• Miniature of David in penitence, and decorated initial 'D'(omine), at the beginning of the Penitential Psalms., Prayer Book

branches, in gold and purple. All text pages framed in gold. Rubrics in gold. Prayer Book Apparently designed for an English owner: inscribed by Henry VIII and Cardinal Wolsey: see Backhouse 1994.Inscriptions in French, 16th-century: 'en priant a saintte George…',

• Historiated initial 'A'(d) of David in prayer, from the beginning of a Gradual., Leaf from a Gradual

Edward :4: the book was made beyond the seas…' (verso).John Brickeston(?), 16th century: inscription (verso).Thomas Hall(?), 16th century: inscription in English (verso). ? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of Surrey, and 1st earl

• Detail of the last 4 staves of music and an inscription., Leaf from a Gradual

Edward :4: the book was made beyond the seas…' (verso).John Brickeston(?), 16th century: inscription (verso).Thomas Hall(?), 16th century: inscription in English (verso). ? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of Surrey, and 1st earl

• Coloured print with Christ as the Man of Sorrows surrounded by instruments of the Passion pasted to a page painted in red covered with streaming blood, with an indulgence (later defaced): ‘To all them that devoutly say five Pater nosters, five Aves, and a Creed afore such a figure are granted 32,755 years of pardon.’, Psalter and Rosary of the Virgin (from f. 27), in two versions, and other devotional texts, including a litany

of devotion that may show signs of having received that devotion in a direct physical form is Egerton 1821, an English product of around 1490. It begins with three pages, each painted black, on which large drops of blood trickle

• Detail of a rubric in the margin in English, beside the beginning of a prayer., Prayers

in the margin in English, beside the beginning of a prayer. Branner includes the Psalter (Part 1) in a group of Psalters that he calls the 'Henry VIII group'. These include: Montpellier, Faculté de Médecine, H. 196; Paris, Bibliothèque nationale,

• Historiated initial 'H'(ere) of the author presenting the book to an enthroned king, with a full border containing white and red roses, at the beginning of the list of contents., The Master of Game

owned by him: white roses of York joined with red roses of Lancaster (ff. 1, 2v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Presentation of the book Edward of York England

• Initial 'H' at the beginning of Odo of Meung's De viribus herbarum., De viribus herbarum and a short medical text

viribus herbarum. Note that this is the oldest copy of the Old High German glosses on this text. 1puzzle initial in red and blue with red and blue pen-flourishing (f. 2). Other simple initials in red. Paraph marks in red.

• Detail of calligraphic specimens with decorated initial 'O' signed by Petruccio Ubaldini, dated 1550, and dedicated to Edward VI (in the fourth year of his reign)., Specimens of Calligraphy

Gilson 1921).In the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 42, no, 3.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Calligraphic specimens Petruccio Ubaldini Petruccio Ubaldini London England, S. E. (London)

• Historiated initial 'C' of a saint (upper left)., Cuttings from a liturgical manuscript

1989 they were lifted from the album, remounted and stored in a box. Citations in publications often refer to their old folio number. To see these cutting in the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 21412, ff. 1-7 [box 1]. To

• Historiated initial 'C' of a saint (upper right)., Cuttings from a liturgical manuscript

1989 they were lifted from the album, remounted and stored in a box. Citations in publications often refer to their old folio number. To see these cutting in the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 21412, ff. 1-7 [box 1]. To

• Historiated initial 'D' of a saint (left centre)., Cuttings from a liturgical manuscript

1989 they were lifted from the album, remounted and stored in a box. Citations in publications often refer to their old folio number. To see these cutting in the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 21412, ff. 1-7 [box 1]. To

• Historiated initial 'D' of a saint (right centre)., Cuttings from a liturgical manuscript

1989 they were lifted from the album, remounted and stored in a box. Citations in publications often refer to their old folio number. To see these cutting in the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 21412, ff. 1-7 [box 1]. To

• Decorated border of arabesques, putti holding a chalice and the Host, and the arms of Gregory XIII., Cuttings from a Gospel Lectionary (index Evangelistary) of Gregory XIII

refer to their old folio number. To see these cutting in the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 21412, ff. 90-110 [box 6]. To see the Samuel Rogers Album, which originally contained all the cuttings order Add. 21412, Old Covers. Other

• Decorated border of arabesques, a figure of a woman in gold monochrome, an anthroporphic figure, the inscription 'G. XIII' and the arms of Gregory XIII., Cuttings from a Gospel Lectionary (index Evangelistary) of Gregory XIII

refer to their old folio number. To see these cutting in the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 21412, ff. 90-110 [box 6]. To see the Samuel Rogers Album, which originally contained all the cuttings order Add. 21412, Old Covers. Other

• Decorated border of arabesques, putti, two of which hold a chalice and the Host, and the arms of Gregory XIII., Cuttings from a Gospel Lectionary (index Evangelistary) of Gregory XIII

refer to their old folio number. To see these cutting in the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 21412, ff. 90-110 [box 6]. To see the Samuel Rogers Album, which originally contained all the cuttings order Add. 21412, Old Covers. Other

• Decorated border of arabesques, trompe l'oeil gems, a female figure in gold monchrome and the Buoncompagni family dragon device., Cuttings from a Gospel Lectionary (index Evangelistary) of Gregory XIII

refer to their old folio number. To see these cutting in the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 21412, ff. 90-110 [box 6]. To see the Samuel Rogers Album, which originally contained all the cuttings order Add. 21412, Old Covers. Other

• Decorated border of arabesques and a putto playing the flute, and other putti playing with birds and a dog., Cuttings from a Gospel Lectionary (index Evangelistary) of Gregory XIII

refer to their old folio number. To see these cutting in the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 21412, ff. 90-110 [box 6]. To see the Samuel Rogers Album, which originally contained all the cuttings order Add. 21412, Old Covers. Other

• Decorated border of arabesques, architectural motifs and trompe l'oeil gems., Cuttings from a Gospel Lectionary (index Evangelistary) of Gregory XIII

refer to their old folio number. To see these cutting in the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 21412, ff. 90-110 [box 6]. To see the Samuel Rogers Album, which originally contained all the cuttings order Add. 21412, Old Covers. Other

• Decorated border of floral motifs, trompe l'oeil pearls and medallions containing figures of the Evangelists in gold monochrome., Cuttings from a Gospel Lectionary (index Evangelistary) of Gregory XIII

refer to their old folio number. To see these cutting in the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 21412, ff. 90-110 [box 6]. To see the Samuel Rogers Album, which originally contained all the cuttings order Add. 21412, Old Covers. Other

• Decorated border of arabesques, trompe l'oeil gems, fruits and the Buoncompagni family dragon device., Cuttings from a Gospel Lectionary (index Evangelistary) of Gregory XIII

refer to their old folio number. To see these cutting in the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 21412, ff. 90-110 [box 6]. To see the Samuel Rogers Album, which originally contained all the cuttings order Add. 21412, Old Covers. Other