• 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

• 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

• Historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul holding a scroll with the inscription 'Ad Timotheu[m]', at the beginning of 1Timothy, and an illuminated initial 'P'(aulus) at the beginning of the gloss., Gloss on the Pauline Epistles

pen-flourishing in blue. Gloss on the Pauline Epistles Added chapter numbers, 14th-century English hand.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Paul Peter Lombard France, N. France, Central or N. (Paris?)

• 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

• Initial 'F' with spiral and interlace decoration., 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

• Detail of a decorated initial 'D'(ixim)., Epistola de vita S. Dunstani; Life of St Dunstan

press mark 'D VII' and title (f. 2); included in the 1389 catalogue.John Joscelin [Joscelyn] (b. 1529, d. 1603), OldEnglish scholar and Church of England clergyman, Archbishop Parker's secretary (with his annotations and supplements; see Tite, 1992, p. 117).?

• Detail of historiated initial 'R'(ege) with a seated scribe labelled 'OSBEARNVS', a censing monk, animals, and animal heads., Epistola de vita S. Dunstani; Life of St Dunstan

press mark 'D VII' and title (f. 2); included in the 1389 catalogue.John Joscelin [Joscelyn] (b. 1529, d. 1603), OldEnglish scholar and Church of England clergyman, Archbishop Parker's secretary (with his annotations and supplements; see Tite, 1992, p. 117).?

• Historiated initial 'R'(ege) with a seated scribe labelled 'OSBEARNVS', a censing monk, animals, and animal heads, at the beginning of Osbern's Life of St Dunstan., Epistola de vita S. Dunstani; Life of St Dunstan

press mark 'D VII' and title (f. 2); included in the 1389 catalogue.John Joscelin [Joscelyn] (b. 1529, d. 1603), OldEnglish scholar and Church of England clergyman, Archbishop Parker's secretary (with his annotations and supplements; see Tite, 1992, p. 117).?

• Decorated initial 'D'(iximus) at the beginning of Book II of Osbern's LIfe of St Dunstan; the script perhaps by two scribes., Epistola de vita S. Dunstani; Life of St Dunstan

press mark 'D VII' and title (f. 2); included in the 1389 catalogue.John Joscelin [Joscelyn] (b. 1529, d. 1603), OldEnglish scholar and Church of England clergyman, Archbishop Parker's secretary (with his annotations and supplements; see Tite, 1992, p. 117).?

• Chronological tables., Chronica

hospital of St Thomas of Acon, Cheapside, London (see inscription above).Added list of contents, 16th century (f. 2v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Cronica ab Abraham usque ad annum domini 1168 Eusebii, Hieronimi, Prosperi, Sigisberti', and

• Decorated initials 'A'(b) and 'I'(gitur)., Chronica

hospital of St Thomas of Acon, Cheapside, London (see inscription above).Added list of contents, 16th century (f. 2v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Cronica ab Abraham usque ad annum domini 1168 Eusebii, Hieronimi, Prosperi, Sigisberti', and

• Decorated initial 'T'(heodosius)., Chronica

hospital of St Thomas of Acon, Cheapside, London (see inscription above).Added list of contents, 16th century (f. 2v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Cronica ab Abraham usque ad annum domini 1168 Eusebii, Hieronimi, Prosperi, Sigisberti', and

• Ownership inscription of John Pyk, schoolmaster of St Martin le Grand, London, reading 'Iste liber constat Iohanni Pyke magistro scolarum sancti Martini magni Londoniarum', with extracts of notabilia from Robert Torigni's chronicle., Chronica

hospital of St Thomas of Acon, Cheapside, London (see inscription above).Added list of contents, 16th century (f. 2v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Cronica ab Abraham usque ad annum domini 1168 Eusebii, Hieronimi, Prosperi, Sigisberti', and