Gospel., Gospel Book (the 'Thorney Gospels') with Eusebian canon tables (ff. 4v-9v); added Liber Vitae (ff. 1v-4, 9v-11,12) and list of relics (f. 11v) of Thorney Abbey

miniatures.There are some 50 pencilled or scratched interlinear glosses in OldEnglish in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke dating from the beginning of the 10th century. An OldEnglish inscription of the 2nd half of the 11th century refers

• Miniature of a naval battle between English and Flemings at the Battle of Sluys., Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre

Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 43.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Naval battle between

• Detail of a miniature of a naval battle between English and Flemings at the Battle of Sluys., Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre

Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 43.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Naval battle between

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'H'(ere) with the arms of Anne Neville, wife of Richard III, at the beginning of book 3., De re militari (the Book of Vegecye of Dedes of Knyghthode)

out / of latyn in to english at the orden[a]unce and / bidding of the worthy and worshipfull lord / Sire Thomas of Berkeley . . . This boke was t[ra]nslate / in to English in the vigill of all

• Illuminated initial 'H'(ere) with the royal arms of England supported by boars and surmounted by a crown, with a full border containing the griffin of Salisbury in the lower margin, at the beginning of book 1., De re militari (the Book of Vegecye of Dedes of Knyghthode)

out / of latyn in to english at the orden[a]unce and / bidding of the worthy and worshipfull lord / Sire Thomas of Berkeley . . . This boke was t[ra]nslate / in to English in the vigill of all

• Illuminated initial 'H'(ere) with the arms of Anne Neville, wife of Richard III, with a full border, at the beginning of book 3., De re militari (the Book of Vegecye of Dedes of Knyghthode)

out / of latyn in to english at the orden[a]unce and / bidding of the worthy and worshipfull lord / Sire Thomas of Berkeley . . . This boke was t[ra]nslate / in to English in the vigill of all

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'H'(ere) with the royal arms of England supported by boars and surmounted by a crown., De re militari (the Book of Vegecye of Dedes of Knyghthode)

out / of latyn in to english at the orden[a]unce and / bidding of the worthy and worshipfull lord / Sire Thomas of Berkeley . . . This boke was t[ra]nslate / in to English in the vigill of all