• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a man placing the heads of spotted animals he has killed on poles., 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 mounted man approaching a king and two women., 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 bathing in a tub, with attendants., 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 being massaged, while an attendant brings a cup., 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 attacking a boar and a bear., 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 wounded swordsman lying on a hillock, flanked by the bear and boar he has just slain., 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 and his attendants coming upon a wounded swordsman and the animals that he has slain., 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 wounded swordsman being carried into a castle, while a king rides behind., 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 wounded swordsman lying in bed, with his attendants nearby., 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

• Text page., De viris illustribus; Retractationes, a list of letters of Augustine, Epistulae ad Quodvulteum; De viris illustribus; De institutionibus divinarum litterarum; In libros veteris et novi testamenti prooemia, extracts from De ecclesiasticis officis, De ortu et orbitu patrum, De nominibus legis et evangelii sive Allegoriae

century.Westminster Abbey: inscribed, 'Eccl[es]ie b[eat]i Pet[r]i Westm[onasteriensis]', 14th-15th century (f. 138).Initials 'H. C', 16th century? (f. 138). 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 'I'(gitur) with an extension in the form of a dragon., Regula sancti Benedicti with notes and commentary; Templum Domini, meditations and works on sin, penitence etc.

of the 'redditus assise ad conuentum pertinens per annum' and 'anniuersarii' (f. 126v), (see Warner and Gilson 1921).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 754 ' (f. 5); included in the inventory of books in

• Pen-flourished initial 'S'(pecies) and a pen-flourished initial 'T'(e igitur), Regula sancti Benedicti with notes and commentary; Templum Domini, meditations and works on sin, penitence etc.

of the 'redditus assise ad conuentum pertinens per annum' and 'anniuersarii' (f. 126v), (see Warner and Gilson 1921).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 754 ' (f. 5); included in the inventory of books in

• Text page of Grosseteste's Templum Dei with framed marginal notes and table containing 'cures' for sin., Regula sancti Benedicti with notes and commentary; Templum Domini, meditations and works on sin, penitence etc.

of the 'redditus assise ad conuentum pertinens per annum' and 'anniuersarii' (f. 126v), (see Warner and Gilson 1921).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 754 ' (f. 5); included in the inventory of books in

• Text page with tables pertaining to carnal, legal and spiritual relations in marriage., Regula sancti Benedicti with notes and commentary; Templum Domini, meditations and works on sin, penitence etc.

of the 'redditus assise ad conuentum pertinens per annum' and 'anniuersarii' (f. 126v), (see Warner and Gilson 1921).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 754 ' (f. 5); included in the inventory of books in

• Initial 'D'(e) with partial border decorated in foliate patterns., Remediarum conversorum

diocese, showing the persons liable and the amount due from them (ff. v-vii) (see Warner and Gilson, 1921).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Royal seal of a ship, 17th century (f. iv ) and the Westminster inventory number

• Initial 'A'(lia)with foliate decoration and pen-flourishing., Remediarum conversorum

diocese, showing the persons liable and the amount due from them (ff. v-vii) (see Warner and Gilson, 1921).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Royal seal of a ship, 17th century (f. iv ) and the Westminster inventory number

• Puzzle initial 'R'(everendo) with foliate decoration., Remediarum conversorum

diocese, showing the persons liable and the amount due from them (ff. v-vii) (see Warner and Gilson, 1921).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Royal seal of a ship, 17th century (f. iv ) and the Westminster inventory number

• Large puzzle initial 'P'(rocul) with foliate decoration., Remediarum conversorum

diocese, showing the persons liable and the amount due from them (ff. v-vii) (see Warner and Gilson, 1921).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Royal seal of a ship, 17th century (f. iv ) and the Westminster inventory number

• Puzzle initial 'E'(t) with foliate decoration., Remediarum conversorum

diocese, showing the persons liable and the amount due from them (ff. v-vii) (see Warner and Gilson, 1921).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Royal seal of a ship, 17th century (f. iv ) and the Westminster inventory number

• Miniature in four registers at the end of the prologue to the Psalter: the Crucifixion, the Martyrdom of Thomas of Canterbury, the Virgin instructing Thomas to wear a hair shirt and, in the same register, Christ coming to Thomas, and Christ standing before Thomas, in the lower register. Illuminated initial 'D'(avid) with a hybrid, at the beginning of the prologue to the Psalter., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (The 'Bible of William of Devon')

of Devon') Written by William of Devon: his colophon, 'Will[elmu]s devoniensis scripsit istum / librum/' (f. 540v). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 972' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the