• Detail of an added Old English text of a manumission by king Athelstan., Gospel Book

Detail of an added OldEnglish text of a manumission by king Athelstan. The manuscript contains a text of a manumission by King Athelstan, one of the earliest of the Anglo-Saxon examples of the practice of inserting records in sacred

• Miniature of the Tree of Consanguinity from a gloss on Book 4 of the Decretals., Decretals of Gregory IX

king of England and lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine, in French, 14th-century English hand (f. 347).Added glosses, 14th century.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 174' (f. 1), included in the inventory of

• Miniature of the Tree of Affinity from a gloss on book 4 of the Decretals., Decretals of Gregory IX

king of England and lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine, in French, 14th-century English hand (f. 347).Added glosses, 14th century.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 174' (f. 1), included in the inventory of

• Detail of a miniature of the Tree of Affinity from a gloss on book 4 of the Decretals., Decretals of Gregory IX

king of England and lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine, in French, 14th-century English hand (f. 347).Added glosses, 14th century.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 174' (f. 1), included in the inventory of

• Detail of a miniature of the Tree of Consanguinity from a gloss on Book 4 of the Decretals., Decretals of Gregory IX

king of England and lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine, in French, 14th-century English hand (f. 347).Added glosses, 14th century.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 174' (f. 1), included in the inventory of

• Detail of a miniature of the emperor Justinian, with a group of soldiers and scholars, one of whom holding a scroll with an inscription reading 'Bonus studens facit doctorem'; and a foliate initial 'I'(mperatoriam), at the beginning of book 1 of the Institutiones., Volumen parvum, with the glossa ordinaria

293v, 294).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Instituta cum li. Nouel' (f. 1).Patrick Young [Junius] (b. 1584, d. 1652), royal librarian and scholar: notes in his hand (ff. 201v, 227v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal

• Detail of a miniature of the emperor Justinian, and two plaintiffs holding money, with children, and a foliate initial 'S'(uperiori), at the beginning of book 2 of the Institutiones., Volumen parvum, with the glossa ordinaria

293v, 294).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Instituta cum li. Nouel' (f. 1).Patrick Young [Junius] (b. 1584, d. 1652), royal librarian and scholar: notes in his hand (ff. 201v, 227v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal

• Detail of a miniature of the emperor Justinian and two lawyers, one of whom pointing at a women with a child illustrating the hereditary law, with a foliate initial 'I'(ntestatus), at the beginning of book 3 of the Institutiones., Volumen parvum, with the glossa ordinaria

293v, 294).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Instituta cum li. Nouel' (f. 1).Patrick Young [Junius] (b. 1584, d. 1652), royal librarian and scholar: notes in his hand (ff. 201v, 227v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal

• Detail of a miniature of the emperor Justinian, a soldier, and a hanged man, with a foliate initial 'C'(um), at the beginning of book 4 of the Institutiones., Volumen parvum, with the glossa ordinaria

293v, 294).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Instituta cum li. Nouel' (f. 1).Patrick Young [Junius] (b. 1584, d. 1652), royal librarian and scholar: notes in his hand (ff. 201v, 227v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal

• Detail of a miniature of the emperor Justinian with two lawyers and a child holding a scroll with an inscription reading 'Iustitiam peto', and a foliate initial 'O'(cupatis), at the beginning of the Authenticum., Volumen parvum, with the glossa ordinaria

293v, 294).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Instituta cum li. Nouel' (f. 1).Patrick Young [Junius] (b. 1584, d. 1652), royal librarian and scholar: notes in his hand (ff. 201v, 227v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal

• Detail of a miniature of a king receiving homage, and two lawyers, with a foliate initial 'Q'(uia), at the beginning of the Libri feudorum., Volumen parvum, with the glossa ordinaria

293v, 294).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Instituta cum li. Nouel' (f. 1).Patrick Young [Junius] (b. 1584, d. 1652), royal librarian and scholar: notes in his hand (ff. 201v, 227v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal

• Detail of a miniature of the emperor Justinian and a kneeling man with a purse before him, with a lawyer and a soldier; and a foliate initial 'S'(i prius), at the beginning of book 10 of the Codex 'De iure fisci'., Volumen parvum, with the glossa ordinaria

293v, 294).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Instituta cum li. Nouel' (f. 1).Patrick Young [Junius] (b. 1584, d. 1652), royal librarian and scholar: notes in his hand (ff. 201v, 227v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal

• Detail of a miniature of the emperor Justinian receiving gold from a kneeling man, with two soldiers, and a lawyer standing before him; with a foliate initial 'N'(ullam), at the beginning of book 11 of the Codex, 'De tollenda lustralis auri collatione'., Volumen parvum, with the glossa ordinaria

293v, 294).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Instituta cum li. Nouel' (f. 1).Patrick Young [Junius] (b. 1584, d. 1652), royal librarian and scholar: notes in his hand (ff. 201v, 227v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal

• Detail of a miniature of the emperor Justinian with a group of lawyers before him, at the beginning of book 12 of the Codex, 'De dignitatibus'., Volumen parvum, with the glossa ordinaria

293v, 294).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Instituta cum li. Nouel' (f. 1).Patrick Young [Junius] (b. 1584, d. 1652), royal librarian and scholar: notes in his hand (ff. 201v, 227v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal

• Historiated initial 'D'(e) of a marriage ceremony, at the beginning of book 4, De sponsalibus et matrimoniis., Decretales, with the Glossa ordinaria

of sentences highlighted in yellow. Decretales, with the Glossa ordinaria Addressed to the university of Paris (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1008' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of a historiated initial 'D'(e) of a marriage ceremony, at the beginning of book 4, De sponsalibus et matrimoniis., Decretales, with the Glossa ordinaria

of sentences highlighted in yellow. Decretales, with the Glossa ordinaria Addressed to the university of Paris (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1008' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Miniature of the author presenting his book to a king, the training of a knight at the pile (or pale), and a knight mounting a horse., Les establissemenz de chevalerie, imperfect, wanting 3 chapters at the end (a French translation of De re militari)

establissemenz de chevalerie, imperfect, wanting 3 chapters at the end (a French translation of De re militari) The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 511' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Illuminated initial 'L'(iancien) at the beginning of the prologue., Les establissemenz de chevalerie, imperfect, wanting 3 chapters at the end (a French translation of De re militari)

establissemenz de chevalerie, imperfect, wanting 3 chapters at the end (a French translation of De re militari) The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 511' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Initial 'A' with penwork decoration, Sermons, letters and tracts

be identified with no. 155 in Patrick Young's 1622 catalogue of the cathedral library, Salisbury (see Ker 1949).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Royal seal of a ship (f. 2); table of contents in the hand of the

• Text page from Genesis., 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