• Illuminated initial 'C'(um), with hybrids and human heads., Theological treatises

purchased 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. Illuminated initial Antonio Beccaria of Verona Athanasius, translated by Antonio Beccaria England, S.

• Colophon of Antonio Beccaria of Verona, reading 'Athanasii viri sanctissimi de unitate substantiae deitatis / dialogus ex Graeco in Latinu[m] conversus per Antonium / Becariam Veronesem ad serenissimu[m] principem d[omi]n[u]m/ Humfredum Gloucestrix Ducem d[omi]n[u]m suu[m] singularissimu[m] / Locutores Athanasius, Arius et c'; with an inscription identifying the text by John Theyer., Theological treatises

Ireland: purchased 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. Colophon Antonio Beccaria of Verona Athanasius, translated by Antonio Beccaria England, S.

• Text page with inhabited and flourished initials., Troy Book (ff. 6-146); Siege of Thebes (ff. 147v-162)

the Royal Library: included 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. Text page John Lydgate London England, S. E. ( London?)

• Emblem of a man (a king?) wearing a crown of flames and holding an orb marked 'Sol' in the centre of a radiating Tudor Rose inscribed with verses 'Ex paterno trono radii splendoris/ ex matre candor virginii decoris/ ex patre flos rubi coloris / ex utroque redemptio nostri amoris', and tears dropping onto an eye weeping onto a word 'cor', with Percy badge of a crescent, and a scroll bearing an inscription reading, 'I receyue noo lighte but of thy bearmes bright. The light / benevoulent causith cor to relent for remembrynge / thy goodenes contenuall which remanith perpetuall / Cor cannot but of duti he muste distill yet he saith dutie / cannot recompence a cordinge too his goode will'., Troy Book (ff. 6-146); Siege of Thebes (ff. 147v-162)

of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 12.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Emblem of Percy moon receiving light from the Tudor sun John Lydgate London England, S. E. (

• Miniature of Medea killing her children., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), abridged

The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), abridged Numerous medieval and post-medieval added inscriptions in Greek, English and Latin (ff. 1*v, 2*v, 265v, 266). John Bentley: inscribed in 1587 'John Bentley aetatis sue xxxiiii, fe. viii

• Miniature with two hanging men., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), abridged

The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), abridged Numerous medieval and post-medieval added inscriptions in Greek, English and Latin (ff. 1*v, 2*v, 265v, 266). John Bentley: inscribed in 1587 'John Bentley aetatis sue xxxiiii, fe. viii

• Miniature of the suicide of Dido., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), abridged

The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), abridged Numerous medieval and post-medieval added inscriptions in Greek, English and Latin (ff. 1*v, 2*v, 265v, 266). John Bentley: inscribed in 1587 'John Bentley aetatis sue xxxiiii, fe. viii

• Miniature of Cyrus and Astyages in battle., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), abridged

The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), abridged Numerous medieval and post-medieval added inscriptions in Greek, English and Latin (ff. 1*v, 2*v, 265v, 266). John Bentley: inscribed in 1587 'John Bentley aetatis sue xxxiiii, fe. viii

• Miniature of Croesus being seized by a knight., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), abridged

The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), abridged Numerous medieval and post-medieval added inscriptions in Greek, English and Latin (ff. 1*v, 2*v, 265v, 266). John Bentley: inscribed in 1587 'John Bentley aetatis sue xxxiiii, fe. viii

• Miniature of Marcus Regulus., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), abridged

The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), abridged Numerous medieval and post-medieval added inscriptions in Greek, English and Latin (ff. 1*v, 2*v, 265v, 266). John Bentley: inscribed in 1587 'John Bentley aetatis sue xxxiiii, fe. viii

• Miniature of Marcus Regulus., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), abridged

The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), abridged Numerous medieval and post-medieval added inscriptions in Greek, English and Latin (ff. 1*v, 2*v, 265v, 266). John Bentley: inscribed in 1587 'John Bentley aetatis sue xxxiiii, fe. viii

• Miniature of the death of Marcus Regulus., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), abridged

The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), abridged Numerous medieval and post-medieval added inscriptions in Greek, English and Latin (ff. 1*v, 2*v, 265v, 266). John Bentley: inscribed in 1587 'John Bentley aetatis sue xxxiiii, fe. viii

• Miniature of Nero's escape., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), abridged

The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), abridged Numerous medieval and post-medieval added inscriptions in Greek, English and Latin (ff. 1*v, 2*v, 265v, 266). John Bentley: inscribed in 1587 'John Bentley aetatis sue xxxiiii, fe. viii

• Miniature of heathen kings being slain by Arthur., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), abridged

The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), abridged Numerous medieval and post-medieval added inscriptions in Greek, English and Latin (ff. 1*v, 2*v, 265v, 266). John Bentley: inscribed in 1587 'John Bentley aetatis sue xxxiiii, fe. viii

• Detail of a miniature of king Joash being crowned by bishop Joiada., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), abridged

The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), abridged Numerous medieval and post-medieval added inscriptions in Greek, English and Latin (ff. 1*v, 2*v, 265v, 266). John Bentley: inscribed in 1587 'John Bentley aetatis sue xxxiiii, fe. viii

• Detail of a miniature of Sardanapalus sitting in a landscape, spinning, with a woman beside him., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), abridged

The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), abridged Numerous medieval and post-medieval added inscriptions in Greek, English and Latin (ff. 1*v, 2*v, 265v, 266). John Bentley: inscribed in 1587 'John Bentley aetatis sue xxxiiii, fe. viii

• Detail of a miniature of Cresus kneeling in a fire which is extinguished by the rain pouring from a cloud above., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), abridged

The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), abridged Numerous medieval and post-medieval added inscriptions in Greek, English and Latin (ff. 1*v, 2*v, 265v, 266). John Bentley: inscribed in 1587 'John Bentley aetatis sue xxxiiii, fe. viii

• Detail of a miniature of Haman hanging from an elaborately counter-weighted gallows., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), abridged

The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), abridged Numerous medieval and post-medieval added inscriptions in Greek, English and Latin (ff. 1*v, 2*v, 265v, 266). John Bentley: inscribed in 1587 'John Bentley aetatis sue xxxiiii, fe. viii

• Detail of a miniature of the bones of king Lycurgus being cast into the sea (shown as a stream)., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), abridged

The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), abridged Numerous medieval and post-medieval added inscriptions in Greek, English and Latin (ff. 1*v, 2*v, 265v, 266). John Bentley: inscribed in 1587 'John Bentley aetatis sue xxxiiii, fe. viii

• Detail of a miniature of Nero, with a triple crown and ass's ears, watching a man attack Agrippina and disembowel her., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), abridged

The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), abridged Numerous medieval and post-medieval added inscriptions in Greek, English and Latin (ff. 1*v, 2*v, 265v, 266). John Bentley: inscribed in 1587 'John Bentley aetatis sue xxxiiii, fe. viii