• Detail of a miniature of Alexander the Great slaying other extraordinary creatures (dragons?)., Historia de proelis in a French translation (Le Livre et le vraye hystoire du bon roy Alixandre)(index Alexandre)

'HR' [for Henricus Rex] (f. i).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '73' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 475' (f. i), included in the inventory of

• Detail of a miniature of a student reading at a desk in a bedroom., Historia de proelis in a French translation (Le Livre et le vraye hystoire du bon roy Alixandre)(index Alexandre)

'HR' [for Henricus Rex] (f. i).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '73' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 475' (f. i), included in the inventory of

• Miniature of Alexander, in a cage, being carried aloft by griffins, and a foliate initial 'L'(ore) with a partial border, at the beginning of chapter 63., Historia de proelis in a French translation (Le Livre et le vraye hystoire du bon roy Alixandre)(index Alexandre)

'HR' [for Henricus Rex] (f. i).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '73' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 475' (f. i), included in the inventory of

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of devils in stocks, while a queen and an angel look on., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

priory of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield: inscribed, 'Liber domus sancti barthomomei in smyth fylde', 15th century (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Decretales' and Westminster inventory number 'no. 1059' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper

• Miniature of Louis of Guyenne, Dauphin of France receiving instruction from Louis, with the heraldic charges of France and Bavaria, and the arms of Dauphin of France, with a full border and a foliate initial 'N'(obilissimo)., Gesta sancti Luduvici et regis Philippi

of the Dauphin of France, and the heraldic charges of France and Bavaria (f. 2).Shelfmark '6' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1114' (f. 2), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of a miniature of Louis of Guyenne, Dauphin of France receiving instruction from Louis, with the heraldic charges of France and Bavaria., Gesta sancti Luduvici et regis Philippi

of the Dauphin of France, and the heraldic charges of France and Bavaria (f. 2).Shelfmark '6' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1114' (f. 2), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Foliate initial 'R'(egum) with a partial border, at the beginning of the Gesta Philippi regis Francie., Gesta sancti Luduvici et regis Philippi

of the Dauphin of France, and the heraldic charges of France and Bavaria (f. 2).Shelfmark '6' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1114' (f. 2), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Foliate initials 'H'(ybernia) and 'H'(yspanicum)., Topographia Hiberniae, Expugnatio Hibernica, Itinerarium Kambriae; De purgatorio sancti Patrici, Excerpts from the Chronicle of Eusebius of Caesarea

d.1609), in the entry of the catalogue of St. Augustine's abbey (see St Augustine's Abbey 2008, p. 939)The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1116' (f. 1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Illuminated initial ‘H’(ac)., Topographia Hiberniae, Expugnatio Hibernica, Itinerarium Kambriae; De purgatorio sancti Patrici, Excerpts from the Chronicle of Eusebius of Caesarea

d.1609), in the entry of the catalogue of St. Augustine's abbey (see St Augustine's Abbey 2008, p. 939)The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1116' (f. 1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Foliate initials 'H'(ybernia) and 'H'(yspanicum)., Topographia Hiberniae, Expugnatio Hibernica, Itinerarium Kambriae; De purgatorio sancti Patrici, Excerpts from the Chronicle of Eusebius of Caesarea

d.1609), in the entry of the catalogue of St. Augustine's abbey (see St Augustine's Abbey 2008, p. 939)The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1116' (f. 1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Historiated initial 'D'(ominica) of God the Father gold combined with a full foliate bar border at the beginning of the Temporal., Breviary, Use of Sarum (volume 1)

Walter Berthemeu, etc.' (f. 244), and, in the same hand, some accounts (f. 245v).Humfrey Wanley (b. 1672, d. 1726), OldEnglish scholar, palaeographer, and librarian of Robert and Edward Harley, earls of Oxford (see ~Catalogue~ 1808 and Wright 1972). The

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) of David playing the harp, combined with a full foliate bar border at the beginning of Psalm 1., Breviary, Use of Sarum, vol. 2, imperfect

imperfect Cancelled section on Thomas Becket (ff. 163v-165).Inscribed, 16th century, 'Griffithe' (f. 52v). Humfrey Wanley (b. 1672, d. 1726), OldEnglish scholar, palaeographer, and librarian of Robert and Edward Harley, earls of Oxford (see ~Catalogue~ 1808 and Wright 1972). The

• Miniature of the battle of the Khan and the men of Mien., Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances

ccc xxxii. / et fu translate en francois p[ar] iehan de vi/gnay. Lan mil ccc. xxxiii/ (f. 165v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with 'Le bon roy Alexandre' included in the list of books

• Miniature of the golden and silver towers of the town of Mien., Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances

ccc xxxii. / et fu translate en francois p[ar] iehan de vi/gnay. Lan mil ccc. xxxiii/ (f. 165v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with 'Le bon roy Alexandre' included in the list of books

• Miniature of traitors being beheaded by the Khan's orders., Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances

ccc xxxii. / et fu translate en francois p[ar] iehan de vi/gnay. Lan mil ccc. xxxiii/ (f. 165v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with 'Le bon roy Alexandre' included in the list of books

• Detail of a miniature of traitors being beheaded by the Khan's orders., Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances

ccc xxxii. / et fu translate en francois p[ar] iehan de vi/gnay. Lan mil ccc. xxxiii/ (f. 165v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with 'Le bon roy Alexandre' included in the list of books

• Miniature of the Khan's amry invading Manzi., Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances

ccc xxxii. / et fu translate en francois p[ar] iehan de vi/gnay. Lan mil ccc. xxxiii/ (f. 165v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with 'Le bon roy Alexandre' included in the list of books

• Detail of a miniature of a mangonel devised by Nicholas Polo, his brother, and his son, for the siege of Saianfu., Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances

ccc xxxii. / et fu translate en francois p[ar] iehan de vi/gnay. Lan mil ccc. xxxiii/ (f. 165v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with 'Le bon roy Alexandre' included in the list of books

• Miniature of Kinsay, a castle surrounded by water., Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances

ccc xxxii. / et fu translate en francois p[ar] iehan de vi/gnay. Lan mil ccc. xxxiii/ (f. 165v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with 'Le bon roy Alexandre' included in the list of books

• Miniature of the Khan receiving the revenues of Kinsay., Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances

ccc xxxii. / et fu translate en francois p[ar] iehan de vi/gnay. Lan mil ccc. xxxiii/ (f. 165v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with 'Le bon roy Alexandre' included in the list of books