• Pen-flourished initials 'N'(emo) and 'V'(isio), at the beginning of the prologue to Isaiah and of Isaiah., Bible

d[omi]ni / Millesimo quadringe[n]tesimo q[ui]nquqge/simo p[ri]mo. In profesto b[ea]ti Bernardi ab/batis. In domo clerico[rum] Zwollis' (f. 269). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'No. 978' (f. 1): acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• 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., Bible

d[omi]ni / Millesimo quadringe[n]tesimo q[ui]nquqge/simo p[ri]mo. In profesto b[ea]ti Bernardi ab/batis. In domo clerico[rum] Zwollis' (f. 269). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'No. 978' (f. 1): acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Pen-flourished initial 'P'(aulus), at the beginning of Romans., Bible

d[omi]ni / Millesimo quadringe[n]tesimo q[ui]nquqge/simo p[ri]mo. In profesto b[ea]ti Bernardi ab/batis. In domo clerico[rum] Zwollis' (f. 269). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'No. 978' (f. 1): acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Illuminated initial 'F'(ive) with a full border with flowers, acanthus leaves branches, the royal arms of England and a gold portcullis with chains, the heraldic badge of the Beauforts., Prologue to the Wycliffite Bible, in the later version (imperfect)

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 'D'(omine) with an instruction for illuminator 'oro' next to it, at the beginning of Matins., Book of Hours of the Sorrows of the Virgin

throughout the text. Catchwords decorated with purple pen-flourishing. Book of Hours of the Sorrows of the Virgin The Old Royal Library (English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'No 372' (f. 1): included in the inventory of books in the Upper

• Illuminated initial 'U'(isio), at the beginning of Isaiah, with the ownership inscription of the cathedral priory of St. Andrew, Rochester, reading 'Liber de claustro Roffensi per Paulinum priorem', and the Westminster inventory number 'no. 324'., Glossed Isaiah

slip with notes on Isaiah (f. 256) and marginal glosses by the same hand (ff. 91v-169), 13th/14th century.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 324' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Detail of a miniature of Charlemagne at a table receiving a letter, with a partial border and a foliate initial 'O'(r dist)., Renaut de Montauban (or Les Quatre Fils Aimon)

red. Renaut de Montauban (or Les Quatre Fils Aimon) Inscribed 'Les IIII filz Aymont', 15th century (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 75; and in

• Decorated initial 'O'(mnis) with geometric pattern and foliage, at the beginning of the prologue to Hypognosticon., Hypognosticon

65v).Added a treatise on metre, late 15th century (ff. 66r-v).Red seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see [Edward Bernard],

• Historiated initial 'F'(uit) of Zacharias incensing an altar, at the beginning of Luke., Gospels of Luke and John, with the Glossa ordinaria

refers to this manuscript, 'B. Luchas Joh[ann]es glossat[us]. De com[mun]itate fr[atru]m mi[n]o[rum] Cantuar[ie]', 14th century (see Ker 1964).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see [Edward Bernard],

• Detail of a miniature of the Wheel of Fortune, at the beginning of book 2 of the De Consolatione Philosophiae., De Consolatione Philosophiae (Roman de Fortune et de Félicité; index Consolation of Philosophy); Le testament; Le traitie de parler et de taire

Fortune et de Félicité; index Consolation of Philosophy); Le testament; Le traitie de parler et de taire The Old Royal Library (the English Royal library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 131' (f. 2), included in the inventory of books in the

• Puzzle initial 'P'(aulus), at the beginning of Galatians., Catholic Epistles and Galatians, with the Glossa ordinaria

Galatians, with the Glossa ordinaria Added two indexes to homilies on the Pauline Epistles, 14th century (f. 213r-v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 189' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Historiated initial 'L'(iber) of the Tree of Jesse, at the beginning of Matthew., Gospel of Matthew, with the Glossa ordinaria

with penwork decoration, in red or blue, throughout the gloss. Gospel of Matthew, with the Glossa ordinaria The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see [Edward Bernard],

• Historiated initial 'P'(ater) of Christ blessing and holding a book, at the beginning of the Pater Noster., Gospel of Matthew, with the Glossa ordinaria

with penwork decoration, in red or blue, throughout the gloss. Gospel of Matthew, with the Glossa ordinaria The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see [Edward Bernard],

• Illuminated initial 'I'(nitium) with dragons and human masks in medallions, at the beginning of Mark., Gospel of Mark, with the Glossa ordinaria

with penwork decoration, in red or blue, throughout the gloss. Gospel of Mark, with the Glossa ordinaria The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see [Edward Bernard],

• Historiated initial 'H'(ic est) formed by a dragon and a lion, of John writing on a tablet and the dove of the Holy Spirit approaching to his ear, at the beginning of the prologue to John., Gospel of John, with the Glossa ordinaria

with penwork decoration, in red or blue, throughout the gloss. Gospel of John, with the Glossa ordinaria The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see [Edward Bernard],

• Detail of an inhabited initial 'V'(ocavit), with foliate motifs and birds, at the beginning of Leviticus., Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, with the Glossa ordinaria and interlinear glosses, imperfect at the end

pentateuc. E. vi. m'. (f. 1v); a similar inscription occurs in Royal 4 A VII, also from Rochester.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 514' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Detail of a decorated initial 'H'(ec), with foliate motifs, at the beginning of Deuteronomy., Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, with the Glossa ordinaria and interlinear glosses, imperfect at the end

pentateuc. E. vi. m'. (f. 1v); a similar inscription occurs in Royal 4 A VII, also from Rochester.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 514' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Historiated initial 'D'(e) of a marriage ceremony, at the beginning of book 4, De sponsalibus et matrimoniis., Decretales, with the Glossa ordinaria

of sentences highlighted in yellow. Decretales, with the Glossa ordinaria Addressed to the university of Paris (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1008' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of a historiated initial 'D'(e) of a marriage ceremony, at the beginning of book 4, De sponsalibus et matrimoniis., Decretales, with the Glossa ordinaria

of sentences highlighted in yellow. Decretales, with the Glossa ordinaria Addressed to the university of Paris (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1008' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail from the roll of two roundels of Alured (or Alfred) and his son Edward., Genealogical roll of the kings of England

France in 1340: 'Edward se fit apelez roy / de f[r]a[n]ce et dangleterr[e] et q[ua]trona ses armes'. The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with the 'Le role des roys d'Angleterre', or 'Rotulus regum Anglie',