• Detail of a historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of David and the Fool with a full foliate border, at the beginning of Psalm 52., Psalter with Canticles and the Office of the Dead (The 'Princess Joan Psalter')

foliate border, at the beginning of Psalm 52. 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 'S'(alvum) of David in water addressing God, at the beginning of Psalm 68., Psalter with Canticles and the Office of the Dead (The 'Princess Joan Psalter')

at the beginning of Psalm 68. 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

• Historiated initial 'S'(alvum) of David in water addressing God, at the beginning of Psalm 68., Psalter with Canticles and the Office of the Dead (The 'Princess Joan Psalter')

the beginning of Psalm 68. 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

• Detail of a historiated initial 'D'(ilexi) of clerics singing a requiem over a coffin, at the beginning of Psalm 114., Psalter with Canticles and the Office of the Dead (The 'Princess Joan Psalter')

coffin, at the beginning of Psalm 114. 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).

• Historiated initial 'D'(ilexi) of clerics singing a requiem over a coffin, at the beginning of Psalm 114., Psalter with Canticles and the Office of the Dead (The 'Princess Joan Psalter')

at the beginning of Psalm 114. 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

• Inscription stating that the book was given by Thomas Besforde to the Benedictine abbey, Reading, reading 'Hunc librum dedit frat[er] Thomas Besforde Mon[a]chus Rading[ie] / fr[at]ribus claustralib[us] ad studendum; que[m] qui alienav[er]it v[e]l fraudem / de eo fecerit v[e]l violav[er]it, anathema sit. P[re]ciu[m] lx s. Orate p[ro] a[n]i[m]a ei[us].', Commentary on Wisdom

~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 7746).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Ownership inscription John Lutton John Lutton Reading England, S. E. (Reading?)

• Miniature of the Lover's Confession, of the Lover kneeling before the priest Genus., Confessio amantis (begins imperfectly)

Catherine Burghe [widow of William de Burgh, Lord Burgh], to whom it descended from her mother, Elizabeth [daughter of Sir John Blount, mistress of Henry VIII] wife, successively, of [Gilbert Talboys] Lord Talboys, and [Edward Clinton] Lord Clinton, afterwards Earl

• Decorated initial., Confessio amantis (begins imperfectly)

Catherine Burghe [widow of William de Burgh, Lord Burgh], to whom it descended from her mother, Elizabeth [daughter of Sir John Blount, mistress of Henry VIII] wife, successively, of [Gilbert Talboys] Lord Talboys, and [Edward Clinton] Lord Clinton, afterwards Earl

• Decorated initial., Confessio amantis (begins imperfectly)

Catherine Burghe [widow of William de Burgh, Lord Burgh], to whom it descended from her mother, Elizabeth [daughter of Sir John Blount, mistress of Henry VIII] wife, successively, of [Gilbert Talboys] Lord Talboys, and [Edward Clinton] Lord Clinton, afterwards Earl

• Drawing of a knight on horseback., The romance poem 'Roberte the Devyll'

Drawing of a knight on horseback. ff. i and ii are book-plates affixed to the inside upper cover; f. iii is a note by Francis Douce on paper about the manuscript affixed to a paper flyleaf; f. iv is

• Text page., Grammatical and legal tracts, letters and documents

St Edmunds (according to Arnould 1940).Part 3:Grant of land at Aldwinkle, Northamptonshire (5th July 1308) by Simon de Repindon to John de [Al]dewyncle (f. 128). 10 lines of a love song in English in a 15th century hand (f. 128v).Parts

• Text page., Grammatical and legal tracts, letters and documents

St Edmunds (according to Arnould 1940).Part 3:Grant of land at Aldwinkle, Northamptonshire (5th July 1308) by Simon de Repindon to John de [Al]dewyncle (f. 128). 10 lines of a love song in English in a 15th century hand (f. 128v).Parts

• Illuminated initial 'D'(ominica)., Processional, use of Sarum (index Processionale)

St Bartholomew's Priory, West Smithfield, London. Inscription on f. 120v names John Popham as well as two late priors of St. Bartholomew's, Reynold and Richard. Popham may refer to John Popham (b.c. 1395, d. 1463), who added a chapel to

• Puzzle initial 'T'(his) with pen-flourishing extending into the margins at the beginning of the prologue. Added 16th-century marginal decoration., The Poor Caitif (index The poor wretch; Poor Caitiff)

century: his common-profit book made from the proceeds of his estate: inscribed 'This book was maad of the goodis of John gamalin for a comy[n] p[ro]fite [th]at [tha]t p[er]soone [tha]t ha[th] [th]is book co[m]mittid to hi[m] of [th]e p[er]soone [tha]t

• Detail of flowers in the border of the folio., Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions

the Vulgate version. Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions Copied by Pieter Meghen of 's-Hertogenbosch of the diocese of Liège (b. c.1466/1467, d. 1540) for John Colet (b. c.1456, d.1519), dean of St

• Detail of a painting of a drum-beating ape, flowers, and a moth, from the borders of the folio., Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions

the Vulgate version. Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions Copied by Pieter Meghen of 's-Hertogenbosch of the diocese of Liège (b. c.1466/1467, d. 1540) for John Colet (b. c.1456, d.1519), dean of St

• Detail of a marginal painting of two men with wicker armour riding on rams, as one unseats the other in a parody of tournament., Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions

the Vulgate version. Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions Copied by Pieter Meghen of 's-Hertogenbosch of the diocese of Liège (b. c.1466/1467, d. 1540) for John Colet (b. c.1456, d.1519), dean of St

• Detail of a marginal painting of a butterfly and flowers, from the full border., Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions

the Vulgate version. Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions Copied by Pieter Meghen of 's-Hertogenbosch of the diocese of Liège (b. c.1466/1467, d. 1540) for John Colet (b. c.1456, d.1519), dean of St

• Detail of a marginal painting of a peacock among flowers, from the lower margin of the folio., Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions

the Vulgate version. Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions Copied by Pieter Meghen of 's-Hertogenbosch of the diocese of Liège (b. c.1466/1467, d. 1540) for John Colet (b. c.1456, d.1519), dean of St

• Miniature of John and the woman clothed with the sun and the dragon; miniature of John and the Beast., Bible historiale, the early version

Miniature of John and the woman clothed with the sun and the dragon; miniature of John and the Beast. Bound In four volumes: vol. 1 (ff. 1-144), vol. 2 (ff. 145-284v), vol. 3 (ff. 285-412), vol. 4 (ff. 413-532), originally