• Flourished initials, in Petrus de Riga's Aurora., Aurora

Foreward' for the critical edition. 1 large (f. 2) and small initials in blue with red (foliate) pen-flourishing. Aurora Franciscan convent, Cambridge: inscription (f. 1).Inscription in English, 15th- or 16th-century: 'Thomas …' (f. 117).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753),

• Historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul sitting at a desk and writing his Epistle, at the beginning of Romans., Pauline Epistles, with the commentary of Peter Lombard

of Peter Lombard's prologue (f. 2). Initials in red, some with blue pen-flourishing, or in blue, some with red pen-flourishing. Running titles and chapters numbers in red and blue. Pauline Epistles, with the commentary of Peter Lombard Added 'Regule Tychoni'

• Inhabited initials 'H'(ec sunt) with white lions, at the beginning of Deuteronomy., Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, with the Glossa Ordinaria and interlinear glosses

Moses (ff. 1v, 67, 148v, 192v). Initials in red with penwork decoration in blue, or in blue with penwork decoration in red. Smaller initials in red or blue. Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, with the Glossa Ordinaria and interlinear glosses The cathedral

• Text page., Miscellany of sermons, treatises and Gospel harmonies, including Unum ex quattuor; Allegoriae super Novum Testamentum; Diatessaron (fragment)

Text page. Puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in red (f. 22v). Numerous initials in red and blue, red and green, and red, blue or green some with penwork decoration or pen-flourishing in the same or the other

• Zoomorphic initial 'D'(ominica) of a dragon, at the beginning of the commentary for the first Sunday of the Advent., Commentary on lections from the Epistles and Gospels from Advent to Easter

of the text (f. 1). Puzzle pen-flourished initials in red and blue, at the beginning of other major divisions. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing, some with animal heads (ff. 21, 206v, 246v, 248v).

• Text page., Theological miscellany of saints lives and sermons, including the life of Becket, and De Gesta Pontificum

a parchment leaf with various inscriptions. Initials in blue with penwork decoration in red, or in red with penwork decoration in blue, or in both colours. Small initials in red or blue. Rubrics in red. Theological miscellany of saints lives

• Marginal painting of a king of England in armour, holding a shield with arms of three crowns., Chronicle of the Kings of England from Brut to 1420, i.e. Henry V (index Chronica regum Angliae), followed by a text relating to Oxford and Cambridge universities (ff. 79r-v)

Large initial in gold with penwork decoration in blue and red (f. 4). Initials in blue with pen-flourished decoration in red (see in particular ff. 1v, 2, 43). Initials in red, blue or green. Rubrics, running titles, marginal notabilia in

• Coloured initials in blue with pen-flourished decoration in red and blue., Leaf from an Antiphonary containing the chants for the office of St Cecilia.

Coloured initials in blue with pen-flourished decoration in red and blue. The volume is a collection of fragments of music, principally Gregorian, from manuscripts of different date and origin. It was originally part of a collection of fragments from manuscripts

• Detail of an historiated initial 'A'(utens) of the martyrdom of Sebastian., Lives of the Saints

221v, 222v, 224v, 226, 228, 231v, 232v). Puzzle initials in red and blue with long pen-flourished extensions in red and blue. Marginal pen-flourished decoration in red and blue forming a partial border (f. 1). Lives of the Saints Unidentified shelfmark

• Historiated initial representing Ban falling from his horse, and the Lady of the Lake holding Lancelot as a baby., Lancelot-Grail

with the letters of the first three words of the text arranged vertically in red or blue (f. 167). Puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in the formula 'OR dit li contes..' and at other divisions in the

• Text page with coloured initials., Lancelot-Grail

with the letters of the first three words of the text arranged vertically in red or blue (f. 167). Puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in the formula 'OR dit li contes..' and at other divisions in the

• Historiated initial 'A'(sserz) of Paul the hermit., Lives of the Saints

221v, 222v, 224v, 226, 228, 231v, 232v). Puzzle initials in red and blue with long pen-flourished extensions in red and blue. Marginal pen-flourished decoration in red and blue forming a partial border (f. 1). Lives of the Saints Unidentified shelfmark

• Detail of an historiated initial 'A'(sserz) of Paul the hermit., Lives of the Saints

221v, 222v, 224v, 226, 228, 231v, 232v). Puzzle initials in red and blue with long pen-flourished extensions in red and blue. Marginal pen-flourished decoration in red and blue forming a partial border (f. 1). Lives of the Saints Unidentified shelfmark

• Text page of the legend of Paul the Hermit., Lives of the Saints

221v, 222v, 224v, 226, 228, 231v, 232v). Puzzle initials in red and blue with long pen-flourished extensions in red and blue. Marginal pen-flourished decoration in red and blue forming a partial border (f. 1). Lives of the Saints Unidentified shelfmark

• Added paper leaf containing accounts in Latin and English., Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, with the Glossa Ordinaria and interlinear glosses

Moses (ff. 1v, 67, 148v, 192v). Initials in red with penwork decoration in blue, or in blue with penwork decoration in red. Smaller initials in red or blue. Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, with the Glossa Ordinaria and interlinear glosses The cathedral

• Inscriptions recording that the book belonged to the cathedral priory of St. Andrew, Rochester, and was given by Ralph de Ros, prior of Rochester, reading 'Liber de claustro Roffen[se] que[m] qui inde alienav[er]it / alienatu[m]ve celav[er]it exco[mun]icatus sit', and 'per Radu[l]fum d[e] Ros p[ri]orem'; and the Westminster inventory number 'no. 515'., Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, with the Glossa Ordinaria and interlinear glosses

Moses (ff. 1v, 67, 148v, 192v). Initials in red with penwork decoration in blue, or in blue with penwork decoration in red. Smaller initials in red or blue. Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, with the Glossa Ordinaria and interlinear glosses The cathedral

• Foliate initial 'V'(ocavit), at the beginning of Leviticus., Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, with the Glossa Ordinaria and interlinear glosses

Moses (ff. 1v, 67, 148v, 192v). Initials in red with penwork decoration in blue, or in blue with penwork decoration in red. Smaller initials in red or blue. Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, with the Glossa Ordinaria and interlinear glosses The cathedral

• Puzzle initial 'P'(aulus) at the beginning of 2 Corinthians., Pauline Epistles, with the Glossa ordinaria

foliate or zoomorphic penwork decoration in blue and red, at the beginning of the Epistles (ff. 6, 24, 43v, 56v, 63v, 69v, 74, 78, 80v, 84v, 89v, 93, 95, 96). Small initials in blue or red, some with penwork decoration.

• Added fragment of a legal commentary., Pauline Epistles, with the Glossa ordinaria

foliate or zoomorphic penwork decoration in blue and red, at the beginning of the Epistles (ff. 6, 24, 43v, 56v, 63v, 69v, 74, 78, 80v, 84v, 89v, 93, 95, 96). Small initials in blue or red, some with penwork decoration.

• Puzzle initial 'P'(aulus) at the beginning of Titus., Pauline Epistles, with the Glossa ordinaria

foliate or zoomorphic penwork decoration in blue and red, at the beginning of the Epistles (ff. 6, 24, 43v, 56v, 63v, 69v, 74, 78, 80v, 84v, 89v, 93, 95, 96). Small initials in blue or red, some with penwork decoration.