• Drawing of Edward VI seated on a throne inscribed with a motto 'Dieu et mon droit' and 'Vivat rex', receiving the book from the author William Forrest., The pleasaunt poesye of princelie practise, imperfect

receiving the book from the author William Forrest. Sir William Forrest's 'The pleasaunt poesye of princelie practise' is an English verse adaptation of the pseudo-Aristotelian 'Secretum Secretorum' and Giles of Rome's 'De Regimine Principum', written following the fashion of the

• Illuminated initial 'T'(he nobleste) of a crowned Tudor rose, at the beginning of the poem., The pleasaunt poesye of princelie practise, imperfect

the poem. Sir William Forrest's 'The pleasaunt poesye of princelie practise' is an English verse adaptation of the pseudo-Aristotelian 'Secretum Secretorum' and Giles of Rome's 'De Regimine Principum', written following the fashion of the commonwealthsmen, the social commentators and reformers,

• Continuation of calendar for May with drawings of saints Dunstan, Urbanus, Augustinus and Petronilla., Agricultural almanac containing an astronomical calendar (1420), miscellaneous tables, mnemonic verses and charms

very similar to Harley 2332.Prologue to a letter from St Louis to King Charles in Middle English (f. 22v). 12 calendar pages with tinted drawings in colours of the labours of the months and the signs of the zodiac, and

• Calendar for October with drawings of a man sowing (labour of the month), symbols of saints: a bishop's mitre (for Leger), a hand with stigmata ( Francis), joined hands (Fides), a church (Dionysus), an archbishop (Wilfrid)., Agricultural almanac containing an astronomical calendar (1420), miscellaneous tables, mnemonic verses and charms

an archbishop (Wilfrid). Contents very similar to Harley 2332.Prologue to a letter from St Louis to King Charles in Middle English (f. 22v). 12 calendar pages with tinted drawings in colours of the labours of the months and the signs

• Calendar for November with drawings of a man killing a pig (labour of the month), all saints and all souls, emblems of saints: a chain (for Leonard), a bishop's mitre (Martin), Archbishop Edmund., Agricultural almanac containing an astronomical calendar (1420), miscellaneous tables, mnemonic verses and charms

(Martin), Archbishop Edmund. Contents very similar to Harley 2332.Prologue to a letter from St Louis to King Charles in Middle English (f. 22v). 12 calendar pages with tinted drawings in colours of the labours of the months and the signs

• Continuation of calendar for November with drawings of symbols representing saints Edmund (an arrow), Clement (an anchor) Katherine (a wheel) and Andrew (a saltire cross)., Agricultural almanac containing an astronomical calendar (1420), miscellaneous tables, mnemonic verses and charms

(a saltire cross). Contents very similar to Harley 2332.Prologue to a letter from St Louis to King Charles in Middle English (f. 22v). 12 calendar pages with tinted drawings in colours of the labours of the months and the signs

• Table of lunar eclipses with tinted drawings and symbols representing the labours of the months., Agricultural almanac containing an astronomical calendar (1420), miscellaneous tables, mnemonic verses and charms

very similar to Harley 2332.Prologue to a letter from St Louis to King Charles in Middle English (f. 22v). 12 calendar pages with tinted drawings in colours of the labours of the months and the signs of the zodiac, and

• Continuation of table of eclipses with tinted drawings and symbols representing the labours of the months., Agricultural almanac containing an astronomical calendar (1420), miscellaneous tables, mnemonic verses and charms

Contents very similar to Harley 2332.Prologue to a letter from St Louis to King Charles in Middle English (f. 22v). 12 calendar pages with tinted drawings in colours of the labours of the months and the signs of the zodiac,

• Table with tinted drawings representing the planets reigning on each day of the week., Agricultural almanac containing an astronomical calendar (1420), miscellaneous tables, mnemonic verses and charms

very similar to Harley 2332.Prologue to a letter from St Louis to King Charles in Middle English (f. 22v). 12 calendar pages with tinted drawings in colours of the labours of the months and the signs of the zodiac, and

• Continuation of table with tinted drawings representing the planets reigning on each day of the week., Agricultural almanac containing an astronomical calendar (1420), miscellaneous tables, mnemonic verses and charms

Contents very similar to Harley 2332.Prologue to a letter from St Louis to King Charles in Middle English (f. 22v). 12 calendar pages with tinted drawings in colours of the labours of the months and the signs of the zodiac,

• Table with tinted drawings of notable events with written above the number of years since their occurrence., Agricultural almanac containing an astronomical calendar (1420), miscellaneous tables, mnemonic verses and charms

Contents very similar to Harley 2332.Prologue to a letter from St Louis to King Charles in Middle English (f. 22v). 12 calendar pages with tinted drawings in colours of the labours of the months and the signs of the zodiac,

• Tinted drawing of Zodiac man., Agricultural almanac containing an astronomical calendar (1420), miscellaneous tables, mnemonic verses and charms

to a letter from St Louis to King Charles in Middle English (f. 22v). 12 calendar pages with tinted drawings in colours of the labours of the months and the signs of the zodiac, and various pictures and emblems representing

• Table of dominical letters with tinted drawings representing prognostications according to each letter., Agricultural almanac containing an astronomical calendar (1420), miscellaneous tables, mnemonic verses and charms

similar to Harley 2332.Prologue to a letter from St Louis to King Charles in Middle English (f. 22v). 12 calendar pages with tinted drawings in colours of the labours of the months and the signs of the zodiac, and various

• Table with tinted drawings representing prognostications from the dominical letters., Agricultural almanac containing an astronomical calendar (1420), miscellaneous tables, mnemonic verses and charms

to Harley 2332.Prologue to a letter from St Louis to King Charles in Middle English (f. 22v). 12 calendar pages with tinted drawings in colours of the labours of the months and the signs of the zodiac, and various pictures

• Miniature of the map of the world, at the beginning of Ranulf Higden's Polychronicon., Polychronicon

et abbatis' (f. 1); and a copy of his epitaph (printed by Casley), 15th century (f. 8v). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1277' (f.), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after 1542;

• Detail of a miniature of the Damsel of Hungerford with Arthur and Guinevere, with an illuminated initial overpainted with the arms of Bohun., Lancelot du Lac

Pleshey by Richard II after Thomas's arrest and murder Large shelfmark '2' (unfoliated parchment flyleaf at the beginning).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with 'Lancelot du Lac' included in the list of books at

• Miniature of Arthur engaged in conversation with his barons, while Lancelot and Guinevere are whispering together, and on the right, the king and queen presiding over a banquet; with an illuminated initial 'M'(out) containing the arms of England and Bohun, and a full bar border with scenes of two men fighting and monkeys at school, in the lower margin., Lancelot du Lac

Pleshey by Richard II after Thomas's arrest and murder Large shelfmark '2' (unfoliated parchment flyleaf at the beginning).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with 'Lancelot du Lac' included in the list of books at

• Detail of a miniature of Arthur engaged in conversation with his barons, while Lancelot and Guinevere are whispering together, and on the right, the king and queen presiding over a banquet., Lancelot du Lac

Pleshey by Richard II after Thomas's arrest and murder Large shelfmark '2' (unfoliated parchment flyleaf at the beginning).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with 'Lancelot du Lac' included in the list of books at

• Text page with decorated initial 'A'., Thebais (index Thebaid)

scholar, recorded in lists in Harley 6018, f. 159v, and Additional 35213, ff. 34-34v (see Tite 1992). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Royal seal of a ship, 17th century (after f. 1); perhaps in the catalogue of

• Historiated initial 'V'(enerabilibus) of Guido de Baysio presenting his book to the pope Boniface VIII, with a partial border, at the beginning of Guido de Baysio's Apparatus ad Sextum., Apparatus ad Sextum; De regulis iuris; Liber sextus Decretalium with the glossa ordinaria; Apparatus ad Sextum

produced in Cambridge: the preface of the Liber sextus Decretalium is dedicated to Cambridge University (f. 161). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 921' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after