• Initial 'P'(atri) with a full penwork border, at the beginning at the dedication letter of Petrus de Harentals to Arkel., Collectarius super librum Psalmorum

blue with red pen-flourishing. Catchwords in frames decorated in red or black ink. Collectarius super librum Psalmorum The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1271' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(ominus) of the Virgin and Child, with the donor, Thomas Besforde, in a Benedictine habit with a scroll reading 'In te confidit a[n]i[m]a / mea', in the margin.', Commentary on Wisdom

lx s. Orate p[ro] a[n]i[m]a ei[us]' (f. iv); his arms and that of the Reading abbey (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 16; and listed in

• Text page with a colophon of John of Lutton, reading 'Qui scripsit scriptu[m] / Jon Lutton. est sibi nomen/ Dignus est op[er]arius mercede sua.', Commentary on Wisdom

lx s. Orate p[ro] a[n]i[m]a ei[us]' (f. iv); his arms and that of the Reading abbey (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 16; and listed in

• Miniature composed of four compartments: 1. Boccaccio reading a book; 2. Boccaccio presenting the book to Andrea Acciaiuoli and a group of women; 3. A messenger presenting a letter to a lady; 4. A queen with four women playing musical instruments, with a full border, and a foliate initial 'I', at the beginning of the prologue., De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

et renomées) The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, ff. 11v, or 12v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Bocaccio

• Miniature of Orithyia and Antiope, queens of Amazons on horses, with a partial border and initial 'O'(richie), at the beginning of chapters XIX-XX., De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

et renomées) The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, ff. 11v, or 12v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Orithyia

• Miniature of the Beaufort's arms with Beaufort's badge of a portcullis, and the red rose of Lancaster, with a motto 'Me sovent sovant' inscribed four times on scrolls in the margins., Legenda aurea

16th Earl of Arundel (b. 1417, d. 1487): probably his autograph inscription 'My tryst ys. Arundell (f. 5).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 119; and in

• Detail of a miniature of Semiramis seated, with a sword, with her son before her and men in armour behind., De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

et renomées) The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, ff. 11v, or 12v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Semiramis

• Detail of a miniature of Deianira and Nessus crossing a river on horseback, with Hercules with a drawn bow., De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

et renomées) The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, ff. 11v, or 12v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Deianira

• Detail of a miniature of Jocasta killing herself, while Oedipus puts out his eyes and Polynices and Eteocles kill each other., De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

et renomées) The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, ff. 11v, or 12v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Jocasta

• Detail of a miniature of Minerva, crowned, instructing men in making armour, while a man uses counters and another plays the flageolet., De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

et renomées) The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, ff. 11v, or 12v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Minerva

• Detail of a miniature of Marpesia and Lampeto, queens of the Amazons, with armed attendants and a shield bearer., De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

et renomées) The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, ff. 11v, or 12v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Marpesia

• Detail of a miniature of Medea, with Jason on a horse and a slaughter of a child with his sword, at the beginning of chapter 17., De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

et renomées) The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, ff. 11v, or 12v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Medea

• Detail of a miniature of Pamphila collecting cocoons of silk worms from trees and spinning the silk., De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

et renomées) The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, ff. 11v, or 12v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Pamphila

• Detail of a miniature of men digging the grave of Rhea Silvia, with a wolf and twins behind., De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

et renomées) The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, ff. 11v, or 12v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Rhea

• Miniature of Nicholas and three boys in a tub., Legenda aurea

16th Earl of Arundel (b. 1417, d. 1487): probably his autograph inscription 'My tryst ys. Arundell (f. 5).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 119; and in

• Miniature of the Coronation of the Virgin, with male and female saints, and the Last Judgement., Legenda aurea

16th Earl of Arundel (b. 1417, d. 1487): probably his autograph inscription 'My tryst ys. Arundell (f. 5).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 119; and in

• Detail of a miniature of Christ and Thomas., Legenda aurea

16th Earl of Arundel (b. 1417, d. 1487): probably his autograph inscription 'My tryst ys. Arundell (f. 5).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 119; and in

• Detail of a miniature of the Circumcision of Christ., Legenda aurea

16th Earl of Arundel (b. 1417, d. 1487): probably his autograph inscription 'My tryst ys. Arundell (f. 5).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 119; and in

• Detail of a miniature of the Annunciation., Legenda aurea

16th Earl of Arundel (b. 1417, d. 1487): probably his autograph inscription 'My tryst ys. Arundell (f. 5).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 119; and in

• Detail of a miniature of Margaret emerging from the dragon., Legenda aurea

16th Earl of Arundel (b. 1417, d. 1487): probably his autograph inscription 'My tryst ys. Arundell (f. 5).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 119; and in