• Miniature of Solomon seated with a scroll, with ladies sitting at a table with a chest and coins., Bible historiale, with various biblical books and saints lives (the early version) (Grand Bible historiale complétée à prologues)

priez pour lui. (f. 604).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '76' (f. i). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with 'La grant Bible' included in the list

• Detail of a miniature of Solomon seated with a scroll, with ladies sitting at a table with a chest and coins., Bible historiale, with various biblical books and saints lives (the early version) (Grand Bible historiale complétée à prologues)

priez pour lui. (f. 604).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '76' (f. i). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with 'La grant Bible' included in the list

• Detail of a miniature of the English submitting to the Danes, with building burning in the background., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

this work on the life of king Edmund and his cousin Fremund from Latin into English verse to be presented to the 12 year old King Henry VI, to commemorate his stay at Bury from Christmas 1433 to Easter 1434.

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of devils in stocks, while a queen and an angel look on., 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

• Miniature in four segments: 1. Pierre Bersuire presenting the book to John II; 2. the wolf with Romulus and Remus; 3. John II enthroned; 4. Knights fighting, at the beginning of the prologue., Ab urbe condita (Les decades de Titus Livius)

to be identified with 'Titus Livius' mentioned in the Great Wardrobe Account of 1480 (see McKendrick 1994). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): probably to be identified with 'Titus Livius' included in the list of books at Richmond

• Miniature in four segments: 1. Pierre Bersuire reading; 2. the Death of Hasdrubal; 3. John II enthroned; 4. A battle illustrating the second Punic War, at the beginning of decade 2., Ab urbe condita (Les decades de Titus Livius)

to be identified with 'Titus Livius' mentioned in the Great Wardrobe Account of 1480 (see McKendrick 1994). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): probably to be identified with 'Titus Livius' included in the list of books at Richmond

• Detail of an historiated initial 'O'(ff) of the Lover's confession, at the beginning of the prologue., Confessio amantis

Warner and Gilson 1921).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal library): included 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. Lover's confession

• Detail of a miniature of Niobe viewing the dead bodies of her husband, Amphion, and two of her children., Des cleres et nobles femmes, De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (index De claris mulieribus, Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

(see Carley 2000).Inscribed in a late 15th-century hand, 'The booke of the noble ladyes in French' (f. [ii]).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 478' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Detail of a miniature of Medusa in a ship, with ensign representing Pegasus., Des cleres et nobles femmes, De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (index De claris mulieribus, Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

(see Carley 2000).Inscribed in a late 15th-century hand, 'The booke of the noble ladyes in French' (f. [ii]).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 478' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Detail of a miniature of Sappho reading her poems to other authors., Des cleres et nobles femmes, De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (index De claris mulieribus, Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

(see Carley 2000).Inscribed in a late 15th-century hand, 'The booke of the noble ladyes in French' (f. [ii]).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 478' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Detail of a miniature of Thamar painting a picture of Diana., Des cleres et nobles femmes, De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (index De claris mulieribus, Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

(see Carley 2000).Inscribed in a late 15th-century hand, 'The booke of the noble ladyes in French' (f. [ii]).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 478' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Detail of a miniature of 'Marcie qui fut de Varron' (i.e. Jaia of Cyzicus) with mirror and sculptor's tools., Des cleres et nobles femmes, De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (index De claris mulieribus, Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

(see Carley 2000).Inscribed in a late 15th-century hand, 'The booke of the noble ladyes in French' (f. [ii]).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 478' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Detail of a miniature of 'Dripetrue' (Drypetina), queen of Laodicea, waiting on her father Mithridates., Des cleres et nobles femmes, De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (index De claris mulieribus, Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

(see Carley 2000).Inscribed in a late 15th-century hand, 'The booke of the noble ladyes in French' (f. [ii]).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 478' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Detail of a miniature of the torture of Epicharis., Des cleres et nobles femmes, De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (index De claris mulieribus, Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

(see Carley 2000).Inscribed in a late 15th-century hand, 'The booke of the noble ladyes in French' (f. [ii]).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 478' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Detail of a miniature of the Adoration of the Magi., Meditationes vitae Christi (Le Livre doré des meditations de la vie de nostre seigneur Jesu Christ)

Booke' (see Krochalis 1988).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the Catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 13v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Adoration of

• Detail of a miniature of the departure of the Magi, and the Virgin and Child., Meditationes vitae Christi (Le Livre doré des meditations de la vie de nostre seigneur Jesu Christ)

Booke' (see Krochalis 1988).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the Catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 13v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Departure of

• Detail of a miniature of the presentation of Jesus in the Temple., Meditationes vitae Christi (Le Livre doré des meditations de la vie de nostre seigneur Jesu Christ)

Booke' (see Krochalis 1988).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the Catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 13v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Presentation in

• Detail of a miniature of the Flight into Egypt, and the fall of idols., Meditationes vitae Christi (Le Livre doré des meditations de la vie de nostre seigneur Jesu Christ)

Booke' (see Krochalis 1988).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the Catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 13v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Flight into

• Detail of a miniature of the return from Egypt., Meditationes vitae Christi (Le Livre doré des meditations de la vie de nostre seigneur Jesu Christ)

Booke' (see Krochalis 1988).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the Catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 13v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Return from

• Miniature of Jesus's disputation in the Temple., Meditationes vitae Christi (Le Livre doré des meditations de la vie de nostre seigneur Jesu Christ)

Booke' (see Krochalis 1988).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the Catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 13v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Disputation in