• Historiated initial 'D'(ominus) of the Virgin and Child, with the donor, Thomas Besforde, in a Benedictine habit with a scroll reading 'In te confidit a[n]i[m]a / mea', in the margin, with a full border containing a dragon and two shields with arms of the Reading abbey (three escallops) and of the donor (a fesse between six pears)., Commentary on Wisdom

lx s. Orate p[ro] a[n]i[m]a ei[us]' (f. iv); his arms and that of the Reading abbey (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 16; and listed in

• 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

• Detail of a 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

• Miniature of Christ praying in the synagogue, while two elders are reading from a roll., 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. Christ praying

• Detail of a miniature of Christ praying in the synagogue, while two elders are reading from a roll., 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. Christ praying

• Detail of a miniature of Christ and two saints., 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. Christ Pseudo-Bonaventure,

• Detail of a miniature of the first temptation of Christ., 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. First Temptation