• Detail of the upper half of the folio of the first canon table, with a zoomorphic decoration in the 'Trewhiddle Style'., Gospels, imperfect (the 'Royal Bible')

hand responsible for glossing the Vespasian Psalter, Cotton MS Vespasian A I, the oldest extant translation of Scripture into OldEnglish. 1 incipit page with miniature of an ox, the symbol of Luke, with God blessing, and an initial in

• Canon table, with a zoomorphic decoration in the 'Trewhiddle Style'., Gospels, imperfect (the 'Royal Bible')

hand responsible for glossing the Vespasian Psalter, Cotton MS Vespasian A I, the oldest extant translation of Scripture into OldEnglish. 1 incipit page with miniature of an ox, the symbol of Luke, with God blessing, and an initial in

• Detail of the upper half of the canon table, with a zoomorphic decoration in the 'Trewhiddle Style'., Gospels, imperfect (the 'Royal Bible')

hand responsible for glossing the Vespasian Psalter, Cotton MS Vespasian A I, the oldest extant translation of Scripture into OldEnglish. 1 incipit page with miniature of an ox, the symbol of Luke, with God blessing, and an initial in

• Detail of the upper half of a canon table with a zoomorphic decoration in the 'Trewhiddle Style'., Gospels, imperfect (the 'Royal Bible')

hand responsible for glossing the Vespasian Psalter, Cotton MS Vespasian A I, the oldest extant translation of Scripture into OldEnglish. 1 incipit page with miniature of an ox, the symbol of Luke, with God blessing, and an initial in

• Text page with the explicit of Matthew and the incipit of Mark in capitals, reading 'Evangelium /sec. mattheu. / explicit/ incip. evangl. / sec. marcum / feliciter'., Gospels, imperfect (the 'Royal Bible')

hand responsible for glossing the Vespasian Psalter, Cotton MS Vespasian A I, the oldest extant translation of Scripture into OldEnglish. 1 incipit page with miniature of an ox, the symbol of Luke, with God blessing, and an initial in

• Text page., Gospels, imperfect (the 'Royal Bible')

hand responsible for glossing the Vespasian Psalter, Cotton MS Vespasian A I, the oldest extant translation of Scripture into OldEnglish. 1 incipit page with miniature of an ox, the symbol of Luke, with God blessing, and an initial in

• Inscription in gold and silver on a purple background, beginning 'Hic HIS baptiza/tus est ab Iohan/ne', and relating to a lost miniature of the Baptism of Christ., Gospels, imperfect (the 'Royal Bible')

hand responsible for glossing the Vespasian Psalter, Cotton MS Vespasian A I, the oldest extant translation of Scripture into OldEnglish. 1 incipit page with miniature of an ox, the symbol of Luke, with God blessing, and an initial in

• Detail of a zoomorphic initial 'Z'(acgarias), at the beginning of the list of capitula of Luke., Gospels, imperfect (the 'Royal Bible')

hand responsible for glossing the Vespasian Psalter, Cotton MS Vespasian A I, the oldest extant translation of Scripture into OldEnglish. 1 incipit page with miniature of an ox, the symbol of Luke, with God blessing, and an initial in

• Detail of an initial 'Q'(uoniam) from the incipit page, at the beginning of Luke., Gospels, imperfect (the 'Royal Bible')

hand responsible for glossing the Vespasian Psalter, Cotton MS Vespasian A I, the oldest extant translation of Scripture into OldEnglish. 1 incipit page with miniature of an ox, the symbol of Luke, with God blessing, and an initial in

• Detail of a miniature of an ox, the symbol of Luke, with God the Father above, at the beginning of Luke., Gospels, imperfect (the 'Royal Bible')

hand responsible for glossing the Vespasian Psalter, Cotton MS Vespasian A I, the oldest extant translation of Scripture into OldEnglish. 1 incipit page with miniature of an ox, the symbol of Luke, with God blessing, and an initial in

• Text page., Gospels, imperfect (the 'Royal Bible')

hand responsible for glossing the Vespasian Psalter, Cotton MS Vespasian A I, the oldest extant translation of Scripture into OldEnglish. 1 incipit page with miniature of an ox, the symbol of Luke, with God blessing, and an initial in

• Text page., Gospels, imperfect (the 'Royal Bible')

hand responsible for glossing the Vespasian Psalter, Cotton MS Vespasian A I, the oldest extant translation of Scripture into OldEnglish. 1 incipit page with miniature of an ox, the symbol of Luke, with God blessing, and an initial in

• Decorated initial 'F'(ur in see bi west Spaynge) at the beginning of the poem, The Land of Cokaygne, which begins: 'Far out to see and west of Spain / There is a country named Cockaygne. / No place no earth compares to this / For sheer delightfulness and bliss.', The Kildare Lyrics, including the Land of Cokaygne (ff. 3-6v)

Land of Cockaygne, survives only in this manuscript. For the full text of the poem and two versions in modern English, see: <http://www.thegoldendream.com/landofcokaygne.htm> [accessed 8 September 2008]. Large initials in red with purple pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing.

• Historiated initial of a scholar, with a partial border., Miscellany, including Patefit, Electiones laudabiles, Sermo de regulis compotistarum, Canones eclipsium, Ad habendam diversitatem aspectus lune pro situ in epiciclo

from Scott together with other 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library. Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Scholar Iohannis de Ianua, Iohannes (Danck) de Saxonia and others France, Central (Paris)

• Detail of historiated initial of Christ showing his wounds, at the beginning of the Penitential Psalms., Roll of Hours (begins imperfectly)

red and blue or brown. Roll of Hours (begins imperfectly) Francis Seymour Powell (b. 1818, d. 1911), 1st Bart., Horton Old Hall, Bradford: his sale, Sotheby's, 16-20 December 1929, lot 741.Bought by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000

• Miniature of the Crucifixion with a couple in prayer, at the beginning of the Penitential Psalms., Roll of Hours (begins imperfectly)

red and blue or brown. Roll of Hours (begins imperfectly) Francis Seymour Powell (b. 1818, d. 1911), 1st Bart., Horton Old Hall, Bradford: his sale, Sotheby's, 16-20 December 1929, lot 741.Bought by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000

• Detail of historiated initial of the Annunciation to the Shepherds, at the beginning of Terce in the Hours of the Virgin., Roll of Hours (begins imperfectly)

red and blue or brown. Roll of Hours (begins imperfectly) Francis Seymour Powell (b. 1818, d. 1911), 1st Bart., Horton Old Hall, Bradford: his sale, Sotheby's, 16-20 December 1929, lot 741.Bought by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000

• Detail of historiated initial of the Adoration of the Magi, at the beginning of Sext in the Hours of the Virgin., Roll of Hours (begins imperfectly)

red and blue or brown. Roll of Hours (begins imperfectly) Francis Seymour Powell (b. 1818, d. 1911), 1st Bart., Horton Old Hall, Bradford: his sale, Sotheby's, 16-20 December 1929, lot 741.Bought by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000

• Detail of historiated initial of the Slaughter of the Innocents, at the beginning of None in the Hours of the Virgin., Roll of Hours (begins imperfectly)

red and blue or brown. Roll of Hours (begins imperfectly) Francis Seymour Powell (b. 1818, d. 1911), 1st Bart., Horton Old Hall, Bradford: his sale, Sotheby's, 16-20 December 1929, lot 741.Bought by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000

• Detail of historiated initial of the Flight into Egypt, at the beginning of Vespers in the Hours of the Virgin., Roll of Hours (begins imperfectly)

red and blue or brown. Roll of Hours (begins imperfectly) Francis Seymour Powell (b. 1818, d. 1911), 1st Bart., Horton Old Hall, Bradford: his sale, Sotheby's, 16-20 December 1929, lot 741.Bought by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000