• Ink drawings of animals., Bestiary

Ink drawings of animals. In James's 'First Family' with text derived from the Physiologus with additions from the Etymologies of Isidore of Seville, McCullough's subdivision 'B-Is' version, see McCullough 1962 p. 31; Payne 1990 p. 12. 28 drawings in

• Decorated initial 'P'(aulus) at the beginning of Paul's epistles, with gloss., Epistles of Paul, with prologues and gloss; Jerome's prologue to the Epistles (ff. 151-152v)

brown ink initials with colours, most with red, yellow, blue, and sometimes olive green (ff. 1, 27, 52, 69, 78, 87, 93v, 99v, 105, 108v, 116, 121v, 125, 127). Small initials in red. Epistles of Paul, with prologues and gloss;

• Decorated initial 'M'(ultiphariam) at the beginning of Paul's epistle to the Hebrews, with gloss., Epistles of Paul, with prologues and gloss; Jerome's prologue to the Epistles (ff. 151-152v)

foliate brown ink initials with colours, most with red, yellow, blue, and sometimes olive green (ff. 1, 27, 52, 69, 78, 87, 93v, 99v, 105, 108v, 116, 121v, 125, 127). Small initials in red. Epistles of Paul, with prologues and

• Decorated initial 'I'(n), at the beginning of the book Ezra., Job and Ezra, with prologues

Ezra. Headings and some explicits in large capital letters (ff. 1, 3v, 5v, 51, 52, 54v, 97v), some with colours, in yellow, red, or green (ff. 5v, 52, 54v). Large capital letters in brown ink. Added sketch of Christ on

• Heading in display capitals, and the first word 'Vir' in colours, at the beginning of the book of Job., Job and Ezra, with prologues

of the book of Job. Headings and some explicits in large capital letters (ff. 1, 3v, 5v, 51, 52, 54v, 97v), some with colours, in yellow, red, or green (ff. 5v, 52, 54v). Large capital letters in brown ink. Added

• Zoomorphic initial 'S'(aepe) in foliate forms and an animal's neck and head, at the beginning of Cicero's De inventione., De inventione (index Rhetorica); Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)

in brown ink with yellow and red washes, 2 with zoomorphic features of a animal head, or a bird (ff. 1, 3, 4, 24, 51v, 70). Large initials in red, most with yellow and/or red penwork decoration. Highlights in red

• Illuminated headpiece and initial 'Pi', both with foliate decoration at the beginning of Gregory of Nazianzus's sermon Or. 41., Sermons

colours and gold, with large decorated initials in colours, and usually also in gold, at the beginning of sermons (ff. 1, 3, 21, 26v, 36v, 44v, 54v, 62v, 71v, 119v, 130v, 163v, 168, 189v, 206v, 230v). Small simple initials in

• Zoomorphic initial 'E'(t) in the form of a bird, at the beginning of the Pseudo-Cicero Rhetorica ad Herennium., De inventione (index Rhetorica); Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)

in brown ink with yellow and red washes, 2 with zoomorphic features of a animal head, or a bird (ff. 1, 3, 4, 24, 51v, 70). Large initials in red, most with yellow and/or red penwork decoration. Highlights in red

• Historiated initial 'H'(enricus) enclosing the imperial falcon of Anne Boleyn against a background of the royal colours., Patents granted to Anne Boleyn as Marquess of Pembroke

Henry VIII, after she was created Marquess of Pembroke on 1 September 1532, but before she became queen in March 1533: her heraldic device of an imperial falcon (f. 1); see Carley 2000 and 2004).The Old Royal Library: 1542 Westminster

• Text page with initials and rubrics., De unitate sanctae trinitatis (f.1); De differentiis, Etymologiae (incomplete), De miraculis Christi

Text page with initials and rubrics. Initials and rubrics in red. De unitate sanctae trinitatis (f.1); De differentiis, Etymologiae (incomplete), De miraculis Christi The Cathedral Church of St Mary, Salisbury: probably to be identified with no. 23 in Patrick

• Inhabited initial 'G'(loriosissimam) formed of a dragon interlaced with foliage, at the beginning of book 1., De civitate Dei; Notae on De ciuitate Dei

interlaced with foliage, at the beginning of book 1. Includes Augustine's De civitate Dei preceded by the section relating to it in the Retractationes (f. 5v) and notes on the De civitate Dei by Lanfranc, written by a different but

• Coloured initial 'R'(everentissimis)., De laudibus virginitatis, with Old English and Latin glosses

creature enmeshed in foliage (f. 4). Large initial in red (now oxided) with a blue wash and foliate decoration (f. 1). Large initial in green (f. 3v). Title, prologue, incipit and explicit in red or green capitals (ff. 1-4, 53).

• Text page with inventory of relics at Exeter: 'These are the names of the holy saints, which are in the monastery of St Peter and St Mary, Exeter . . .'. The list begins with relics of Christ's blood, his cross, tomb, and clothing. The list also enumerates a part of St Peter's beard and St Andrew's walking-stick., De laudibus virginitatis, with Old English and Latin glosses

creature enmeshed in foliage (f. 4). Large initial in red (now oxided) with a blue wash and foliate decoration (f. 1). Large initial in green (f. 3v). Title, prologue, incipit and explicit in red or green capitals (ff. 1-4, 53).

• Initial with foliate decoration., De laudibus virginitatis, with Old English and Latin glosses

creature enmeshed in foliage (f. 4). Large initial in red (now oxided) with a blue wash and foliate decoration (f. 1). Large initial in green (f. 3v). Title, prologue, incipit and explicit in red or green capitals (ff. 1-4, 53).

• Initial 'I'(am) with man and a dragon enmeshed in foliage., De laudibus virginitatis, with Old English and Latin glosses

creature enmeshed in foliage (f. 4). Large initial in red (now oxided) with a blue wash and foliate decoration (f. 1). Large initial in green (f. 3v). Title, prologue, incipit and explicit in red or green capitals (ff. 1-4, 53).

• Zoomorphic initial 'P'(salmus) with display script, at the beginning of Augustine's commentary to Psalm 50., Enarrationes in Psalmos (Volume 2)

'Liber de claust[r]o Roffens[i]', and 'S[ecund]a p[ar]s psalt[er]ii s[ecundu]m Aug. Arnulphi p[ri]oris', 14th century (f. 1); included in the Rochester library catalogue of 1122-1123, no. 1 as 'Expositionem eiusdem super psalterium in iii voluminibus'; and in the catalogue of 1202,

• Decorated initial 'B'(eatus) combined with a full foliate bar border including interlace at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter, imperfect

bar border including interlace at the beginning of Psalm 1. Beginning with a calendar (ff. 1-5v, lacking the end) including in blue: Judoci (9 Jan.), in gold: Valentini (14 Feb.), Barnabe (11 June), Grimbaldi and his translation (8 July, and

• null, De cognitione verae vitae (ff. 1-39) and other tracts

Blue initial with red pen-flourishing. Other simple red initials. Red highlighting of some letters. Cadels. De cognitione verae vitae (ff. 1-39) and other tracts Inscribed 'Carolus dei gracia Angliae Scocie Franc et Hibernii Rex fidei defensor etc.' (f. 106).A

• Decorated initial 'B'(ritannia) at the beginning of Bede's text., Historia Ecclesiastica; Epistola de obitu venerabilis Bedae (ff. 173v-175v); tract on the resting places of English saints, imperfect

text. f. 1* is a parchment former pastedown.f. 1 is a parchment leaf.The passage describing Augustine's arrival in Kent is marked into eight lections by a contemporary hand: see Richards 1988. Large initials with penwork decoration in purple, green, red,

• Decorated initial 'H'(is) at the beginning of Book II., Historia Ecclesiastica; Epistola de obitu venerabilis Bedae (ff. 173v-175v); tract on the resting places of English saints, imperfect

II. f. 1* is a parchment former pastedown.f. 1 is a parchment leaf.The passage describing Augustine's arrival in Kent is marked into eight lections by a contemporary hand: see Richards 1988. Large initials with penwork decoration in purple, green, red,