• Decorated initial 'D'(esiderabam) at the beginning of book 5., Sermons, with a list of the sermons (f. 4)

1921).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): red seal of a ship, 17th century.Patrick Young [Junius] (b. 1584, d. 1652), royal librarian and scholar: note of a title in his hand (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal

• Penwork initial., Bible (Genesis to Tobit) with Jerome's letter to Paulinus, Preface and Prologues

on the same folio the English 'blere eyed' is written in the margin as a gloss to the following 'eiant blaimcheure es oels', ~having blemished eyes~ (f.80).the French for ‘thorns’ is omitted and the English 'stake' is written in the

• Historiated initial 'M'(atheus) of Matthew and other saint, at the beginning of Matthew., Gospels of Matthew and Mark, with commentary

Small initials, paraphs and running titles in red or blue. Gospels of Matthew and Mark, with commentary 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 'C' with pen-flourishing in a leaf pattern. Decorated initials., Lancelot du Lac (imperfect at the beginning and end)

(imperfect at the beginning and end) 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

• Text page., Thebais (index Thebaid)

drawings and maniculae. Thebais (index Thebaid) Thomas Walsale: inscribed with his name in a 15th-century hand (f. 106v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps entered the collection in the reign of Henry VIII and may have been stored

• Detail of a miniature of the author reading., Li Livres dou tresor

Livres dou tresor The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, (f. 12v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. The author

• Text page with 2 decorated initials at the beginning of the preface and the first chapter of the chronicle of Ralph Niger., Chronica (to 1199), Chronicon anglicanum (to 1213)

red. Chronica (to 1199), Chronicon anglicanum (to 1213) Carmelite convent, London: pressmark S.7m (f. 3), (see Ker 1964).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1022 ', listed by John Bale in c.1548 (no. 10) and

• Large initial 'B' with penwork decoration in the form of leaves., Enarrationes in Psalmos 1-50

sketches in brown of men in the margins (e.g. ff. 12, 16v, 17v). Enarrationes in Psalmos 1-50 The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 946 ' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in

• Large puzzle initial 'P' with penwork decoration in the form of leaves., Enarrationes in Psalmos 1-50

sketches in brown of men in the margins (e.g. ff. 12, 16v, 17v). Enarrationes in Psalmos 1-50 The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 946 ' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in

• Text page., Composite miscellany of theological treatises and sermons in Latin, poems and proverbs in French and English; Proverbe de bon enseignement, La plainte nostre dame, La geste des dames.

treatises and sermons in Latin, poems and proverbs in French and English; Proverbe de bon enseignement, La plainte nostre dame, La geste des dames. The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1202' (f. 1), acquired

• Puzzle initial 'M'., L'estoire del Sainte Graal (imperfect)

in English (?) cursive hands on flyleaves. Inscribed 'Jacob mathiis' (f. 84v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): in the catalogue of 1666 (f. 11).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'Q'(uoniam) with the royal arms of England, at the beginning of the text., Tractatulus de regimine seu caritate principum

of the English Observant Franciscans (c. 1508-1513), and his confessor, inscribed ' Sacre regie maiestasti frater Ste/phanus baronis immeritus p[ro[vincialis / et hu[m]ilis s[er]vulus' (f. 1); the royal arms of England (f. 3).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library):

• Illuminated initial 'Q'(uoniam) with the royal arms of England, with a partial border including Tudor roses, at the beginning of the text., Tractatulus de regimine seu caritate principum

of the English Observant Franciscans (c. 1508-1513), and his confessor, inscribed ' Sacre regie maiestasti frater Ste/phanus baronis immeritus p[ro[vincialis / et hu[m]ilis s[er]vulus' (f. 1); the royal arms of England (f. 3).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library):

• Coloured initial 'D'(ominus), at the beginning of book 9 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,

• Coloured initial 'D'(ominus), at the beginning of book 10 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,

• Initial 'R' with decoration and outline drawing of a flower., Libri evangeliorum quattuor; Aenigmata; De arte metrica (extract)

Initial 'R' with decoration and outline drawing of a flower. Numerous Latin glosses and two OldEnglish glosses (ff. 73, 76v).Text is unjustified at right margins with the following arrangement: ff. 1-59v: bold capitals arranged vertically at the beginning of

• Text page with initial and rubric., Libri evangeliorum quattuor; Aenigmata; De arte metrica (extract)

Text page with initial and rubric. Numerous Latin glosses and two OldEnglish glosses (ff. 73, 76v).Text is unjustified at right margins with the following arrangement: ff. 1-59v: bold capitals arranged vertically at the beginning of linesff. 60-71: bold capitals

• Interlace patterns and outline drawing of a knight with shield., Libri evangeliorum quattuor; Aenigmata; De arte metrica (extract)

Interlace patterns and outline drawing of a knight with shield. Numerous Latin glosses and two OldEnglish glosses (ff. 73, 76v).Text is unjustified at right margins with the following arrangement: ff. 1-59v: bold capitals arranged vertically at the beginning of

• Ink drawing of a Romanesque building with towers., Libri evangeliorum quattuor; Aenigmata; De arte metrica (extract)

Ink drawing of a Romanesque building with towers. Numerous Latin glosses and two OldEnglish glosses (ff. 73, 76v).Text is unjustified at right margins with the following arrangement: ff. 1-59v: bold capitals arranged vertically at the beginning of linesff. 60-71:

• Coloured initial 'D'(ominus) with display script., 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,