• Historiated initial 'D'(ominus) of the Virgin and Child, with the donor, Thomas Besforde, in a Benedictine habit with a scroll reading 'In te confidit a[n]i[m]a / mea', in the margin, with a full border containing a dragon and two shields with arms of the Reading abbey (three escallops) and of the donor (a fesse between six pears)., Commentary on Wisdom

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. Virgin and Thomas Besforde John Lutton John Lutton Reading England, S. E. (Reading?)

• Decorated and illuminated initials., Canterbury Tales, imperfectly

family: entries of the births of 'Morryse Worthe ... 1564', 'Frauncis ... 1565', 'Henry 1567', and 'John ... 1574' (f. 84); and again 'John Worth (f. 106), and also 'Humfrye Worthe' (f. 38v). ? The priory of Southwick in Hamphire:

• Decorated and illuminated initials., Canterbury Tales, imperfectly

family: entries of the births of 'Morryse Worthe ... 1564', 'Frauncis ... 1565', 'Henry 1567', and 'John ... 1574' (f. 84); and again 'John Worth (f. 106), and also 'Humfrye Worthe' (f. 38v). ? The priory of Southwick in Hamphire:

• Illuminated initial, with the notes of John Ruskin in the margins., Gospel lectionary, imperfect, and in part misbound

the notes of John Ruskin in the margins. Ecphonetic notation.ff. 2-73 are misbound before, instead of after, ff. 76-155.f. i is the inside upper cover; f. ii is the inside lower cover. Small headpieces in gold. Large initials in colours

• Text page with gold initials and the marginal notes of John Ruskin., Gospel lectionary, imperfect, and in part misbound

and the marginal notes of John Ruskin. Ecphonetic notation.ff. 2-73 are misbound before, instead of after, ff. 76-155.f. i is the inside upper cover; f. ii is the inside lower cover. Small headpieces in gold. Large initials in colours and

• Text page with gold initials and on the right the notes of John Ruskin of the 'Names of the Companions accepted, forming St George's Company, March 1876'., Gospel lectionary, imperfect, and in part misbound

on the right the notes of John Ruskin of the 'Names of the Companions accepted, forming St George's Company, March 1876'. Ecphonetic notation.ff. 2-73 are misbound before, instead of after, ff. 76-155.f. i is the inside upper cover; f. ii

• Decorated initial in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales., Canterbury Tales, imperfectly

family: entries of the births of 'Morryse Worthe ... 1564', 'Frauncis ... 1565', 'Henry 1567', and 'John ... 1574' (f. 84); and again 'John Worth (f. 106), and also 'Humfrye Worthe' (f. 38v). ? The priory of Southwick in Hamphire:

• Historiated initial with the Resurrection; inscription dated 1510., Missal, Use of Utrecht?

de Someren of Utrecht, for the Church of St John Baptist, Utrecht, 1510, four Latin verses stating that Gervasius de Someren presented the manuscript in 1510 to the Church of St John Baptist: inscribed 'Annis verbgene quingentis mille peractis. Et

• Detail of a marginal miniature of three Herods, with inscriptions 'herod ascolonyt', 'herod antipa', and 'herod agrippa'., Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English

of a vessel, 15th-16th century (ff. 14v, 17v).Inscribed names of some members of the Osborne family: Harry, William, Anthony, Raff, John, and Thomas, 16th century? (f. 2).Edward Banister, recusant and patron of the arts, inscribed with his name (f. 1).John

• Detail of a marginal miniature of Mohammed holding a battle-axe, with a inscription reading, 'Macamet'., Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English

of a vessel, 15th-16th century (ff. 14v, 17v).Inscribed names of some members of the Osborne family: Harry, William, Anthony, Raff, John, and Thomas, 16th century? (f. 2).Edward Banister, recusant and patron of the arts, inscribed with his name (f. 1).John

• Detail of a marginal miniature of a dog attacking a man, with an inscription reading 'a honde strangleÞ a man'., Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English

of a vessel, 15th-16th century (ff. 14v, 17v).Inscribed names of some members of the Osborne family: Harry, William, Anthony, Raff, John, and Thomas, 16th century? (f. 2).Edward Banister, recusant and patron of the arts, inscribed with his name (f. 1).John

• Marginal miniature of a mount Syria, with an inscription reading, 'mount syry', and a miniature of the Virgin and Child, with an inscription reading, 'ymage of our lady'., Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English

of a vessel, 15th-16th century (ff. 14v, 17v).Inscribed names of some members of the Osborne family: Harry, William, Anthony, Raff, John, and Thomas, 16th century? (f. 2).Edward Banister, recusant and patron of the arts, inscribed with his name (f. 1).John

• Marginal miniature of an Amazon, with an inscription reading 'Þe lond of wymmen'., Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English

of a vessel, 15th-16th century (ff. 14v, 17v).Inscribed names of some members of the Osborne family: Harry, William, Anthony, Raff, John, and Thomas, 16th century? (f. 2).Edward Banister, recusant and patron of the arts, inscribed with his name (f. 1).John

• Marginal miniature of the tomb of Thomas, in Mabaron, with his hand holding a document, with an inscription reading, 'tumba s[anc]ti ap[osto]li Thome', and a miniature of a pilgrim, with an inscription reading, 'a pilgrime'., Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English

of a vessel, 15th-16th century (ff. 14v, 17v).Inscribed names of some members of the Osborne family: Harry, William, Anthony, Raff, John, and Thomas, 16th century? (f. 2).Edward Banister, recusant and patron of the arts, inscribed with his name (f. 1).John

• Marginal miniature of a dog attacking a man, with an inscription reading 'a honde strangleÞ a man', and a miniature of a Cynocephalus, with an inscription reading, 'A man wiÞ a hondes heed'., Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English

of a vessel, 15th-16th century (ff. 14v, 17v).Inscribed names of some members of the Osborne family: Harry, William, Anthony, Raff, John, and Thomas, 16th century? (f. 2).Edward Banister, recusant and patron of the arts, inscribed with his name (f. 1).John

• Marginal miniature of the four pillars of gold., Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English

of a vessel, 15th-16th century (ff. 14v, 17v).Inscribed names of some members of the Osborne family: Harry, William, Anthony, Raff, John, and Thomas, 16th century? (f. 2).Edward Banister, recusant and patron of the arts, inscribed with his name (f. 1).John

• Marginal miniature of the death of the Great Khan, with an inscription reading, 'the deÞgret Chane', Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English

of a vessel, 15th-16th century (ff. 14v, 17v).Inscribed names of some members of the Osborne family: Harry, William, Anthony, Raff, John, and Thomas, 16th century? (f. 2).Edward Banister, recusant and patron of the arts, inscribed with his name (f. 1).John

• Marginal miniature of a giraffe with an inscription reading, 'a girsaunt'., Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English

of a vessel, 15th-16th century (ff. 14v, 17v).Inscribed names of some members of the Osborne family: Harry, William, Anthony, Raff, John, and Thomas, 16th century? (f. 2).Edward Banister, recusant and patron of the arts, inscribed with his name (f. 1).John

• Marginal miniature (rubbed) of a Cannibal eating, with an inscription reading, 'a man and another', a Cyclop with an inscription reading, 'a man wiÞ on eye in Þe forhed', and a Blemmyae with an inscription reading, 'a man wiÞ oute heed…eys in his shulders'., Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English

of a vessel, 15th-16th century (ff. 14v, 17v).Inscribed names of some members of the Osborne family: Harry, William, Anthony, Raff, John, and Thomas, 16th century? (f. 2).Edward Banister, recusant and patron of the arts, inscribed with his name (f. 1).John

• Marginal miniature of the well in Ethiopia with an inscription reading, 'a well', and a miniature of a Sciapod, with an inscription reading, 'a man wiÞ oon foot'., Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English

of a vessel, 15th-16th century (ff. 14v, 17v).Inscribed names of some members of the Osborne family: Harry, William, Anthony, Raff, John, and Thomas, 16th century? (f. 2).Edward Banister, recusant and patron of the arts, inscribed with his name (f. 1).John