• Large initial 'I' with penwork decoration., In epistulam Iohannis ad Parthos and excerpts from de Civitate Dei, de Trinitate and other works

Included in the Rochester library catalogues of 1122 no. 12; and of 1202, no. 19 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 633), included in the inventory of books in the Upper

• Coloured initial 'D'(ominus) with display script., Liber scintillarum and other theological collections, with Old English glosses

de vitiis et peccatis' (ff. 100v-106), with continuous interlinear gloss in Old English.Numerous margins excised. Large initials in red and green. Liber scintillarum and other theological collections, with OldEnglish glosses The Benedictine priory of Holy Trinity, or Christ Church,

• Coloured initial 'D'(ominus) with display script, at the beginning of the Liber scintillarum., Liber scintillarum and other theological collections, with Old English glosses

de vitiis et peccatis' (ff. 100v-106), with continuous interlinear gloss in Old English.Numerous margins excised. Large initials in red and green. Liber scintillarum and other theological collections, with OldEnglish glosses The Benedictine priory of Holy Trinity, or Christ Church,

• Inhabited initial 'D'(ici) with lions and dragons, at the beginning of the Enchiridion of Augustine., Enchiridion

Joscelyn, (b. 1529, d.1603), OldEnglish scholar and Latin secretary to archbishop Matthew Parker, a note in his hand concerning Crusades extracted from Simeon of Durham and Henry of Huntingdon (f. 134).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): red

• Initial 'D' with zoomorphic and interlace decoration., De laudibus virginitatis, letter to Ehfrid (index: Heahfridum), both with interlinear and marginal glosses

(see Warner and Gilson, 1921).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps included in the catalogue of 1666 (see Carley, 2000).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated intial

• Initial 'E' with penwork decoration., De laudibus virginitatis, letter to Ehfrid (index: Heahfridum), both with interlinear and marginal glosses

(see Warner and Gilson, 1921).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps included in the catalogue of 1666 (see Carley, 2000).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Initial and

• 'Historical' annals of the six ages of the world, up to 1099 in English, added as a final leaf to the manuscript., The Six Ages of the World (recto), and a list of the bishops of Winchester from Birinus to Walkelin (verso) 1070-1090

to 1099 in English, added as a final leaf to the manuscript. Unilluminated. The Six Ages of the World (recto), and a list of the bishops of Winchester from Birinus to Walkelin (verso) 1070-1090 ? The Old Minster, Winchester, by

• Decorated initial 'F' and rubric., Contra Faustum Manicheum (index: Faustus the Manichaean)

mark of ownership of the priory and donation by Hugo of [Stoke ?] (see Warner and Gilson, 1921).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 45 '; included in the inventory of books in the Upper

• Large decorated initial 'N'., De officiis ministrorum

The Cathedral priory of St. Andrew, Rochester: in the catalogues of 1122/3 (no. 36) and 1202 (no. 35).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): numbering lost, but probably 49 in catalogue of 1542; in the 1698 catalogue of the

• Zoomorphic initial 'Q'(uod) containing two addorsed griffins, with dragon's feet and tail and foliate decoration., Glossed Matthew with prologue

of Rochester [1215-1226]: the manuscript was perhaps donated before his appointment as bishop and the inscription added subsequently.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no.546 '; included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• Detail of a zoomorphic initial 'Q'(uod) containing two addorsed griffins, with dragon's feet and tail and foliate decoration., Glossed Matthew with prologue

of Rochester [1215-1226]: the manuscript was perhaps donated before his appointment as bishop and the inscription added subsequently.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no.546 '; included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• Puzzle initial 'T' with foliate decoration; Rochester priory inscription., Hexameron; De situ Jerusalem

Rochester: inscribed 'liber de claustro Roffens[i], Gognosti. cantoris' (f. i). In the catalogues of 1122/3 and 1202. The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 319 '. Included in the inventory of books in the Upper

• List of the names of the bishops of the west Saxons, in both Latin and Old English, added as the last leaf of the manuscript., The Six Ages of the World (recto), and a list of the bishops of Winchester from Birinus to Walkelin (verso) 1070-1090

both Latin and OldEnglish, added as the last leaf of the manuscript. Unilluminated. The Six Ages of the World (recto), and a list of the bishops of Winchester from Birinus to Walkelin (verso) 1070-1090 ? The Old Minster, Winchester,

• Historiated initial 'Q'(uoniam) of Gregory the Great writing, at the beginning of homily 1., Homiliae In Ezechielem, book 2, with Ezekiel 40: 1-47

no. 50 as 'Gregorii super Ezechielem in duobus voluminibus' (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996); and of 1202, no. 28 (see Royal 5 B XII, f. 2).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 375' (f. 1),

• Text page of of the 'De Genesi ad litteram' of Augustine., De Genesi ad litteram

I, B VI, D V, 8 D XVI, Vide 5 B XII et IV', 16th-17th century (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 59' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Detail of an historiated initial 'M'(agnus) of Jacob's Dream?, with three angels., Enarrationes in Psalmos (Volume 3)

and in the catalogue of 1202, no. 6 as 'super psalterium in tribus magnis voluminibus' (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 81' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books

• Zoomorphic initial 'I'(ntenti) in the form of a dragon., Enarrationes in Psalmos (Volume 3)

and in the catalogue of 1202, no. 6 as 'super psalterium in tribus magnis voluminibus' (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 81' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books

• Decorated initial 'D'(ici) at the beginning of the Enchiridion of Augustine., Enchiridion, De bono mortis, De corpore et sanguine Domini

no. 5, of the early 12th century, no 4, and of 1202, no. 9 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 516' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books

• Decorated initial 'E'(vangelium) with dragons and a human mask, at the beginning of sermons of Augustine., Sermones de verbis Domini et apostoli

sit liber iste, q[uod] W[ybarn]', c. 1467 (see a dated inscription in Royal 2 C I) (f. 250).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 809' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Decorated initial 'V'(ir) at the beginning of homily 4., Homiliae In Ezechielem, book 2, with Ezekiel 40: 1-47

no. 50 as 'Gregorii super Ezechielem in duobus voluminibus' (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996); and of 1202, no. 28 (see Royal 5 B XII, f. 2).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 375' (f. 1),