• Full page initial 'L'(iber) at the beginning of Matthew's Gospel with zig-zag pattern, geometric and foliate decoration., Gospel Book (the 'Thorney Gospels') with Eusebian canon tables (ff. 4v-9v); added Liber Vitae (ff. 1v-4, 9v-11,12) and list of relics (f. 11v) of Thorney Abbey

miniatures.There are some 50 pencilled or scratched interlinear glosses in OldEnglish in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke dating from the beginning of the 10th century. An OldEnglish inscription of the 2nd half of the 11th century refers

• Large decorated initial 'Q'(uoniam) at the beginning of Luke's Gospel., Gospel Book (the 'Thorney Gospels') with Eusebian canon tables (ff. 4v-9v); added Liber Vitae (ff. 1v-4, 9v-11,12) and list of relics (f. 11v) of Thorney Abbey

miniatures.There are some 50 pencilled or scratched interlinear glosses in OldEnglish in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke dating from the beginning of the 10th century. An OldEnglish inscription of the 2nd half of the 11th century refers

• Miniature of Berenice being taken, and the deaths of Antiochus and Seleucus., De casibus virorum illustrium (Des cas des ruynes des nobles hommes et fammes)

her name 'Marie Rivieres' (f. ii).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '91' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with 'Bocace le petit' included in the list

• Detail of a miniature of Boccaccio in bed, with Petrarch nearby., De casibus virorum illustrium (Des cas des ruynes des nobles hommes et fammes)

her name 'Marie Rivieres' (f. ii).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '91' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with 'Bocace le petit' included in the list

• Miniature of Boccaccio in bed, with Petrarch nearby., De casibus virorum illustrium (Des cas des ruynes des nobles hommes et fammes)

her name 'Marie Rivieres' (f. ii).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '91' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with 'Bocace le petit' included in the list

• Miniature divided in 4 compartments: 1. Pope with cardinals; 2. King of France enthroned; 3. Jean, duke of Berry receiving the book from the translator, Laurent de Premierfait; 4. A group of labourers; and a foliate initial 'A'(puissant) with a full border, at the beginning of the first prologue., De casibus virorum illustrium (Des cas des ruynes des nobles hommes et fammes)

her name 'Marie Rivieres' (f. ii).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '91' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with 'Bocace le petit' included in the list

• Miniature of executions by hanging and by beheading, with an illuminated initial 'F'(ortune) and foliate borders., De casibus virorum illustrium (Des cas des ruynes des nobles hommes et fammes)

her name 'Marie Rivieres' (f. ii).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '91' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with 'Bocace le petit' included in the list

• Detail of a miniature of executions by hanging and by beheading, with an illuminated initial 'F'(ortune) and foliate borders., De casibus virorum illustrium (Des cas des ruynes des nobles hommes et fammes)

her name 'Marie Rivieres' (f. ii).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '91' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with 'Bocace le petit' included in the list

• Miniature of the death of Saul and David ordering the execution of the Amalekite, with a foliate initial 'A'(ulcuns) and a partial border., De casibus virorum illustrium (Des cas des ruynes des nobles hommes et fammes)

her name 'Marie Rivieres' (f. ii).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '91' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with 'Bocace le petit' included in the list

• Detail of a miniature of Boccaccio writing, with Adam and Eve standing before him., De casibus virorum illustrium (Des cas des ruynes des nobles hommes et fammes)

her name 'Marie Rivieres' (f. ii).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '91' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with 'Bocace le petit' included in the list

• Miniature of the struggle of Fortune and Poverty at the crossroads, with an illuminated initial 'P'(elenus) and foliate borders., De casibus virorum illustrium (Des cas des ruynes des nobles hommes et fammes)

her name 'Marie Rivieres' (f. ii).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '91' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with 'Bocace le petit' included in the list

• Miniature of the death of Manlius, with an illuminated initial 'I'(l) and foliate borders., De casibus virorum illustrium (Des cas des ruynes des nobles hommes et fammes)

her name 'Marie Rivieres' (f. ii).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '91' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with 'Bocace le petit' included in the list

• Miniature of the death of Antonius, son of Triumvir, with an illuminated initial 'C'(hascun) and foliate borders., De casibus virorum illustrium (Des cas des ruynes des nobles hommes et fammes)

her name 'Marie Rivieres' (f. ii).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '91' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with 'Bocace le petit' included in the list

• Miniature of the death of Brunhilda, with an illuminated initial 'P'(ource que) and foliate borders., De casibus virorum illustrium (Des cas des ruynes des nobles hommes et fammes)

her name 'Marie Rivieres' (f. ii).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '91' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with 'Bocace le petit' included in the list

• Detail of a miniature of the death of Brunhilda., De casibus virorum illustrium (Des cas des ruynes des nobles hommes et fammes)

her name 'Marie Rivieres' (f. ii).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '91' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with 'Bocace le petit' included in the list

• Historiated initial 'P'(opulus) of Vegatius, with a partial white vine-stem border ('bianchi girari') with birds and putti supporting an escucheon with an erased coat of arms, at the beginning of the preface., De re militari; Mulomedicina

of parchment inscribed with the title 'Vegatius de re militari et mulomedicina' from the old cover, 16th century (f. i verso).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no.1349' (f. i), acquired by the Upper Library at

• Detail of an historiated initial 'P'(opulus) of Vegatius, with a partial white vine-stem border ('bianchi girari'), at the beginning of the preface., De re militari; Mulomedicina

of parchment inscribed with the title 'Vegatius de re militari et mulomedicina' from the old cover, 16th century (f. i verso).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no.1349' (f. i), acquired by the Upper Library at

• Detail of putti supporting an escucheon with an erased coat of arms at the bottom of the folio, at the beginning of the preface., De re militari; Mulomedicina

of parchment inscribed with the title 'Vegatius de re militari et mulomedicina' from the old cover, 16th century (f. i verso).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no.1349' (f. i), acquired by the Upper Library at

• An inscription in Old English from the 2nd half of the 11th century referring to the former binding of the manuscript: '+Aelfric 7 wulfwine. Eadgife goldsmides geafen to broperraedenne twegen orn weghenes goldes daet is on pis ilce boc her foruten gewired' (Aelfric and Wulfwine, goldsmiths of Eadgifu, gave for the confraternity two oras of weighed gold which is wired without upon this same book)., Gospel Book (the 'Thorney Gospels') with Eusebian canon tables (ff. 4v-9v); added Liber Vitae (ff. 1v-4, 9v-11,12) and list of relics (f. 11v) of Thorney Abbey

miniatures.There are some 50 pencilled or scratched interlinear glosses in OldEnglish in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke dating from the beginning of the 10th century. An OldEnglish inscription of the 2nd half of the 11th century refers

• 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