• Initial 'A' with penwork decoration, Sermons, letters and tracts

be identified with no. 155 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 (f. 2); table of contents in the hand of the

• Text page from Genesis., Bible

(b. 1491, d. 1547), king of England and Ireland (from 1509): his portrait and arms (f. 4v). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'No. 978' (f. 1): acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• 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

• Petrucchio Ubaldini's letter of dedication addressed to Elizabeth I and dated 1577., Le Vite e i Fatti di sei Donne Illustri, dedicated to Queen Elizabeth (descriptions of six mythical or early princesses: Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra, Clotilda of France, Suanhuita (or Suanvita) of Sweden, Jutha (or Judith), daughter of the Emperor Otho II, Zarina, Queen of the Sacae, and Venda (or Wanda), Queen of Poland.

and Gilson 1921).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1661, Royal Appendix 86, f. 42, no. 2.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Dedication

• 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

• Detail of a miniature of the author presenting his book to a king, the training of a knight at the pile (or pale), and a knight mounting a horse., Les establissemenz de chevalerie, imperfect, wanting 3 chapters at the end (a French translation of De re militari)

establissemenz de chevalerie, imperfect, wanting 3 chapters at the end (a French translation of De re militari) The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 511' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Coloured initials, and in the lower right corner a human-animal hybrid creature, perhaps intended to ornament the run-over word at the bottom of the column., 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

• Initial with floral decoration. Coloured initials, line-fillers and paraphs. Added in the upper margin is the note 'Ex monasterio cestrie': From the monastery of Chester., 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

• Detail of a miniature of the Greek and Trojan armies., 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

• Detail of a miniature of the murder of Achilles., 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

• Detail of a miniature of the theft of the Palladium., 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

• Detail of decorated initials 'C'(onqreute) and 'S'(iquis), with instructions for rubrics in the margin., Apparatus in quinque libros Decretalium

8 G I, which belonged to Michael de Mentmore, abbot of St. Albans (1335-1349), 14th century (f. 2).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Innocentius super Decretales' on a slip of paper attached to f. 1v, Westminster

• Drawing of a cleric imposing a penance on a man, in the margin of the chapter 'Hec penitencia est inponenda ei, qui matrem occiderit'., Abbreviatio Decreti Gratiani

Robert, prior of the Rochester cell at Walton St. Felix, or Felixstowe ('Waletune'), no. 236 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 262' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books

• Miniature of Innocent IV writing, with another pope kneeling before a cardinal and a scholar (Innocent IV?) dictating to a scribe, with a full border, at the beginning of book 1., Apparatus in quinque libros Decretalium

amen. amen' (f. 221v).Inscribed 'Radulphus', 14th century (f. 1).Added running titles for rubrics and marginal glosses, 14th-century English hand.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 422' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in

• Historiated initial 'V' of a celebration of a mass, at the beginning of book 3., Apparatus in quinque libros Decretalium

amen. amen' (f. 221v).Inscribed 'Radulphus', 14th century (f. 1).Added running titles for rubrics and marginal glosses, 14th-century English hand.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 422' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in

• Drawing of a chalice with a host in the upper margin of chapters 'Non nisi a ieiunis hominibus sacramenta celebrentur altaris' and 'Ante missarum solempnia, circa horam nonam decantata nulli, in Quadragesima comedere licet.', Abbreviatio Decreti Gratiani

Robert, prior of the Rochester cell at Walton St. Felix, or Felixstowe ('Waletune'), no. 236 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 262' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books

• Drawing of an altar in the upper margin of the chapter 'Vestimenta sacra et vasa pre vetustate consumpta incendantur, et cineres eorum in loca occulta proiciantur.', Abbreviatio Decreti Gratiani

Robert, prior of the Rochester cell at Walton St. Felix, or Felixstowe ('Waletune'), no. 236 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 262' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books

• Initial 'Q'(uando) with a descender in the form of a human head., Abbreviatio Decreti Gratiani

Robert, prior of the Rochester cell at Walton St. Felix, or Felixstowe ('Waletune'), no. 236 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 262' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books

• Illuminated initial 'H'(umanum) with display script, at the beginning of the text., Abbreviatio Decreti Gratiani

Robert, prior of the Rochester cell at Walton St. Felix, or Felixstowe ('Waletune'), no. 236 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 262' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books