• Cancelled first leaf with various erasures, prefixed as a flyleaf. The other side has been left blank, and the space left for an initial has not been filled in. This leaf was abandoned, and the text re-written on the following one, which is now the start of the book., Sermons, beginning, 'Hodie nobis dominus patrem cum filiis duobus vocavit'

Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): red seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1).Patrick Young [Junius] (b. 1584, d. 1652), royal librarian and scholar:inscribed by him, ' Petri Chrysologi sermones 76' (f. 2).The Old Royal Library (the

• Bas-de-page scene of an eagle, crouching over a hill and drinking from a stream (to renew itself when old)., Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter')

when old). Includes 150 Psalms (ff. 85-280) with a calendar of Sarum use (ff. 71v-83), canticles (ff. 280v-302) and litany (ff. 302v-318).Catchwords and quire signatures. 223 prefatory miniatures in colours, in tinted drawing, generally two per page, of the Old

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of an eagle, crouching over a hill and drinking from a stream (to renew itself when old)., Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter')

when old). Includes 150 Psalms (ff. 85-280) with a calendar of Sarum use (ff. 71v-83), canticles (ff. 280v-302) and litany (ff. 302v-318).Catchwords and quire signatures. 223 prefatory miniatures in colours, in tinted drawing, generally two per page, of the Old

• Miniature in four compartments, with portraits of English kings: William I and William Rufus, in the upper register, and Henry I and Stephen, in the lower register., Historia Anglorum, Chronica majora, Part III; Continuation of Chronica maiora

of 1534; notes in his hand (ff. 10-100).Added leaves replacing the original folios, 16th century (ff. 34-35v). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1041' (f. 1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Miniature in four compartments, with portraits of English kings: Henry II and Richard I, in the upper register, and John and Henry III, in the lower register., Historia Anglorum, Chronica majora, Part III; Continuation of Chronica maiora

of 1534; notes in his hand (ff. 10-100).Added leaves replacing the original folios, 16th century (ff. 34-35v). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1041' (f. 1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of a miniature of a bishop with two priests, one before an altar, illustrating a case of a bishop removing a priest from a church and substituting another, with a foliate initial 'S'(ententia), at the beginning of causa 9., Decretum, with the Glossa ordinaria

to the prior of St Albans, now Royal 14 B LI, found in the manuscript, late 15th century.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 984' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of a miniature of two laymen discussing with a cleric, and two churches with altars, illustrating a case of people moving from one diocese to another, with a foliate initial 'D'(iocesiani), at the beginning of causa 13., Decretum, with the Glossa ordinaria

to the prior of St Albans, now Royal 14 B LI, found in the manuscript, late 15th century.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 984' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of a miniature of a monk and two laymen with a monastic habit, illustrating the case of two novices, one of whom becomes a monk, while the other returns to the world, with a foliate initial 'D'(uo), at the beginning of causa 20., Decretum, with the Glossa ordinaria

to the prior of St Albans, now Royal 14 B LI, found in the manuscript, late 15th century.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 984' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of a miniature of a dying man with a woman at this bed, and the woman marring another man, illustrating a case of a widow who married a man with whom she had committed an adultery, with a foliate initial 'U'(xorem), at the beginning of causa 31., Decretum, with the Glossa ordinaria

to the prior of St Albans, now Royal 14 B LI, found in the manuscript, late 15th century.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 984' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Text page in a section of the manuscript which contains prayers of Irish origin, including an incantation against weak eyesight: '...give light of the eyes to me.' Near its end, it calls upon the body parts and qualities of saints and Old Testament figures ('the tongue of Solomon, neck of Timothy, mind of Benjamin ...') and ends with the 'Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus.' Below it is a late 9th- or early 10th-century inscription in Old English concerning the gift of property by its founder, Ealhswith., Extracts from the Gospels and prayers ('The Book of Nunnaminster')

of saints and Old Testament figures ('the tongue of Solomon, neck of Timothy, mind of Benjamin ...') and ends with the 'Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus.' Below it is a late 9th- or early 10th-century inscription in OldEnglish concerning the gift

• Decorated initials 'U'(t) and 'A'(nno)., Historiae adversus paganos, in seven books, preceded by an 'Argumentum' (ff. 1-122); De bello Troiana (index De excidio troiae historia), preceded by the supposititious letter of Cornelius Nepos to Sallust, beginning, 'Cornelius Salustio suo salutem. Cum multa Athenis' (ff. 123-133v), imperfect at the end (the manuscript breaks off at the end of Chapter 46)

took place before the compilation (c. 1635) of the Cotton library catalogue in Add. 36789, f. 36. The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): possibly included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 19v; red seal of

• Historiated initial 'Q'(uoniam) of a teacher with students, at the beginning of the Physica., Physical treatises

Inscribed 'Iste liber est in custodia fratris Iohannis de .......', early 14th century English hand (f. 3v).Added commonplaces, chiefly philosophical, including a few proverbs, early 14th century English hand (ff. 2r-v).Notes including names of Oliver Went, John Bedyngton, John Thwenge,

• Text page with glosses and marginal drawings., Physical treatises

Inscribed 'Iste liber est in custodia fratris Iohannis de .......', early 14th century English hand (f. 3v).Added commonplaces, chiefly philosophical, including a few proverbs, early 14th century English hand (ff. 2r-v).Notes including names of Oliver Went, John Bedyngton, John Thwenge,

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a goat playing the violin., Glosses to Aristotle's Physical treatises, with a table of contents

Inscribed 'Iste liber est in custodia fratris Iohannis de .......', early 14th century English hand (f. 3v).Added commonplaces, chiefly philosophical, including a few proverbs, early 14th century English hand (ff. 2r-v).Notes including names of Oliver Went, John Bedyngton, John Thwenge,

• Historiated initial 'P'(ost quam) of a man gazing at the heavens, with earth and sea before him, at the beginning of Meteorologica, and a marginal drawing of a man pointing to a gloss., Physical treatises

Inscribed 'Iste liber est in custodia fratris Iohannis de .......', early 14th century English hand (f. 3v).Added commonplaces, chiefly philosophical, including a few proverbs, early 14th century English hand (ff. 2r-v).Notes including names of Oliver Went, John Bedyngton, John Thwenge,

• Detail of a historiated initial 'P'(ost quam) of a man, with the sky, earth, and sea before him, at the beginning of Meteorologica, with an instruction for the display script., Physical treatises

Inscribed 'Iste liber est in custodia fratris Iohannis de .......', early 14th century English hand (f. 3v).Added commonplaces, chiefly philosophical, including a few proverbs, early 14th century English hand (ff. 2r-v).Notes including names of Oliver Went, John Bedyngton, John Thwenge,

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a mounted king stabbing at a hart with his sword., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

priory of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield: inscribed, 'Liber domus sancti barthomomei in smyth fylde', 15th century (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Decretales' and Westminster inventory number 'no. 1059' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a king approaching a castle, in which hide a group of naked people; there are angels on the battlements., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

priory of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield: inscribed, 'Liber domus sancti barthomomei in smyth fylde', 15th century (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Decretales' and Westminster inventory number 'no. 1059' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a drunk hermit and woman embracing on the ground near a windmill; the miller emerges carrying a mallet., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

priory of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield: inscribed, 'Liber domus sancti barthomomei in smyth fylde', 15th century (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Decretales' and Westminster inventory number 'no. 1059' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of three kings standing together, each holding a hawk., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

priory of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield: inscribed, 'Liber domus sancti barthomomei in smyth fylde', 15th century (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Decretales' and Westminster inventory number 'no. 1059' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper