• Detail of historiated initial 'R'(ege) with a seated scribe labelled 'OSBEARNVS', a censing monk, animals, and animal heads., Epistola de vita S. Dunstani; Life of St Dunstan

press mark 'D VII' and title (f. 2); included in the 1389 catalogue.John Joscelin [Joscelyn] (b. 1529, d. 1603), OldEnglish scholar and Church of England clergyman, Archbishop Parker's secretary (with his annotations and supplements; see Tite, 1992, p. 117).?

• Historiated initial 'R'(ege) with a seated scribe labelled 'OSBEARNVS', a censing monk, animals, and animal heads, at the beginning of Osbern's Life of St Dunstan., Epistola de vita S. Dunstani; Life of St Dunstan

press mark 'D VII' and title (f. 2); included in the 1389 catalogue.John Joscelin [Joscelyn] (b. 1529, d. 1603), OldEnglish scholar and Church of England clergyman, Archbishop Parker's secretary (with his annotations and supplements; see Tite, 1992, p. 117).?

• Decorated initial 'D'(iximus) at the beginning of Book II of Osbern's LIfe of St Dunstan; the script perhaps by two scribes., Epistola de vita S. Dunstani; Life of St Dunstan

press mark 'D VII' and title (f. 2); included in the 1389 catalogue.John Joscelin [Joscelyn] (b. 1529, d. 1603), OldEnglish scholar and Church of England clergyman, Archbishop Parker's secretary (with his annotations and supplements; see Tite, 1992, p. 117).?

• The first inscription recording that the book was commissioned by Simon, abbot of St. Albans (1167-1183), 'Hunc librum fecit domnus Symon abbas s[an]c[t]o Albano, que[m] qui ei abstule/rit', aut frande[m] commiserit, aut titulu[m] deleverit vel corup[er]it; anathema sit'; with a list of contents reading 'Policraticon / Metalogicon / Enteticus Joh[ann]is Sarisbi[r]ens[is]', and second is note recording that in 1345 the manuscript was bought by Michael, abbot of St. Albans, from the executors of Richard de Bury, bishop of Durham, reading 'Hu[n]c libru[m] venditu[m] d[omi]no Ric[ard]o de Biry ep[iscop]o Dunelm[ensi] emit / Michael abbas s[anct]i Albani ab executorib[us] p[re]d[ic]ti ep[iscop]i anno / d[omi]ni Mlill[esim]o CCCmoXLVto circa purificat[i]o[n]em b[eat]e V[ir]ginis.', Policraticus, Metalogicon, and Entheticus de dogmate philosophorum

39 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996).Thomas Wolsey (b. 1470/71, d. 1530), royal minister, archbishop of York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 2).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library):

• Miniature of the Presentation, with Moses and Malachi below holding scrolls., Psalter, fragment ('Psalter of Henry the Lion')

1st marquess of Lansdowne, prime minister: inscribed 'L[ord] L[an]sd [owne] No. 62' in an English hand (f. 10), with a note in the same hand in English (f. 1); purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts

• Calendar page for August arranged in two columns between pillars and capitals, with Virgo and a man harvesting wheat with a scythe in arches above., Psalter, fragment ('Psalter of Henry the Lion')

1st marquess of Lansdowne, prime minister: inscribed 'L[ord] L[an]sd [owne] No. 62' in an English hand (f. 10), with a note in the same hand in English (f. 1); purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts

• Miniature in two registers, with the Annunciation above, and Moses and Gideon in armour with a shield below. Each figure holds a scroll, as do four prophets ? in the corners., Psalter, fragment ('Psalter of Henry the Lion')

1st marquess of Lansdowne, prime minister: inscribed 'L[ord] L[an]sd [owne] No. 62' in an English hand (f. 10), with a note in the same hand in English (f. 1); purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts

• Miniature of the Crucifixion flanked by Mary and John holding a book, with Henry the Lion and Matilda below holding scrolls, and personifications of the sun and moon above., Psalter, fragment ('Psalter of Henry the Lion')

1st marquess of Lansdowne, prime minister: inscribed 'L[ord] L[an]sd [owne] No. 62' in an English hand (f. 10), with a note in the same hand in English (f. 1); purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts

• Calendar page for January, with Aquarius and a monk., Psalter, fragment ('Psalter of Henry the Lion')

1st marquess of Lansdowne, prime minister: inscribed 'L[ord] L[an]sd [owne] No. 62' in an English hand (f. 10), with a note in the same hand in English (f. 1); purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts

• Calendar page for March, with Aries the Ram and a worker digging grape vines., Psalter, fragment ('Psalter of Henry the Lion')

1st marquess of Lansdowne, prime minister: inscribed 'L[ord] L[an]sd [owne] No. 62' in an English hand (f. 10), with a note in the same hand in English (f. 1); purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts

• Calendar page for April, with Taurus the Bull and a worker in the fields., Psalter, fragment ('Psalter of Henry the Lion')

1st marquess of Lansdowne, prime minister: inscribed 'L[ord] L[an]sd [owne] No. 62' in an English hand (f. 10), with a note in the same hand in English (f. 1); purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts

• Calendar page for May, with Gemini the twins and a man working with vines., Psalter, fragment ('Psalter of Henry the Lion')

1st marquess of Lansdowne, prime minister: inscribed 'L[ord] L[an]sd [owne] No. 62' in an English hand (f. 10), with a note in the same hand in English (f. 1); purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts

• Calendar page for June, with Cancer the crab and a worker harvesting in the fields., Psalter, fragment ('Psalter of Henry the Lion')

1st marquess of Lansdowne, prime minister: inscribed 'L[ord] L[an]sd [owne] No. 62' in an English hand (f. 10), with a note in the same hand in English (f. 1); purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts

• Calendar page for July, with Leo the lion and a worker harvesting hay with a scythe., Psalter, fragment ('Psalter of Henry the Lion')

1st marquess of Lansdowne, prime minister: inscribed 'L[ord] L[an]sd [owne] No. 62' in an English hand (f. 10), with a note in the same hand in English (f. 1); purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts

• Calendar page for August arranged in two columns between pillars and capitals, with Virgo and a man harvesting wheat with a scythe in arches above., Psalter, fragment ('Psalter of Henry the Lion')

1st marquess of Lansdowne, prime minister: inscribed 'L[ord] L[an]sd [owne] No. 62' in an English hand (f. 10), with a note in the same hand in English (f. 1); purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts

• Calendar page for September, with the scales of Libra and a man making wine in a vat., Psalter, fragment ('Psalter of Henry the Lion')

1st marquess of Lansdowne, prime minister: inscribed 'L[ord] L[an]sd [owne] No. 62' in an English hand (f. 10), with a note in the same hand in English (f. 1); purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts

• Calendar page for October, with Scorpio the scorpion, and a man sowing., Psalter, fragment ('Psalter of Henry the Lion')

1st marquess of Lansdowne, prime minister: inscribed 'L[ord] L[an]sd [owne] No. 62' in an English hand (f. 10), with a note in the same hand in English (f. 1); purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts

• Calendar page for November, with Sagittarius the archer, and a man with a scythe., Psalter, fragment ('Psalter of Henry the Lion')

1st marquess of Lansdowne, prime minister: inscribed 'L[ord] L[an]sd [owne] No. 62' in an English hand (f. 10), with a note in the same hand in English (f. 1); purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts

• Calendar page for December, with Capricorn and a man killing a pig at the top., Psalter, fragment ('Psalter of Henry the Lion')

1st marquess of Lansdowne, prime minister: inscribed 'L[ord] L[an]sd [owne] No. 62' in an English hand (f. 10), with a note in the same hand in English (f. 1); purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts

• Calendar page for December, with Capricorn and a man killing a pig at the top., Psalter, fragment ('Psalter of Henry the Lion')

1st marquess of Lansdowne, prime minister: inscribed 'L[ord] L[an]sd [owne] No. 62' in an English hand (f. 10), with a note in the same hand in English (f. 1); purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts