• Historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of the Fool before David, at the beginning of Psalm 52., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (The 'Bible of William of Devon')

of Devon') Written by William of Devon: his colophon, 'Will[elmu]s devoniensis scripsit istum / librum/' (f. 540v). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 972' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• null, Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (The 'Bible of William of Devon')

of Devon') Written by William of Devon: his colophon, 'Will[elmu]s devoniensis scripsit istum / librum/' (f. 540v). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 972' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) of David playing the harp in the upper register, and David killing Goliath, in the lower register, with display script and marginal extensions with drolleries., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (The 'Bible of William of Devon')

of Devon') Written by William of Devon: his colophon, 'Will[elmu]s devoniensis scripsit istum / librum/' (f. 540v). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 972' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Historiated initial 'T'(obias) of the blinding of Tobit and Raphael, at the beginning of Tobit., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (The 'Bible of William of Devon')

of Devon') Written by William of Devon: his colophon, 'Will[elmu]s devoniensis scripsit istum / librum/' (f. 540v). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 972' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Flyleaf with extract from Isidore and list of books borrowed by John de Haliwell from Ramsey Abbey., Sententiae (f. 3); Speculum Gregorii (f. 45); Abbreuiatio Moralium Gregorii Magni in Iob (f. 116)

and the fourth of which is the present volume, 'Ysidorus de sum[m]o bono Ranulfi abbatis' ( f. 2).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 404'; included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• Initial 'P'(rimo) with foliate decoration at the beginning of the hymns., Psalter, in the Roman version (ff. 4-95), with canticles (ff. 96-104), a short litany (f. 104), a hymnal (ff. 105-128) and monastic canticles (ff. 129-135); added calendar (ff. 2,3) (the 'Bosworth Psalter')

an interlinear gloss in OldEnglish (ff. 32-33, 34, 38v, 40, 43, 54v-55, 64v-65v, 77v-87, 90-92, 101-103).The text of the Psalter was adapted for use in the Benedictine Office, according to Brown (2007). The earliest English source for the 'New

• 3 incomplete initials showing the three first stages in the production of a decorated initial: in the right-hand column is a space for an initial 'T' that has not been started; to its left is a 'VD' monogram whose design has been sketched in lead point; and above this is a 'P' whose design has been inked-over., Psalter, in the Roman version (ff. 4-95), with canticles (ff. 96-104), a short litany (f. 104), a hymnal (ff. 105-128) and monastic canticles (ff. 129-135); added calendar (ff. 2,3) (the 'Bosworth Psalter')

an interlinear gloss in OldEnglish (ff. 32-33, 34, 38v, 40, 43, 54v-55, 64v-65v, 77v-87, 90-92, 101-103).The text of the Psalter was adapted for use in the Benedictine Office, according to Brown (2007). The earliest English source for the 'New

• Cancelled first leaf with various erasures, prefixed as a flyleaf. The other side has been left blank, and the space left for an initial has not been filled in. This leaf was abandoned, and the text re-written on the following one, which is now the start of the book., Sermons, beginning, 'Hodie nobis dominus patrem cum filiis duobus vocavit'

Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): red seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1).Patrick Young [Junius] (b. 1584, d. 1652), royal librarian and scholar:inscribed by him, ' Petri Chrysologi sermones 76' (f. 2).The Old Royal Library (the

• Detail of a miniature of a bishop with two priests, one before an altar, illustrating a case of a bishop removing a priest from a church and substituting another, with a foliate initial 'S'(ententia), at the beginning of causa 9., Decretum, with the Glossa ordinaria

to the prior of St Albans, now Royal 14 B LI, found in the manuscript, late 15th century.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 984' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of a miniature of two laymen discussing with a cleric, and two churches with altars, illustrating a case of people moving from one diocese to another, with a foliate initial 'D'(iocesiani), at the beginning of causa 13., Decretum, with the Glossa ordinaria

to the prior of St Albans, now Royal 14 B LI, found in the manuscript, late 15th century.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 984' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of a miniature of a monk and two laymen with a monastic habit, illustrating the case of two novices, one of whom becomes a monk, while the other returns to the world, with a foliate initial 'D'(uo), at the beginning of causa 20., Decretum, with the Glossa ordinaria

to the prior of St Albans, now Royal 14 B LI, found in the manuscript, late 15th century.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 984' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of a miniature of a dying man with a woman at this bed, and the woman marring another man, illustrating a case of a widow who married a man with whom she had committed an adultery, with a foliate initial 'U'(xorem), at the beginning of causa 31., Decretum, with the Glossa ordinaria

to the prior of St Albans, now Royal 14 B LI, found in the manuscript, late 15th century.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 984' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Decorated initials 'U'(t) and 'A'(nno)., Historiae adversus paganos, in seven books, preceded by an 'Argumentum' (ff. 1-122); De bello Troiana (index De excidio troiae historia), preceded by the supposititious letter of Cornelius Nepos to Sallust, beginning, 'Cornelius Salustio suo salutem. Cum multa Athenis' (ff. 123-133v), imperfect at the end (the manuscript breaks off at the end of Chapter 46)

took place before the compilation (c. 1635) of the Cotton library catalogue in Add. 36789, f. 36. The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): possibly included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 19v; red seal of

• Historiated initial 'Q'(uoniam) of a teacher with students, at the beginning of the Physica., Physical treatises

Inscribed 'Iste liber est in custodia fratris Iohannis de .......', early 14th century English hand (f. 3v).Added commonplaces, chiefly philosophical, including a few proverbs, early 14th century English hand (ff. 2r-v).Notes including names of Oliver Went, John Bedyngton, John Thwenge,

• Text page with glosses and marginal drawings., Physical treatises

Inscribed 'Iste liber est in custodia fratris Iohannis de .......', early 14th century English hand (f. 3v).Added commonplaces, chiefly philosophical, including a few proverbs, early 14th century English hand (ff. 2r-v).Notes including names of Oliver Went, John Bedyngton, John Thwenge,

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a goat playing the violin., Glosses to Aristotle's Physical treatises, with a table of contents

Inscribed 'Iste liber est in custodia fratris Iohannis de .......', early 14th century English hand (f. 3v).Added commonplaces, chiefly philosophical, including a few proverbs, early 14th century English hand (ff. 2r-v).Notes including names of Oliver Went, John Bedyngton, John Thwenge,

• Historiated initial 'P'(ost quam) of a man gazing at the heavens, with earth and sea before him, at the beginning of Meteorologica, and a marginal drawing of a man pointing to a gloss., Physical treatises

Inscribed 'Iste liber est in custodia fratris Iohannis de .......', early 14th century English hand (f. 3v).Added commonplaces, chiefly philosophical, including a few proverbs, early 14th century English hand (ff. 2r-v).Notes including names of Oliver Went, John Bedyngton, John Thwenge,

• Detail of a historiated initial 'P'(ost quam) of a man, with the sky, earth, and sea before him, at the beginning of Meteorologica, with an instruction for the display script., Physical treatises

Inscribed 'Iste liber est in custodia fratris Iohannis de .......', early 14th century English hand (f. 3v).Added commonplaces, chiefly philosophical, including a few proverbs, early 14th century English hand (ff. 2r-v).Notes including names of Oliver Went, John Bedyngton, John Thwenge,

• Miniature divided in four compartments, of the Coronation of the Virgin, the Crucifixion flanked by two Cherubims, the Virgin and Child flanked by Peter and Paul, and Martin and the beggar with a kneeling cleric in a blue habit, in the lower margin. Historiated initial 'I'(n principio) of the Days of Creation and scenes from an Adam and Eve cycle: the Temptation, Expulsion from Paradise and Labours of Adam and Eve, with the Crucifixion in the lower register, at the beginning of Genesis. Full border with hunting scenes, an animal parody of a bishop and cleric, birds and hybrids., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (The 'Bible of William of Devon')

of Devon') Written by William of Devon: his colophon, 'Will[elmu]s devoniensis scripsit istum / librum/' (f. 540v). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 972' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a monk with a walking stick approaching a woman., 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