• Coloured initial 'Q'(uid) at the beginning of Psalm 51., Psalter, in the Roman version, with Old English gloss, and 12 canticles

in OldEnglish, beginning 'Myn drihten god aelmihtig' (ff. 190v-192) and 'Min drihten aelmihtig god si þe wuldor 7 þonc', 11th century (192-196v).Added note on three Friday fasts in OldEnglish, 11th century (f. 196v). Added an OldEnglish translation

• Coloured initial 'B'(eatus) with display script, at the beginning of Psalm 1, with the pressmark of Christ Church, Canterbury 'r', and ownership inscriptions of Thomas Cranmer and Lord Lumley., Psalter, in the Roman version, with Old English gloss, and 12 canticles

in OldEnglish, beginning 'Myn drihten god aelmihtig' (ff. 190v-192) and 'Min drihten aelmihtig god si þe wuldor 7 þonc', 11th century (192-196v).Added note on three Friday fasts in OldEnglish, 11th century (f. 196v). Added an OldEnglish translation

• Coloured initial 'D'(omine), at the beginning of Psalm 101., Psalter, in the Roman version, with Old English gloss, and 12 canticles

in OldEnglish, beginning 'Myn drihten god aelmihtig' (ff. 190v-192) and 'Min drihten aelmihtig god si þe wuldor 7 þonc', 11th century (192-196v).Added note on three Friday fasts in OldEnglish, 11th century (f. 196v). Added an OldEnglish translation

• Miniature of the Lamb with the Manus Dei, the Evangelists' symbols, and 24 Elders, at the beginning of Revelation 5:6., Apocalypse (Revelation)

pen-flourishing. Apocalypse (Revelation) The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 14.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. The vision

• Illuminated initial 'S' in gold with purple pen-flourishing in the shape of leaves, with paraphs., Miscellany of devotional works in prose and verse

and English in a cursive hand of the 15th century.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666 (f.14v or f.15).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old

• Decorated initial 'H' with pen-flourishing in foliate patterns with dots., Mandeville's travels

brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') 59 (f. i). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666 (f.14v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library.

• Miniature of the Lamb receiving a book with the seven seals from Christ enthroned with the Evangelists' symbols and 24 Elders, at the beginning of Revelation 5:7., Apocalypse (Revelation)

pen-flourishing. Apocalypse (Revelation) The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 14.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. The vision

• Illuminated initial 'S'(eynte) in gold with purple pen-flourishing in the shape of leaves, with paraphs., Miscellany of devotional works in prose and verse

and English in a cursive hand of the 15th century.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666 (f.14v or f.15).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old

• Illuminated initials 'M'(ark) and 'T'(he) at the beginning of the prologue and Mark., New Testament, in the later Wycliffite version

Whitthall' Palace, Cotton Vespasian B IV f. 25 as a 'New testement in Englishold, given by docter Briggis--in 8'. Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Illuminated initial England

• Penwork initial., Bible (Genesis to Tobit) with Jerome's letter to Paulinus, Preface and Prologues

on the same folio the English 'blere eyed' is written in the margin as a gloss to the following 'eiant blaimcheure es oels', ~having blemished eyes~ (f.80).the French for ‘thorns’ is omitted and the English 'stake' is written in the

• Puzzle initial 'C' with pen-flourishing in a leaf pattern. Decorated initials., Lancelot du Lac (imperfect at the beginning and end)

(imperfect at the beginning and end) The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): in the catalogue of 1666 (f. 11v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Puzzle initial England

• Detail of a miniature of the author reading., Li Livres dou tresor

Livres dou tresor The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, (f. 12v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. The author

• Large initial 'B' with penwork decoration in the form of leaves., Enarrationes in Psalmos 1-50

sketches in brown of men in the margins (e.g. ff. 12, 16v, 17v). Enarrationes in Psalmos 1-50 The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 946 ' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in

• Large puzzle initial 'P' with penwork decoration in the form of leaves., Enarrationes in Psalmos 1-50

sketches in brown of men in the margins (e.g. ff. 12, 16v, 17v). Enarrationes in Psalmos 1-50 The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 946 ' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in

• Text page., Composite miscellany of theological treatises and sermons in Latin, poems and proverbs in French and English; Proverbe de bon enseignement, La plainte nostre dame, La geste des dames.

treatises and sermons in Latin, poems and proverbs in French and English; Proverbe de bon enseignement, La plainte nostre dame, La geste des dames. The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1202' (f. 1), acquired

• Puzzle initial 'M'., L'estoire del Sainte Graal (imperfect)

in English (?) cursive hands on flyleaves. Inscribed 'Jacob mathiis' (f. 84v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): in the catalogue of 1666 (f. 11).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'Q'(uoniam) with the royal arms of England, at the beginning of the text., Tractatulus de regimine seu caritate principum

of the English Observant Franciscans (c. 1508-1513), and his confessor, inscribed ' Sacre regie maiestasti frater Ste/phanus baronis immeritus p[ro[vincialis / et hu[m]ilis s[er]vulus' (f. 1); the royal arms of England (f. 3).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library):

• Illuminated initial 'Q'(uoniam) with the royal arms of England, with a partial border including Tudor roses, at the beginning of the text., Tractatulus de regimine seu caritate principum

of the English Observant Franciscans (c. 1508-1513), and his confessor, inscribed ' Sacre regie maiestasti frater Ste/phanus baronis immeritus p[ro[vincialis / et hu[m]ilis s[er]vulus' (f. 1); the royal arms of England (f. 3).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library):

• Coloured initial 'D'(ominus), at the beginning of book 9 of the Liber scintillarum., Liber scintillarum and other theological collections, with Old English glosses

de vitiis et peccatis' (ff. 100v-106), with continuous interlinear gloss in Old English.Numerous margins excised. Large initials in red and green. Liber scintillarum and other theological collections, with OldEnglish glosses The Benedictine priory of Holy Trinity, or Christ Church,

• Coloured initial 'D'(ominus), at the beginning of book 10 of the Liber scintillarum., Liber scintillarum and other theological collections, with Old English glosses

de vitiis et peccatis' (ff. 100v-106), with continuous interlinear gloss in Old English.Numerous margins excised. Large initials in red and green. Liber scintillarum and other theological collections, with OldEnglish glosses The Benedictine priory of Holy Trinity, or Christ Church,