• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a man on a ladder painting an image in a shrine, with a church behind him and a devil on the right-hand side of the page., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

priory of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield: inscribed, 'Liber domus sancti barthomomei in smyth fylde', 15th century (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Decretales' and Westminster inventory number 'no. 1059' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a man stealing food from a blind beggar's bowl, through a tube., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

priory of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield: inscribed, 'Liber domus sancti barthomomei in smyth fylde', 15th century (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Decretales' and Westminster inventory number 'no. 1059' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a blind man and a boy seated on a bench eating, with a church in the background., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

priory of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield: inscribed, 'Liber domus sancti barthomomei in smyth fylde', 15th century (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Decretales' and Westminster inventory number 'no. 1059' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of an abbot blessing a group of monks., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

priory of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield: inscribed, 'Liber domus sancti barthomomei in smyth fylde', 15th century (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Decretales' and Westminster inventory number 'no. 1059' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a king at a banquet with others., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

priory of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield: inscribed, 'Liber domus sancti barthomomei in smyth fylde', 15th century (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Decretales' and Westminster inventory number 'no. 1059' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper

• Flyleaf with ownership inscription of the Augustinian monastery of Bristol and contents list., De vita contemplativa (f. 3); Sermones (f. 58); Tractatus de obedientia (f. 59); Sermones (f. 61); Homiliae (f. 66v); De tribus habitaculis animae (f. 81v); Anonymous commentary on the Psalms (f. 86v)

Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71 (f. 4) and in the 1698

• Text page with initial 'D'(iu) and rubric at the beginning of the prologue., De vita contemplativa (f. 3); Sermones (f. 58); Tractatus de obedientia (f. 59); Sermones (f. 61); Homiliae (f. 66v); De tribus habitaculis animae (f. 81v); Anonymous commentary on the Psalms (f. 86v)

Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71 (f. 4) and in the 1698

• Miniature from the prefatory cycle of the Dream of the Magi in the upper register, and the Presentation in the Temple in the lower register., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

(ff. 137-139). The calendar includes the erased name of Thomas of Canterbury in gold display script and a number of English saints: Judoc, Edburga, Oswald, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Dunstan, Andelm, Alban, Etheldreda, Swithun, Grimbald, Kenelm, Frideswide, Edmund, Birinus, etc. The translation

• Miniature of Christ in Majesty., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

includes the erased name of Thomas of Canterbury in gold display script and a number of English saints: Judoc, Edburga, Oswald, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Dunstan, Andelm, Alban, Etheldreda, Swithun, Grimbald, Kenelm, Frideswide, Edmund, Birinus, etc. The translation of Thomas of Canterbury

• Calendar page for February with an inhabited initial 'KL' and two medallions, of a man warming himself by the fire, and of Pisces., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

(ff. 137-139). The calendar includes the erased name of Thomas of Canterbury in gold display script and a number of English saints: Judoc, Edburga, Oswald, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Dunstan, Andelm, Alban, Etheldreda, Swithun, Grimbald, Kenelm, Frideswide, Edmund, Birinus, etc. The translation

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of the Temptation of Christ, with a devil holding a scroll inscribed 'DIC UT LAPIDES I' (Mt. 4:2), and Christ holding a scroll inscribed 'VADE RETRO SATANA', at the beginning of Psalm 52., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

(ff. 137-139). The calendar includes the erased name of Thomas of Canterbury in gold display script and a number of English saints: Judoc, Edburga, Oswald, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Dunstan, Andelm, Alban, Etheldreda, Swithun, Grimbald, Kenelm, Frideswide, Edmund, Birinus, etc. The translation

• Historiated initial 'D'(omine) of Christ and Ecclesia, at the beginning of Psalm 101., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

(ff. 137-139). The calendar includes the erased name of Thomas of Canterbury in gold display script and a number of English saints: Judoc, Edburga, Oswald, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Dunstan, Andelm, Alban, Etheldreda, Swithun, Grimbald, Kenelm, Frideswide, Edmund, Birinus, etc. The translation

• Calendar page for November with an inhabited initial 'KL' and two medallions, of a man killing a pig, and of Sagittarius., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

(ff. 137-139). The calendar includes the erased name of Thomas of Canterbury in gold display script and a number of English saints: Judoc, Edburga, Oswald, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Dunstan, Andelm, Alban, Etheldreda, Swithun, Grimbald, Kenelm, Frideswide, Edmund, Birinus, etc. The translation

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of God the Father and God the Son, at the beginning of Psalm 109., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

(ff. 137-139). The calendar includes the erased name of Thomas of Canterbury in gold display script and a number of English saints: Judoc, Edburga, Oswald, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Dunstan, Andelm, Alban, Etheldreda, Swithun, Grimbald, Kenelm, Frideswide, Edmund, Birinus, etc. The translation

• Diagram of the habitable and uninhabitable zones of the world., De temporum ratione; a collection of short verse and prose texts including Liber monstrorum

(see Ker 1949).Patrick Young [Junius] (b. 1584, d. 1652), royal librarian and scholar: notes in his hand (ff.199-203).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Royal seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1); included in the catalogue of 1666,

• Donor inscriptions and pressmark., Sermons (f. 2); Statutes of the Church of Hereford (f. 258v)

Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71 (f. 6 ) and in the 1698

• Decorated initial 'F'., Theological treatises

Librarian to King James I~, ed. by J. Atkins and N. R. Ker (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1944).Corrections in an English hand of the 10th century (e.g., f. 80v).Press-mark R/cxcii altered to R/xxvii in a 14th-century hand (f. 100v). John

• Flyleaf with pressmarks and contents list., Theological treatises

Librarian to King James I~, ed. by J. Atkins and N. R. Ker (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1944).Corrections in an English hand of the 10th century (e.g., f. 80v).Press-mark R/cxcii altered to R/xxvii in a 14th-century hand (f. 100v). John

• Text page with rubric., Theological treatises

Librarian to King James I~, ed. by J. Atkins and N. R. Ker (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1944).Corrections in an English hand of the 10th century (e.g., f. 80v).Press-mark R/cxcii altered to R/xxvii in a 14th-century hand (f. 100v). John

• Decorated initial 'E' and display capitals., Theological treatises

Librarian to King James I~, ed. by J. Atkins and N. R. Ker (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1944).Corrections in an English hand of the 10th century (e.g., f. 80v).Press-mark R/cxcii altered to R/xxvii in a 14th-century hand (f. 100v). John