• Historiated initial 'S'(alvum) of God and David in the water, at the beginning of Psalm 68, and a foliate initial 'S'(alvum) at the beginning of the commentary on Psalm 68., Psalter with the commentary of Peter Lombard

Lombard A Dominican convent, London, founded after 1221: to be identified with one of the volumes of a set described in a 16th-century note in Royal 3 E I.James of Spain, canon of St. Paul's, London, illegitimate son of King

• Historiated initial 'Q'(uid) of king David with a sword and another man, at the beginning of Psalm 51., Psalter with the commentary of Peter Lombard

Lombard A Dominican convent, London, founded after 1221: to be identified with one of the volumes of a set described in a 16th-century note in Royal 3 E I.James of Spain, canon of St. Paul's, London, illegitimate son of King

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixi) of David pointing his mouth with the head of God above, at the beginning of Psalm 38, and a decorated initial 'D'(ixi) with an animal, at the beginning of the commentary on Psalm 38., Psalter with the commentary of Peter Lombard

Lombard A Dominican convent, London, founded after 1221: to be identified with one of the volumes of a set described in a 16th-century note in Royal 3 E I.James of Spain, canon of St. Paul's, London, illegitimate son of King

• Foliate initial 'C'(um) with a dragon, at the beginning of the prologue., Psalter with the commentary of Peter Lombard

Lombard A Dominican convent, London, founded after 1221: to be identified with one of the volumes of a set described in a 16th-century note in Royal 3 E I.James of Spain, canon of St. Paul's, London, illegitimate son of King

• Historiated initial 'C'(antate) of three clerics singing, at the beginning of Psalm 97, and a foliate initial 'C'(antate) at the beginning of the commentary to Psalm 97., Psalter with the commentary of Peter Lombard

Lombard A Dominican convent, London, founded after 1221: to be identified with one of the volumes of a set described in a 16th-century note in Royal 3 E I.James of Spain, canon of St. Paul's, London, illegitimate son of King

• Historiated initial 'E'(xultate) of David playing the bells, at the beginning of Psalm 80, and a foliate initial 'E'(xultate) at the beginning of the commentary on Psalm 80., Psalter with the commentary of Peter Lombard

Lombard A Dominican convent, London, founded after 1221: to be identified with one of the volumes of a set described in a 16th-century note in Royal 3 E I.James of Spain, canon of St. Paul's, London, illegitimate son of King

• Historiated initial 'D'(ominus) of God and David pointing his eyes, at the beginning of Psalm 26, and a foliate initial 'D'(ominus) with a dragon, at the beginning of the commentary on Psalm 26., Psalter with the commentary of Peter Lombard

Lombard A Dominican convent, London, founded after 1221: to be identified with one of the volumes of a set described in a 16th-century note in Royal 3 E I.James of Spain, canon of St. Paul's, London, illegitimate son of King

• Chronological tables., Chronica

St Thomas of Acon, Cheapside, London, where he was buried: inscribed 'Liber dom[us] s[an]c[t]I thome de / acon london. ex dono / d[omi]ni Jacobi Comitis ormudie' (f. 1v).The hospital of St Thomas of Acon, Cheapside, London (see inscription above).Added list

• Decorated initials 'A'(b) and 'I'(gitur)., Chronica

St Thomas of Acon, Cheapside, London, where he was buried: inscribed 'Liber dom[us] s[an]c[t]I thome de / acon london. ex dono / d[omi]ni Jacobi Comitis ormudie' (f. 1v).The hospital of St Thomas of Acon, Cheapside, London (see inscription above).Added list

• Decorated initial 'T'(heodosius)., Chronica

St Thomas of Acon, Cheapside, London, where he was buried: inscribed 'Liber dom[us] s[an]c[t]I thome de / acon london. ex dono / d[omi]ni Jacobi Comitis ormudie' (f. 1v).The hospital of St Thomas of Acon, Cheapside, London (see inscription above).Added list

• Decorated initial 'I'(eronimus) at the beginning of the prologue, with the Henrician title 'Cronica ab Abraham usque ad annum domini 1168 Eusebii, Hieronimi, Prosperi, Sigisberti', and the Westminster inventory number 'no. 1033' added in the upper margin., Chronica

St Thomas of Acon, Cheapside, London, where he was buried: inscribed 'Liber dom[us] s[an]c[t]I thome de / acon london. ex dono / d[omi]ni Jacobi Comitis ormudie' (f. 1v).The hospital of St Thomas of Acon, Cheapside, London (see inscription above).Added list

• Decorated initial 'P'(rimus) with the chronological tables of the life of Abraham., Chronica

St Thomas of Acon, Cheapside, London, where he was buried: inscribed 'Liber dom[us] s[an]c[t]I thome de / acon london. ex dono / d[omi]ni Jacobi Comitis ormudie' (f. 1v).The hospital of St Thomas of Acon, Cheapside, London (see inscription above).Added list

• Text page with 2 decorated initials at the beginning of the preface and the first chapter of the chronicle of Ralph Niger., Chronica (to 1199), Chronicon anglicanum (to 1213)

with pen-flourishing. Small initials in red or green. Rubrics in red. Chronica (to 1199), Chronicon anglicanum (to 1213) Carmelite convent, London: pressmark S.7m (f. 3), (see Ker 1964).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1022

• Detail of decorated initial., Thebais (index Thebaid), with gloss

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 3; its book-plate, with the

• Binding decorated with blind-stamped tools, depicting King David harping, a lion, a griffin, and dragon and foliage motifs., Historia scholastica, part, and Sermons

(inside lower cover); 'suwerk' (f. 102v).Book plate with 'JS' (inside upper cover). Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller; bought in March 1834 by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis

• 13th-century inscriptions consisting of a note of the contents, and ownership of St. Mary's, Southwark: 'sancte marie de souwerk'., Historia scholastica, part, and Sermons

(inside lower cover); 'suwerk' (f. 102v).Book plate with 'JS' (inside upper cover). Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller; bought in March 1834 by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis

• Decorated initial 'M'(oysen) at the beginning of Eusebius's preface to his Chronici canones., Chronica

St Thomas of Acon, Cheapside, London, where he was buried: inscribed 'Liber dom[us] s[an]c[t]I thome de / acon london. ex dono / d[omi]ni Jacobi Comitis ormudie' (f. 1v).The hospital of St Thomas of Acon, Cheapside, London (see inscription above).Added list

• Detail of a miniature of the Lover kneeling before the Confessor in a landscape at the beginning of book 1 of Gower's Confessio amantis; an acanthus frame surrounds the miniature and foliate feathering extends into the margins., Confessio amantis, with the Traitié pour essampler les amantz marietz, and a Latin prayer and two Latin Marian lyrics

verse on parchment leaves (ff. 2-4v, 366v-368) including verses attributed to John Lydgate for pageants at Queen Margaret's Entry into London in May 1445 (ff. 2-4v).f. 1 is a parchment flyleaf. ff. 2-4 are parchment leaves.The outer and inner bifolia

• Illuminated miniature of a physician taking the pulse of a woman patient., Medical miscellany, including a plant glossary, the Pseudo-Macer's De viribus herbarum (ff. 222-233)

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 2).Purchased by the British Museum

• Initial 'D'(ominus) in Hugh of Langres's Commentaries on the Psalms., Commentarius in Psalmos (ff. 1-212v); Interpretatione alphabeti hebraici (ff. 213)

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum