• null, Speculum humanae salvationis; Register of the history of the Old Testatment

in red. Speculum humanae salvationis; Register of the history of the Old Testatment The Cistercian nunnery of St Mary and St Mauritius, Medingen, lower Saxony: inscription 'Liber sanctae Marie virginis sanctique mauritii in medinghe' (f. 1).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660,

• Medallion of Taurus and the illuminated initial 'T'(aurus)., Fragment of an astrological treatise, including a text on the use of spheres (ff. 6v-7v)

unfoliated leaf and f. i are a late 16th-century paper codex in English. 3 medallions of Taurus, Libra, and Scorpio in colours and gold (ff. 2v, 4v, 5v). 7 large initials in gold on red and blue grounds with sprays

• Medallion of Scorpio and the illuminated initial 'S'(corpio)., Fragment of an astrological treatise, including a text on the use of spheres (ff. 6v-7v)

unfoliated leaf and f. i are a late 16th-century paper codex in English. 3 medallions of Taurus, Libra, and Scorpio in colours and gold (ff. 2v, 4v, 5v). 7 large initials in gold on red and blue grounds with sprays

• Decorated initial with a leaf pattern., Collection of alchemical secrets

or pen-flourishing. Large initials in brown with red penwork decoration. Paraphs in red. Collection of alchemical secrets Later additions in English and Latin, and alchemical symbols (ff. 17v-20; 30-37; 50v-51v; 65-66, 72v-75v; 89v).John Somers (b. 1651, d. 1716), Baron Somers,

• Decorated initial 'C'(um), and, in the lower margin, the initials 'R. R.' and arms of Roger Rotherham, azure, on a mount, three pointed, vert, a stag in full course or., Strategemata (index Strategematica, De re militari)

Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 8482.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial and arms Julius Sextus Frontinus Bologna Italy, N. (Bologna)

• Detail of the lower margin, with initials 'R. R.' and arms of Roger Rotherham, azure, on a mount, three pointed, vert, a stag in full course or., Strategemata (index Strategematica, De re militari)

St James's Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 8482.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated arms Julius Sextus Frontinus Bologna Italy, N. (Bologna)

• 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 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

• Decorated initial 'R'(ev[er]ent) with foliate feathering including acanthus leaves at the beginning of Lydgate's Secrees of Old Philisoffres., Lives of St Edmund and St Fremund (ff. 4-46); Secrees of Old Philisoffres (ff. 52-81); Regiment of Princes (ff. 84-144v); imperfect

including acanthus leaves at the beginning of Lydgate's Secrees of Old Philisoffres. One of 12 suriving complete copies of the text.Inserted paper leaves with title pages and text in English (ff. 1, 51, 82-83). f. 1* is a piece of

• Text page with coloured initials and rubric., Thebais (index Thebaid)

mon[achum]' (f. I verso).Flyleaf (f. i) contains farm accounts from Hoo and Halstow, Kent in a 13th-century hand.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 830'; included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• Coloured initial and rubric., Thebais (index Thebaid)

mon[achum]' (f. I verso).Flyleaf (f. i) contains farm accounts from Hoo and Halstow, Kent in a 13th-century hand.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 830'; included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• null, De bello gallico with the additions of Aulus Hirtius and others, De bello alexandrino, De bello africo, De bello hispaniensis (index Bellum Gallicum, Commentarii de bello gallico)

Young, the Royal Librarian, in 1616 (see also 15 B VII)Red royal seal of a ship (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James’s Palace (see [Edward Bernard],

• null, De bello gallico with the additions of Aulus Hirtius and others, De bello alexandrino, De bello africo, De bello hispaniensis (index Bellum Gallicum, Commentarii de bello gallico)

Young, the Royal Librarian, in 1616 (see also 15 B VII)Red royal seal of a ship (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James’s Palace (see [Edward Bernard],

• null, De bello gallico with the additions of Aulus Hirtius and others, De bello alexandrino, De bello africo, De bello hispaniensis (index Bellum Gallicum, Commentarii de bello gallico)

Young, the Royal Librarian, in 1616 (see also 15 B VII)Red royal seal of a ship (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James’s Palace (see [Edward Bernard],

• Full border and white vine initial 'G'(allia) at the beginning of Julius Caesar's De bello gallico., De bello gallico with the additions of Aulus Hirtius and others, De bello alexandrino, De bello africo, De bello hispaniensis (index Bellum Gallicum, Commentarii de bello gallico)

Young, the Royal Librarian, in 1616 (see also 15 B VII)Red royal seal of a ship (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James’s Palace (see [Edward Bernard],

• null, De bello gallico with the additions of Aulus Hirtius and others, De bello alexandrino, De bello africo, De bello hispaniensis (index Bellum Gallicum, Commentarii de bello gallico)

Young, the Royal Librarian, in 1616 (see also 15 B VII)Red royal seal of a ship (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James’s Palace (see [Edward Bernard],

• null, De bello gallico with the additions of Aulus Hirtius and others, De bello alexandrino, De bello africo, De bello hispaniensis (index Bellum Gallicum, Commentarii de bello gallico)

Young, the Royal Librarian, in 1616 (see also 15 B VII)Red royal seal of a ship (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James’s Palace (see [Edward Bernard],

• Illuminated initial 'C'(um)., De bello gallico with the additions of Aulus Hirtius and others, De bello alexandrino, De bello africo, De bello hispaniensis (index Bellum Gallicum, Commentarii de bello gallico)

Young, the Royal Librarian, in 1616 (see also 15 B VII)Red royal seal of a ship (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James’s Palace (see [Edward Bernard],

• null, De bello gallico with the additions of Aulus Hirtius and others, De bello alexandrino, De bello africo, De bello hispaniensis (index Bellum Gallicum, Commentarii de bello gallico)

Young, the Royal Librarian, in 1616 (see also 15 B VII)Red royal seal of a ship (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James’s Palace (see [Edward Bernard],

• Miniature of the miracle of saint Edmund's head: after Edmund's martyrdom, his head was hidden in a thicket, but a wolf guarded the head and protected it from other wild animals; this marginal miniature is placed next to the text of another miracle, explaining how the head cried out "Here! Here! Here!" enabling it to be found, and reunited with the body., Lives of St Edmund and St Fremund (ff. 4-46); Secrees of Old Philisoffres (ff. 52-81); Regiment of Princes (ff. 84-144v); imperfect

text in English (ff. 1, 51, 82-83). f. 1* is a piece of parchment bound after f. 1 with, on one side a pen & brown ink wash faintly tinted in red, and on the verso, recipes in English. It