• Miniature of the presentation of the book to a king, with a foliate initial 'C'(omme) and a full border containing the arms of John Donne, at the beginning of the Romance of Sydrac and Boctus., Romance of Sydrac and Boctus, treatise on the Seven Deadly Sins

collection became part of the Royal Library: included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 11.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Presentation of the book Netherlands, S.

• Detail of a miniature of the presentation of the book to a king, at the beginning of the Romance of Sydrac and Boctus., Romance of Sydrac and Boctus, treatise on the Seven Deadly Sins

collection became part of the Royal Library: included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 11.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Presentation of the book Netherlands, S.

• Miniature of John on Patmos with a seven-headed beast rising from the sea, at the beginning of a treatise on the Seven Deadly Sins., Romance of Sydrac and Boctus, treatise on the Seven Deadly Sins

his collection became part of the Royal Library: included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 11.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. John on Patmos Netherlands, S.

• Detail of a miniature of John on Patmos with a seven-headed beast rising from the sea, at the beginning of a treatise on the Seven Deadly Sins., Romance of Sydrac and Boctus, treatise on the Seven Deadly Sins

his collection became part of the Royal Library: included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 11.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. John on Patmos Netherlands, S.

• 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

• Marginal drawings of the heads of three men, on a text page., The Regiment of Princes

and An Powyns, 15th century (f. 1v).Inscribed dates of birth of Wyllyam, Alys, and Elyzabethe Unwyn, 1548-1551 (f. 3).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Marginal drawings Thomas Hoccleve England

• 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

• Large illuminated initial, with later ownership inscriptions in the lower margin., Decretals, an anonymous collection, the latest being attributed to Pope Lucius III (1181-1185), with marginal gloss

Clement III (reigned 1187-1191) (f. 23v) (ff. 18, 23). 13th-century glosses and additons that are perhaps the work of professional English canonists: see ~The Year 1200~.The imperial monastery of St. Maximin, Trier; 17th-century inscription 'Ex libris Imperialis Monastery S. Maximinj'

• Coloured initials and paraphs., Treatises on Consanguinity, probably a portion of a decretal

on the 1420-1437 list of borrowers and books borrowed as 'Item librum Sentenciarum ex dono Thome Aylysbyry' (see Hunt 1978; English Benedictine Libraries 1996). Watermark with the date 1808 (ff. 1*, 1[***]).Catalogue of Baynes and Sons, 1836, offered for £7

• Miniature of John the Baptist., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

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 Christopher., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

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 with a crowned Mary holding the Christ child., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

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 Visitation., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

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 commeration of the Holy Cross., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

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 Annunciation to the Shepherds., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

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 Adoration of the Magi., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

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 Presentation., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

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