• Illuminated initials 'T'(andem) and 'E'(t factum) with a partial trompe l'oeil border, at the beginning of the prologue to Joshua and of Joshua., Bible

(b. 1491, d. 1547), king of England and Ireland (from 1509): his portrait and arms (f. 4v). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'No. 978' (f. 1): acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Illuminated initial 'F'(uit vir) with trompe l'oeil border containing a miniature of David killing Goliath, at the beginning of 1 Kings., Bible

(b. 1491, d. 1547), king of England and Ireland (from 1509): his portrait and arms (f. 4v). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'No. 978' (f. 1): acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Pen-flourished initials 'C'(hromatio) and 'P'(arabole), at the beginning of the prologue to Proverbs and of the Proverbs., Bible

(b. 1491, d. 1547), king of England and Ireland (from 1509): his portrait and arms (f. 4v). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'No. 978' (f. 1): acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Illuminated initial 'C'(ogor), at the beginning of the prologue to Job, with a trompe l'oeil border with the image of Jerome as a cardinal with a lion beside him, with a peacock and three monkeys in the lower margin, at the beginning of the prologue., Bible

d[omi]ni / Millesimo quadringe[n]tesimo q[ui]nquqge/simo p[ri]mo. In profesto b[ea]ti Bernardi ab/batis. In domo clerico[rum] Zwollis' (f. 269). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'No. 978' (f. 1): acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Miniature of Christ and angels playing trumpets and censing the altar, illustrating Revelation 8:2-4, and a miniature of an angel playing the trumpet and a fire coming from heavens on earth, illustrating the description of the First Trumpet (Revelation 8: 7)., Apocalypse, with commentary (The 'Queen Mary Apocalypse'), with the prologue of Gilbert de la Porrée translated in French.

with commentary (The 'Queen Mary Apocalypse'), with the prologue of Gilbert de la Porrée translated in French. The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with one of two 'Lapocalipse' included in the list of books

• Text page., Historia scholastica (The 'Ashridge Petrus Comestor')

and Richard, king of the Romans (f. 234).Ashridge College, Bucks: ownership inscription 'Liber dom[u]s de assherugge' (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 791' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Detail of a bird from the border., Historia scholastica (The 'Ashridge Petrus Comestor')

and Richard, king of the Romans (f. 234).Ashridge College, Bucks: ownership inscription 'Liber dom[u]s de assherugge' (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 791' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Detail of a bird from the border, at the beginning of Judges., Historia scholastica (The 'Ashridge Petrus Comestor')

and Richard, king of the Romans (f. 234).Ashridge College, Bucks: ownership inscription 'Liber dom[u]s de assherugge' (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 791' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Detail of a diagram of the Levite camps around the Ark of Covenant., Postilla litteralis in vetus et novum testamentum

chief argent, or party per fess argent and sable; and paly of four gules and or (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1197' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail from the roll: six roundels of king Edgar and his descendants: Edward Martyr, Edith (or Eadgyth), Edmund and Aethelred., Genealogical roll of the kings of England

France in 1340: 'Edward se fit apelez roy / de f[r]a[n]ce et dangleterr[e] et q[ua]trona ses armes'. The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with the 'Le role des roys d'Angleterre', or 'Rotulus regum Anglie',

• Detail from the roll: six roundels of Edmund II Ironside and his descendants: Edward Ætheling, Edgar, Margaret, Edmund, and Christine., Genealogical roll of the kings of England

France in 1340: 'Edward se fit apelez roy / de f[r]a[n]ce et dangleterr[e] et q[ua]trona ses armes'. The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with the 'Le role des roys d'Angleterre', or 'Rotulus regum Anglie',

• Detail from the roll of six roundels of Cnut, his sons, Harald Hareford and Harthacnut, and daughter Gunhilda., Genealogical roll of the kings of England

France in 1340: 'Edward se fit apelez roy / de f[r]a[n]ce et dangleterr[e] et q[ua]trona ses armes'. The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with the 'Le role des roys d'Angleterre', or 'Rotulus regum Anglie',

• Detail from the roll of the dukes of Normandy: Rollo, William, and Richard, with seven roundels showing Richard's children., Genealogical roll of the kings of England

France in 1340: 'Edward se fit apelez roy / de f[r]a[n]ce et dangleterr[e] et q[ua]trona ses armes'. The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with the 'Le role des roys d'Angleterre', or 'Rotulus regum Anglie',

• Detail from the roll of Henry III with a church, with six extending roundels of his descendants: Edward, Margaret, Edmund, Beatrice and Katherine, with Edward I enthroned in a seventh roundel., Genealogical roll of the kings of England

France in 1340: 'Edward se fit apelez roy / de f[r]a[n]ce et dangleterr[e] et q[ua]trona ses armes'. The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with the 'Le role des roys d'Angleterre', or 'Rotulus regum Anglie',

• Detail of a miniature of a king ordering to kill the Witnesses, illustrating Revelation 11: 7., Apocalypse, with commentary (The 'Queen Mary Apocalypse'), with the prologue of Gilbert de la Porrée translated in French.

with commentary (The 'Queen Mary Apocalypse'), with the prologue of Gilbert de la Porrée translated in French. The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with one of two 'Lapocalipse' included in the list of books

• Detail of a miniature of John and representatives of churches., Apocalypse, with commentary (The 'Queen Mary Apocalypse'), with the prologue of Gilbert de la Porrée translated in French.

with commentary (The 'Queen Mary Apocalypse'), with the prologue of Gilbert de la Porrée translated in French. The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with one of two 'Lapocalipse' included in the list of books

• Detail of a miniature of John, and the Son of Man between seven candlesticks., Apocalypse, with commentary (The 'Queen Mary Apocalypse'), with the prologue of Gilbert de la Porrée translated in French.

with commentary (The 'Queen Mary Apocalypse'), with the prologue of Gilbert de la Porrée translated in French. The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with one of two 'Lapocalipse' included in the list of books

• Detail of a miniature of John writing, with an angel before him., Apocalypse, with commentary (The 'Queen Mary Apocalypse'), with the prologue of Gilbert de la Porrée translated in French.

with commentary (The 'Queen Mary Apocalypse'), with the prologue of Gilbert de la Porrée translated in French. The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with one of two 'Lapocalipse' included in the list of books

• Detail of a miniature of judges seated, while an angel raises up the souls of the slain., Apocalypse, with commentary (The 'Queen Mary Apocalypse'), with the prologue of Gilbert de la Porrée translated in French.

with commentary (The 'Queen Mary Apocalypse'), with the prologue of Gilbert de la Porrée translated in French. The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with one of two 'Lapocalipse' included in the list of books

• Detail of a miniature of God enthroned, with worshippers, and souls in the mouth of hell., Apocalypse, with commentary (The 'Queen Mary Apocalypse'), with the prologue of Gilbert de la Porrée translated in French.

with commentary (The 'Queen Mary Apocalypse'), with the prologue of Gilbert de la Porrée translated in French. The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps to be identified with one of two 'Lapocalipse' included in the list of books