• Pen-flourished initial 'I'(n anno)., 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

• Illuminated initial 'L'(ucas) at the beginning of the prologue to 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],

• Historiated initial 'I'(n principio) of John holding a book, at the beginning of John., 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],

• Illuminated initial 'H'(ic) at the beginning of the prologue to John., 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],

• Initial 'S' with decoration., Epistolae, Opera; Moralis Philosophia; Dialogue against the Jews

be identified with no. 154 in Patrick Young's 1622 catalogue of the cathedral library, Salisbury (see Ker 1949).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Royal seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1), a note in the hand of

• Initial 'Q' with foliate decoration., Epistolae, Opera; Moralis Philosophia; Dialogue against the Jews

be identified with no. 154 in Patrick Young's 1622 catalogue of the cathedral library, Salisbury (see Ker 1949).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Royal seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1), a note in the hand of

• Puzzle initial 'H' with foliate decoration., Epistolae, Opera; Moralis Philosophia; Dialogue against the Jews

be identified with no. 154 in Patrick Young's 1622 catalogue of the cathedral library, Salisbury (see Ker 1949).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Royal seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1), a note in the hand of

• Puzzle initial 'H' with foliate decoration., Epistolae, Opera; Moralis Philosophia; Dialogue against the Jews

be identified with no. 154 in Patrick Young's 1622 catalogue of the cathedral library, Salisbury (see Ker 1949).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Royal seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1), a note in the hand of

• Puzzle initial 'U' with foliate decoration., Epistolae, Opera; Moralis Philosophia; Dialogue against the Jews

be identified with no. 154 in Patrick Young's 1622 catalogue of the cathedral library, Salisbury (see Ker 1949).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Royal seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1), a note in the hand of

• Initial 'S' with foliate decoration., Epistolae, Opera; Moralis Philosophia; Dialogue against the Jews

be identified with no. 154 in Patrick Young's 1622 catalogue of the cathedral library, Salisbury (see Ker 1949).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Royal seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1), a note in the hand of

• Flyleaf with ownership inscription and shelfmark of the library of St Augustine's, Canterbury., De officiis

Thomas Linacre, humanist scholar and physician (b. c.1460, d. 1524), inscribed 'Linacrus emit octo denarius' (sic) (f. 2).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Royal seal of a ship, 17th century (f.1) and in the 1698 catalogue of the

• Initial 'Q'(uamquam) with penwork decoration., De officiis

Thomas Linacre, humanist scholar and physician (b. c.1460, d. 1524), inscribed 'Linacrus emit octo denarius' (sic) (f. 2).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Royal seal of a ship, 17th century (f.1) and in the 1698 catalogue of the

• Initial 'D'(ormientem) at the beginning of epistle 1., Epistulae 1-123

Epistulae 1-123 The Benedictine Abbey of St Peter, Chertsey, Surrey: inscribed ' Constat mo[na]ste[ri]o de Certes[ia]' (f. 206v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1091'; included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71 (f.

• Initial 'Q'(uanto) and small initials with pen-flourishing., Epistulae 1-123

Epistulae 1-123 The Benedictine Abbey of St Peter, Chertsey, Surrey: inscribed ' Constat mo[na]ste[ri]o de Certes[ia]' (f. 206v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1091'; included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71 (f.

• Text page with coloured initials, Epistulae 1-123

Epistulae 1-123 The Benedictine Abbey of St Peter, Chertsey, Surrey: inscribed ' Constat mo[na]ste[ri]o de Certes[ia]' (f. 206v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1091'; included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71 (f.

• Detail of an 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],

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uatuor), at the beginning of Peter's the Chanter commentary., Diatessaron

brown (ff. 1, 2v, 3, 8v). Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Diatessaron The English Royal library: Westminster inventory number 'no. 1023' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after the inventory

• Decorated initial 'D'(e nativitate) at the beginning of the capitula to Romans, with added inscription in the upper margin; from left to right they are: a title and a press-mark characteristic of the Benedictine abbey of St. Werburgh, Chester; the ownership note 'Ex monasterio Cestrie' (i.e. from the monastery of Chester); the inventory number of the Old Royal library in the Upper Library at Westminster Palace ('No. 1098'); the present pressmark of the British Library ('4. E viij'), and below this the page number in the old catalogue ('p. 58'). ., Gloss on the Pauline Epistles

the inventory number of the Old Royal library in the Upper Library at Westminster Palace ('No. 1098'); the present pressmark of the British Library ('4. E viij'), and below this the page number in the old catalogue ('p. 58'). .

• Text page with initials and rubrics., Historia Scolastica (Acts of the Apostles)

and others, Corpus of British Medieval Library Catalogues, 4 (London: The British Library,1996), B77.37, B79.35.)Parts 1 and 2:The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666 (f. 4?) and in the 1698 catalogue of the

• Text page with decorated initials., Commentary on the Psalms (51-100)

and Gilson 1921).Steven Speccot, perhaps of the Speccot family of Penheale, Cornwall: his name written on f. 223v.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 678 '; included in the inventory of books in the Upper