• 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

• 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

• Illuminated initial 'T' with pen flourishing, Lamentationes (f. 1); Le Livre de Leesce (index: Les Rebours de Matheolus, Le Resolu en Mariage) (f. 70)

Henry VIII: inscribed with his name and proverbs in Latin, French, Spanish and Italian (ff. 99v, 100). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number '455 '; included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• Initial 'D' and three smaller initials with foliate decoration and partial borders., A collection of tales and tracts, all imperfect, including De disciplina clericali; Legenda Aurea

Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, (f. 5v) and in the 1698

• Detail of a bird from the marginal decoration., 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

• Map of the Atlantic Ocean with the British Isles, Spain, Iceland, and the opposite coasts of Labrador and Newfoundland., Boke of Idrography (The 'Rotz Atlas')

a badge of the Tudor rose with a crown and a motto 'Dieu et mon droict' (f. 31v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 994' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Map of Europe and the coasts of the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, Boke of Idrography (The 'Rotz Atlas')

a badge of the Tudor rose with a crown and a motto 'Dieu et mon droict' (f. 31v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 994' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Framed initial 'D'(ivine) with foliate decoration at the beginning of the third book of the 'Sententiae'., Sententiae (f. 3); Speculum Gregorii (f. 45); Abbreuiatio Moralium Gregorii Magni in Iob (f. 116)

and the fourth of which is the present volume, 'Ysidorus de sum[m]o bono Ranulfi abbatis' ( f. 2).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 404'; included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• Framed initial 'V'(eniente) with Isidore of Seville seated wearing a bishop's mitre and holding a crozier., Sententiae (f. 3); Speculum Gregorii (f. 45); Abbreuiatio Moralium Gregorii Magni in Iob (f. 116)

and the fourth of which is the present volume, 'Ysidorus de sum[m]o bono Ranulfi abbatis' ( f. 2).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 404'; included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• Framed initial 'S'(ummum) with foliate decoration at the beginning of the 'Sententiae'., Sententiae (f. 3); Speculum Gregorii (f. 45); Abbreuiatio Moralium Gregorii Magni in Iob (f. 116)

and the fourth of which is the present volume, 'Ysidorus de sum[m]o bono Ranulfi abbatis' ( f. 2).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 404'; included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• Framed initial 'O'(mnis) with floral and foliate decoration at the beginning of the second book of the 'Sententiae'., Sententiae (f. 3); Speculum Gregorii (f. 45); Abbreuiatio Moralium Gregorii Magni in Iob (f. 116)

and the fourth of which is the present volume, 'Ysidorus de sum[m]o bono Ranulfi abbatis' ( f. 2).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 404'; included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• Puzzle initial 'R'(everentissimo) with floral and foliate decoration at the beginning of the letter, 'Haimanno Adalbertus'., Sententiae (f. 3); Speculum Gregorii (f. 45); Abbreuiatio Moralium Gregorii Magni in Iob (f. 116)

and the fourth of which is the present volume, 'Ysidorus de sum[m]o bono Ranulfi abbatis' ( f. 2).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 404'; included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• Puzzle initial 'N'(on) at the beginning of the 'Speculum Gregorii'., Sententiae (f. 3); Speculum Gregorii (f. 45); Abbreuiatio Moralium Gregorii Magni in Iob (f. 116)

and the fourth of which is the present volume, 'Ysidorus de sum[m]o bono Ranulfi abbatis' ( f. 2).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 404'; included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• Framed initial 'V(ir) with Job being admonished by his wife to reject God., Sententiae (f. 3); Speculum Gregorii (f. 45); Abbreuiatio Moralium Gregorii Magni in Iob (f. 116)

and the fourth of which is the present volume, 'Ysidorus de sum[m]o bono Ranulfi abbatis' ( f. 2).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 404'; included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• null, 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

• null, 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