• Detail of decorated initials 'I'(ncipiunt) and 'P'(romittit), at the beginning of the 'Capitula in librum Iosue'., Bible (Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and I-IV Kings) (The 'Rochester Bible')

p[er]missio[n]e divina Bangorens[is] eps et Milladensis' (f. 184v).Thomas a Woode: inscribed with his name, 16th century (f. 186v).The Old Royal Library (English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 507' (f. 1): included in the Inventory of the Upper Library at

• Text page of Judges 19:30-20:12., Bible (Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and I-IV Kings) (The 'Rochester Bible')

p[er]missio[n]e divina Bangorens[is] eps et Milladensis' (f. 184v).Thomas a Woode: inscribed with his name, 16th century (f. 186v).The Old Royal Library (English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 507' (f. 1): included in the Inventory of the Upper Library at

• Inhabited initial 'I'(n diebus), at the beginning of Ruth., Bible (Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and I-IV Kings) (The 'Rochester Bible')

p[er]missio[n]e divina Bangorens[is] eps et Milladensis' (f. 184v).Thomas a Woode: inscribed with his name, 16th century (f. 186v).The Old Royal Library (English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 507' (f. 1): included in the Inventory of the Upper Library at

• Detail of a zoomorphic initial 'V'(iginti) formed of a dragon, at the beginning of Jerome's prologue to the books of Kings., Bible (Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and I-IV Kings) (The 'Rochester Bible')

p[er]missio[n]e divina Bangorens[is] eps et Milladensis' (f. 184v).Thomas a Woode: inscribed with his name, 16th century (f. 186v).The Old Royal Library (English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 507' (f. 1): included in the Inventory of the Upper Library at

• Detail of a historiated initial 'F'(actum est) with a violin player., Bible (Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and I-IV Kings) (The 'Rochester Bible')

p[er]missio[n]e divina Bangorens[is] eps et Milladensis' (f. 184v).Thomas a Woode: inscribed with his name, 16th century (f. 186v).The Old Royal Library (English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 507' (f. 1): included in the Inventory of the Upper Library at

• Initial 'D'(ixit), at the beginning of 2 Kings, 20:4., Bible (Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and I-IV Kings) (The 'Rochester Bible')

p[er]missio[n]e divina Bangorens[is] eps et Milladensis' (f. 184v).Thomas a Woode: inscribed with his name, 16th century (f. 186v).The Old Royal Library (English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 507' (f. 1): included in the Inventory of the Upper Library at

• Text page of 2 Kings, 20:10-20., Bible (Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and I-IV Kings) (The 'Rochester Bible')

p[er]missio[n]e divina Bangorens[is] eps et Milladensis' (f. 184v).Thomas a Woode: inscribed with his name, 16th century (f. 186v).The Old Royal Library (English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 507' (f. 1): included in the Inventory of the Upper Library at

• Text page with coloured initials., Gemma animae sive De divinis officis

with an inscription reading 'Indentura Joh[an]is Bacher[i] firmar[i] de Strode in / obligac[i]one ad ...' (f. i verso).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 359' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Diagram of the division of philosophy., Theological miscellany

(f. 3); included in the catalogue of his library, no. 166.Added list of contents, 16th/17th century (f. 2v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): red seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1*); included in the 1698 catalogue of

• Three coloured initials 'D'(um) and inscription 'Cirencestrie'., Liber testimonium veteris testamenti (parts 1 and 3); Sermo (f. 117); In canticum canticorum (9 excerpts)(f. 117v)

noted by Casley (see David Casley, ~A Catalogue of the Manuscripts of the King’s Library~ (London, 1734)). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71 (f. 15v) and in the 1698

• Detail of initial 'D'(um) with foliate decoration., Liber testimonium veteris testamenti (parts 1 and 3); Sermo (f. 117); In canticum canticorum (9 excerpts)(f. 117v)

noted by Casley (see David Casley, ~A Catalogue of the Manuscripts of the King’s Library~ (London, 1734)). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71 (f. 15v) and in the 1698

• Detail of coloured initials 'V'(squequo) and 'H'(omo) in the lower right-hand column of the folio., Liber testimonium veteris testamenti (parts 1 and 3); Sermo (f. 117); In canticum canticorum (9 excerpts)(f. 117v)

noted by Casley (see David Casley, ~A Catalogue of the Manuscripts of the King’s Library~ (London, 1734)). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71 (f. 15v) and in the 1698

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of two men, pointing towards another who kneels before a seated man., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

priory of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield: inscribed, 'Liber domus sancti barthomomei in smyth fylde', 15th century (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Decretales' and Westminster inventory number 'no. 1059' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of two men with a bowl, and on either side, a sheep and a cow., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

priory of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield: inscribed, 'Liber domus sancti barthomomei in smyth fylde', 15th century (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Decretales' and Westminster inventory number 'no. 1059' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a group of men, two men seated and three standing., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

priory of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield: inscribed, 'Liber domus sancti barthomomei in smyth fylde', 15th century (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Decretales' and Westminster inventory number 'no. 1059' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of two men handing a boy over to two other men., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

priory of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield: inscribed, 'Liber domus sancti barthomomei in smyth fylde', 15th century (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Decretales' and Westminster inventory number 'no. 1059' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of two men with a robe, while others look on., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

priory of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield: inscribed, 'Liber domus sancti barthomomei in smyth fylde', 15th century (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Decretales' and Westminster inventory number 'no. 1059' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a man directing a child towards another., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

priory of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield: inscribed, 'Liber domus sancti barthomomei in smyth fylde', 15th century (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Decretales' and Westminster inventory number 'no. 1059' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a man with a child before a seated king., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

priory of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield: inscribed, 'Liber domus sancti barthomomei in smyth fylde', 15th century (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Decretales' and Westminster inventory number 'no. 1059' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a king and a queen dining., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

priory of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield: inscribed, 'Liber domus sancti barthomomei in smyth fylde', 15th century (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Decretales' and Westminster inventory number 'no. 1059' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper