• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) of David playing the harp, with a full foliate border containing a hybrid creature in a shell, in a lower left corner, at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter with Canticles and the Office of the Dead (The 'Princess Joan Psalter')

a shell, in a lower left corner, at the beginning of Psalm 1. 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

• Illuminated initial ‘O’(vid) on the text page facing the historiated initial., Psalter with Canticles and the Office of the Dead (The 'Princess Joan Psalter')

the historiated initial. 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 a group

• Miniature of John., Bible historiale, the early version

of John. 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 probably in two (ff. 1-284 and 285-532).Contains the early version of the Bible Historiale, a French adaptation

• Miniature of John on Patmos., Bible historiale, the early version

of John on Patmos. 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 probably in two (ff. 1-284 and 285-532).Contains the early version of the Bible Historiale, a

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixi) of David pointing to his mouth with a full foliate border, at the beginning of Psalm 38., Psalter with Canticles and the Office of the Dead (The 'Princess Joan Psalter')

border, at the beginning of Psalm 38. 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'(ixit) of the Trinity, with a full border, at the beginning of Psalm 109., Psalter with Canticles and the Office of the Dead (The 'Princess Joan Psalter')

the beginning of Psalm 109. 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'(ixit) of the Trinity, at the beginning of Psalm 109., Psalter with Canticles and the Office of the Dead (The 'Princess Joan Psalter')

the beginning of Psalm 109. 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 'B'(eatus) of David playing the harp, with a full foliate border, at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter with Canticles and the Office of the Dead (The 'Princess Joan Psalter')

foliate border, at the beginning of Psalm 1. 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.

• 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')

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. 144-149).

• 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

• Miniature of John writing, assisted by his evangelist symbol, the eagle, with an angel looking upon from an open window, with an illuminated initial 'I'(n) and a full foliate border., Book of Hours, Use of Troyes

of John writing, assisted by his evangelist symbol, the eagle, with an angel looking upon from an open window, with an illuminated initial 'I'(n) and a full foliate border. Quaternion with the Gospel Lessons misbound, in the unusual order of

• Foliate initial 'I'(n), mostly excised, at the beginning of Livy's Ab urbe condita., Ab urbe condita (third, first, and fourth decades)

4 March 1793, lot 1201, bought by Egerton for £4 14s. 6d.John Egerton, ~Catalogue of Books, including the Library of John Smeaton … and Many Other Collections~, 1794, item 1506, priced £12 12s.Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical