• Illuminated initial 'I'(nitium) with dragons and human masks in medallions, at the beginning of Mark., Gospel of Mark, with the Glossa ordinaria

with penwork decoration, in red or blue, throughout the gloss. Gospel of Mark, 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 'H'(ic est) formed by a dragon and a lion, of John writing on a tablet and the dove of the Holy Spirit approaching to his ear, at the beginning of the prologue to John., Gospel of John, with the Glossa ordinaria

with penwork decoration, in red or blue, throughout the gloss. Gospel of John, 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],

• Detail of an inhabited initial 'V'(ocavit), with foliate motifs and birds, at the beginning of Leviticus., Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, with the Glossa ordinaria and interlinear glosses, imperfect at the end

pentateuc. E. vi. m'. (f. 1v); a similar inscription occurs in Royal 4 A VII, also from Rochester.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 514' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Detail of a decorated initial 'H'(ec), with foliate motifs, at the beginning of Deuteronomy., Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, with the Glossa ordinaria and interlinear glosses, imperfect at the end

pentateuc. E. vi. m'. (f. 1v); a similar inscription occurs in Royal 4 A VII, also from Rochester.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 514' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Detail of a miniature of the death of Polixena, with a partial border and an illuminated initial 'A'(pres)., Historia destructionis Troiae in a French translation

and miniatures (35): 'en cest livre sont xii caiers et demy et xxxv histoirez', 15th century (f. 100v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): to be identified with 'La destruction de Troye' in the list of books at Richmond

• Mathematical diagrams with marks linking them to the adjacent texts., Elements, in the second Latin translation attributed to Adelard of Bath, imperfect at the beginning: missing the first folio and another after f. 6.

early 13th-century hand as far as Book I, Prop. 32 (f. 4v).Red seal of a ship (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 12' (f. 1); but this shelfmark does not correspond to the

• Text page with note perhaps in the hand of Patrick Young., Synonyma, Homilies, Commentaries on the Song of Songs

to be identified with no. 31 in Patrick Young's 1622 catalogue of the cathedral library (see Ker 1949).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): red seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1); a note perhaps in the hand

• Initial 'D' with foliate decoration., Orationes; Anonymous prayers; De animae, Sententiae

mon[achum]' (f. 3). Acquired after 1202: not in the catalogue of this date, Royal manuscript 5 B xii.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 18 and in the catalogue of

• Text page., Elements, in the second Latin translation attributed to Adelard of Bath, imperfect at the beginning: missing the first folio and another after f. 6.

early 13th-century hand as far as Book I, Prop. 32 (f. 4v).Red seal of a ship (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 12' (f. 1); but this shelfmark does not correspond to the

• Mathematical diagrams., Elements, in the second Latin translation attributed to Adelard of Bath, imperfect at the beginning: missing the first folio and another after f. 6.

early 13th-century hand as far as Book I, Prop. 32 (f. 4v).Red seal of a ship (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 12' (f. 1); but this shelfmark does not correspond to the

• Puzzle initials 'P'(linius)., Vita Plinii (Life of Pliny) (f. 1), letter to Vespasian (ff. 1-2), Historia naturalis (Natural History) (ff. 2-296) with extracts from Isidore of Seville (added to fill gaps in the exemplar)

[who ?] was the kynges grand . . . dean of the kynges chapell' ( f. 294v). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 20v and in the 1698

• Pen-flourished initial 'Q'(uoniam quidem) at the beginning of Luke., Luke with Glossa ordinaria and interlinear glosses, preceded by a prologue, beginning: 'Luchas Anthiocensis natione Syrus'

glosatorum in tribus voluminibus. E iii. m' (f. 1v); 'Liber de claustro Roffensi I. de Glanuill' (f. 2).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 321' (f. 2), included in the inventory of books in the

• Detail of an inhabited initial 'L'(ocutusque), with foliate motifs and a dragon, at the beginning of Numbers., Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, with the Glossa ordinaria and interlinear glosses, imperfect at the end

pentateuc. E. vi. m'. (f. 1v); a similar inscription occurs in Royal 4 A VII, also from Rochester.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 514' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Pen-flourished initial 'I'(n anno)., 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

• Illuminated initial 'L'(ucas) at the beginning of the prologue to 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],

• Pen-flourished initial 'F'(ides) at the beginning of the first book with the ownership inscription of Worcester Cathedral Priory., Summa aurea (Summa super sententias Petri Lombardi) with an imperfect table of rubrics (ff. 200 r-v)

deum laudamus. Anno domini mcc tricessimo primo mense octobri' (f. 199v).Worcester Cathedral Priory: inscribed, 'liber monasterii wygornie'(f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 355' (f. 1); included in the inventory of books in the

• Detail of an historiated initial 'A'(lpha) of a teacher giving a lecture to his students, at the beginning of book 1., Summa super titulis Decretalium

super titulis Decretalium Perhaps written by a scribe called Johannes: inscribed 'Explicit liber secundus Copiose Joh[ann]is (f. 153v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 825' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Historiated initial 'I'(n principio) of John holding a book, at the beginning of John., 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],

• Illuminated initial 'H'(ic) at the beginning of the prologue to John., 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],

• Initial 'S' with decoration., Epistolae, Opera; Moralis Philosophia; Dialogue against the Jews

be identified with no. 154 in Patrick Young's 1622 catalogue of the cathedral library, Salisbury (see Ker 1949).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Royal seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1), a note in the hand of