• Detail of an historiated initial 'H'(ec) of Aaron as a bishop putting the tables of the Law into the ark, at the beginning of Deuteronomy., Bible (Octateuch)

York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (The English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number, 'No.1286' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'C'(um)., Bible (Octateuch)

York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (The English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number, 'No.1286' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper

• Illuminated initial 'T'(andem), with a partial bar border, at the beginning of the prologue to Joshua., Bible (Octateuch)

York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (The English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number, 'No.1286' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper

• Historiated initial 'E'(t) of Christ and Joshua holding a book, with a partial border, at the beginning of Joshua., Bible (Octateuch)

York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (The English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number, 'No.1286' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper

• Detail of an historiated initial 'E'(t) of Christ and Joshua holding a book, at the beginning of Joshua., Bible (Octateuch)

York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (The English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number, 'No.1286' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper

• Historiated initial 'P'(ost) of Christ giving a spear to Judah, at the beginning of Judges., Bible (Octateuch)

York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (The English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number, 'No.1286' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper

• Detail of an historiated initial 'P'(ost) of Christ giving a spear to Judah, at the beginning of Judges., Bible (Octateuch)

York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (The English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number, 'No.1286' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper

• Foliate initial 'R(uth) with a partial border, at the beginning of the prologue to Ruth., Bible (Octateuch)

York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (The English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number, 'No.1286' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper

• Miniature next to the initial 'I'(n principio) of twelve compartments containing the Days of Creation, Temptation, Expulsion from Paradise and Labours of Adam and Eve, with display script and a miniature of Crucifixion below, at the beginning of Genesis. Full border with a medallion of Descent into Limbo in the lower margin., Bible (Octateuch)

York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (The English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number, 'No.1286' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper

• Detail of a miniature next to the initial 'I'(n principio) of twelve compartments containing the Days of Creation, Temptation, Expulsion from Paradise and Labours of Adam and Eve, with display script and a miniature of Crucifixion below, at the beginning of Genesis., Bible (Octateuch)

York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (The English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number, 'No.1286' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper

• Text page from Genesis., Bible (Octateuch)

York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (The English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number, 'No.1286' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper

• Historiated initial 'I' of Elimelech and Naomi with her children, at the beginning of Ruth., Bible (Octateuch)

York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (The English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number, 'No.1286' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper

• Detail of an historiated initial 'I' of Elimelech and Naomi with her children, at the beginning of Ruth., Bible (Octateuch)

York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (The English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number, 'No.1286' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper

• Historiated initial 'H'(ec) of Moses and the Israelites, at the beginning of Exodus., Bible (Octateuch)

York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (The English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number, 'No.1286' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper

• Detail of an historiated initial 'H'(ec) of Moses and the Israelites, at the beginning of Exodus., Bible (Octateuch)

York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (The English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number, 'No.1286' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper

• Full-page miniature of the arms of France and England and a dedicatory letter addressed to Henry VIII., Description of the Holy Land, entitled, 'Tresample description de toute la Terre Saincte, et choses memorables faictes en plusieurs lieux et villes d'icelle extraicte de la Bible et livres Sainct Hierosme', beginning, 'Arbee est une petite ville', and preceded by a dedicatory letter and poem addressed to Henry VIII

crimson velvet with the Royal arms (between H. H.) and roses embroidered in coloured silks, gold-thread and seed-pearls.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal library): included in Henry VIII's 1547 post-mortem inventory as 'the description of the holy lande and

• Text page of Leviticus 18: 16, reading 'Et uxorem fratris sui nullus accipet' ('Nobody may marry his brother's wife') marked by a manicule in the margin., Bible (Octateuch)

York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (The English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number, 'No.1286' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper

• Miniature of God enthroned holding a globe with two angels supporting a papal tiara above him, and four Evangelists writing on scrolls with their symbols; two scenes in the bas-de-page, Samson with the gates of Gaza and Solomon setting the three sons to shoot at their father's corpse to prove their legitimacy; and a foliate initial 'P'(our) with a full border, at the beginning of the prologue., Bible historiale complétée moyenne (the 'Bible Historiale of John the Good')

William Montagu, and directed by her to be sold by her executors for 40 pounds: see above-cited inscription.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with 'La Bible' included in the list of books at Richmond

• Text page of the beginning of the Epistle of Jerome to Damasus, with display script 'Beato Papa / Damaso Hieronymus'., Gospels, imperfect (the 'Royal Bible')

hand responsible for glossing the Vespasian Psalter, Cotton MS Vespasian A I, the oldest extant translation of Scripture into OldEnglish. 1 incipit page with miniature of an ox, the symbol of Luke, with God blessing, and an initial in

• Detail of the lower half of the folio of the first canon table, with a zoomorphic decoration in the 'Trewhiddle Style'., Gospels, imperfect (the 'Royal Bible')

hand responsible for glossing the Vespasian Psalter, Cotton MS Vespasian A I, the oldest extant translation of Scripture into OldEnglish. 1 incipit page with miniature of an ox, the symbol of Luke, with God blessing, and an initial in