• Detail of a miniature of Candace taking Alexander into her chamber and giving him a crown., Historia de proelis in a French translation (Le Livre et le vraye hystoire du bon roy Alixandre)(index Alexandre)

'HR' [for Henricus Rex] (f. i).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '73' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 475' (f. i), included in the inventory of

• Detail of a miniature of Alexander, in a cage, being carried aloft by griffins., Historia de proelis in a French translation (Le Livre et le vraye hystoire du bon roy Alixandre)(index Alexandre)

'HR' [for Henricus Rex] (f. i).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '73' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 475' (f. i), included in the inventory of

• Miniature of Alexander presented with white elephants, and a foliate initial 'L'(endemain) with a partial border, at the beginning of chapter 73., Historia de proelis in a French translation (Le Livre et le vraye hystoire du bon roy Alixandre)(index Alexandre)

'HR' [for Henricus Rex] (f. i).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '73' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 475' (f. i), included in the inventory of

• Detail of a miniature of Alexander presented with white elephants, at the beginning of chapter 73., Historia de proelis in a French translation (Le Livre et le vraye hystoire du bon roy Alixandre)(index Alexandre)

'HR' [for Henricus Rex] (f. i).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '73' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 475' (f. i), included in the inventory of

• Detail of a miniature of Alexander lowered into the sea in a cask, along with a cat and a cock, at the beginning of chapter 65., Historia de proelis in a French translation (Le Livre et le vraye hystoire du bon roy Alixandre)(index Alexandre)

'HR' [for Henricus Rex] (f. i).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '73' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 475' (f. i), included in the inventory of

• Detail of a miniature of Alexander and his fleet about to set sail., Historia de proelis in a French translation (Le Livre et le vraye hystoire du bon roy Alixandre)(index Alexandre)

'HR' [for Henricus Rex] (f. i).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '73' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 475' (f. i), included in the inventory of

• Miniature of the meeting between Alexander and the Amazons., Historia de proelis in a French translation (Le Livre et le vraye hystoire du bon roy Alixandre)(index Alexandre)

'HR' [for Henricus Rex] (f. i).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '73' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 475' (f. i), included in the inventory of

• Miniature of Alexander's battle with dragons., Historia de proelis in a French translation (Le Livre et le vraye hystoire du bon roy Alixandre)(index Alexandre)

'HR' [for Henricus Rex] (f. i).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '73' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 475' (f. i), included in the inventory of

• Miniature of Alexander the Great slaying extraordinary creatures (dragons?)., Historia de proelis in a French translation (Le Livre et le vraye hystoire du bon roy Alixandre)(index Alexandre)

'HR' [for Henricus Rex] (f. i).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '73' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 475' (f. i), included in the inventory of

• Detail of a miniature of Alexander the Great slaying other extraordinary creatures (dragons?)., Historia de proelis in a French translation (Le Livre et le vraye hystoire du bon roy Alixandre)(index Alexandre)

'HR' [for Henricus Rex] (f. i).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '73' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 475' (f. i), included in the inventory of

• Detail of a miniature of a student reading at a desk in a bedroom., Historia de proelis in a French translation (Le Livre et le vraye hystoire du bon roy Alixandre)(index Alexandre)

'HR' [for Henricus Rex] (f. i).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '73' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 475' (f. i), included in the inventory of

• Miniature of Alexander, in a cage, being carried aloft by griffins, and a foliate initial 'L'(ore) with a partial border, at the beginning of chapter 63., Historia de proelis in a French translation (Le Livre et le vraye hystoire du bon roy Alixandre)(index Alexandre)

'HR' [for Henricus Rex] (f. i).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '73' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 475' (f. i), included in the inventory of

• Illuminated initial 'S'(elon), with a full border including an added white rose of York and the closed fetterlock in the lower border., La cité des dames

in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '93'.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, f. 14v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Illuminated

• Foliate initial 'D'(omine) with a full border, at the beginning of Psalm 89., Commentary on the Psalms

in the English translation by Richard Rolle (b. c. 1305-10, d. 1349), ending with the first verse of Psalm 118 which is given in Latin only. The text of the Psalms in Latin and in a Southern English dialect is

• Text page., Part of a lectionary

Text page. The flyleaves are part of a Latin lectionary in 10th-century English caroline minuscule (ff. 2, 3, 163-166).The contents include Latin word lists with English equivalents (ff. 4-66). Initials in red (oxidised) Part of a lectionary Samuell Compton and

• Puzzle initial 'B'(eatus) at the beginning of a metrical version of the Psalms in Middle English., The Psalms in English verse (the Surtees Society version), with parallel Latin, and Latin prayers

1843-1847. According to Muir, the author referred to an early Middle English interlinear gloss on the Vulgate, probably Northern, which was itself a modernised version of an OldEnglish glossed Psalter. One of six known manuscript copies. Large puzzle initials

• Pen-flourished initials 'N'(emo) and 'V'(isio), at the beginning of the prologue to Isaiah and of Isaiah., Bible

d[omi]ni / Millesimo quadringe[n]tesimo q[ui]nquqge/simo p[ri]mo. In profesto b[ea]ti Bernardi ab/batis. In domo clerico[rum] Zwollis' (f. 269). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'No. 978' (f. 1): acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of the left-hand column with pen-flourished initials 'N'(on) and 'V'(erbum), at the beginning of the prologue to Minor Prophets and of Hosea., Bible

d[omi]ni / Millesimo quadringe[n]tesimo q[ui]nquqge/simo p[ri]mo. In profesto b[ea]ti Bernardi ab/batis. In domo clerico[rum] Zwollis' (f. 269). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'No. 978' (f. 1): acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Pen-flourished initial 'P'(aulus), at the beginning of Romans., Bible

d[omi]ni / Millesimo quadringe[n]tesimo q[ui]nquqge/simo p[ri]mo. In profesto b[ea]ti Bernardi ab/batis. In domo clerico[rum] Zwollis' (f. 269). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'No. 978' (f. 1): acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Foliate initial 'D'(omine) with an instruction for illuminator 'oro' next to it, at the beginning of Matins., Book of Hours of the Sorrows of the Virgin

throughout the text. Catchwords decorated with purple pen-flourishing. Book of Hours of the Sorrows of the Virgin The Old Royal Library (English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'No 372' (f. 1): included in the inventory of books in the Upper