• Ownership inscription of the Franciscan convent of Babwell, Bury St Edmunds (with text showing through from the other side of the leaf)., Bible with prologues

(with text showing through from the other side of the leaf). The Old Testament ends imperfect in II Maccabees 14:33; the New Testament ends imperfect in Luke 3:31.The general prologue is not divided into chapters; chapters do not start on

• Puzzle initial 'I'(n) at the beginning of Genesis., Bible with prologues

the beginning of Genesis. The Old Testament ends imperfect in II Maccabees 14:33; the New Testament ends imperfect in Luke 3:31.The general prologue is not divided into chapters; chapters do not start on new lines; Proverbs starts on a new

• Puzzle initial 'F'(rater) at the beginning of the general prologue, Bible with prologues

beginning of the general prologue The Old Testament ends imperfect in II Maccabees 14:33; the New Testament ends imperfect in Luke 3:31.The general prologue is not divided into chapters; chapters do not start on new lines; Proverbs starts on a

• Text page with pen-flourished initial and catchword., 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

• 2 ownership inscriptions stating that the book belonged to John Preston, monk of St Augustine's abbey, Canterbury, and that it was included in the library of St Augustine's, reading 'Summa Magistri Johannis Dumbletone / fratris Iohannis Prestone,' and 'de librario s. Aug. ext[ra] Cantuariam distin[ctio]ne xii gradu iii'., Summa logicae et naturalis philosophiae, with an index

the catalogue of St. Augustine's abbey as 'Summa Johannis Dumbilton Magistri Johannis Preston;, no. 1324 (see Barker-Benfield, 2008).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 816' (f. 4), included in the inventory of books in the

• Miniature of a king dictating the law with a soldier and a lawyer before him, at the beginning of distinctio 1., Decretum, with the glossa ordinaria

eccl[es]ie / requiescant in pace amen', 14th century (f. 5v).Inscribed 'Iohannes Waytt of Sudbere...', 15th century (f. 4v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1380' (f. 6), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Miniature of a boy being received into a monastery, at the beginning of causa 1., Decretum, with the glossa ordinaria

eccl[es]ie / requiescant in pace amen', 14th century (f. 5v).Inscribed 'Iohannes Waytt of Sudbere...', 15th century (f. 4v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1380' (f. 6), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Miniature of a layman accusing a bishop before a judge, at the beginning of causa 4., Decretum, with the glossa ordinaria

eccl[es]ie / requiescant in pace amen', 14th century (f. 5v).Inscribed 'Iohannes Waytt of Sudbere...', 15th century (f. 4v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1380' (f. 6), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• null, Decretum, with the glossa ordinaria

eccl[es]ie / requiescant in pace amen', 14th century (f. 5v).Inscribed 'Iohannes Waytt of Sudbere...', 15th century (f. 4v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1380' (f. 6), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul preaching to a group of Corinthians, at the beginning of Corinthians., Pauline Epistles, glossed with the commentary of Peter Lombard

Pauline Epistles, glossed with the commentary of Peter Lombard Added chapter numbers, 15th century.Added 'Preface unto the Lord's Prayer' in English, 16th century (ff. 152-155v).John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673), antiquary: notes in his hand (f. 5); included in the

• Historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul preaching., Pauline Epistles, glossed with the commentary of Peter Lombard

Pauline Epistles, glossed with the commentary of Peter Lombard Added chapter numbers, 15th century.Added 'Preface unto the Lord's Prayer' in English, 16th century (ff. 152-155v).John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673), antiquary: notes in his hand (f. 5); included in the

• Historiated initial ‘P’(aulus) of Paul preaching., Pauline Epistles, glossed with the commentary of Peter Lombard

Pauline Epistles, glossed with the commentary of Peter Lombard Added chapter numbers, 15th century.Added 'Preface unto the Lord's Prayer' in English, 16th century (ff. 152-155v).John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673), antiquary: notes in his hand (f. 5); included in the

• Text page., Pauline Epistles, glossed with the commentary of Peter Lombard

Pauline Epistles, glossed with the commentary of Peter Lombard Added chapter numbers, 15th century.Added 'Preface unto the Lord's Prayer' in English, 16th century (ff. 152-155v).John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673), antiquary: notes in his hand (f. 5); included in the

• Historiated initial ‘P’(aulus) of Paul preaching., Pauline Epistles, glossed with the commentary of Peter Lombard

Pauline Epistles, glossed with the commentary of Peter Lombard Added chapter numbers, 15th century.Added 'Preface unto the Lord's Prayer' in English, 16th century (ff. 152-155v).John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673), antiquary: notes in his hand (f. 5); included in the

• Detail of an historiated initial ‘P’(aulus) of Paul preaching., Pauline Epistles, glossed with the commentary of Peter Lombard

Pauline Epistles, glossed with the commentary of Peter Lombard Added chapter numbers, 15th century.Added 'Preface unto the Lord's Prayer' in English, 16th century (ff. 152-155v).John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673), antiquary: notes in his hand (f. 5); included in the

• Detail of an historiated initial ‘P’(aulus) of Paul preaching., Pauline Epistles, glossed with the commentary of Peter Lombard

Pauline Epistles, glossed with the commentary of Peter Lombard Added chapter numbers, 15th century.Added 'Preface unto the Lord's Prayer' in English, 16th century (ff. 152-155v).John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673), antiquary: notes in his hand (f. 5); included in the

• Detail of an historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul preaching., Pauline Epistles, glossed with the commentary of Peter Lombard

Pauline Epistles, glossed with the commentary of Peter Lombard Added chapter numbers, 15th century.Added 'Preface unto the Lord's Prayer' in English, 16th century (ff. 152-155v).John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673), antiquary: notes in his hand (f. 5); included in the

• Miniature of two angels holding the cloth of Veronica., Sawles Warde (ff. 1-10), Lives of Saint Katherine (ff. 11-37), Saint Margaret (ff. 37-56) and Saint Juliana (ff. 56-70); Oreison of Seinte Marie (ff. 70-70v)

(identified as the AB language by J.R.R. Tolkien, 'Ancrene Wisse and Hali Meiðhad', ~Essays and Studies by Members of the English Association~, 14 (1929): pp. 104–26).At the end of Sawles Warde (f. 10) is a colophon: 'Par seinte charite biddeð

• Illuminated initial 'C'(upientes) at the beginning of the prologue., Sententiarum libri IV

John Longland, bishop of Lincoln and confessor of Henry VIII, Royal Appendix 69, f. 5v (see Carley 2000).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 556' (f. 4), included in the inventory of books in the

• Foliate initial 'S' at the beginning of s space left for the word 'Samaritanus', at the beginning of book 4., Sententiarum libri IV

John Longland, bishop of Lincoln and confessor of Henry VIII, Royal Appendix 69, f. 5v (see Carley 2000).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 556' (f. 4), included in the inventory of books in the