Grotesque hybrids from BL Royal 19 C VI, f. 17
Detail of a bas-de-page scene of two grotesque hybrids heading into battle (one with an ape sitting on his back), at the beginning of the prologue addressed to Henry VII. Image taken from f. 17 of Anabasis. Wri... More
Hybrids and a knight from BL Royal 20 C VI, f. 4v
Detail of bas-de-page drawings of two hybrids, and an armoured knight holding a shield and banner. Image taken from f. 4v of Lancelot du Lac. Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known a... More
Louis XII receiving the book from BL Royal 19 C VI, f. 9v
Detail of a miniature of Louis XII enthroned receiving the book from the translator, Claude de Seyssel, at the beginning of the prologue of the translator addressed to Louis XII. Image taken from f. 9v of Anaba... More
Greek army with Xenophon from BL Royal 19 C VI, f. 83
Miniature of the Greek army with Xenophon, and piles of the dead, with grotesque hybrids, flowers, and plants in the full foliate border. Image taken from f. 83 of Anabasis. Written in French. The BL Royal Man... More
Text pages from BL Royal 19 C VI, ff. 23v-24
Text pages with illuminated initials. Image taken from ff. 23v-24 of Anabasis. Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Collection, consists of over 2,000 manuscripts that... More
Greeks in council from BL Royal 19 C VI, f. 106v
Miniature of the Greeks in council on the shore, with an island castle and ship nearby, with a full foliate border with birds and grotesques. Image taken from f. 106v of Anabasis. Written in French. The BL Roy... More
Fighting at the gates of Byzantium from BL Royal 19 C VI, f. 152
Miniature of fighting at the gates of Byzantium. Image taken from f. 152 of Anabasis. Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Collection, consists of over 2,000 manuscrip... More
Greek camp from BL Royal 19 C VI, f. 46
Miniature of the Greek camp, with messengers reporting the death of Cyrus. Image taken from f. 46 of Anabasis. Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Collection, consist... More
Agravain riding from BL Royal 20 C VI, f. 3
Detail of a miniature of Agravain riding, with the head of Druas behind him on his saddle, and a woman standing behind. Image taken from f. 3 of Lancelot du Lac. Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Coll... More
Royal arms of England from BL Royal 19 C VI, f. 16v
Detail of a miniature of the royal arms of England with a crest of a lion, supported by a red dragon and a white greyhound, with a motto reading 'Dieu ets mon droit', and two Beaufort badges of portcullises. Im... More
Greeks making merry from BL Royal 19 C VI, f. 131
Detail of a miniature of the Greeks making merry. Image taken from f. 131 of Anabasis. Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Collection, consists of over 2,000 manuscri... More
Knight and a hybrid from BL Royal 20 C VI, f. 11
Detail of bas-de-page drawings of a knight holding a shield and banner, and a hybrid. Image taken from f. 11 of Lancelot du Lac. Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal C... More
Greeks by the sea from BL Royal 19 C VI, f. 64v
Miniature of Greeks by the sea shore ascending a path, with Orientals looking on. Image taken from f. 64v of Anabasis. Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Collection,... More
Henry VII receiving the book from BL Royal 19 C VI, f. 17
Detail of a miniature of Henry VII sitting on a throne decorated with the royal arms of England and inscribed with the motto 'Dieu est mon droit', and receiving the book from the translator, Claude de Seyssel, ... More
Artaxerxes enthroned from BL Royal 19 C VI, f. 20
Miniature of Artaxerxes enthroned, with his courtiers; the arrest of Cyrus; Darius ill in bed, and a physician with a flask, with grotesque hybrids, flowers, and plants in the full foliate border. Image taken f... More
Royal arms of England from BL Royal 19 C VI, f. 16v
Miniature of the royal arms of England with a crest of a lion, supported by a red dragon and a white greyhound, with a motto reading 'Dieu ets mon droit', and two Beaufort badges of portcullises, with a full bo... More
Greek army with Xenophon from BL Royal 19 C VI, f. 83
Detail of a miniature of the Greek army with Xenophon, and piles of the dead. Image taken from f. 83 of Anabasis. Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Collection, cons... More
Louis XII receiving the book from BL Royal 19 C VI, f. 9v
Miniature of Louis XII enthroned receiving the book from the translator, Claude de Seyssel, with a full border including grotesque hybrids, flowers, and plants, at the beginning of the prologue of the translato... More
Greeks making merry from BL Royal 19 C VI, f. 131
Miniature of the Greeks making merry. Image taken from f. 131 of Anabasis. Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Collection, consists of over 2,000 manuscripts that wer... More
Artaxerxes enthroned from BL Royal 19 C VI, f. 20
Detail of a miniature of Artaxerxes enthroned, with his courtiers; the arrest of Cyrus; Darius ill in bed, and a physician with a flask. Image taken from f. 20 of Anabasis. Written in French. The BL Royal Manu... More
Eagle from BL Royal 6 C VI, f. 142v
Detail of an historiated initial 'P'(ost) with an eagle holding a book (the symbol of John?), at the beginning of part 6. Image taken from f. 142v of Moralia in Job, parts 4-6 (books 17-35). Written in Latin. ... More
Charter from BL Royal 6 C VI, f. 260
Detail of a beginning of a charter of William Fressel, prior of Rochester (1509-1532). Image taken from f. 260 of Moralia in Job, parts 4-6 (books 17-35). Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, ... More
Zoomorphic initial from BL Royal 6 C VI, f. 91
Detail of a zoomorphic initial 'H' of a dragon, at the beginning of book 24. Image taken from f. 91 of Moralia in Job, parts 4-6 (books 17-35). Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known ... More
Jerome from BL Royal 1 C VI, f. 1
Illuminated initial 'C'(ogor), at the beginning of the prologue to Job, with a trompe l'oeil border with the image of Jerome as a cardinal with a lion beside him, with a peacock and three monkeys in the lower m... More
Samson and the lion from BL Royal 6 C VI, f. 152v
Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(ominus) of Samson fighting with the lion, at the beginning of book 29. Image taken from f. 152v of Moralia in Job, parts 4-6 (books 17-35). Written in Latin. The BL Royal M... More
Saint from BL Royal 6 C VI, f. 128
Detail of an historiated initial 'Q'(uis) of a saint, at the beginning of book 27. Image taken from f. 128 of Moralia in Job, parts 4-6 (books 17-35). Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also... More
Decorated initial from BL Royal 6 C VI, f. 111
Detail of a decorated initial 'I'(n locutionibus), at the beginning of book 26. Image taken from f. 111 of Moralia in Job, parts 4-6 (books 17-35). Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also kn... More
Decorated initial from BL Royal 6 C VI, f. 185
Detail of a decorated initial 'I'(n paradiso), at the beginning of book 31. Image taken from f. 185 of Moralia in Job, parts 4-6 (books 17-35). Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known ... More
Agnus Dei from BL Royal 6 C VI, f. 15
Detail of an historiated initial 'P'(lerunque) of the Agnus Dei, at the beginning of book 15. Image taken from f. 15 of Moralia in Job, parts 4-6 (books 17-35). Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collec... More
Michael from BL Royal 6 C VI, f. 33v
Detail of an historiated initial 'Q'(uid) of Michael with a sword and a shield with an inscription reading 'michael', and a dragon at his feet, at he beginning of book 19. Image taken from f. 33v of Moralia in ... More
Stag from BL Royal 6 C VI, f. 45v
Detail of an historiated initial 'Q'(uavis) of a stag, with a dragon forming a part of a letter, at the beginning of book 20. Image taken from f. 45v of Moralia in Job, parts 4-6 (books 17-35). Written in Latin... More
Guinevere from BL Royal 20 C VI, f. 150
Miniature of Lancelot rescuing Guinevere from burning at the stake, at the beginning of the Mort Arthu, with a decorated initial 'A'(pres), and grotesque hybrid creatures surrounding the miniature. Image taken ... More
Pen-flourished initial from BL Royal 1 C VI, f. 209v
Pen-flourished initial 'P'(aulus), at the beginning of Romans. Image taken from f. 209v of Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions. Written in Latin. The BL Royal M... More
Decorated initial from BL Royal 6 C VI, f. 247
Detail of a decorated initial 'Q'(uia) of two lions' heads, at the beginning of book 35. Image taken from f. 247 of Moralia in Job, parts 4-6 (books 17-35). Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection... More
Pen-flourished initials from BL Royal 1 C VI, f. 114
Detail of the left-hand column with pen-flourished initials 'N'(on) and 'V'(erbum), at the beginning of the prologue to Minor Prophets and of Hosea. Image taken from f. 114 of Psalter (index Old Testament, Bibl... More
Virgin and Thomas Besforde from BL Royal 4 C VI, f. 1
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.' Image taken ... More
Decorated initial from BL Royal 15 C VI, f. 4
Initial 'P' with foliate decoration with ownership inscription of Sir Robert Cotton. Image taken from f. 4 of Historia Romana (ff. 4-50), Historia gentis Longobardorum (ff. 51-102v); Gesta Alexandri magni (inde... More
Foliate initial from BL Royal 6 C VI, f. 167v
Foliate initial 'B'(eatus) with an animal mask, at the beginning of book 29. Image taken from f. 167v of Moralia in Job, parts 4-6 (books 17-35). Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also know... More
Knight from BL Royal 6 C VI, f. 79v
Detail of an historiated initial 'P'(refationem) of a knight on horseback piercing a dragon forming a letter, at the beginning of part 5. Image taken from f. 79v of Moralia in Job, parts 4-6 (books 17-35). Writ... More
Zoomorphic initial from BL Royal 6 C VI, f. 91
Detail of a zoomorphic initial 'H', formed of a dragon, at the beginning of book 24. Image taken from f. 91 of Moralia in Job, parts 4-6 (books 17-35). Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, als... More
Henry VII receiving the book from BL Royal 19 C VI, f. 17
Miniature of Henry VII sitting on a throne decorated with the royal arms of England and inscribed with the motto 'Dieu est mon droit', and receiving the book from the translator, Claude de Seyssel, with an illu... More
Text page from BL Royal 6 C VI, f. 259
Detail of a text page. Image taken from f. 259 of Moralia in Job, parts 4-6 (books 17-35). Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Collection, consists of over 2,000 manus... More
Foliate initial from BL Royal 6 C VI, f. 167v
Detail of a foliate initial 'B'(eatus) with an animal mask, at the beginning of book 29. Image taken from f. 167v of Moralia in Job, parts 4-6 (books 17-35). Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collectio... More
Text page from BL Royal 4 C VI, f. 215
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.' Image taken from f. 215 of Commentary on Wisdom. Written in Latin... More
Illuminated initial from BL Royal 19 C VI, f. 10
Illuminated initial 'E'(ntre) at the beginning of the prologue. Image taken from f. 10 of Anabasis. Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Collection, consists of over 2... More
Pen-flourished initials from BL Royal 1 C VI, f. 29v
Pen-flourished initials 'N'(emo) and 'V'(isio), at the beginning of the prologue to Isaiah and of Isaiah. Image taken from f. 29v of Bible. Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as t... More
Inscription from BL Royal 6 C VI, f. 261
Detail of an 16th-century inscription. Image taken from f. 261 of Moralia in Job, parts 4-6 (books 17-35). Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Collection, consists of ... More