• 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

• Foliate initial 'C'(lemens) with a medallion of a portrait of the author, pope Clement I, at the beginning of the text., Collectio Lanfranci

(f. 249).The Benedictine abbey of St Peter, Gloucester, inscribed 'Lib[er] monast[er]ii Sa[ncti] Petri Gloucestr[ie]', 14th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Concilia venerat[a]' and Westminster inventory number 'no. 1029' (f. 1), acquired by the

• Diagram listing the seven divisions of England, the Heptarchy, listed on the left: Kent, Wessex, Mercia, etc. In the next column are the counties (Wiltshire, Berkshire, Dorset, Sussex, etc.), and in the last column the bishoprics (Canterbury, Rochester, Salisbury, Chichester, etc.)., Roman de rou (f. 115); miscellany of English historical texts and games, including a treatise on chess (see Notes)

the Carmelites of London (1379-92): inscribed 'De Dono rev[er]endi m[agist]ri fr[at]ris rob[erti] yuroi [conven]tus lond' with pressmark M.39m.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 285' (f. 3), included in the inventory of books in the

• Genealogical table of the kings of England., Roman de rou (f. 115); miscellany of English historical texts and games, including a treatise on chess (see Notes)

the Carmelites of London (1379-92): inscribed 'De Dono rev[er]endi m[agist]ri fr[at]ris rob[erti] yuroi [conven]tus lond' with pressmark M.39m.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 285' (f. 3), included in the inventory of books in the

• Diagram of a backgammon board., Roman de rou (f. 115); miscellany of English historical texts and games, including a treatise on chess (see Notes)

the Carmelites of London (1379-92): inscribed 'De Dono rev[er]endi m[agist]ri fr[at]ris rob[erti] yuroi [conven]tus lond' with pressmark M.39m.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 285' (f. 3), included in the inventory of books in the

• Decorated initial and diagram of the provinces of Asia, Africa and Europe., Roman de rou (f. 115); miscellany of English historical texts and games, including a treatise on chess (see Notes)

the Carmelites of London (1379-92): inscribed 'De Dono rev[er]endi m[agist]ri fr[at]ris rob[erti] yuroi [conven]tus lond' with pressmark M.39m.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 285' (f. 3), included in the inventory of books in the

• Three diagrams of chessboards., Roman de rou (f. 115); miscellany of English historical texts and games, including a treatise on chess (see Notes)

the Carmelites of London (1379-92): inscribed 'De Dono rev[er]endi m[agist]ri fr[at]ris rob[erti] yuroi [conven]tus lond' with pressmark M.39m.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 285' (f. 3), included in the inventory of books in the

• 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

• Detail of a 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

• Text page., 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

• Detail of a miniature of Francis with a decorated initial 'L'., Miscellaneous theological works, including the Life of Saint Francis (ff. 152-295); Encontre Tribulation (ff. 84-127); L'abbaye de saint esperit (ff. 132v-139v); Le cloistre espirituel (ff. 148-52)

'HR' [for Henricus Rex] (f. 1).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') 64 (f. [i]).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 517' (f. 1), included in the inventory of

• Miniature of a battle between the French and English armies, with an illuminated initial 'L'., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

446).Inscribed 'qui meix amoient a morir que languir en cest dolour, quod Jane Sanford', 15th century (f. 447).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 60; and in