• Puzzle initial 'I'(nsistit) with pen-flourishing., Doctrinale fidei ecclesiae, Books 1 and 2

Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71 (f. 5v) and in the 1698

• Puzzle initial 'M'(ea) with pen-flourishing and a partial border with medallions containing the Lamb of God (the symbol of John the Baptist) and the eagle symbol of John the Evangelist., Doctrinale fidei ecclesiae, Books 1 and 2

Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71 (f. 5v) and in the 1698

• Text page in a section of the manuscript which contains prayers of Irish origin, including an incantation against weak eyesight: '...give light of the eyes to me.' Near its end, it calls upon the body parts and qualities of saints and Old Testament figures ('the tongue of Solomon, neck of Timothy, mind of Benjamin ...') and ends with the 'Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus.' Below it is a late 9th- or early 10th-century inscription in Old English concerning the gift of property by its founder, Ealhswith., Extracts from the Gospels and prayers ('The Book of Nunnaminster')

of saints and Old Testament figures ('the tongue of Solomon, neck of Timothy, mind of Benjamin ...') and ends with the 'Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus.' Below it is a late 9th- or early 10th-century inscription in OldEnglish concerning the gift

• Decorated initials 'U'(t) and 'A'(nno)., Historiae adversus paganos, in seven books, preceded by an 'Argumentum' (ff. 1-122); De bello Troiana (index De excidio troiae historia), preceded by the supposititious letter of Cornelius Nepos to Sallust, beginning, 'Cornelius Salustio suo salutem. Cum multa Athenis' (ff. 123-133v), imperfect at the end (the manuscript breaks off at the end of Chapter 46)

took place before the compilation (c. 1635) of the Cotton library catalogue in Add. 36789, f. 36. The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): possibly included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 19v; red seal of

• Historiated initial 'Q'(uoniam) of a teacher with students, at the beginning of the Physica., Physical treatises

Inscribed 'Iste liber est in custodia fratris Iohannis de .......', early 14th century English hand (f. 3v).Added commonplaces, chiefly philosophical, including a few proverbs, early 14th century English hand (ff. 2r-v).Notes including names of Oliver Went, John Bedyngton, John Thwenge,

• Text page with glosses and marginal drawings., Physical treatises

Inscribed 'Iste liber est in custodia fratris Iohannis de .......', early 14th century English hand (f. 3v).Added commonplaces, chiefly philosophical, including a few proverbs, early 14th century English hand (ff. 2r-v).Notes including names of Oliver Went, John Bedyngton, John Thwenge,

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a goat playing the violin., Glosses to Aristotle's Physical treatises, with a table of contents

Inscribed 'Iste liber est in custodia fratris Iohannis de .......', early 14th century English hand (f. 3v).Added commonplaces, chiefly philosophical, including a few proverbs, early 14th century English hand (ff. 2r-v).Notes including names of Oliver Went, John Bedyngton, John Thwenge,

• Historiated initial 'P'(ost quam) of a man gazing at the heavens, with earth and sea before him, at the beginning of Meteorologica, and a marginal drawing of a man pointing to a gloss., Physical treatises

Inscribed 'Iste liber est in custodia fratris Iohannis de .......', early 14th century English hand (f. 3v).Added commonplaces, chiefly philosophical, including a few proverbs, early 14th century English hand (ff. 2r-v).Notes including names of Oliver Went, John Bedyngton, John Thwenge,

• Detail of a historiated initial 'P'(ost quam) of a man, with the sky, earth, and sea before him, at the beginning of Meteorologica, with an instruction for the display script., Physical treatises

Inscribed 'Iste liber est in custodia fratris Iohannis de .......', early 14th century English hand (f. 3v).Added commonplaces, chiefly philosophical, including a few proverbs, early 14th century English hand (ff. 2r-v).Notes including names of Oliver Went, John Bedyngton, John Thwenge,

• Miniature divided in four compartments, of the Coronation of the Virgin, the Crucifixion flanked by two Cherubims, the Virgin and Child flanked by Peter and Paul, and Martin and the beggar with a kneeling cleric in a blue habit, in the lower margin. Historiated initial 'I'(n principio) of the Days of Creation and scenes from an Adam and Eve cycle: the Temptation, Expulsion from Paradise and Labours of Adam and Eve, with the Crucifixion in the lower register, at the beginning of Genesis. Full border with hunting scenes, an animal parody of a bishop and cleric, birds and hybrids., 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

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a monk with a walking stick approaching a woman., 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 monk and a woman before a fire., 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 monk and a nun approaching a house., 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 nun kneeling before a monk., 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 devil and a sleeping woman., 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 two men fighting, while a woman watches., 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 an angel and a devil; a nun watches them from the doorway of a building., 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 an angel speaking to a nun., 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 nun dying, while an angel fights off a devil., 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 monk carrying a dead nun to her tomb., 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