• 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,

• Decorated initial 'D'(eus) with acanthus leaves at the beginning of Terce of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Jerome's Psalter (ff. 180-204), the fifteen O's of St Bridget introduced by a long rubric in English (ff. 204-221). Some long rubrics in English. Catchwords.Quire signatures. 2 historiated initial in gold and colours with acanthus leaves, with full border with

• Calendar page for September, on the left, and for August (bound upside down) on the right., Almanac, with a calendar, and tables for the calculation of eclipses and of the moon's influence

August (bound upside down) on the right. One of 29 English folding almanacs, of which 10 are in the British Library: see Carey 2003. Large 'KL' letters in blue with red penwork decoration. Small initials in red or blue. Tables

• null, Almanac, with a calendar, and tables for the calculation of eclipses and of the moon's influence

of 29 English folding almanacs, of which 10 are in the British Library: see Carey 2003. Large 'KL' letters in blue with red penwork decoration. Small initials in red or blue. Tables with words in red. Almanac, with a calendar,

• 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,

• Table of eclipses of the sun., Astronomical Calendar

be identified with John Turke (d. c. 1561), warden of the Company of Stationers of London in 1558.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Table of eclipses John Somer England

• Illuminated initial 'A'(d honorem) at the beginning of John Somer's preface., Astronomical Calendar

to be identified with John Turke (d. c. 1561), warden of the Company of Stationers of London in 1558.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Illuminated initial John Somer England

• 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],