• Initial 'Q' with foliate decoration., Epistolae, Opera; Moralis Philosophia; Dialogue against the Jews

be identified with no. 154 in Patrick Young's 1622 catalogue of the cathedral library, Salisbury (see Ker 1949).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Royal seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1), a note in the hand of

• Puzzle initial 'H' with foliate decoration., Epistolae, Opera; Moralis Philosophia; Dialogue against the Jews

be identified with no. 154 in Patrick Young's 1622 catalogue of the cathedral library, Salisbury (see Ker 1949).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Royal seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1), a note in the hand of

• Puzzle initial 'H' with foliate decoration., Epistolae, Opera; Moralis Philosophia; Dialogue against the Jews

be identified with no. 154 in Patrick Young's 1622 catalogue of the cathedral library, Salisbury (see Ker 1949).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Royal seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1), a note in the hand of

• Puzzle initial 'U' with foliate decoration., Epistolae, Opera; Moralis Philosophia; Dialogue against the Jews

be identified with no. 154 in Patrick Young's 1622 catalogue of the cathedral library, Salisbury (see Ker 1949).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Royal seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1), a note in the hand of

• Initial 'S' with foliate decoration., Epistolae, Opera; Moralis Philosophia; Dialogue against the Jews

be identified with no. 154 in Patrick Young's 1622 catalogue of the cathedral library, Salisbury (see Ker 1949).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Royal seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1), a note in the hand of

• Flyleaf with ownership inscription and shelfmark of the library of St Augustine's, Canterbury., De officiis

Thomas Linacre, humanist scholar and physician (b. c.1460, d. 1524), inscribed 'Linacrus emit octo denarius' (sic) (f. 2).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Royal seal of a ship, 17th century (f.1) and in the 1698 catalogue of the

• Initial 'Q'(uamquam) with penwork decoration., De officiis

Thomas Linacre, humanist scholar and physician (b. c.1460, d. 1524), inscribed 'Linacrus emit octo denarius' (sic) (f. 2).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Royal seal of a ship, 17th century (f.1) and in the 1698 catalogue of the

• 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

• 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

• Initial 'D'(ormientem) at the beginning of epistle 1., Epistulae 1-123

Epistulae 1-123 The Benedictine Abbey of St Peter, Chertsey, Surrey: inscribed ' Constat mo[na]ste[ri]o de Certes[ia]' (f. 206v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1091'; included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71 (f.

• Initial 'Q'(uanto) and small initials with pen-flourishing., Epistulae 1-123

Epistulae 1-123 The Benedictine Abbey of St Peter, Chertsey, Surrey: inscribed ' Constat mo[na]ste[ri]o de Certes[ia]' (f. 206v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1091'; included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71 (f.

• 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,

• Text page with coloured initials, Epistulae 1-123

Epistulae 1-123 The Benedictine Abbey of St Peter, Chertsey, Surrey: inscribed ' Constat mo[na]ste[ri]o de Certes[ia]' (f. 206v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1091'; included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71 (f.

• Detail of an historiated initial 'P'(ater) of Christ blessing and holding a book, at the beginning of the Pater Noster., Gospel of Matthew, with the Glossa ordinaria

with penwork decoration, in red or blue, throughout the gloss. Gospel of Matthew, with the Glossa ordinaria The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see [Edward Bernard],

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uatuor), at the beginning of Peter's the Chanter commentary., Diatessaron

brown (ff. 1, 2v, 3, 8v). Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Diatessaron The English Royal library: Westminster inventory number 'no. 1023' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after the inventory

• Decorated initial 'D'(e nativitate) at the beginning of the capitula to Romans, with added inscription in the upper margin; from left to right they are: a title and a press-mark characteristic of the Benedictine abbey of St. Werburgh, Chester; the ownership note 'Ex monasterio Cestrie' (i.e. from the monastery of Chester); the inventory number of the Old Royal library in the Upper Library at Westminster Palace ('No. 1098'); the present pressmark of the British Library ('4. E viij'), and below this the page number in the old catalogue ('p. 58'). ., Gloss on the Pauline Epistles

the inventory number of the Old Royal library in the Upper Library at Westminster Palace ('No. 1098'); the present pressmark of the British Library ('4. E viij'), and below this the page number in the old catalogue ('p. 58'). .

• Zoomorphic initial 'I'(ncipit) with display script, at the beginning of the preface of the Prognosticon futuri saeculi of Julian of Toledo., Prognosticon futuri saeculi; Aenigmata

Prognosticon futuri saeculi, with interlinear Latin glosses and 1 OldEnglish gloss on f. 69 (ff. 1v-79v);Aldhelm, bishop of Sherborne (c. 705-709), Aenigmata, with interlinear and marginal Latin and 75 OldEnglish glosses (ff. 79v-103v);Caelius Firmianus Symposius, 'Enigmata Simphosii' (ff.

• Zoomorphic initial 'I'(ndicii) with display script, at the beginning of book 3 of the Prognosticon futuri saeculi of Julian of Toledo., Prognosticon futuri saeculi; Aenigmata

Prognosticon futuri saeculi, with interlinear Latin glosses and 1 OldEnglish gloss on f. 69 (ff. 1v-79v);Aldhelm, bishop of Sherborne (c. 705-709), Aenigmata, with interlinear and marginal Latin and 75 OldEnglish glosses (ff. 79v-103v);Caelius Firmianus Symposius, 'Enigmata Simphosii' (ff.