• Large decorated initial 'N'., De officiis ministrorum

green with penwork decoration. Two large initials in red, one with penwork decoration in blue (f. 1), and one in green (f. 80). Numerous small initials in red with penwork decoration. Rubrics in red. Paraphs and capitals highlighted in red.

• Inscription added by Thomas Wybarn, monk of Rochester recording that the book was written by Humphrey precentor, reading 'Hu[n]c lib[ru]m sc[r]ipsit f[rate]r hunfrid[us] in claust[r]o Roffen[si] / quonda[m] illi[us] eccl[es]ie p[re]centor cui[us] die[m] p[ro]piciet de[us]', and another one, reading 'Tho[ma]s Wybarn orate p[ro] eo / monachus Roffen.', De doctrina christiana, De vera religione and Sermones de poenitentia (sermo 351); De poenitentibus (sermo 393)

Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 43' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library at Westminster of 1542; red seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1); Patrick Young [Junius] (b. 1584, d. 1652), librarian:

• Ownership inscription of the cathedral priory of St. Andrew, Rochester with the list of contents, reading 'III. August[ini] de doct[ri]na xp[ist]iana. It[em] ei[us]de[m] de v[er]a / religione[e]. Item eiusde[m] de penitentia / Lib[er] de claust[r]o Roffens[i] que[m] qui inde alienav[er]it / alenat[um] celav[er]it, vel hu[n]c titulu[m] in fraude[m] dele/verit Anathema sit', with added note, reading 'Memoriale Humf[r]idi p[re]centor[is].', De doctrina christiana, De vera religione and Sermones de poenitentia (sermo 351); De poenitentibus (sermo 393)

Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 43' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library at Westminster of 1542; red seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1); Patrick Young [Junius] (b. 1584, d. 1652), librarian:

• Coloured initial 'Q'(uam) at the beginning of Augustine's sermo 351., De doctrina christiana, De vera religione and Sermones de poenitentia (sermo 351); De poenitentibus (sermo 393)

Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 43' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library at Westminster of 1542; red seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1); Patrick Young [Junius] (b. 1584, d. 1652), librarian:

• Coloured initial 'C'(um) at the beginning of Augustine's De vera religione., De doctrina christiana, De vera religione and Sermones de poenitentia (sermo 351); De poenitentibus (sermo 393)

Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 43' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library at Westminster of 1542; red seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1); Patrick Young [Junius] (b. 1584, d. 1652), librarian:

• Decorated initial 'D'(ue) at the beginning of Augustine's De doctrina christiana., De doctrina christiana, De vera religione and Sermones de poenitentia (sermo 351); De poenitentibus (sermo 393)

Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 43' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library at Westminster of 1542; red seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1); Patrick Young [Junius] (b. 1584, d. 1652), librarian:

• Decorated initial 'S'(unt) at the beginning of the prologue to Augustine's De doctrina christiana., De doctrina christiana, De vera religione and Sermones de poenitentia (sermo 351); De poenitentibus (sermo 393)

Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 43' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library at Westminster of 1542; red seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1); Patrick Young [Junius] (b. 1584, d. 1652), librarian:

• Cutting of an initial 'A'(nno) at the beginning of Daniel, with penwork decoration., Fragment of a Bible with the beginning of the book of Daniel (recto) and part of the chapter list (verso)

67-76, and 82 were printed fragments and have been removed.Musical notation (e.g., ff. 18v, 38, 40, 77r-v, 78r-v, 80r-v, 83r-v). 1 large initial in green, blue, yellow, and red, with filigree penwork decoration (f. 44). Small initials in red, yellow,

• Decorated initial 'I'(n), preceded by a rubric in display script, at the prologue to the Augustine's 'De quantitate animae'; the pigment is oxidised., De quantitate animae

2 large decorated initials in red, silver and gold, including geometric and foliate motifs (ff. 1, 2). Display script in red, green and mauve (f. 1, 2). Geometric figures and frames for captions in margins in red. De quantitate animae

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uerit[us]) in green ink., Various poems including Laurence of Durham's Hypognosticon (ff. 8-113) and the Fall of Troy (ff. 114v-115v)

Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by his librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘15 Augusti 1725’ (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Illuminated initial 'I'(nter)., Observationum ex libris antiquorum

initial 'I'(nter). The initials on ff. 153v, 163 are unfinished and the underdrawings are visible. 1 historiated initial in colours and gold (damaged) (f. 1). 19 large initials in colours and gold (ff. 1v, 14v, 29, 39v, 48, 58, 65v,

• Coloured initials 'Q'(uomodo) and 'C'(um) at the beginning of the preface and prologue of Solinus's De mirabilibus mundi., Collectanea rerum memorabilium (index De mirabilibus mundi), preceded by a preface (f. 1) and prologue (f. 1r-1v)

mirabilibus mundi. Initials in plain red, partly oxidised (ff. 1, 9). Unfinished: spaces left for all other initials. Collectanea rerum memorabilium (index De mirabilibus mundi), preceded by a preface (f. 1) and prologue (f. 1r-1v) Signed by one of the

• Zoomorphic initial 'S'(Saepe) in foliate forms and an animal's neck and head, at the beginning of Cicero's De inventione, and the ink stamp of the Royal Society of London in the lower margin., 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

• Ink drawings of a beaver with a man blowing a horn, a crocodile swallowing a hydrus, a crocodile with fish, and a winged hyena., Bestiary

Ink drawings of a beaver with a man blowing a horn, a crocodile swallowing a hydrus, a crocodile with fish, and a winged hyena. In James's 'First Family' with text derived from the Physiologus with additions from the Etymologies

• Detail of ink drawings of an ibex and fire stones., Bestiary

Detail of ink drawings of an ibex and fire stones. 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

• 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 'O' and a full foliate border, in the Breviary., Breviary, Use of Rome

289v, 305v, 317v, 336, 346, 356v, 366, 382v [with a three-sided border]). 1 large decorated initial, accompanied by a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 173v). 1 small decorated initial in gold on a red and blue ground,

• Historiated initial 'U' with Andrew, and a full foliate border with a bird, in the Brevary., Breviary, Use of Rome

289v, 305v, 317v, 336, 346, 356v, 366, 382v [with a three-sided border]). 1 large decorated initial, accompanied by a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 173v). 1 small decorated initial in gold on a red and blue ground,

• Historiated initial 'S'(ancti) with a monk presenting relics, and a full foliate border, in the Brevary., Breviary, Use of Rome

289v, 305v, 317v, 336, 346, 356v, 366, 382v [with a three-sided border]). 1 large decorated initial, accompanied by a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 173v). 1 small decorated initial in gold on a red and blue ground,

• 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;