• Inscription: inscribed 'orate p[ro] bono statu Wylliamus meddelton/ Orate p[ro] animab[us] s[ir] robert[us] massam et alc. /meddelton',, Libellus geomancie (Book of Astrological Tables)

of Wales.Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library: included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 8v; and in the 1698 catalogue

• Inscription: 'Liber [regis] Ric[ard]i [secundi] quem fecit fieri motu p[ro]prio anno / regni [sui] Anglie et Franc[ie] quartodecimo'., Libellus geomancie (Book of Astrological Tables)

of Wales.Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library: included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 8v; and in the 1698 catalogue

• Detail of miniatures of two figures in two compartments, relating to the accompanying astrological tables., Libellus geomancie (Book of Astrological Tables)

of Wales.Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library: included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 8v; and in the 1698 catalogue

• Miniatures of two figures in two compartments, relating to the accompanying astrological tables., Libellus geomancie (Book of Astrological Tables)

of Wales.Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library: included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 8v; and in the 1698 catalogue

• Decorated initial 'C'(oment) with pen-flourishing and line-fillers at the beginning of the statutes., Nova statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from 1 Edward III (ff. 30-115) to 17 Richard II (ff. 116-171v)

of paper inscribed with the title to appear on the spine, with the annotation 'calf' designating the type of leather to be used for the binding (f. [iii]).Beginnning with a list of chapters (ff. 1-29).Catchwords written horizontally.The first leaf

• Miniatures of two figures in two compartments, relating to the accompanying astrological tables., Libellus geomancie (Book of Astrological Tables)

of Wales.Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library: included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 8v; and in the 1698 catalogue

• Miniature of the banner of the new crusading order, the Order of the Passion of Jesus Christ, with an Agnus Dei at the centre., Epistre au roi Richart (Letter to King Richard II)

1405), monk of the Celestine monastery in Paris (from 1380), former chancellor of Cyprus and member of the royal council of Charles V, which was probably given to Richard II in 1395 by Robert le Mennot, member of Charles VI's

• Detail of a miniature of the banner of the new crusading order, the Order of the Passion of Jesus Christ, with an Agnus Dei at the centre., Epistre au roi Richart (Letter to King Richard II)

Detail of a miniature of the banner of the new crusading order, the Order of the Passion of Jesus Christ, with an Agnus Dei at the centre. Contains the presentation copy of the ~Epistre au roi Richart~, composed in 1395

• Miniature of the Crown of Thorns with two inscriptions, 'Pax vobis', and 'Ih[es]us Roy de paix', between the crowns of the king of France, inscribed with the motto 'en bien', and 'Charles roy de fra[n]ce', and of England, inscribed with the motto 'sans dep[ar]tir' and 'Richart roy danglet[er]re'; and of the large 'YHS' on a ground in colours of France (blue with feur-de-lis) and England (red with lions), with a full border., Epistre au roi Richart (Letter to King Richard II)

1405), monk of the Celestine monastery in Paris (from 1380), former chancellor of Cyprus and member of the royal council of Charles V, which was probably given to Richard II in 1395 by Robert le Mennot, member of Charles VI's

• Historiated initial 'N' (cropped; the lower part of the letter is visible at the top right of the miniature) of the Last Supper beneath a cartouche inscribed in capitals 'Desiderio desideravi / hoc pascha manduc / are vobiscum', surrounded by a frame composed of four cuttings., Cuttings from a Missal of Paul III

first publication of the catalogue of his collection in 1869 and the second edition of 1876 (see Robinson 1876). Purchased by the Department of Prints and Drawings of the British Museum in 1895.Transferred to the Department of Manuscripts of the

• A diagram of the genealogy of the kings of England, including Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI, Edward IV, Richard III, and Henry VII., Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Edward VI (the Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England)

Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England) The text of the chronicle ends with Richard III (f. 33). The pictorial genealogy continues to Henry VIII in the same scribal and artistic hand, including Catherine of Aragon, Mary, and

• Decorated initial 'R'(ichard), with a bar and foliate extensions, at the beginning of the first statute under the government of Richard II., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book) for Edward III (ff. 1-212v) and Richard II (ff. 213-329v)

the table of contents on f. 222v.? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of Surrey, and 1st earl of Norfolk, art collector and politician. Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk,

• Decorated initial 'R'(ichard), at the beginning of the first statute under the government of Richard II., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book) for Edward III (ff. 1-212v) and Richard II (ff. 213-329v)

the table of contents on f. 222v.? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of Surrey, and 1st earl of Norfolk, art collector and politician. Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk,

• Illuminated puzzle initials 'Q'(ue) and 'D'(ixit), with line flourishing in blue., Leaves from a Book of Hours, containing the text for the Hours of the Virgin as said during Advent (ff. 1-3), the Penitential Psalms (ff. 4-8), Litanies (ff. 8-12), and Office of the Dead (ff. 13-21), Use of Rome

'?Bologna, first half of 15th century (opinion of Dr Otto Pacht)'. Harry and Virginia Walton, of New York: their sale, Blomsbury Auction, New York, 4 April 2009, lot 7; purchased by The British Library. Puzzle initials Master of the Brussels

• Historiated full-page border of a portrait, the arms, unicorn, rainbow and lily emblems and Greek motto 'Dikes krinon' of Paul III, shells, flowers, putti, urns, butterflies and ladybirds (the text excised). Historiated initial 'N' (cropped; the lower part of the letter is visible at the top right of the miniature) of the Last Supper beneath a cartouche inscribed in capitals 'Desiderio desideravi / hoc pascha manduc / are vobiscum', surrounded by a frame composed of four cuttings., Cuttings from a Missal of Paul III

first publication of the catalogue of his collection in 1869 and the second edition of 1876 (see Robinson 1876). Purchased by the Department of Prints and Drawings of the British Museum in 1895.Transferred to the Department of Manuscripts of the

• Decorated initial 'W'(e), and a message written in the margin by Lady Jane Grey to Sir John Bridges, Lieutenant of the Tower: 'Forasmutche as you have desired so simple a woman to wrighte in so worthye a booke (good) mayster lieutenaunte therefore I shall as a frende desyre you and as a christian require you to call uppon god to encline youre harte to his lawes to quicken you in his waye and not [on the next page] to take the worde of trewthe utterlye oute of youre mouthe...', Lady Jane Grey's Prayer book

page] to take the worde of trewthe utterlye oute of youre mouthe...' Contains prayers extracted from Richard Taverner's translation from the Latin of Wolfgang's Capito's ~Precationes Christianae ad imitationem psalmorum compositae~, printed as ~An epitome of the Psalmes, or briefe

• Historiated initial 'Q' of Peter, with the descender of the letter composed of a foliate extension of acanthus leaves (centre)., Cutting from a Gradual (sanctorale)

gold, of Peter, with the descender of the letter composed of a foliate extension of acanthus leaves. The initial began either the gradual for the feasts of the Conversion of Paul the Apostle (25 January) or of the Commemoration of

• Calendar page for March with a man trimming vines (labour of the month), a ram (Aries), David's harp, and saints Chad and Gregory., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

John of Beverley, Oswald, Swithin, William ofYork, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has been deliberately effaced.Text in English f. 22-22v: 'The Statwete of Wenchester, touching the Syse of bred, of what Grayn of

• Calendar page for March with tinted drawings of saints Edward, Cuthbert, a blessing hand (Benedict), and a fleur-de-lis (for the feast of the Annunciation)., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

John of Beverley, Oswald, Swithin, William ofYork, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has been deliberately effaced.Text in English f. 22-22v: 'The Statwete of Wenchester, touching the Syse of bred, of what Grayn of

• Calendar page for April with tinted drawings of saints Tiburtius and Valerianus, George, Wilfrid, and Mark., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

John of Beverley, Oswald, Swithin, William ofYork, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has been deliberately effaced.Text in English f. 22-22v: 'The Statwete of Wenchester, touching the Syse of bred, of what Grayn of