• Detail of a historiated initial 'C' (antate) of two monks singing at a lecturn, with one conducting., Psalter, imperfect, with calendar and hymns, Breviary (Augustinian use)

the litany (f. 159).The decoration was begun, but not completed by, the De Bois Master, one of the most prolific English illuminators of the third and fourth decades of the 14th century (according to Smith, pp. 28-29).ff. 68, 84, and

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) with the annointing of David and David and Goliath., Psalter (the 'Suneson Psalter'), for Danish use, with calendar, prayers and litany

Sueorum', Ingerdis, Queen of Sweden, and Queen Rikiza of Sweden: see Franks 1881 p. 247.The calendar and litany have many English saints, e.g., Oswald, Cuthbert, Dunstan, Botulf, Wilfrid, Ethedreda, Sexburga, and Withburga, as well as Cnut and Olav.Inscription 'An 1613

• Full bar border with a historiated initial 'B'(eatus) of David harping and a hound and a stag in the bas-de-page., Psalter, imperfect, with calendar and hymns, Breviary (Augustinian use)

the litany (f. 159).The decoration was begun, but not completed by, the De Bois Master, one of the most prolific English illuminators of the third and fourth decades of the 14th century (according to Smith, pp. 28-29).ff. 68, 84, and

• Detail of a historiated initial 'D'(ominus) of the prophet Samuel anointing David, with a hound chasing a hare in the bas-de-page., Psalter, imperfect, with calendar and hymns, Breviary (Augustinian use)

the litany (f. 159).The decoration was begun, but not completed by, the De Bois Master, one of the most prolific English illuminators of the third and fourth decades of the 14th century (according to Smith, pp. 28-29).ff. 68, 84, and

• Detail of illuminated initial and catchwords 'mala autem' with a face., Psalter, imperfect, with calendar and hymns, Breviary (Augustinian use)

the litany (f. 159).The decoration was begun, but not completed by, the De Bois Master, one of the most prolific English illuminators of the third and fourth decades of the 14th century (according to Smith, pp. 28-29).ff. 68, 84, and

• Historiated initial 'S'(alvum) of Jonah riding the whale., Psalter, imperfect, with calendar and hymns, Breviary (Augustinian use)

the litany (f. 159).The decoration was begun, but not completed by, the De Bois Master, one of the most prolific English illuminators of the third and fourth decades of the 14th century (according to Smith, pp. 28-29).ff. 68, 84, and

• An historiated initial 'C'(antate) depicting two monks singing at a lectern, with one conducting; musical notation and border decoration with grotesques., Psalter, imperfect, with calendar and hymns, Breviary (Augustinian use)

the litany (f. 159).The decoration was begun, but not completed by, the De Bois Master, one of the most prolific English illuminators of the third and fourth decades of the 14th century (according to Smith, pp. 28-29).ff. 68, 84, and

• Miniature of the Crucifixion, with the Virgin and John the Evangelist, at the beginning of the Te igitur in a Missal., Missal

146v, 147. Missal The cathedral of St. Kylian, Würzburg, between 1443 and 1455: the calendar includes the dedication of the old church of Würzburg (26 July), in black, and the feasts of Kylian, its octave (8 and 15 July), and

• Miniature of Jonah and the Whale, including a small initial 'S'(alvum), and a historiated border with eight roundels of scenes from the Old Testament, with cycles of the Battle of the Philistines and the building of Solomon's Temple, at the beginning of Psalm 68., Psalter, Use of Sarum (the 'St Omer Psalter')

and a historiated border with eight roundels of scenes from the Old Testament, with cycles of the Battle of the Philistines and the building of Solomon's Temple, at the beginning of Psalm 68. This manuscript was formerly Additional 39810. 1

• Detail of a miniature of the Greek and Trojan armies., Historia destructionis Troiae in a French translation

and miniatures (35): 'en cest livre sont xii caiers et demy et xxxv histoirez', 15th century (f. 100v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): to be identified with 'La destruction de Troye' in the list of books at Richmond

• Detail of a miniature of the murder of Achilles., Historia destructionis Troiae in a French translation

and miniatures (35): 'en cest livre sont xii caiers et demy et xxxv histoirez', 15th century (f. 100v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): to be identified with 'La destruction de Troye' in the list of books at Richmond

• Detail of a miniature of the theft of the Palladium., Historia destructionis Troiae in a French translation

and miniatures (35): 'en cest livre sont xii caiers et demy et xxxv histoirez', 15th century (f. 100v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): to be identified with 'La destruction de Troye' in the list of books at Richmond

• Detail of miniature of Bel-Acoeil talking to the old woman., Roman de la Rose (ff. 2-175v), la Bataille d'Annezin (a burlesque chanson in 50 alexandrines), beginning 'A l'entrée de may / quivers va a declin' (ff. 176v-177)

Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 13 or 14.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Bel-Acoeil talking to the old woman

• Miniature of a battle between the French and English armies, with an illuminated initial 'L'., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

446).Inscribed 'qui meix amoient a morir que languir en cest dolour, quod Jane Sanford', 15th century (f. 447).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 60; and in

• Illuminated initial 'A'(s the) in gold and red, at the beginning of the text., The pleasaunt poesye of princelie practise, imperfect

the text. Sir William Forrest's 'The pleasaunt poesye of princelie practise' is an English verse adaptation of the pseudo-Aristotelian 'Secretum Secretorum' and Giles of Rome's 'De Regimine Principum', written following the fashion of the commonwealthsmen, the social commentators and reformers,

• Detail of a historiated initial 'A'(d comentum) of Gregory delivering a letter to two cardinals., Lectura in quinque libros Decretalium (Books 1-2)

titul[u]m deleverit anathema sit', 14th century (f. 1*v); St Albans coat of arms held by Alban (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 38[4]' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Detail of a historiated initial 'D'(e) of plaintiffs before a judge, at the beginning of book 2., Lectura in quinque libros Decretalium (Books 1-2)

titul[u]m deleverit anathema sit', 14th century (f. 1*v); St Albans coat of arms held by Alban (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 38[4]' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Decorated initial 'P'(rimus) at the beginning of book 22., De universo seu De rerum naturis

York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1099' (f. I*), iacquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Decorated initial 'D'(omino) at the beginning the letter of Rabanus Maurus to Louis the Germanic., De universo seu De rerum naturis

York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1099' (f. I*), iacquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Decorated initial 'T'(empora) at the beginning of book 10., De universo seu De rerum naturis

York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1099' (f. I*), iacquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after