• Initial 'Q' with foliate decoration., Theological miscellany

French or French (see P. Verbraken 1958). Two large initials in red with foliate decoration in the same colour (ff. 1, 100v). 6 smaller initials in colours (f. 29v, 77v, 94, 113, 116, 138v). Puzzle initials in purple, red or

• Inhabited initial 'Q'(uinque) with a man and animals interlaced with foliage, at the beginning of book 6., De civitate Dei; Notae on De ciuitate Dei

a manib[us] sit procul iste lib[er] T. Wybarn', c. 1467 (see a dated inscription in Royal 2 C I) (ff. 1, 259).Inscribed a letter, signed by Clemens Brown, requesting a certain Henry to receive this book from Thomas Walleys, master

• Historiated initial 'P'(refationem) of a knight on horseback piercing a dragon forming a letter, at the beginning of part 5., Moralia in Job, parts 4-6 (books 17-35)

of Canterbury (1114-1122): inscribed 'Quarta p[er] 6 Moraliu[m] Gregorii incip[i]t p[er] R. Archiep[isco]p[u]m / de claust[r]o Roffens[i]', 14th century (f. 1), and 'Liber de claust[r]o Roffens[i] p[er] Radulfum Archep[iscopu]m', 14th century (f. 6); included in the Rochester library catalogues of

• Historiated initial 'P'(ost) with an eagle holding a book (the symbol of John?), at the beginning of part 6., Moralia in Job, parts 4-6 (books 17-35)

of Canterbury (1114-1122): inscribed 'Quarta p[er] 6 Moraliu[m] Gregorii incip[i]t p[er] R. Archiep[isco]p[u]m / de claust[r]o Roffens[i]', 14th century (f. 1), and 'Liber de claust[r]o Roffens[i] p[er] Radulfum Archep[iscopu]m', 14th century (f. 6); included in the Rochester library catalogues of

• Historiated initial 'Q'(uo) of Job and his wife giving him bread, with a dragon forming the tail of the letter, at the beginning of book 17., Moralia in Job, parts 4-6 (books 17-35)

of Canterbury (1114-1122): inscribed 'Quarta p[er] 6 Moraliu[m] Gregorii incip[i]t p[er] R. Archiep[isco]p[u]m / de claust[r]o Roffens[i]', 14th century (f. 1), and 'Liber de claust[r]o Roffens[i] p[er] Radulfum Archep[iscopu]m', 14th century (f. 6); included in the Rochester library catalogues of

• Historiated initial 'Q'(uis) of a saint, at the beginning of book 27., Moralia in Job, parts 4-6 (books 17-35)

of Canterbury (1114-1122): inscribed 'Quarta p[er] 6 Moraliu[m] Gregorii incip[i]t p[er] R. Archiep[isco]p[u]m / de claust[r]o Roffens[i]', 14th century (f. 1), and 'Liber de claust[r]o Roffens[i] p[er] Radulfum Archep[iscopu]m', 14th century (f. 6); included in the Rochester library catalogues of

• Historiated initial 'O'(rigo) with an image of Christ blessing., Etymologiae, and De natura rerum (ff. 33-48v), with letters between Isidore and Braulio (ff. 1v-3)

rerum (ff. 33-48v), with letters between Isidore and Braulio (ff. 1v-3) Inscribed on a small parchment fragment affixed to f. 1 'Anno dominice incarnationis .m.c.xxxvi.' (f. 1).Added diagram in a 15th-century hand (f. 41v). Charles Spencer (b. 1674, d. 1722),

• Marginal diagram of the earth., Pharsalia, Books 1-10, with glosses

collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley, ‘18 die Januarij, A.D. 1723/4’ (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Puzzle initial and inhabited initial at the prologue and beginning of Judith., Bible (with Psalms) and Interpretation of Hebrew Names, imperfect

until 1659, inscription (f. 1), see transcription below.John Covel (b. 1638, d. 1722), chaplain of the Levant Company at Constantinople 1670-1676: inscribed in 1659 'Joh[ann]es Covel xpti. Coll. Soc. 1659 mnemosunon [in Greek] Tho: Hu:’ (f. 1). No. XXVI (f.

• Alchemical recipe, added in the ? 15th century., Apocalypse (in Wycliffe translation), with commentary

with penwork decoration (e.g. f. 97v) Apocalypse (in Wycliffe translation), with commentary Various inscriptions (ff. 1, 2, 109, and in margins), including alchemical recipe (f. 1); 15th century. Mathew Goodryk: inscribed with his name, early 16th century (f. 109v).David Norkin

• Detail of a circular diagram relating to the humours and the elements., Etymologiae, and De natura rerum (ff. 33-48v), with letters between Isidore and Braulio (ff. 1v-3)

rerum (ff. 33-48v), with letters between Isidore and Braulio (ff. 1v-3) Inscribed on a small parchment fragment affixed to f. 1 'Anno dominice incarnationis .m.c.xxxvi.' (f. 1).Added diagram in a 15th-century hand (f. 41v). Charles Spencer (b. 1674, d. 1722),

• Coloured initials in a text page of the chronicle., Chronicle, AD 1-1135 (ff. 34-61), with additions up to 1266 (ff. 61v-73)

Coloured initials in a text page of the chronicle. The life of Thomas Becket in verse was composed c. 1184. It is based on one by Robert of Cricklade (d. c. 1174), prior of St. Frideswide's, Oxford, now lost.

• Historiated initial with the Adoration of the Magi at Sext in the Hours of the Virgin, with a hybrid creature in the lower margin., Psalter-Hours

combined with a bar border with ivy on three or four sides (f. 13: David playing the harp, for Psalm 1, praying lady, hybrid creature in the border; f. 42: David pointing at his eye, for Psalm 26 (27), lady,

• Text pages with large and small coloured initials and numbers., Poeticon astronomicon, Description of the constellations; In Somnium Scipionis

Text pages with large and small coloured initials and numbers. The three parts were bound together by c. 1124 (according to unpublished notes of Michael Gullick).ff. 1-27 : The Poeticon astronimicon is written in two columns, the outer one

• Decorated initial 'P'(etrus) at the beginning of Bede's commentary on the Epistle of Peter., 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'(iber) at the beginning of Bede's commentary on the Epistle of Jude., 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 'Q'(uod) at the beginning of Bede's commentary on the first Epistle of John., 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

• Foliate initial 'D' and foliate initial 'B' at the beginning of the first two epistolae., Epistolae

in yellow with penwork decoration in red and green (f. 162v). Small initials or Roman numerals in alternating colours (ff. 1, 148v, 179v). Rubrics in red. Epistolae The cathedral priory of St. Andrew, Rochester, given by Benedict of Sansetun (1215-1226):

• Text page., De vita contemplativa et activa (f.1); Liber scintillarum (f. 46); Excerpts from Ecclesiasticus and Sententiae (f. 113); Collationes (f. 116)

Text page. De vita contemplativa was formerly believed to be by Prosper of Aquitaine.f. 112 is missing and some folios are torn.The excerpts from Ecclesiasticus and Isidore follow one another in Royal 7 C iv (beginning of the 11th

• Initial with penwork decoration., De vita contemplativa et activa (f.1); Liber scintillarum (f. 46); Excerpts from Ecclesiasticus and Sententiae (f. 113); Collationes (f. 116)

Initial with penwork decoration. De vita contemplativa was formerly believed to be by Prosper of Aquitaine.f. 112 is missing and some folios are torn.The excerpts from Ecclesiasticus and Isidore follow one another in Royal 7 C iv (beginning of