• Historiated initial 'L'(ibrum) of Ahasuerus and Esther banqueting, at the beginning of Esther., Historia scholastica (The 'Ashridge Petrus Comestor')

and Richard, king of the Romans (f. 234).Ashridge College, Bucks: ownership inscription 'Liber dom[u]s de assherugge' (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 791' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Historiated initial 'P'(ost) of Manasses and his wife outside the temple, at the beginning of Esther 2., Historia scholastica (The 'Ashridge Petrus Comestor')

and Richard, king of the Romans (f. 234).Ashridge College, Bucks: ownership inscription 'Liber dom[u]s de assherugge' (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 791' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Historiated initial 'M'(ortuo) of the death of Simon, last of the Maccabee brothers, at the beginning of Maccabees 2, 2., Historia scholastica (The 'Ashridge Petrus Comestor')

and Richard, king of the Romans (f. 234).Ashridge College, Bucks: ownership inscription 'Liber dom[u]s de assherugge' (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 791' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Historiated initial 'A'(nno) of the Ascension, at the beginning of acts, with an instruction to an illuminator in the margin., Historia scholastica (The 'Ashridge Petrus Comestor')

and Richard, king of the Romans (f. 234).Ashridge College, Bucks: ownership inscription 'Liber dom[u]s de assherugge' (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 791' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Miniature in four registers at the end of the prologue to the Psalter: the Crucifixion, the Martyrdom of Thomas of Canterbury, the Virgin instructing Thomas to wear a hair shirt and, in the same register, Christ coming to Thomas, and Christ standing before Thomas, in the lower register. Illuminated initial 'D'(avid) with a hybrid, at the beginning of the prologue to the Psalter., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (The 'Bible of William of Devon')

of Devon') Written by William of Devon: his colophon, 'Will[elmu]s devoniensis scripsit istum / librum/' (f. 540v). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 972' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Decorated initial 'S'(anctum) and 'I'(onas) with a dog, human heads and marginal extensions containing hybrids, at the beginning of the prologues to Jonah, and a historiated initial 'E'(t factum est), of Nineveh in the upper register and Jonah in the mouth of the fish, in the lower register, at the beginning of Jonah., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (The 'Bible of William of Devon')

of Devon') Written by William of Devon: his colophon, 'Will[elmu]s devoniensis scripsit istum / librum/' (f. 540v). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 972' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Historiated initial 'F'(rater) of Jerome, dressed in grey habit, sitting at a desk in the act of writing, holding pen and knife, with marginal drolleries and hybrids, and four pairs of figures standing on columns: Franciscans (top left), Dominicans (top right), Pied Friars or Trinitarians? (bottom left) and Carmelites (bottom right), at the beginning of the prologue., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (The 'Bible of William of Devon')

of Devon') Written by William of Devon: his colophon, 'Will[elmu]s devoniensis scripsit istum / librum/' (f. 540v). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 972' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Historiated initial 'I'(n principio) of the Days of Creation and the scenes of Adam and Eve cycle: the Temptation, Expulsion from Paradise and Labours of Adam and Eve, with the Crucifixion in the lower register, at the beginning of Genesis. Full border with hunting scenes, an animal parody of a bishop and cleric, birds and hybrids., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (The 'Bible of William of Devon')

of Devon') Written by William of Devon: his colophon, 'Will[elmu]s devoniensis scripsit istum / librum/' (f. 540v). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 972' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Historiated initial 'R'(everendo) of Peter Comestor with a partial bar border, at the beginning of the preface., Historia scholastica (The 'Ashridge Petrus Comestor')

and Richard, king of the Romans (f. 234).Ashridge College, Bucks: ownership inscription 'Liber dom[u]s de assherugge' (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 791' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Detail of an historiated initial 'R'(everendo) of Peter Comestor, at the beginning of the preface., Historia scholastica (The 'Ashridge Petrus Comestor')

and Richard, king of the Romans (f. 234).Ashridge College, Bucks: ownership inscription 'Liber dom[u]s de assherugge' (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 791' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Historiated initial 'F'(uit) of an angel and Zacharias censing the altar, with a full bar-border with foliate cornerpieces, marginal animals (including a squirrel, lion, rabbit, birds, dog, peacock and hybrids) and shields with the arms of Edward I, Edward of Caernarvon, Richard, King of the Romans (Edward's I uncle), and his son Edmund, Earl of Cornwall, at the beginning of Luke., Historia scholastica (The 'Ashridge Petrus Comestor')

and Richard, king of the Romans (f. 234).Ashridge College, Bucks: ownership inscription 'Liber dom[u]s de assherugge' (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 791' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Detail of an historiated initial 'F'(uit) of an angel and Zacharias censing the altar, at the beginning of Luke., Historia scholastica (The 'Ashridge Petrus Comestor')

and Richard, king of the Romans (f. 234).Ashridge College, Bucks: ownership inscription 'Liber dom[u]s de assherugge' (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 791' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Detail of a miniature of a lion, a rabbit with a trumpet,and a perching bird, from the border of the folio., Historia scholastica (The 'Ashridge Petrus Comestor')

and Richard, king of the Romans (f. 234).Ashridge College, Bucks: ownership inscription 'Liber dom[u]s de assherugge' (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 791' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Detail of a border with a peacock and hybrid grotesques, at the beginning of Luke., Historia scholastica (The 'Ashridge Petrus Comestor')

and Richard, king of the Romans (f. 234).Ashridge College, Bucks: ownership inscription 'Liber dom[u]s de assherugge' (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 791' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Historiated initial 'I'(n principio) of the Days of Creation, at the beginning of Genesis., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (imperfect)

1642 (see Warner, Gilson, 1921, p. 14) (f. 1).Notes in English, 17th century? (ff. 277v, 423).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Days of Creation France, Central France, Central (Paris)

• Detail of a historiated initial 'I'(n principio) of the Days of Creation with three medallions, of the creation of fishes, of the creation of man and woman, and of God the Creator, at the beginning of Genesis., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (imperfect)

1642 (see Warner, Gilson, 1921, p. 14) (f. 1).Notes in English, 17th century? (ff. 277v, 423).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Days of Creation France, Central France, Central (Paris)

• Detail of a historiated initial 'I'(n principio) of the Days of Creation with four medallions, of the creation of fishes, of the creation of man and woman, of God the Creator, and of the Crucifixion, at the beginning of Genesis., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (imperfect)

1642 (see Warner, Gilson, 1921, p. 14) (f. 1).Notes in English, 17th century? (ff. 277v, 423).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Days of Creation France, Central France, Central (Paris)

• Pen-flourished initial 'E'(rat) with an I-border, at the beginning of Ruth 2:1., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (imperfect)

in 1642 (see Warner, Gilson, 1921, p. 14) (f. 1).Notes in English, 17th century? (ff. 277v, 423).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text page France, Central France, Central (Paris)

• Historiated initial 'F'(uit vir) of Elkanah and Hannah praying before an altar, at the beginning of 1 Kings., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (imperfect)

1642 (see Warner, Gilson, 1921, p. 14) (f. 1).Notes in English, 17th century? (ff. 277v, 423).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Elkanah and Hannah France, Central France, Central (Paris)

• Detail of a historiated initial 'F'(uit vir) of Elkanah and Hannah praying before an altar, at the beginning of 1 Kings., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (imperfect)

1642 (see Warner, Gilson, 1921, p. 14) (f. 1).Notes in English, 17th century? (ff. 277v, 423).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Elkanah and Hannah France, Central France, Central (Paris)