• Detail of bas-de-page drawings of two hybrids, and an armoured knight holding a shield and banner., Lancelot du Lac

186v), 15th century.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 11, or 11v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Hybrids

• Detail of bas-de-page drawings of a knight holding a shield and banner, and a hybrid., Lancelot du Lac

186v), 15th century.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 11, or 11v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Knight

• Framed initial 'D'(ivine) with foliate decoration at the beginning of the third book of the 'Sententiae'., Sententiae (f. 3); Speculum Gregorii (f. 45); Abbreuiatio Moralium Gregorii Magni in Iob (f. 116)

and the fourth of which is the present volume, 'Ysidorus de sum[m]o bono Ranulfi abbatis' ( f. 2).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 404'; included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• Framed initial 'V'(eniente) with Isidore of Seville seated wearing a bishop's mitre and holding a crozier., Sententiae (f. 3); Speculum Gregorii (f. 45); Abbreuiatio Moralium Gregorii Magni in Iob (f. 116)

and the fourth of which is the present volume, 'Ysidorus de sum[m]o bono Ranulfi abbatis' ( f. 2).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 404'; included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• Framed initial 'S'(ummum) with foliate decoration at the beginning of the 'Sententiae'., Sententiae (f. 3); Speculum Gregorii (f. 45); Abbreuiatio Moralium Gregorii Magni in Iob (f. 116)

and the fourth of which is the present volume, 'Ysidorus de sum[m]o bono Ranulfi abbatis' ( f. 2).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 404'; included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• Framed initial 'O'(mnis) with floral and foliate decoration at the beginning of the second book of the 'Sententiae'., Sententiae (f. 3); Speculum Gregorii (f. 45); Abbreuiatio Moralium Gregorii Magni in Iob (f. 116)

and the fourth of which is the present volume, 'Ysidorus de sum[m]o bono Ranulfi abbatis' ( f. 2).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 404'; included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• Puzzle initial 'R'(everentissimo) with floral and foliate decoration at the beginning of the letter, 'Haimanno Adalbertus'., Sententiae (f. 3); Speculum Gregorii (f. 45); Abbreuiatio Moralium Gregorii Magni in Iob (f. 116)

and the fourth of which is the present volume, 'Ysidorus de sum[m]o bono Ranulfi abbatis' ( f. 2).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 404'; included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• Puzzle initial 'N'(on) at the beginning of the 'Speculum Gregorii'., Sententiae (f. 3); Speculum Gregorii (f. 45); Abbreuiatio Moralium Gregorii Magni in Iob (f. 116)

and the fourth of which is the present volume, 'Ysidorus de sum[m]o bono Ranulfi abbatis' ( f. 2).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 404'; included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• Framed initial 'V(ir) with Job being admonished by his wife to reject God., Sententiae (f. 3); Speculum Gregorii (f. 45); Abbreuiatio Moralium Gregorii Magni in Iob (f. 116)

and the fourth of which is the present volume, 'Ysidorus de sum[m]o bono Ranulfi abbatis' ( f. 2).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 404'; included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• null, Historia scholastica (The 'Ashridge Petrus Comestor')

and Richard, king of the Romans (f. 234).Ashridge College, Bucks: ownership inscription 'Liber dom[u]s de assherugge' (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 791' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• null, Historia scholastica (The 'Ashridge Petrus Comestor')

and Richard, king of the Romans (f. 234).Ashridge College, Bucks: ownership inscription 'Liber dom[u]s de assherugge' (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 791' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Map of the eastern part of the South America and a part of the Tierra del Fuego., Boke of Idrography (The 'Rotz Atlas')

a badge of the Tudor rose with a crown and a motto 'Dieu et mon droict' (f. 31v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 994' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Detail of a map of Brazil., Boke of Idrography (The 'Rotz Atlas')

a badge of the Tudor rose with a crown and a motto 'Dieu et mon droict' (f. 31v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 994' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Text page., Historia scholastica (The 'Ashridge Petrus Comestor')

and Richard, king of the Romans (f. 234).Ashridge College, Bucks: ownership inscription 'Liber dom[u]s de assherugge' (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 791' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Miniature of Lancelot rescuing Guinevere from burning at the stake, at the beginning of the Mort Arthu, with a decorated initial 'A'(pres), and grotesque hybrid creatures surrounding the miniature., Lancelot du Lac

186v), 15th century.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 11, or 11v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Guinevere

• Flyleaf with extract from Isidore and list of books borrowed by John de Haliwell from Ramsey Abbey., Sententiae (f. 3); Speculum Gregorii (f. 45); Abbreuiatio Moralium Gregorii Magni in Iob (f. 116)

and the fourth of which is the present volume, 'Ysidorus de sum[m]o bono Ranulfi abbatis' ( f. 2).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 404'; included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• Initial 'P'(rimo) with foliate decoration at the beginning of the hymns., Psalter, in the Roman version (ff. 4-95), with canticles (ff. 96-104), a short litany (f. 104), a hymnal (ff. 105-128) and monastic canticles (ff. 129-135); added calendar (ff. 2,3) (the 'Bosworth Psalter')

an interlinear gloss in OldEnglish (ff. 32-33, 34, 38v, 40, 43, 54v-55, 64v-65v, 77v-87, 90-92, 101-103).The text of the Psalter was adapted for use in the Benedictine Office, according to Brown (2007). The earliest English source for the 'New

• 3 incomplete initials showing the three first stages in the production of a decorated initial: in the right-hand column is a space for an initial 'T' that has not been started; to its left is a 'VD' monogram whose design has been sketched in lead point; and above this is a 'P' whose design has been inked-over., Psalter, in the Roman version (ff. 4-95), with canticles (ff. 96-104), a short litany (f. 104), a hymnal (ff. 105-128) and monastic canticles (ff. 129-135); added calendar (ff. 2,3) (the 'Bosworth Psalter')

an interlinear gloss in OldEnglish (ff. 32-33, 34, 38v, 40, 43, 54v-55, 64v-65v, 77v-87, 90-92, 101-103).The text of the Psalter was adapted for use in the Benedictine Office, according to Brown (2007). The earliest English source for the 'New

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a mounted king stabbing at a hart with his sword., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

priory of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield: inscribed, 'Liber domus sancti barthomomei in smyth fylde', 15th century (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Decretales' and Westminster inventory number 'no. 1059' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a king approaching a castle, in which hide a group of naked people; there are angels on the battlements., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

priory of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield: inscribed, 'Liber domus sancti barthomomei in smyth fylde', 15th century (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Decretales' and Westminster inventory number 'no. 1059' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper