• Marginal diagram., Miscellany works on Computus and astrology

(ff. 150-150v).Inscribed 'Ja. Bonin', 14th century (f. 145v).Inscribed 'De libris J. de Longolio', 15th century (f. 149v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Diagram France, Central France, N., or Central

• Marginal diagram with an inscription 'Thule insula'., Miscellany works on Computus and astrology

(ff. 150-150v).Inscribed 'Ja. Bonin', 14th century (f. 145v).Inscribed 'De libris J. de Longolio', 15th century (f. 149v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Thule France, Central France, N., or Central

• 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 historiated initial 'H'(ec) of Nicholas of Lyre in a Franciscan habit, sitting at a desk and presenting his book to a king and a queen, at the beginning of the prologue 1., Postilla litteralis in vetus et novum testamentum

chief argent, or party per fess argent and sable; and paly of four gules and or (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1197' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Decorated initial 'V'(etus), at the beginning of book 4., De universo seu De rerum naturis

York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1099' (f. I*), iacquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of an 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):

• Illuminated initial 'I'(nter) at the beginning of book 1 of the Polycraticus., 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'(on) at the beginning of book 5 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):

• 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):

• 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

• Donor inscriptions and pressmark., Sermons (f. 2); Statutes of the Church of Hereford (f. 258v)

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): in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71 (f. 6 ) and in the 1698

• Chronological tables., Chronica

hospital of St Thomas of Acon, Cheapside, London (see inscription above).Added list of contents, 16th century (f. 2v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Cronica ab Abraham usque ad annum domini 1168 Eusebii, Hieronimi, Prosperi, Sigisberti', and

• Decorated initials 'A'(b) and 'I'(gitur)., Chronica

hospital of St Thomas of Acon, Cheapside, London (see inscription above).Added list of contents, 16th century (f. 2v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Cronica ab Abraham usque ad annum domini 1168 Eusebii, Hieronimi, Prosperi, Sigisberti', and

• Decorated initial 'T'(heodosius)., Chronica

hospital of St Thomas of Acon, Cheapside, London (see inscription above).Added list of contents, 16th century (f. 2v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Cronica ab Abraham usque ad annum domini 1168 Eusebii, Hieronimi, Prosperi, Sigisberti', and

• Ownership inscription of John Pyk, schoolmaster of St Martin le Grand, London, reading 'Iste liber constat Iohanni Pyke magistro scolarum sancti Martini magni Londoniarum', with extracts of notabilia from Robert Torigni's chronicle., Chronica

hospital of St Thomas of Acon, Cheapside, London (see inscription above).Added list of contents, 16th century (f. 2v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Cronica ab Abraham usque ad annum domini 1168 Eusebii, Hieronimi, Prosperi, Sigisberti', and