• Detail from the roll of the royal line from Henry II to Edward I., Genealogical chronicle of the English Kings

beginning. Numerous marginal scenes, isolated human figures, animals and hybrids. Initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing. Genealogical chronicle of the English Kings John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c .1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: probably to be identified with

• Pen-flourished initial 'F'(rater) with two sided pen-flourished border, at the beginning of the Prologue., Bible

(b. 1491, d. 1547), king of England and Ireland (from 1509): his portrait and arms (f. 4v). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'No. 978' (f. 1): acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of a pen-flourished initial 'H'(ec sunt), at the beginning of Exodus., Bible

(b. 1491, d. 1547), king of England and Ireland (from 1509): his portrait and arms (f. 4v). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'No. 978' (f. 1): acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of a pen-flourished initial 'L'(ocutus), at the beginning of Numbers., Bible

(b. 1491, d. 1547), king of England and Ireland (from 1509): his portrait and arms (f. 4v). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'No. 978' (f. 1): acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Illuminated initials 'T'(andem) and 'E'(t factum) with a partial trompe l'oeil border, at the beginning of the prologue to Joshua and of Joshua., Bible

(b. 1491, d. 1547), king of England and Ireland (from 1509): his portrait and arms (f. 4v). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'No. 978' (f. 1): acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Illuminated initial 'F'(uit vir) with trompe l'oeil border containing a miniature of David killing Goliath, at the beginning of 1 Kings., Bible

(b. 1491, d. 1547), king of England and Ireland (from 1509): his portrait and arms (f. 4v). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'No. 978' (f. 1): acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Pen-flourished initials 'C'(hromatio) and 'P'(arabole), at the beginning of the prologue to Proverbs and of the Proverbs., Bible

(b. 1491, d. 1547), king of England and Ireland (from 1509): his portrait and arms (f. 4v). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'No. 978' (f. 1): acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Illuminated initial 'C'(ogor), at the beginning of the prologue to Job, with a trompe l'oeil border with the image of Jerome as a cardinal with a lion beside him, with a peacock and three monkeys in the lower margin, at the beginning of the prologue., Bible

d[omi]ni / Millesimo quadringe[n]tesimo q[ui]nquqge/simo p[ri]mo. In profesto b[ea]ti Bernardi ab/batis. In domo clerico[rum] Zwollis' (f. 269). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'No. 978' (f. 1): acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of a miniature of Lancelot rescuing Guinevere from burning at the stake, with grotesque hybrid creatures surrounding the miniature, at the beginning of the Mort Arthu., 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

• Illuminated initial 'T' with pen flourishing, Lamentationes (f. 1); Le Livre de Leesce (index: Les Rebours de Matheolus, Le Resolu en Mariage) (f. 70)

Henry VIII: inscribed with his name and proverbs in Latin, French, Spanish and Italian (ff. 99v, 100). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number '455 '; included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• Initial 'D' and three smaller initials with foliate decoration and partial borders., A collection of tales and tracts, all imperfect, including De disciplina clericali; Legenda Aurea

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

• Map of the Atlantic Ocean with the British Isles, Spain, Iceland, and the opposite coasts of Labrador and Newfoundland., 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

• Map of Europe and the coasts of the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, 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 miniature of Agravain riding, with the head of Druas behind him on his saddle, and a woman standing behind., 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. Agravain

• 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