• Display script by Petruccio Ubaldini, Psalm 1., Psalter and Canticles (the 'Psalter of the Earl of Arundel')

Display script by Petruccio Ubaldini, Psalm 1. Illuminated by a French artist, another manuscript decorated by him is Vatican Library, Vat. Lat. 14936, the 'Hours of Catherine de Medici'. Includes the preface 'Psalterium Romae dudum' (f. 2v) and an

• Detail of the prefatory miniature of David praying with an angel holding a sword, scourge, and skull, in an oval frame., Psalter and Canticles (the 'Psalter of the Earl of Arundel')

Detail of the prefatory miniature of David praying with an angel holding a sword, scourge, and skull, in an oval frame. Illuminated by a French artist, another manuscript decorated by him is Vatican Library, Vat. Lat. 14936, the 'Hours

• Prefatory miniature of the arms of Henry Fitzalan, earl of Arundel, with his motto, 'Virtutis laus actio', and his monogram., Psalter and Canticles (the 'Psalter of the Earl of Arundel')

Prefatory miniature of the arms of Henry Fitzalan, earl of Arundel, with his motto, 'Virtutis laus actio', and his monogram. Illuminated by a French artist, another manuscript decorated by him is Vatican Library, Vat. Lat. 14936, the 'Hours of

• Detail of display script by Petruccio Ubaldini, Psalm 1., Psalter and Canticles (the 'Psalter of the Earl of Arundel')

Detail of display script by Petruccio Ubaldini, Psalm 1. Illuminated by a French artist, another manuscript decorated by him is Vatican Library, Vat. Lat. 14936, the 'Hours of Catherine de Medici'. Includes the preface 'Psalterium Romae dudum' (f. 2v)

• Miniature of the royal arms of England with a crest of a lion, supported by a red dragon and a white greyhound, with a motto reading 'Dieu ets mon droit', and two Beaufort badges of portcullises, with a full border containing the arms of Claude de Seyssel, preceding the prologue of the translator addressed to Henry VII., Anabasis

translation of c. 1503 by Claude de Seyssel, translated, according to his prologue (ff. 10-15), from the Latin version of John Lascaris of the Greek text from a manuscript in the French royal library at Blois brought by Charles VIII

• Miniature of Henry VII sitting on a throne decorated with the royal arms of England and inscribed with the motto 'Dieu est mon droit', and receiving the book from the translator, Claude de Seyssel, with an illuminated initial 'C'(ombien), and a full border including grotesque hybrids, at the beginning of the prologue addressed to Henry VII., Anabasis

translation of c. 1503 by Claude de Seyssel, translated, according to his prologue (ff. 10-15), from the Latin version of John Lascaris of the Greek text from a manuscript in the French royal library at Blois brought by Charles VIII

• Detail of a miniature of Henry VII sitting on a throne decorated with the royal arms of England and inscribed with the motto 'Dieu est mon droit', and receiving the book from the translator, Claude de Seyssel, at the beginning of the prologue addressed to Henry VII., Anabasis

translation of c. 1503 by Claude de Seyssel, translated, according to his prologue (ff. 10-15), from the Latin version of John Lascaris of the Greek text from a manuscript in the French royal library at Blois brought by Charles VIII

• Miniature of Louis XII enthroned receiving the book from the translator, Claude de Seyssel, with a full border including grotesque hybrids, flowers, and plants, at the beginning of the prologue of the translator addressed to Louis XII., Anabasis

translation of c. 1503 by Claude de Seyssel, translated, according to his prologue (ff. 10-15), from the Latin version of John Lascaris of the Greek text from a manuscript in the French royal library at Blois brought by Charles VIII

• Historiated border., Missal, Use of Rome

Missal, Use of Rome Executed at Lisbon for the rectification of the services of the Portuguese Church, by order of John III King of Portugal (1521-1557), and completed after his death under the patronage of his wife, Queen Catherine, and

• Miniature of the Massacre of the Innocents., Missal, Use of Rome

Missal, Use of Rome Executed at Lisbon for the rectification of the services of the Portuguese Church, by order of John III King of Portugal (1521-1557), and completed after his death under the patronage of his wife, Queen Catherine, and

• null, Commentaria in Epistolas beati Pauli

that most of John Prise's religious manuscripts came from such houses.Sir John Prise (alias Sion ap Rhys, b. 1502 or 1503, d. 1555): 'John Prise: is Owner of this booke' (f. 2); cf. N. R. Ker, 'Sir John Prise', ~The

• null, Commentaria in Epistolas beati Pauli

that most of John Prise's religious manuscripts came from such houses.Sir John Prise (alias Sion ap Rhys, b. 1502 or 1503, d. 1555): 'John Prise: is Owner of this booke' (f. 2); cf. N. R. Ker, 'Sir John Prise', ~The

• Decorated initial., Commentary on the Ethics of Aristotle

inscribed, 16th/17th century: 'Philemon Holland / John Barone(?), and 'RB'.f. 125: inscribed, 16th century: 'Thomas baulle'(?) and John Dean'.f. 137: inscribed, 16th century: 'James Collard'.f. 149: inscribed, 16th century: 'Statutes April 1581' and 'John Wallsall'.f. 175: inscribed, 17th century: 'Edmund(?)

• Flourished initial., Psalter, a metrical version (the Surtees Psalter version)

version (the Surtees Psalter version) Inscription 'Will (?) Bonnell' (f. 1v).John Fauntleroy: inscription in calligraphy (f. 1*); inscription (f. 1); 'John Fauntlero' (f. [101v].Bought by the British Museum in 1836, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis

• Detail of a miniature of Jocasta's embassy to Adrastus., Troy Book, Siege of Thebes, Testament and The reignes of the kyngis of England; A Treatise between Information and Truth; On the Death of the Earl of Northumberland; Le assemble de dyeus; Descent of the Lords Percy

two works by John Lydgate, the Troy Book, a translation from Historia destructionis Troiae of Guido delle Colonne, originally presented by Lydgate to Henry V in 1420, and the Siege of Thebes of 1421-1422.Part 3 includes: John Lydgate, Testament (ff.

• Penwork initial 'P' in green and red, at the beginning of the Epistles of Paul., Glossed Pauline Epistles; treatise on prayer, Donatio Constantini, excerpta from Augustine and Jerome

but 1698?), II, no. 6513 or 6523.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix, 70, no .

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'H'(ere) with the arms of Anne Neville, wife of Richard III, at the beginning of book 3., De re militari (the Book of Vegecye of Dedes of Knyghthode)

English translation of 'De re militari' of Flavius Vegetius Renatus made in 1408 for Thomas, Lord Berkeley and attributed to John Walton: see Sutton and Visser-Fuchs 1997 p. 79. The colophon is 'Here endeth the boke that clerkes / clepeth

• Illuminated initial 'H'(ere) with the royal arms of England supported by boars and surmounted by a crown, with a full border containing the griffin of Salisbury in the lower margin, at the beginning of book 1., De re militari (the Book of Vegecye of Dedes of Knyghthode)

English translation of 'De re militari' of Flavius Vegetius Renatus made in 1408 for Thomas, Lord Berkeley and attributed to John Walton: see Sutton and Visser-Fuchs 1997 p. 79. The colophon is 'Here endeth the boke that clerkes / clepeth

• Illuminated initial 'H'(ere) with the arms of Anne Neville, wife of Richard III, with a full border, at the beginning of book 3., De re militari (the Book of Vegecye of Dedes of Knyghthode)

English translation of 'De re militari' of Flavius Vegetius Renatus made in 1408 for Thomas, Lord Berkeley and attributed to John Walton: see Sutton and Visser-Fuchs 1997 p. 79. The colophon is 'Here endeth the boke that clerkes / clepeth

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'H'(ere) with the royal arms of England supported by boars and surmounted by a crown., De re militari (the Book of Vegecye of Dedes of Knyghthode)

English translation of 'De re militari' of Flavius Vegetius Renatus made in 1408 for Thomas, Lord Berkeley and attributed to John Walton: see Sutton and Visser-Fuchs 1997 p. 79. The colophon is 'Here endeth the boke that clerkes / clepeth