• Text page with large and small initials and rubric., L'image du monde

became part of the Royal Library.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666 (f. 11).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text page Gautier

• Miniature of a battle between the French and English armies, with an illuminated initial 'L'., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

446).Inscribed 'qui meix amoient a morir que languir en cest dolour, quod Jane Sanford', 15th century (f. 447).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 60; and in

• Two illuminated initial 'I'(mperator) with border extensions, including birds, at the beginning of the Glossa ordinaria to the Institutiones., Glossa ordinaria to the Institutiones and Glossa ordinaria to the Tres libri

Amen' (f. 1) (see Warner and Gilson).Added list of contents of the Tres libri, 14th-century English hand (ff. 264-265) .The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1356' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at

• Illuminated initial 'A'(s the) in gold and red, at the beginning of the text., The pleasaunt poesye of princelie practise, imperfect

the text. Sir William Forrest's 'The pleasaunt poesye of princelie practise' is an English verse adaptation of the pseudo-Aristotelian 'Secretum Secretorum' and Giles of Rome's 'De Regimine Principum', written following the fashion of the commonwealthsmen, the social commentators and reformers,

• Detail of a historiated initial 'A'(d comentum) of Gregory delivering a letter to two cardinals., Lectura in quinque libros Decretalium (Books 1-2)

titul[u]m deleverit anathema sit', 14th century (f. 1*v); St Albans coat of arms held by Alban (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 38[4]' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Detail of a historiated initial 'D'(e) of plaintiffs before a judge, at the beginning of book 2., Lectura in quinque libros Decretalium (Books 1-2)

titul[u]m deleverit anathema sit', 14th century (f. 1*v); St Albans coat of arms held by Alban (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 38[4]' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Miniature of Prudence writing at a desk, with pupils sitting in front of her, and a foliate initial 'C'(es), at the beginning of the rubric 'De la vertu de prudence'., La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame

Paraphs in red or blue. La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1404' (f. 1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Miniature of a man and a women at a table with a man drinking from a cup, illustrating the virtue of temperence, and a foliate initial 'L'(a vertu), at the beginning of the rubric 'De la vertu datrempance', and a miniature of a personification of Fortitude holding a disk with a lion, and a foliate initial 'L'(a vertu), at the beginning of the rubric 'De la vertu de force'., La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame

Paraphs in red or blue. La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1404' (f. 1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Miniature divided in two compartments: 1. Moses receiving the tablets of the law from God and Moses breaking the tablets of the law; and 2. The worship of the golden calf; with two foliate initials 'L'(e premier) and 'C'(hoses), at the beginning of the text of La somme le roi., La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame

Paraphs in red or blue. La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1404' (f. 1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of a miniature divided in two compartments: 1. Moses receiving the tablets of the law from God and Moses breaking the tablets of the law; and 2. The worship of the golden calf, at the beginning of the text of La somme le roi., La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame

Paraphs in red or blue. La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1404' (f. 1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of a miniature of the Apostles composing the creed., La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame

Paraphs in red or blue. La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1404' (f. 1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Miniature of the Apostles composing the creed., La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame

Paraphs in red or blue. La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1404' (f. 1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of a miniature of Prudence writing at a desk, with pupils sitting in front of her., La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame

Paraphs in red or blue. La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1404' (f. 1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of a miniature of a man and a women at a table with a man drinking from a cup, illustrating the virtue of temperence., La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame

Paraphs in red or blue. La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1404' (f. 1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of a miniature of a personification of Fortitude holding a disk with a lion., La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame

Paraphs in red or blue. La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1404' (f. 1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of a miniature of the Seven-headed beast trampling on a saint., La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame

Paraphs in red or blue. La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1404' (f. 1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Miniature of the Seven-headed beast trampling on a saint., La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame

Paraphs in red or blue. La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1404' (f. 1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Miniature of Adam and Eve in paradise, with a trompe l'oeil border with a portrait of Henry VIII with his royal arms, and illuminated initial 'I'(n principio), at the beginning of 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

• Detail of a miniature of Adam and Eve in paradise, at the beginning of 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

• Decorated initial 'P', with a rabbit., Statutes of Henry III and Edward I and law tracts

1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library.All parts: The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 2v and in the 1698 catalogue