• Historiated initial 'D'(ilexi) with the Vigil of the Dead at the beginning of the Office of the Dead., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Jerome's Psalter (ff. 180-204), the fifteen O's of St Bridget introduced by a long rubric in English (ff. 204-221). Some long rubrics in English. Catchwords.Quire signatures. 2 historiated initial in gold and colours with acanthus leaves, with full border with

• Coloured print with Christ as Man of Sorrows being adored by a Carthsian, pasted to a page painted in red covered with streaming blood. A Carthusian kneels before a bloody Christ, who stands beside his cross. They converse by means of scrolls with texts in latin. The Carthusian petitions Christ: ‘O Lord I beseech, send me salvation’ (Domine obsecro dirige ad me salutem). He replies: ‘Son, shun (temptation, understood), subdue (it), say nothing, keep quiet (Fili fuge, vince, tace, quiesce). The formulation is found in Abelard’s Epistle VII on the foundation of a women’s convent, and the context is how to avoid the temptation to sin. Below is a caption in English: ‘The greatest comfort in al temptacyon Is the remembraunce of Crystes passyon.’, Psalter and Rosary of the Virgin (from f. 27), in two versions, and other devotional texts, including a litany

of a women’s convent, and the context is how to avoid the temptation to sin. Below is a caption in English: ‘The greatest comfort in al temptacyon Is the remembraunce of Crystes passyon.’ The most remarkable example of a book

• Coloured print with Christ as the Man of Sorrows surrounded by symbols of the Passion pasted to a page painted in red covered with streaming blood., Psalter and Rosary of the Virgin (from f. 27), in two versions, and other devotional texts, including a litany

of devotion that may show signs of having received that devotion in a direct physical form is Egerton 1821, an English product of around 1490. It begins with three pages, each painted black, on which large drops of blood trickle

• Coloured print with the symbols of the Passion pasted to a page painted in red covered with streaming blood., Psalter and Rosary of the Virgin (from f. 27), in two versions, and other devotional texts, including a litany

of devotion that may show signs of having received that devotion in a direct physical form is Egerton 1821, an English product of around 1490. It begins with three pages, each painted black, on which large drops of blood trickle

• Pages painted black with red drops of blood, representing the wounds of Christ, worn, perhaps as the result of kissing., Psalter and Rosary of the Virgin (from f. 27), in two versions, and other devotional texts, including a litany

of devotion that may show signs of having received that devotion in a direct physical form is Egerton 1821, an English product of around 1490. It begins with three pages, each painted black, on which large drops of blood trickle

• Print with the Virgin nursing the Child., Psalter and Rosary of the Virgin (from f. 27), in two versions, and other devotional texts, including a litany

may show signs of having received that devotion in a direct physical form is Egerton 1821, an English product of around 1490. It begins with three pages, each painted black, on which large drops of blood trickle down. The third

• Pages painted red with streaming blood., Psalter and Rosary of the Virgin (from f. 27), in two versions, and other devotional texts, including a litany

may show signs of having received that devotion in a direct physical form is Egerton 1821, an English product of around 1490. It begins with three pages, each painted black, on which large drops of blood trickle down. The third

• Page painted red with streaming blood., Psalter and Rosary of the Virgin (from f. 27), in two versions, and other devotional texts, including a litany

may show signs of having received that devotion in a direct physical form is Egerton 1821, an English product of around 1490. It begins with three pages, each painted black, on which large drops of blood trickle down. The third

• Miniature of Christ the Redeemer, at the beginning of an added prayer in English., Added miniature for an inscribed prayer in English

the beginning of an added prayer in English. Traces of pilgrim badges (f. 27v). 1 full-page miniature including heraldic arms, in colours and gold (f. 3v). Added miniature for an inscribed prayer in English A member of the Gower family,

• Page painted red with streaming blood., Psalter and Rosary of the Virgin (from f. 27), in two versions, and other devotional texts, including a litany

may show signs of having received that devotion in a direct physical form is Egerton 1821, an English product of around 1490. It begins with three pages, each painted black, on which large drops of blood trickle down. The third

• Page painted red with streaming blood., Psalter and Rosary of the Virgin (from f. 27), in two versions, and other devotional texts, including a litany

may show signs of having received that devotion in a direct physical form is Egerton 1821, an English product of around 1490. It begins with three pages, each painted black, on which large drops of blood trickle down. The third

• Detail of an historiated initial 'A'(d) of David in prayer, from the beginning of a Gradual., Leaf from a Gradual

Edward :4: the book was made beyond the seas…' (verso).John Brickeston(?), 16th century: inscription (verso).Thomas Hall(?), 16th century: inscription in English (verso). ? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of Surrey, and 1st earl

• Page of music on the verso of the folio., Leaf from a Gradual

Edward :4: the book was made beyond the seas…' (verso).John Brickeston(?), 16th century: inscription (verso).Thomas Hall(?), 16th century: inscription in English (verso). ? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of Surrey, and 1st earl

• Miniature of David in penitence, and decorated initial 'D'(omine), at the beginning of the Penitential Psalms., Prayer Book

branches, in gold and purple. All text pages framed in gold. Rubrics in gold. Prayer Book Apparently designed for an English owner: inscribed by Henry VIII and Cardinal Wolsey: see Backhouse 1994.Inscriptions in French, 16th-century: 'en priant a saintte George…',

• Historiated initial 'A'(d) of David in prayer, from the beginning of a Gradual., Leaf from a Gradual

Edward :4: the book was made beyond the seas…' (verso).John Brickeston(?), 16th century: inscription (verso).Thomas Hall(?), 16th century: inscription in English (verso). ? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of Surrey, and 1st earl

• Detail of the last 4 staves of music and an inscription., Leaf from a Gradual

Edward :4: the book was made beyond the seas…' (verso).John Brickeston(?), 16th century: inscription (verso).Thomas Hall(?), 16th century: inscription in English (verso). ? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of Surrey, and 1st earl

• Coloured print with Christ as the Man of Sorrows surrounded by instruments of the Passion pasted to a page painted in red covered with streaming blood, with an indulgence (later defaced): ‘To all them that devoutly say five Pater nosters, five Aves, and a Creed afore such a figure are granted 32,755 years of pardon.’, Psalter and Rosary of the Virgin (from f. 27), in two versions, and other devotional texts, including a litany

of devotion that may show signs of having received that devotion in a direct physical form is Egerton 1821, an English product of around 1490. It begins with three pages, each painted black, on which large drops of blood trickle

• Historiated initial 'H'(ere) of the author presenting the book to an enthroned king, with a full border containing white and red roses, at the beginning of the list of contents., The Master of Game

owned by him: white roses of York joined with red roses of Lancaster (ff. 1, 2v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Presentation of the book Edward of York England

• Detail of calligraphic specimens with decorated initial 'O' signed by Petruccio Ubaldini, dated 1550, and dedicated to Edward VI (in the fourth year of his reign)., Specimens of Calligraphy

Gilson 1921).In the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 42, no, 3.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Calligraphic specimens Petruccio Ubaldini Petruccio Ubaldini London England, S. E. (London)

• Historiated initial 'C' of a saint (upper left)., Cuttings from a liturgical manuscript

1989 they were lifted from the album, remounted and stored in a box. Citations in publications often refer to their old folio number. To see these cutting in the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 21412, ff. 1-7 [box 1]. To