• Detail of a miniature of birds and a fox pretending to be dead, in the upper register, and a fox with a bird in its mouth, in the lower register., Bestiary (ff. 3-141), Lapidary (ff. 141v-149)

the same hand, 15th century (f.151v).Added verses in English beginning, 'He that wyll all parell flee / He must with wysdome armyd be...', 15th century (f. 152).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 519' (f.

• Detail of a miniature in two registers: above, wolves; below: a man standing on a garment, and birds in a nest., Bestiary (ff. 3-141), Lapidary (ff. 141v-149)

the same hand, 15th century (f.151v).Added verses in English beginning, 'He that wyll all parell flee / He must with wysdome armyd be...', 15th century (f. 152).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 519' (f.

• Detail of a foliate initial 'B'(estiarium), at the beginning of the text., Bestiary (ff. 3-141), Lapidary (ff. 141v-149)

the same hand, 15th century (f.151v).Added verses in English beginning, 'He that wyll all parell flee / He must with wysdome armyd be...', 15th century (f. 152).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 519' (f.

• Detail of a miniature of a phoenix burning, illustrating the text that when it felt that it was growing old, it would make its own funeral pyre, and allow itself to be consumed in the flames, which it fanned with its wings, and that it would rise again from the ashes., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

the text that when it felt that it was growing old, it would make its own funeral pyre, and allow itself to be consumed in the flames, which it fanned with its wings, and that it would rise again from

• Miniature of eagles, one holding a fish, illustrating the text that when it is young the eagle can see fish in the sea from a great height; but when it gets old its eyes become dim, so it flies towards the sun and burns off the dimness, before immersing itself in water, which restores it to full strength and perfect eyesight., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

the eagle can see fish in the sea from a great height; but when it gets old its eyes become dim, so it flies towards the sun and burns off the dimness, before immersing itself in water, which restores it

• Miniature of eagles, one holding a fish, illustrating the text that when it is young the eagle can see fish in the sea from a great height; but when it gets old its eyes become dim, so it flies towards the sun and burns off the dimness, before immersing itself in water, which restores it to full strength and perfect eyesight., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

the eagle can see fish in the sea from a great height; but when it gets old its eyes become dim, so it flies towards the sun and burns off the dimness, before immersing itself in water, which restores it

• Miniature of a phoenix biting a branch, and below, burning, illustrating the text that when it felt that it was growing old, it would make its own funeral pyre, and allow itself to be consumed in the flames, which it fanned with its wings, and that it would rise again from the ashes., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

illustrating the text that when it felt that it was growing old, it would make its own funeral pyre, and allow itself to be consumed in the flames, which it fanned with its wings, and that it would rise again

• Detail of a foliate initial 'D'(omino) with human heads, at the beginning of the preface., Commentary on Matthew

præfatione notis et indice ad editionem primam~, 6 vols (Farnborough: Gregg International Publishers, 1970), IV, p. 160). The Old Royal Library (English Royal library) after 1533: Westminster inventory number 'no 207', included in the inventory of books in the Upper

• Inhabited initial 'B'(eatus) with 'white lions', at the beginning of the treatise on Psalm 1., Flores Psalterii

prior of the Rochester cell at Walton St. Felix, or Felixstowe ('Waletune') (Royal 5 B. XII, f. 3).The Old Royal Library (The English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 705' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Decorated initial 'A'(pud) at the beginning of the Commentary on Psalms., Commentary on Psalms

St. Mary and St. Benedict, Ramsey: inscribed on a pasted piece of parchment, 'Liber monasterii Rameseye' (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1289' (f. 2), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Zoomorphic initial 'S'(anctus) formed of a dragon, with foliate decoration, display script, and pen-flourishing in the margin, at the beginning of the prologue to the commentary on Psalms., Commentary on Psalms 1-50

liber s[anc]ti Albani q[ue]m q[ui] ei abstulerit aut titulum delev[er]it anathema sit' 13th or 14th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'prima quinquagena Pulli s[upe]r psalteriu[m]', and Westminster inventory number 'no. 1359' (f. 1),

• Inhabited initial 'I'(n principio) with lions, at the beginning of Diatessaron., Diatessaron (or Unum ex quatuor), with glosses

Longland, bishop of Lincoln and confessor of Henry VIII, Royal Appendix 69, f. 6v (see Carley 2000). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 895' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Decorated initial 'B'(eatus), at the beginning of Psalm 1, and two initials 'P'(rimus) and 'A'(biit) with penwork extensions, at the beginning of gloss divisions, and a drawing of a hand in the margin., Psalter, glossed, with 5 Canticles

/ ut Deus ignoscat, et parcat lampadis ori./', end of the 12th century (f. 137).Erased inscription (f. 137).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 695' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Inhabited initial 'P'(aulus) with white lions interlaced with a foliate scroll and an attached portrait of Peter Lombard writing the first words of his commentary, 'hunc epistola[m] / s/cribit / ap[osto]l[us]s roma/nos'., Pauline Epistles, with the commentary of Peter Lombard

the commentary of Peter Lombard Added two indexes to homilies on the Pauline Epistles, 14th century (f. 213r-v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 189' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Inhabited initial 'P'(ur) with lions interlaced with a foliate scroll, at the beginning of the Roman de Rou., Roman de Rou, part 2

VIII (b. 1491, d. 1547), king of England and Ireland: the monogram 'HR' [for Henricus Rex] (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 389' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Detail of an inhabited initial 'P'(rincipia) with white lions, at the beginning of the prologue., Gloss on the Pauline Epistles

219v, 222), and in ink (ff. 134v, 135v, 136v, 161, 162, 182v, 183, 185, 189v, 203), 16th century.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1030' (f. 1), and the Henrician title 'Ep[istu]le pauli cu[m] glos.';

• Detail of a historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Christ blessing and holding a book, at the beginning of Romans, and a historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of a lion and an eagle, at the beginning of the Peter Lombard's commentary to Romans., Gloss on the Pauline Epistles

219v, 222), and in ink (ff. 134v, 135v, 136v, 161, 162, 182v, 183, 185, 189v, 203), 16th century.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1030' (f. 1), and the Henrician title 'Ep[istu]le pauli cu[m] glos.';

• Detail of a historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul holding a scroll, at the beginning of Corinthians 1., Gloss on the Pauline Epistles

219v, 222), and in ink (ff. 134v, 135v, 136v, 161, 162, 182v, 183, 185, 189v, 203), 16th century.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1030' (f. 1), and the Henrician title 'Ep[istu]le pauli cu[m] glos.';

• Detail of a historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul holding a scroll and preaching to Corinthians, at the beginning of Corinthians 2., Gloss on the Pauline Epistles

219v, 222), and in ink (ff. 134v, 135v, 136v, 161, 162, 182v, 183, 185, 189v, 203), 16th century.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1030' (f. 1), and the Henrician title 'Ep[istu]le pauli cu[m] glos.';

• Detail of an inhabited initial 'P'(aulus), at the beginning of Galatians., Gloss on the Pauline Epistles

219v, 222), and in ink (ff. 134v, 135v, 136v, 161, 162, 182v, 183, 185, 189v, 203), 16th century.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1030' (f. 1), and the Henrician title 'Ep[istu]le pauli cu[m] glos.';