• Initial 'H'(enrico) with foliate decoration at the beginning of the prefatory epistle to Henry II in Peter of Blois' ~Epistolae~., Epistolae and religious tracts

abstul[er]it aut illi sup[er] eo fraude[m] fec[er]it, n[isi] eidem eccl[es]ie plene satisfec[er]it, anathema sit maranatha. Fiat. Fiat. Ame[n].'The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 325' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Initial 'D'(um) decorated with a bird at the beginning of the ~Exhortationes~ of Peter of Blois., Epistolae and religious tracts

abstul[er]it aut illi sup[er] eo fraude[m] fec[er]it, n[isi] eidem eccl[es]ie plene satisfec[er]it, anathema sit maranatha. Fiat. Fiat. Ame[n].'The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 325' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Plain red initial 'E'(cclesiastica) at the beginning of the first theological tract, with the ownership inscription of the Augustinian Priory of Merton, Surrey, in the upper margin, and the monogram of Thomas Wolsey in the lower margin., Various theological tracts, beginning, 'Ecclesiastica corectio que fit per excomunionem', Sentences analogous to the work of Peter Lombard, various brief texts on religious topics (De excomunicatione etc.), Isidore of Seville's exposition on Genesis and Exodus, extracts from Jerome's Epistolas taken from the Florilegium Angelicum, Sic et Non, imperfect at the beginning and the end, Dialogus inter philosophum, Iudaeum et Christianum, imperfect at the beginning and the end, excerpts attributed to Bernard of Clairvaux

archbishop of York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (f. 1) (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1080' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Text page with lettering in black and red., Pauline Epistles, in the new Latin translation of Jacques Lefèvre

adiecta intelligentia ex graeco cum commentariis~, printed in Paris in 1512 (see Trapp 1976, p. 209 n. 4).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1264' (f. 1*, flyleaf of each of the original five volumes),

• Text page with lettering in black and red., Pauline Epistles, in the new Latin translation of Jacques Lefèvre

adiecta intelligentia ex graeco cum commentariis~, printed in Paris in 1512 (see Trapp 1976, p. 209 n. 4).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1264' (f. 1*, flyleaf of each of the original five volumes),

• Text page with lettering in black and red, with a space left for an unfinished initial 'P'(aulus)., Pauline Epistles, in the Latin translation of Jacques Lefèvre

adiecta intelligentia ex graeco cum commentariis~, printed in Paris in 1512 (see Trapp 1976, p. 209 n. 4).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library) Westminster inventory number 'no. 1264' (f. 1*, flyleaf of each of the original five volumes),

• Inscription recording that Richard of Reading had the book bound in Oxford, and that it belonged to the Benedictine abbey of St. Mary, Reading: 'Istu[m] libru[m] oxon[ie] fecit Ricardus de Redyngi[e] ligari que[m] qui alienaverit / a monasterio Redyngie fu[n]dato i[n] honore[m] gloriose virginis Marie et / beato[rum] ap[osto]lo[rum] petri et pauli Iohannis atque Iacobi vel in eo fraude[m] / fec[er]it anathema sit.', Digestum Vetus, with pre-Accursian glosses

Appulford e[st] bon[us] puer', 14th century (f. 249).Added list of contents referred to running titles, 14th-century English hand (f. 250v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 9v; and in

• Two fifteenth-century inscriptions identifying the contents of the manuscript and recording (in verse) the gift of the book from John Whethamstede to the Benedictines at Oxford. John Lumley's ownership inscription underneath., 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 '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

• Miniature from the prefatory cycle of the Holy Women at the Tomb, in the upper register, and the Descent to Hell, in the lower register., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

(ff. 137-139). The calendar includes the erased name of Thomas of Canterbury in gold display script and a number of English saints: Judoc, Edburga, Oswald, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Dunstan, Andelm, Alban, Etheldreda, Swithun, Grimbald, Kenelm, Frideswide, Edmund, Birinus, etc. The translation

• Historiated initial 'D'(ominus) of the Anointing of David by Samuel, with an extension in the form of dragon and a naked man sitting on it, at the beginning of the Psalm 26; line-fillers ornamented with a bird, a lion, and a rabit., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

(ff. 137-139). The calendar includes the erased name of Thomas of Canterbury in gold display script and a number of English saints: Judoc, Edburga, Oswald, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Dunstan, Andelm, Alban, Etheldreda, Swithun, Grimbald, Kenelm, Frideswide, Edmund, Birinus, etc. The translation

• Miniature from the prefatory cycle of the Annunciation and the Visitation., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

137-139). The calendar includes the erased name of Thomas of Canterbury in gold display script and a number of English saints: Judoc, Edburga, Oswald, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Dunstan, Andelm, Alban, Etheldreda, Swithun, Grimbald, Kenelm, Frideswide, Edmund, Birinus, etc. The translation of

• Miniature from the prefatory cycle of the Flight into Egypt in the upper register, and the Massacre of the Innocents in the lower register., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

(ff. 137-139). The calendar includes the erased name of Thomas of Canterbury in gold display script and a number of English saints: Judoc, Edburga, Oswald, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Dunstan, Andelm, Alban, Etheldreda, Swithun, Grimbald, Kenelm, Frideswide, Edmund, Birinus, etc. The translation

• Miniature from the prefatory cycle of the Baptism of Christ in the upper register, and the Marriage at Cana in the lower register., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

(ff. 137-139). The calendar includes the erased name of Thomas of Canterbury in gold display script and a number of English saints: Judoc, Edburga, Oswald, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Dunstan, Andelm, Alban, Etheldreda, Swithun, Grimbald, Kenelm, Frideswide, Edmund, Birinus, etc. The translation

• Miniature from the prefatory cycle of the Transfiguration of Christ in the upper register, and the Raising of Lazarus in the lower register., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

(ff. 137-139). The calendar includes the erased name of Thomas of Canterbury in gold display script and a number of English saints: Judoc, Edburga, Oswald, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Dunstan, Andelm, Alban, Etheldreda, Swithun, Grimbald, Kenelm, Frideswide, Edmund, Birinus, etc. The translation

• Miniature from the prefatory cycle of Mary Magdalene anointing Christ's feet and drying them with her hair in the upper register, and the Entry into Jerusalem in the lower register., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

(ff. 137-139). The calendar includes the erased name of Thomas of Canterbury in gold display script and a number of English saints: Judoc, Edburga, Oswald, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Dunstan, Andelm, Alban, Etheldreda, Swithun, Grimbald, Kenelm, Frideswide, Edmund, Birinus, etc. The translation

• Miniature from the prefatory cycle of the Betrayal of Christi in the upper register, and Christ attacked and the Denial of Peter in the lower register., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

(ff. 137-139). The calendar includes the erased name of Thomas of Canterbury in gold display script and a number of English saints: Judoc, Edburga, Oswald, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Dunstan, Andelm, Alban, Etheldreda, Swithun, Grimbald, Kenelm, Frideswide, Edmund, Birinus, etc. The translation

• Miniature from the prefatory cycle of the Scourging of Christ in the upper register, and Judas returning the 30 pieces of silver and hanging himself in the lower register., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

(ff. 137-139). The calendar includes the erased name of Thomas of Canterbury in gold display script and a number of English saints: Judoc, Edburga, Oswald, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Dunstan, Andelm, Alban, Etheldreda, Swithun, Grimbald, Kenelm, Frideswide, Edmund, Birinus, etc. The translation

• Miniature from the prefatory cycle of the Crucifixion in the upper register, and the Deposition from the Cross in the lower register., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

(ff. 137-139). The calendar includes the erased name of Thomas of Canterbury in gold display script and a number of English saints: Judoc, Edburga, Oswald, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Dunstan, Andelm, Alban, Etheldreda, Swithun, Grimbald, Kenelm, Frideswide, Edmund, Birinus, etc. The translation