• Miniature of Agamemnon at council in his tent, with Achilles in bed behind, with an illuminated initial 'E' and a partial foliate border., Troy Book (ff. 6-146); Siege of Thebes (ff. 147v-162)

Royal Library: included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 12.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Agamemnon and Achilles John Lydgate London England, S. E. ( London?)

• Text page with inhabited and flourished initials., Troy Book (ff. 6-146); Siege of Thebes (ff. 147v-162)

the Royal Library: included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 12.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text page John Lydgate London England, S. E. ( London?)

• Emblem of a man (a king?) wearing a crown of flames and holding an orb marked 'Sol' in the centre of a radiating Tudor Rose inscribed with verses 'Ex paterno trono radii splendoris/ ex matre candor virginii decoris/ ex patre flos rubi coloris / ex utroque redemptio nostri amoris', and tears dropping onto an eye weeping onto a word 'cor', with Percy badge of a crescent, and a scroll bearing an inscription reading, 'I receyue noo lighte but of thy bearmes bright. The light / benevoulent causith cor to relent for remembrynge / thy goodenes contenuall which remanith perpetuall / Cor cannot but of duti he muste distill yet he saith dutie / cannot recompence a cordinge too his goode will'., Troy Book (ff. 6-146); Siege of Thebes (ff. 147v-162)

of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 12.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Emblem of Percy moon receiving light from the Tudor sun John Lydgate London England, S. E. (

• 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):

• Text page with 9th century and 10th century scripts., Libri evangeliorum quattuor; Aenigmata; De arte metrica (extract)

Text page with 9th century and 10th century scripts. Numerous Latin glosses and two OldEnglish glosses (ff. 73, 76v).Text is unjustified at right margins with the following arrangement: ff. 1-59v: bold capitals arranged vertically at the beginning of linesff.

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

1843-1847. According to Muir, the author referred to an early Middle English interlinear gloss on the Vulgate, probably Northern, which was itself a modernised version of an OldEnglish glossed Psalter. One of six known manuscript copies. Full border in

• Puzzle initial 'B'(eatus) at the beginning of a metrical version of the Psalms in Middle English., The Psalms in English verse (the Surtees Society version), with parallel Latin, and Latin prayers

1843-1847. According to Muir, the author referred to an early Middle English interlinear gloss on the Vulgate, probably Northern, which was itself a modernised version of an OldEnglish glossed Psalter. One of six known manuscript copies. Large puzzle initials

• Miniature of the English ships at Lisbon, and an audience of the English., Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre

1994). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 43.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. English ships

• Detail of a miniature of the English ships at Lisbon, and an audience of the English., Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre

1994). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 43.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. English ships

• Miniature of a naval battle between English and Flemings at the Battle of Sluys., Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre

Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 43.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Naval battle between

• Detail of a miniature of a naval battle between English and Flemings at the Battle of Sluys., Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre

Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 43.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Naval battle between

• Detail of a miniature of Vasca da Lucena offering the book to Charles the Bold., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

is Royal 16 G VIII. ?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '37' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no.

• Detail of a marginal miniature of a man riding a grotesque bird, from the right-hand margin of the folio., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

is Royal 16 G VIII. ?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '37' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no.

• Detail of an archer among foliage and strawberries, from the lower margin of the folio., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

is Royal 16 G VIII. ?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '37' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no.

• Miniature of Vasca da Lucena offering the book to Charles the Bold, with a full foliate border including hybrid grotesques., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

is Royal 16 G VIII. ?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '37' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no.

• Miniature of the death of Alexander of Epirus, with a decorated initial 'A' and a full foliate border containing hybrid grotesques., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

is Royal 16 G VIII. ?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '37' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no.

• Text page., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

is Royal 16 G VIII. ?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '37' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no.

• Detail of a miniature of Roxane being brought before Alexander., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

is Royal 16 G VIII. ?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '37' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no.

• Miniature of Alexander addressing his troops., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

is Royal 16 G VIII. ?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '37' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no.

• Miniature of the surrender of Arbela, with a full border including hybrid grotesques and a foliate initial 'S'(e), at the beginning of book 4., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

is Royal 16 G VIII. ?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '37' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no.