• Bible scenes and moralisations in a series of eight roundels., Bible moralisée (section of the Oxford-Paris-London Bible moralisée), containing 1 Maccabees 1:57-2 Maccabees 14:46

1527 are part of a Bible moralisée that is divided between Oxford, Paris and London (the Oxford-Paris-London Bible moralisée): volume 1 is Oxford, MS Bodley 270b; volume 2 is Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms latin 11560; and volume 3

• Bible scenes and moralisations in a series of eight roundels., Bible moralisée (section of the Oxford-Paris-London Bible moralisée), containing 1 Maccabees 1:57-2 Maccabees 14:46

1527 are part of a Bible moralisée that is divided between Oxford, Paris and London (the Oxford-Paris-London Bible moralisée): volume 1 is Oxford, MS Bodley 270b; volume 2 is Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms latin 11560; and volume 3

• Bible scenes and moralisations in a series of eight roundels., Bible moralisée (section of the Oxford-Paris-London Bible moralisée), containing 1 Maccabees 1:57-2 Maccabees 14:46

1527 are part of a Bible moralisée that is divided between Oxford, Paris and London (the Oxford-Paris-London Bible moralisée): volume 1 is Oxford, MS Bodley 270b; volume 2 is Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms latin 11560; and volume 3

• Miniatures in roundels of biblical scenes and moralisations, including the First Temptation of Christ., Bible moralisée (section of the Oxford-Paris-London Bible moralisée), containing 1 Maccabees 1:57-2 Maccabees 14:46

and Harley 1527 are part of a Bible moralisée that is divided between Oxford, Paris and London (the Oxford-Paris-London Bible moralisée): volume 1 is Oxford, MS Bodley 270b; volume 2 is Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms latin 11560; and

• Miniatures in roundels, including the Crucifixion., Bible moralisée (section of the Oxford-Paris-London Bible moralisée), containing 1 Maccabees 1:57-2 Maccabees 14:46

part of a Bible moralisée that is divided between Oxford, Paris and London (the Oxford-Paris-London Bible moralisée): volume 1 is Oxford, MS Bodley 270b; volume 2 is Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms latin 11560; and volume 3 is divided

• Miniatures in roundels of biblical scenes and moralisations, including a baptism., Bible moralisée (section of the Oxford-Paris-London Bible moralisée), containing 1 Maccabees 1:57-2 Maccabees 14:46

Harley 1527 are part of a Bible moralisée that is divided between Oxford, Paris and London (the Oxford-Paris-London Bible moralisée): volume 1 is Oxford, MS Bodley 270b; volume 2 is Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms latin 11560; and volume

• Miniatures in roundels of biblical scenes and moralisations., Bible moralisée (section of the Oxford-Paris-London Bible moralisée), containing 1 Maccabees 1:57-2 Maccabees 14:46

are part of a Bible moralisée that is divided between Oxford, Paris and London (the Oxford-Paris-London Bible moralisée): volume 1 is Oxford, MS Bodley 270b; volume 2 is Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms latin 11560; and volume 3 is

• Miniatures in roundels of biblical scenes and moralisations., Bible moralisée (section of the Oxford-Paris-London Bible moralisée), containing 1 Maccabees 1:57-2 Maccabees 14:46

are part of a Bible moralisée that is divided between Oxford, Paris and London (the Oxford-Paris-London Bible moralisée): volume 1 is Oxford, MS Bodley 270b; volume 2 is Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms latin 11560; and volume 3 is

• Miniatures in roundels of biblical scenes and moralisations., Bible moralisée (section of the Oxford-Paris-London Bible moralisée), containing 1 Maccabees 1:57-2 Maccabees 14:46

are part of a Bible moralisée that is divided between Oxford, Paris and London (the Oxford-Paris-London Bible moralisée): volume 1 is Oxford, MS Bodley 270b; volume 2 is Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms latin 11560; and volume 3 is

• Biblical scenes and moralisations., Bible moralisée (section of the Oxford-Paris-London Bible moralisée), containing 1 Maccabees 1:57-2 Maccabees 14:46

of a Bible moralisée that is divided between Oxford, Paris and London (the Oxford-Paris-London Bible moralisée): volume 1 is Oxford, MS Bodley 270b; volume 2 is Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms latin 11560; and volume 3 is divided into

• Bible scenes and moralisations in a series of eight roundels., Bible moralisée (section of the Oxford-Paris-London Bible moralisée), containing 1 Maccabees 1:57-2 Maccabees 14:46

1527 are part of a Bible moralisée that is divided between Oxford, Paris and London (the Oxford-Paris-London Bible moralisée): volume 1 is Oxford, MS Bodley 270b; volume 2 is Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms latin 11560; and volume 3

• Eight roundels with biblical scenes and moralisations., Bible moralisée (section of the Oxford-Paris-London Bible moralisée), containing 1 Maccabees 1:57-2 Maccabees 14:46

are part of a Bible moralisée that is divided between Oxford, Paris and London (the Oxford-Paris-London Bible moralisée): volume 1 is Oxford, MS Bodley 270b; volume 2 is Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms latin 11560; and volume 3 is

• Detail of a miniature of the priests of the temple wrongfully handing over their treasure to Heliodorus, illustrating 2 Maccabees 3., Bible moralisée (section of the Oxford-Paris-London Bible moralisée), containing 1 Maccabees 1:57-2 Maccabees 14:46

Maccabees 3. This manuscript and Harley 1527 are part of a Bible moralisée that is divided between Oxford, Paris and London (the Oxford-Paris-London Bible moralisée): volume 1 is Oxford, MS Bodley 270b; volume 2 is Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France,

• Text page., Fragments of a philosophical work

his collection, no. 377 (see ~The Lumley Library: The Catalogue of 1609~, ed. by Sears Jayne and Francis R. Johnson (London: British Museum, 1956), p. 71; passed to Henry, prince of Wales.Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612),

• Detail of a text page., Fragments of a philosophical work

his collection, no. 377 (see ~The Lumley Library: The Catalogue of 1609~, ed. by Sears Jayne and Francis R. Johnson (London: British Museum, 1956), p. 71; passed to Henry, prince of Wales.Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612),

• Puzzle initials 'P'(linius)., Vita Plinii (Life of Pliny) (f. 1), letter to Vespasian (ff. 1-2), Historia naturalis (Natural History) (ff. 2-296) with extracts from Isidore of Seville (added to fill gaps in the exemplar)

dean of the royal chapel, 'This boke belongeth to Sir John . . . chapleyn to my [Lord ?] of London, [who ?] was the kynges grand . . . dean of the kynges chapell' ( f. 294v). The Old

• Detail of illuminated initial., Glossed Gospel of Matthew, preceded by prologues (f. 2r-v)

Britain: A List of Surviving Books~, ed. by N. R. Ker, 2nd edn, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 3 (London: Royal Historical Society, 1964), p. 41.Unidentified reader, 17th century(?), who has written a title and a ten-line note (f.

• Detail of decorated initial., Glossed Gospel of Matthew, preceded by prologues (f. 2r-v)

Britain: A List of Surviving Books~, ed. by N. R. Ker, 2nd edn, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 3 (London: Royal Historical Society, 1964), p. 41.Unidentified reader, 17th century(?), who has written a title and a ten-line note (f.

• null, Adversus haereses

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum

• Decorated initial 'M'(ortuo) at the beginning of Peter Comestor's Historia scholastica, with the crossed-out ownership inscription of St Mary Overy above., Historia scholastica, part, and Sermons

(inside lower cover); 'suwerk' (f. 102v).Book plate with 'JS' (inside upper cover). Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller; bought in March 1834 by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis