• Detail of historiated initial of the Flight into Egypt, at the beginning of Vespers in the Hours of the Virgin., Roll of Hours (begins imperfectly)

red and blue or brown. Roll of Hours (begins imperfectly) Francis Seymour Powell (b. 1818, d. 1911), 1st Bart., Horton Old Hall, Bradford: his sale, Sotheby's, 16-20 December 1929, lot 741.Bought by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000

• 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 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

• 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 martyrdom of Alban in the upper register, and of the martyrdom of Amphibaldus in the lower register., Psalter and Canticles

England, Scotland, and Ireland: 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. Alban and Amphibaldus England, S. England, S. (St Albans)

• Text page., Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions

vigesimo s[e]c[un]do. / ...'(vol. II, f. 358v). Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text pages Pieter Meghen Pieter Meghen Simon Bening Horenbout England, S. E. England, S. E (London)

• Text page., Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions

vigesimo s[e]c[un]do. / ...'(vol. II, f. 358v). Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text page Pieter Meghen Pieter Meghen Simon Bening Horenbout England, S. E. England, S. E (London)

• Text page., Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions

vigesimo s[e]c[un]do. / ...'(vol. II, f. 358v). Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text page Pieter Meghen Pieter Meghen Simon Bening Horenbout England, S. E. England, S. E (London)

• Text page., Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions

vigesimo s[e]c[un]do. / ...'(vol. II, f. 358v). Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text page Pieter Meghen Pieter Meghen Simon Bening Horenbout England, S. E. England, S. E (London)

• Coloured initial 'D'(ominus), at the beginning of book 9 of the Liber scintillarum., Liber scintillarum and other theological collections, with Old English glosses

de vitiis et peccatis' (ff. 100v-106), with continuous interlinear gloss in Old English.Numerous margins excised. Large initials in red and green. Liber scintillarum and other theological collections, with OldEnglish glosses The Benedictine priory of Holy Trinity, or Christ Church,

• Coloured initial 'D'(ominus), at the beginning of book 10 of the Liber scintillarum., Liber scintillarum and other theological collections, with Old English glosses

de vitiis et peccatis' (ff. 100v-106), with continuous interlinear gloss in Old English.Numerous margins excised. Large initials in red and green. Liber scintillarum and other theological collections, with OldEnglish glosses The Benedictine priory of Holy Trinity, or Christ Church,

• Decorated initial 'Chi-rho', with a zoomorphic decoration, at the beginning of Matthew; and an added Old English text of a manumission by king Athelstan., Gospel Book

Decorated initial 'Chi-rho', with a zoomorphic decoration, at the beginning of Matthew; and an added OldEnglish text of a manumission by king Athelstan. The manuscript contains a text of a manumission by King Athelstan, one of the earliest of

• Detail of a decorated initial 'Chi-rho', with a zoomorphic decoration, at the beginning of Matthew; and an added Old English text of a manumission by king Athelstan., Gospel Book

Detail of a decorated initial 'Chi-rho', with a zoomorphic decoration, at the beginning of Matthew; and an added OldEnglish text of a manumission by king Athelstan. The manuscript contains a text of a manumission by King Athelstan, one of

• Detail of an added Old English text of a manumission by king Athelstan., Gospel Book

Detail of an added OldEnglish text of a manumission by king Athelstan. The manuscript contains a text of a manumission by King Athelstan, one of the earliest of the Anglo-Saxon examples of the practice of inserting records in sacred

• 1 large and 1 small puzzle initial; quire signature with decoration., Devotional and medical miscellany

colour. Rubrics in red. Quire signatures have brown penwork decoration. Paraphs in red. Devotional and medical miscellany The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1043' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Text page., Devotional and medical miscellany

colour. Rubrics in red. Quire signatures have brown penwork decoration. Paraphs in red. Devotional and medical miscellany The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1043' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the