• Decorated initial 'L'(ord), at the beginning of the Hours of the Virgin., Hours and Psalter (ends incompletely), Use of Sarum

according to the handwritten annotations in the BL Manuscript Department's copy of ~Catalogue of the Manuscripts at Ashburnham Place: Appendix~ (London: Hodgson, 1853).Bertram Ashburnham, 5th earl of Ashburnham: his sale, May 1897, bought by Yates Thompson together with the entire

• Decorated initial 'G'(od), in the Book of Hours., Hours and Psalter (ends incompletely), Use of Sarum

according to the handwritten annotations in the BL Manuscript Department's copy of ~Catalogue of the Manuscripts at Ashburnham Place: Appendix~ (London: Hodgson, 1853).Bertram Ashburnham, 5th earl of Ashburnham: his sale, May 1897, bought by Yates Thompson together with the entire

• Decorated initial 'C'(onverte), in the Book of Hours., Hours and Psalter (ends incompletely), Use of Sarum

according to the handwritten annotations in the BL Manuscript Department's copy of ~Catalogue of the Manuscripts at Ashburnham Place: Appendix~ (London: Hodgson, 1853).Bertram Ashburnham, 5th earl of Ashburnham: his sale, May 1897, bought by Yates Thompson together with the entire

• Foliate initial 'B'(eatus) with a full foliate border and the arms of Isabel, sister of Richard, duke of York, aunt of Edward IV impaled by those of her husband, Henry Bourchier, 1st earl of Essex, with two eagles as supporters, and with her badge, a fatterlock, combined with the badge of her husband, a knot., Psalter, with 12 Canticles, Litany, and Office of the Dead, use of Sarum

tue', and for deceased parents, 15th century (ff. 133v-134).A fifteenth century reader numbered the Psalms in the margins.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Foliate initial London England, S. (London?)

• Calendar page for December with added obits of Richard, duke of York, and Edward Bourchier, both killed at the battle of Wakefield (30th December 1460), 'Obitus Rica[rdi] Ducis Ebor[is] / Anno D[omi]ni Mill[es]imo cccc mo / Sexagesimo / Edwardus Bourgchier / filius d[omi]ne Isabelle comi/tisse Essex[ensis] et Sororis / eiusdem duciis, obiit eisdem / die et anno suprascript[is]'., Psalter, with 12 Canticles, Litany, and Office of the Dead, use of Sarum

famule tue', and for deceased parents, 15th century (ff. 133v-134).A fifteenth century reader numbered the Psalms in the margins.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. December London England, S. (London?)

• Decorated initial 'W'(hen)., Testament and The reignes of the kyngis of England, A Treatise between Information and Truth; On the Death of the Earl of Northumberland; Le assemble de dyeus; Descent of the Lords Percy

the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 12.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial John Lydgate, William Cornish, John Skelton, William Peeris London England, S. E. (London?)

• Added page of a large historiated and illuminated initial 'B'(eatus) with a tree of Jesse, roundels or half-roundels of the six days of Creation, mounted animals jousting, and David with a slingshot and Goliath, with heraldic arms in the left margin, inserted before the beginning of the New Testament., Bible in two volumes with prologues, in the Later Wycliffite version, preceded by a table of readings

~Transactions of the Bibliographical Society~, 9 (1906-1908), pp. 127-210, and Andrew G. Watson, ~The Manuscripts of Henry Savile of Banke~ (London: Bibliographical Society, 1969); and with an autobiographical note beginning 'Henricus Saville filius Henrici Saville de Blatheroide et franciscae uxor

• Detail of a miniature of Richard II being delivered to the citizens of London., La Prinse et mort du roy Richart (Book of the Capture and Death of King Richard II) (index Histoire rimée de Richard II, The Capture and Death of king Richard, Account of the Fall of Richard II, The Chronicle of Jean Creton)

II being delivered to the citizens of London. Illustrated by the Virgil Master (fl. in Paris, c. 1309-1420).Jean Creton (fl. 1386–1420), historian and poet. This work was commissioned between November 1401 and March 1402 by Philip the Bold, duke of

• Miniature of Richard II being delivered to the citizens of London., La Prinse et mort du roy Richart (Book of the Capture and Death of King Richard II) (index Histoire rimée de Richard II, The Capture and Death of king Richard, Account of the Fall of Richard II, The Chronicle of Jean Creton)

delivered to the citizens of London. Illustrated by the Virgil Master (fl. in Paris, c. 1309-1420).Jean Creton (fl. 1386–1420), historian and poet. This work was commissioned between November 1401 and March 1402 by Philip the Bold, duke of Burgundy. On

• Miniature of Richard II being delivered to the citizens of London., La Prinse et mort du roy Richart (Book of the Capture and Death of King Richard II) (index Histoire rimée de Richard II, The Capture and Death of king Richard, Account of the Fall of Richard II, The Chronicle of Jean Creton)

delivered to the citizens of London. Illustrated by the Virgil Master (fl. in Paris, c. 1309-1420).Jean Creton (fl. 1386–1420), historian and poet. This work was commissioned between November 1401 and March 1402 by Philip the Bold, duke of Burgundy. On

• Illluminated initials in the Friar's tale., The Canterbury Tales

form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Opening Scribe of Egerton 1991 and Oxford, Corpus Christi College, MSS 67 and 198. Geoffrey Chaucer (b. c. 1340, d. 1400) London England, S. E. (probably London or East Anglia)

• Illuminated historiated initial, with Moses (identified by his horns) facing a group of Israelites, making a gesture of speaking (or perhaps counting?) at the beginning of Deuteronomy. The blue ground-line on which they all stand is in fact a serpent., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

Britain: A List of Surviving Books~, ed. by N. R. Ker, 2nd edn, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 3 (London: The Royal Historical Society, 1964), p. 43.Sir Anthony St Leger (b. 1496?, d. 1559), lord deputy of Ireland: 'This

• Illuminated historiated initial 'E' at the beginning of Josua, probably inspired by Joshua 5:3, in which Joshua circumcises the Israelites who had been born after the Israelites fled from Egypt, with Josua characterised as an ugly hook-nosed Jew., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

Britain: A List of Surviving Books~, ed. by N. R. Ker, 2nd edn, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 3 (London: The Royal Historical Society, 1964), p. 43.Sir Anthony St Leger (b. 1496?, d. 1559), lord deputy of Ireland: 'This

• Illuminated historiated initial 'P' at the beginning of II Kings, probably representing the events related in II Kings 24:11, in which King Nebuchadnezzar besieged and captured Jerusalem. This subject may have been chosen because it was relatively 'topical': Jerusalem had been captured in the Fourth Crusade just a few decades before this manuscript was made., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

Britain: A List of Surviving Books~, ed. by N. R. Ker, 2nd edn, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 3 (London: The Royal Historical Society, 1964), p. 43.Sir Anthony St Leger (b. 1496?, d. 1559), lord deputy of Ireland: 'This

• Illuminated historiated initial 'T' at the beginning of Tobit, with Tobit on the left (his closed eyes signifying his blindness) sending out his son Tobias with the angel Raphael, instead of the more usual scene of the blinding of Tobit which is more typically is illustrated., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

Britain: A List of Surviving Books~, ed. by N. R. Ker, 2nd edn, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 3 (London: The Royal Historical Society, 1964), p. 43.Sir Anthony St Leger (b. 1496?, d. 1559), lord deputy of Ireland: 'This

• Illuminated historiated initial 'E' at the beginning of I Maccabees of a man being executed for refusing to worship idols (I Macc. 1:52), and one of the many battles which occurred during the Maccabees' reign. In the extreme lower right-hand corner is the word 'emendatus', indicating that the text of this quire has been corrected., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

Britain: A List of Surviving Books~, ed. by N. R. Ker, 2nd edn, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 3 (London: The Royal Historical Society, 1964), p. 43.Sir Anthony St Leger (b. 1496?, d. 1559), lord deputy of Ireland: 'This

• Illuminated historiated initial 'F' at the beginning of II Maccabees of a uncertain scene, but perhaps of Antiochus and his men in the temple of Nanea, and beheading the leader of the priests (II Macc. 1:13-16), with a soldier wearing a thirteenth-century style helmet., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

Britain: A List of Surviving Books~, ed. by N. R. Ker, 2nd edn, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 3 (London: The Royal Historical Society, 1964), p. 43.Sir Anthony St Leger (b. 1496?, d. 1559), lord deputy of Ireland: 'This

• Illuminated historiated initial 'S' at the beginning of II Peter, of Peter addressing a group of men and a youth, identified by his usual attribute, the large key in his hand; his audience may be the 'false teachers' and 'false prophets' mentioned at the beginning of chapter 2., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

Britain: A List of Surviving Books~, ed. by N. R. Ker, 2nd edn, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 3 (London: The Royal Historical Society, 1964), p. 43.Sir Anthony St Leger (b. 1496?, d. 1559), lord deputy of Ireland: 'This

• Illuminated historiated initial 'S's of Peter and John at the beginnings of II and III John. In the left-hand one John hands a book to Peter, below which are the children who are referred to several times in the short Epistle. In the right-hand initial Peter sits writing (his keys hanging from his wrist), instructed by John., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

Britain: A List of Surviving Books~, ed. by N. R. Ker, 2nd edn, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 3 (London: The Royal Historical Society, 1964), p. 43.Sir Anthony St Leger (b. 1496?, d. 1559), lord deputy of Ireland: 'This

• Illuminated historiated initial 'L' of the nine orders of angels; in the seven large roundels are the Fall of the Rebel Angels and the Creation, and the Trinity enthroned; and in the six smaller roundels are scenes of Adam and Eve, Noah's Ark, the Tower of Babel, and the Sacrifice of Isaac at the beginning of Genesis., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

Britain: A List of Surviving Books~, ed. by N. R. Ker, 2nd edn, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 3 (London: The Royal Historical Society, 1964), p. 43.Sir Anthony St Leger (b. 1496?, d. 1559), lord deputy of Ireland: 'This