• Text page with plain initials in gold 'C'(anticum Psalmorum)., Psalter (the 'Ramsey Psalter' or 'Psalter of Oswald'), in the Gallican version, with a litany (ff. 209-211) followed by prayers (ff. 211-214)

initials in gold 'C'(anticum Psalmorum). English saints in the litany include: Alban, Oswald, Kenelm, Edmund, Ethelbert, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Wilfred, John of Beverley, Chad, Erkonwald, Swithun, Birinus, Judoc, Machutus, Etheldreda, Sexburg, Withburg, and Werburg.The script of the Ramsey Psalter formed the

• Detail of tinted drawing with the Virgin Mary standing at the base of the cross., Psalter (the 'Ramsey Psalter' or 'Psalter of Oswald'), in the Gallican version, with a litany (ff. 209-211) followed by prayers (ff. 211-214)

Mary standing at the base of the cross. English saints in the litany include: Alban, Oswald, Kenelm, Edmund, Ethelbert, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Wilfred, John of Beverley, Chad, Erkonwald, Swithun, Birinus, Judoc, Machutus, Etheldreda, Sexburg, Withburg, and Werburg.The script of the Ramsey

• Detail of illuminated initial 'D'(eus in nomine tuo saluum me fac) at Psalm 53., Psalter (the 'Ramsey Psalter' or 'Psalter of Oswald'), in the Gallican version, with a litany (ff. 209-211) followed by prayers (ff. 211-214)

tuo saluum me fac) at Psalm 53. English saints in the litany include: Alban, Oswald, Kenelm, Edmund, Ethelbert, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Wilfred, John of Beverley, Chad, Erkonwald, Swithun, Birinus, Judoc, Machutus, Etheldreda, Sexburg, Withburg, and Werburg.The script of the Ramsey Psalter

• Illuminated initial 'D'(eus reppulisti nos) at Psalm 59., Psalter (the 'Ramsey Psalter' or 'Psalter of Oswald'), in the Gallican version, with a litany (ff. 209-211) followed by prayers (ff. 211-214)

nos) at Psalm 59. English saints in the litany include: Alban, Oswald, Kenelm, Edmund, Ethelbert, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Wilfred, John of Beverley, Chad, Erkonwald, Swithun, Birinus, Judoc, Machutus, Etheldreda, Sexburg, Withburg, and Werburg.The script of the Ramsey Psalter formed the basis

• Detail of illuminated initial 'D'([omi]ne exaudi orationem meam), with beakhead, foliate, and knotwork motifs, at Psalm 101., Psalter (the 'Ramsey Psalter' or 'Psalter of Oswald'), in the Gallican version, with a litany (ff. 209-211) followed by prayers (ff. 211-214)

with beakhead, foliate, and knotwork motifs, at Psalm 101. English saints in the litany include: Alban, Oswald, Kenelm, Edmund, Ethelbert, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Wilfred, John of Beverley, Chad, Erkonwald, Swithun, Birinus, Judoc, Machutus, Etheldreda, Sexburg, Withburg, and Werburg.The script of the

• Detail of illuminated initial 'B'(enedictus), with foliate motifs, at Psalm 143., Psalter (the 'Ramsey Psalter' or 'Psalter of Oswald'), in the Gallican version, with a litany (ff. 209-211) followed by prayers (ff. 211-214)

with foliate motifs, at Psalm 143. English saints in the litany include: Alban, Oswald, Kenelm, Edmund, Ethelbert, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Wilfred, John of Beverley, Chad, Erkonwald, Swithun, Birinus, Judoc, Machutus, Etheldreda, Sexburg, Withburg, and Werburg.The script of the Ramsey Psalter formed

• Illuminated initial 'B'(eatus vir qui non abiit) with a beast's head, and knotwork and foliate motifs, at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter (the 'Ramsey Psalter' or 'Psalter of Oswald'), in the Gallican version, with a litany (ff. 209-211) followed by prayers (ff. 211-214)

and knotwork and foliate motifs, at the beginning of Psalm 1. English saints in the litany include: Alban, Oswald, Kenelm, Edmund, Ethelbert, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Wilfred, John of Beverley, Chad, Erkonwald, Swithun, Birinus, Judoc, Machutus, Etheldreda, Sexburg, Withburg, and Werburg.The script

• Illuminated initial 'D'(ixit dominus domino meo), with foliate and knotwork motifs, at Psalm 109., Psalter (the 'Ramsey Psalter' or 'Psalter of Oswald'), in the Gallican version, with a litany (ff. 209-211) followed by prayers (ff. 211-214)

foliate and knotwork motifs, at Psalm 109. English saints in the litany include: Alban, Oswald, Kenelm, Edmund, Ethelbert, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Wilfred, John of Beverley, Chad, Erkonwald, Swithun, Birinus, Judoc, Machutus, Etheldreda, Sexburg, Withburg, and Werburg.The script of the Ramsey Psalter

• Illuminated initial 'A'(d dominum cum tribularer), with foliate motifs, at Psalm 119., Psalter (the 'Ramsey Psalter' or 'Psalter of Oswald'), in the Gallican version, with a litany (ff. 209-211) followed by prayers (ff. 211-214)

with foliate motifs, at Psalm 119. English saints in the litany include: Alban, Oswald, Kenelm, Edmund, Ethelbert, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Wilfred, John of Beverley, Chad, Erkonwald, Swithun, Birinus, Judoc, Machutus, Etheldreda, Sexburg, Withburg, and Werburg.The script of the Ramsey Psalter formed

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'B'(enedicite)., Psalter (the 'Ramsey Psalter' or 'Psalter of Oswald'), in the Gallican version, with a litany (ff. 209-211) followed by prayers (ff. 211-214)

illuminated initial 'B'(enedicite). English saints in the litany include: Alban, Oswald, Kenelm, Edmund, Ethelbert, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Wilfred, John of Beverley, Chad, Erkonwald, Swithun, Birinus, Judoc, Machutus, Etheldreda, Sexburg, Withburg, and Werburg.The script of the Ramsey Psalter formed the basis of

• Historiated initial 'D'(eus) with Christ nailed to the Cross, and three-sided foliate border, at the beginning of Sext in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

calendar, 1480: '[D]ie sabbati A^o^ Domini 1480 med. noct. natus fuit I. Eage(?) … Eage(?)' (f. 6v). Added recipes in English, 15th century or 16th century, the second 'A watyr for the pestelens' (f. 111).Thomas Parker of Willingdon, Sussex, 16th

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) with Jerome as a cardinal and his lion, and full foliate border, at the beginning of Jerome's Psalter., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

calendar, 1480: '[D]ie sabbati A^o^ Domini 1480 med. noct. natus fuit I. Eage(?) … Eage(?)' (f. 6v). Added recipes in English, 15th century or 16th century, the second 'A watyr for the pestelens' (f. 111).Thomas Parker of Willingdon, Sussex, 16th

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) with Jerome as a cardinal and his lion, at the beginning of Jerome's Psalter., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

calendar, 1480: '[D]ie sabbati A^o^ Domini 1480 med. noct. natus fuit I. Eage(?) … Eage(?)' (f. 6v). Added recipes in English, 15th century or 16th century, the second 'A watyr for the pestelens' (f. 111).Thomas Parker of Willingdon, Sussex, 16th

• Historiated initial 'D'(eus) with Christ nailed to the Cross, at the beginning of Sext in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

calendar, 1480: '[D]ie sabbati A^o^ Domini 1480 med. noct. natus fuit I. Eage(?) … Eage(?)' (f. 6v). Added recipes in English, 15th century or 16th century, the second 'A watyr for the pestelens' (f. 111).Thomas Parker of Willingdon, Sussex, 16th

• Historiated initial 'O' (Domine) with Christ in a wine-press, and a full foliate border, at the beginning of a prayer to Christ., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

calendar, 1480: '[D]ie sabbati A^o^ Domini 1480 med. noct. natus fuit I. Eage(?) … Eage(?)' (f. 6v). Added recipes in English, 15th century or 16th century, the second 'A watyr for the pestelens' (f. 111).Thomas Parker of Willingdon, Sussex, 16th

• Historiated initial of Christ carrying the Cross., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

calendar, 1480: '[D]ie sabbati A^o^ Domini 1480 med. noct. natus fuit I. Eage(?) … Eage(?)' (f. 6v). Added recipes in English, 15th century or 16th century, the second 'A watyr for the pestelens' (f. 111).Thomas Parker of Willingdon, Sussex, 16th

• Historiated initial of the General Resurrection of the dead., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

calendar, 1480: '[D]ie sabbati A^o^ Domini 1480 med. noct. natus fuit I. Eage(?) … Eage(?)' (f. 6v). Added recipes in English, 15th century or 16th century, the second 'A watyr for the pestelens' (f. 111).Thomas Parker of Willingdon, Sussex, 16th

• Decorated initial 'M'(ulta)., Commentary on Malachi and Homilies

the library of St James's Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 8181).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial Gervase of Chichester England

• Detail of miniature of Lydgate and pilgrims on the road to Canterbury, at the beginning of the prologue of the Siege of Thebes., Troy Book, Siege of Thebes, Testament and The reignes of the kyngis of England; A Treatise between Information and Truth; On the Death of the Earl of Northumberland; Le assemble de dyeus; Descent of the Lords Percy

in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 12.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Pilgrims John Lydgate, William Cornish, John Skelton, William Peeris London England, S. E. (London)