• Text page., Gospels, imperfect (the 'Royal Bible')

hand responsible for glossing the Vespasian Psalter, Cotton MS Vespasian A I, the oldest extant translation of Scripture into OldEnglish. 1 incipit page with miniature of an ox, the symbol of Luke, with God blessing, and an initial in

• Inscription in gold and silver on a purple background, beginning 'Hic HIS baptiza/tus est ab Iohan/ne', and relating to a lost miniature of the Baptism of Christ., Gospels, imperfect (the 'Royal Bible')

hand responsible for glossing the Vespasian Psalter, Cotton MS Vespasian A I, the oldest extant translation of Scripture into OldEnglish. 1 incipit page with miniature of an ox, the symbol of Luke, with God blessing, and an initial in

• Detail of a zoomorphic initial 'Z'(acgarias), at the beginning of the list of capitula of Luke., Gospels, imperfect (the 'Royal Bible')

hand responsible for glossing the Vespasian Psalter, Cotton MS Vespasian A I, the oldest extant translation of Scripture into OldEnglish. 1 incipit page with miniature of an ox, the symbol of Luke, with God blessing, and an initial in

• Detail of an initial 'Q'(uoniam) from the incipit page, at the beginning of Luke., Gospels, imperfect (the 'Royal Bible')

hand responsible for glossing the Vespasian Psalter, Cotton MS Vespasian A I, the oldest extant translation of Scripture into OldEnglish. 1 incipit page with miniature of an ox, the symbol of Luke, with God blessing, and an initial in

• Detail of a miniature of an ox, the symbol of Luke, with God the Father above, at the beginning of Luke., Gospels, imperfect (the 'Royal Bible')

hand responsible for glossing the Vespasian Psalter, Cotton MS Vespasian A I, the oldest extant translation of Scripture into OldEnglish. 1 incipit page with miniature of an ox, the symbol of Luke, with God blessing, and an initial in

• Text page., Gospels, imperfect (the 'Royal Bible')

hand responsible for glossing the Vespasian Psalter, Cotton MS Vespasian A I, the oldest extant translation of Scripture into OldEnglish. 1 incipit page with miniature of an ox, the symbol of Luke, with God blessing, and an initial in

• Text page., Gospels, imperfect (the 'Royal Bible')

hand responsible for glossing the Vespasian Psalter, Cotton MS Vespasian A I, the oldest extant translation of Scripture into OldEnglish. 1 incipit page with miniature of an ox, the symbol of Luke, with God blessing, and an initial in

• Decorated initial., Lives of saints, and an Irish translation of Innocent III's De contemptu mundi

brown. Spaces left for initials. Lives of saints, and an Irish translation of Innocent III's De contemptu mundi Inscription in English dated 1823 (f. 21v).Bought by the British Museum in 1832, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by

• Miniature with Cebes and an Old Man pointing to the Tabula Cebetis, facing a decorated initial with a full border, at the beginning of Philippus Albericus's Tabula Cebetis. A foreigner, Cebes, enters the temple of Saturn. He sees a painted tablet, now worn by withering age, the meaning of which he was not at all able to make out. An Old Man, who was a native of the place, saw that he and his companions were uncertain about the picture. When asked by Cebes, he uncovered the meanings veiled in the figures and, taking up a pointer, he explained the whole thing in order (see Carlson 1993)., Tabula Cebetis, De mortis effectibus and other poems

Cebes and an Old Man pointing to the Tabula Cebetis, facing a decorated initial with a full border, at the beginning of Philippus Albericus's Tabula Cebetis. A foreigner, Cebes, enters the temple of Saturn. He sees a painted tablet, now

• 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)