• Detail of a historiated initial 'F'(uit) of Elkanah and his two wives Hannah and Penninah with inscriptions over their heads: 'Anna', 'Helcana', and 'Fenenna', at the beginning of 1 Samuel (1 Kings)., Bible (Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and I-IV Kings) (The 'Rochester Bible')

his two wives Hannah and Penninah with inscriptions over their heads: 'Anna', 'Helcana', and 'Fenenna', at the beginning of 1 Samuel (1 Kings). Attribution to Rochester is based on similarity of initials with two manuscripts of Rochester provenance (Royal 5

• Coloured initials., Gemma animae sive De divinis officis

(ff. 149-151v);Excerpts from Augustine, Enchiridion (ff. 151v-156);Chapters from a synodal pronouncement (ff. 156-160). 1 large zoomorphic initial in colours, at the beginning of the text (f. 1). Initials in red, green, blue, or light brown, some with penwork decoration in

• Text page with coloured initials, with a partially erased inscription, reading 'Hic est liber [erased] et q[u]icu[m]q[ue] furat[us] fuerit hunc libru[m] / anatematizat[us] est et cu[m] daton et Abiron co[m]mendat[us] est. Fiat, Fiat, Amen,' in the lower margin.', Gemma animae sive De divinis officis

(ff. 149-151v);Excerpts from Augustine, Enchiridion (ff. 151v-156);Chapters from a synodal pronouncement (ff. 156-160). 1 large zoomorphic initial in colours, at the beginning of the text (f. 1). Initials in red, green, blue, or light brown, some with penwork decoration in

• Zoomorphic initial 'A'(eterni) formed of two dragons interlaced with two other animals, at the beginning of the text; with an ownership inscription of he cathedral priory of St. Andrew, Rochester, reading 'Liber de claust[r]o Roffens[i] H.mo[nachi]', in the lower margin., Gemma animae sive De divinis officis

(ff. 149-151v);Excerpts from Augustine, Enchiridion (ff. 151v-156);Chapters from a synodal pronouncement (ff. 156-160). 1 large zoomorphic initial in colours, at the beginning of the text (f. 1). Initials in red, green, blue, or light brown, some with penwork decoration in

• Decorated initial 'C'(um)., Theological miscellany

(ff. 3-9v);An extract from Isidore, Etymologiae, book 1, chapter 27, beginning 'Ortographia Grece recta scriptura interpretatur Latine' (ff. 10-11v);Fulgentius Mythographus, Expositio sermonum antiquorum (Liber de Abstrusis Sermonibus) (ff.11v-18v);An incomplete glossary (A to C) of unusual words, words of Greek origin,

• Portraits of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob., Theological miscellany

philosophia Salomonis' (ff. 3-9v);An extract from Isidore, Etymologiae, book 1, chapter 27, beginning 'Ortographia Grece recta scriptura interpretatur Latine' (ff. 10-11v);Fulgentius Mythographus, Expositio sermonum antiquorum (Liber de Abstrusis Sermonibus) (ff.11v-18v);An incomplete glossary (A to C) of unusual words, words of

• Decorated initial., Theological miscellany

(ff. 3-9v);An extract from Isidore, Etymologiae, book 1, chapter 27, beginning 'Ortographia Grece recta scriptura interpretatur Latine' (ff. 10-11v);Fulgentius Mythographus, Expositio sermonum antiquorum (Liber de Abstrusis Sermonibus) (ff.11v-18v);An incomplete glossary (A to C) of unusual words, words of Greek origin,

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) at the beginning of Psalm 1 of David holding a book with standing men behind him, and below, musicians and a devil. Above the initial is a bust of Christ and the four symbols of the Evangelists Below the initial are two lines of text that are now only visible in raking light., Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers

and gold (ff. 9, 9v, 10). 1 full-page diagram in colours and gold (f. 2v). 12 calendar historiated 'KL' initials in colours and gold, with zodiac roundels in colours and golds (ff. 3-8v). 1 full-page historiated Beatus initial in colours

• Miniature of the Annunciation, with the Angel Gabriel in a garment with an ermine tippet and chained double gold clasp, in bare feet; and full foliate border, at the beginning of a prayer to the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

139v, 152, 156, 159v, 163, 165v, 166v, 167v, 168v). 1 small historiated initial, accompanied by a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 130v). 1 initial with arms and 1 with a shield with the symbol of the Trinity,

• Miniature of the Journey of King Melchior, foliate initial 'R'(ex), and full foliate border, at the beginning of a prayer to Melchior., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

139v, 152, 156, 159v, 163, 165v, 166v, 167v, 168v). 1 small historiated initial, accompanied by a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 130v). 1 initial with arms and 1 with a shield with the symbol of the Trinity,

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) at the beginning of Psalm 1 of David holding a book with standing men behind him, and below, musicians and a devil. Above the initial is a bust of Christ and the four symbols of the Evangelists Below the initial are two lines of text that are now only visible in raking light., Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers

and gold (ff. 9, 9v, 10). 1 full-page diagram in colours and gold (f. 2v). 12 calendar historiated 'KL' initials in colours and gold, with zodiac roundels in colours and golds (ff. 3-8v). 1 full-page historiated Beatus initial in colours

• 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,

• Zoomorphic initial 'N'(ullum), with display script, at the beginning of Augustine's commentary to Psalm 85., 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,

• Text page., Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers

and gold (ff. 9, 9v, 10). 1 full-page diagram in colours and gold (f. 2v). 12 calendar historiated 'KL' initials in colours and gold, with zodiac roundels in colours and golds (ff. 3-8v). 1 full-page historiated Beatus initial in colours

• Detail of a miniature of the enthroned Virgin and Child and a female suppliant., Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers

and gold (ff. 9, 9v, 10). 1 full-page diagram in colours and gold (f. 2v). 12 calendar historiated 'KL' initials in colours and gold, with zodiac roundels in colours and golds (ff. 3-8v). 1 full-page historiated Beatus initial in colours

• Detail of a zoomorphic initial 'A'(ve) with a dragon forming part of the letter, in a prayer to the Virgin., Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers

and gold (ff. 9, 9v, 10). 1 full-page diagram in colours and gold (f. 2v). 12 calendar historiated 'KL' initials in colours and gold, with zodiac roundels in colours and golds (ff. 3-8v). 1 full-page historiated Beatus initial in colours

• Text page., Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers

and gold (ff. 9, 9v, 10). 1 full-page diagram in colours and gold (f. 2v). 12 calendar historiated 'KL' initials in colours and gold, with zodiac roundels in colours and golds (ff. 3-8v). 1 full-page historiated Beatus initial in colours

• Detail of a historiated initial of a man warming his feet, in the calendar for February., Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers

and gold (ff. 9, 9v, 10). 1 full-page diagram in colours and gold (f. 2v). 12 calendar historiated 'KL' initials in colours and gold, with zodiac roundels in colours and golds (ff. 3-8v). 1 full-page historiated Beatus initial in colours