• Blank page., Motets

Scotland, and marigolds for his sister, Mary of France (f. 2).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Blank page Magister Sampson, Benedictus de Opitiis and others Antwerp Netherlands, S. (Antwerp?)

• Historiated initial 'S'(ub) of the Virgin and Child, at the beginning of a motet to the Virgin by Benedictus de Opitiis., Motets

and marigolds for his sister, Mary of France (f. 2).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Virgin and Child Magister Sampson, Benedictus de Opitiis and others Antwerp Netherlands, S. (Antwerp?)

• Illuminated initial 'Q'(uam) with a red rose and a butterfly., Motets

Scotland, and marigolds for his sister, Mary of France (f. 2).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Red rose Magister Sampson, Benedictus de Opitiis and others Antwerp Netherlands, S. (Antwerp?)

• Text page with musical notation., Motets

Scotland, and marigolds for his sister, Mary of France (f. 2).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text page Magister Sampson, Benedictus de Opitiis and others Antwerp Netherlands, S. (Antwerp?)

• Illuminated initial with a red rose., Motets

Scotland, and marigolds for his sister, Mary of France (f. 2).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Red rose Magister Sampson, Benedictus de Opitiis and others Antwerp Netherlands, S. (Antwerp?)

• Text page with musical notation., Motets

Scotland, and marigolds for his sister, Mary of France (f. 2).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text page Magister Sampson, Benedictus de Opitiis and others Antwerp Netherlands, S. (Antwerp?)

• Illuminated initial 'B'(eati)., Motets

Scotland, and marigolds for his sister, Mary of France (f. 2).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Illuminated initial Magister Sampson, Benedictus de Opitiis and others Antwerp Netherlands, S. (Antwerp?)

• Illuminated initial 'E'(cce)., Motets

Scotland, and marigolds for his sister, Mary of France (f. 2).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Illuminated initial Magister Sampson, Benedictus de Opitiis and others Antwerp Netherlands, S. (Antwerp?)

• Blank page., Motets

Scotland, and marigolds for his sister, Mary of France (f. 2).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Blank page Magister Sampson, Benedictus de Opitiis and others Antwerp Netherlands, S. (Antwerp?)

• A section of foliate border with a lozenge made up of Medicean ~bronconi~ inscribed 'GLO / VI / S' (at left of image)., Cutting from a de' Medici manuscript, probably of Leo X

21412, ff. 8-16 [box 2]. To see the Samuel Rogers Album, which originally contained all the cuttings order Add. 21412, Old Covers. 1 section of foliate border in colours and gold, with a lozenge made up of Medicean ~bronconi~ inscribed

• Miniature of the author of the chronicle, standing behind a brown scroll on which is inscribed the title of the work, in gold letters; behind him, to the left, two lions support the old arms of Burgundy, with shelves of books on the right., Chroniques abrégées des Anciens Rois et Ducs de Bourgogne

the title of the work, in gold letters; behind him, to the left, two lions support the old arms of Burgundy, with shelves of books on the right. The text is ascribed traditionally to Olivier de la Marche, but it

• Detail of a decorated initial 'S' (epe et multum) at the beginning of Cicero's De inventione, Book I., De inventione (index Rhetorica)

(see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 8469.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial Written by more than one scribe Marcus Tullius Cicero England

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(e virtute) of an abduction of a woman, at the beginning of the ~De virtute mulierum~ of Plutarch., Moralia, book 3, 19: De virtute mulierum

Angliae, Franciae, neapolis, Hierusale[mae] / et Hyberniae, fidei defensori..., Her/mannus Cruserius, Illustris ducis Iulia/censis, Clivensis et Monten/sis consiliarius/ legatus', (f. 2).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Abduction Plutarch Netherlands

• Miniature of the Crucifixion of Christ, with the Expulsion from Paradise, a Pieta with Instruments of the Passion, the Harrowing of Hell, with an added border of the 12 Apostles, by an English artist., Various prayers including indulgenced prayers, and Gospel Lessons

the Passion, the Harrowing of Hell, with an added border of the 12 Apostles, by an English artist. Contains a calendar (ff. 25-30v). The miniatures on ff. 8v, 18v, 47, 66v, 67 are copied from engravings by Martin Schongauer (see

• Miniature of the Crucifixion of Christ, with the Expulsion from Paradise, a Pieta with Instruments of the Passion, the Harrowing of Hell, with an added border of the 12 Apostles, by an English artist., Various prayers including indulgenced prayers, and Gospel Lessons

the Passion, the Harrowing of Hell, with an added border of the 12 Apostles, by an English artist. Contains a calendar (ff. 25-30v). The miniatures on ff. 8v, 18v, 47, 66v, 67 are copied from engravings by Martin Schongauer (see

• Decorated and coloured initials., Cartulary of the Cistercian abbey of Byland, imperfect

xxvii argues that the absence of Henry IV's confirmation and inspeximus suggests a date of before 1403.Inserted original award, in English, by Sir Raff Ewre and Richard Bower al. Shirley, between Byland Abbey and John Wywell, regarding rent of lands

• Large illuminated initial, with later ownership inscriptions in the lower margin., Decretals, an anonymous collection, the latest being attributed to Pope Lucius III (1181-1185), with marginal gloss

Clement III (reigned 1187-1191) (f. 23v) (ff. 18, 23). 13th-century glosses and additons that are perhaps the work of professional English canonists: see ~The Year 1200~.The imperial monastery of St. Maximin, Trier; 17th-century inscription 'Ex libris Imperialis Monastery S. Maximinj'

• Miniature of John the Baptist., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

a miniature of Eltheldreda (f. 64v) is consistent with an East Anglian patron.? Anne Boleyn: inscribed by Anne Boleyn in English 'Be daly prove you shall me fynde To be to yu bothe lovynge and kynde' (f. 66v), and King

• Miniature of Christopher., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

a miniature of Eltheldreda (f. 64v) is consistent with an East Anglian patron.? Anne Boleyn: inscribed by Anne Boleyn in English 'Be daly prove you shall me fynde To be to yu bothe lovynge and kynde' (f. 66v), and King

• Miniature of Anne with a crowned Mary holding the Christ child., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

a miniature of Eltheldreda (f. 64v) is consistent with an East Anglian patron.? Anne Boleyn: inscribed by Anne Boleyn in English 'Be daly prove you shall me fynde To be to yu bothe lovynge and kynde' (f. 66v), and King