• Miniature of a leopard chasing a stag, with a camel and another animal., Bestiary (ff. 3-141), Lapidary (ff. 141v-149)

the same hand, 15th century (f.151v).Added verses in English beginning, 'He that wyll all parell flee / He must with wysdome armyd be...', 15th century (f. 152).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 519' (f.

• null, Bestiary (ff. 3-141), Lapidary (ff. 141v-149)

the same hand, 15th century (f.151v).Added verses in English beginning, 'He that wyll all parell flee / He must with wysdome armyd be...', 15th century (f. 152).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 519' (f.

• Miniature of a hunter and dogs pursuing a monkey and its young., Bestiary (ff. 3-141), Lapidary (ff. 141v-149)

the same hand, 15th century (f.151v).Added verses in English beginning, 'He that wyll all parell flee / He must with wysdome armyd be...', 15th century (f. 152).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 519' (f.

• Miniature of a unicorn., Bestiary (ff. 3-141), Lapidary (ff. 141v-149)

the same hand, 15th century (f.151v).Added verses in English beginning, 'He that wyll all parell flee / He must with wysdome armyd be...', 15th century (f. 152).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 519' (f.

• Miniature of hedgehogs rolling on grapes to impale them on their spines., Bestiary (ff. 3-141), Lapidary (ff. 141v-149)

the same hand, 15th century (f.151v).Added verses in English beginning, 'He that wyll all parell flee / He must with wysdome armyd be...', 15th century (f. 152).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 519' (f.

• Miniature of an eagle with its young in a nest on top of a tree., Bestiary (ff. 3-141), Lapidary (ff. 141v-149)

the same hand, 15th century (f.151v).Added verses in English beginning, 'He that wyll all parell flee / He must with wysdome armyd be...', 15th century (f. 152).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 519' (f.

• null, Bestiary (ff. 3-141), Lapidary (ff. 141v-149)

the same hand, 15th century (f.151v).Added verses in English beginning, 'He that wyll all parell flee / He must with wysdome armyd be...', 15th century (f. 152).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 519' (f.

• null, Bestiary (ff. 3-141), Lapidary (ff. 141v-149)

the same hand, 15th century (f.151v).Added verses in English beginning, 'He that wyll all parell flee / He must with wysdome armyd be...', 15th century (f. 152).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 519' (f.

• Miniature of a crocodile., Bestiary (ff. 3-141), Lapidary (ff. 141v-149)

the same hand, 15th century (f.151v).Added verses in English beginning, 'He that wyll all parell flee / He must with wysdome armyd be...', 15th century (f. 152).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 519' (f.

• Detail of a miniature of a manticore, a creature with the body of a lion, the head of a man, and the tail of a scorpion., Bestiary (ff. 3-141), Lapidary (ff. 141v-149)

the same hand, 15th century (f.151v).Added verses in English beginning, 'He that wyll all parell flee / He must with wysdome armyd be...', 15th century (f. 152).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 519' (f.

• Detail of a miniature of birds and a fox pretending to be dead, in the upper register, and a fox with a bird in its mouth, in the lower register., Bestiary (ff. 3-141), Lapidary (ff. 141v-149)

the same hand, 15th century (f.151v).Added verses in English beginning, 'He that wyll all parell flee / He must with wysdome armyd be...', 15th century (f. 152).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 519' (f.

• Detail of a miniature in two registers: above, wolves; below: a man standing on a garment, and birds in a nest., Bestiary (ff. 3-141), Lapidary (ff. 141v-149)

the same hand, 15th century (f.151v).Added verses in English beginning, 'He that wyll all parell flee / He must with wysdome armyd be...', 15th century (f. 152).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 519' (f.

• Detail of a foliate initial 'B'(estiarium), at the beginning of the text., Bestiary (ff. 3-141), Lapidary (ff. 141v-149)

the same hand, 15th century (f.151v).Added verses in English beginning, 'He that wyll all parell flee / He must with wysdome armyd be...', 15th century (f. 152).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 519' (f.

• Detail of a miniature of a phoenix burning, illustrating the text that when it felt that it was growing old, it would make its own funeral pyre, and allow itself to be consumed in the flames, which it fanned with its wings, and that it would rise again from the ashes., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

the text that when it felt that it was growing old, it would make its own funeral pyre, and allow itself to be consumed in the flames, which it fanned with its wings, and that it would rise again from

• Miniature of eagles, one holding a fish, illustrating the text that when it is young the eagle can see fish in the sea from a great height; but when it gets old its eyes become dim, so it flies towards the sun and burns off the dimness, before immersing itself in water, which restores it to full strength and perfect eyesight., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

the eagle can see fish in the sea from a great height; but when it gets old its eyes become dim, so it flies towards the sun and burns off the dimness, before immersing itself in water, which restores it

• Miniature of eagles, one holding a fish, illustrating the text that when it is young the eagle can see fish in the sea from a great height; but when it gets old its eyes become dim, so it flies towards the sun and burns off the dimness, before immersing itself in water, which restores it to full strength and perfect eyesight., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

the eagle can see fish in the sea from a great height; but when it gets old its eyes become dim, so it flies towards the sun and burns off the dimness, before immersing itself in water, which restores it

• Miniature of a phoenix biting a branch, and below, burning, illustrating the text that when it felt that it was growing old, it would make its own funeral pyre, and allow itself to be consumed in the flames, which it fanned with its wings, and that it would rise again from the ashes., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

illustrating the text that when it felt that it was growing old, it would make its own funeral pyre, and allow itself to be consumed in the flames, which it fanned with its wings, and that it would rise again

• Pen-flourished initial 'F'(rater) with two sided pen-flourished border, at the beginning of the Prologue., Bible

(b. 1491, d. 1547), king of England and Ireland (from 1509): his portrait and arms (f. 4v). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'No. 978' (f. 1): acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of a pen-flourished initial 'H'(ec sunt), at the beginning of Exodus., Bible

(b. 1491, d. 1547), king of England and Ireland (from 1509): his portrait and arms (f. 4v). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'No. 978' (f. 1): acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of a pen-flourished initial 'L'(ocutus), at the beginning of Numbers., Bible

(b. 1491, d. 1547), king of England and Ireland (from 1509): his portrait and arms (f. 4v). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'No. 978' (f. 1): acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after