• null, Prognosticon futuri saeculi; Aenigmata

Prognosticon futuri saeculi, with interlinear Latin glosses and 1 OldEnglish gloss on f. 69 (ff. 1v-79v);Aldhelm, bishop of Sherborne (c. 705-709), Aenigmata, with interlinear and marginal Latin and 75 OldEnglish glosses (ff. 79v-103v);Caelius Firmianus Symposius, 'Enigmata Simphosii' (ff.

• Zoomorphic initial 'A'(rbiter), at the beginning of the Aenigmata of Aldhelm., Prognosticon futuri saeculi; Aenigmata

Prognosticon futuri saeculi, with interlinear Latin glosses and 1 OldEnglish gloss on f. 69 (ff. 1v-79v);Aldhelm, bishop of Sherborne (c. 705-709), Aenigmata, with interlinear and marginal Latin and 75 OldEnglish glosses (ff. 79v-103v);Caelius Firmianus Symposius, 'Enigmata Simphosii' (ff.

• Decorated initial 'A'(ltrix) with display script., Prognosticon futuri saeculi; Aenigmata

Prognosticon futuri saeculi, with interlinear Latin glosses and 1 OldEnglish gloss on f. 69 (ff. 1v-79v);Aldhelm, bishop of Sherborne (c. 705-709), Aenigmata, with interlinear and marginal Latin and 75 OldEnglish glosses (ff. 79v-103v);Caelius Firmianus Symposius, 'Enigmata Simphosii' (ff.

• 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

• Coloured initial 'R'(everentissimis)., De laudibus virginitatis, with Old English and Latin glosses

Coloured initial 'R'(everentissimis). OldEnglish and Latin glosses in the same hand as the text. The same scribe may have copied Trinity College 1475 (see Bishop 1963).All but 43 of the glosses occur also in Brussels, Bibliotheque Royale 1650 (see

• Text page with inventory of relics at Exeter: 'These are the names of the holy saints, which are in the monastery of St Peter and St Mary, Exeter . . .'. The list begins with relics of Christ's blood, his cross, tomb, and clothing. The list also enumerates a part of St Peter's beard and St Andrew's walking-stick., De laudibus virginitatis, with Old English and Latin glosses

his cross, tomb, and clothing. The list also enumerates a part of St Peter's beard and St Andrew's walking-stick. OldEnglish and Latin glosses in the same hand as the text. The same scribe may have copied Trinity College 1475

• Initial with foliate decoration., De laudibus virginitatis, with Old English and Latin glosses

Initial with foliate decoration. OldEnglish and Latin glosses in the same hand as the text. The same scribe may have copied Trinity College 1475 (see Bishop 1963).All but 43 of the glosses occur also in Brussels, Bibliotheque Royale 1650

• Initial 'I'(am) with man and a dragon enmeshed in foliage., De laudibus virginitatis, with Old English and Latin glosses

Initial 'I'(am) with man and a dragon enmeshed in foliage. OldEnglish and Latin glosses in the same hand as the text. The same scribe may have copied Trinity College 1475 (see Bishop 1963).All but 43 of the glosses occur

• Marginal drawing of two scholars pointing at geometrical figures., Glosses to Aristotle's Sophistici Elenchi, Topica, Analytica Priora, Analytica Posteriora

(b. 1395, d. 1461/5) of Witton, Durham, and Old Malton, Yorkshire: inscribed 'Textus nove logice magi[str]i Willielm[i] Eure', and 'magister Will[el]m[us] Eure Eure', 15th century (ff. 210v, 211).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of

• 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

• Detail of a decorated initial 'D'(enique)., De laudibus virginitatis

brown outline drawing with dragons, birds, lions, and foliate decoration. De laudibus virginitatis Added OldEnglish Glosses, 11th century (ff. 2v, 3, 7).Added scribbles in OldEnglish and of proper names, 11th century (ff. 1, 7, 8, 17).The Benedictine cathedral

• Inhabited initial 'D'(ici) with lions and dragons, at the beginning of the Enchiridion of Augustine., Enchiridion

Joscelyn, (b. 1529, d.1603), OldEnglish scholar and Latin secretary to archbishop Matthew Parker, a note in his hand concerning Crusades extracted from Simeon of Durham and Henry of Huntingdon (f. 134).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): red

• 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

• Coloured initial 'A'(postolica) at the beginning of Pseudo-Ambrose's De conflictu vitiorum atque virtutum., De conflictu vitiorum atque virtutum, Excerpta from Augustine and Ambrose

Joscelyn, (b. 1529, d.1603), OldEnglish scholar and Latin secretary to archbishop Matthew Parker, a note in his hand concerning Crusades extracted from Simeon of Durham and Henry of Huntingdon (f. 134).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): red

• Coloured initial 'M'(ulti) at the beginning of John Chrysostom's De muliere Chananaea., De muliere Chananaea, Miracula S. Letardi

Joscelyn, (b. 1529, d.1603), OldEnglish scholar and Latin secretary to archbishop Matthew Parker, a note in his hand concerning Crusades extracted from Simeon of Durham and Henry of Huntingdon (f. 134).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): red

• Decorated initials 'REVE'(rentissimis) and 'IAM'., De laudibus virginitatis

brown outline drawing with dragons, birds, lions, and foliate decoration. De laudibus virginitatis Added OldEnglish Glosses, 11th century (ff. 2v, 3, 7).Added scribbles in OldEnglish and of proper names, 11th century (ff. 1, 7, 8, 17).The Benedictine cathedral

• Decorated initial 'H'(ec)., De laudibus virginitatis

brown outline drawing with dragons, birds, lions, and foliate decoration. De laudibus virginitatis Added OldEnglish Glosses, 11th century (ff. 2v, 3, 7).Added scribbles in OldEnglish and of proper names, 11th century (ff. 1, 7, 8, 17).The Benedictine cathedral

• Decorated initial 'T'(empore) with an animal mask., De laudibus virginitatis

brown outline drawing with dragons, birds, lions, and foliate decoration. De laudibus virginitatis Added OldEnglish Glosses, 11th century (ff. 2v, 3, 7).Added scribbles in OldEnglish and of proper names, 11th century (ff. 1, 7, 8, 17).The Benedictine cathedral