• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a king with a hunting horn standing beside a lady; to their right a man bears a stag's head on a pole., 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

• Miniature next to the initial 'I'(n principio) of twelve compartments containing the Days of Creation, Temptation, Expulsion from Paradise and Labours of Adam and Eve, with display script and a miniature of Crucifixion below, at the beginning of Genesis. Full border with a medallion of Descent into Limbo in the lower margin., Bible (Octateuch)

York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (The English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number, 'No.1286' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper

• Detail of a miniature next to the initial 'I'(n principio) of twelve compartments containing the Days of Creation, Temptation, Expulsion from Paradise and Labours of Adam and Eve, with display script and a miniature of Crucifixion below, at the beginning of Genesis., Bible (Octateuch)

York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (The English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number, 'No.1286' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper

• Text page from Genesis., Bible (Octateuch)

York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (The English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number, 'No.1286' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper

• Historiated initial 'I' of Elimelech and Naomi with her children, at the beginning of Ruth., Bible (Octateuch)

York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (The English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number, 'No.1286' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper

• Detail of an historiated initial 'I' of Elimelech and Naomi with her children, at the beginning of Ruth., Bible (Octateuch)

York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (The English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number, 'No.1286' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper

• Historiated initial 'H'(ec) of Moses and the Israelites, at the beginning of Exodus., Bible (Octateuch)

York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (The English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number, 'No.1286' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper

• Detail of an historiated initial 'H'(ec) of Moses and the Israelites, at the beginning of Exodus., Bible (Octateuch)

York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (The English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number, 'No.1286' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper

• Historiated initial 'J'(ohannes) of a lawyer holding a book, with a partial border, at the beginning of the preface (the introductory bull of John XXII), and a foliate initial 'J'(ohannes), at the beginning of the gloss; with birds and a hybrid grotesque in the margin., Constitutiones Clementinae; Extravagantes; Decretal on Franciscans; Lectura super Clementinis; Breviarium sive Repertorium

Erlye quondam abbas p[re]dicti loci', and in a different hand 'Thomas p[ro]visione divina abbas mon. Radyng[is]' (f. 186v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 9; and in the 1698

• Full-page miniature of the arms of France and England and a dedicatory letter addressed to Henry VIII., Description of the Holy Land, entitled, 'Tresample description de toute la Terre Saincte, et choses memorables faictes en plusieurs lieux et villes d'icelle extraicte de la Bible et livres Sainct Hierosme', beginning, 'Arbee est une petite ville', and preceded by a dedicatory letter and poem addressed to Henry VIII

crimson velvet with the Royal arms (between H. H.) and roses embroidered in coloured silks, gold-thread and seed-pearls.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal library): included in Henry VIII's 1547 post-mortem inventory as 'the description of the holy lande and

• Text page of Leviticus 18: 16, reading 'Et uxorem fratris sui nullus accipet' ('Nobody may marry his brother's wife') marked by a manicule in the margin., Bible (Octateuch)

York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (The English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number, 'No.1286' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper

• Historiated initial 'M'(agnifice) of Guilelmus de Monte Lauduno presenting his book to the pope, at the beginning of the Lectura super Clementinis., Constitutiones Clementinae; Extravagantes; Decretal on Franciscans; Lectura super Clementinis; Breviarium sive Repertorium

Erlye quondam abbas p[re]dicti loci', and in a different hand 'Thomas p[ro]visione divina abbas mon. Radyng[is]' (f. 186v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 9; and in the 1698

• Foliate initial 'E'(os) with a hybrid., Constitutiones Clementinae; Extravagantes; Decretal on Franciscans; Lectura super Clementinis; Breviarium sive Repertorium

Erlye quondam abbas p[re]dicti loci', and in a different hand 'Thomas p[ro]visione divina abbas mon. Radyng[is]' (f. 186v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 9; and in the 1698

• Contents list in humanistic script., Polychronicon (to 1327); Expugnatio Hibernia; travel writings, historical and religious texts (see Notes below for detailed contents)

Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James V: his collection became part of the Royal Library.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71 (f. 7v) and in the 1698 catalogue

• Miniature of Theoderic and Childebert with knights entering two cities, with a foliate initial 'A'(insi), at the beginning of chapter 6 of book 2., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

446).Inscribed 'qui meix amoient a morir que languir en cest dolour, quod Jane Sanford', 15th century (f. 447).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 60; and in

• Miniature of Charles the Great receiving Clement Scotus and his companion, and Charles the Great giving the Tours abbey to Alcuin, at the beginning of chapter 3 of 'Charlemagne' book 3., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

446).Inscribed 'qui meix amoient a morir que languir en cest dolour, quod Jane Sanford', 15th century (f. 447).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 60; and in

• Miniature of Charlemagne return from the East, at the beginning of chapter 11 of 'Charlemagne' book 3., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

446).Inscribed 'qui meix amoient a morir que languir en cest dolour, quod Jane Sanford', 15th century (f. 447).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 60; and in

• Miniature of Charlemagne vision of the milky way, and James appearing to Charles the Great, at the beginning of chapter 1 of 'Charlemagne' book 4., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

446).Inscribed 'qui meix amoient a morir que languir en cest dolour, quod Jane Sanford', 15th century (f. 447).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 60; and in

• Miniature of Louis the Pious sending messengers to Constantinople, and the messengers received by two bishops; Louis the Pious holding a parliament at Aix-la-Chapelle, at the beginning of chapter 8 of 'Louis the Pious' book 1, Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

446).Inscribed 'qui meix amoient a morir que languir en cest dolour, quod Jane Sanford', 15th century (f. 447).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 60; and in

• Miniature of Charles the Bald setting out on a journey and two messengers, with a foliate initial 'E'(n), at the beginning of the chapter 2 of 'Charles the Bald' book., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

446).Inscribed 'qui meix amoient a morir que languir en cest dolour, quod Jane Sanford', 15th century (f. 447).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 60; and in