• Historiated initial 'F'(ecit) of a mermaid and an archer shooting at an owl, at the beginning of Esdras 2., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Bible of William of Hales')

England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together over 300 other manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Mermaid William de Hales England, S. England, S. (Salisbury)

• Historiated initial 'F'(uit) of Elkanah and Hannah praying before an altar, at the beginning of Kings 1 (Samuel 1)., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Bible of William of Hales')

and Ireland: purchased from Scott together over 300 other manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Elkanah and Hannah William de Hales England, S. England, S. (Salisbury)

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of a three-faced man, at the beginning of Psalm 109., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Bible of William of Hales')

Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together over 300 other manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Three-faced man William de Hales England, S. England, S. (Salisbury)

• Historiated initial 'V'(ocavit) of Moses speaking to God, at the beginning of Leviticus., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Bible of William of Hales')

England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together over 300 other manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Moses William de Hales England, S. England, S. (Salisbury)

• Marginal drawing of Samson fighting with a lion next to Judges 14:1-5., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Bible of William of Hales')

Ireland: purchased from Scott together over 300 other manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Samson and a lion William de Hales England, S. England, S. (Salisbury)

• Historiated initial 'P'(etrus) of Peter holding his keys and a church, at the beginning of Peter 1., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Bible of William of Hales')

England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together over 300 other manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Peter William de Hales England, S. England, S. (Salisbury)

• Colophon stating that the book was written by William de Hales for Thomas de la Wile, a canon of Salisbury, in 1254, and reading 'Hunc librum scripsit Will[elmu]s de Hales, / magist[r]o Thome de la Wile, quem vocavit / magist[er] Radulfus de Hehham tunc cancel/larius Sar[isburiensis] ad regim[en] scola[rum] Sar[isburiensium] quibus / d[eu]s in hoc s[e]c[u]lo et in futuro p[ro]picientur. Amen. / F[a]c[tu]s fuit libere anno M cc.l. quarto. ab i[n]/carnatione domini'., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Bible of William of Hales')

England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together over 300 other manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Colophon William de Hales England, S. England, S. (Salisbury)

• Coloured initial 'Q'(uid) at the beginning of Psalm 51., Psalter, in the Roman version, with Old English gloss, and 12 canticles

in OldEnglish, beginning 'Myn drihten god aelmihtig' (ff. 190v-192) and 'Min drihten aelmihtig god si þe wuldor 7 þonc', 11th century (192-196v).Added note on three Friday fasts in OldEnglish, 11th century (f. 196v). Added an OldEnglish translation

• Coloured initial 'B'(eatus) with display script, at the beginning of Psalm 1, with the pressmark of Christ Church, Canterbury 'r', and ownership inscriptions of Thomas Cranmer and Lord Lumley., Psalter, in the Roman version, with Old English gloss, and 12 canticles

in OldEnglish, beginning 'Myn drihten god aelmihtig' (ff. 190v-192) and 'Min drihten aelmihtig god si þe wuldor 7 þonc', 11th century (192-196v).Added note on three Friday fasts in OldEnglish, 11th century (f. 196v). Added an OldEnglish translation

• 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

• 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

• Puzzle intial 'D'(ixit) at the beginning of Psalm 52., 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

• Text page with initials and gloss., A collection of school texts, including the Achilleid (incomplete) and Fables

of each line highlighted in red. A collection of school texts, including the Achilleid (incomplete) and Fables The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Royal seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1) and in the catalogue of the

• Text page., Letters

1618): erased inscription possibly in his hand, 'ex dono Jo. Bridges' (f. 1) (see Warner and Gilson 1921).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James’s Palace (see [Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi

• Detail of a magic square., Interpretaciones nominum Ebreorum (Interpretation of the Hebrew names)

list of 20 books bequeathed by Richard of Chester, canon of York (died 1347). [Possibly part I only].The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library at Westminster of 1542 and

• Text page with stitching., Homiliae X ad monachos, sermons and theological treatises

neighbourhood of Wallingford, and a grant of land by Nicholas, Prior of Wallingford (until 1182) (f. 153v). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 374' (f. 2); included in the inventory of books in the

• Decorated initial 'D'(ominis at the beginning of the first homily of Cesarius)., Homiliae X ad monachos, sermons and theological treatises

neighbourhood of Wallingford, and a grant of land by Nicholas, Prior of Wallingford (until 1182) (f. 153v). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 374' (f. 2); included in the inventory of books in the

• Initial 'E'(xhortatur) at the beginning of Eusebius' homily., Homiliae X ad monachos, sermons and theological treatises

neighbourhood of Wallingford, and a grant of land by Nicholas, Prior of Wallingford (until 1182) (f. 153v). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 374' (f. 2); included in the inventory of books in the

• Initial 'I'(n) decorated with zoomorphic form and extending into partial bar border., Pharetra, in four books

Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71 (f. 4) and in the 1698

• Initial 'G'(regorius) with foliate and zoomorphic decoration., Pharetra, in four books

Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71 (f. 4) and in the 1698