• Historiated initial 'M'(atheus) of Matthew and other saint, at the beginning of Matthew., Gospels of Matthew and Mark, with commentary

Small initials, paraphs and running titles in red or blue. Gospels of Matthew and Mark, with commentary The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see [Edward Bernard],

• Text page with 2 decorated initials at the beginning of the preface and the first chapter of the chronicle of Ralph Niger., Chronica (to 1199), Chronicon anglicanum (to 1213)

red. Chronica (to 1199), Chronicon anglicanum (to 1213) Carmelite convent, London: pressmark S.7m (f. 3), (see Ker 1964).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1022 ', listed by John Bale in c.1548 (no. 10) and

• Puzzle initial 'O' with pen-flourishing. Initial in red., Lancelot du Lac

breviary in a different 14th-century hand.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): in the catalogue of 1666 (f. 11v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Puzzle initial England or

• Added paper leaf containing accounts in Latin and English., Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, with the Glossa Ordinaria and interlinear glosses

Maidestane (see Royal 5 B XIII, f. 2r).Added paper leaf containing accounts in Latin and English, late 15th century (f. 2r-2v).The Old Royal Library (The English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 515' (f. 1), included in the inventory of

• Historiated initial representing Ban falling from his horse, and the Lady of the Lake holding Lancelot as a baby., Lancelot-Grail

an English hand of the early 14th century. Notes in Latin and numerals in the same 14th-century hand, possibly relating to the collation of the manuscript, have been added on the last page (f. 367).The Old Royal Library (the English

• Text page with coloured initials., Lancelot-Grail

an English hand of the early 14th century. Notes in Latin and numerals in the same 14th-century hand, possibly relating to the collation of the manuscript, have been added on the last page (f. 367).The Old Royal Library (the English

• Detail of an historiated initial representing Ban falling from his horse, and the Lady of the Lake holding Lancelot as a baby., Lancelot-Grail

an English hand of the early 14th century. Notes in Latin and numerals in the same 14th-century hand, possibly relating to the collation of the manuscript, have been added on the last page (f. 367).The Old Royal Library (the English

• Historiated initial 'L'(iber) of the Tree of Jesse, at the beginning of Matthew., Gospel of Matthew, with the Glossa ordinaria

with penwork decoration, in red or blue, throughout the gloss. Gospel of Matthew, with the Glossa ordinaria The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see [Edward Bernard],

• Historiated initial 'P'(ater) of Christ blessing and holding a book, at the beginning of the Pater Noster., Gospel of Matthew, with the Glossa ordinaria

with penwork decoration, in red or blue, throughout the gloss. Gospel of Matthew, with the Glossa ordinaria The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see [Edward Bernard],

• Illuminated initial 'I'(nitium) with dragons and human masks in medallions, at the beginning of Mark., Gospel of Mark, with the Glossa ordinaria

with penwork decoration, in red or blue, throughout the gloss. Gospel of Mark, with the Glossa ordinaria The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see [Edward Bernard],

• Historiated initial 'H'(ic est) formed by a dragon and a lion, of John writing on a tablet and the dove of the Holy Spirit approaching to his ear, at the beginning of the prologue to John., Gospel of John, with the Glossa ordinaria

with penwork decoration, in red or blue, throughout the gloss. Gospel of John, with the Glossa ordinaria The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see [Edward Bernard],

• Text page with note perhaps in the hand of Patrick Young., Synonyma, Homilies, Commentaries on the Song of Songs

to be identified with no. 31 in Patrick Young's 1622 catalogue of the cathedral library (see Ker 1949).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): red seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1); a note perhaps in the hand

• Initial 'D' with foliate decoration., Orationes; Anonymous prayers; De animae, Sententiae

mon[achum]' (f. 3). Acquired after 1202: not in the catalogue of this date, Royal manuscript 5 B xii.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 18 and in the catalogue of

• Detail of an historiated initial 'P'(ater) of Christ blessing and holding a book, at the beginning of the Pater Noster., Gospel of Matthew, with the Glossa ordinaria

with penwork decoration, in red or blue, throughout the gloss. Gospel of Matthew, with the Glossa ordinaria The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see [Edward Bernard],

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uatuor), at the beginning of Peter's the Chanter commentary., Diatessaron

brown (ff. 1, 2v, 3, 8v). Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Diatessaron The English Royal library: Westminster inventory number 'no. 1023' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after the inventory

• Inhabited initials 'H'(ec sunt) with white lions, at the beginning of Deuteronomy., Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, with the Glossa Ordinaria and interlinear glosses

Maidestane (see Royal 5 B XIII, f. 2r).Added paper leaf containing accounts in Latin and English, late 15th century (f. 2r-2v).The Old Royal Library (The English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 515' (f. 1), included in the inventory of

• Inscriptions recording that the book belonged to the cathedral priory of St. Andrew, Rochester, and was given by Ralph de Ros, prior of Rochester, reading 'Liber de claustro Roffen[se] que[m] qui inde alienav[er]it / alienatu[m]ve celav[er]it exco[mun]icatus sit', and 'per Radu[l]fum d[e] Ros p[ri]orem'; and the Westminster inventory number 'no. 515'., Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, with the Glossa Ordinaria and interlinear glosses

Maidestane (see Royal 5 B XIII, f. 2r).Added paper leaf containing accounts in Latin and English, late 15th century (f. 2r-2v).The Old Royal Library (The English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 515' (f. 1), included in the inventory of

• Foliate initial 'V'(ocavit), at the beginning of Leviticus., Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, with the Glossa Ordinaria and interlinear glosses

Maidestane (see Royal 5 B XIII, f. 2r).Added paper leaf containing accounts in Latin and English, late 15th century (f. 2r-2v).The Old Royal Library (The English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 515' (f. 1), included in the inventory of

• Text page with decorated initials., Commentary on the Psalms (51-100)

and Gilson 1921).Steven Speccot, perhaps of the Speccot family of Penheale, Cornwall: his name written on f. 223v.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 678 '; included in the inventory of books in the Upper

• Framed initial 'Q' with foliate decoration., Commentary on the Psalms (51-100)

and Gilson 1921).Steven Speccot, perhaps of the Speccot family of Penheale, Cornwall: his name written on f. 223v.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 678 '; included in the inventory of books in the Upper