• A diagram of Old Testament genealogy, including Noah, with diagrams of the world and Noah's ark., Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Edward VI (the Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England)

diagram of Old Testament genealogy, including Noah, with diagrams of the world and Noah's ark. 1 small miniature, in colours and gold (f. 2). Numerous small medallions containing portrait busts, some with biblical scenes, on every folio, in colours and

• Illuminated initial 'V'(rbis) with foliate decoration, and initial 'M'(aiores) at the beginning of Book 1 of Valerius Maximus's Facta et dicta memorabilia., Facta et dicta memorabilia

transliterated into Greek (last two words erased, radings uncertain, f. 95v).Unidentified owner: with their oval ink stamp (erased, f. 1).Unidentified English book-seller(?): ‘£2-0-0’ inscribed by the same hand as in Burney 142, 165, 168, etc. (f. 95v).Charles Burney (b. 1757,

• Illuminated initial 'A'([d]tingam]) with foliate decoration at the beginning of Book 3 of Valerius Maximus's Facta et dicta memorabilia., Facta et dicta memorabilia

transliterated into Greek (last two words erased, radings uncertain, f. 95v).Unidentified owner: with their oval ink stamp (erased, f. 1).Unidentified English book-seller(?): ‘£2-0-0’ inscribed by the same hand as in Burney 142, 165, 168, etc. (f. 95v).Charles Burney (b. 1757,

• A diagram of the genealogy of the kings of England, including Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI, Edward IV, Richard III, and Henry VII., Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Edward VI (the Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England)

brown pen-flourishing. Line-fillers in red and/or blue. Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Edward VI (the Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England) The text of the chronicle ends with Richard III (f. 33). The

• Detail of illuminated initial., Facta et dicta memorabilia

transliterated into Greek (last two words erased, radings uncertain, f. 95v).Unidentified owner: with their oval ink stamp (erased, f. 1).Unidentified English book-seller(?): ‘£2-0-0’ inscribed by the same hand as in Burney 142, 165, 168, etc. (f. 95v).Charles Burney (b. 1757,

• Detail of illuminated initial., Facta et dicta memorabilia

transliterated into Greek (last two words erased, radings uncertain, f. 95v).Unidentified owner: with their oval ink stamp (erased, f. 1).Unidentified English book-seller(?): ‘£2-0-0’ inscribed by the same hand as in Burney 142, 165, 168, etc. (f. 95v).Charles Burney (b. 1757,

• Decorated initials., Facta et dicta memorabilia

transliterated into Greek (last two words erased, radings uncertain, f. 95v).Unidentified owner: with their oval ink stamp (erased, f. 1).Unidentified English book-seller(?): ‘£2-0-0’ inscribed by the same hand as in Burney 142, 165, 168, etc. (f. 95v).Charles Burney (b. 1757,

• Illuminated initial., Facta et dicta memorabilia

transliterated into Greek (last two words erased, radings uncertain, f. 95v).Unidentified owner: with their oval ink stamp (erased, f. 1).Unidentified English book-seller(?): ‘£2-0-0’ inscribed by the same hand as in Burney 142, 165, 168, etc. (f. 95v).Charles Burney (b. 1757,

• Illuminated initial., Facta et dicta memorabilia

transliterated into Greek (last two words erased, radings uncertain, f. 95v).Unidentified owner: with their oval ink stamp (erased, f. 1).Unidentified English book-seller(?): ‘£2-0-0’ inscribed by the same hand as in Burney 142, 165, 168, etc. (f. 95v).Charles Burney (b. 1757,

• Detail of colophon., Facta et dicta memorabilia

transliterated into Greek (last two words erased, radings uncertain, f. 95v).Unidentified owner: with their oval ink stamp (erased, f. 1).Unidentified English book-seller(?): ‘£2-0-0’ inscribed by the same hand as in Burney 142, 165, 168, etc. (f. 95v).Charles Burney (b. 1757,

• Calendar page for December., Breviary, Ambrosian use

'healthy in body though because of human frailty now deficient in natural heat, seeing that I am about 47 years old': 'Explicit istud breviarium ... Quod quidem breviarium scriptum inceptum et mediatum fuit per me presbiterum inceptum et mediatum fuit

• Decorated initial 'L'(apides)., Breviary, Ambrosian use

'healthy in body though because of human frailty now deficient in natural heat, seeing that I am about 47 years old': 'Explicit istud breviarium ... Quod quidem breviarium scriptum inceptum et mediatum fuit per me presbiterum inceptum et mediatum fuit

• 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.

• 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

• 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

• Foliate initial 'D'(omine) with a full border, at the beginning of Psalm 89., Commentary on the Psalms

in the English translation by Richard Rolle (b. c. 1305-10, d. 1349), ending with the first verse of Psalm 118 which is given in Latin only. The text of the Psalms in Latin and in a Southern English dialect is

• Foliate initial 'D'(omine) with an instruction for illuminator 'oro' next to it, at the beginning of Matins., Book of Hours of the Sorrows of the Virgin

throughout the text. Catchwords decorated with purple pen-flourishing. Book of Hours of the Sorrows of the Virgin The Old Royal Library (English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'No 372' (f. 1): included in the inventory of books in the Upper