• 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

• 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

• Detail of a miniature of the death of Polixena, with a partial border and an illuminated initial 'A'(pres)., Historia destructionis Troiae in a French translation

and miniatures (35): 'en cest livre sont xii caiers et demy et xxxv histoirez', 15th century (f. 100v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): to be identified with 'La destruction de Troye' in the list of books at Richmond

• Mathematical diagrams with marks linking them to the adjacent texts., Elements, in the second Latin translation attributed to Adelard of Bath, imperfect at the beginning: missing the first folio and another after f. 6.

early 13th-century hand as far as Book I, Prop. 32 (f. 4v).Red seal of a ship (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 12' (f. 1); but this shelfmark does not correspond to the

• Zoomorphic initial 'Q'(uod) containing two addorsed griffins, with dragon's feet and tail and foliate decoration., Glossed Matthew with prologue

of Rochester [1215-1226]: the manuscript was perhaps donated before his appointment as bishop and the inscription added subsequently.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no.546 '; included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• Detail of a zoomorphic initial 'Q'(uod) containing two addorsed griffins, with dragon's feet and tail and foliate decoration., Glossed Matthew with prologue

of Rochester [1215-1226]: the manuscript was perhaps donated before his appointment as bishop and the inscription added subsequently.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no.546 '; included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• Text page., Elements, in the second Latin translation attributed to Adelard of Bath, imperfect at the beginning: missing the first folio and another after f. 6.

early 13th-century hand as far as Book I, Prop. 32 (f. 4v).Red seal of a ship (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 12' (f. 1); but this shelfmark does not correspond to the

• Mathematical diagrams., Elements, in the second Latin translation attributed to Adelard of Bath, imperfect at the beginning: missing the first folio and another after f. 6.

early 13th-century hand as far as Book I, Prop. 32 (f. 4v).Red seal of a ship (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 12' (f. 1); but this shelfmark does not correspond to the

• Pen-flourished initial 'Q'(uoniam quidem) at the beginning of Luke., Luke with Glossa ordinaria and interlinear glosses, preceded by a prologue, beginning: 'Luchas Anthiocensis natione Syrus'

glosatorum in tribus voluminibus. E iii. m' (f. 1v); 'Liber de claustro Roffensi I. de Glanuill' (f. 2).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 321' (f. 2), included in the inventory of books in the

• Detail of an inhabited initial 'L'(ocutusque), with foliate motifs and a dragon, at the beginning of Numbers., 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

• 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

• 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