• Verses dedicated to Henry VIII and illuminated initials 'T'(re) and 'A'(rbee) at the beginning of the text., Description of the Holy Land, entitled, 'Tresample description de toute la Terre Saincte, et choses memorables faictes en plusieurs lieux et villes d'icelle extraicte de la Bible et livres Sainct Hierosme', beginning, 'Arbee est une petite ville', and preceded by a dedicatory letter and poem addressed to Henry VIII

crimson velvet with the Royal arms (between H. H.) and roses embroidered in coloured silks, gold-thread and seed-pearls.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal library): included in Henry VIII's 1547 post-mortem inventory as 'the description of the holy lande and

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'R'(egium) with a frog, at the beginning of Jean Mallard's dedicatory letter to Henry VIII., Psalter ('The Psalter of Henry VIII')

marginal Latin annotations in his hand. The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number, no. 1283.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Frog Jean Mallard, with Latin

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'I'(udica), at the beginning of Psalm 25., Psalter ('The Psalter of Henry VIII')

marginal Latin annotations in his hand. The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number, no. 1283.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Illuminated initial Jean Mallard, with

• Page with a text of Psalm 36:31-37:6 with illuminated initials and line-fillers, and with notes in Henry VIII's hand., Psalter ('The Psalter of Henry VIII')

marginal Latin annotations in his hand. The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number, no. 1283.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text pages Jean Mallard, with

• Detail of a miniature of Henry VIII's court jester, William Somer (or Sommers), with an illuminated initial 'D'(ixit) containing a fly, at the beginning of Psalm 52., Psalter ('The Psalter of Henry VIII')

marginal Latin annotations in his hand. The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number, no. 1283.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. William Somer Jean Mallard, with

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) of David praying, with a full border, at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter with canticles, imperfect

origin: includes two feasts of Erkenwald in red (30 April, f. 3v and 14 November, f. 7).Added prayer in Middle English by Palden: inscribed 'Ihesu amarcy one Palden' and 'Iesu that all thys worlde hath wroght / Heven and erthe

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(ixi) of David and Goliath, at the beginning of Psalm 38., Psalter with canticles, imperfect

origin: includes two feasts of Erkenwald in red (30 April, f. 3v and 14 November, f. 7).Added prayer in Middle English by Palden: inscribed 'Ihesu amarcy one Palden' and 'Iesu that all thys worlde hath wroght / Heven and erthe

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of the Anointing of David by Samuel, with a full bar border, at the beginning of Psalm 52., Psalter with canticles, imperfect

origin: includes two feasts of Erkenwald in red (30 April, f. 3v and 14 November, f. 7).Added prayer in Middle English by Palden: inscribed 'Ihesu amarcy one Palden' and 'Iesu that all thys worlde hath wroght / Heven and erthe

• Historiated initial 'S'(alvum) of the Triumph of Saul and David, with a full bar border, at the beginning of Psalm 68., Psalter with canticles, imperfect

origin: includes two feasts of Erkenwald in red (30 April, f. 3v and 14 November, f. 7).Added prayer in Middle English by Palden: inscribed 'Ihesu amarcy one Palden' and 'Iesu that all thys worlde hath wroght / Heven and erthe

• Detail of a historiated initial 'S'(alvum) of the Triumph of Saul and David, at the beginning of Psalm 68., Psalter with canticles, imperfect

origin: includes two feasts of Erkenwald in red (30 April, f. 3v and 14 November, f. 7).Added prayer in Middle English by Palden: inscribed 'Ihesu amarcy one Palden' and 'Iesu that all thys worlde hath wroght / Heven and erthe

• Detail of an historiated initial 'C'(antate) of David kneeling with a harp, and trumpeters before an ark, at the beginning of Psalm 97., Psalter with canticles, imperfect

origin: includes two feasts of Erkenwald in red (30 April, f. 3v and 14 November, f. 7).Added prayer in Middle English by Palden: inscribed 'Ihesu amarcy one Palden' and 'Iesu that all thys worlde hath wroght / Heven and erthe

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of the Trinity, with the figure of God deliberately erased, at the beginning of Psalm 109., Psalter with canticles, imperfect

origin: includes two feasts of Erkenwald in red (30 April, f. 3v and 14 November, f. 7).Added prayer in Middle English by Palden: inscribed 'Ihesu amarcy one Palden' and 'Iesu that all thys worlde hath wroght / Heven and erthe

• Text page., Officium to Mary Magdalene, Calendar, Ordo and Canon of the Mass with offices of Dominic, Peter Martyr and Corona Domini; Collects of English saints (addition to the Breviary)

Mary Magdalene, Calendar, Ordo and Canon of the Mass with offices of Dominic, Peter Martyr and Corona Domini; Collects of English saints (addition to the Breviary) Part I: The Litany includes the added name of Martha, inserted into the liturgy

• Detail of an historiated initial 'B'(eatus) of David praying with a full border, at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter with canticles, imperfect

origin: includes two feasts of Erkenwald in red (30 April, f. 3v and 14 November, f. 7).Added prayer in Middle English by Palden: inscribed 'Ihesu amarcy one Palden' and 'Iesu that all thys worlde hath wroght / Heven and erthe

• Illuminated initial and full border with a mask and a dragon., Polychronicon (ff. 1-201v); Dialogus inter clericum et militem (ff. 202-205), and other texts

note of an acquittance to Edward Clere (?) for the rent of a tenement in 'Saynt Edmondes in Norwiche, in old tyme Sir Nicholas Goldwell' dated November 24, 1559 (f. 222v).Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839), 1st duke of Buckingham

• Illuminated initial with foliate decoration, knots, flowers, and hybrid creatures., Polychronicon (ff. 1-201v); Dialogus inter clericum et militem (ff. 202-205), and other texts

note of an acquittance to Edward Clere (?) for the rent of a tenement in 'Saynt Edmondes in Norwiche, in old tyme Sir Nicholas Goldwell' dated November 24, 1559 (f. 222v).Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839), 1st duke of Buckingham

• Full border with hybrid creatures and foliate forms., Polychronicon (ff. 1-201v); Dialogus inter clericum et militem (ff. 202-205), and other texts

note of an acquittance to Edward Clere (?) for the rent of a tenement in 'Saynt Edmondes in Norwiche, in old tyme Sir Nicholas Goldwell' dated November 24, 1559 (f. 222v).Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839), 1st duke of Buckingham

• Illuminated initial and full border with hybrid creatures., Polychronicon (ff. 1-201v); Dialogus inter clericum et militem (ff. 202-205), and other texts

note of an acquittance to Edward Clere (?) for the rent of a tenement in 'Saynt Edmondes in Norwiche, in old tyme Sir Nicholas Goldwell' dated November 24, 1559 (f. 222v).Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839), 1st duke of Buckingham

• Illuminated initial and full border with hybrid creatures., Polychronicon (ff. 1-201v); Dialogus inter clericum et militem (ff. 202-205), and other texts

note of an acquittance to Edward Clere (?) for the rent of a tenement in 'Saynt Edmondes in Norwiche, in old tyme Sir Nicholas Goldwell' dated November 24, 1559 (f. 222v).Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839), 1st duke of Buckingham

• Illuminated initial and full border with hybrid creatures., Polychronicon (ff. 1-201v); Dialogus inter clericum et militem (ff. 202-205), and other texts

note of an acquittance to Edward Clere (?) for the rent of a tenement in 'Saynt Edmondes in Norwiche, in old tyme Sir Nicholas Goldwell' dated November 24, 1559 (f. 222v).Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839), 1st duke of Buckingham