• Ownership inscription: 'Liber sancti Andree Roffensis ecclesie' (book of the church of St. Andrew, Rochester). The inscription above ('5 die Novembris A.D. 1723') was written by Humfrey Wanley, librarian of Robert and Edward Harley, 1st and 2nd earls of Oxford., Historia Ecclesiastica; Epistola de obitu venerabilis Bedae (ff. 173v-175v); tract on the resting places of English saints, imperfect

or purple. Numbers in red. Historia Ecclesiastica; Epistola de obitu venerabilis Bedae (ff. 173v-175v); tract on the resting places of English saints, imperfect The cathedral priority of St Andrew, Rochester: 12th or 13th-century inscription 'Liber Sancti Andree Roffensis ecclesiae' (f.

• Decorated initial 'G'(loriossimo), and in the lower margin is an added inscription recording that the book belonged in the cloister of Rochester Cathedral, and was given by Hubert the precentor., Historia Ecclesiastica; Epistola de obitu venerabilis Bedae (ff. 173v-175v); tract on the resting places of English saints, imperfect

or purple. Numbers in red. Historia Ecclesiastica; Epistola de obitu venerabilis Bedae (ff. 173v-175v); tract on the resting places of English saints, imperfect The cathedral priority of St Andrew, Rochester: 12th or 13th-century inscription 'Liber Sancti Andree Roffensis ecclesiae' (f.

• Decorated initial 'A'(t) at the beginning of Book III. In the top margin and top right corner are the book number '3', and the folio number '63'; the sketch of a horse's head in the lower margin is a doodle by a later reader., Historia Ecclesiastica; Epistola de obitu venerabilis Bedae (ff. 173v-175v); tract on the resting places of English saints, imperfect

or purple. Numbers in red. Historia Ecclesiastica; Epistola de obitu venerabilis Bedae (ff. 173v-175v); tract on the resting places of English saints, imperfect The cathedral priority of St Andrew, Rochester: 12th or 13th-century inscription 'Liber Sancti Andree Roffensis ecclesiae' (f.

• Large initial 'F'(orma) with pen-flourishing and penwork decoration including foliate motifs, at the beginning of Alexander Nequam's De naturis rerum; in the upper margin is a late-12th century ownership inscription from St Albans and in the lower margin is a leaf mark ('aj') in crayon., De naturis rerum

Large initial 'F'(orma) with pen-flourishing and penwork decoration including foliate motifs, at the beginning of Alexander Nequam's De naturis rerum; in the upper margin is a late-12th century ownership inscription from St Albans and in the lower margin is

• Two initials 'A'(lauda) and 'P'(ica) with some penwork decoration for text divisions in Alexander Nequam's De naturis rerum., De naturis rerum

Two initials 'A'(lauda) and 'P'(ica) with some penwork decoration for text divisions in Alexander Nequam's De naturis rerum. Leaf marks in crayon ('ai'-'aiiii' to 'zi'-'ziiii', followed by symbols, lines, letters), catchwords in crayon and ink, quire marks in dark

• Text page from Alexander Nequam's De naturis rerum; in the lower right corner are a leaf mark ('tiiij') and the later medieval foliation ('147') in crayon., De naturis rerum

Text page from Alexander Nequam's De naturis rerum; in the lower right corner are a leaf mark ('tiiij') and the later medieval foliation ('147') in crayon. Leaf marks in crayon ('ai'-'aiiii' to 'zi'-'ziiii', followed by symbols, lines, letters), catchwords

• Coloured drawing of king William the Conqueror., Historica monumenta diversa (ff. 2-18v), Chronica monasterii de Pipwell (ff. 21-35v), etc., added by Sir Simonds D'Ewes c. 1639-1643

c. 1639-1643 The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: listed in its catalogue: see Ker 1964.Fragment from a letter in English referring to the inhabitants of Dalham, 17th century? (f. 144v), with inscriptions in Latin in a different hand (f.

• Coloured drawing of knights with heraldic banners, one of them giving a sealed letter to the group to the right., Historica monumenta diversa (ff. 2-18v), Chronica monasterii de Pipwell (ff. 21-35v), etc., added by Sir Simonds D'Ewes c. 1639-1643

c. 1639-1643 The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: listed in its catalogue: see Ker 1964.Fragment from a letter in English referring to the inhabitants of Dalham, 17th century? (f. 144v), with inscriptions in Latin in a different hand (f.

• Decorated initials 'Q'(uattuor) and 'B'(ello) with penwork decoration, preceded and followed by display script. Rough sketch of the initial 'B' in the lower margin and ownership inscription in the upper margin., De excidio Judeorum

9th or 10th-century manuscript and f. 92 is a fragment of a leaf from a late 14th- or early 15th-century English manuscript.In the lower margin of f. 1 is a large sketch of the initial 'B'. Catchwords. Guide script for

• Puzzle initial 'Q'(uoniam) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the text., De diversis materiis predicabilibus distinctis in septem partibus secundum septem dona Spiritus, imperfect

f. 58. f. 143v is blank but no text is missing.Ending with a list of contents written in an earlier English hand (2nd half of the 13th century), and therefore may have been taken from an earlier manuscript of the

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uae) in Ovid's Epistolae ex Ponto., Epistolae ex Ponto

| Walteri | [..?]eff’ (f. 19, within the coloured initial).Unidentified owners, 15th century and 16th century, with inscriptions, partly in English, including: ‘Ouidus de ponto fidelissime & integraliter p(re)c(io) xvi.d.’, ‘Quo quis antiquinæ; eo melinæ B. Suggyn’.’ (f. 2v), '‘S(ir)

• Initial 'N'(aso) and inscription of Roger Twysden, at the beginning of Ovid's Epistolae ex Ponto., Epistolae ex Ponto

| Walteri | [..?]eff’ (f. 19, within the coloured initial).Unidentified owners, 15th century and 16th century, with inscriptions, partly in English, including: ‘Ouidus de ponto fidelissime & integraliter p(re)c(io) xvi.d.’, ‘Quo quis antiquinæ; eo melinæ B. Suggyn’.’ (f. 2v), '‘S(ir)

• Ownership inscriptions of monks of St. Mary, York., Epistolae ex Ponto

| Walteri | [..?]eff’ (f. 19, within the coloured initial).Unidentified owners, 15th century and 16th century, with inscriptions, partly in English, including: ‘Ouidus de ponto fidelissime & integraliter p(re)c(io) xvi.d.’, ‘Quo quis antiquinæ; eo melinæ B. Suggyn’.’ (f. 2v), '‘S(ir)

• Decorated initial 'R'(edditus) in Ovid's Epistolae ex Ponto., Epistolae ex Ponto

| Walteri | [..?]eff’ (f. 19, within the coloured initial).Unidentified owners, 15th century and 16th century, with inscriptions, partly in English, including: ‘Ouidus de ponto fidelissime & integraliter p(re)c(io) xvi.d.’, ‘Quo quis antiquinæ; eo melinæ B. Suggyn’.’ (f. 2v), '‘S(ir)

• Decorated initial 'R'(edditus) in Ovid's Epistolae ex Ponto., Epistolae ex Ponto

| Walteri | [..?]eff’ (f. 19, within the coloured initial).Unidentified owners, 15th century and 16th century, with inscriptions, partly in English, including: ‘Ouidus de ponto fidelissime & integraliter p(re)c(io) xvi.d.’, ‘Quo quis antiquinæ; eo melinæ B. Suggyn’.’ (f. 2v), '‘S(ir)

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uae) in Ovid's Epistolae ex Ponto., Epistolae ex Ponto

| Walteri | [..?]eff’ (f. 19, within the coloured initial).Unidentified owners, 15th century and 16th century, with inscriptions, partly in English, including: ‘Ouidus de ponto fidelissime & integraliter p(re)c(io) xvi.d.’, ‘Quo quis antiquinæ; eo melinæ B. Suggyn’.’ (f. 2v), '‘S(ir)

• Inhabited initial 'P'(lures) in outline drawing, at the beginning of the Gospel Prologue, with a man fighting with a dragon., Gospels

England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together over 300 other manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Inhabited initial England, S. E. England, S. E. (Canterbury)

• Detail of an initial 'M'(atheus) of the archangel Michael killing a dragon, at the beginning of an 'argumentum' to Matthew., Gospels

of England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together over 300 other manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Michael England, S. E. England, S. E. (Canterbury)

• Detail of a zoomorphic initial 'M', formed of two dragons., Gospels

of England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together over 300 other manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Dragons England, S. E. England, S. E. (Canterbury)

• Full page miniature of the Royal arms of England with the devise, 'HONNY. SOIT QVI. MAL. Y. PENSE.', preceding a dedication to Edward VI., Ecclesiastes and the Song of Solomon, in verse, with dedications to Edward VI

/ Et me, et sacrata suscipe carmina.' (f. 4); with the royal arms of England (f. 3).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Royal Arms of England Martinus Brionaeus England