• Details of armorials of English knights., Miscellany, including a cartulary from Benedictine abbey of St. Augustine, Canterbury (imperfect)

armorials of English knights. 1 large initial in red with red penwork decoration, now oxidised (f. 1). 9 large initials in red or green (ff. 3, 4 (x 2), 6v, 7v, 9, 10v (x 2), 11). Miscellany, including a cartulary

• Armorials of English knights., Miscellany, including a cartulary from Benedictine abbey of St. Augustine, Canterbury (imperfect)

of English knights. 1 large initial in red with red penwork decoration, now oxidised (f. 1). 9 large initials in red or green (ff. 3, 4 (x 2), 6v, 7v, 9, 10v (x 2), 11). Miscellany, including a cartulary from

• Armorials of English knights., Miscellany, including a cartulary from Benedictine abbey of St. Augustine, Canterbury (imperfect)

of English knights. 1 large initial in red with red penwork decoration, now oxidised (f. 1). 9 large initials in red or green (ff. 3, 4 (x 2), 6v, 7v, 9, 10v (x 2), 11). Miscellany, including a cartulary from

• Armorials of English knights., Miscellany, including a cartulary from Benedictine abbey of St. Augustine, Canterbury (imperfect)

of English knights. 1 large initial in red with red penwork decoration, now oxidised (f. 1). 9 large initials in red or green (ff. 3, 4 (x 2), 6v, 7v, 9, 10v (x 2), 11). Miscellany, including a cartulary from

• Armorials of English knights., Miscellany, including a cartulary from Benedictine abbey of St. Augustine, Canterbury (imperfect)

of English knights. 1 large initial in red with red penwork decoration, now oxidised (f. 1). 9 large initials in red or green (ff. 3, 4 (x 2), 6v, 7v, 9, 10v (x 2), 11). Miscellany, including a cartulary from

• Flourished initial 'U'(rhanus)., Cartulary of the Augustinian priory, Brinkburn, Northumbria, in eight capitula, imperfect

younger son of Thomas Howard (b. 1538, d. 1572), 4th duke of Norfolk, in 1630: according to a note in English (f. 3v).Thomas Astle (b. 1735, d. 1803), archivist and collector of books and manuscripts; his arms stamped in gold

• Text page., Medical miscellany, including an English translation of Gilbertus Anglicus's Compendium medicinae (ff. 63v-151v), imperfect; 'Super lunam' (ff. 179v-181); a zodiacal lunary (ff. 173-179); a gynecological tract (ff. 158-172v); Bernard Goron's De prognosticis (ff. 61-63)

in red, some with penwork decoration. Paraphs in red. Descenders extended, and some decorated in red. Medical miscellany, including an English translation of Gilbertus Anglicus's Compendium medicinae (ff. 63v-151v), imperfect; 'Super lunam' (ff. 179v-181); a zodiacal lunary (ff. 173-179); a

• Miniature of Christ as Man of Sorrows., Devotional miscellany

a miniature of Eltheldreda (f. 64v) is consistent with an East Anglian patron.? Anne Boleyn: inscribed by Anne Boleyn in English 'Be daly prove you shall me fynde To be to yu bothe lovynge and kynde' (f. 66v), and King

• Historiated initial 'D'(omine) with the dove of the Holy Spirit., Devotional miscellany

a miniature of Eltheldreda (f. 64v) is consistent with an East Anglian patron.? Anne Boleyn: inscribed by Anne Boleyn in English 'Be daly prove you shall me fynde To be to yu bothe lovynge and kynde' (f. 66v), and King

• Miniature of the dead Christ and Mary., Devotional miscellany

a miniature of Eltheldreda (f. 64v) is consistent with an East Anglian patron.? Anne Boleyn: inscribed by Anne Boleyn in English 'Be daly prove you shall me fynde To be to yu bothe lovynge and kynde' (f. 66v), and King

• Miniature of Christ carrying the cross., Devotional miscellany

a miniature of Eltheldreda (f. 64v) is consistent with an East Anglian patron.? Anne Boleyn: inscribed by Anne Boleyn in English 'Be daly prove you shall me fynde To be to yu bothe lovynge and kynde' (f. 66v), and King

• Miniature of Anne and the Virgin., Devotional miscellany

a miniature of Eltheldreda (f. 64v) is consistent with an East Anglian patron.? Anne Boleyn: inscribed by Anne Boleyn in English 'Be daly prove you shall me fynde To be to yu bothe lovynge and kynde' (f. 66v), and King

• Miniature of the Seven Sorrows of the Virgin., Devotional miscellany

a miniature of Eltheldreda (f. 64v) is consistent with an East Anglian patron.? Anne Boleyn: inscribed by Anne Boleyn in English 'Be daly prove you shall me fynde To be to yu bothe lovynge and kynde' (f. 66v), and King

• Faceted initial 'M'(agna)., De factionibus extinguendis et civibus in gratiam pristinam revocandis continendisque (a political treatise on the dissensions of the Guelfs and the Ghibellines)

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. Faceted initial Pietro Barocci (index Barozzi, Barotius, Petrus Barrocius) Italy, Central

• Miniature of the author of the chronicle, standing behind a brown scroll on which is inscribed the title of the work, in gold letters; behind him, to the left, two lions support the old arms of Burgundy, with shelves of books on the right., Chroniques abrégées des Anciens Rois et Ducs de Bourgogne

the title of the work, in gold letters; behind him, to the left, two lions support the old arms of Burgundy, with shelves of books on the right. The text is ascribed traditionally to Olivier de la Marche, but it

• Detail of a decorated initial 'S' (epe et multum) at the beginning of Cicero's De inventione, Book I., De inventione (index Rhetorica)

(see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 8469.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial Written by more than one scribe Marcus Tullius Cicero England

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(e virtute) of an abduction of a woman, at the beginning of the ~De virtute mulierum~ of Plutarch., Moralia, book 3, 19: De virtute mulierum

Angliae, Franciae, neapolis, Hierusale[mae] / et Hyberniae, fidei defensori..., Her/mannus Cruserius, Illustris ducis Iulia/censis, Clivensis et Monten/sis consiliarius/ legatus', (f. 2).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Abduction Plutarch Netherlands

• Miniature of the Crucifixion of Christ, with the Expulsion from Paradise, a Pieta with Instruments of the Passion, the Harrowing of Hell, with an added border of the 12 Apostles, by an English artist., Various prayers including indulgenced prayers, and Gospel Lessons

the Passion, the Harrowing of Hell, with an added border of the 12 Apostles, by an English artist. Contains a calendar (ff. 25-30v). The miniatures on ff. 8v, 18v, 47, 66v, 67 are copied from engravings by Martin Schongauer (see

• Miniature of the Crucifixion of Christ, with the Expulsion from Paradise, a Pieta with Instruments of the Passion, the Harrowing of Hell, with an added border of the 12 Apostles, by an English artist., Various prayers including indulgenced prayers, and Gospel Lessons

the Passion, the Harrowing of Hell, with an added border of the 12 Apostles, by an English artist. Contains a calendar (ff. 25-30v). The miniatures on ff. 8v, 18v, 47, 66v, 67 are copied from engravings by Martin Schongauer (see

• Decorated and coloured initials., Cartulary of the Cistercian abbey of Byland, imperfect

xxvii argues that the absence of Henry IV's confirmation and inspeximus suggests a date of before 1403.Inserted original award, in English, by Sir Raff Ewre and Richard Bower al. Shirley, between Byland Abbey and John Wywell, regarding rent of lands