• Donor inscription, recording the gift of the manuscript to the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury, with some red lettering., Gospel Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary)

E. E.' (f. 1v).Rubrics for the feast and translation of Thomas of Canterbury erased (ff. 8v, 28v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Donor inscription London England, S. E. (London)

• Miniature of John the Baptist with the Agnus Dei, flanked by a lion and a unicorn, with a hedgehog at his feet., Gospel Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary)

E.' (f. 1v).Rubrics for the feast and translation of Thomas of Canterbury erased (ff. 8v, 28v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. John the Baptist London England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of a miniature of John the Baptist with the Agnus Dei, flanked by a lion and a unicorn, with a hedgehog at his feet., Gospel Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary)

E.' (f. 1v).Rubrics for the feast and translation of Thomas of Canterbury erased (ff. 8v, 28v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. John the Baptist London England, S. E. (London)

• Text page., Gospel Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary)

E. E.' (f. 1v).Rubrics for the feast and translation of Thomas of Canterbury erased (ff. 8v, 28v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text page London England, S. E. (London)

• Miniature of the Feast of All Saints, with the donors' patron saints, Stephen and Margaret, an illuminated initial 'I', and a partial bar border., Gospel Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary)

(f. 1v).Rubrics for the feast and translation of Thomas of Canterbury erased (ff. 8v, 28v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Feast of All Saints London England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of a miniature of the Feast of All Saints, with the donors' patron saints, Stephen and Margaret., Gospel Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary)

(f. 1v).Rubrics for the feast and translation of Thomas of Canterbury erased (ff. 8v, 28v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Feast of All Saints London England, S. E. (London)

• Miniature of a tiger, distracted from the capture of its cub by its own reflection in a mirror., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

king of England, Scotland, and 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. Tiger England, Central England, N. or Central

• Detail of miniature of lions breathing life into their cubs, at the beginning of the entry 'De natura leonis'., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

king of England, Scotland, and 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. Lions England, Central England, N. or Central

• Detail of a decorated initial 'B'(estiarum) and a miniature of lions breathing life into their cubs, at the beginning of the entry 'De natura leonis'., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

king of England, Scotland, and 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. Lions England, Central England, N. or Central

• Miniature of a basilisk and two victims of its murderous gaze, a man and a ermine or ferret, and a miniature of a regulus., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

England, Scotland, and 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. Basilisk and regulus England, Central England, N. or Central

• Detail of a miniature of a basilisk and two victims of its murderous gaze, a man and a ermine or ferret., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

king of England, Scotland, and 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. Basilisk England, Central England, N. or Central

• Decorated initial 'B'(estiarum) and a miniature of lions breathing life into their cubs, at the beginning of the entry 'De natura leonis'., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

king of England, Scotland, and 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. Lions England, Central England, N. or Central

• Miniature of a hunter chasing a beaver, who bites off his testicles in order to thwart the hunter., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

king of England, Scotland, and 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. Beaver England, Central England, N. or Central

• Detail of a miniature of a hunter chasing a beaver, who bites off his testicles in order to thwart the hunter., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

king of England, Scotland, and 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. Beaver England, Central England, N. or Central

• Detail of a miniature of the hydrus, or water snake, being swallowing a crocodile, at the beginning of the entry for hydrus., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

king of England, Scotland, and 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. Hydrus England, Central England, N. or Central

• Miniature of a hunter capturing a tiger's cub by distracting its mother with a mirror, at the beginning of the entry for tiger., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

king of England, Scotland, and 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. Tiger England, Central England, N. or Central

• Detail of a miniature of a hunter capturing a tiger's cub by distracting its mother with a mirror, at the beginning of the entry for tiger., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

king of England, Scotland, and 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. Tiger England, Central England, N. or Central

• Full-page inscription by Ralph Prynne, grocer of London, who dedicated, and possibly gave, the Psalter to Queen Mary I., Psalter

Be me your humbull and poore orytur Rafe, Pryne, grocer, of Loundon, wushynge your gras prosperus helthe' (f. 1v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Inscription Bruges Netherlands, S. (Bruges)

• Miniature of Christ on the Entry into Jerusalem, preceding Psalm 26., Psalter

your humbull and poore orytur Rafe, Pryne, grocer, of Loundon, wushynge your gras prosperus helthe' (f. 1v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Entry into Jerusalem Bruges Netherlands, S. (Bruges)

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(ominus) of the Temptation of Christ, at the beginning of Psalm 26., Psalter

your humbull and poore orytur Rafe, Pryne, grocer, of Loundon, wushynge your gras prosperus helthe' (f. 1v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Temptation of Christ Bruges Netherlands, S. (Bruges)