• Decorated initial 'S'(enior) at the beginning of the commentary on chapter 2 of a letter of John., In epistolas catholicas

commentary on chapter 2 of a letter of John. ff. 1, 2 and 94 are parchment flyleaves; ff. 2v and 94 have 12th-century text from a missal, f. 2v with simple red, blue, or green initials; f. 93 is a

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uod) at the beginning of the Letters of John, with the beginnings of paragraphs marked in yellow and a 'q' in the margin, and a marginal marking of 'C1'., In epistolas catholicas

beginning of the Letters of John, with the beginnings of paragraphs marked in yellow and a 'q' in the margin, and a marginal marking of 'C1'. ff. 1, 2 and 94 are parchment flyleaves; ff. 2v and 94 have 12th-century

• Initial 'D'(ie) with penwork decoration at the beginning of Julian of Toledo's Prognosticon futuri saeculi., De virtutibus et vitiis (ff. 1-9v); Prognosticon futuri saeculi (ff. 10-46v)

collat(us) a d(omi)no theoderico morelli' (f. 46v).The Augustinian priory of Val St.-Martin, Leuven (index Louvain): see the inscription cited above. John Chamberlayne (b. 1666, d. 1723), son of Edward Chamberlayne (b. 1616, d. 1703): his sale of his library conducted

• Initial 'U'(num) with foliate and knotwork motifs., Epistulae

Initial 'U'(num) with foliate and knotwork motifs. Table of contents in hand of scribe (ff. 1-2v). Quire marks. Guide script for rubricator preserved on f. 99v (written alongside outer margin).Some initials are probably unfinished, as they lack contour lines.

• Initial 'L'(iber) with penwork decoration and a reserved design, at the beginning of the Gospel of Matthew., Gospel of Matthew, glossed (ff. 7-147), with prologues (ff. 1-6)

Initial 'L'(iber) with penwork decoration and a reserved design, at the beginning of the Gospel of Matthew. Uncrossed tironian ets. and ampersands; quire marks; catchwords.Erased inscription (f. 147). Some initials in red with penwork decoration in blue, occasionally with

• Puzzle initial 'C'(armina) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of Book 1., De consolatione philosophiae (index Consolation of Philosophy) wit ha gloss at the start of the text

Puzzle initial 'C'(armina) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of Book 1. Catchwords. Pricking holes.Ff. 29-31 perhaps a palimpsest. 4 large puzzle initial in red and blue with red pen-flourishing (ff. 1, 5v, 11, 19). Numerous smaller initials in red

• Decorated initials with some penwork decoration at the beginning of the text., Compilation of moral and religious texts on the Trinity, the angels, the creation of the world, etc.

in yellow. Compilation of moral and religious texts on the Trinity, the angels, the creation of the world, etc. Sir John Doddridge (b. 1555, d. 1628), judge, son of Richard Doddrige, merchant of Barnstaple: given to his nephew Richard Dunaeus,

• Historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul and heads of five men, at the beginning of the commentary to 1 Corinthians., Commentary on the Pauline Epistles

Historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul and heads of five men, at the beginning of the commentary to 1 Corinthians. Initials executed by two hands, f. 2 and ff. 3, 69v, 110, 131v, 150v, 161v, 195v. Hand 2 is perhaps

• Headpiece with geometric and foliate decoration and decorated initial 'P'., New Testament (ff. 27-293)

Decorated lines, large initials and rubrics in gold, now mostly lost and showing the red preparation. New Testament (ff. 27-293) John Covel (b. 1638, d. 1722), chaplain of the Levant Company in Constantinople, 1670-1676, and later Master of Christ's College,

• Miniature of the Crucifixion flanked by Mary and John holding a book, with Henry the Lion and Matilda below holding scrolls, and personifications of the sun and moon above., Psalter, fragment ('Psalter of Henry the Lion')

flanked by Mary and John holding a book, with Henry the Lion and Matilda below holding scrolls, and personifications of the sun and moon above. This manuscript is 381, article 1. Article 2 (kept separately) contains the Sarum Breviary, imperfect,

• Miniature of the Crucifixion flanked by Mary and John holding a book, with Henry the Lion and Matilda below holding scrolls, and personifications of the sun and moon above., Psalter, fragment ('Psalter of Henry the Lion')

flanked by Mary and John holding a book, with Henry the Lion and Matilda below holding scrolls, and personifications of the sun and moon above. This manuscript is 381, article 1. Article 2 (kept separately) contains the Sarum Breviary, imperfect,

• Calendar page for March, including the translation of Kyneburga, Kyneswitha, and Tibba (6 March), Calendar (January to August only) and computistical table

added to the calendar.? A member of the Dygne family: inscribed 'Of yower charyte pray for the sowlys of Wylliam, John, Recharde & Elizabeth Dygne …' (f. 180v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl

• Calendar page for April, including the feast of Guthlac (d. 714), hermit of Crowland, in green ink on 11 April, and his octave on 18 April., Calendar (January to August only) and computistical table

added to the calendar.? A member of the Dygne family: inscribed 'Of yower charyte pray for the sowlys of Wylliam, John, Recharde & Elizabeth Dygne …' (f. 180v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl

• Illuminated initial 'M'(arcus) at the beginning of the prologue to Mark., Glossed Gospel of Mark

the Abbey of Chck in Essex which was dedicated to S. Osith (f. 1).William Smarte: above-cited ownership inscription (f. 100v).? John Somers (b. 1651, d. 1716), Baron Somers, lawyer and politician: 1738 note written by James West that it once

• Coloured initial 'N'(u) in red with green penwork decoration., West Saxon Gospels (the 'Wessex Gospels')

Coloured initial 'N'(u) in red with green penwork decoration. Copied, directly or indirectly, from Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 441, omitting some passages due to defects in the Bodley manuscript (Marc 16:14-20, Luke 16:14- 17:1, and 24: 51-53). The first

• marginal drawing of a hand pulling a fish from the water., De Diversis quaestionibus LXXXIII, Sermo ad catechumenos de symbolo, De agone christiano, De poenitentibus (serm. 393); De XII abusiuis saeculi, Hypomnesticon contra pelagianos et caelestianos, Sermo de oratione dominica; Sermo de cataclismo (no. 7), Sermo de cantico novo (no. 5), Sermones de symbolo; Contra Felicianum arianum; De fide orthodoxa; Extractio; Naturales questiones and Epistulae morales; excerpts from Cicero; Liber quaestionum hebraicarum in Genesim and De XLII mansionibus filiorum Israel in deserto; Liber hebraicorum quaestionum in Samuelem et Paralipomenon; De templo Salomonis and In libros Regum questiones XXX

393) (f. 84v);Pseudo-Augustine, Sermo de oratione dominica (serm. 58) (f. 84v) (all texts are attributed to Augustine in the manuscript); John of Damascus trad. by Burgundio of Pisa, De fide orthodoxa (ff. 85-107v); Thomas Gallus, 'Extractio' (attributed here to Dionysius

• Marginal drawing of a walking man., De Diversis quaestionibus LXXXIII, Sermo ad catechumenos de symbolo, De agone christiano, De poenitentibus (serm. 393); De XII abusiuis saeculi, Hypomnesticon contra pelagianos et caelestianos, Sermo de oratione dominica; Sermo de cataclismo (no. 7), Sermo de cantico novo (no. 5), Sermones de symbolo; Contra Felicianum arianum; De fide orthodoxa; Extractio; Naturales questiones and Epistulae morales; excerpts from Cicero; Liber quaestionum hebraicarum in Genesim and De XLII mansionibus filiorum Israel in deserto; Liber hebraicorum quaestionum in Samuelem et Paralipomenon; De templo Salomonis and In libros Regum questiones XXX

393) (f. 84v);Pseudo-Augustine, Sermo de oratione dominica (serm. 58) (f. 84v) (all texts are attributed to Augustine in the manuscript); John of Damascus trad. by Burgundio of Pisa, De fide orthodoxa (ff. 85-107v); Thomas Gallus, 'Extractio' (attributed here to Dionysius

• Historiated initial 'O'(sculetur) of Christ embracing the Virgin, at the beginning of the Gilbert Foliot's Commentary on the Song of Solomon., Commentary on the Song of Solomon

the inventory of books in the Upper Library at Westminster of 1542; in the select list of works noted by John Bale, of c. 1548; in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 3; and in the 1698 catalogue

• Text page with coloured initials., Gemma animae sive De divinis officis

Andrew, Rochester: inscribed 'Liber de claust[r]o Roffens[i] H.mo[nachi]', 14th century (f.1); added part of an indenture between Rochester Priory and John Bacher, infirmarer from Strood, dated 3 October of the second year of the reign of Henry V (1414), (f.

• Diagram of the division of philosophy., Theological miscellany

Diagram of the division of philosophy. Includes:'Liber de philosophia Salomonis' (ff. 3-9v);An extract from Isidore, Etymologiae, book 1, chapter 27, beginning 'Ortographia Grece recta scriptura interpretatur Latine' (ff. 10-11v);Fulgentius Mythographus, Expositio sermonum antiquorum (Liber de Abstrusis Sermonibus) (ff.11v-18v);An incomplete