• Decorated initial 'I'(n quattuor)., Gospel of John; Augustine, Tractatus in Evangelium Iohannis

folio, 14th century (f. 1).Red seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 50' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library at Westminster

• Decorated initial 'D'(iligentius) at the beginning of book 7., De civitate Dei

red or blue, with display script in green and red or green and blue, at the beginning of books (ff. 1, 1v, 11v, 20v, 30v, 40, 50v, 57v, 67, 77, 84, 96v, 106v, 115v, 124, 135, 147v, 161v, 173v, 192,

• Decorated initial 'P'(ost) at the beginning of book 16., De civitate Dei

red or blue, with display script in green and red or green and blue, at the beginning of books (ff. 1, 1v, 11v, 20v, 30v, 40, 50v, 57v, 67, 77, 84, 96v, 106v, 115v, 124, 135, 147v, 161v, 173v, 192,

• Decorated initial 'N'(unc), at the beginning of book 8., De civitate Dei

red or blue, with display script in green and red or green and blue, at the beginning of books (ff. 1, 1v, 11v, 20v, 30v, 40, 50v, 57v, 67, 77, 84, 96v, 106v, 115v, 124, 135, 147v, 161v, 173v, 192,

• Foliate initial 'S'(I rationi) at the beginning of book 2., De civitate Dei; Notae on De ciuitate Dei

a manib[us] sit procul iste lib[er] T. Wybarn', c. 1467 (see a dated inscription in Royal 2 C I) (ff. 1, 259).Inscribed a letter, signed by Clemens Brown, requesting a certain Henry to receive this book from Thomas Walleys, master

• Foliate initial 'I'(am) at the beginning of book 3., De civitate Dei; Notae on De ciuitate Dei

a manib[us] sit procul iste lib[er] T. Wybarn', c. 1467 (see a dated inscription in Royal 2 C I) (ff. 1, 259).Inscribed a letter, signed by Clemens Brown, requesting a certain Henry to receive this book from Thomas Walleys, master

• Foliate initial 'D'(e felicitate) at the beginning of book 15., De civitate Dei; Notae on De ciuitate Dei

a manib[us] sit procul iste lib[er] T. Wybarn', c. 1467 (see a dated inscription in Royal 2 C I) (ff. 1, 259).Inscribed a letter, signed by Clemens Brown, requesting a certain Henry to receive this book from Thomas Walleys, master

• Initial 'M' with penwork decoration in leaf patterns and capitals on coloured grounds., Symbolum fidei, Registrum; Recantation of 1079

armario claustri s[anc]ti Edm[und]i regis et m[arti]ris' (f. 1) and with the press-mark 'G.16'.John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: inscribed with his name (f. 1); listed in the 1609 catalogue of his collection,

• Text page., Symbolum fidei, Registrum; Recantation of 1079

armario claustri s[anc]ti Edm[und]i regis et m[arti]ris' (f. 1) and with the press-mark 'G.16'.John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: inscribed with his name (f. 1); listed in the 1609 catalogue of his collection,

• Large initial 'V' with penwork decoration (incomplete)., Symbolum fidei, Registrum; Recantation of 1079

armario claustri s[anc]ti Edm[und]i regis et m[arti]ris' (f. 1) and with the press-mark 'G.16'.John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: inscribed with his name (f. 1); listed in the 1609 catalogue of his collection,

• 6 decorated initials of Anglo-Saxon letter 'wynn'., Collection of charms and remedies (a copy of 'Bald's Leechbook')

of 12th/13th century (e.g., f. 125v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 139 ', (f. 1) and included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library at Westminster of 1542 (f.26).Presented to the British

• 2 decorated initials of Anglo-Saxon letter 'wynn'., Collection of charms and remedies (a copy of 'Bald's Leechbook')

of 12th/13th century (e.g., f. 125v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 139 ', (f. 1) and included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library at Westminster of 1542 (f.26).Presented to the British

• Text page with display script highlighted in colour., Collection of charms and remedies (a copy of 'Bald's Leechbook')

of 12th/13th century (e.g., f. 125v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 139 ', (f. 1) and included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library at Westminster of 1542 (f.26).Presented to the British

• 2 decorated initials of Anglo-Saxon letters 'thorn' and wynn., Collection of charms and remedies (a copy of 'Bald's Leechbook')

of 12th/13th century (e.g., f. 125v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 139 ', (f. 1) and included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library at Westminster of 1542 (f.26).Presented to the British

• Puzzle initial with penwork flourishing, and in the lower margin, the ownership inscription 'James Orchard Halliwell No. 220'., Lives of saints, 28 miracles of the Virgin, and Henry of Sawtrey's De purgatorio Sancti Patricii (ff. 195-196)

ink as far as 'lx' (f. 125). Large puzzle initial in red and blue, with purple and red pen-flourishing (f. 1). Large initials in red with purple pen-flourishing, and in blue with red pen-flourishing. Initials in red. Paraphs in red.

• Illuminated initial 'Q'(uoniam) with interlace decoration, at the beginning of the Gospel of Luke., Gospels, with capitula (ff. 163-175)

Illuminated initial 'Q'(uoniam) with interlace decoration, at the beginning of the Gospel of Luke. Full-page canon tables in gold and red, within frames of gold and/or silver and colours (ff. 1-6v). Very large initials in colours and gold with

• Title page decorated with a coloured drawing of an armorial tree with the arms of Lancashire noble families centred around those of the duchy of Lancaster., 'The Visitacion of Lancashire' (index Visitation of Lancashire) (unfinished)

Title page decorated with a coloured drawing of an armorial tree with the arms of Lancashire noble families centred around those of the duchy of Lancaster. f. 1* is a small inscribed piece of parchment.The visitation was made in

• Coloured drawing of the map of Lancashire dated and signed by William Smith., 'The Visitacion of Lancashire' (index Visitation of Lancashire) (unfinished)

Coloured drawing of the map of Lancashire dated and signed by William Smith. f. 1* is a small inscribed piece of parchment.The visitation was made in 1567, but transcribed and augmented in 1598 by William Smith (f. 2*).Contains an

• Miniature of Pentecost, decorated initial 'D'(omine) and scatter borders, at the beginning of the Hours of the Cross., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

at the beginning of the Hours of the Cross. f. 1 is an added printed leaf of a title page for a book of hours, Paris 1600, signed by 'Iamet Mettayer Imprimeur Ordinaire du Roy'. 24 small miniatures, in colours

• Miniature of the Crucifixion, decorated initial 'E'(gressus) and scatter borders, at the beginning of the Passion of Christ according to John., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

the beginning of the Passion of Christ according to John. f. 1 is an added printed leaf of a title page for a book of hours, Paris 1600, signed by 'Iamet Mettayer Imprimeur Ordinaire du Roy'. 24 small miniatures, in