• Text page., Letters

1618): erased inscription possibly in his hand, 'ex dono Jo. Bridges' (f. 1) (see Warner and Gilson 1921).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James’s Palace (see [Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi

• Detail of a magic square., Interpretaciones nominum Ebreorum (Interpretation of the Hebrew names)

list of 20 books bequeathed by Richard of Chester, canon of York (died 1347). [Possibly part I only].The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library at Westminster of 1542 and

• Pen-flourished initial 'F'(ides) at the beginning of the first book with the ownership inscription of Worcester Cathedral Priory., Summa aurea (Summa super sententias Petri Lombardi) with an imperfect table of rubrics (ff. 200 r-v)

deum laudamus. Anno domini mcc tricessimo primo mense octobri' (f. 199v).Worcester Cathedral Priory: inscribed, 'liber monasterii wygornie'(f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 355' (f. 1); included in the inventory of books in the

• Detail of an historiated initial 'A'(lpha) of a teacher giving a lecture to his students, at the beginning of book 1., Summa super titulis Decretalium

super titulis Decretalium Perhaps written by a scribe called Johannes: inscribed 'Explicit liber secundus Copiose Joh[ann]is (f. 153v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 825' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Detail of a miniature of the author presenting his book to a king, the training of a knight at the pile (or pale), and a knight mounting a horse., Les establissemenz de chevalerie, imperfect, wanting 3 chapters at the end (a French translation of De re militari)

establissemenz de chevalerie, imperfect, wanting 3 chapters at the end (a French translation of De re militari) The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 511' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Coloured initials, and in the lower right corner a human-animal hybrid creature, perhaps intended to ornament the run-over word at the bottom of the column., Interpretaciones nominum Ebreorum (Interpretation of the Hebrew names)

list of 20 books bequeathed by Richard of Chester, canon of York (died 1347). [Possibly part I only].The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library at Westminster of 1542 and

• Initial with floral decoration. Coloured initials, line-fillers and paraphs. Added in the upper margin is the note 'Ex monasterio cestrie': From the monastery of Chester., Interpretaciones nominum Ebreorum (Interpretation of the Hebrew names)

list of 20 books bequeathed by Richard of Chester, canon of York (died 1347). [Possibly part I only].The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library at Westminster of 1542 and

• Inhabited initials 'H'(ec sunt) with white lions, at the beginning of Deuteronomy., Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, with the Glossa Ordinaria and interlinear glosses

Maidestane (see Royal 5 B XIII, f. 2r).Added paper leaf containing accounts in Latin and English, late 15th century (f. 2r-2v).The Old Royal Library (The English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 515' (f. 1), included in the inventory of

• Detail of decorated initials 'C'(onqreute) and 'S'(iquis), with instructions for rubrics in the margin., Apparatus in quinque libros Decretalium

8 G I, which belonged to Michael de Mentmore, abbot of St. Albans (1335-1349), 14th century (f. 2).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Innocentius super Decretales' on a slip of paper attached to f. 1v, Westminster

• Drawing of a cleric imposing a penance on a man, in the margin of the chapter 'Hec penitencia est inponenda ei, qui matrem occiderit'., Abbreviatio Decreti Gratiani

Robert, prior of the Rochester cell at Walton St. Felix, or Felixstowe ('Waletune'), no. 236 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 262' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books

• Historiated initial 'V' of a celebration of a mass, at the beginning of book 3., 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

• Inscriptions recording that the book belonged to the cathedral priory of St. Andrew, Rochester, and was given by Ralph de Ros, prior of Rochester, reading 'Liber de claustro Roffen[se] que[m] qui inde alienav[er]it / alienatu[m]ve celav[er]it exco[mun]icatus sit', and 'per Radu[l]fum d[e] Ros p[ri]orem'; and the Westminster inventory number 'no. 515'., Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, with the Glossa Ordinaria and interlinear glosses

Maidestane (see Royal 5 B XIII, f. 2r).Added paper leaf containing accounts in Latin and English, late 15th century (f. 2r-2v).The Old Royal Library (The English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 515' (f. 1), included in the inventory of

• Foliate initial 'V'(ocavit), at the beginning of Leviticus., Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, with the Glossa Ordinaria and interlinear glosses

Maidestane (see Royal 5 B XIII, f. 2r).Added paper leaf containing accounts in Latin and English, late 15th century (f. 2r-2v).The Old Royal Library (The English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 515' (f. 1), included in the inventory of

• Drawing of a chalice with a host in the upper margin of chapters 'Non nisi a ieiunis hominibus sacramenta celebrentur altaris' and 'Ante missarum solempnia, circa horam nonam decantata nulli, in Quadragesima comedere licet.', Abbreviatio Decreti Gratiani

Robert, prior of the Rochester cell at Walton St. Felix, or Felixstowe ('Waletune'), no. 236 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 262' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books

• Drawing of an altar in the upper margin of the chapter 'Vestimenta sacra et vasa pre vetustate consumpta incendantur, et cineres eorum in loca occulta proiciantur.', Abbreviatio Decreti Gratiani

Robert, prior of the Rochester cell at Walton St. Felix, or Felixstowe ('Waletune'), no. 236 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 262' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books

• Initial 'Q'(uando) with a descender in the form of a human head., Abbreviatio Decreti Gratiani

Robert, prior of the Rochester cell at Walton St. Felix, or Felixstowe ('Waletune'), no. 236 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 262' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books

• Illuminated initial 'H'(umanum) with display script, at the beginning of the text., Abbreviatio Decreti Gratiani

Robert, prior of the Rochester cell at Walton St. Felix, or Felixstowe ('Waletune'), no. 236 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 262' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books

• Marginal drawings of an altar and a chalice in the upper margins., Abbreviatio Decreti Gratiani

Robert, prior of the Rochester cell at Walton St. Felix, or Felixstowe ('Waletune'), no. 236 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 262' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books

• Penwork initial 'Q'(uidam)., Abbreviatio Decreti Gratiani

Robert, prior of the Rochester cell at Walton St. Felix, or Felixstowe ('Waletune'), no. 236 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 262' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books

• Text page with stitching., Homiliae X ad monachos, sermons and theological treatises

neighbourhood of Wallingford, and a grant of land by Nicholas, Prior of Wallingford (until 1182) (f. 153v). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 374' (f. 2); included in the inventory of books in the