• Detail of a miniature of the Nativity., Meditationes vitae Christi (Le Livre doré des meditations de la vie de nostre seigneur Jesu Christ)

Booke' (see Krochalis 1988).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the Catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 13v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. The Nativity

• Detail of a miniature of the Circumcision of Christ., Meditationes vitae Christi (Le Livre doré des meditations de la vie de nostre seigneur Jesu Christ)

Booke' (see Krochalis 1988).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the Catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 13v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. The Circumcision

• Decorated initial 'H'(unc) with the John Beaver's initials, 'IB', in gold, at the start of the inscription, stating that Lord John Beaver, monk of St. Albans, had the manuscript made, and that with the permission of John Whethamstede, the abbot (1420-1440), he has given it to God, the Virgin Mary, and the church of St. Alban. This is followed by an anathema and a list of the contents., Liber de exemplis sacre scripture; Commentary on Wisdom; Commentary on Proverbs; Commentary on Ecclesiasticus

(f. 1v); John's Beaver initials, 'IB', within initials (ff. 1v, 79, 231); arms of St. Albans (f. 2).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1102' (f. 2), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'R'(egium) with a frog, at the beginning of Jean Mallard's dedicatory letter to Henry VIII., Psalter ('The Psalter of Henry VIII')

marginal Latin annotations in his hand. The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number, no. 1283.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Frog Jean Mallard, with Latin

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'I'(udica), at the beginning of Psalm 25., Psalter ('The Psalter of Henry VIII')

marginal Latin annotations in his hand. The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number, no. 1283.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Illuminated initial Jean Mallard, with

• Page with a text of Psalm 36:31-37:6 with illuminated initials and line-fillers, and with notes in Henry VIII's hand., Psalter ('The Psalter of Henry VIII')

marginal Latin annotations in his hand. The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number, no. 1283.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text pages Jean Mallard, with

• Detail of a miniature of Henry VIII's court jester, William Somer (or Sommers), with an illuminated initial 'D'(ixit) containing a fly, at the beginning of Psalm 52., Psalter ('The Psalter of Henry VIII')

marginal Latin annotations in his hand. The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number, no. 1283.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. William Somer Jean Mallard, with

• Miniature of the raising of the widow's son, with a preliminary sketch in the lower margin, a partial border, and a foliate initial 'E'(n ce temps), at the beginning of the chapter 26., Meditationes vitae Christi (Le Livre doré des meditations de la vie de nostre seigneur Jesu Christ)

Booke' (see Krochalis 1988).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the Catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 13v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Raising of

• Miniature of the healing of the woman with an issue of blood, with a preliminary sketch in the lower margin, a partial border and a foliate initial 'A'(la requeste), at the beginning of chapter 27., Meditationes vitae Christi (Le Livre doré des meditations de la vie de nostre seigneur Jesu Christ)

Booke' (see Krochalis 1988).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the Catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 13v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Christ healing

• Miniature of the healing of the man (represented as woman) with a withered hand, with a preliminary sketch in the lower margin, a partial border, and a foliate initial 'E'(n un jour), at the beginning of chapter 33., Meditationes vitae Christi (Le Livre doré des meditations de la vie de nostre seigneur Jesu Christ)

Booke' (see Krochalis 1988).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the Catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 13v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Christ healing

• Miniature of Christ feeding the multitude, with a preliminary sketch in the lower margin, a partial border, and a foliate initial 'O'(n lit), at the beginning of chapter 34., Meditationes vitae Christi (Le Livre doré des meditations de la vie de nostre seigneur Jesu Christ)

Booke' (see Krochalis 1988).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the Catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 13v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Christ feeding

• Miniature of the Old Man of the Mountain training assassins., Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances

ccc xxxii. / et fu translate en francois p[ar] iehan de vi/gnay. Lan mil ccc. xxxiii/ (f. 165v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with 'Le bon roy Alexandre' included in the list of books

• Detail of a miniature of the Old Man of the Mountain training assassins., Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances

ccc xxxii. / et fu translate en francois p[ar] iehan de vi/gnay. Lan mil ccc. xxxiii/ (f. 165v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with 'Le bon roy Alexandre' included in the list of books

• Initial 'C'(onditor) with penwork decoration, at the beginning of hymnal., Martyrology of Usuardus

of hymnal. Includes a martyrology of Usuardus adapted for English use (ff. 1-51), and, in different hand, a collectarius (ff. 52- 120v) and hymnal of Sarum use (ff. 121-135v).ff. 108-115 are misbound and should follow f. 123. 1 initial in

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) of David praying, with a full border, at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter with canticles, imperfect

origin: includes two feasts of Erkenwald in red (30 April, f. 3v and 14 November, f. 7).Added prayer in Middle English by Palden: inscribed 'Ihesu amarcy one Palden' and 'Iesu that all thys worlde hath wroght / Heven and erthe

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(ixi) of David and Goliath, at the beginning of Psalm 38., Psalter with canticles, imperfect

origin: includes two feasts of Erkenwald in red (30 April, f. 3v and 14 November, f. 7).Added prayer in Middle English by Palden: inscribed 'Ihesu amarcy one Palden' and 'Iesu that all thys worlde hath wroght / Heven and erthe

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of the Anointing of David by Samuel, with a full bar border, at the beginning of Psalm 52., Psalter with canticles, imperfect

origin: includes two feasts of Erkenwald in red (30 April, f. 3v and 14 November, f. 7).Added prayer in Middle English by Palden: inscribed 'Ihesu amarcy one Palden' and 'Iesu that all thys worlde hath wroght / Heven and erthe

• Historiated initial 'S'(alvum) of the Triumph of Saul and David, with a full bar border, at the beginning of Psalm 68., Psalter with canticles, imperfect

origin: includes two feasts of Erkenwald in red (30 April, f. 3v and 14 November, f. 7).Added prayer in Middle English by Palden: inscribed 'Ihesu amarcy one Palden' and 'Iesu that all thys worlde hath wroght / Heven and erthe

• Detail of a historiated initial 'S'(alvum) of the Triumph of Saul and David, at the beginning of Psalm 68., Psalter with canticles, imperfect

origin: includes two feasts of Erkenwald in red (30 April, f. 3v and 14 November, f. 7).Added prayer in Middle English by Palden: inscribed 'Ihesu amarcy one Palden' and 'Iesu that all thys worlde hath wroght / Heven and erthe

• Detail of an historiated initial 'C'(antate) of David kneeling with a harp, and trumpeters before an ark, at the beginning of Psalm 97., Psalter with canticles, imperfect

origin: includes two feasts of Erkenwald in red (30 April, f. 3v and 14 November, f. 7).Added prayer in Middle English by Palden: inscribed 'Ihesu amarcy one Palden' and 'Iesu that all thys worlde hath wroght / Heven and erthe