• Puzzle initial 'U'(t)., Address in verse to Robert of Anjou, King of Naples, from the town of Prato in Tuscany (the 'Regia Carmina')

his protection (c. 1335-40); his arms (f. 2v), and portrait (f. 10).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Puzzle initial Pacino di Buonaguida Convenevole da Prato Tuscany Italy, Central (Tuscany)

• Blank folio., Address in verse to Robert of Anjou, King of Naples, from the town of Prato in Tuscany (the 'Regia Carmina')

his protection (c. 1335-40); his arms (f. 2v), and portrait (f. 10).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Blank folio Pacino di Buonaguida Convenevole da Prato Tuscany Italy, Central (Tuscany)

• Miniature of Pegasus at the foot of a mountain., Address in verse to Robert of Anjou, King of Naples, from the town of Prato in Tuscany (the 'Regia Carmina')

under his protection (c. 1335-40); his arms (f. 2v), and portrait (f. 10).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Pegasus Pacino di Buonaguida Convenevole da Prato Tuscany Italy, Central (Tuscany)

• Miniature of the personification of the Seven Liberal Arts: Astronomy, Music, Arithmetic, Geometry, Rhetoric, Logic and Grammar., Address in verse to Robert of Anjou, King of Naples, from the town of Prato in Tuscany (the 'Regia Carmina')

protection (c. 1335-40); his arms (f. 2v), and portrait (f. 10).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Seven Liberal Arts Pacino di Buonaguida Convenevole da Prato Tuscany Italy, Central (Tuscany)

• Miniature of Four Muses: Clio (history), Melpomene (tragedy), Euterpe (music) and Thalia (comedy)., Address in verse to Robert of Anjou, King of Naples, from the town of Prato in Tuscany (the 'Regia Carmina')

his protection (c. 1335-40); his arms (f. 2v), and portrait (f. 10).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Four Muses Pacino di Buonaguida Convenevole da Prato Tuscany Italy, Central (Tuscany)

• Miniature of Four Muses: Polyhymnia (choral poetry), Erato (lyric poetry), Terpsichore (dance) and Urania (astrology)., Address in verse to Robert of Anjou, King of Naples, from the town of Prato in Tuscany (the 'Regia Carmina')

his protection (c. 1335-40); his arms (f. 2v), and portrait (f. 10).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Four Muses Pacino di Buonaguida Convenevole da Prato Tuscany Italy, Central (Tuscany)

• Miniature of Calliope, the muse of heroic or epic poetry. She stands before a vase-shaped fountain with water flowing out, and plays a horn., Address in verse to Robert of Anjou, King of Naples, from the town of Prato in Tuscany (the 'Regia Carmina')

under his protection (c. 1335-40); his arms (f. 2v), and portrait (f. 10).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Calliope Pacino di Buonaguida Convenevole da Prato Tuscany Italy, Central (Tuscany)

• 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

• Decorated initial at the beginning of the canon of the mass., Cistercian Missal, imperfect

mass. f. 8* is a small parchment insertion.One of five English Cistercian missals currently known (see Chadd 1986 p. 306). 3 large initials in blue or green, with red penwork decoration, or in red with blue penwork decoration, at the

• Decorated initial 'F'(ur in see bi west Spaynge) at the beginning of the poem, The Land of Cokaygne, which begins: 'Far out to see and west of Spain / There is a country named Cockaygne. / No place no earth compares to this / For sheer delightfulness and bliss.', The Kildare Lyrics, including the Land of Cokaygne (ff. 3-6v)

Land of Cockaygne, survives only in this manuscript. For the full text of the poem and two versions in modern English, see: <http://www.thegoldendream.com/landofcokaygne.htm> [accessed 8 September 2008]. Large initials in red with purple pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing.

• Historiated initial of a scholar, with a partial border., Miscellany, including Patefit, Electiones laudabiles, Sermo de regulis compotistarum, Canones eclipsium, Ad habendam diversitatem aspectus lune pro situ in epiciclo

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. Scholar Iohannis de Ianua, Iohannes (Danck) de Saxonia and others France, Central (Paris)

• 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

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) with the annointing of David and David and Goliath., Psalter (the 'Suneson Psalter'), for Danish use, with calendar, prayers and litany

Sueorum', Ingerdis, Queen of Sweden, and Queen Rikiza of Sweden: see Franks 1881 p. 247.The calendar and litany have many English saints, e.g., Oswald, Cuthbert, Dunstan, Botulf, Wilfrid, Ethedreda, Sexburga, and Withburga, as well as Cnut and Olav.Inscription 'An 1613

• Decorated initial 'A'(d) and coloured initials 'E'(xcita) and 'F'(ratres)., Cistercian Missal, imperfect

f. 8* is a small parchment insertion.One of five English Cistercian missals currently known (see Chadd 1986 p. 306). 3 large initials in blue or green, with red penwork decoration, or in red with blue penwork decoration, at the canon

• 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