• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a hermit with his hand upraised against a woman and an infant., 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 hermit clubbing 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

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a hermit with a scythe before an altar; a murdered woman lies behind him., 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 nun visiting a hermit., 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 hermit stripping off his clothes., 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 naked hermit among the trees., 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 hairy hermit crawling into a cave., 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 with hounds visiting a hairy hermit in his cave., 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 woman bringing an infant to a hairy hermit., 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

• Miniature of the Virgin and Child, at the beginning of Cantiques., La bible historiale complétée, 2nd volume, imperfect

purchased from Scott together over 300 other manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Virgin and Child Robert de Marchia Guyart des Moulins Paris France, Central (Paris)

• Miniature of Amos as a shepherd, at the beginning of Amos, with the instruction for an illuminator in the margin; 'I saint berger / garde de berbis et / vois d'ange'., La bible historiale complétée, 2nd volume, imperfect

and Ireland: purchased from Scott together over 300 other manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Amos Robert de Marchia Guyart des Moulins Paris France, Central (Paris)

• Detail of a miniature of Amos as a shepherd, at the beginning of Amos., La bible historiale complétée, 2nd volume, imperfect

and Ireland: purchased from Scott together over 300 other manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Amos Robert de Marchia Guyart des Moulins Paris France, Central (Paris)

• Detail of a miniature of the Virgin and Child, at the beginning of Cantiques., La bible historiale complétée, 2nd volume, imperfect

purchased from Scott together over 300 other manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Virgin and Child Robert de Marchia Guyart des Moulins Paris France, Central (Paris)

• Miniature of Boniface VIII delivering the Liber Sextus, at the beginning of Liber Sextus Decretalium., Liber Sextus Decretalium and Extravagantes with Apparatus ad Sextum

or blue. Liber Sextus Decretalium and Extravagantes with Apparatus ad Sextum Added alphabetical index, 14th-15th century (f. 114).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 75' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Text page., Historical writings; Life and Miracles of St. Louis

VI, of which Royal 14 C I, Part I originally formed part (see Carley 1997, pp. 89-90). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1056' visible under ultraviolet light in Cotton Claudius D VI, f.

• Detail of an historiated initial 'O' of Arthur drawing the sword from the stone., Joseph d'Arimathie (ff. 1-18), Le Livre de Merlin (ff. 18v-74), Suite de Merlin (ff. 74-226), ('the Huth Manuscript')

sword from the stone. Written in the Picard dialect of Old French.The text of Joseph d'Arimathie is incomplete at the beginning and begins at l. 65 of the text (O'Gorman 1995, p. 49).The Suite de Merlin lacks one leaf after

• Detail of an historiated initial 'O' with image of King Arthur setting infants adrift in a boat., Joseph d'Arimathie (ff. 1-18), Le Livre de Merlin (ff. 18v-74), Suite de Merlin (ff. 74-226), ('the Huth Manuscript')

setting infants adrift in a boat. Written in the Picard dialect of Old French.The text of Joseph d'Arimathie is incomplete at the beginning and begins at l. 65 of the text (O'Gorman 1995, p. 49).The Suite de Merlin lacks one

• Detail of a historiated initial 'H'(enricus) enclosing the imperial falcon of Anne Boleyn against a background of the royal colours., Patents granted to Anne Boleyn as Marquess of Pembroke

she became queen in March 1533: her heraldic device of an imperial falcon (f. 1); see Carley 2000 and 2004).The Old Royal Library: 1542 Westminster inventory no. 99 (f. 1).Sir Simonds d'Ewes (b.1602, d. 1650), 1st baronet, diarist, antiquary, and