• 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

• 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

• Decorated initial 'I'(eronimus) at the beginning of the prologue, with the Henrician title 'Cronica ab Abraham usque ad annum domini 1168 Eusebii, Hieronimi, Prosperi, Sigisberti', and the Westminster inventory number 'no. 1033' added in the upper margin., 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 'P'(rimus) with the chronological tables of the life of Abraham., 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 'M'(oysen) at the beginning of Eusebius's preface to his Chronici canones., 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

• The arms of the guild of barber-surgeons of the city of York., Guild Book of the Barber Surgeons of York, including its ordinances

York. 15 large miniatures in colours, of heraldry and portrait busts of English sovereigns from Henry VII to Elizabeth I (ff. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11) with additions of various dates, including some added on panels, of sovereigns to

• Miniature of a bust of Henry VIII., Guild Book of the Barber Surgeons of York, including its ordinances

miniatures in colours, of heraldry and portrait busts of English sovereigns from Henry VII to Elizabeth I (ff. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11) with additions of various dates, including some added on panels, of sovereigns to George III (ff.