• Detail of a miniature of Seneca and his wife Pompeia Paulina being bled to death., De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

et renomées) The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, ff. 11v, or 12v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Seneca

• Detail of a miniature of Faustina, the wife of Marcus Aurelius, with one of her lovers, and a man with an anvil., De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

et renomées) The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, ff. 11v, or 12v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Faustina

• Detail of a miniature of Jeanne, queen of Jerusalem and Sicily, receiving gifts from her subjects., De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

et renomées) The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, ff. 11v, or 12v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Jeanne

• Detail of a miniature of the Erithrean Sibyl writing, with a partial border and a foliate initial 'E'(rithire), at the beginning of chapter XXI., De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

et renomées) The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, ff. 11v, or 12v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Erithrean

• Detail of a miniature of Durandus de Campania presenting the book to Jeanne de Navarre, with a foliate initial 'S'(elon) and a full border, at the beginning of the text., Speculum dominarum (Le Miroir des Dames)

a crown (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 11.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Jeanne de

• Miniature of Durandus de Campania presenting the book to Jeanne de Navarre, with a foliate initial 'S'(elon) and a full border, at the beginning of the text., Speculum dominarum (Le Miroir des Dames)

a crown (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 11.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Jeanne de

• Puzzle initial ‘A’(u), at the beginning of part II., Speculum dominarum (Le Miroir des Dames)

a crown (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 11.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Puzzle initial

• Colophon reading 'Ce livre est accompli et achive / le vendredi ixe jour de juil/let lan mil iiiic. xxviii. / deo gracias'., Speculum dominarum (Le Miroir des Dames)

a crown (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 11.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Colophon Durandus

• Miniature in four compartments: 1. Virgin enthroned; 2. The Trinity; 3. The Trinity creating angels; 4. The Mouth of Hell, with a full border and a foliate initial 'E'(n palais), at the beginning of Genesis., Bible historiale complétée (Genesis - Psalms)

(Genesis - Psalms) The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 14.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Virgin

• Miniature of tents of the twelve tribes of Israel, with a full border and a foliate initial 'L'(iber), at the beginning of Matthew., Bible historiale complétée (Proverbs - Revelation)

(Proverbs - Revelation) The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 14.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Tribes

• Detail of a miniature composed of four compartments of Boccaccio presenting the book to Andrea Acciaiuoli and a group of women., De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

et renomées) The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, ff. 11v, or 12v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Boccaccio

• Frontispiece of green drapery bearing the royal arms of England, with masks, jewels, putti, and the inscription 'Fortunam Augusti superes et Nestoris annos'., Strategikos (a treatise on military tactics)

arms of England supported by hybrid creatures, and the inscription, 'Fortunam Augusti superes et Nestoris annos' (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1235' (f. 1).John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d.

• Detail of a miniature of Gomer in bed, with a nurse holding Jezreel, and Hosea is kissing Gomer., Bible historiale complétée (Proverbs - Revelation)

(Proverbs - Revelation) The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 14.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Gomer

• Detail of a miniature of the landing of William the Conqueror., Chronicle

inventory of 1416, no. 504, with a note, 'Baillé à la duchesse de Bourbonnais' (See Delisle, 1907, II).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 3; and in

• Miniature of John in Patmos, with the seven-horned dragon rising from the sea, and a foliate initial 'L'(ors)., Bible historiale complétée (Proverbs - Revelation)

(Proverbs - Revelation) The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 14.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. John

• Decorated initial 'C'(reacio) of the arms of St. Albans abbey, surrounded by an inscription 'Beauer / ab aduersis / Albon tueatur / in armis', with a full foliate border., Liber de exemplis sacre scripture; Commentary on Wisdom; Commentary on Proverbs; Commentary on Ecclesiasticus

(f. 1v); John's Beaver initials, 'IB', within initials (ff. 1v, 79, 231); arms of St. Albans (f. 2).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1102' (f. 2), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Illuminated initial 'A'(brahe) with John's Beaver initials, 'IB', and a partial border., Liber de exemplis sacre scripture; Commentary on Wisdom; Commentary on Proverbs; Commentary on Ecclesiasticus

(f. 1v); John's Beaver initials, 'IB', within initials (ff. 1v, 79, 231); arms of St. Albans (f. 2).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1102' (f. 2), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Illuminated initial 'O'(mnis) with John's Beaver initials, 'IB', and a partial border., Liber de exemplis sacre scripture; Commentary on Wisdom; Commentary on Proverbs; Commentary on Ecclesiasticus

(f. 1v); John's Beaver initials, 'IB', within initials (ff. 1v, 79, 231); arms of St. Albans (f. 2).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1102' (f. 2), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of a miniature of Medea, with Jason on a horse and a slaughter of a child with his sword, at the beginning of chapter 17., De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

et renomées) The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, ff. 11v, or 12v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Medea

• Diagram in colours and gold of the position of the winds and of the manner of determining the North Pole from the Polar Star., 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