• Miniature of a king, with an orb in his hand, giving instructions to a group of men, at the beginning of book 3., De la chose de la chevalerie

f. ii, 16th century.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 11.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. King Jeanne

• Detail of miniature of Bel-Acoeil talking to the old woman., Roman de la Rose (ff. 2-175v), la Bataille d'Annezin (a burlesque chanson in 50 alexandrines), beginning 'A l'entrée de may / quivers va a declin' (ff. 176v-177)

Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 13 or 14.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Bel-Acoeil talking to the old woman

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uoniam), with a display script, at the beginning of Luke., Gospel Book

Added corrections 'diens', and 'ferebant' correcting 'dicebant', 9th century caroline minuscule (ff. 55, 75); and added punctuation (ff. 73-77).Added OldEnglish text of manumission by King Athelstan of c. 925, stating that king Athelstan freed Eadhelm very soon after he

• Detail of a decorated initial 'Q'(uoniam), with a display script, at the beginning of Luke., Gospel Book

Added corrections 'diens', and 'ferebant' correcting 'dicebant', 9th century caroline minuscule (ff. 55, 75); and added punctuation (ff. 73-77).Added OldEnglish text of manumission by King Athelstan of c. 925, stating that king Athelstan freed Eadhelm very soon after he

• Text page., Gospel Book

Added corrections 'diens', and 'ferebant' correcting 'dicebant', 9th century caroline minuscule (ff. 55, 75); and added punctuation (ff. 73-77).Added OldEnglish text of manumission by King Athelstan of c. 925, stating that king Athelstan freed Eadhelm very soon after he

• Detail of a miniature of Francis with a decorated initial 'L'., Miscellaneous theological works, including the Life of Saint Francis (ff. 152-295); Encontre Tribulation (ff. 84-127); L'abbaye de saint esperit (ff. 132v-139v); Le cloistre espirituel (ff. 148-52)

'HR' [for Henricus Rex] (f. 1).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') 64 (f. [i]).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 517' (f. 1), included in the inventory of

• Two illuminated initial 'I'(mperator) with border extensions, including birds, at the beginning of the Glossa ordinaria to the Institutiones., Glossa ordinaria to the Institutiones and Glossa ordinaria to the Tres libri

Amen' (f. 1) (see Warner and Gilson).Added list of contents of the Tres libri, 14th-century English hand (ff. 264-265) .The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1356' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at

• Detail of a historiated initial 'A'(d comentum) of Gregory delivering a letter to two cardinals., Lectura in quinque libros Decretalium (Books 1-2)

titul[u]m deleverit anathema sit', 14th century (f. 1*v); St Albans coat of arms held by Alban (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 38[4]' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Detail of a historiated initial 'D'(e) of plaintiffs before a judge, at the beginning of book 2., Lectura in quinque libros Decretalium (Books 1-2)

titul[u]m deleverit anathema sit', 14th century (f. 1*v); St Albans coat of arms held by Alban (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 38[4]' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Miniature of Prudence writing at a desk, with pupils sitting in front of her, and a foliate initial 'C'(es), at the beginning of the rubric 'De la vertu de prudence'., La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame

Paraphs in red or blue. La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1404' (f. 1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Miniature of a man and a women at a table with a man drinking from a cup, illustrating the virtue of temperence, and a foliate initial 'L'(a vertu), at the beginning of the rubric 'De la vertu datrempance', and a miniature of a personification of Fortitude holding a disk with a lion, and a foliate initial 'L'(a vertu), at the beginning of the rubric 'De la vertu de force'., La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame

Paraphs in red or blue. La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1404' (f. 1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Miniature divided in two compartments: 1. Moses receiving the tablets of the law from God and Moses breaking the tablets of the law; and 2. The worship of the golden calf; with two foliate initials 'L'(e premier) and 'C'(hoses), at the beginning of the text of La somme le roi., La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame

Paraphs in red or blue. La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1404' (f. 1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of a miniature divided in two compartments: 1. Moses receiving the tablets of the law from God and Moses breaking the tablets of the law; and 2. The worship of the golden calf, at the beginning of the text of La somme le roi., La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame

Paraphs in red or blue. La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1404' (f. 1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of a miniature of the Apostles composing the creed., La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame

Paraphs in red or blue. La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1404' (f. 1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Miniature of the Apostles composing the creed., La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame

Paraphs in red or blue. La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1404' (f. 1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of a miniature of Prudence writing at a desk, with pupils sitting in front of her., La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame

Paraphs in red or blue. La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1404' (f. 1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of a miniature of a man and a women at a table with a man drinking from a cup, illustrating the virtue of temperence., La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame

Paraphs in red or blue. La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1404' (f. 1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of a miniature of a personification of Fortitude holding a disk with a lion., La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame

Paraphs in red or blue. La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1404' (f. 1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of a miniature of the Seven-headed beast trampling on a saint., La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame

Paraphs in red or blue. La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1404' (f. 1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Miniature of the Seven-headed beast trampling on a saint., La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame

Paraphs in red or blue. La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1404' (f. 1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after