• 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.

• 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'). .

• Detail of inscription at the bottom of the folio., Epistola de vita S. Dunstani; Life of St Dunstan

press mark 'D VII' and title (f. 2); included in the 1389 catalogue.John Joscelin [Joscelyn] (b. 1529, d. 1603), OldEnglish scholar and Church of England clergyman, Archbishop Parker's secretary (with his annotations and supplements; see Tite, 1992, p. 117).?

• Detail of a drawing of a hybrid with the head of a woman, the legs of a horse, and the tail of a fish, within two concentric circles, preceding Horace's Ars Poetica., Ars Poetica, Sermones, Epistulae, and a Life of Horace, with glosses

scholar, recorded in lists in Harley 6018, f. 159v, and Additional 35213, ff. 34-34v (see Colin 1992). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): royal seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 2); inscribed 'Codex Bibliothecae Regiae Jacobi'; included

• Drawing of a hybrid with the head of a woman, the legs of a horse, and the tail of a fish, within two concentric circles, preceding Horace's Ars Poetica., Ars Poetica, Sermones, Epistulae, and a Life of Horace, with glosses

scholar, recorded in lists in Harley 6018, f. 159v, and Additional 35213, ff. 34-34v (see Colin 1992). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): royal seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 2); inscribed 'Codex Bibliothecae Regiae Jacobi'; included

• Decorated initial 'H'(umano), at the beginning of Horace's Ars Poetica, with two ownership inscriptions of Sir Robert Cotton, reading 'Robertus Cotton' at top and 'Robertus Cotton Bruceus' at bottom., Ars Poetica, Sermones, Epistulae, and a Life of Horace, with glosses

scholar, recorded in lists in Harley 6018, f. 159v, and Additional 35213, ff. 34-34v (see Colin 1992). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): royal seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 2); inscribed 'Codex Bibliothecae Regiae Jacobi'; included

• Detail of a foliate initial 'D'(omino) with human heads, at the beginning of the preface., Commentary on Matthew

præfatione notis et indice ad editionem primam~, 6 vols (Farnborough: Gregg International Publishers, 1970), IV, p. 160). The Old Royal Library (English Royal library) after 1533: Westminster inventory number 'no 207', included in the inventory of books in the Upper

• Inhabited initial 'B'(eatus) with 'white lions', at the beginning of the treatise on Psalm 1., 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

• Decorated initial 'A'(pud) at the beginning of the Commentary on Psalms., Commentary on Psalms

St. Mary and St. Benedict, Ramsey: inscribed on a pasted piece of parchment, 'Liber monasterii Rameseye' (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1289' (f. 2), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Inhabited initial 'I'(n principio) with lions, at the beginning of Diatessaron., Diatessaron (or Unum ex quatuor), with glosses

Longland, bishop of Lincoln and confessor of Henry VIII, Royal Appendix 69, f. 6v (see Carley 2000). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 895' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Decorated initial 'B'(eatus), at the beginning of Psalm 1, and two initials 'P'(rimus) and 'A'(biit) with penwork extensions, at the beginning of gloss divisions, and a drawing of a hand in the margin., Psalter, glossed, with 5 Canticles

/ ut Deus ignoscat, et parcat lampadis ori./', end of the 12th century (f. 137).Erased inscription (f. 137).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 695' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Inhabited initial 'P'(aulus) with white lions interlaced with a foliate scroll and an attached portrait of Peter Lombard writing the first words of his commentary, 'hunc epistola[m] / s/cribit / ap[osto]l[us]s roma/nos'., Pauline Epistles, with the commentary of Peter Lombard

the commentary of Peter Lombard 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

• Inhabited initial 'P'(ur) with lions interlaced with a foliate scroll, at the beginning of the Roman de Rou., Roman de Rou, part 2

VIII (b. 1491, d. 1547), king of England and Ireland: the monogram 'HR' [for Henricus Rex] (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 389' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Detail of an inhabited initial 'P'(rincipia) with white lions, at the beginning of the prologue., Gloss on the Pauline Epistles

219v, 222), and in ink (ff. 134v, 135v, 136v, 161, 162, 182v, 183, 185, 189v, 203), 16th century.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1030' (f. 1), and the Henrician title 'Ep[istu]le pauli cu[m] glos.';