• Detail of a miniature of the emperor Justinian receiving gold from a kneeling man, with two soldiers, and a lawyer standing before him; with a foliate initial 'N'(ullam), at the beginning of book 11 of the Codex, 'De tollenda lustralis auri collatione'., Volumen parvum, with the glossa ordinaria

293v, 294).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Instituta cum li. Nouel' (f. 1).Patrick Young [Junius] (b. 1584, d. 1652), royal librarian and scholar: notes in his hand (ff. 201v, 227v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal

• Detail of a miniature of the emperor Justinian with a group of lawyers before him, at the beginning of book 12 of the Codex, 'De dignitatibus'., Volumen parvum, with the glossa ordinaria

293v, 294).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Instituta cum li. Nouel' (f. 1).Patrick Young [Junius] (b. 1584, d. 1652), royal librarian and scholar: notes in his hand (ff. 201v, 227v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal

• Text page., Part of a lectionary

Text page. The flyleaves are part of a Latin lectionary in 10th-century English caroline minuscule (ff. 2, 3, 163-166).The contents include Latin word lists with English equivalents (ff. 4-66). Initials in red (oxidised) Part of a lectionary Samuell Compton and

• Flourished initial., 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

• 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

• Puzzle initial 'B'(eatus) at the beginning of a metrical version of the Psalms in Middle English., The Psalms in English verse (the Surtees Society version), with parallel Latin, and Latin prayers

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. Large puzzle initials

• Pen-flourished initials 'N'(emo) and 'V'(isio), at the beginning of the prologue to Isaiah and of Isaiah., Bible

d[omi]ni / Millesimo quadringe[n]tesimo q[ui]nquqge/simo p[ri]mo. In profesto b[ea]ti Bernardi ab/batis. In domo clerico[rum] Zwollis' (f. 269). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'No. 978' (f. 1): acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of the left-hand column with pen-flourished initials 'N'(on) and 'V'(erbum), at the beginning of the prologue to Minor Prophets and of Hosea., Bible

d[omi]ni / Millesimo quadringe[n]tesimo q[ui]nquqge/simo p[ri]mo. In profesto b[ea]ti Bernardi ab/batis. In domo clerico[rum] Zwollis' (f. 269). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'No. 978' (f. 1): acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Pen-flourished initial 'P'(aulus), at the beginning of Romans., Bible

d[omi]ni / Millesimo quadringe[n]tesimo q[ui]nquqge/simo p[ri]mo. In profesto b[ea]ti Bernardi ab/batis. In domo clerico[rum] Zwollis' (f. 269). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'No. 978' (f. 1): acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Illuminated initial 'F'(ive) with a full border with flowers, acanthus leaves branches, the royal arms of England and a gold portcullis with chains, the heraldic badge of the Beauforts., Prologue to the Wycliffite Bible, in the later version (imperfect)

with his mother's, Margaret Beaufort's (b. 1443, d.1509) heraldic badge, a portcullis with chains, which became his device.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number partially erased: 'no...'; included in the list of book at the Richmond

• Foliate initial 'D'(omine) with an instruction for illuminator 'oro' next to it, at the beginning of Matins., Book of Hours of the Sorrows of the Virgin

throughout the text. Catchwords decorated with purple pen-flourishing. Book of Hours of the Sorrows of the Virgin The Old Royal Library (English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'No 372' (f. 1): included in the inventory of books in the Upper

• Detail of a miniature of Charlemagne at a table receiving a letter, with a partial border and a foliate initial 'O'(r dist)., Renaut de Montauban (or Les Quatre Fils Aimon)

red. Renaut de Montauban (or Les Quatre Fils Aimon) Inscribed 'Les IIII filz Aymont', 15th century (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 75; and in

• Detail of a miniature of the Wheel of Fortune, at the beginning of book 2 of the De Consolatione Philosophiae., De Consolatione Philosophiae (Roman de Fortune et de Félicité; index Consolation of Philosophy); Le testament; Le traitie de parler et de taire

Fortune et de Félicité; index Consolation of Philosophy); Le testament; Le traitie de parler et de taire The Old Royal Library (the English Royal library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 131' (f. 2), included in the inventory of books in the

• Historiated initial 'D'(e) of a marriage ceremony, at the beginning of book 4, De sponsalibus et matrimoniis., Decretales, with the Glossa ordinaria

of sentences highlighted in yellow. Decretales, with the Glossa ordinaria Addressed to the university of Paris (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1008' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of a historiated initial 'D'(e) of a marriage ceremony, at the beginning of book 4, De sponsalibus et matrimoniis., Decretales, with the Glossa ordinaria

of sentences highlighted in yellow. Decretales, with the Glossa ordinaria Addressed to the university of Paris (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1008' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail from the roll of two roundels of Alured (or Alfred) and his son Edward., Genealogical roll of the kings of England

France in 1340: 'Edward se fit apelez roy / de f[r]a[n]ce et dangleterr[e] et q[ua]trona ses armes'. The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with the 'Le role des roys d'Angleterre', or 'Rotulus regum Anglie',

• Detail from the roll of Edward the Confessor holding a crown., Genealogical roll of the kings of England

France in 1340: 'Edward se fit apelez roy / de f[r]a[n]ce et dangleterr[e] et q[ua]trona ses armes'. The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with the 'Le role des roys d'Angleterre', or 'Rotulus regum Anglie',

• Detail from the roll of queen Maud (or Matilda of Scotland) and Henry I., Genealogical roll of the kings of England

France in 1340: 'Edward se fit apelez roy / de f[r]a[n]ce et dangleterr[e] et q[ua]trona ses armes'. The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with the 'Le role des roys d'Angleterre', or 'Rotulus regum Anglie',

• Miniature of the capture of a city by soldiers, with a full border and an illuminated initial 'D'(e)., De civitate Dei, books 1-10, in French translation (La cite de Dieu)

cite de Dieu) Unidentified coat of arms, azure a lion rampant or, armed and langued gules (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 34; and in

• Miniature of a duel between two knights on foot, with a full border and an illuminated initial 'S'(es)., De civitate Dei, books 1-10, in French translation (La cite de Dieu)

cite de Dieu) Unidentified coat of arms, azure a lion rampant or, armed and langued gules (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 34; and in