• null, Historia adversus paganos (ff. 1-68v), and an anonymous compilation of Old Testament history (ff. 69-73v)

decoration, or vice versa. Historia adversus paganos (ff. 1-68v), and an anonymous compilation of Old Testament history (ff. 69-73v) ? Written in or shortly before 1235: in the margin, near the statement in the text that there were 5199 years

• null, Historia adversus paganos (ff. 1-68v), and an anonymous compilation of Old Testament history (ff. 69-73v)

decoration, or vice versa. Historia adversus paganos (ff. 1-68v), and an anonymous compilation of Old Testament history (ff. 69-73v) ? Written in or shortly before 1235: in the margin, near the statement in the text that there were 5199 years

• Decorated initial 'P'(receptis), and the Pinelli number '7899' in the upper left-hand corner., Historia adversus paganos (ff. 1-68v), and an anonymous compilation of Old Testament history (ff. 69-73v)

initials alternately blue with red penwork decoration, or vice versa. Historia adversus paganos (ff. 1-68v), and an anonymous compilation of Old Testament history (ff. 69-73v) ? Written in or shortly before 1235: in the margin, near the statement in the

• Decorated initials 'N'(eminem) and 'R'(ex); the lower margin with a note stating that from the creation of the world (5199 years before the birth of Christ) to the present is 6,434 years., Historia adversus paganos (ff. 1-68v), and an anonymous compilation of Old Testament history (ff. 69-73v)

initials alternately blue with red penwork decoration, or vice versa. Historia adversus paganos (ff. 1-68v), and an anonymous compilation of Old Testament history (ff. 69-73v) ? Written in or shortly before 1235: in the margin, near the statement in the

• Historiated initial 'F'(ecit) of a mermaid and an archer shooting at an owl, at the beginning of Esdras 2., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Bible of William of Hales')

England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together over 300 other manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Mermaid William de Hales England, S. England, S. (Salisbury)

• Historiated initial 'F'(uit) of Elkanah and Hannah praying before an altar, at the beginning of Kings 1 (Samuel 1)., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Bible of William of Hales')

and Ireland: purchased from Scott together over 300 other manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Elkanah and Hannah William de Hales England, S. England, S. (Salisbury)

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of a three-faced man, at the beginning of Psalm 109., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Bible of William of Hales')

Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together over 300 other manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Three-faced man William de Hales England, S. England, S. (Salisbury)

• Historiated initial 'V'(ocavit) of Moses speaking to God, at the beginning of Leviticus., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Bible of William of Hales')

England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together over 300 other manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Moses William de Hales England, S. England, S. (Salisbury)

• Marginal drawing of Samson fighting with a lion next to Judges 14:1-5., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Bible of William of Hales')

Ireland: purchased from Scott together over 300 other manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Samson and a lion William de Hales England, S. England, S. (Salisbury)

• Historiated initial 'P'(etrus) of Peter holding his keys and a church, at the beginning of Peter 1., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Bible of William of Hales')

England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together over 300 other manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Peter William de Hales England, S. England, S. (Salisbury)

• Colophon stating that the book was written by William de Hales for Thomas de la Wile, a canon of Salisbury, in 1254, and reading 'Hunc librum scripsit Will[elmu]s de Hales, / magist[r]o Thome de la Wile, quem vocavit / magist[er] Radulfus de Hehham tunc cancel/larius Sar[isburiensis] ad regim[en] scola[rum] Sar[isburiensium] quibus / d[eu]s in hoc s[e]c[u]lo et in futuro p[ro]picientur. Amen. / F[a]c[tu]s fuit libere anno M cc.l. quarto. ab i[n]/carnatione domini'., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Bible of William of Hales')

England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together over 300 other manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Colophon William de Hales England, S. England, S. (Salisbury)

• Coloured initial 'Q'(uid) at the beginning of Psalm 51., Psalter, in the Roman version, with Old English gloss, and 12 canticles

in OldEnglish, beginning 'Myn drihten god aelmihtig' (ff. 190v-192) and 'Min drihten aelmihtig god si þe wuldor 7 þonc', 11th century (192-196v).Added note on three Friday fasts in OldEnglish, 11th century (f. 196v). Added an OldEnglish translation

• Coloured initial 'B'(eatus) with display script, at the beginning of Psalm 1, with the pressmark of Christ Church, Canterbury 'r', and ownership inscriptions of Thomas Cranmer and Lord Lumley., Psalter, in the Roman version, with Old English gloss, and 12 canticles

in OldEnglish, beginning 'Myn drihten god aelmihtig' (ff. 190v-192) and 'Min drihten aelmihtig god si þe wuldor 7 þonc', 11th century (192-196v).Added note on three Friday fasts in OldEnglish, 11th century (f. 196v). Added an OldEnglish translation

• Text page., Thebais (index Thebaid)

drawings and maniculae. Thebais (index Thebaid) Thomas Walsale: inscribed with his name in a 15th-century hand (f. 106v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps entered the collection in the reign of Henry VIII and may have been stored

• 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 'M'., L'estoire del Sainte Graal (imperfect)

in English (?) cursive hands on flyleaves. Inscribed 'Jacob mathiis' (f. 84v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): in the catalogue of 1666 (f. 11).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old

• 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

• Decorated intials 'S' and 'P' and gloss., Paradoxa stoicorum, De officiis and other works; De differentius (Book iv)

Patrick Young, afterwards Royal librarian: inscribed 'Pe. Yowng 1569 emit Eboraci in Anglia mense Augusti' (f. 143v).All parts:The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Royal seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1) and included in the 1698 catalogue

• 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