• Text page with coloured initials and line-fillers, and a portion of a message written in the margin by Lady Jane Grey to Sir John Bridges, Lieutenant of the Tower (continued from f. 75): '… to take the worde of trewethe utterlye oute of youre mouthe howe styll to dye that by deathe you maye purchase eternall life and remembre…' (continued on f. 76)., Lady Jane Grey's Prayer book

addressed to her father the duke of Suffolk (see f. 79), also notes in the hand of her husband.Robert Burscough (b. 1650/51, d.1709), prebendary of Exeter in 1701, archdeacon of Barnstaple in 1703, rector of Cheriton Bishop in 1705: sold

• Text page with coloured initials and line-fillers, and a portion of a message written in the margin by Lady Jane Grey to Sir John Bridges, Lieutenant of the Tower (continued from f. 76): '… Precher sayethe there is a tyme to be borne and a tyme to dye and the daye of deathe is better than the daye of oure birthe…' (continued on f. 77)., Lady Jane Grey's Prayer book

daye of deathe is better than the daye of oure birthe…' (continued on f. 77). Contains prayers extracted from Richard Taverner's translation from the Latin of Wolfgang's Capito's ~Precationes Christianae ad imitationem psalmorum compositae~, printed as ~An epitome of the

• Historiated initial 'F'(rater) of Jerome writing, with a partial bar border, at the beginning of the prologue., Bible (Octateuch)

beginning of the prologue. Catchwords, quire signatures in upper or lower margins, guide numbers for chapter numbers, numerous corrections and corrector's signatures 'corr' next to catchwords.According to Michael A. Michael, this manuscript was designed as part of a set of

• Detail of an historiated initial 'F'(rater) of Jerome writing, at the beginning of the prologue., Bible (Octateuch)

Detail of an historiated initial 'F'(rater) of Jerome writing, at the beginning of the prologue. Catchwords, quire signatures in upper or lower margins, guide numbers for chapter numbers, numerous corrections and corrector's signatures 'corr' next to catchwords.According to Michael A.

• Detail of a border with a medallion of Descent into Limbo in the lower margin., Bible (Octateuch)

(f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library at Westminster of 1542.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Days of Creation with Adam and Eve cycle

• Detail of a miniature of Adam and Eve, at the beginning of Genesis., Bible (Octateuch)

Detail of a miniature of Adam and Eve, at the beginning of Genesis. Catchwords, quire signatures in upper or lower margins, guide numbers for chapter numbers, numerous corrections and corrector's signatures 'corr' next to catchwords.According to Michael A. Michael, this

• Historiated initial 'V'(ocavit) of Israelites offering sacrifice to God, at the beginning of Leviticus., Bible (Octateuch)

beginning of Leviticus. Catchwords, quire signatures in upper or lower margins, guide numbers for chapter numbers, numerous corrections and corrector's signatures 'corr' next to catchwords.According to Michael A. Michael, this manuscript was designed as part of a set of four

• Detail of an historiated initial 'V'(ocavit) of Israelits offering sacrifice to God, at the beginning of Leviticus., Bible (Octateuch)

Detail of an historiated initial 'V'(ocavit) of Israelits offering sacrifice to God, at the beginning of Leviticus. Catchwords, quire signatures in upper or lower margins, guide numbers for chapter numbers, numerous corrections and corrector's signatures 'corr' next to catchwords.According to

• Historiated initial 'L'(ocutus) of Moses and Christ, at the beginning of Numbers., Bible (Octateuch)

beginning of Numbers. Catchwords, quire signatures in upper or lower margins, guide numbers for chapter numbers, numerous corrections and corrector's signatures 'corr' next to catchwords.According to Michael A. Michael, this manuscript was designed as part of a set of four

• Detail of an historiated initial 'L'(ocutus) of Moses and Christ, at the beginning of Numbers., Bible (Octateuch)

Detail of an historiated initial 'L'(ocutus) of Moses and Christ, at the beginning of Numbers. Catchwords, quire signatures in upper or lower margins, guide numbers for chapter numbers, numerous corrections and corrector's signatures 'corr' next to catchwords.According to Michael A.

• Historiated initial 'H'(ec) of Aaron as a bishop putting the tables of the Law into the ark, at the beginning of Deuteronomy., Bible (Octateuch)

Historiated initial 'H'(ec) of Aaron as a bishop putting the tables of the Law into the ark, at the beginning of Deuteronomy. Catchwords, quire signatures in upper or lower margins, guide numbers for chapter numbers, numerous corrections and corrector's signatures

• Detail of an historiated initial 'H'(ec) of Aaron as a bishop putting the tables of the Law into the ark, at the beginning of Deuteronomy., Bible (Octateuch)

Detail of an historiated initial 'H'(ec) of Aaron as a bishop putting the tables of the Law into the ark, at the beginning of Deuteronomy. Catchwords, quire signatures in upper or lower margins, guide numbers for chapter numbers, numerous corrections

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'C'(um)., Bible (Octateuch)

signatures 'corr' next to catchwords.According to Michael A. Michael, this manuscript was designed as part of a set of four volumes comprising the entire text of the Bible. The present manuscript is the only one to have survived intact, but

• Illuminated initial 'T'(andem), with a partial bar border, at the beginning of the prologue to Joshua., Bible (Octateuch)

signatures 'corr' next to catchwords.According to Michael A. Michael, this manuscript was designed as part of a set of four volumes comprising the entire text of the Bible. The present manuscript is the only one to have survived intact, but

• Historiated initial 'E'(t) of Christ and Joshua holding a book, with a partial border, at the beginning of Joshua., Bible (Octateuch)

beginning of Joshua. Catchwords, quire signatures in upper or lower margins, guide numbers for chapter numbers, numerous corrections and corrector's signatures 'corr' next to catchwords.According to Michael A. Michael, this manuscript was designed as part of a set of four

• Detail of an historiated initial 'E'(t) of Christ and Joshua holding a book, at the beginning of Joshua., Bible (Octateuch)

Detail of an historiated initial 'E'(t) of Christ and Joshua holding a book, at the beginning of Joshua. Catchwords, quire signatures in upper or lower margins, guide numbers for chapter numbers, numerous corrections and corrector's signatures 'corr' next to catchwords.According

• Historiated initial 'P'(ost) of Christ giving a spear to Judah, at the beginning of Judges., Bible (Octateuch)

beginning of Judges. Catchwords, quire signatures in upper or lower margins, guide numbers for chapter numbers, numerous corrections and corrector's signatures 'corr' next to catchwords.According to Michael A. Michael, this manuscript was designed as part of a set of four

• Detail of an historiated initial 'P'(ost) of Christ giving a spear to Judah, at the beginning of Judges., Bible (Octateuch)

Detail of an historiated initial 'P'(ost) of Christ giving a spear to Judah, at the beginning of Judges. Catchwords, quire signatures in upper or lower margins, guide numbers for chapter numbers, numerous corrections and corrector's signatures 'corr' next to catchwords.According

• Foliate initial 'R(uth) with a partial border, at the beginning of the prologue to Ruth., Bible (Octateuch)

signatures 'corr' next to catchwords.According to Michael A. Michael, this manuscript was designed as part of a set of four volumes comprising the entire text of the Bible. The present manuscript is the only one to have survived intact, but

• Miniature next to the initial 'I'(n principio) of twelve compartments containing the Days of Creation, Temptation, Expulsion from Paradise and Labours of Adam and Eve, with display script and a miniature of Crucifixion below, at the beginning of Genesis. Full border with a medallion of Descent into Limbo in the lower margin., Bible (Octateuch)

principio) of twelve compartments containing the Days of Creation, Temptation, Expulsion from Paradise and Labours of Adam and Eve, with display script and a miniature of Crucifixion below, at the beginning of Genesis. Full border with a medallion of Descent