• Decorated initial 'I'(ejunii) with foliate motifs., Sermons, beginning, 'Hodie nobis dominus patrem cum filiis duobus vocavit'

Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): red seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1).Patrick Young [Junius] (b. 1584, d. 1652), royal librarian and scholar:inscribed by him, ' Petri Chrysologi sermones 76' (f. 2).The Old Royal Library (the

• Decorated initials 'B'(eati)., Sermons, beginning, 'Hodie nobis dominus patrem cum filiis duobus vocavit'

Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): red seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1).Patrick Young [Junius] (b. 1584, d. 1652), royal librarian and scholar:inscribed by him, ' Petri Chrysologi sermones 76' (f. 2).The Old Royal Library (the

• Text page., Miscellany of sermons, treatises and Gospel harmonies, including Unum ex quattuor; Allegoriae super Novum Testamentum; Diatessaron (fragment)

p' (f. 189).Johannes Tame of the Convent of Austin friars, London (see above and Ker 1964).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Old Royal press-mark 'no 1020'; acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after the inventory of 1542;

• Miniature of Francis with a decorated initial 'L'., Miscellaneous theological works, including the Life of Saint Francis (ff. 152-295); Encontre Tribulation (ff. 84-127); L'abbaye de saint esperit (ff. 132v-139v); Le cloistre espirituel (ff. 148-52)

'HR' [for Henricus Rex] (f. 1).?Shelfmark of a very large number in brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') 64 (f. [i]).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 517' (f. 1), included in the inventory of

• Decorated initial 'G'(lorisissimo), the ownership inscription of the Benedictine abbey of Saint Pater, Gloucester, and the Old Royal press-mark 'no. 965'., Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum, with preface and tables of chapters, imperfect at the end

abbey of St. Peter, Gloucester: inscribed in the 14th century: 'Liber monasterii S. Petri Glouc.' (f. 2). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 965' (f. 2), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of an historiated initial 'A'(utens) of the martyrdom of Sebastian., Lives of the Saints

brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '63', (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the Catalogue of 1666, f. 14.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library.

• Historiated initial 'A'(sserz) of Paul the hermit., Lives of the Saints

brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '63', (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the Catalogue of 1666, f. 14.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library.

• Detail of an historiated initial 'A'(sserz) of Paul the hermit., Lives of the Saints

brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '63', (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the Catalogue of 1666, f. 14.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library.

• Text page of the legend of Paul the Hermit., Lives of the Saints

brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '63', (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the Catalogue of 1666, f. 14.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library.

• Decorated initial 'Q'(ui) with a foliate motif., Symbolum fidei (f. 1), and Registrum epistolarum beati Gregorii in 14 books (ff. 1-198v), imperfect at the end (missing two epistles) (index Letters of Pope Gregory the Great)

29 (see Royal 5 B XII), and also in the earlier Textus Roffensis catalogue.Old shelf-mark: 'D' (f. 199).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 755' (f. 2), included in the inventory of books in the

• Decorated initial 'P'(ervenit) with foliate motifs., Symbolum fidei (f. 1), and Registrum epistolarum beati Gregorii in 14 books (ff. 1-198v), imperfect at the end (missing two epistles) (index Letters of Pope Gregory the Great)

29 (see Royal 5 B XII), and also in the earlier Textus Roffensis catalogue.Old shelf-mark: 'D' (f. 199).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 755' (f. 2), included in the inventory of books in the

• Decorated initial 'C'(redo) and 'V'(alde) with foliate motifs., Symbolum fidei (f. 1), and Registrum epistolarum beati Gregorii in 14 books (ff. 1-198v), imperfect at the end (missing two epistles) (index Letters of Pope Gregory the Great)

29 (see Royal 5 B XII), and also in the earlier Textus Roffensis catalogue.Old shelf-mark: 'D' (f. 199).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 755' (f. 2), included in the inventory of books in the

• Decorated initials 'M'(onasterium) and 'Q'(uamvis)., Symbolum fidei (f. 1), and Registrum epistolarum beati Gregorii in 14 books (ff. 1-198v), imperfect at the end (missing two epistles) (index Letters of Pope Gregory the Great)

29 (see Royal 5 B XII), and also in the earlier Textus Roffensis catalogue.Old shelf-mark: 'D' (f. 199).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 755' (f. 2), included in the inventory of books in the

• Decorated initial 'S') with foliate motifs., Symbolum fidei (f. 1), and Registrum epistolarum beati Gregorii in 14 books (ff. 1-198v), imperfect at the end (missing two epistles) (index Letters of Pope Gregory the Great)

29 (see Royal 5 B XII), and also in the earlier Textus Roffensis catalogue.Old shelf-mark: 'D' (f. 199).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 755' (f. 2), included in the inventory of books in the

• Detail of an historiated initial 'A' of Euphrasia becoming a nun., Lives of the Saints

brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '63', (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the Catalogue of 1666, f. 14.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library.

• Detail of an historiated initial 'A'(pres) of the martyrdom of Laurence., Lives of the Saints

brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '63', (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the Catalogue of 1666, f. 14.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library.

• Detail of an historiated initial 'A'(pres) of the translation of Martin., Lives of the Saints

brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '63', (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the Catalogue of 1666, f. 14.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library.

• Detail of a miniature of the beheading of Paul., Lives of the Saints

brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '63', (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the Catalogue of 1666, f. 14.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library.

• Historiated initial 'A'(utens) of the martyrdom of Sebastian., Lives of the Saints

brown ink (Carley's 'Old Large Number') '63', (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the Catalogue of 1666, f. 14.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library.

• Detail from the roll: a man on stilts playing a pipe with an animal-head., Genealogical chronicle of the English Kings

beginning. Numerous marginal scenes, isolated human figures, animals and hybrids. Initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing. Genealogical chronicle of the English Kings John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c .1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: probably to be identified with