• Detail of a miniature of the Crucifixion, with the Virgin Mary and John., 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

• Historiated initial 'Q'(uoniam) of the Dominican friar, John of Freiburg, teaching a group of pupils., Summa confessorum

archbishop of York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (f. 1) (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1319' (f. 1) (8 G. V has the same), acquired by

• Decorated initial 'Q' with a partial bar border., Summa confessorum

archbishop of York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (f. 1) (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1319' (f. 1) (8 G. V has the same), acquired by

• Puzzle initial and pen-flourished initials., Summa confessorum

archbishop of York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (f. 1) (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1319' (f. 1) (8 G. V has the same), acquired by

• Illuminated initials 'V'(olucris) and 'Q'(uid) with foliate decoration., Moralia in Job

1467, in Royal 2 C I) (f. 1).Inscribed 'Cowley. Qui timet deum faciet bona', 15th century (f. 299).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 558' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Historiated initial 'R'(everentissimo) of pope Greogy the Great, with a full bar-border with dogs and rabbits in the lower margin., Moralia in Job

1467, in Royal 2 C I) (f. 1).Inscribed 'Cowley. Qui timet deum faciet bona', 15th century (f. 299).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 558' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Inscription that the book was given to the London Carmelites by Brother Robert Yvori; below this, in darker ink, is the house's characteristic press-mark 'M. 39'., Letters

the Carmelites of London (1379-92): inscribed 'De Dono rev[er]endi m[agist]ri fr[at]ris rob[erti] yuroi [conven]tus lond' with pressmark M.39m.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 285' (f. 3), included in the inventory of books in the

• Puzzle initial with pen-flourishing., Letters

the Carmelites of London (1379-92): inscribed 'De Dono rev[er]endi m[agist]ri fr[at]ris rob[erti] yuroi [conven]tus lond' with pressmark M.39m.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 285' (f. 3), included in the inventory of books in the

• Detail of a map of the Black Sea., Boke of Idrography (The 'Rotz Atlas')

a badge of the Tudor rose with a crown and a motto 'Dieu et mon droict' (f. 31v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 994' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Map of the West Indies, with the eastern coast of North America, Central America, and the north coast of South America., Boke of Idrography (The 'Rotz Atlas')

a badge of the Tudor rose with a crown and a motto 'Dieu et mon droict' (f. 31v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 994' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Map of the Eastern part of the South America and of a part of the Tierra del Fuego., Boke of Idrography (The 'Rotz Atlas')

a badge of the Tudor rose with a crown and a motto 'Dieu et mon droict' (f. 31v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 994' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Detail of a map of the world representing Java., Boke of Idrography (The 'Rotz Atlas')

a badge of the Tudor rose with a crown and a motto 'Dieu et mon droict' (f. 31v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 994' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Map of the Eastern Hemisphere., Boke of Idrography (The 'Rotz Atlas')

a badge of the Tudor rose with a crown and a motto 'Dieu et mon droict' (f. 31v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 994' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Miniature of Matthew writing his Gospel, with a preliminary sketch in the lower margin, and a foliate initial 'L'(i), at the beginning of Matthew., Bible historiale complétée (Maccabees to Revelation)

Jakes Tyrell' (f. 178v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 13v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Matthew Paris

• Initial 'E'(xceptionis) at the beginning of the prologue of Ivo of Chartres' Panormie, showing damage sustained in the fire of 1731 at Ashburnham House, Westminster., Formula of confession, beginning, 'Confiteor tibi, domine, pater celi et terre' (f. ii), Ceremony of profession, beginning, 'Ad canonicum regularem faciendum' (f. 1), the rule of St Augustine (f. 1v), various chronological computations, beginning, 'Secundum hebraicam veritatem' (f. 4v), notes on the seven ages of the world, the six ages of man, the ten names of the deity, cardinal and ordinal numbers (ff. 4v-5), De corpore et sanguine domini (ff. 5-6), Panormia (index Panormie, Pannormia) (ff. 6-112v), Sermons of Ivo of Chartres, imperfect at the beginning (ff. 114-148v), Constitutions of the Council of Westminster in 1127 (ff. 148v-149), Apocryphal epistle of Pontius Pilate to the Emperor Claudius (f. 149v-150v), Latin names of the winds with English eqivalents, epigram on a hermaphrodite, medical verses (f. 150v)

the Emperor Claudius (f. 149v-150v), Latin names of the winds with English eqivalents, epigram on a hermaphrodite, medical verses (f. 150v) The names of the winds in Latin and English, added in the twelfth or thirteenth century (f. 150v).John Theyer

• Decorated initial 'B'(eatus) with foliated and interlace decoration, and animal heads and an animal mask at the beginning of Psalm 1, with the Old English gloss erased and corrected, visible in darker ink, and the ownership inscription of Sir Henry Spelman in the upper margin., Psalter, in the Gallican version, and canticles (ff. 168v-180v) with continuous English glosses, imperfect

foliated and interlace decoration, and animal heads and an animal mask at the beginning of Psalm 1, with the OldEnglish gloss erased and corrected, visible in darker ink, and the ownership inscription of Sir Henry Spelman in the upper

• Historiated initial 'J'(ohannes) of a lawyer holding a book, with a partial border, at the beginning of the preface (the introductory bull of John XXII), and a foliate initial 'J'(ohannes), at the beginning of the gloss; with birds and a hybrid grotesque in the margin., Constitutiones Clementinae; Extravagantes; Decretal on Franciscans; Lectura super Clementinis; Breviarium sive Repertorium

Erlye quondam abbas p[re]dicti loci', and in a different hand 'Thomas p[ro]visione divina abbas mon. Radyng[is]' (f. 186v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 9; and in the 1698

• Historiated initial 'M'(agnifice) of Guilelmus de Monte Lauduno presenting his book to the pope, at the beginning of the Lectura super Clementinis., Constitutiones Clementinae; Extravagantes; Decretal on Franciscans; Lectura super Clementinis; Breviarium sive Repertorium

Erlye quondam abbas p[re]dicti loci', and in a different hand 'Thomas p[ro]visione divina abbas mon. Radyng[is]' (f. 186v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 9; and in the 1698

• Foliate initial 'E'(os) with a hybrid., Constitutiones Clementinae; Extravagantes; Decretal on Franciscans; Lectura super Clementinis; Breviarium sive Repertorium

Erlye quondam abbas p[re]dicti loci', and in a different hand 'Thomas p[ro]visione divina abbas mon. Radyng[is]' (f. 186v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 9; and in the 1698

• Initials 'B'(lasphemia) and 'B'(ona) with foliate extensions., Tabula originalium sacre scripture

a 16th-century hand added as corresponding to pagination 1-642 in the upper outer corners of ff. 315-316, The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1341' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after