• 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

• Text page., De fide, De spiritu sanctu, De incarnationis dominicae sacramento

Gelham of Rochester Priory (cf. Royal 2 C. v, f. I and Royal 3 B I, f. 84).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 46 '; included in the inventory of books in the Upper

• Detail of two illuminated initials 'P'(aulus), at the beginning of Philippians and Peter Lombard's commentary on Philippians., Gloss on the Pauline Epistles

'Epistole pauli. glos. vº loco', and added in a different hand, 'Ex mo[na]st[er]io castrie', 14th century, (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1098' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Text page., Gloss on the Pauline Epistles

'Epistole pauli. glos. vº loco', and added in a different hand, 'Ex mo[na]st[er]io castrie', 14th century, (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1098' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Drawing of a man in the lower margin., A composite of booklets containing grammatical, logical and other treatises; Vita St Modwenne

Librarian to King James I~, ed. by J. Atkins and N. R. Ker (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1944).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): probably entered the collection during the reign of Henry VIII and was stored at Hampton

• Puzzle initial 'A'(d), at the beginning of book 3., Comedies; Etymologiae (lib. 1: 21)

identified with no. 79 in Patrick Young's catalogue of the cathedral library, Salisbury (see Ker 1949).Part 2: The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): red seal of a ship, 17th century (ff. 59, 71); and added title in Patrick

• Text pages., Comedies; Etymologiae (lib. 1: 21)

identified with no. 79 in Patrick Young's catalogue of the cathedral library, Salisbury (see Ker 1949).Part 2: The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): red seal of a ship, 17th century (ff. 59, 71); and added title in Patrick

• Text page., Policraticus

beginning, 'Syn fortune hath forbarryt your presence | I can not oper wyse myn herte vnclose' (f. 114).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 697' (f. [ii]); included in the inventory of books in the

• Zoomorphic initial 'S'(eptemtrionalis) of a dragon., Historia Langobardorum, in six books, each preceded by a table of contents, added hymn on the preservation of St. Bertin's abbey at St. Omer from destruction by fire (ff. 71v-72) (index Historia Longobardorum)

14th century, 'historia longobardor[um], Liber Sci. Aug[ustini] Can[tuariensis], cum. A', and above, 'Di. x. Gra. ii' (f. ).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1136' (f. 2), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Text page with pen-flourished initials 'P'(salmus) and 'A'(lios)., Flores Psalterii

prior of the Rochester cell at Walton St. Felix, or Felixstowe ('Waletune') (Royal 5 B. XII, f. 3).The Old Royal Library (The English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 705' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Decorated initial 'I'(n anno) at the beginning of chapter 1 of Bede's Commentary to Ezra., Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah

præfatione notis et indice ad editionem primam~, 6 vols (Farnborough: Gregg International Publishers, 1970), IV, p. 158].Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 126' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• Decorated initial 'P'(rophetaverit), at the beginning of book 2., Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah

præfatione notis et indice ad editionem primam~, 6 vols (Farnborough: Gregg International Publishers, 1970), IV, p. 158].Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 126' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• Inscription stating that the book belongs to the Augustinian abbey of St Mary, Cirencester , and was written by canon Fulk during the abbacy of Andrew: '[L]ib[er] s[anc]te Marie de Cirecest[e]r[ia] D[omini] / Andree Abb[at]is s[e]c[un]di temp[o]re sc[r]ipt[us] / p[er] manu[m] D[omini] Fulconis can[oni]ci p[ost]ea / p[r]ioris D[omino] Alexand[r]o de Weleue t[un]c Can/tore.', Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah

præfatione notis et indice ad editionem primam~, 6 vols (Farnborough: Gregg International Publishers, 1970), IV, p. 158].Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 126' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• Decorated initial 'V'(erba) at the beginning of book 3., Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah

præfatione notis et indice ad editionem primam~, 6 vols (Farnborough: Gregg International Publishers, 1970), IV, p. 158].Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 126' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• Decorated initial 'D'(ominus)., Commentary on Psalms

St. Mary and St. Benedict, Ramsey: inscribed on a pasted piece of parchment, 'Liber monasterii Rameseye' (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1289' (f. 2), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uid) with display script., Commentary on Psalms

St. Mary and St. Benedict, Ramsey: inscribed on a pasted piece of parchment, 'Liber monasterii Rameseye' (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1289' (f. 2), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Decorated initial 'D'(omine)., Commentary on Psalms

St. Mary and St. Benedict, Ramsey: inscribed on a pasted piece of parchment, 'Liber monasterii Rameseye' (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1289' (f. 2), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Decorated initial 'A'(lleluia), at the beginning of book 5., Commentary on Psalms

St. Mary and St. Benedict, Ramsey: inscribed on a pasted piece of parchment, 'Liber monasterii Rameseye' (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1289' (f. 2), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after