• Historiated initial 'D'(ilexi) with a lecturer holding a urine flask before students, and a full foliate border with animals, at the beginning of Bernard de Gordon's Liber urinarum., Medical treatises, including works of Bernard de Gordon

Historiated initial 'D'(ilexi) with a lecturer holding a urine flask before students, and a full foliate border with animals, at the beginning of Bernard de Gordon's Liber urinarum. Musical notation. 3 large historiated initials, except the second with full

• Inhabited initial 'I'(acobi) with three dragons, a human head, and a devil's mask, at the beginning of Bede's commentary on the Epistle of James., Commentary on Catholic Epistles and Commentary on Tobit

(ff. 4-86v) and the Commentary on Tobit (ff. 86v-95) by Bede, with the 'nota' signs and tituli in the margins. 1 inhabited initial in colours at the beginning of Bede's commentary to James's Epistle (f. 2). 7 large initials in

• Decorated initial 'M'(ultum) at the beginning of the 'De fide ad Donatum' of Fulgentius of Ruspe., De fide ad Donatum and De fide ad Petrum trinitatis; Sermo de utilitate agendi penitentiam, De disciplina christiana, and De decem cordis; Liber exhortationis; Liber ecclesiasticorum dogmatum

Gennadius (ff. 81-87v). 4 large decorated initials in green, red and brown, at the beginning of major text divisions (ff. 1, 30, 48, 59v). Initials in red, brown or green, some with penwork decoration. De fide ad Donatum and De

• Headpiece with geometric and foliate decoration and inscribed with title in display capitals, and illuminated initial., Gospel lectionary with Menologion and Gospels for special services (Covel Gospel)

of Antiquaries, London (see Heyworth 1989, frontispiece).Additional leaves on paper added by Covel probably in the late 17th century (ff. 1, 2, 377-38w). Headpieces with geometric and foliate decoration in gold and colours and inscribed with titles in display capitals

• Historiated initial 'F'(errum) of the Agnus Dei, at the beginning of the prologue to the Corrogationes Promethei of Alexander Nequam., Corrogationes Promethei; Hypomnesticon contra pelagianos et caelestianos; miscellaneous works of Augustine; sermons attributed to Caesarius

Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1229', and Henrician title 'Opuscula quidam D. Augustini' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library at Westminster of 1542.Presented to the British Museum by

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a blue-faced grotesque, hunched, with a man standing on his shoulders, from Book 1 of the Decretals., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

hunched, with a man standing on his shoulders, from Book 1 of the Decretals. Part I: the text and gloss written in Southern France, perhaps in Toulouse: lemmata underlined in yellow, with the decoration left unfinished.Catchwords and bifolium signatures; numerous

• Inscription recording that the book was given in 1503 by Edmund Carter to the 'royal collegiate' probably to be identified with the collegiate church of St. Mary, Southwell, reading 'Ex dono mag[ist]ri Edmu[n]di Carter quonda[m] vicarii. / Et nu[n]c cano[ni]ci huius colegii regii xxviimo die oct[obris] / A[nn]o X[rist]i m d tercio et a[nn]o r[egni] r[egi]s Henrici VIImi xixº.', Commentary on Catholic Epistles and Commentary on Tobit

(ff. 4-86v) and the Commentary on Tobit (ff. 86v-95) by Bede, with the 'nota' signs and tituli in the margins. 1 inhabited initial in colours at the beginning of Bede's commentary to James's Epistle (f. 2). 7 large initials in

• Decorated initial 'L'(ocutus) at the beginning of Augustine's De disciplina christiana., De fide ad Donatum and De fide ad Petrum trinitatis; Sermo de utilitate agendi penitentiam, De disciplina christiana, and De decem cordis; Liber exhortationis; Liber ecclesiasticorum dogmatum

Gennadius (ff. 81-87v). 4 large decorated initials in green, red and brown, at the beginning of major text divisions (ff. 1, 30, 48, 59v). Initials in red, brown or green, some with penwork decoration. De fide ad Donatum and De

• Decorated initial 'O'(mi) at the beginning of the Liber exhortationis of Paulinus of Aquileia., De fide ad Donatum and De fide ad Petrum trinitatis; Sermo de utilitate agendi penitentiam, De disciplina christiana, and De decem cordis; Liber exhortationis; Liber ecclesiasticorum dogmatum

Gennadius (ff. 81-87v). 4 large decorated initials in green, red and brown, at the beginning of major text divisions (ff. 1, 30, 48, 59v). Initials in red, brown or green, some with penwork decoration. De fide ad Donatum and De

• Decorated initial 'D'(ominus) at the beginning of Augustine's De decem cordis., De fide ad Donatum and De fide ad Petrum trinitatis; Sermo de utilitate agendi penitentiam, De disciplina christiana, and De decem cordis; Liber exhortationis; Liber ecclesiasticorum dogmatum

Gennadius (ff. 81-87v). 4 large decorated initials in green, red and brown, at the beginning of major text divisions (ff. 1, 30, 48, 59v). Initials in red, brown or green, some with penwork decoration. De fide ad Donatum and De

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uam) at the beginning of Augustine's Sermo de utilitate agendi penitentiam., De fide ad Donatum and De fide ad Petrum trinitatis; Sermo de utilitate agendi penitentiam, De disciplina christiana, and De decem cordis; Liber exhortationis; Liber ecclesiasticorum dogmatum

Gennadius (ff. 81-87v). 4 large decorated initials in green, red and brown, at the beginning of major text divisions (ff. 1, 30, 48, 59v). Initials in red, brown or green, some with penwork decoration. De fide ad Donatum and De

• Decorated initial 'S'(ummum) at the beginning of the Sententiae., Epistola, Sententiae (f. 4); Formula honestae vitae (f. 84); Admonitio ad filium spiritualem (f. 87v); De virtutibus et vitiis (f. 97)

of the Sententiae. The front flyleaf (f. 1) has a large hole in the centre. A 13th-century musical fragment on a half folio inserted after the front flyleaf is part of a Sequentiale or Troparium. ff. 25, 50, 88 and

• Initial 'O'(mnis) with foliate decoration at the beginning of the second book of the Sententiae., Epistola, Sententiae (f. 4); Formula honestae vitae (f. 84); Admonitio ad filium spiritualem (f. 87v); De virtutibus et vitiis (f. 97)

the second book of the Sententiae. The front flyleaf (f. 1) has a large hole in the centre. A 13th-century musical fragment on a half folio inserted after the front flyleaf is part of a Sequentiale or Troparium. ff. 25,

• Initial 'A'(udi) with foliate decoration at the beginning of the Admonitio., Epistola, Sententiae (f. 4); Formula honestae vitae (f. 84); Admonitio ad filium spiritualem (f. 87v); De virtutibus et vitiis (f. 97)

beginning of the Admonitio. The front flyleaf (f. 1) has a large hole in the centre. A 13th-century musical fragment on a half folio inserted after the front flyleaf is part of a Sequentiale or Troparium. ff. 25, 50, 88

• Initial 'D'(ivinae) with foliate decoration at the beginning of the 3rd book of the Sententiae., Epistola, Sententiae (f. 4); Formula honestae vitae (f. 84); Admonitio ad filium spiritualem (f. 87v); De virtutibus et vitiis (f. 97)

the 3rd book of the Sententiae. The front flyleaf (f. 1) has a large hole in the centre. A 13th-century musical fragment on a half folio inserted after the front flyleaf is part of a Sequentiale or Troparium. ff. 25,

• Decorated initial 'O' and rubric., Theological miscellany including De peccatore et de ratione and De corpore et sanguine Christi

in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial Written by 3 scribes, including Waller scribes 3 and 1. Radulphus (index Rodolfus, Ralph of Battle), Guitmund, Bishop of Aversa (index Guimundi Aversani) and others England, S. E. (Rochester)

• Initial 'Q' with penwork decoration., Theological miscellany including De peccatore et de ratione and De corpore et sanguine Christi

in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial Written by 3 scribes, including Waller scribes 3 and 1. Radulphus (index Rodolfus, Ralph of Battle), Guitmund, Bishop of Aversa (index Guimundi Aversani) and others England, S. E. (Rochester)

• Initial 'A' with penwork decoration., Theological miscellany including De peccatore et de ratione and De corpore et sanguine Christi

in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial Written by 3 scribes, including Waller scribes 3 and 1. Radulphus (index Rodolfus, Ralph of Battle), Guitmund, Bishop of Aversa (index Guimundi Aversani) and others England, S. E. (Rochester)

• Flyleaf with inscription confirming the deposit of the manuscript in the Roubery chest at Oxford., Metaphysica (with Averroes' Commentarium Magnum) (ff. 3-145), Ethica nova and Ethica vetus (ff. 145v-149) and Liber de Causis (ff. 150-157)

ccc.xxi' [1 June, 1321], (f. 1v).John Shepey, Prior of Rochester (1333-1352): inscribed 'Ioh[annes] Roffensis mo[na]chi prec xvi s' (f. 1v).The cathedral Priory of St. Andrew, Rochester: inscribed 'Lib[er] de claustro Roffens[i] per mag[ist]r[u]m. Ioh[ann]em de Scapeya priorem' (f. 1). The

• Decorated initial 'O'(mnis) with a hybrid creature holding an axe., Metaphysica (with Averroes' Commentarium Magnum) (ff. 3-145), Ethica nova and Ethica vetus (ff. 145v-149) and Liber de Causis (ff. 150-157)

ccc.xxi' [1 June, 1321], (f. 1v).John Shepey, Prior of Rochester (1333-1352): inscribed 'Ioh[annes] Roffensis mo[na]chi prec xvi s' (f. 1v).The cathedral Priory of St. Andrew, Rochester: inscribed 'Lib[er] de claustro Roffens[i] per mag[ist]r[u]m. Ioh[ann]em de Scapeya priorem' (f. 1). The