• null, De bello gallico with the additions of Aulus Hirtius and others, De bello alexandrino, De bello africo, De bello hispaniensis (index Bellum Gallicum, Commentarii de bello gallico)

Young, the Royal Librarian, in 1616 (see also 15 B VII)Red royal seal of a ship (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James’s Palace (see [Edward Bernard],

• null, De bello gallico with the additions of Aulus Hirtius and others, De bello alexandrino, De bello africo, De bello hispaniensis (index Bellum Gallicum, Commentarii de bello gallico)

Young, the Royal Librarian, in 1616 (see also 15 B VII)Red royal seal of a ship (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James’s Palace (see [Edward Bernard],

• null, De bello gallico with the additions of Aulus Hirtius and others, De bello alexandrino, De bello africo, De bello hispaniensis (index Bellum Gallicum, Commentarii de bello gallico)

Young, the Royal Librarian, in 1616 (see also 15 B VII)Red royal seal of a ship (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James’s Palace (see [Edward Bernard],

• Full border and white vine initial 'G'(allia) at the beginning of Julius Caesar's De bello gallico., De bello gallico with the additions of Aulus Hirtius and others, De bello alexandrino, De bello africo, De bello hispaniensis (index Bellum Gallicum, Commentarii de bello gallico)

Young, the Royal Librarian, in 1616 (see also 15 B VII)Red royal seal of a ship (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James’s Palace (see [Edward Bernard],

• null, De bello gallico with the additions of Aulus Hirtius and others, De bello alexandrino, De bello africo, De bello hispaniensis (index Bellum Gallicum, Commentarii de bello gallico)

Young, the Royal Librarian, in 1616 (see also 15 B VII)Red royal seal of a ship (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James’s Palace (see [Edward Bernard],

• null, De bello gallico with the additions of Aulus Hirtius and others, De bello alexandrino, De bello africo, De bello hispaniensis (index Bellum Gallicum, Commentarii de bello gallico)

Young, the Royal Librarian, in 1616 (see also 15 B VII)Red royal seal of a ship (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James’s Palace (see [Edward Bernard],

• Illuminated initial 'C'(um)., De bello gallico with the additions of Aulus Hirtius and others, De bello alexandrino, De bello africo, De bello hispaniensis (index Bellum Gallicum, Commentarii de bello gallico)

Young, the Royal Librarian, in 1616 (see also 15 B VII)Red royal seal of a ship (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James’s Palace (see [Edward Bernard],

• null, De bello gallico with the additions of Aulus Hirtius and others, De bello alexandrino, De bello africo, De bello hispaniensis (index Bellum Gallicum, Commentarii de bello gallico)

Young, the Royal Librarian, in 1616 (see also 15 B VII)Red royal seal of a ship (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James’s Palace (see [Edward Bernard],

• Detail of a miniature of the prowess of Lepidus, with a foliate initial 'E'(n), at the beginning of book 3., Facta et Dicta Memorabilia (Le livre de Valerius Maximus)

king of England and lord of Ireland, perhaps acquired by him: added royal arms of England (f. 3).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): to be identified with 'Valere le grant' included in the list of books at Richmond

• Detail of a miniature of the death of Lucretia, with a foliate initial 'V'(idere), at the beginning of book 6., Facta et Dicta Memorabilia (Le livre de Valerius Maximus)

king of England and lord of Ireland, perhaps acquired by him: added royal arms of England (f. 3).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): to be identified with 'Valere le grant' included in the list of books at Richmond

• Detail of a miniature of a family, with a foliate initial 'V'(olubilis), at the beginning of book 7., Facta et Dicta Memorabilia (Le livre de Valerius Maximus)

king of England and lord of Ireland, perhaps acquired by him: added royal arms of England (f. 3).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): to be identified with 'Valere le grant' included in the list of books at Richmond

• Detail of a miniature of two naked pairs of man and woman illustrating a luxury, with a foliate initial 'U'(landum), at the beginning of book 9., Facta et Dicta Memorabilia (Le livre de Valerius Maximus)

king of England and lord of Ireland, perhaps acquired by him: added royal arms of England (f. 3).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): to be identified with 'Valere le grant' included in the list of books at Richmond

• Detail of a miniature of Valerius Publicola demolishing his house, with a foliate initial 'T'(ransgrediar), at the beginning of book 4., Facta et Dicta Memorabilia (Le livre de Valerius Maximus)

king of England and lord of Ireland, perhaps acquired by him: added royal arms of England (f. 3).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): to be identified with 'Valere le grant' included in the list of books at Richmond

• Miniature of Simon de Hesdin writing his book, in the upper register, and Simon de Hesdin in a hospitaller's habit giving his book to Charles V of France, in the lower register, with a full border containing the royal arms of England, and a foliate initial 'L'(a brevite), at the beginning of book 1., Facta et Dicta Memorabilia (Le livre de Valerius Maximus)

king of England and lord of Ireland, perhaps acquired by him: added royal arms of England (f. 3).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): to be identified with 'Valere le grant' included in the list of books at Richmond

• Detail of a miniature of Medea, with Jason on a horse and a slaughter of a child with his sword, at the beginning of chapter 17., De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées)

et renomées) The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, ff. 11v, or 12v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Medea

• Detail of a miniature of a marriage, with a partial border and a foliate initial 'D'(ives), at the beginning of book 2., Facta et Dicta Memorabilia (Le livre de Valerius Maximus)

king of England and lord of Ireland, perhaps acquired by him: added royal arms of England (f. 3).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): to be identified with 'Valere le grant' included in the list of books at Richmond

• Detail of a foliate initial 'Q'(uis) with a full border, at the beginning of the works of Peter of Blois., Letters and opuscula

xp[ist]iana / Will[el]m[u]s Bedmystre' (f.161), and 'Explicit tractat[us] Pet[r]I Ble/sens[sis] cont[ra] p[er]fidia[m] Iudeorum/ quod Will[el]m[u]s Bedmestr[e]' (f. 183).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, royal Appendix 71, f. 17; and in the 1698

• Detail of miniature of Le Jouvencel with prisoners, Le Jouvencel (index Jennencel), imperfect at end

in top and bottom margins, some with highlighting in yellow. Le Jouvencel (index Jennencel), imperfect at end The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps included in the list of books at Richmond Palace in 1535 (no 56) and

• Detail of a miniature of le Jouvencel being received by a king, queen and princess., Le Jouvencel (index Jennencel), imperfect at end

in top and bottom margins, some with highlighting in yellow. Le Jouvencel (index Jennencel), imperfect at end The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps included in the list of books at Richmond Palace in 1535 (no 56) and

• Detail of a miniature divided in 4 compartments: 1. Pope with cardinals; 2. King of France enthroned; 3. Jean, duke of Berry receiving the book from the translator, Laurent de Premierfait; 4. A group of labourers; and a foliate initial 'A'(puissant) with a full border, at the beginning of the first prologue., 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