• Miniature of Christ in Majesty holding a sceptre and an orb, with his hand raised in blessing as the twelve apostles sit around him; below, a group of eight Jews sit on the ground, looking up and at each other. This miniature has been incorrectly bound in this volume in the 19th century; it formely belonged in the other part, La Somme le Roy, now Add. 28162., 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

Roy (Additional 28162). 4 full-page miniatures, divided in several compartments, in colours and gold, on separate leaves added to the quires (ff. 1v, 6v, 29, 52v [bound in the 19th century in this volume, belonged formerly to the other part,

• Ownership inscription of a Franciscan convent, Canterbury, reading 'Iste liber est de communitate fr[atru]m minorum Cantuarie', and a 16th-century note describing the manuscript as the first volume of a Bible in 8 volumes, and referring to the set of books, now Royal 3 E I-V, VII-VIII, reading 'In this Bible withe a glosse and Com[m]entairies are 8 volumes and / in them are contayned Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numeri, / Deuteronomie, Esaye, Jeremye, Ezachiel, Daniel, Job, Psalmi / Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Cantica, Sapientia, Ecclesiasticus, Osee, / Joel, Amos, abdias, Jonas, Micheas, Nahum, Abacuc, Sophonias, / Aggeus, Zacharye, Malachye, Machabees, Matheum, Marc, / Luke, John, Act. Apost., Epist. Ad Romanos 1, ad Cotinth. 2, ad Galat. 1,/ ad Ephes. 1, ad Philipp. 1, ad Colocess. 1, ad Thessal 2, ad Thimoth 2., /ad Titu[m] 1, ad Philemonem 1, ad Hebreos 1, Jacobi 1, Petri 2, Joh[ann]is 3, / Juda 1, Apocalipse. Mss these are bounde in redde lether prynted./ Memorandum that in an other sute of the same order bounde in white lether in / 7 volumes you maye supplye yor wante of these followinge Josue, Judic. / Esdras, Ruth, Tobias, Hester. (added) ved. 3 E I-VIII./ So you wante in bothe only the bookes of Kinges and Chronicles. / Wherefore I woulde wishe yt bothe these fortes be kepte whollye and entierely / togither, that the one maye supplie / the wante of the other.', Genesis and Exodus, with the Glossa ordinaria

V, and 4 E VI, but not executed in the same workshop.Catchwords and corrector's signatures 'cor' at the end of quires, bifolium signatures. 2 historiated initials in colours and gold, at the beginning of each book (ff. 4, 125v). Foliate

• Puzzle initial 'H'(enricus) with pen-flourishing extending into the margins including birds at the beginning of the foundation charter., Cartulary of Reading abbey, imperfect

the abbey's liberties, with red initials, late 13th century with later additions (ff. 4-15v; 205-247v). Numerous additions throughout and on quires added at the end regarding the abbey, often written in Gothic cursive, mid-13th to mid-15th century.Inscribed 'Clayton in S.

• Illuminated initial 'L'(a), at the beginning of 'La Sainte Abbaye.', 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

Roy (Additional 28162). 4 full-page miniatures, divided in several compartments, in colours and gold, on separate leaves added to the quires (ff. 1v, 6v, 29, 52v [bound in the 19th century in this volume, belonged formerly to the other part,

• Illuminated initial 'V'(ous)., 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

(Additional 28162). 4 full-page miniatures, divided in several compartments, in colours and gold, on separate leaves added to the quires (ff. 1v, 6v, 29, 52v [bound in the 19th century in this volume, belonged formerly to the other part, La

• Illuminated initials 'L'(a) and 'L'(a)., 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

Roy (Additional 28162). 4 full-page miniatures, divided in several compartments, in colours and gold, on separate leaves added to the quires (ff. 1v, 6v, 29, 52v [bound in the 19th century in this volume, belonged formerly to the other part,

• Illuminated initials 'Q'(uant) and 'T'(ele)., 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

Roy (Additional 28162). 4 full-page miniatures, divided in several compartments, in colours and gold, on separate leaves added to the quires (ff. 1v, 6v, 29, 52v [bound in the 19th century in this volume, belonged formerly to the other part,

• Illuminated initial 'L'(i)., 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

(Additional 28162). 4 full-page miniatures, divided in several compartments, in colours and gold, on separate leaves added to the quires (ff. 1v, 6v, 29, 52v [bound in the 19th century in this volume, belonged formerly to the other part, La

• Illuminated initial 'T'(rois)., 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

(Additional 28162). 4 full-page miniatures, divided in several compartments, in colours and gold, on separate leaves added to the quires (ff. 1v, 6v, 29, 52v [bound in the 19th century in this volume, belonged formerly to the other part, La

• Illuminated initial 'A'., 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

(Additional 28162). 4 full-page miniatures, divided in several compartments, in colours and gold, on separate leaves added to the quires (ff. 1v, 6v, 29, 52v [bound in the 19th century in this volume, belonged formerly to the other part, La

• Illuminated initial 'L'(i)., 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

(Additional 28162). 4 full-page miniatures, divided in several compartments, in colours and gold, on separate leaves added to the quires (ff. 1v, 6v, 29, 52v [bound in the 19th century in this volume, belonged formerly to the other part, La

• Illuminated initials and line-fillers., 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

Roy (Additional 28162). 4 full-page miniatures, divided in several compartments, in colours and gold, on separate leaves added to the quires (ff. 1v, 6v, 29, 52v [bound in the 19th century in this volume, belonged formerly to the other part,

• Detail of a miniature divided in four compartments: a nun confessing to a monk., 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

Roy (Additional 28162). 4 full-page miniatures, divided in several compartments, in colours and gold, on separate leaves added to the quires (ff. 1v, 6v, 29, 52v [bound in the 19th century in this volume, belonged formerly to the other part,

• Detail of a miniature divided in four compartments: a nun praying before an image of Christ crowning the Virgin., 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

Roy (Additional 28162). 4 full-page miniatures, divided in several compartments, in colours and gold, on separate leaves added to the quires (ff. 1v, 6v, 29, 52v [bound in the 19th century in this volume, belonged formerly to the other part,

• Detail of a miniature divided in four compartments: a nun's vision of Christ., 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

Roy (Additional 28162). 4 full-page miniatures, divided in several compartments, in colours and gold, on separate leaves added to the quires (ff. 1v, 6v, 29, 52v [bound in the 19th century in this volume, belonged formerly to the other part,

• Detail of a miniature divided in four compartments: a nun's vision of the Trinity., 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

Roy (Additional 28162). 4 full-page miniatures, divided in several compartments, in colours and gold, on separate leaves added to the quires (ff. 1v, 6v, 29, 52v [bound in the 19th century in this volume, belonged formerly to the other part,

• Four part miniature of four friars before the Pope; Jean de Vignay translating the book; Jean de Vignay presenting his book to the king of France; friars aboard a ship., Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances

5 scribes (Hand I: quires i-viii; Hand II: quires ix-xii, xvii-xix, xxxvi-xxvii; Hand III to be identified with Jean de Senlis: quires xiii-xvi, xxxi-xxxv; Hand IV: quires xx-xxii, xxiii except f. 165v, xxvi-xxx; Hand V: quires xxiii, f. 165v, xxiv-xxv),

• Detail of a four part miniature of four friars before the Pope; Jean de Vignay translating the book; Jean de Vignay presenting his book to the king of France; friars aboard a ship., Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances

5 scribes (Hand I: quires i-viii; Hand II: quires ix-xii, xvii-xix, xxxvi-xxvii; Hand III to be identified with Jean de Senlis: quires xiii-xvi, xxxi-xxxv; Hand IV: quires xx-xxii, xxiii except f. 165v, xxvi-xxx; Hand V: quires xxiii, f. 165v, xxiv-xxv),

• Miniature of Pope Innocent IV sending a mission of Dominicans and Franciscans., Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances

5 scribes (Hand I: quires i-viii; Hand II: quires ix-xii, xvii-xix, xxxvi-xxvii; Hand III to be identified with Jean de Senlis: quires xiii-xvi, xxxi-xxxv; Hand IV: quires xx-xxii, xxiii except f. 165v, xxvi-xxx; Hand V: quires xxiii, f. 165v, xxiv-xxv),

• Detail of a miniature of Pope Innocent IV sending a mission of Dominicans and Franciscans., Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances

5 scribes (Hand I: quires i-viii; Hand II: quires ix-xii, xvii-xix, xxxvi-xxvii; Hand III to be identified with Jean de Senlis: quires xiii-xvi, xxxi-xxxv; Hand IV: quires xx-xxii, xxiii except f. 165v, xxvi-xxx; Hand V: quires xxiii, f. 165v, xxiv-xxv),