• Detail of a miniature of Olympias giving birth to Alexander the Great, with two eagles on the roof of the palace (foretelling Alexander's two empires in Europe and Asia). The temple of Diana at Ephesus burns in the background as a portent of Alexander's revenge on the Persians for their invasion of Greece under Xerxes in 480 BC., Historia Alexandri Magni

table of contents (ff. 1-11v). ?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '49' (f. [ii]).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix, 71, ff. 12v, 13,

• Detail of a miniature of Boccaccio writing, with Adam and Eve standing before him., De casibus virorum illustrium (Des cas des ruynes des nobles hommes et fammes)

her name 'Marie Rivieres' (f. ii).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '91' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with 'Bocace le petit' included in the list

• Miniature of the struggle of Fortune and Poverty at the crossroads, with an illuminated initial 'P'(elenus) and foliate borders., De casibus virorum illustrium (Des cas des ruynes des nobles hommes et fammes)

her name 'Marie Rivieres' (f. ii).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '91' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with 'Bocace le petit' included in the list

• Miniature of the death of Manlius, with an illuminated initial 'I'(l) and foliate borders., De casibus virorum illustrium (Des cas des ruynes des nobles hommes et fammes)

her name 'Marie Rivieres' (f. ii).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '91' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with 'Bocace le petit' included in the list

• Miniature of the death of Antonius, son of Triumvir, with an illuminated initial 'C'(hascun) and foliate borders., De casibus virorum illustrium (Des cas des ruynes des nobles hommes et fammes)

her name 'Marie Rivieres' (f. ii).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '91' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with 'Bocace le petit' included in the list

• Miniature of the death of Brunhilda, with an illuminated initial 'P'(ource que) and foliate borders., De casibus virorum illustrium (Des cas des ruynes des nobles hommes et fammes)

her name 'Marie Rivieres' (f. ii).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '91' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with 'Bocace le petit' included in the list

• Miniature of the surrender of Arbela, with a full border including hybrid grotesques and a foliate initial 'S'(e), at the beginning of book 4., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

is Royal 16 G VIII. ?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '37' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no.

• Detail of a miniature of the death of Brunhilda., De casibus virorum illustrium (Des cas des ruynes des nobles hommes et fammes)

her name 'Marie Rivieres' (f. ii).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '91' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with 'Bocace le petit' included in the list

• Miniature of Olympias giving birth to Alexander the Great, with two eagles on the roof of the palace (foretelling Alexander's two empires in Europe and Asia). The temple of Diana at Ephesus burns in the background as a portent of Alexander's revenge on the Persians for their invasion of Greece under Xerxes in 480 BC., Historia Alexandri Magni

table of contents (ff. 1-11v). ?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '49' (f. [ii]).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix, 71, ff. 12v, 13,

• Historiated initial 'P'(opulus) of Vegatius, with a partial white vine-stem border ('bianchi girari') with birds and putti supporting an escucheon with an erased coat of arms, at the beginning of the preface., De re militari; Mulomedicina

of parchment inscribed with the title 'Vegatius de re militari et mulomedicina' from the old cover, 16th century (f. i verso).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no.1349' (f. i), acquired by the Upper Library at

• Detail of an historiated initial 'P'(opulus) of Vegatius, with a partial white vine-stem border ('bianchi girari'), at the beginning of the preface., De re militari; Mulomedicina

of parchment inscribed with the title 'Vegatius de re militari et mulomedicina' from the old cover, 16th century (f. i verso).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no.1349' (f. i), acquired by the Upper Library at

• Detail of putti supporting an escucheon with an erased coat of arms at the bottom of the folio, at the beginning of the preface., De re militari; Mulomedicina

of parchment inscribed with the title 'Vegatius de re militari et mulomedicina' from the old cover, 16th century (f. i verso).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no.1349' (f. i), acquired by the Upper Library at

• Miniature of dyers at work, at the beginning of book 19., De proprietatibus rerum in French (Livre des proprietez des choses)

Royal 15 E II, f. 7).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '103' (f. [ii]).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no.

• Detail of a miniature of dyers at work, at the beginning of book 19., De proprietatibus rerum in French (Livre des proprietez des choses)

Royal 15 E II, f. 7).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '103' (f. [ii]).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no.

• Miniature of a man at work planting trees (arboriculture), at the beginning of book 17., De proprietatibus rerum in French (Livre des proprietez des choses)

Royal 15 E II, f. 7).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '103' (f. [ii]).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no.

• Detail of a miniature of a man at work planting trees (arboriculture), at the beginning of book 17., De proprietatibus rerum in French (Livre des proprietez des choses)

Royal 15 E II, f. 7).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '103' (f. [ii]).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no.

• Detail of a miniature of Charles the Bold enthroned and surrounded by his court receiving the book from Vasco da Lucena, at the beginning of the prologue., Cyropaedia (Cyropedie); De re militari (Lart de chevalerie)

result of his arrest in 1494.?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '39' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no.

• An inscription in Old English from the 2nd half of the 11th century referring to the former binding of the manuscript: '+Aelfric 7 wulfwine. Eadgife goldsmides geafen to broperraedenne twegen orn weghenes goldes daet is on pis ilce boc her foruten gewired' (Aelfric and Wulfwine, goldsmiths of Eadgifu, gave for the confraternity two oras of weighed gold which is wired without upon this same book)., Gospel Book (the 'Thorney Gospels') with Eusebian canon tables (ff. 4v-9v); added Liber Vitae (ff. 1v-4, 9v-11,12) and list of relics (f. 11v) of Thorney Abbey

miniatures.There are some 50 pencilled or scratched interlinear glosses in OldEnglish in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke dating from the beginning of the 10th century. An OldEnglish inscription of the 2nd half of the 11th century refers

• Decorated initial 'R'(ev[er]ent) with foliate feathering including acanthus leaves at the beginning of Lydgate's Secrees of Old Philisoffres., Lives of St Edmund and St Fremund (ff. 4-46); Secrees of Old Philisoffres (ff. 52-81); Regiment of Princes (ff. 84-144v); imperfect

including acanthus leaves at the beginning of Lydgate's Secrees of Old Philisoffres. One of 12 suriving complete copies of the text.Inserted paper leaves with title pages and text in English (ff. 1, 51, 82-83). f. 1* is a piece of

• Detail of a drawing of the River Jordan., Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English

the scribe. Initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Voyage d'outre mer in Middle English Inscribed 'D. and Y. Knottesford', 15th century (f. 2).Added itinerary from the Northern Europe to Florence, partially excised, late