• Large initial 'R'(edare) with foliate decoration., Lamentations of Jeremiah, with commentary

priory of St. Andrew, Rochester: inscribed 'Liber de Claust[r]o Roffens[is] per W. Roffens[em] ep[iscopu]m' (f. 3).All parts: The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 808'; included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• Detail of decorated initials 'P'(salmus) and 'C'(on), interlocking with foliate decoration., Enarrationes en Psalmos (101-150), imperfect

from Theyer's library.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1565' (in first volume: Royal 5 C x, f.1).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated

• Detail of a large zoomorphic initial 'I' and smaller initial 'B', with foliate decoration., Enarrationes en Psalmos (101-150), imperfect

from Theyer's library.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1565' (in first volume: Royal 5 C x, f.1).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Zoomorphic

• Detail of two illuminated initials 'P'(aulus), at the beginning of Philippians and Peter Lombard's commentary on Philippians., Gloss on the Pauline Epistles

'Epistole pauli. glos. vº loco', and added in a different hand, 'Ex mo[na]st[er]io castrie', 14th century, (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1098' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Text page., Gloss on the Pauline Epistles

'Epistole pauli. glos. vº loco', and added in a different hand, 'Ex mo[na]st[er]io castrie', 14th century, (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1098' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Drawing of a man in the lower margin., A composite of booklets containing grammatical, logical and other treatises; Vita St Modwenne

Librarian to King James I~, ed. by J. Atkins and N. R. Ker (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1944).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): probably entered the collection during the reign of Henry VIII and was stored at Hampton

• Drawings of doves in roundels at the beginning of the Aviarium., Theological distinctiones, notes, commonplaces, sermons, an abridged Aviarium, beginning, ''Si dormiatis inter medios' (ff. 150-159v) epigrams, and excerpts from the moralised bestiary (ff. 215-216)

composed by John Longland, bishop of Lincoln and confessor of Henry VIII, Royal Appendix 69 (see Carley 2000).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 278' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Text page., Policraticus

beginning, 'Syn fortune hath forbarryt your presence | I can not oper wyse myn herte vnclose' (f. 114).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 697' (f. [ii]); included in the inventory of books in the

• Text page with pen-flourished initials 'P'(salmus) and 'A'(lios)., Flores Psalterii

prior of the Rochester cell at Walton St. Felix, or Felixstowe ('Waletune') (Royal 5 B. XII, f. 3).The Old Royal Library (The English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 705' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Decorated initial 'I'(n anno) at the beginning of chapter 1 of Bede's Commentary to Ezra., Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah

præfatione notis et indice ad editionem primam~, 6 vols (Farnborough: Gregg International Publishers, 1970), IV, p. 158].Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 126' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• Decorated initial 'P'(rophetaverit), at the beginning of book 2., Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah

præfatione notis et indice ad editionem primam~, 6 vols (Farnborough: Gregg International Publishers, 1970), IV, p. 158].Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 126' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• Inscription stating that the book belongs to the Augustinian abbey of St Mary, Cirencester , and was written by canon Fulk during the abbacy of Andrew: '[L]ib[er] s[anc]te Marie de Cirecest[e]r[ia] D[omini] / Andree Abb[at]is s[e]c[un]di temp[o]re sc[r]ipt[us] / p[er] manu[m] D[omini] Fulconis can[oni]ci p[ost]ea / p[r]ioris D[omino] Alexand[r]o de Weleue t[un]c Can/tore.', Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah

præfatione notis et indice ad editionem primam~, 6 vols (Farnborough: Gregg International Publishers, 1970), IV, p. 158].Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 126' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• Decorated initial 'V'(erba) at the beginning of book 3., Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah

præfatione notis et indice ad editionem primam~, 6 vols (Farnborough: Gregg International Publishers, 1970), IV, p. 158].Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 126' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• Decorated initial 'D'(ominus)., Commentary on Psalms

St. Mary and St. Benedict, Ramsey: inscribed on a pasted piece of parchment, 'Liber monasterii Rameseye' (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1289' (f. 2), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uid) with display script., Commentary on Psalms

St. Mary and St. Benedict, Ramsey: inscribed on a pasted piece of parchment, 'Liber monasterii Rameseye' (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1289' (f. 2), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Decorated initial 'D'(omine)., Commentary on Psalms

St. Mary and St. Benedict, Ramsey: inscribed on a pasted piece of parchment, 'Liber monasterii Rameseye' (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1289' (f. 2), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Decorated initial 'A'(lleluia), at the beginning of book 5., Commentary on Psalms

St. Mary and St. Benedict, Ramsey: inscribed on a pasted piece of parchment, 'Liber monasterii Rameseye' (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1289' (f. 2), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Table of virtues and vices., Commentary on Psalms

St. Mary and St. Benedict, Ramsey: inscribed on a pasted piece of parchment, 'Liber monasterii Rameseye' (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1289' (f. 2), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Text page., Commentary on Psalms

St. Mary and St. Benedict, Ramsey: inscribed on a pasted piece of parchment, 'Liber monasterii Rameseye' (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1289' (f. 2), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Decorated initial 'D'(eus), at the beginning of book 3., Commentary on Psalms

St. Mary and St. Benedict, Ramsey: inscribed on a pasted piece of parchment, 'Liber monasterii Rameseye' (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1289' (f. 2), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after