• Illuminated initial 'A'(s the) in gold and red, at the beginning of the text., The pleasaunt poesye of princelie practise, imperfect

the text. Sir William Forrest's 'The pleasaunt poesye of princelie practise' is an English verse adaptation of the pseudo-Aristotelian 'Secretum Secretorum' and Giles of Rome's 'De Regimine Principum', written following the fashion of the commonwealthsmen, the social commentators and reformers,

• Decorated initial 'I'(n ye) wit a full border, at the beginning of Genesis., Wycliffite Bible, in the later version

with his mother's, Margaret Beaufort's (b. 1443, d.1509) heraldic badge, a portcullis with chains, which became his device.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number partially erased: 'no...'; included in the list of book at the Richmond

• Detail of an pen-flourished initial 'I'(ou)., Wycliffite Bible, in the later version

with his mother's, Margaret Beaufort's (b. 1443, d.1509) heraldic badge, a portcullis with chains, which became his device.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number partially erased: 'no...'; included in the list of book at the Richmond

• Detail of the left-hand column of the folio with two pen-flourished initials., Wycliffite Bible, in the later version

with his mother's, Margaret Beaufort's (b. 1443, d.1509) heraldic badge, a portcullis with chains, which became his device.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number partially erased: 'no...'; included in the list of book at the Richmond

• Detail of a decorated initial 'I'(n) at the beginning of Esther., Wycliffite Bible, in the later version

with his mother's, Margaret Beaufort's (b. 1443, d.1509) heraldic badge, a portcullis with chains, which became his device.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number partially erased: 'no...'; included in the list of book at the Richmond

• Foliate Initial 'T'(he book) with a full border, at the beginning of Matthew., Wycliffite Bible, in the later version

with his mother's, Margaret Beaufort's (b. 1443, d.1509) heraldic badge, a portcullis with chains, which became his device.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number partially erased: 'no...'; included in the list of book at the Richmond

• Detail of a historiated initial 'A'(d comentum) of Gregory delivering a letter to two cardinals., Lectura in quinque libros Decretalium (Books 1-2)

titul[u]m deleverit anathema sit', 14th century (f. 1*v); St Albans coat of arms held by Alban (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 38[4]' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Detail of a historiated initial 'D'(e) of plaintiffs before a judge, at the beginning of book 2., Lectura in quinque libros Decretalium (Books 1-2)

titul[u]m deleverit anathema sit', 14th century (f. 1*v); St Albans coat of arms held by Alban (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 38[4]' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Detail of an 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.', 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

• Text page with a colophon of John of Lutton, reading 'Qui scripsit scriptu[m] / Jon Lutton. est sibi nomen/ Dignus est op[er]arius mercede sua.', 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

• Miniature of the Beaufort's arms with Beaufort's badge of a portcullis, and the red rose of Lancaster, with a motto 'Me sovent sovant' inscribed four times on scrolls in the margins., Legenda aurea

16th Earl of Arundel (b. 1417, d. 1487): probably his autograph inscription 'My tryst ys. Arundell (f. 5).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 119; and in

• Miniature of Prudence writing at a desk, with pupils sitting in front of her, and a foliate initial 'C'(es), at the beginning of the rubric 'De la vertu de prudence'., La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame

Paraphs in red or blue. La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1404' (f. 1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Miniature of a man and a women at a table with a man drinking from a cup, illustrating the virtue of temperence, and a foliate initial 'L'(a vertu), at the beginning of the rubric 'De la vertu datrempance', and a miniature of a personification of Fortitude holding a disk with a lion, and a foliate initial 'L'(a vertu), at the beginning of the rubric 'De la vertu de force'., La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame

Paraphs in red or blue. La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1404' (f. 1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Miniature of Nicholas and three boys in a tub., Legenda aurea

16th Earl of Arundel (b. 1417, d. 1487): probably his autograph inscription 'My tryst ys. Arundell (f. 5).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 119; and in

• Miniature of the Coronation of the Virgin, with male and female saints, and the Last Judgement., Legenda aurea

16th Earl of Arundel (b. 1417, d. 1487): probably his autograph inscription 'My tryst ys. Arundell (f. 5).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 119; and in

• Detail of a miniature of Christ and Thomas., Legenda aurea

16th Earl of Arundel (b. 1417, d. 1487): probably his autograph inscription 'My tryst ys. Arundell (f. 5).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 119; and in

• Detail of a miniature of the Circumcision of Christ., Legenda aurea

16th Earl of Arundel (b. 1417, d. 1487): probably his autograph inscription 'My tryst ys. Arundell (f. 5).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 119; and in

• Detail of a miniature of the Annunciation., Legenda aurea

16th Earl of Arundel (b. 1417, d. 1487): probably his autograph inscription 'My tryst ys. Arundell (f. 5).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 119; and in

• Detail of a miniature of Margaret emerging from the dragon., Legenda aurea

16th Earl of Arundel (b. 1417, d. 1487): probably his autograph inscription 'My tryst ys. Arundell (f. 5).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 119; and in

• Detail of a miniature of James with his staff, book, and a shell on his hat., Legenda aurea

16th Earl of Arundel (b. 1417, d. 1487): probably his autograph inscription 'My tryst ys. Arundell (f. 5).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 119; and in