• Decorated initial 'O'(mnis) with a hybrid creature holding an axe., Metaphysica (with Averroes' Commentarium Magnum) (ff. 3-145), Ethica nova and Ethica vetus (ff. 145v-149) and Liber de Causis (ff. 150-157)

of St. Andrew, Rochester: inscribed 'Lib[er] de claustro Roffens[i] per mag[ist]r[u]m. Ioh[ann]em de Scapeya priorem' (f. 1). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no.549 '; included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• Decorated initial 'D'(ictum) with foliate decoration and pen flourishing with a peacock perched on top., Metaphysica (with Averroes' Commentarium Magnum) (ff. 3-145), Ethica nova and Ethica vetus (ff. 145v-149) and Liber de Causis (ff. 150-157)

of St. Andrew, Rochester: inscribed 'Lib[er] de claustro Roffens[i] per mag[ist]r[u]m. Ioh[ann]em de Scapeya priorem' (f. 1). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no.549 '; included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• Historiated initial 'C'(onsideratio) with adjoining image of monks instructing pupils with a lion atop the frame and foliate decoration., Metaphysica (with Averroes' Commentarium Magnum) (ff. 3-145), Ethica nova and Ethica vetus (ff. 145v-149) and Liber de Causis (ff. 150-157)

of St. Andrew, Rochester: inscribed 'Lib[er] de claustro Roffens[i] per mag[ist]r[u]m. Ioh[ann]em de Scapeya priorem' (f. 1). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no.549 '; included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• Decorated initial 'N'(ecesse) with pen-flourishing in foliate patterns with a parrot perched on top of the ascender., Metaphysica (with Averroes' Commentarium Magnum) (ff. 3-145), Ethica nova and Ethica vetus (ff. 145v-149) and Liber de Causis (ff. 150-157)

of St. Andrew, Rochester: inscribed 'Lib[er] de claustro Roffens[i] per mag[ist]r[u]m. Ioh[ann]em de Scapeya priorem' (f. 1). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no.549 '; included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• Initial 'I'(nitium) with foliate decoration including an animal head and a bird perched at the bottom., Metaphysica (with Averroes' Commentarium Magnum) (ff. 3-145), Ethica nova and Ethica vetus (ff. 145v-149) and Liber de Causis (ff. 150-157)

of St. Andrew, Rochester: inscribed 'Lib[er] de claustro Roffens[i] per mag[ist]r[u]m. Ioh[ann]em de Scapeya priorem' (f. 1). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no.549 '; included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• Detail of a foliate initial 'D'(omino) with human heads, at the beginning of the preface., Commentary on Matthew

præfatione notis et indice ad editionem primam~, 6 vols (Farnborough: Gregg International Publishers, 1970), IV, p. 160). The Old Royal Library (English Royal library) after 1533: Westminster inventory number 'no 207', included in the inventory of books in the Upper

• Inhabited initial 'B'(eatus) with 'white lions', at the beginning of the treatise on Psalm 1., Flores Psalterii

prior of the Rochester cell at Walton St. Felix, or Felixstowe ('Waletune') (Royal 5 B. XII, f. 3).The Old Royal Library (The English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 705' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Decorated initial 'A'(pud) at the beginning of the Commentary on Psalms., Commentary on Psalms

St. Mary and St. Benedict, Ramsey: inscribed on a pasted piece of parchment, 'Liber monasterii Rameseye' (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1289' (f. 2), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Decorated initial 'P'(recedente) at the beginning of book 8 of the Moralia in Job., Job, and the Moralia in Job

'Moralia eiusdem in duobus voluminibus' in the Rochester catalogue of 1202 (see Royal 5 B XIII, f. 2r).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 352' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uam) with a fish, at the beginning of part 3 of the Moralia in Job., Job, and the Moralia in Job

'Moralia eiusdem in duobus voluminibus' in the Rochester catalogue of 1202 (see Royal 5 B XIII, f. 2r).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 352' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Initial 'I'(n principio) with the eagle, symbol of John in a medallion, at the beginning of John., Gospel of John; Augustine, Tractatus in Evangelium Iohannis

upper margins of each folio, 14th century (f. 1).Red seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 50' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Inhabited initial 'I'(n principio) with lions, at the beginning of Diatessaron., Diatessaron (or Unum ex quatuor), with glosses

Longland, bishop of Lincoln and confessor of Henry VIII, Royal Appendix 69, f. 6v (see Carley 2000). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 895' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Decorated initial 'B'(eatus), at the beginning of Psalm 1, and two initials 'P'(rimus) and 'A'(biit) with penwork extensions, at the beginning of gloss divisions, and a drawing of a hand in the margin., Psalter, glossed, with 5 Canticles

/ ut Deus ignoscat, et parcat lampadis ori./', end of the 12th century (f. 137).Erased inscription (f. 137).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 695' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Foliate initial 'P'(aulus) with dragons, and display script, at the of the Commentary on the Pauline Epistles of Florus of Lyon, and in the lower margin, the typical (but partially erased) Rochester ownership inscription, naming Baldwin, archbishop of Canterbury from 1184 to 1190., Commentary on the Pauline Epistles

the catalogue of the Rochester library of 1202, no. 13 (see Royal 5 B XII, f. 2). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 61' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Inhabited initial 'P'(ur) with lions interlaced with a foliate scroll, at the beginning of the Roman de Rou., Roman de Rou, part 2

VIII (b. 1491, d. 1547), king of England and Ireland: the monogram 'HR' [for Henricus Rex] (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 389' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Detail of a foliate initial 'V'(ir), at the beginning of Job., Job, and the Moralia in Job

'Moralia eiusdem in duobus voluminibus' in the Rochester catalogue of 1202 (see Royal 5 B XIII, f. 2r).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 352' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Detail of a zoomorphic initial 'I'(nter) formed of dragons and interlaced foliate pattern, at the beginning of part 1 of the Moralia in Job., Job, and the Moralia in Job

'Moralia eiusdem in duobus voluminibus' in the Rochester catalogue of 1202 (see Royal 5 B XIII, f. 2r).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 352' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Detail of a zoomorphic initial 'S'(ervata) formed of a dog, with an interlaced decoration, at the beginning of part 2 of the Moralia in Job., Job, and the Moralia in Job

'Moralia eiusdem in duobus voluminibus' in the Rochester catalogue of 1202 (see Royal 5 B XIII, f. 2r).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 352' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Detail of an inhabited initial 'P'(rincipia) with white lions, at the beginning of the prologue., Gloss on the Pauline Epistles

219v, 222), and in ink (ff. 134v, 135v, 136v, 161, 162, 182v, 183, 185, 189v, 203), 16th century.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1030' (f. 1), and the Henrician title 'Ep[istu]le pauli cu[m] glos.';

• Detail of a historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Christ blessing and holding a book, at the beginning of Romans, and a historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of a lion and an eagle, at the beginning of the Peter Lombard's commentary to Romans., Gloss on the Pauline Epistles

219v, 222), and in ink (ff. 134v, 135v, 136v, 161, 162, 182v, 183, 185, 189v, 203), 16th century.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1030' (f. 1), and the Henrician title 'Ep[istu]le pauli cu[m] glos.';