• Historiated initial 'C'(ecidit) of an epileptic foaming at the mouth and a group of people., Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio)

(Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 8275).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Caducus morbus (Epilepsy) James le Palmer James le Palmer James le Palmer London England, S. E. (London)

• Historiated initial 'C'(astitas) of a personification of chastity with a palm branch and a rosary., Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio)

Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 8275).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Castitas (Chastity) James le Palmer James le Palmer James le Palmer London England, S. E. (London)

• Historiated initial 'B'(eneficia) of a bishop and a young man entering a church., Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio)

Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 8275).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Beneficia (Benefices) James le Palmer James le Palmer James le Palmer London England, S. E. (London)

• Historiated initial 'A'(t) of a man pointing to a man holding his hands over his ears., Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio)

1698?), no. 8275).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Auditus sive audire (Hearing or to hear) James le Palmer James le Palmer James le Palmer London England, S. E. (London)

• Historiated initial 'A'(qua) of a scholar pointing to three bodies of water, one filled with fish, another with shellfish and the third empty., Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio)

Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 8275).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Aqua (water) James le Palmer James le Palmer James le Palmer London England, S. E. (London)

• Historiated initial 'A'(qua) of a scholar pointing to three bodies of water, one filled with fish, another with shellfish and the third empty., Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio)

Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 8275).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Aqua (water) James le Palmer James le Palmer James le Palmer London England, S. E. (London)

• Historiated initial 'A'(mbulans) of Christ calling Peter and Andrew., Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio)

Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 8275).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Apostoli (Apostles) James le Palmer James le Palmer James le Palmer London England, S. E. (London)

• Historiated initial 'T'(ria) of a man with a prod herding domestic animals., Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio)

Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 8275).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Animalia (animals) James le Palmer James le Palmer James le Palmer London England, S. E. (London)

• Historiated initial 'A'(nnus) of scholar measuring the sphere of the heavens., Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio)

Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 8275).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Annus (Year) James le Palmer James le Palmer James le Palmer London England, S. E. (London)

• Historiated initial 'A'(dulatur) of a judge with two flatterers, Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio)

Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 8275).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Adulacio (Adulation) James le Palmer James le Palmer James le Palmer London England, S. E. (London)

• Historiated initial 'A'(chor) of Achor stoned by two men., Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio)

et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 8275).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Achor James le Palmer James le Palmer James le Palmer London England, S. E. (London)

• Historiated initial 'A'(bolicio) of a king touching the head of a kneeling man with a long staff., Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio)

Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 8275).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Abolitio (Abolition) James le Palmer James le Palmer James le Palmer London England, S. E. (London)

• Historiated initial 'C'(anonica) of a bishop and a canon holding a disk inscribed with four smaller parts., Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio)

no. 8275).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Canonica porcio episcopi (Bishop's portion of canons' revenue) James le Palmer James le Palmer James le Palmer London England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of a historiated initial 'A'(utoritas) of a pope with a sealed document and a man kneeling before him., Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio)

(Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 8275).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Auctoritas (Papal authority) James le Palmer James le Palmer James le Palmer London England, S. E. (London)

• Historiated initial 'A'(nima) of God measuring a soul, represented as a naked man., Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio)

Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 8275).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Anima (Soul) James le Palmer James le Palmer James le Palmer London England, S. E. (London)

• Historiated initial 'O' of Romauld enthroned with a bishop saint (probably Augustine) and monastic saints John Gualbert (top right), Maurus and Placidus in Camaldolese habits., Cutting from a Gradual

Capanna', and 'Tommaso Giottinese b. 1324 dies 1356 / Puccio Capanna Pl CXII A...'.Walter Benjamin Tiffin (b. 1795, d. 1877), London art dealer and publisher: purchased from him by the Department of Prints and Drawings of the British Museum on

• Historiated and foliate initial 'L' of the Martyrdom of John the Baptist with the executioner holding up the saint’s severed head., Cutting from a choir book

by her soon after World War II through her brother, Tomás Harris, managing director of the Spanish Art Gallery in London. Accepted by HM Treasury in lieu of inheritance tax from the estates of Miss Violeta Harris and her sister,

• Detail of a drawing of an author portrait of Aldhelm., De laudibus virginitatis; letter of Aldhelm to Ehfridus

his collection, no. 399 (see ~The Lumley Library: The Catalogue of 1609~, ed. by Sears Jayne and Francis R. Johnson (London: British Museum, 1956)); passed to Henry, prince of Wales.Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child

• Detail of a painting of Archimedes., Three books of emblems, prefaced by a letter from Henry Peacham addressed to Henry Frederick, prince of Wales, and based on the Basilikon Doron (Royal Gift), James I's book of advice to his son and heir

II (f. 12v); his collection became part of the Royal Library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Archimedes Henry Peacham Henry Peacham Henry Peacham Henry Peacham England, S. E. (London)

• Text page with initials at the beginning of the Historia Scholastica., Historia Scolastica

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6429.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, appraised in 1678 by William Beveridge and