• Frontispiece of green drapery bearing the royal arms of England, with masks, jewels, putti, and the inscription 'Fortunam Augusti superes et Nestoris annos'., Strategikos (a treatise on military tactics)

arms of England supported by hybrid creatures, and the inscription, 'Fortunam Augusti superes et Nestoris annos' (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1235' (f. 1).John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d.

• Detail of a miniature of Medea, with Jason on a horse and a slaughter of a child with his sword, at the beginning of chapter 17., De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

et renomées) The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, ff. 11v, or 12v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Medea

• Detail of a miniature divided in 4 compartments: 1. Pope with cardinals; 2. King of France enthroned; 3. Jean, duke of Berry receiving the book from the translator, Laurent de Premierfait; 4. A group of labourers; and a foliate initial 'A'(puissant) with a full border, at the beginning of the first prologue., De casibus virorum illustrium (Des cas des ruynes des nobles hommes et fammes)

her name 'Marie Rivieres' (f. ii).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '91' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with 'Bocace le petit' included in the list

• Detail of a miniature of the English submitting to the Danes, with building burning in the background., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

this work on the life of king Edmund and his cousin Fremund from Latin into English verse to be presented to the 12 year old King Henry VI, to commemorate his stay at Bury from Christmas 1433 to Easter 1434.

• Text with diagrams for numerical divination, and fifteen magical characters., Proposiciones; Errores in grammatica, letter to the Archbishop of Corinth; philosophical, scientific and mathematical treatises.

is listed in the Surrey records of 1476: inscribed with his name in a 15th-century hand (f. 1)The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 730 '; included in the inventory of books in the Upper

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a bishop expelling a devil from a church tower., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

priory of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield: inscribed, 'Liber domus sancti barthomomei in smyth fylde', 15th century (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Decretales' and Westminster inventory number 'no. 1059' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a bishop standing at an altar, with two clerks at a lectern., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

priory of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield: inscribed, 'Liber domus sancti barthomomei in smyth fylde', 15th century (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Decretales' and Westminster inventory number 'no. 1059' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a seated king and bishop talking to one another., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

priory of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield: inscribed, 'Liber domus sancti barthomomei in smyth fylde', 15th century (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Decretales' and Westminster inventory number 'no. 1059' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper

• Lower cover of crimson velvet with the royal arms (between H. H.) and roses embroidered in coloured silks, gold-thread and seed-pearls, with spine., Description of the Holy Land, entitled, 'Tresample description de toute la Terre Saincte, et choses memorables faictes en plusieurs lieux et villes d'icelle extraicte de la Bible et livres Sainct Hierosme', beginning, 'Arbee est une petite ville', and preceded by a dedicatory letter and poem addressed to Henry VIII

crimson velvet with the Royal arms (between H. H.) and roses embroidered in coloured silks, gold-thread and seed-pearls.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal library): included in Henry VIII's 1547 post-mortem inventory as 'the description of the holy lande and

• Verses dedicated to Henry VIII and illuminated initials 'T'(re) and 'A'(rbee) at the beginning of the text., Description of the Holy Land, entitled, 'Tresample description de toute la Terre Saincte, et choses memorables faictes en plusieurs lieux et villes d'icelle extraicte de la Bible et livres Sainct Hierosme', beginning, 'Arbee est une petite ville', and preceded by a dedicatory letter and poem addressed to Henry VIII

crimson velvet with the Royal arms (between H. H.) and roses embroidered in coloured silks, gold-thread and seed-pearls.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal library): included in Henry VIII's 1547 post-mortem inventory as 'the description of the holy lande and

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'R'(egium) with a frog, at the beginning of Jean Mallard's dedicatory letter to Henry VIII., Psalter ('The Psalter of Henry VIII')

marginal Latin annotations in his hand. The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number, no. 1283.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Frog Jean Mallard, with Latin

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'I'(udica), at the beginning of Psalm 25., Psalter ('The Psalter of Henry VIII')

marginal Latin annotations in his hand. The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number, no. 1283.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Illuminated initial Jean Mallard, with

• Page with a text of Psalm 36:31-37:6 with illuminated initials and line-fillers, and with notes in Henry VIII's hand., Psalter ('The Psalter of Henry VIII')

marginal Latin annotations in his hand. The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number, no. 1283.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text pages Jean Mallard, with

• Detail of a miniature of Henry VIII's court jester, William Somer (or Sommers), with an illuminated initial 'D'(ixit) containing a fly, at the beginning of Psalm 52., Psalter ('The Psalter of Henry VIII')

marginal Latin annotations in his hand. The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number, no. 1283.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. William Somer Jean Mallard, with

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) of David praying, with a full border, at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter with canticles, imperfect

origin: includes two feasts of Erkenwald in red (30 April, f. 3v and 14 November, f. 7).Added prayer in Middle English by Palden: inscribed 'Ihesu amarcy one Palden' and 'Iesu that all thys worlde hath wroght / Heven and erthe

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(ixi) of David and Goliath, at the beginning of Psalm 38., Psalter with canticles, imperfect

origin: includes two feasts of Erkenwald in red (30 April, f. 3v and 14 November, f. 7).Added prayer in Middle English by Palden: inscribed 'Ihesu amarcy one Palden' and 'Iesu that all thys worlde hath wroght / Heven and erthe

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of the Anointing of David by Samuel, with a full bar border, at the beginning of Psalm 52., Psalter with canticles, imperfect

origin: includes two feasts of Erkenwald in red (30 April, f. 3v and 14 November, f. 7).Added prayer in Middle English by Palden: inscribed 'Ihesu amarcy one Palden' and 'Iesu that all thys worlde hath wroght / Heven and erthe

• Historiated initial 'S'(alvum) of the Triumph of Saul and David, with a full bar border, at the beginning of Psalm 68., Psalter with canticles, imperfect

origin: includes two feasts of Erkenwald in red (30 April, f. 3v and 14 November, f. 7).Added prayer in Middle English by Palden: inscribed 'Ihesu amarcy one Palden' and 'Iesu that all thys worlde hath wroght / Heven and erthe

• Detail of a historiated initial 'S'(alvum) of the Triumph of Saul and David, at the beginning of Psalm 68., Psalter with canticles, imperfect

origin: includes two feasts of Erkenwald in red (30 April, f. 3v and 14 November, f. 7).Added prayer in Middle English by Palden: inscribed 'Ihesu amarcy one Palden' and 'Iesu that all thys worlde hath wroght / Heven and erthe

• Detail of an historiated initial 'C'(antate) of David kneeling with a harp, and trumpeters before an ark, at the beginning of Psalm 97., Psalter with canticles, imperfect

origin: includes two feasts of Erkenwald in red (30 April, f. 3v and 14 November, f. 7).Added prayer in Middle English by Palden: inscribed 'Ihesu amarcy one Palden' and 'Iesu that all thys worlde hath wroght / Heven and erthe