• Detail from the roll of king Henry I, his wife Maud (or Matilda), their son William and daughter Maud (or Matilda)., Genealogical chronicle of the English Kings

beginning. Numerous marginal scenes, isolated human figures, animals and hybrids. Initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing. Genealogical chronicle of the English Kings John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c .1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: probably to be identified with

• Detail from the roll: Henry III holding a model of a church, and his children: Edward, Margaret, Edmund, Beatrice, Katharine, and again Edward wearing a crown., Genealogical chronicle of the English Kings

beginning. Numerous marginal scenes, isolated human figures, animals and hybrids. Initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing. Genealogical chronicle of the English Kings John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c .1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: probably to be identified with

• Detail from the roll: diagram of the Heptarchy., Genealogical chronicle of the English Kings

beginning. Numerous marginal scenes, isolated human figures, animals and hybrids. Initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing. Genealogical chronicle of the English Kings John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c .1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: probably to be identified with

• Detail from the roll of three kings: Egbert (or Ecgberht), king of the West Saxons, his son Æthelwulf, and king Beorhtric, with a man on stilts playing a pipe with an animal-head., Genealogical chronicle of the English Kings

beginning. Numerous marginal scenes, isolated human figures, animals and hybrids. Initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing. Genealogical chronicle of the English Kings John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c .1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: probably to be identified with

• Detail from the roll of king Alured (or Alfred, king of the West Saxons and of the Anglo-Saxons) and his daughter Alfled (or Æthelflæd)., Genealogical chronicle of the English Kings

beginning. Numerous marginal scenes, isolated human figures, animals and hybrids. Initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing. Genealogical chronicle of the English Kings John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c .1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: probably to be identified with

• Detail from the roll of six roundels of Edmund II Ironside and his descendants: Edward Ætheling, Edgar, Margaret, Edmund, and Christine., Genealogical chronicle of the English Kings

beginning. Numerous marginal scenes, isolated human figures, animals and hybrids. Initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing. Genealogical chronicle of the English Kings John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c .1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: probably to be identified with

• Fragment of the roll with a diagram of the Heptarchy., Genealogical chronicle of the English Kings

beginning. Numerous marginal scenes, isolated human figures, animals and hybrids. Initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing. Genealogical chronicle of the English Kings John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c .1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: probably to be identified with

• Fragment of the roll with the genealogical line from Ethelred to Edred., Genealogical chronicle of the English Kings

beginning. Numerous marginal scenes, isolated human figures, animals and hybrids. Initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing. Genealogical chronicle of the English Kings John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c .1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: probably to be identified with

• Fragment of the roll with the genealogical line from Edwin to Edmund II Ironside and his descendants: Edward Ætheling, Edgar, Margaret, Edmund, and Christine., Genealogical chronicle of the English Kings

beginning. Numerous marginal scenes, isolated human figures, animals and hybrids. Initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing. Genealogical chronicle of the English Kings John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c .1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: probably to be identified with

• Fragment of the roll with the genealogical line of Cnut, roundels of Edward the Confessor and Harold Godwinson, and the line of the Normam ancestors of William the Conqueror: Rollo, William and Richard I the Fearless., Genealogical chronicle of the English Kings

beginning. Numerous marginal scenes, isolated human figures, animals and hybrids. Initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing. Genealogical chronicle of the English Kings John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c .1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: probably to be identified with

• Detail from the roll of the descendants of Richard I the Fearless, Duke of Normandy, to Henry II and his descendants., Genealogical chronicle of the English Kings

beginning. Numerous marginal scenes, isolated human figures, animals and hybrids. Initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing. Genealogical chronicle of the English Kings John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c .1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: probably to be identified with

• Detail from the roll of the royal line from Henry II to Edward I., Genealogical chronicle of the English Kings

beginning. Numerous marginal scenes, isolated human figures, animals and hybrids. Initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing. Genealogical chronicle of the English Kings John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c .1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: probably to be identified with

• Decorated initial 'P'(arabolae) at the beginning of Proverbs., Glossed Proverbs (ff. 1-74) and Glossed Ecclesiastes (ff. 75-101v) with prologues (f. 74v) (index Old Testament)

prologues (f. 74v) (index Old Testament) Inscription: 'Iste liber continet tres libros [several more words erased]', 12th century (f. 103v).Inscription: 'Thomas amee' pertinet' (?) [all but 'Thomas' uncertain], 13th century? (f. 78v, left margin, leadpoint).Unidentified English reader: annotations, 15th century.Charles

• Decorated initial 'U'(anitas) at the beginning of Ecclesiastes, Glossed Proverbs (ff. 1-74) and Glossed Ecclesiastes (ff. 75-101v) with prologues (f. 74v) (index Old Testament)

prologues (f. 74v) (index Old Testament) Inscription: 'Iste liber continet tres libros [several more words erased]', 12th century (f. 103v).Inscription: 'Thomas amee' pertinet' (?) [all but 'Thomas' uncertain], 13th century? (f. 78v, left margin, leadpoint).Unidentified English reader: annotations, 15th century.Charles

• Detail of a miniature of a pope or an ecclesiastical judge and a bishop and a lay plaintiff before him, with a foliate initial 'Quidam', at the beginning of causa 10., 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 clerk disputing with laymen, with a foliate initial 'C'(lericus), at the beginning of causa 11., 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 clerk with two clerks at his bed, illustrating the making of a will, with a foliate initial 'Q'(uidam), at the beginning of causa 12., 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 judge with canons and two laymen before him, with a foliate initial 'C'(anonici), at the beginning of causa 14., 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 clerk and a woman, and the clerk committing a homicide, with a foliate initial 'Sacerdos', at the beginning of causa 15., 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 an abbot and three monks in a church, with a foliate initial 'Q'(uidam), at the beginning of causa 16., 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