• Coloured initial 'D'(ominus) with display script, at the beginning of the Liber scintillarum., Liber scintillarum and other theological collections, with Old English glosses

de vitiis et peccatis' (ff. 100v-106), with continuous interlinear gloss in Old English.Numerous margins excised. Large initials in red and green. Liber scintillarum and other theological collections, with OldEnglish glosses The Benedictine priory of Holy Trinity, or Christ Church,

• 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

• 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

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uid) with a lion., 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 initials 'SE'(d)., 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

• 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

• Puzzle initial., Psalter, a metrical version (the Surtees Psalter version)

1843-1847. According to Muir, the author referred to an early Middle English interlinear gloss on the Vulgate, probably Northern, which was itself a modernised version of an OldEnglish glossed Psalter. One of six known manuscript copies. Full border in

• Illuminated initial 'U'(isio), at the beginning of Isaiah, with the ownership inscription of the cathedral priory of St. Andrew, Rochester, reading 'Liber de claustro Roffensi per Paulinum priorem', and the Westminster inventory number 'no. 324'., Glossed Isaiah

slip with notes on Isaiah (f. 256) and marginal glosses by the same hand (ff. 91v-169), 13th/14th century.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 324' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Decorated initial 'O'(mnis) with geometric pattern and foliage, at the beginning of the prologue to Hypognosticon., Hypognosticon

65v).Added a treatise on metre, late 15th century (ff. 66r-v).Red seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1).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 'F'(uit) of Zacharias incensing an altar, at the beginning of Luke., Gospels of Luke and John, with the Glossa ordinaria

refers to this manuscript, 'B. Luchas Joh[ann]es glossat[us]. De com[mun]itate fr[atru]m mi[n]o[rum] Cantuar[ie]', 14th century (see Ker 1964).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see [Edward Bernard],

• Puzzle initial 'P'(aulus), at the beginning of Galatians., Catholic Epistles and Galatians, with the Glossa ordinaria

Galatians, with the Glossa ordinaria Added two indexes to homilies on the Pauline Epistles, 14th century (f. 213r-v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 189' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• 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],