• Detail of an historiated initial 'Q'(uant) of the death of the Virgin., Lives of the Saints

brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '63', (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the Catalogue of 1666, f. 14.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library.

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(e la passion) of the crucifixion of Andrew., Lives of the Saints

brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '63', (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the Catalogue of 1666, f. 14.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library.

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(e) of Andrew resuscitating the child Aegyptus., Lives of the Saints

brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '63', (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the Catalogue of 1666, f. 14.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library.

• Detail of an historiated initial 'B'(ien) of John raising Drusiana, with her father standing behind., Lives of the Saints

brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '63', (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the Catalogue of 1666, f. 14.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library.

• Detail of an historiated initial 'Q'(uant) of the body of James the Great on a ship., Lives of the Saints

brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '63', (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the Catalogue of 1666, f. 14.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library.

• Detail of an historiated initial 'U' of Matthew, kneeling at an altar, being transfixed with a lance., Lives of the Saints

brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '63', (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the Catalogue of 1666, f. 14.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library.

• Detail of an historiated initial 'P'(uis) of the martyrdom of Simon and Jude., Lives of the Saints

brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '63', (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the Catalogue of 1666, f. 14.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library.

• Detail of an historiated initial 'S'(i) of Philip and two other saints, with a crowd below., Lives of the Saints

brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '63', (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the Catalogue of 1666, f. 14.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library.

• Detail of an historiated initial 'C'(e) of the martyrdom of James the Less., Lives of the Saints

brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '63', (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the Catalogue of 1666, f. 14.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library.

• Detail of an historiated initial 'O' of Bartholomew being flayed., Lives of the Saints

brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '63', (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the Catalogue of 1666, f. 14.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library.

• Detail of an historiated initial 'R'(esons) of Mark being torn asunder by horses., Lives of the Saints

brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '63', (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the Catalogue of 1666, f. 14.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library.

• Detail of an historiated initial 'M' of Longinus knocking down idols., Lives of the Saints

brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '63', (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the Catalogue of 1666, f. 14.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library.

• Historiated initial 'T'(uit) of the martyrdom of Vincent on a spiked wheel., Lives of the Saints

brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '63', (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the Catalogue of 1666, f. 14.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library.

• Detail of an historiated initial 'M' of Christopher preaching to black men in a castle., Lives of the Saints

brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '63', (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the Catalogue of 1666, f. 14.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library.

• Historiated initial 'A'(u) of Agatha being tortured with pincers., Lives of the Saints

brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '63', (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the Catalogue of 1666, f. 14.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library.

• Detail of an historiated initial 'A' of Lucy in a fire being pierced by a spear., Lives of the Saints

brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '63', (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the Catalogue of 1666, f. 14.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library.

• Bas-de-page scene of a fox dressed as a palmer, meeting another fox, acting as a messenger., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

priory of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield: inscribed, 'Liber domus sancti barthomomei in smyth fylde', 15th century (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Decretales' and Westminster inventory number 'no. 1059' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper

• Bas-de-page scene of a fox dressed as a palmer, taking the hand of another, who is resting., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

priory of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield: inscribed, 'Liber domus sancti barthomomei in smyth fylde', 15th century (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Decretales' and Westminster inventory number 'no. 1059' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper

• Detail of a miniature of the royal coat of arms of Henry VIII, 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. Royal coat of arms Jean

• Detail of a miniature of Henry VIII praying in his bedchamber, at the beginning of Psalm 1., 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. Henry VIII Jean Mallard, with