• 3 incomplete initials showing the three first stages in the production of a decorated initial: in the right-hand column is a space for an initial 'T' that has not been started; to its left is a 'VD' monogram whose design has been sketched in lead point; and above this is a 'P' whose design has been inked-over., Psalter, in the Roman version (ff. 4-95), with canticles (ff. 96-104), a short litany (f. 104), a hymnal (ff. 105-128) and monastic canticles (ff. 129-135); added calendar (ff. 2,3) (the 'Bosworth Psalter')

an interlinear gloss in OldEnglish (ff. 32-33, 34, 38v, 40, 43, 54v-55, 64v-65v, 77v-87, 90-92, 101-103).The text of the Psalter was adapted for use in the Benedictine Office, according to Brown (2007). The earliest English source for the 'New

• Historiated initial 'F'(ides est substancia), added in the 14th century, of a monk kneeling before the Virgin and Child with a scroll inscribed, 'In te confidit anima mea'., Theological tracts, including the libros Dyonisii ariopagite secundum dominum Thomam abbatem sancti Andree Verselensis, Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius' De divinis nominibus (incomplete), Spectacula contemplacionis secundum assensum sex graduum, Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius' Mystica theologia, Summa aurea (Summa super sententias Petri Lombardi)

price 53s. iiii.d. (f. 4).The Benedictine abbey of St Mary and St Egwine at Evesham, Worcestershire (see above).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1019' (f. 3), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Pen-flourished initials., Theological tracts, including the libros Dyonisii ariopagite secundum dominum Thomam abbatem sancti Andree Verselensis, Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius' De divinis nominibus (incomplete), Spectacula contemplacionis secundum assensum sex graduum, Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius' Mystica theologia, Summa aurea (Summa super sententias Petri Lombardi)

price 53s. iiii.d. (f. 4).The Benedictine abbey of St Mary and St Egwine at Evesham, Worcestershire (see above).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1019' (f. 3), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Text page., Theological tracts, including the libros Dyonisii ariopagite secundum dominum Thomam abbatem sancti Andree Verselensis, Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius' De divinis nominibus (incomplete), Spectacula contemplacionis secundum assensum sex graduum, Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius' Mystica theologia, Summa aurea (Summa super sententias Petri Lombardi)

price 53s. iiii.d. (f. 4).The Benedictine abbey of St Mary and St Egwine at Evesham, Worcestershire (see above).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1019' (f. 3), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Pen-flourished initial 'D'(e)., Epistola Dyonisii ad Polycarpum (f. 1v), added subject index preceding Pseudo-Dionysius' Mystica theologia (ff. 47v-51), sections of William of Auxerre's Summa aurea (Summa super sententias Petri Lombardi) added to fill lacunae (ff. 80-81, 127-158v)

price 53s. iiii.d. (f. 4).The Benedictine abbey of St Mary and St Egwine at Evesham, Worcestershire (see above).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1019' (f. 3), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Puzzle initial 'P'(ost)., Epistola Dyonisii ad Polycarpum (f. 1v), added subject index preceding Pseudo-Dionysius' Mystica theologia (ff. 47v-51), sections of William of Auxerre's Summa aurea (Summa super sententias Petri Lombardi) added to fill lacunae (ff. 80-81, 127-158v)

price 53s. iiii.d. (f. 4).The Benedictine abbey of St Mary and St Egwine at Evesham, Worcestershire (see above).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1019' (f. 3), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Initial 'D'(olor) with foliate decoration at the beginning of the Sermons of Ephraim Syrus., Sermons, theological and historical works

Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71 (f. 4v) and in the 1698 catalogue

• Coloured initial 'G'(loria) and rubric., Sermons, theological and historical works

Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71 (f. 4v) and in the 1698 catalogue

• Initial 'R'(ogo) with decoration extended with the outline of a man's head in profile., Sermons, theological and historical works

Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71 (f. 4v) and in the 1698 catalogue

• Historiated initial 'I'(n principio) of the Days of Creation, at the beginning of Genesis., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (imperfect)

1642 (see Warner, Gilson, 1921, p. 14) (f. 1).Notes in English, 17th century? (ff. 277v, 423).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Days of Creation France, Central France, Central (Paris)

• Detail of a historiated initial 'I'(n principio) of the Days of Creation with three medallions, of the creation of fishes, of the creation of man and woman, and of God the Creator, at the beginning of Genesis., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (imperfect)

1642 (see Warner, Gilson, 1921, p. 14) (f. 1).Notes in English, 17th century? (ff. 277v, 423).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Days of Creation France, Central France, Central (Paris)

• Detail of a historiated initial 'I'(n principio) of the Days of Creation with four medallions, of the creation of fishes, of the creation of man and woman, of God the Creator, and of the Crucifixion, at the beginning of Genesis., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (imperfect)

1642 (see Warner, Gilson, 1921, p. 14) (f. 1).Notes in English, 17th century? (ff. 277v, 423).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Days of Creation France, Central France, Central (Paris)

• Pen-flourished initial 'E'(rat) with an I-border, at the beginning of Ruth 2:1., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (imperfect)

in 1642 (see Warner, Gilson, 1921, p. 14) (f. 1).Notes in English, 17th century? (ff. 277v, 423).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text page France, Central France, Central (Paris)

• Historiated initial 'F'(uit vir) of Elkanah and Hannah praying before an altar, at the beginning of 1 Kings., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (imperfect)

1642 (see Warner, Gilson, 1921, p. 14) (f. 1).Notes in English, 17th century? (ff. 277v, 423).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Elkanah and Hannah France, Central France, Central (Paris)

• Detail of a historiated initial 'F'(uit vir) of Elkanah and Hannah praying before an altar, at the beginning of 1 Kings., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (imperfect)

1642 (see Warner, Gilson, 1921, p. 14) (f. 1).Notes in English, 17th century? (ff. 277v, 423).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Elkanah and Hannah France, Central France, Central (Paris)

• Historiated initial 'F'(actum est) of David ordering the beheading of the Amalekite, at the beginning of 2 Kings., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (imperfect)

horse in 1642 (see Warner, Gilson, 1921, p. 14) (f. 1).Notes in English, 17th century? (ff. 277v, 423).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. David France, Central France, Central (Paris)

• Detail of a historiated initial 'F'(actum est) of David ordering the beheading of the Amalekite, at the beginning of 2 Kings., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (imperfect)

horse in 1642 (see Warner, Gilson, 1921, p. 14) (f. 1).Notes in English, 17th century? (ff. 277v, 423).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. David France, Central France, Central (Paris)

• Historiated initial 'E'(t rex) of Abisag being brought before the bed-ridden David, at the beginning of 3 Kings., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (imperfect)

1642 (see Warner, Gilson, 1921, p. 14) (f. 1).Notes in English, 17th century? (ff. 277v, 423).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Abisag before David France, Central France, Central (Paris)

• Detail of a historiated initial 'E'(t rex) of Abisag being brought before the bed-ridden David, at the beginning of 3 Kings., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (imperfect)

1642 (see Warner, Gilson, 1921, p. 14) (f. 1).Notes in English, 17th century? (ff. 277v, 423).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Abisag and David France, Central France, Central (Paris)

• Historiated initial 'P'(revaricatus est) of Ahaziah falling from a tower, at the beginning of 4 Kings., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (imperfect)

horse in 1642 (see Warner, Gilson, 1921, p. 14) (f. 1).Notes in English, 17th century? (ff. 277v, 423).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Ahaziah France, Central France, Central (Paris)