• Miniature of Greeks by the sea shore ascending a path, with Orientals looking on., Anabasis

Lancaster (f. 20).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Perhaps included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, ff. 14 or 14v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library.

• Miniature of the Greeks in council on the shore, with an island castle and ship nearby, with a full foliate border with birds and grotesques., Anabasis

Lancaster (f. 20).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Perhaps included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, ff. 14 or 14v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library.

• Miniature of the Greeks making merry., Anabasis

Lancaster (f. 20).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Perhaps included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, ff. 14 or 14v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library.

• Detail of a miniature of the Greeks making merry., Anabasis

Lancaster (f. 20).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Perhaps included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, ff. 14 or 14v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library.

• Miniature of fighting at the gates of Byzantium., Anabasis

Lancaster (f. 20).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Perhaps included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, ff. 14 or 14v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library.

• Coloured initials., Gemma animae sive De divinis officis

with an inscription reading 'Indentura Joh[an]is Bacher[i] firmar[i] de Strode in / obligac[i]one ad ...' (f. i verso).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 359' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Text page with coloured initials, with a partially erased inscription, reading 'Hic est liber [erased] et q[u]icu[m]q[ue] furat[us] fuerit hunc libru[m] / anatematizat[us] est et cu[m] daton et Abiron co[m]mendat[us] est. Fiat, Fiat, Amen,' in the lower margin.', Gemma animae sive De divinis officis

with an inscription reading 'Indentura Joh[an]is Bacher[i] firmar[i] de Strode in / obligac[i]one ad ...' (f. i verso).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 359' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Zoomorphic initial 'A'(eterni) formed of two dragons interlaced with two other animals, at the beginning of the text; with an ownership inscription of he cathedral priory of St. Andrew, Rochester, reading 'Liber de claust[r]o Roffens[i] H.mo[nachi]', in the lower margin., Gemma animae sive De divinis officis

with an inscription reading 'Indentura Joh[an]is Bacher[i] firmar[i] de Strode in / obligac[i]one ad ...' (f. i verso).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 359' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• 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

• Large zoomorphic initial 'V'(ir) with elongated dragon and foliate decoration at the beginning of the commentary on Genesis., Liber testimonium veteris testamenti (parts 1 and 3); Sermo (f. 117); In canticum canticorum (9 excerpts)(f. 117v)

noted by Casley (see David Casley, ~A Catalogue of the Manuscripts of the King’s Library~ (London, 1734)). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71 (f. 15v) and in the 1698

• Initial 'C'(aute) with foliate decoration at the beginning of the commentary on Job., Liber testimonium veteris testamenti (parts 1 and 3); Sermo (f. 117); In canticum canticorum (9 excerpts)(f. 117v)

noted by Casley (see David Casley, ~A Catalogue of the Manuscripts of the King’s Library~ (London, 1734)). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71 (f. 15v) and in the 1698

• Initial 'D'(um) with foliate decoration at the beginning of the prologue of the 'Liber testimoniorum'., Liber testimonium veteris testamenti (parts 1 and 3); Sermo (f. 117); In canticum canticorum (9 excerpts)(f. 117v)

noted by Casley (see David Casley, ~A Catalogue of the Manuscripts of the King’s Library~ (London, 1734)). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71 (f. 15v) and in the 1698

• Initial 'D'(um) with foliate decoration at the beginning of the commentary on the Book of Psalms., Liber testimonium veteris testamenti (parts 1 and 3); Sermo (f. 117); In canticum canticorum (9 excerpts)(f. 117v)

noted by Casley (see David Casley, ~A Catalogue of the Manuscripts of the King’s Library~ (London, 1734)). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71 (f. 15v) and in the 1698

• Drawing of a circle, representing the scheme of the heptarchy, with seven spheres surrounding a central one., The Scheme of the Heptarchy (f. 40), the Roman de Brut (ff. 40-113), the Estoire des Engles (ff. 113-150) (index Estoire des Engleis)

cited in ~The Libraries of the Augustinian Canons~ 1998 p. 32; see also Lawrence-Mathers 2003 p. 189).All PartsThe Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1146 ' (f. 14); acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster

• Two decorated initials 'O' and 'H', the latter with pen-flourishing., Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia novella; Historia regum Britanniae

British, Norman, Saxon, and Welsh kings, with Edward IV mentioned as the last king, 15th century (ff. 1-3).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 983' (f. 4), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Text page with the ownership inscription of the Cistercian abbey of St Mary, Margam, Glamorganshire, reading 'Liber monacho[rum] s[an]c[t]e / marie de margan.', Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia novella; Historia regum Britanniae

British, Norman, Saxon, and Welsh kings, with Edward IV mentioned as the last king, 15th century (ff. 1-3).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 983' (f. 4), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Decorated initial 'R'(es)., Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia novella; Historia regum Britanniae

British, Norman, Saxon, and Welsh kings, with Edward IV mentioned as the last king, 15th century (ff. 1-3).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 983' (f. 4), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Two decorated initials 'S' and 'W'., Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia novella; Historia regum Britanniae

British, Norman, Saxon, and Welsh kings, with Edward IV mentioned as the last king, 15th century (ff. 1-3).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 983' (f. 4), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• 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