• Foliate initial 'A'(d regalis), at the beginning of the preface to the Psalter of the Virgin., Psalms in verses of the Holy Spirit, Virgin, and Holy Cross with poems and prayers

(b. 1630, d.1685), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: probably 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. Illuminated initial England

• Miniature of a tiger, distracted from the capture of its cub by its own reflection in a mirror., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

king of England, Scotland, 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. Tiger England, Central England, N. or Central

• Detail of miniature of lions breathing life into their cubs, at the beginning of the entry 'De natura leonis'., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

king of England, Scotland, 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. Lions England, Central England, N. or Central

• Detail of a decorated initial 'B'(estiarum) and a miniature of lions breathing life into their cubs, at the beginning of the entry 'De natura leonis'., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

king of England, Scotland, 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. Lions England, Central England, N. or Central

• Miniature of a basilisk and two victims of its murderous gaze, a man and a ermine or ferret, and a miniature of a regulus., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

England, Scotland, 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. Basilisk and regulus England, Central England, N. or Central

• Detail of a miniature of a basilisk and two victims of its murderous gaze, a man and a ermine or ferret., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

king of England, Scotland, 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. Basilisk England, Central England, N. or Central

• Decorated initial 'B'(estiarum) and a miniature of lions breathing life into their cubs, at the beginning of the entry 'De natura leonis'., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

king of England, Scotland, 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. Lions England, Central England, N. or Central

• Miniature of a hunter chasing a beaver, who bites off his testicles in order to thwart the hunter., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

king of England, Scotland, 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. Beaver England, Central England, N. or Central

• Detail of a miniature of a hunter chasing a beaver, who bites off his testicles in order to thwart the hunter., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

king of England, Scotland, 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. Beaver England, Central England, N. or Central

• Detail of a miniature of the hydrus, or water snake, being swallowing a crocodile, at the beginning of the entry for hydrus., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

king of England, Scotland, 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. Hydrus England, Central England, N. or Central

• Miniature of a hunter capturing a tiger's cub by distracting its mother with a mirror, at the beginning of the entry for tiger., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

king of England, Scotland, 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. Tiger England, Central England, N. or Central

• Detail of a miniature of a hunter capturing a tiger's cub by distracting its mother with a mirror, at the beginning of the entry for tiger., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

king of England, Scotland, 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. Tiger England, Central England, N. or Central

• Historiated initial 'C' of a monk swinging a censer over the coffin of Gille, first wife of Rollo, first duke of Normandy., Chronique des ducs de Normandie (index Chronicle of Normandy; Chronique de Normandie)

church of St. John of Beverley, Yorkshire, 15th century: inscribed 's[an]c[t]i Beverlaci' (f. 252).Added Prophecy of Merlin, 15th century, in English (ff. 249v-250). Added inscriptions in 15th-16th-century hands (ff. 251v-252). Thomas Lorde, 16th century: inscribed with his name (f. 252).Erased

• Detail of an historiated initial 'C' of a monk swinging a censer over the coffin of Gille, first wife of Rollo, first duke of Normandy., Chronique des ducs de Normandie (index Chronicle of Normandy; Chronique de Normandie)

church of St. John of Beverley, Yorkshire, 15th century: inscribed 's[an]c[t]i Beverlaci' (f. 252).Added Prophecy of Merlin, 15th century, in English (ff. 249v-250). Added inscriptions in 15th-16th-century hands (ff. 251v-252). Thomas Lorde, 16th century: inscribed with his name (f. 252).Erased

• Musical notation, on four-line red staves, 13th century., Chronique des ducs de Normandie (index Chronicle of Normandy; Chronique de Normandie)

church of St. John of Beverley, Yorkshire, 15th century: inscribed 's[an]c[t]i Beverlaci' (f. 252).Added Prophecy of Merlin, 15th century, in English (ff. 249v-250). Added inscriptions in 15th-16th-century hands (ff. 251v-252). Thomas Lorde, 16th century: inscribed with his name (f. 252).Erased

• Historiated initial 'O'(iez) with baptism scene., Chronique des ducs de Normandie (index Chronicle of Normandy; Chronique de Normandie)

church of St. John of Beverley, Yorkshire, 15th century: inscribed 's[an]c[t]i Beverlaci' (f. 252).Added Prophecy of Merlin, 15th century, in English (ff. 249v-250). Added inscriptions in 15th-16th-century hands (ff. 251v-252). Thomas Lorde, 16th century: inscribed with his name (f. 252).Erased

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uant) with interlace and a winged dragon at the beginning of the text., Chronique des ducs de Normandie (index Chronicle of Normandy; Chronique de Normandie)

church of St. John of Beverley, Yorkshire, 15th century: inscribed 's[an]c[t]i Beverlaci' (f. 252).Added Prophecy of Merlin, 15th century, in English (ff. 249v-250). Added inscriptions in 15th-16th-century hands (ff. 251v-252). Thomas Lorde, 16th century: inscribed with his name (f. 252).Erased

• Detail of a miniature of Troilus taking leave of Cressida, with Trojans at the gate behind., 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

in 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. Troilus John Lydgate, William Cornish, John Skelton, William Peeris London England, S. E. (London?)

• Detail of a miniature of Priam and his court mourning over the body of Hector., 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

in 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. Priam John Lydgate, William Cornish, John Skelton, William Peeris London England, S. E. (London?)

• Miniature of Troilus at battle; miniature of Troilus being slain by Achilles., 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

in 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. Troilus John Lydgate, William Cornish, John Skelton, William Peeris London England, S. E. (London?)