• Decorated initial 'A'(dversus), at the beginning of book 1 of the Metalogicon., Policraticus, Metalogicon, and Entheticus de dogmate philosophorum

39 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996).Thomas Wolsey (b. 1470/71, d. 1530), royal minister, archbishop of York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 2).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library):

• Illuminated initial 'D'(ogmate), at the beginning of the Entheticus de dogmate philosophorum., Policraticus, Metalogicon, and Entheticus de dogmate philosophorum

39 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996).Thomas Wolsey (b. 1470/71, d. 1530), royal minister, archbishop of York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 2).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library):

• Decorated initial 'N'(otum) at the beginning of book 6 of the Metalogicon., Policraticus, Metalogicon, and Entheticus de dogmate philosophorum

39 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996).Thomas Wolsey (b. 1470/71, d. 1530), royal minister, archbishop of York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 2).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library):

• Inhabited initial 'S'(i) with two lions, at the beginning of the Policraticus., Policraticus, Metalogicon, and Entheticus de dogmate philosophorum

39 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996).Thomas Wolsey (b. 1470/71, d. 1530), royal minister, archbishop of York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 2).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library):

• Decorated initials 'P'(rimum) and 'M'(aiores)., 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

• Decorated initials 'I'(am) and 'I'(gitur)., 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

• Decorated initial '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

• Decorated initials 'P'(ostea) and 'P'(ost)., 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

• Decorated initials 'O'(rosius) and 'P'(receptis)., 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

• Decorated initial 'R'(ex)., 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

• Decorated initial 'B'(ellum)., 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

• Decorated initial 'P'(eleus)., 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

• Puzzle initial 'B'(eatissimi) with pen-flourishing and a partial border at the beginning of Book 2., Doctrinale fidei ecclesiae, Books 1 and 2

Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71 (f. 5v) and in the 1698

• Detail of a decorated initial 'B'(eatus) with foliated and interlace decoration, and animal heads and an animal mask at the beginning of Psalm 1, with the Old English gloss erased and corrected, visible in darker ink., Psalter, in the Gallican version, and canticles (ff. 168v-180v) with continuous English glosses, imperfect

foliated and interlace decoration, and animal heads and an animal mask at the beginning of Psalm 1, with the OldEnglish gloss erased and corrected, visible in darker ink. Added marginal notated incipits of Psalms.Musical notation: late Anglo-Saxon neumes on

• Historiated initial 'O'(sculetur) of Christ embracing the Virgin, at the beginning of the Gilbert Foliot's Commentary on the Song of Solomon., Commentary on the Song of Solomon

manibus sit p[ro]cul iste liber' c. 1467 (see dated inscription in Royal 2 C. I) (f. 3v). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 358' (f. 4), included in the inventory of books in the

• Text page with coloured initials., Gemma animae sive De divinis officis

with an inscription reading 'Indentura Joh[an]is Bacher[i] firmar[i] de Strode in / obligac[i]one ad ...' (f. i verso).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 359' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Front and back cover and spine of the binding., Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia novella; Historia regum Britanniae

British, Norman, Saxon, and Welsh kings, with Edward IV mentioned as the last king, 15th century (ff. 1-3).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 983' (f. 4), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of a decorated initial 'D'(iu) at the beginning of the prologue to book 2, and a coloured initial 'S'(superiori) at the beginning of book 2 of William of Malmesbury's De gestis regum Anglorum., Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia novella; Historia regum Britanniae

British, Norman, Saxon, and Welsh kings, with Edward IV mentioned as the last king, 15th century (ff. 1-3).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 983' (f. 4), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of a text page with the ownership inscription of the Cistercian abbey of St Mary, Margam, Glamorganshire, reading 'Liber monacho[rum] s[an]c[t]e / marie de margan.', Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia novella; Historia regum Britanniae

British, Norman, Saxon, and Welsh kings, with Edward IV mentioned as the last king, 15th century (ff. 1-3).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 983' (f. 4), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Zoomorphic initial 'G'(ualterus) in the form of a dragon, at the beginning of the preface, and a foliate initial 'S'(unt) at the beginning of the prologue, with an inscription stating that the book was given by Laurence, bishop of Rochester, to the cathedral priory of St. Andrew, Rochester, reading 'vii. Psalt[eri]um de claust[r]o Roff[ensi] per Laur[en]tium ep[iscopu]m.', Flores Psalterii

prior of the Rochester cell at Walton St. Felix, or Felixstowe ('Waletune') (Royal 5 B. XII, f. 3).The Old Royal Library (The English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 705' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the