• Decorated initial., Lives of saints, and an Irish translation of Innocent III's De contemptu mundi

brown. Spaces left for initials. Lives of saints, and an Irish translation of Innocent III's De contemptu mundi Inscription in English dated 1823 (f. 21v).Bought by the British Museum in 1832, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by

• Decorated initial 'Chi-rho', with a zoomorphic decoration, at the beginning of Matthew; and an added Old English text of a manumission by king Athelstan., Gospel Book

Decorated initial 'Chi-rho', with a zoomorphic decoration, at the beginning of Matthew; and an added OldEnglish text of a manumission by king Athelstan. The manuscript contains a text of a manumission by King Athelstan, one of the earliest of

• Detail of a decorated initial 'Chi-rho', with a zoomorphic decoration, at the beginning of Matthew; and an added Old English text of a manumission by king Athelstan., Gospel Book

Detail of a decorated initial 'Chi-rho', with a zoomorphic decoration, at the beginning of Matthew; and an added OldEnglish text of a manumission by king Athelstan. The manuscript contains a text of a manumission by King Athelstan, one of

• Detail of an added Old English text of a manumission by king Athelstan., Gospel Book

Detail of an added OldEnglish text of a manumission by king Athelstan. The manuscript contains a text of a manumission by King Athelstan, one of the earliest of the Anglo-Saxon examples of the practice of inserting records in sacred

• 1 large and 1 small puzzle initial; quire signature with decoration., Devotional and medical miscellany

colour. Rubrics in red. Quire signatures have brown penwork decoration. Paraphs in red. Devotional and medical miscellany The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1043' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Text page., Devotional and medical miscellany

colour. Rubrics in red. Quire signatures have brown penwork decoration. Paraphs in red. Devotional and medical miscellany The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1043' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Text page., Devotional and medical miscellany

colour. Rubrics in red. Quire signatures have brown penwork decoration. Paraphs in red. Devotional and medical miscellany The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1043' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Initial 'A' with penwork decoration, Sermons, letters and tracts

be identified with no. 155 in Patrick Young's 1622 catalogue of the cathedral library, Salisbury (see Ker 1949).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Royal seal of a ship (f. 2); table of contents in the hand of the

• Text page from Genesis., Bible

(b. 1491, d. 1547), king of England and Ireland (from 1509): his portrait and arms (f. 4v). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'No. 978' (f. 1): acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Petrucchio Ubaldini's letter of dedication addressed to Elizabeth I and dated 1577., Le Vite e i Fatti di sei Donne Illustri, dedicated to Queen Elizabeth (descriptions of six mythical or early princesses: Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra, Clotilda of France, Suanhuita (or Suanvita) of Sweden, Jutha (or Judith), daughter of the Emperor Otho II, Zarina, Queen of the Sacae, and Venda (or Wanda), Queen of Poland.

and Gilson 1921).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1661, Royal Appendix 86, f. 42, no. 2.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Dedication

• Detail of a miniature of the Greek and Trojan armies., Historia destructionis Troiae in a French translation

and miniatures (35): 'en cest livre sont xii caiers et demy et xxxv histoirez', 15th century (f. 100v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): to be identified with 'La destruction de Troye' in the list of books at Richmond

• Detail of a miniature of the murder of Achilles., Historia destructionis Troiae in a French translation

and miniatures (35): 'en cest livre sont xii caiers et demy et xxxv histoirez', 15th century (f. 100v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): to be identified with 'La destruction de Troye' in the list of books at Richmond

• Detail of a miniature of the theft of the Palladium., Historia destructionis Troiae in a French translation

and miniatures (35): 'en cest livre sont xii caiers et demy et xxxv histoirez', 15th century (f. 100v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): to be identified with 'La destruction de Troye' in the list of books at Richmond

• Miniature of Innocent IV writing, with another pope kneeling before a cardinal and a scholar (Innocent IV?) dictating to a scribe, with a full border, at the beginning of book 1., Apparatus in quinque libros Decretalium

amen. amen' (f. 221v).Inscribed 'Radulphus', 14th century (f. 1).Added running titles for rubrics and marginal glosses, 14th-century English hand.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 422' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in

• 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

• Text of the Lord's Prayer in English in a pre-Wycliffite version., Corrogationes Promethei; Hypomnesticon contra pelagianos et caelestianos; miscellaneous works of Augustine; sermons attributed to Caesarius

1).Added Lord's Prayer, in English in a pre-Wycliffite version (for the transcription, see David Casley, ~A Catalogue of the Manuscripts of the King’s Library~ (London, 1734), p. 78), mid-14th century (f. 307).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster

• Puzzle initial 'B'(eatus) at the beginning of a metrical version of the Psalms in Middle English., Psalter in Latin with a parallel French translation, imperfect, with the Athanasian Creed and the Lord's Prayer, in Latin and French

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

• Decorated initials., 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

• 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