• Detail of illuminated initial 'B'(enedictus), with foliate motifs, at Psalm 143., Psalter (the 'Ramsey Psalter' or 'Psalter of Oswald'), in the Gallican version, with a litany (ff. 209-211) followed by prayers (ff. 211-214)

with foliate motifs, at Psalm 143. English saints in the litany include: Alban, Oswald, Kenelm, Edmund, Ethelbert, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Wilfred, John of Beverley, Chad, Erkonwald, Swithun, Birinus, Judoc, Machutus, Etheldreda, Sexburg, Withburg, and Werburg.The script of the Ramsey Psalter formed

• Illuminated initial 'B'(eatus vir qui non abiit) with a beast's head, and knotwork and foliate motifs, at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter (the 'Ramsey Psalter' or 'Psalter of Oswald'), in the Gallican version, with a litany (ff. 209-211) followed by prayers (ff. 211-214)

and knotwork and foliate motifs, at the beginning of Psalm 1. English saints in the litany include: Alban, Oswald, Kenelm, Edmund, Ethelbert, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Wilfred, John of Beverley, Chad, Erkonwald, Swithun, Birinus, Judoc, Machutus, Etheldreda, Sexburg, Withburg, and Werburg.The script

• Illuminated initial 'D'(ixit dominus domino meo), with foliate and knotwork motifs, at Psalm 109., Psalter (the 'Ramsey Psalter' or 'Psalter of Oswald'), in the Gallican version, with a litany (ff. 209-211) followed by prayers (ff. 211-214)

foliate and knotwork motifs, at Psalm 109. English saints in the litany include: Alban, Oswald, Kenelm, Edmund, Ethelbert, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Wilfred, John of Beverley, Chad, Erkonwald, Swithun, Birinus, Judoc, Machutus, Etheldreda, Sexburg, Withburg, and Werburg.The script of the Ramsey Psalter

• Illuminated initial 'A'(d dominum cum tribularer), with foliate motifs, at Psalm 119., Psalter (the 'Ramsey Psalter' or 'Psalter of Oswald'), in the Gallican version, with a litany (ff. 209-211) followed by prayers (ff. 211-214)

with foliate motifs, at Psalm 119. English saints in the litany include: Alban, Oswald, Kenelm, Edmund, Ethelbert, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Wilfred, John of Beverley, Chad, Erkonwald, Swithun, Birinus, Judoc, Machutus, Etheldreda, Sexburg, Withburg, and Werburg.The script of the Ramsey Psalter formed

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'B'(enedicite)., Psalter (the 'Ramsey Psalter' or 'Psalter of Oswald'), in the Gallican version, with a litany (ff. 209-211) followed by prayers (ff. 211-214)

illuminated initial 'B'(enedicite). English saints in the litany include: Alban, Oswald, Kenelm, Edmund, Ethelbert, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Wilfred, John of Beverley, Chad, Erkonwald, Swithun, Birinus, Judoc, Machutus, Etheldreda, Sexburg, Withburg, and Werburg.The script of the Ramsey Psalter formed the basis of

• Historiated initial 'D'(eus) with Christ nailed to the Cross, and three-sided foliate border, at the beginning of Sext in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

calendar, 1480: '[D]ie sabbati A^o^ Domini 1480 med. noct. natus fuit I. Eage(?) … Eage(?)' (f. 6v). Added recipes in English, 15th century or 16th century, the second 'A watyr for the pestelens' (f. 111).Thomas Parker of Willingdon, Sussex, 16th

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) with Jerome as a cardinal and his lion, and full foliate border, at the beginning of Jerome's Psalter., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

calendar, 1480: '[D]ie sabbati A^o^ Domini 1480 med. noct. natus fuit I. Eage(?) … Eage(?)' (f. 6v). Added recipes in English, 15th century or 16th century, the second 'A watyr for the pestelens' (f. 111).Thomas Parker of Willingdon, Sussex, 16th

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) with Jerome as a cardinal and his lion, at the beginning of Jerome's Psalter., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

calendar, 1480: '[D]ie sabbati A^o^ Domini 1480 med. noct. natus fuit I. Eage(?) … Eage(?)' (f. 6v). Added recipes in English, 15th century or 16th century, the second 'A watyr for the pestelens' (f. 111).Thomas Parker of Willingdon, Sussex, 16th

• Historiated initial 'D'(eus) with Christ nailed to the Cross, at the beginning of Sext in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

calendar, 1480: '[D]ie sabbati A^o^ Domini 1480 med. noct. natus fuit I. Eage(?) … Eage(?)' (f. 6v). Added recipes in English, 15th century or 16th century, the second 'A watyr for the pestelens' (f. 111).Thomas Parker of Willingdon, Sussex, 16th

• Historiated initial 'O' (Domine) with Christ in a wine-press, and a full foliate border, at the beginning of a prayer to Christ., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

calendar, 1480: '[D]ie sabbati A^o^ Domini 1480 med. noct. natus fuit I. Eage(?) … Eage(?)' (f. 6v). Added recipes in English, 15th century or 16th century, the second 'A watyr for the pestelens' (f. 111).Thomas Parker of Willingdon, Sussex, 16th

• Historiated initial of Christ carrying the Cross., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

calendar, 1480: '[D]ie sabbati A^o^ Domini 1480 med. noct. natus fuit I. Eage(?) … Eage(?)' (f. 6v). Added recipes in English, 15th century or 16th century, the second 'A watyr for the pestelens' (f. 111).Thomas Parker of Willingdon, Sussex, 16th

• Historiated initial of the General Resurrection of the dead., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

calendar, 1480: '[D]ie sabbati A^o^ Domini 1480 med. noct. natus fuit I. Eage(?) … Eage(?)' (f. 6v). Added recipes in English, 15th century or 16th century, the second 'A watyr for the pestelens' (f. 111).Thomas Parker of Willingdon, Sussex, 16th

• Decorated initial 'M'(ulta)., Commentary on Malachi and Homilies

the library of St James's Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 8181).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial Gervase of Chichester England

• Decorated initial 'O'(mnipotens) with pen-flourishing, and 15th-century ownership inscription added in the margin stating that the manuscript once belonged to the chapel of St Giles near Brompton-on-Swale, but now belongs to the chantry of St Giles in the chapel of St John the Evangelist at Ravensworth castle., Liturgical texts including Offices, masses, etc., with a York calendar (index Breviary)

written horizontally.Litany including Marcelline, Albane, Oswalde, Edmunde, Germane, Wilfride, Willeme, Cuthberte, Swithune, Sampson, Edmunde, Edwarde, Hillarion, Austreberta, Hilda, Everildis, Etheldreda.The English is only used for the words to be said by husband and wife during the marriage ceremony (f. 50).

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'S'(atis) with a marginal extension forming a partial border containing hybrids, at the beginning of the De humanitate Verbi contra gentes of Athanasius., Theological treatises

purchased from Scott together with other 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Illuminated initial Antonio Beccaria of Verona Athanasius, translated by Antonio Beccaria England, S.

• Text page., Theological treatises

purchased from Scott together with other 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text page Antonio Beccaria of Verona Athanasius, translated by Antonio Beccaria England, S.

• Illuminated initial 'P'(auli) with a hybrid and a mask., Theological treatises

purchased from Scott together with other 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Illuminated initial Antonio Beccaria of Verona Athanasius, translated by Antonio Beccaria England, S.

• Ownership inscriptions of Humfrey, duke of Gloucester, reading 'Cest livre est a moy Homfrey duc de / Gloucestre le quel Jay fait translater / de grec en latyn par Antoyne de Becaria / Veroneys mon serviteur.', Theological treatises

purchased from Scott together with other 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Ownership inscription Antonio Beccaria of Verona Athanasius, translated by Antonio Beccaria England, S.

• Illuminated Initial 'R'(erum) with a dragon, and hybrid holding a kettle and a sword, at the beginning of the Contra gentes of Athanasius., Theological treatises

purchased from Scott together with other 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Illuminated initial Antonio Beccaria of Verona Athanasius, translated by Antonio Beccaria England, S.

• Illuminated initial 'S'(atis) with a marginal extension forming a partial border containing hybrids, at the beginning of the De humanitate Verbi contra gentes of Athanasius., Theological treatises

purchased from Scott together with other 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Illuminated initial Antonio Beccaria of Verona Athanasius, translated by Antonio Beccaria England, S.