• Detail of an historiated initial 'B'(eatus) of David playing a harp, and David fighting Goliath., Psalter and Hours, Use of Arras

4v-16). 3 full-page miniatures, each divided into four compartments, in colours and gold, preceding the Psalter (ff. 17v, 18v, 19v); 1 probably missing after f. 17. 17 large historiated initials with three-sided borders, in colours and gold, for the psalms,

• Detail of an archer aiming at a hybrid grotesque, from the right margin of the folio., Psalter and Hours, Use of Arras

4v-16). 3 full-page miniatures, each divided into four compartments, in colours and gold, preceding the Psalter (ff. 17v, 18v, 19v); 1 probably missing after f. 17. 17 large historiated initials with three-sided borders, in colours and gold, for the psalms,

• Detail of a hound chasing a rabbit in the lower border of the folio., Psalter and Hours, Use of Arras

4v-16). 3 full-page miniatures, each divided into four compartments, in colours and gold, preceding the Psalter (ff. 17v, 18v, 19v); 1 probably missing after f. 17. 17 large historiated initials with three-sided borders, in colours and gold, for the psalms,

• Detail of a miniature in four compartments: the Entry of Jesus into Jerusalem [Palm Sunday], Jesus washing the feet of his disciples, and the Last Supper., Psalter and Hours, Use of Arras

4v-16). 3 full-page miniatures, each divided into four compartments, in colours and gold, preceding the Psalter (ff. 17v, 18v, 19v); 1 probably missing after f. 17. 17 large historiated initials with three-sided borders, in colours and gold, for the psalms,

• Detail of the upper section of the miniature, with scenes of the Entry of Jesus into Jerusalem [Palm Sunday]., Psalter and Hours, Use of Arras

4v-16). 3 full-page miniatures, each divided into four compartments, in colours and gold, preceding the Psalter (ff. 17v, 18v, 19v); 1 probably missing after f. 17. 17 large historiated initials with three-sided borders, in colours and gold, for the psalms,

• Detail of the lower section of the miniature, with scenes of Jesus washing the feet of his disciples, and the Last Supper., Psalter and Hours, Use of Arras

4v-16). 3 full-page miniatures, each divided into four compartments, in colours and gold, preceding the Psalter (ff. 17v, 18v, 19v); 1 probably missing after f. 17. 17 large historiated initials with three-sided borders, in colours and gold, for the psalms,

• Historiated initial with a battle scene., Fragment of a leaf of a Speculum maius (beginning of book 9)

leaf from a late 13th century English Troper (Sanctus and Agnus tropes). Musical notation: square notation on four-line red staves. 1 large historiated initial with partial bar borders with leaves, in colours and gold. Small initials in red with blue

• Miniature of the Virgin and Child, at the beginning of Cantiques., La bible historiale complétée, 2nd volume, imperfect

first leaves are missing and the text starts with Proverbs 4: 2, and 1 folio is missing at the beginning of the New Testament (before f. 245) and the text starts with Mathew 2: 12.Catchwords, quire and bifolium signatures. Numerous

• Miniature of Amos as a shepherd, at the beginning of Amos, with the instruction for an illuminator in the margin; 'I saint berger / garde de berbis et / vois d'ange'., La bible historiale complétée, 2nd volume, imperfect

de berbis et / vois d'ange'. Two first leaves are missing and the text starts with Proverbs 4: 2, and 1 folio is missing at the beginning of the New Testament (before f. 245) and the text starts with Mathew

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) in two compartments, with Saul throwing his spear at David playing his harp, and David and Goliath, full border and bas-de-page scene with David with a harp and Saul crowned, riding horses towards a group of female musicians and dancers, their entry in Jerusalem; the borders with the arms of Bar and de Tocy at the corners, and three scenes in the mid-points: the Virgin and Child (top), King David (?) praying (right), and a city gate (below)., Breviary, Use of Verdun, Winter portion ('The Breviary of Renaud de Bar' or 'The Breviary of Marguerite de Bar')

June 1919, lot 4, bought by Claude Anet (for Bevan) for £3,100.Henry Yates Thompson, re-acquired.Bequeathed to the British Museum by Mrs Henry Yates Thompson, in 1941. Psalm 1 Master of the Pontifical of Renaud de Bar Metz France, E. (Metz)

• Detail of a miniature of Amos as a shepherd, at the beginning of Amos., La bible historiale complétée, 2nd volume, imperfect

Two first leaves are missing and the text starts with Proverbs 4: 2, and 1 folio is missing at the beginning of the New Testament (before f. 245) and the text starts with Mathew 2: 12.Catchwords, quire and bifolium signatures.

• Detail of a miniature of the Virgin and Child, at the beginning of Cantiques., La bible historiale complétée, 2nd volume, imperfect

Two first leaves are missing and the text starts with Proverbs 4: 2, and 1 folio is missing at the beginning of the New Testament (before f. 245) and the text starts with Mathew 2: 12.Catchwords, quire and bifolium signatures.

• Detail of a miniature of John the Baptist pointing to the Lamb of God in a landscape, at the beginning of the reading for the feast of John the Baptist., Epistle Lectionary

initials with three, or two-sided borders in colours and gold below miniatures and at the beginning of other divisions (ff. 1, 8, 10v, 11v, 13v, 14v-16, 20v, 21v-22v, 23v, 25v, 26v, 27v-28, 29, 29v), with a hunting scene in the

• Detail of an inhabited initial 'V'(espe), with birds, dragons, and the face of Christ in a roundel., Homiliary

Vespasian B XX and Harley 105). Large historiated initial in colours with the head of Christ and entwined animals (f. 1). Large initial in colours with entwined animals and head terminals. Large initials in red, green, yellow, purple, or blue,

• Detail of an inhabited initial 'P'(rimo) with animals and animal and human-head terminals., Homiliary

Vespasian B XX and Harley 105). Large historiated initial in colours with the head of Christ and entwined animals (f. 1). Large initial in colours with entwined animals and head terminals. Large initials in red, green, yellow, purple, or blue,

• null, Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite's Celestial Hierarchy

ff. 107 and 108 watermarked with an image of Britannia? in an oval medallion topped by a crown. Evidence that a book-plate has been removed (inside front cover). For another manuscript owned by Palmer see Burney 2; and for

• null, Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite's Celestial Hierarchy

ff. 107 and 108 watermarked with an image of Britannia? in an oval medallion topped by a crown. Evidence that a book-plate has been removed (inside front cover). For another manuscript owned by Palmer see Burney 2; and for

• Miniature of the Wheel of Sevens, from the De Lisle Psalter (Arundel 83 II). At the centre of the Wheel is Christ in Majesty, holding the globe and with one hand raised in blessing. From the center the rings contain: 1. the seven requests of the Lord's prayer; 2. the seven sacraments of the Church; 3. the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit; 4. the seven spiritual weapons of the virtues; 5. the seven corporeal and spiritual works of mercy; 6. the seven principal virtues; and 7. the seven criminal vices. The four Evangelists and their symbols surround the Wheel; below, in a separate compartment, are two scenes of the Visitation. Diagram of circle with 7 segments, and in the lower margin, the Visitation., Psalter (the 'De Lisle Psalter'; 'Arundel 83 II'), including a Sarum calendar (ff. 117-122v), followed by 24 illustrations: 13 moral, devotional, and theological diagrams, 9 pages of images of the life of Christ, and two facing miniatures of the Madonna and child and the Crucifixion (ff. 123v-135)

is Christ in Majesty, holding the globe and with one hand raised in blessing. From the center the rings contain: 1. the seven requests of the Lord's prayer; 2. the seven sacraments of the Church; 3. the seven gifts of

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a mounted king stabbing at a hart with his sword., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

century (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Decretales' and Westminster inventory number 'no. 1059' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after the inventory of 1542; in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a king approaching a castle, in which hide a group of naked people; there are angels on the battlements., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

century (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Decretales' and Westminster inventory number 'no. 1059' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after the inventory of 1542; in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix