• Decorated initial 'R'(es)., Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia novella; Historia regum Britanniae

British, Norman, Saxon, and Welsh kings, with Edward IV mentioned as the last king, 15th century (ff. 1-3).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 983' (f. 4), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Two decorated initials 'S' and 'W'., Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia novella; Historia regum Britanniae

British, Norman, Saxon, and Welsh kings, with Edward IV mentioned as the last king, 15th century (ff. 1-3).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 983' (f. 4), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Inscription in English., West Saxon Gospels (the 'Wessex Gospels')

in English. Copied, directly or indirectly, from Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 441, omitting some passages due to defects in the Bodley manuscript (Marc 16:14-20, Luke 16:14- 17:1, and 24: 51-53). The first and last omission was supplied with the correct

• Decorated initial 'F'., Theological treatises

Librarian to King James I~, ed. by J. Atkins and N. R. Ker (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1944).Corrections in an English hand of the 10th century (e.g., f. 80v).Press-mark R/cxcii altered to R/xxvii in a 14th-century hand (f. 100v). John

• Flyleaf with pressmarks and contents list., Theological treatises

Librarian to King James I~, ed. by J. Atkins and N. R. Ker (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1944).Corrections in an English hand of the 10th century (e.g., f. 80v).Press-mark R/cxcii altered to R/xxvii in a 14th-century hand (f. 100v). John

• Text page with rubric., Theological treatises

Librarian to King James I~, ed. by J. Atkins and N. R. Ker (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1944).Corrections in an English hand of the 10th century (e.g., f. 80v).Press-mark R/cxcii altered to R/xxvii in a 14th-century hand (f. 100v). John

• Decorated initial 'E' and display capitals., Theological treatises

Librarian to King James I~, ed. by J. Atkins and N. R. Ker (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1944).Corrections in an English hand of the 10th century (e.g., f. 80v).Press-mark R/cxcii altered to R/xxvii in a 14th-century hand (f. 100v). John

• Initial 'F' with spiral and interlace decoration., Theological treatises

Librarian to King James I~, ed. by J. Atkins and N. R. Ker (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1944).Corrections in an English hand of the 10th century (e.g., f. 80v).Press-mark R/cxcii altered to R/xxvii in a 14th-century hand (f. 100v). John

• Detail of a decorated initial 'D'(ixim)., Epistola de vita S. Dunstani; Life of St Dunstan

press mark 'D VII' and title (f. 2); included in the 1389 catalogue.John Joscelin [Joscelyn] (b. 1529, d. 1603), OldEnglish scholar and Church of England clergyman, Archbishop Parker's secretary (with his annotations and supplements; see Tite, 1992, p. 117).?

• Detail of historiated initial 'R'(ege) with a seated scribe labelled 'OSBEARNVS', a censing monk, animals, and animal heads., Epistola de vita S. Dunstani; Life of St Dunstan

press mark 'D VII' and title (f. 2); included in the 1389 catalogue.John Joscelin [Joscelyn] (b. 1529, d. 1603), OldEnglish scholar and Church of England clergyman, Archbishop Parker's secretary (with his annotations and supplements; see Tite, 1992, p. 117).?

• Historiated initial 'R'(ege) with a seated scribe labelled 'OSBEARNVS', a censing monk, animals, and animal heads, at the beginning of Osbern's Life of St Dunstan., Epistola de vita S. Dunstani; Life of St Dunstan

press mark 'D VII' and title (f. 2); included in the 1389 catalogue.John Joscelin [Joscelyn] (b. 1529, d. 1603), OldEnglish scholar and Church of England clergyman, Archbishop Parker's secretary (with his annotations and supplements; see Tite, 1992, p. 117).?

• Decorated initial 'D'(iximus) at the beginning of Book II of Osbern's LIfe of St Dunstan; the script perhaps by two scribes., Epistola de vita S. Dunstani; Life of St Dunstan

press mark 'D VII' and title (f. 2); included in the 1389 catalogue.John Joscelin [Joscelyn] (b. 1529, d. 1603), OldEnglish scholar and Church of England clergyman, Archbishop Parker's secretary (with his annotations and supplements; see Tite, 1992, p. 117).?

• Flyleaf., De consensu evangelistarum, De musica

'Lib[er] d[omi]ni Simoni Abb[at]is Rameseye', with a table of contents in the same hand (f. i verso). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 637' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Zoomorphic initial 'J'(acobus) at the beginning of the 'Catalogus' text., Liber beati Ieronimi de illustribus viris (ff. 151-165), Cathalogi [scriptorum ecclesiasticorum] Gennadii Massiliensis presbiteri, imperfect at the end (f. 165-170v), Cathalogus Isidori Hispalensis episcopi de illustribus uiris, imperfect at the beginning (ff. 171-172), 'Liber primus (sic) Cassiodori Senatoris de institutionibus diuinarum litterarum (ff. 172v-192), Letter, beginning, 'Fratri M. suus Nicholaus', expressing thanks for the loan of 'illustrium uirorum scripta', with a eulogy of Cassiodorus (f. 192), Responsa dom. pape Alexandri [Alexander III] ad consulta Senonensis archiepiscopi nuper data' (f. 192v)

cited in ~The Libraries of the Augustinian Canons~ 1998 p. 32; see also Lawrence-Mathers 2003 p. 189).All PartsThe Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1146 ' (f. 14); acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster

• Initial 'C'(um) with Cassiodorus in bishop's regalia holding a book., Liber beati Ieronimi de illustribus viris (ff. 151-165), Cathalogi [scriptorum ecclesiasticorum] Gennadii Massiliensis presbiteri, imperfect at the end (f. 165-170v), Cathalogus Isidori Hispalensis episcopi de illustribus uiris, imperfect at the beginning (ff. 171-172), 'Liber primus (sic) Cassiodori Senatoris de institutionibus diuinarum litterarum (ff. 172v-192), Letter, beginning, 'Fratri M. suus Nicholaus', expressing thanks for the loan of 'illustrium uirorum scripta', with a eulogy of Cassiodorus (f. 192), Responsa dom. pape Alexandri [Alexander III] ad consulta Senonensis archiepiscopi nuper data' (f. 192v)

cited in ~The Libraries of the Augustinian Canons~ 1998 p. 32; see also Lawrence-Mathers 2003 p. 189).All PartsThe Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1146 ' (f. 14); acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster

• Initial 'P'(rumus) with Cassiodorus pointing to a book he is holding., Liber beati Ieronimi de illustribus viris (ff. 151-165), Cathalogi [scriptorum ecclesiasticorum] Gennadii Massiliensis presbiteri, imperfect at the end (f. 165-170v), Cathalogus Isidori Hispalensis episcopi de illustribus uiris, imperfect at the beginning (ff. 171-172), 'Liber primus (sic) Cassiodori Senatoris de institutionibus diuinarum litterarum (ff. 172v-192), Letter, beginning, 'Fratri M. suus Nicholaus', expressing thanks for the loan of 'illustrium uirorum scripta', with a eulogy of Cassiodorus (f. 192), Responsa dom. pape Alexandri [Alexander III] ad consulta Senonensis archiepiscopi nuper data' (f. 192v)

cited in ~The Libraries of the Augustinian Canons~ 1998 p. 32; see also Lawrence-Mathers 2003 p. 189).All PartsThe Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1146 ' (f. 14); acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster

• Zoomorphic initial 'S'(imon Petrus) with foliate decoration at the beginning of 'De illustribus viris'., Liber beati Ieronimi de illustribus viris (ff. 151-165), Cathalogi [scriptorum ecclesiasticorum] Gennadii Massiliensis presbiteri, imperfect at the end (f. 165-170v), Cathalogus Isidori Hispalensis episcopi de illustribus uiris, imperfect at the beginning (ff. 171-172), 'Liber primus (sic) Cassiodori Senatoris de institutionibus diuinarum litterarum (ff. 172v-192), Letter, beginning, 'Fratri M. suus Nicholaus', expressing thanks for the loan of 'illustrium uirorum scripta', with a eulogy of Cassiodorus (f. 192), Responsa dom. pape Alexandri [Alexander III] ad consulta Senonensis archiepiscopi nuper data' (f. 192v)

cited in ~The Libraries of the Augustinian Canons~ 1998 p. 32; see also Lawrence-Mathers 2003 p. 189).All PartsThe Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1146 ' (f. 14); acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster

• Foliate initial 'P'(lacuit) with animal masks, dragons and a marginal extension, at the beginning of the dedication to Henry II., Topographia Hiberniae, Expugnatio Hibernica, Itinerarium Kambriae; De purgatorio sancti Patrici, Excerpts from the Chronicle of Eusebius of Caesarea

d.1609), in the entry of the catalogue of St. Augustine's abbey (see St Augustine's Abbey 2008, p. 939)The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1116' (f. 1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Miniature of a crane, and barnacle geese growing from a tree., Topographia Hiberniae, Expugnatio Hibernica, Itinerarium Kambriae; De purgatorio sancti Patrici, Excerpts from the Chronicle of Eusebius of Caesarea

d.1609), in the entry of the catalogue of St. Augustine's abbey (see St Augustine's Abbey 2008, p. 939)The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1116' (f. 1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Miniature of two kingfishers and a stork eating a worm., Topographia Hiberniae, Expugnatio Hibernica, Itinerarium Kambriae; De purgatorio sancti Patrici, Excerpts from the Chronicle of Eusebius of Caesarea

d.1609), in the entry of the catalogue of St. Augustine's abbey (see St Augustine's Abbey 2008, p. 939)The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1116' (f. 1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after