• Detail of a miniature of Henry VIII as David praying with an angel appearing in the sky, at the beginning of Psalm 68., Psalter ('The Psalter of Henry VIII')

to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Henry VIII as David Jean Mallard, with Latin marginal notes by Henry VIII Jean Mallard Jean Mallard England, S. E. England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of a miniature of musicians with a drum, flute-a-bec, trumpet, harp and dulcimer, at the beginning of Psalm 80., Psalter ('The Psalter of Henry VIII')

number, no. 1283.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Musicians Jean Mallard, with Latin marginal notes by Henry VIII Jean Mallard Jean Mallard England, S. E. England, S. E. (London)

• Historiated initial 'D'(ominus) of the anointing and coronation of David, at the beginning of Psalm 26., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

hand (f. i verso and unfoliated flyleaf at the end); passed to Robert Scott.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller. Charles II (b. 1630, d.1685), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: probably purchased from Scott together with other

• Text page with blue and red initials, and penwork line fillers., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

hand (f. i verso and unfoliated flyleaf at the end); passed to Robert Scott.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller. Charles II (b. 1630, d.1685), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: probably purchased from Scott together with other

• Miniature of pigs being slaughtered, at the calendar for December., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

hand (f. i verso and unfoliated flyleaf at the end); passed to Robert Scott.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller. Charles II (b. 1630, d.1685), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: probably purchased from Scott together with other

• Detail of an historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul preaching., Pauline Epistles, glossed with the commentary of Peter Lombard

et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6513 or 6523.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Detail of grotesque from the foot of the folio., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

hand (f. i verso and unfoliated flyleaf at the end); passed to Robert Scott.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller. Charles II (b. 1630, d.1685), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: probably purchased from Scott together with other

• Inhabited initial 'I'(nicium) at the beginning of Mark with lions and an animal playing a fiddle., Mark with the Glossa ordinaria and interlinear glosses; preceded by a table of' capitula sive distinctiones', beginning 'De Iohanne baptista' (ff. 2 r-v), and by the prologue 'Marcus evangelista Dei' (ff. 3-4v), imperfect at the end (the last leaf has been cut out)

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6459.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Illuminated initial 'E'(ntre) at the beginning of the prologue., Anabasis

~Ancient History and the Antiquarian: Essays in Memory of Arnaldo Momigliano~, ed by Michael H. Crawford and Christopher R. Ligota (London: Warburg, 1995), pp. 73-103 (pp. 91-95).Foliation in red referred to a list of contents (ff. 1-9). 10 miniatures in

• Text pages with illuminated initials., Anabasis

~Ancient History and the Antiquarian: Essays in Memory of Arnaldo Momigliano~, ed by Michael H. Crawford and Christopher R. Ligota (London: Warburg, 1995), pp. 73-103 (pp. 91-95).Foliation in red referred to a list of contents (ff. 1-9). 10 miniatures in

• Miniature of the Greek camp, with messengers reporting the death of Cyrus., Anabasis

~Ancient History and the Antiquarian: Essays in Memory of Arnaldo Momigliano~, ed by Michael H. Crawford and Christopher R. Ligota (London: Warburg, 1995), pp. 73-103 (pp. 91-95).Foliation in red referred to a list of contents (ff. 1-9). 10 miniatures in

• Miniature of Greeks by the sea shore ascending a path, with Orientals looking on., Anabasis

~Ancient History and the Antiquarian: Essays in Memory of Arnaldo Momigliano~, ed by Michael H. Crawford and Christopher R. Ligota (London: Warburg, 1995), pp. 73-103 (pp. 91-95).Foliation in red referred to a list of contents (ff. 1-9). 10 miniatures in

• Miniature of the Greeks in council on the shore, with an island castle and ship nearby, with a full foliate border with birds and grotesques., Anabasis

~Ancient History and the Antiquarian: Essays in Memory of Arnaldo Momigliano~, ed by Michael H. Crawford and Christopher R. Ligota (London: Warburg, 1995), pp. 73-103 (pp. 91-95).Foliation in red referred to a list of contents (ff. 1-9). 10 miniatures in

• Miniature of the Greeks making merry., Anabasis

~Ancient History and the Antiquarian: Essays in Memory of Arnaldo Momigliano~, ed by Michael H. Crawford and Christopher R. Ligota (London: Warburg, 1995), pp. 73-103 (pp. 91-95).Foliation in red referred to a list of contents (ff. 1-9). 10 miniatures in

• Detail of a miniature of the Greeks making merry., Anabasis

~Ancient History and the Antiquarian: Essays in Memory of Arnaldo Momigliano~, ed by Michael H. Crawford and Christopher R. Ligota (London: Warburg, 1995), pp. 73-103 (pp. 91-95).Foliation in red referred to a list of contents (ff. 1-9). 10 miniatures in

• Miniature of fighting at the gates of Byzantium., Anabasis

~Ancient History and the Antiquarian: Essays in Memory of Arnaldo Momigliano~, ed by Michael H. Crawford and Christopher R. Ligota (London: Warburg, 1995), pp. 73-103 (pp. 91-95).Foliation in red referred to a list of contents (ff. 1-9). 10 miniatures in

• Detail of Various ownership inscriptions, including that of Holy Cross abbey, Waltham., De sacramento altaris

lower margin). See ~Burke’s Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry~, ed. by Peter Townend, 18th edn, 3 vols (London: Burke's Peerage Limited, 1972), III, 70-1, under Blake of Barham Court, for an outline of the family descent. Thomas

• Detail of a decorated initial., De sacramento altaris

lower margin). See ~Burke’s Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry~, ed. by Peter Townend, 18th edn, 3 vols (London: Burke's Peerage Limited, 1972), III, 70-1, under Blake of Barham Court, for an outline of the family descent. Thomas

• Detail of a decorated initial., De sacramento altaris

lower margin). See ~Burke’s Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry~, ed. by Peter Townend, 18th edn, 3 vols (London: Burke's Peerage Limited, 1972), III, 70-1, under Blake of Barham Court, for an outline of the family descent. Thomas

• Illuminated initial 'T'(uit)., Life of Thomas Becket

a land grant, mostly with the name Thomas Denmars (?) (See Andrew G. Watson, ~The Library of Sir Simonds D'Ewes~ (London: British Museum, 1966), who identifies Surrey place names on ff. 66, 92, and 97v).Ownership inscription?, effaced (f. 122v). Part