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

and of 1202, no. 24 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996).Added grammatical notes, 12th century (f. 259).William Fressel, prior of Rochester (1509-1532): beginning of a charter promulgated by him (f. 260).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number

• Historiated initial 'D'(e moralibus) of Ambrose holding a crozier and a book, at the beginning of the De mysteriis of Ambrose., De mysteriis, De sacramentis; Sermones, Epistolae; De sacramentis ecclesiae

library catalogues of 1122/23, no. 44, and of 1202, no. 30 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996).Added theological distinctions, 12th/13th century (ff. 126v, 127v).The Old Royal Library (the English royal library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 630' (f. 2), included in the

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uoniam) with two griffins and a dragon, at the beginning of the Sermones of Ivo of Chartres., De mysteriis, De sacramentis; Sermones, Epistolae; De sacramentis ecclesiae

library catalogues of 1122/23, no. 44, and of 1202, no. 30 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996).Added theological distinctions, 12th/13th century (ff. 126v, 127v).The Old Royal Library (the English royal library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 630' (f. 2), included in the

• Decorated initial 'D'(ixit)' at the beginning of Jerome on Psalms., Commentary on Psalms 109-149, with a homily on Numbers 20:10

Ireland: purchased from Scott together with other 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial Jerome England, S. W. England, S. W. (Wessex, perhaps Winchester)

• Large initial 'I' with penwork decoration., In epistulam Iohannis ad Parthos and excerpts from de Civitate Dei, de Trinitate and other works

Included in the Rochester library catalogues of 1122 no. 12; and of 1202, no. 19 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 633), included in the inventory of books in the Upper

• Inhabited initial 'D'(ici) with lions and dragons, at the beginning of the Enchiridion of Augustine., Enchiridion

Joscelyn, (b. 1529, d.1603), OldEnglish scholar and Latin secretary to archbishop Matthew Parker, a note in his hand concerning Crusades extracted from Simeon of Durham and Henry of Huntingdon (f. 134).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): red

• Decorated initial 'F' and rubric., Contra Faustum Manicheum (index: Faustus the Manichaean)

mark of ownership of the priory and donation by Hugo of [Stoke ?] (see Warner and Gilson, 1921).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 45 '; included in the inventory of books in the Upper

• Puzzle initial 'T' with foliate decoration; Rochester priory inscription., Hexameron; De situ Jerusalem

Rochester: inscribed 'liber de claustro Roffens[i], Gognosti. cantoris' (f. i). In the catalogues of 1122/3 and 1202. The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 319 '. Included in the inventory of books in the Upper

• Historiated initial 'Q'(uoniam) of Gregory the Great writing, at the beginning of homily 1., Homiliae In Ezechielem, book 2, with Ezekiel 40: 1-47

no. 50 as 'Gregorii super Ezechielem in duobus voluminibus' (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996); and of 1202, no. 28 (see Royal 5 B XII, f. 2).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 375' (f. 1),

• Detail of an historiated initial 'M'(agnus) of Jacob's Dream?, with three angels., Enarrationes in Psalmos (Volume 3)

and in the catalogue of 1202, no. 6 as 'super psalterium in tribus magnis voluminibus' (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 81' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books

• Zoomorphic initial 'I'(ntenti) in the form of a dragon., Enarrationes in Psalmos (Volume 3)

and in the catalogue of 1202, no. 6 as 'super psalterium in tribus magnis voluminibus' (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 81' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books

• Decorated initial 'D'(ici) at the beginning of the Enchiridion of Augustine., Enchiridion, De bono mortis, De corpore et sanguine Domini

no. 5, of the early 12th century, no 4, and of 1202, no. 9 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 516' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books

• Decorated initial 'V'(ir) at the beginning of homily 4., Homiliae In Ezechielem, book 2, with Ezekiel 40: 1-47

no. 50 as 'Gregorii super Ezechielem in duobus voluminibus' (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996); and of 1202, no. 28 (see Royal 5 B XII, f. 2).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 375' (f. 1),

• Decorated initial 'N'(e) at the beginning of homily 2., Homiliae In Ezechielem, book 2, with Ezekiel 40: 1-47

no. 50 as 'Gregorii super Ezechielem in duobus voluminibus' (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996); and of 1202, no. 28 (see Royal 5 B XII, f. 2).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 375' (f. 1),

• Zoomorphic initial 'I'(n) with a dragon and an animal mask, at the beginning of Ezekiel; with an ownership inscription stating that the book belonged to the cathedral priory of St. Andrew, Rochester, and was given by 'G', a bishop of Rochester, reading 'liber de claustro Roffens[i] p[er] G. e[isco]p[u]m.', Homiliae In Ezechielem, book 2, with Ezekiel 40: 1-47

no. 50 as 'Gregorii super Ezechielem in duobus voluminibus' (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996); and of 1202, no. 28 (see Royal 5 B XII, f. 2).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 375' (f. 1),

• Decorated initial 'V'(ir) at the beginning of homily 3., Homiliae In Ezechielem, book 2, with Ezekiel 40: 1-47

no. 50 as 'Gregorii super Ezechielem in duobus voluminibus' (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996); and of 1202, no. 28 (see Royal 5 B XII, f. 2).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 375' (f. 1),

• Decorated initial 'P'(rophet)., Homiliae In Ezechielem, book 2, with Ezekiel 40: 1-47

no. 50 as 'Gregorii super Ezechielem in duobus voluminibus' (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996); and of 1202, no. 28 (see Royal 5 B XII, f. 2).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 375' (f. 1),

• Foliate initial 'S'(I rationi) at the beginning of book 2., De civitate Dei; Notae on De ciuitate Dei

of Grevysend [Gravesend], and send it to the writer at Beame Hall in Oxford, 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 51' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Foliate initial 'I'(am) at the beginning of book 3., De civitate Dei; Notae on De ciuitate Dei

of Grevysend [Gravesend], and send it to the writer at Beame Hall in Oxford, 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 51' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Foliate initial 'D'(e felicitate) at the beginning of book 15., De civitate Dei; Notae on De ciuitate Dei

of Grevysend [Gravesend], and send it to the writer at Beame Hall in Oxford, 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 51' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the