• Four miniatures: 1. the Flight into Egypt; 2. Angel warning the Holy Family and Herod? sleeping; 3. the miracle of the palm tree; 4 the lions worshipping Jesus., Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio)

York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1326' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of a miniature in three compartments of the Vision of Benedict and Paul with the Holy Face adored by Benedict and Paul, and the Fall in the midst of the planetary spheres, adored by kneeling male and female figures., Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio)

York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1326' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• 2 historiated initials: 'A'(ccidia) of a man seated before a fire, with one shoe off, playing with his belt; and 'A'(ccidia) of a woman seated before a fire, with her distaff falling into the flames., Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio)

York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1326' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• 4 historiated initials: 'A'(cutus) of a man holding an orange object; 'A'(cetosus) of a bust of a man; 'A'(chates) of a man holding an orange stone; 'A'(dam) of the Creation of Eve., Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio)

York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1326' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Historiated initial 'A'(rrogancia) of two men in discussion; a historiated initial 'A'(rgumentum) of two men in discussion, and a historiated initial 'A'(rtes) of a teacher at a desk, with pupils., Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio)

York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1326' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Historiated initial 'Q'(uos) of a man with a band tied around his head for 'beneficencia', a historiated initial 'B'(enignitas) of a head of a priest, and a historiated initial 'Q'(uid) of a beadle citing a layman by touching him with a staff., Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio)

York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1326' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of a miniature of four scenes of Creation: 1. God creating the fish; 2. God creating the animals; 3. the Creation of Adam; 4. the Creation of Eve., Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio)

York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1326' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of an historiated initial 'A'(ntechristus) of Antichrist seated on a rainbow, a parody of God seated on the rainbow, flanked by two men; each of the figures has a third eye in the centre of their foreheads., Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio)

York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1326' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of an historiated initial 'A'(postate) of a tonsured ex-cleric, armed with a sword and a shield and his black habit on the ground, facing an abbot., Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio)

York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1326' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Historiated initial 'C'(anones) of a pope holding a sealed document and a candle, and a cleric with an opened book and a bell, illustrating an excommunication during the 'Bell, book, and candle' ceremony., Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio)

York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1326' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Historiated initial 'B'(enedictus) of Pope Benedict XII with cardinals giving a book to a group of canonists, at the beginning of the Constitution of Benedict XI on the Beatific Vision; below, a miniature of the Holy Face adored by angels and groups of men and women., Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio)

York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1326' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Four miniatures: 1. Moses and the burning bush; 2. the slaughter of the first born; 3. the drowning of the Egyptians in the Red Sea; 4. Moses receiving and casting down the Tablets of the Law., Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio)

York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1326' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Four miniatures: 1. the Sacrifice of Aaron; 2. Balaam, the ass and the angel; 3. the adulteress before Moses and the stoning of adulteress; 4. a prophet speaking to his people., Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio)

York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1326' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Four miniatures: 1. the Sacrifice of Aaron; 2. Balaam, the ass and the angel; 3. the adulteress before Moses and the stoning of adulteress; 4. a prophet speaking to his people., Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio)

York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1326' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Miniature in three compartments of the Vision of Benedict and Paul with the Holy Face adored by Benedict and Paul, and the Fall in the midst of the planetary spheres, adored by kneeling male and female figures., Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio)

York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1326' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Nine historiated initials 'C', illustrating terms: Caverna (cave), Capadocia (Cappadocia), Cancia, Cantabria, Cananea, Campania, Cauda, Calculus (pebble), and Calus (stone)., Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio)

York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1326' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Historiated initial 'C'(essio) illustrating a legal action concerning cession of a man handing a deed (ceding property) to another who holds a silver disk (money?)., Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio)

York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1326' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Historiated initial 'O' of Romauld enthroned with a bishop saint (probably Augustine) and monastic saints John Gualbert (top right), Maurus and Placidus in Camaldolese habits., Cutting from a Gradual

was most likely completed by 1374, in time for use in the officiation of the monastery's new choir. Anonymous 19th-century English owner: inscribed on mount; 'Puccio Capanna', and 'Tommaso Giottinese b. 1324 dies 1356 / Puccio Capanna Pl CXII A...'.Walter

• Coloured initials with pen-flourished decoration and music staves., Fragments of a leaf from an early 14th century English Missal containing the Mass for the 5th and 6th Sunday after Pentecost

Paraphs in blue. Musical notation: square notation on four-lines red staves. Fragments of a leaf from an early 14th century English Missal containing the Mass for the 5th and 6th Sunday after Pentecost John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716), bookseller

• Detail of a drawing of an author portrait of Aldhelm., De laudibus virginitatis; letter of Aldhelm to Ehfridus

Ehfridus, with corrections in the hand of Patrick Young, 17th century (ff. 163-165). Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Aldhelm Aldhelm Winchester England, S. (Winchester or Canterbury, Christ Church)