• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a hermit sitting outside a tavern drinking ale; the alewife approaches him with a flagon. Subsequent scenes depict the hermit fornicating with the alewife, murdering the miller who catches them, and going mad with remorse; he turns into a wild man, is ultimately forgiven for his sins, and returns to his life as a hermit., 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 miniature of Arachne spinning., Des cleres et nobles femmes, De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (index De claris mulieribus, Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

(see Carley 2000).Inscribed in a late 15th-century hand, 'The booke of the noble ladyes in French' (f. [ii]).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 478' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Miniature of Louis of Guyenne, Dauphin of France receiving instruction from Louis, with the heraldic charges of France and Bavaria, and the arms of Dauphin of France, with a full border and a foliate initial 'N'(obilissimo)., Gesta sancti Luduvici et regis Philippi

of the Dauphin of France, and the heraldic charges of France and Bavaria (f. 2).Shelfmark '6' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1114' (f. 2), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of a miniature of Louis of Guyenne, Dauphin of France receiving instruction from Louis, with the heraldic charges of France and Bavaria., Gesta sancti Luduvici et regis Philippi

of the Dauphin of France, and the heraldic charges of France and Bavaria (f. 2).Shelfmark '6' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1114' (f. 2), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Foliate initial 'R'(egum) with a partial border, at the beginning of the Gesta Philippi regis Francie., Gesta sancti Luduvici et regis Philippi

of the Dauphin of France, and the heraldic charges of France and Bavaria (f. 2).Shelfmark '6' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1114' (f. 2), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Partial bar border with foliate motifs and a large initial 'D'(e) with the Beaufort badge of a portcullis and chains surmounted by a coronet., Des cleres et nobles femmes, De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (index De claris mulieribus, Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

(see Carley 2000).Inscribed in a late 15th-century hand, 'The booke of the noble ladyes in French' (f. [ii]).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 478' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Miniature of Mithridates VI and his wife, Hypsicratea, on horseback., Des cleres et nobles femmes, De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (index De claris mulieribus, Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

(see Carley 2000).Inscribed in a late 15th-century hand, 'The booke of the noble ladyes in French' (f. [ii]).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 478' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Detail of a miniature of Mithridates VI and his wife, Hypsicratea, on horseback., Des cleres et nobles femmes, De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (index De claris mulieribus, Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

(see Carley 2000).Inscribed in a late 15th-century hand, 'The booke of the noble ladyes in French' (f. [ii]).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 478' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Detail of a miniature of Sempronia, wife of a Roman consul, with a book, desk, and musical instruments, being embraced by a man., Des cleres et nobles femmes, De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (index De claris mulieribus, Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

(see Carley 2000).Inscribed in a late 15th-century hand, 'The booke of the noble ladyes in French' (f. [ii]).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 478' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Miniature of Sempronia, wife of a Roman consul, with a book, desk, and musical instruments, being embraced by a man., Des cleres et nobles femmes, De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (index De claris mulieribus, Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

(see Carley 2000).Inscribed in a late 15th-century hand, 'The booke of the noble ladyes in French' (f. [ii]).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 478' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Miniature of Medea seated, uttering a spell; Jason on horseback, and the slaughter either of Absyrtus or of one of Medea's children., Des cleres et nobles femmes, De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (index De claris mulieribus, Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

(see Carley 2000).Inscribed in a late 15th-century hand, 'The booke of the noble ladyes in French' (f. [ii]).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 478' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Detail of a miniature of Medea seated, uttering a spell; Jason on horseback, and the slaughter either of Absyrtus or of one of Medea's children., Des cleres et nobles femmes, De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (index De claris mulieribus, Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

(see Carley 2000).Inscribed in a late 15th-century hand, 'The booke of the noble ladyes in French' (f. [ii]).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 478' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Frontispiece in four panels, of Boccaccio reading a book, Boccaccio presenting the book to Andrea Acciaiuoli, countess of Altavilla, a messenger presenting a letter to Semiramis, and a queen with four female musicians., Des cleres et nobles femmes, De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (index De claris mulieribus, Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

(see Carley 2000).Inscribed in a late 15th-century hand, 'The booke of the noble ladyes in French' (f. [ii]).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 478' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Detail of a frontispiece in four panels, of Boccaccio reading a book, Boccaccio presenting the book to Andrea Acciaiuoli, countess of Altavilla, a messenger presenting a letter to Semiramis, and a queen with four female musicians., Des cleres et nobles femmes, De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (index De claris mulieribus, Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

(see Carley 2000).Inscribed in a late 15th-century hand, 'The booke of the noble ladyes in French' (f. [ii]).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 478' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Detail of a miniature of Camilla, Queen of the Volscians, hunting., Des cleres et nobles femmes, De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (index De claris mulieribus, Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

(see Carley 2000).Inscribed in a late 15th-century hand, 'The booke of the noble ladyes in French' (f. [ii]).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 478' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Miniature of Camilla, Queen of the Volscians, hunting., Des cleres et nobles femmes, De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (index De claris mulieribus, Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

(see Carley 2000).Inscribed in a late 15th-century hand, 'The booke of the noble ladyes in French' (f. [ii]).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 478' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Miniature of Irene, daughter of Cratinus, painting a picture of a boy., Des cleres et nobles femmes, De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (index De claris mulieribus, Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

(see Carley 2000).Inscribed in a late 15th-century hand, 'The booke of the noble ladyes in French' (f. [ii]).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 478' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Detail of a miniature of Irene, daughter of Cratinus, painting a picture of a boy., Des cleres et nobles femmes, De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (index De claris mulieribus, Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

(see Carley 2000).Inscribed in a late 15th-century hand, 'The booke of the noble ladyes in French' (f. [ii]).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 478' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Miniature of Henry V enthroned and surrounded by his court, receiving the book from the translator, Jean Galopes, with a full border containing the royal arms of England, and a foliate initial 'A'(treshault), at the beginning of the preface., Meditationes vitae Christi (Le Livre doré des meditations de la vie de nostre seigneur Jesu Christ)

Booke' (see Krochalis 1988).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the Catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 13v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Henry V

• Detail of a miniature of Henry V enthroned and surrounded by his court, receiving the book from the translator, Jean Galopes, at the beginning of the preface., Meditationes vitae Christi (Le Livre doré des meditations de la vie de nostre seigneur Jesu Christ)

Booke' (see Krochalis 1988).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the Catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 13v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Henry V