• 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

• Initial 'P'(atri) with a full penwork border, at the beginning at the dedication letter of Petrus de Harentals to Arkel., Collectarius super librum Psalmorum

blue with red pen-flourishing. Catchwords in frames decorated in red or black ink. Collectarius super librum Psalmorum The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1271' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• 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

• Illuminated initial 'V'(so) with marginal extensions, at the beginning of the text., Treatise on the Love of God

VIII (b. 1491, d. 1547), king of England and Ireland: the monogram 'HR' [for Henricus Rex] (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 549' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Detail of an historiated initial 'O'(yez) of a woman holding a book and kneeling before Paul, at the beginning of the Miroir de l'âme., Speculum animae in French translation (Miroir de l'âme)

VIII (b. 1491, d. 1547), king of England and Ireland: the monogram 'HR' [for Henricus Rex] (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 545' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Map of the world in two hemispheres., Boke of Idrography (The 'Rotz Atlas')

a badge of the Tudor rose with a crown and a motto 'Dieu et mon droict' (f. 31v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 994' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Foliate initial 'Q'(uis) with a full border, at the beginning of the works of Peter of Blois., Letters and opuscula

xp[ist]iana / Will[el]m[u]s Bedmystre' (f.161), and 'Explicit tractat[us] Pet[r]I Ble/sens[sis] cont[ra] p[er]fidia[m] Iudeorum/ quod Will[el]m[u]s Bedmestr[e]' (f. 183).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, royal Appendix 71, f. 17; and in the 1698

• Miniature in four compartments of God creating the World, and of Jean Corbechon presenting the book to Charles V of France, with a foliate initial 'A'(tres hault) with a partial border, at the beginning of the prologue., De proprietatibus rerum (Livre des proprietez des choses)

blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red or blue. De proprietatibus rerum (Livre des proprietez des choses) The Old Royal Library (the English Royal library): probably included in the list of books at Richmond Palace, of 1535, no. 57; and

• 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 a foliate initial 'Q'(uis) with a full border, at the beginning of the works of Peter of Blois., Letters and opuscula

xp[ist]iana / Will[el]m[u]s Bedmystre' (f.161), and 'Explicit tractat[us] Pet[r]I Ble/sens[sis] cont[ra] p[er]fidia[m] Iudeorum/ quod Will[el]m[u]s Bedmestr[e]' (f. 183).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, royal Appendix 71, f. 17; and in the 1698

• Miniature of the death of Saul on the battlefield, with a partial border and a foliate initial 'A'(ulcuns), at the beginning of book 2., De casibus virorum illustrium in French translation (Des cas des ruynes des nobles hommes et femmes)

'HR' [for Henricus Rex] (f. 1).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '95' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 100' (f. 1), included in the inventory of

• Detail of a miniature of the Wheel of Fortune, with a king at the top, at the beginning of the first prologue., De casibus virorum illustrium in French translation (Des cas des ruynes des nobles hommes et femmes)

'HR' [for Henricus Rex] (f. 1).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '95' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 100' (f. 1), included in the inventory of

• Detail of a miniature of Marc Antony falling on his sword., De casibus virorum illustrium in French translation (Des cas des ruynes des nobles hommes et femmes)

'HR' [for Henricus Rex] (f. 1).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '95' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 100' (f. 1), included in the inventory of

• Detail of a miniature of Bocaccio in his study, with his vision of Fortune as a crowned lady with many arms., De casibus virorum illustrium in French translation (Des cas des ruynes des nobles hommes et femmes)

'HR' [for Henricus Rex] (f. 1).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '95' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 100' (f. 1), included in the inventory of

• Miniature of the Wheel of Fortune, with a king at the top, with a full border and a foliate initial 'A'(puissant), at the beginning of the first prologue, with the Henry VII's monogram of 'HR' in the lower margin., De casibus virorum illustrium in French translation (Des cas des ruynes des nobles hommes et femmes)

'HR' [for Henricus Rex] (f. 1).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '95' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 100' (f. 1), included in the inventory of