• Decorated initial 'E'(t) at the beginning of the prologue to Lamentations of Jeremiah, and a historiated initial 'Q'(uomodo) of Jeremiah mourning over Jerusalem with marginal extensions containing hybrids and birds, at the beginning of Lamentations of Jeremiah., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (The 'Bible of William of Devon')

of Devon') Written by William of Devon: his colophon, 'Will[elmu]s devoniensis scripsit istum / librum/' (f. 540v). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 972' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Decorated initial 'L'(iber) at the beginning of the prologue to Wisdom, and a historiated initial 'D'(iligite) of Solomon and a soldier, at the beginning of Wisdom., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (The 'Bible of William of Devon')

of Devon') Written by William of Devon: his colophon, 'Will[elmu]s devoniensis scripsit istum / librum/' (f. 540v). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 972' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Historiated initial 'P'(arabole) of Solomon instructing Rehoboam with marginal extensions containing a man hunting a bird and a dog chasing a rabbit, at the beginning of Proverbs., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (The 'Bible of William of Devon')

of Devon') Written by William of Devon: his colophon, 'Will[elmu]s devoniensis scripsit istum / librum/' (f. 540v). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 972' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of the Trinity, at the beginning of Psalm 109., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (The 'Bible of William of Devon')

of Devon') Written by William of Devon: his colophon, 'Will[elmu]s devoniensis scripsit istum / librum/' (f. 540v). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 972' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Historiated initial 'C'(antate) of three clerics singing at a lectern, at the beginning of Psalm 97., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (The 'Bible of William of Devon')

of Devon') Written by William of Devon: his colophon, 'Will[elmu]s devoniensis scripsit istum / librum/' (f. 540v). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 972' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of the Fool before David, at the beginning of Psalm 52., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (The 'Bible of William of Devon')

of Devon') Written by William of Devon: his colophon, 'Will[elmu]s devoniensis scripsit istum / librum/' (f. 540v). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 972' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• null, Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (The 'Bible of William of Devon')

of Devon') Written by William of Devon: his colophon, 'Will[elmu]s devoniensis scripsit istum / librum/' (f. 540v). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 972' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) of David playing the harp in the upper register, and David killing Goliath, in the lower register, with display script and marginal extensions with drolleries., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (The 'Bible of William of Devon')

of Devon') Written by William of Devon: his colophon, 'Will[elmu]s devoniensis scripsit istum / librum/' (f. 540v). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 972' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Historiated initial 'T'(obias) of the blinding of Tobit and Raphael, at the beginning of Tobit., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (The 'Bible of William of Devon')

of Devon') Written by William of Devon: his colophon, 'Will[elmu]s devoniensis scripsit istum / librum/' (f. 540v). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 972' (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

• Cancelled first leaf with various erasures, prefixed as a flyleaf. The other side has been left blank, and the space left for an initial has not been filled in. This leaf was abandoned, and the text re-written on the following one, which is now the start of the book., Sermons, beginning, 'Hodie nobis dominus patrem cum filiis duobus vocavit'

Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): red seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1).Patrick Young [Junius] (b. 1584, d. 1652), royal librarian and scholar:inscribed by him, ' Petri Chrysologi sermones 76' (f. 2).The Old Royal Library (the

• Detail of a miniature of a bishop with two priests, one before an altar, illustrating a case of a bishop removing a priest from a church and substituting another, with a foliate initial 'S'(ententia), at the beginning of causa 9., Decretum, with the Glossa ordinaria

to the prior of St Albans, now Royal 14 B LI, found in the manuscript, late 15th century.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 984' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of a miniature of two laymen discussing with a cleric, and two churches with altars, illustrating a case of people moving from one diocese to another, with a foliate initial 'D'(iocesiani), at the beginning of causa 13., Decretum, with the Glossa ordinaria

to the prior of St Albans, now Royal 14 B LI, found in the manuscript, late 15th century.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 984' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of a miniature of a monk and two laymen with a monastic habit, illustrating the case of two novices, one of whom becomes a monk, while the other returns to the world, with a foliate initial 'D'(uo), at the beginning of causa 20., Decretum, with the Glossa ordinaria

to the prior of St Albans, now Royal 14 B LI, found in the manuscript, late 15th century.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 984' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after