• Detail of a decorated initial 'Chi-rho', with a zoomorphic decoration, at the beginning of Matthew; and an added Old English text of a manumission by king Athelstan., Gospel Book

Detail of a decorated initial 'Chi-rho', with a zoomorphic decoration, at the beginning of Matthew; and an added OldEnglish text of a manumission by king Athelstan. The manuscript contains a text of a manumission by King Athelstan, one of

• Detail of an added Old English text of a manumission by king Athelstan., Gospel Book

Detail of an added OldEnglish text of a manumission by king Athelstan. The manuscript contains a text of a manumission by King Athelstan, one of the earliest of the Anglo-Saxon examples of the practice of inserting records in sacred

• Coloured initial 'R'(everentissimis)., De laudibus virginitatis, with Old English and Latin glosses

Coloured initial 'R'(everentissimis). OldEnglish and Latin glosses in the same hand as the text. The same scribe may have copied Trinity College 1475 (see Bishop 1963).All but 43 of the glosses occur also in Brussels, Bibliotheque Royale 1650 (see

• Text page with inventory of relics at Exeter: 'These are the names of the holy saints, which are in the monastery of St Peter and St Mary, Exeter . . .'. The list begins with relics of Christ's blood, his cross, tomb, and clothing. The list also enumerates a part of St Peter's beard and St Andrew's walking-stick., De laudibus virginitatis, with Old English and Latin glosses

his cross, tomb, and clothing. The list also enumerates a part of St Peter's beard and St Andrew's walking-stick. OldEnglish and Latin glosses in the same hand as the text. The same scribe may have copied Trinity College 1475

• Initial with foliate decoration., De laudibus virginitatis, with Old English and Latin glosses

Initial with foliate decoration. OldEnglish and Latin glosses in the same hand as the text. The same scribe may have copied Trinity College 1475 (see Bishop 1963).All but 43 of the glosses occur also in Brussels, Bibliotheque Royale 1650

• Initial 'I'(am) with man and a dragon enmeshed in foliage., De laudibus virginitatis, with Old English and Latin glosses

Initial 'I'(am) with man and a dragon enmeshed in foliage. OldEnglish and Latin glosses in the same hand as the text. The same scribe may have copied Trinity College 1475 (see Bishop 1963).All but 43 of the glosses occur

• Marginal drawing of two scholars pointing at geometrical figures., Glosses to Aristotle's Sophistici Elenchi, Topica, Analytica Priora, Analytica Posteriora

(b. 1395, d. 1461/5) of Witton, Durham, and Old Malton, Yorkshire: inscribed 'Textus nove logice magi[str]i Willielm[i] Eure', and 'magister Will[el]m[us] Eure Eure', 15th century (ff. 210v, 211).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of

• Miniature of the entry of the English army into Saint Denis and the retreat of the French, with a partial border and a foliate initial 'L'(an)., Grandes Chroniques de France (Chronique de Charles VII)

century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 12v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. English army in

• Miniature of the Tree of Consanguinity from a gloss on Book 4 of the Decretals., Decretals of Gregory IX

king of England and lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine, in French, 14th-century English hand (f. 347).Added glosses, 14th century.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 174' (f. 1), included in the inventory of

• Miniature of the Tree of Affinity from a gloss on book 4 of the Decretals., Decretals of Gregory IX

king of England and lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine, in French, 14th-century English hand (f. 347).Added glosses, 14th century.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 174' (f. 1), included in the inventory of

• Foliate initial 'D'(omine) with a full border, at the beginning of Psalm 89., Commentary on the Psalms

in the English translation by Richard Rolle (b. c. 1305-10, d. 1349), ending with the first verse of Psalm 118 which is given in Latin only. The text of the Psalms in Latin and in a Southern English dialect is

• Detail of a miniature of the Tree of Affinity from a gloss on book 4 of the Decretals., Decretals of Gregory IX

king of England and lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine, in French, 14th-century English hand (f. 347).Added glosses, 14th century.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 174' (f. 1), included in the inventory of

• Detail of a miniature of the Tree of Consanguinity from a gloss on Book 4 of the Decretals., Decretals of Gregory IX

king of England and lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine, in French, 14th-century English hand (f. 347).Added glosses, 14th century.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 174' (f. 1), included in the inventory of

• Detail of a miniature of ships with the royal arms of England and George, led by Thomas, earl of Buckingham, holding a shield bearing his arms (the royal arms of England differentiated by a label of 5 point and a bordure), illustrating the English reinforcements of the duke of Brittany., Chroniques

(b. c.1430, d. 1483), courtier and administrator, chamberlain of Edward IV : sketch of his arms (f. 12).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with 'Le petit Froissart' in the list of books at Richmond

• Added paper leaf containing accounts in Latin and English., Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, with the Glossa Ordinaria and interlinear glosses

Maidestane (see Royal 5 B XIII, f. 2r).Added paper leaf containing accounts in Latin and English, late 15th century (f. 2r-2v).The Old Royal Library (The English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 515' (f. 1), included in the inventory of

• Miniature of ships with the royal arms of England and George, led by Thomas, earl of Buckingham, holding a shield bearing his arms (the royal arms of England differentiated by a label of 5 point and a bordure), illustrating the English reinforcements of the duke of Brittany, with a partial border and a foliate initial 'V'(ous)., Chroniques

(b. c.1430, d. 1483), courtier and administrator, chamberlain of Edward IV : sketch of his arms (f. 12).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with 'Le petit Froissart' in the list of books at Richmond

• Detail of a decorated initial 'D'(enique)., De laudibus virginitatis

brown outline drawing with dragons, birds, lions, and foliate decoration. De laudibus virginitatis Added OldEnglish Glosses, 11th century (ff. 2v, 3, 7).Added scribbles in OldEnglish and of proper names, 11th century (ff. 1, 7, 8, 17).The Benedictine cathedral

• Inhabited initial 'D'(ici) with lions and dragons, at the beginning of the Enchiridion of Augustine., Enchiridion

Joscelyn, (b. 1529, d.1603), OldEnglish scholar and Latin secretary to archbishop Matthew Parker, a note in his hand concerning Crusades extracted from Simeon of Durham and Henry of Huntingdon (f. 134).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): red

• Historiated initial representing Ban falling from his horse, and the Lady of the Lake holding Lancelot as a baby., Lancelot-Grail

an English hand of the early 14th century. Notes in Latin and numerals in the same 14th-century hand, possibly relating to the collation of the manuscript, have been added on the last page (f. 367).The Old Royal Library (the English

• Text page with coloured initials., Lancelot-Grail

an English hand of the early 14th century. Notes in Latin and numerals in the same 14th-century hand, possibly relating to the collation of the manuscript, have been added on the last page (f. 367).The Old Royal Library (the English