• Historiated initial 'Q'(uadam) of Gregory the Great writing at his desk, at the beginning of the text, with the ownership inscription of the cathedral priory of St. Andrew, Rocheste, reading 'Liber de claust[r]o Roffens[i] p[er] H. cantor[em].', Dialogi

priory of St. Andrew, Rochester: inscribed, 'Liber de claust[r]o Roffens[i] p[er] H. cantor[em]', early 14th century (f. 1)The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 266' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Puzzle initial 'F'(uit) at the beginning of book 2., Dialogi

priory of St. Andrew, Rochester: inscribed, 'Liber de claust[r]o Roffens[i] p[er] H. cantor[em]', early 14th century (f. 1)The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 266' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Puzzle initial 'P'(ostquam) at the beginning of book 4., Dialogi

priory of St. Andrew, Rochester: inscribed, 'Liber de claust[r]o Roffens[i] p[er] H. cantor[em]', early 14th century (f. 1)The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 266' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Illuminated initial 'B' of an unfinished incipit page, at the beginning of the Epistle of Jerome to Damasus, and a Rochester cathedral ownership inscription stating that the manuscript belonged to countess Goda, 'Text[us] de ecc[lesi]a Roffen[si] p[er] Godam comitissam. III'., Gospels

'Text[us] de ecc[lesi]a Roffen[si] p[er] Godam comitissam. III' (f. 9).Added 'Exultet' with musical neums, 12th century (ff. 7v-8).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 200' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Text page., Gospels

'Text[us] de ecc[lesi]a Roffen[si] p[er] Godam comitissam. III' (f. 9).Added 'Exultet' with musical neums, 12th century (ff. 7v-8).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 200' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Page from the 'Exultet' with musical neumes., Gospels

'Text[us] de ecc[lesi]a Roffen[si] p[er] Godam comitissam. III' (f. 9).Added 'Exultet' with musical neums, 12th century (ff. 7v-8).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 200' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Initial 'L'(iber) with a display script, at the beginning of Matthew., Gospels

'Text[us] de ecc[lesi]a Roffen[si] p[er] Godam comitissam. III' (f. 9).Added 'Exultet' with musical neums, 12th century (ff. 7v-8).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 200' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Decorated initial 'P'(ater) at the beginning of 'Pater Noster' prayer., Gospels

'Text[us] de ecc[lesi]a Roffen[si] p[er] Godam comitissam. III' (f. 9).Added 'Exultet' with musical neums, 12th century (ff. 7v-8).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 200' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Initial 'H'(ic) with a display script., Gospels

'Text[us] de ecc[lesi]a Roffen[si] p[er] Godam comitissam. III' (f. 9).Added 'Exultet' with musical neums, 12th century (ff. 7v-8).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 200' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Canon table., Gospels

'Text[us] de ecc[lesi]a Roffen[si] p[er] Godam comitissam. III' (f. 9).Added 'Exultet' with musical neums, 12th century (ff. 7v-8).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 200' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Display script., Gospels

'Text[us] de ecc[lesi]a Roffen[si] p[er] Godam comitissam. III' (f. 9).Added 'Exultet' with musical neums, 12th century (ff. 7v-8).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 200' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Initial 'E'(t hic) with a display script, at the beginning of John., Gospels

'Text[us] de ecc[lesi]a Roffen[si] p[er] Godam comitissam. III' (f. 9).Added 'Exultet' with musical neums, 12th century (ff. 7v-8).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 200' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Text page with decorated initial 'D'(omine) and rubric., Opera; Catalogue of the library of Lobbes Abbey (ff. 120v-124)

f. 2.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Royal seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 2) but not in the 17th century catalogues.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal

• Text page with decorated initial 'O'(portuit) and rubric., Opera; Catalogue of the library of Lobbes Abbey (ff. 120v-124)

f. 2.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Royal seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 2) but not in the 17th century catalogues.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal

• Text page with rubric at the beginning of catalogue of Lobbes Abbey library., Opera; Catalogue of the library of Lobbes Abbey (ff. 120v-124)

f. 2.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Royal seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 2) but not in the 17th century catalogues.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal

• Text page with inscription, press marks and royal seal., Opera; Catalogue of the library of Lobbes Abbey (ff. 120v-124)

f. 2.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Royal seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 2) but not in the 17th century catalogues.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal

• The first canon table decorated with human faces at the bases of each column, and animal heads at each end of the main arch., Gospels

'Text[us] de ecc[lesi]a Roffen[si] p[er] Godam comitissam. III' (f. 9).Added 'Exultet' with musical neums, 12th century (ff. 7v-8).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 200' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Text page with initials, marginal notes and ink drawing of a pitcher., De fide orthodoxa

1424) and in a list of books taken by a monk to Oxford in c.1438 (see Ker 1964).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 246 '; included in the inventory of books in the Upper

• Coloured and decorated initials, the lower 'V'(ir) including an animal head, in a page from Bede's verse Life of Cuthbert with glosses written over the lines of the poem in Latin or Old English., Lives of Cuthbert in prose (ff. 2-42v) and verse (ff. 45-62v), with services for Cuthbert, Benedict and Guthlac with musical notation (ff. 43-44; 63-66)

poem in Latin or OldEnglish. Wormald Type II(b) initials of heads, interlace in outline, and acanthus foliage.Musical notation: Breton neumes, England (Christ Church – Canterbury ?), 11th century (ff. 43-44; 63-66v).St Cuthbert was a seventh-century, English Christian leader, renowned

• Decorated initial in Bede's Life of Cuthbert, here with the text of Cuthbert's retirement to a small island off Lindisfarne, the discovery of his body, and the immediate commemoration of him as a holy man, with glosses in Latin and Old English above the lines., Lives of Cuthbert in prose (ff. 2-42v) and verse (ff. 45-62v), with services for Cuthbert, Benedict and Guthlac with musical notation (ff. 43-44; 63-66)

Latin and OldEnglish above the lines. Wormald Type II(b) initials of heads, interlace in outline, and acanthus foliage.Musical notation: Breton neumes, England (Christ Church – Canterbury ?), 11th century (ff. 43-44; 63-66v).St Cuthbert was a seventh-century, English Christian leader,