• Initial with foliate decoration., De laudibus virginitatis, with Old English and Latin glosses

Initial with foliate decoration. OldEnglish and Latin glosses in the same hand as the text. The same scribe may have copied Trinity College 1475 (see Bishop 1963).All but 43 of the glosses occur also in Brussels, Bibliotheque Royale 1650

• Initial 'I'(am) with man and a dragon enmeshed in foliage., De laudibus virginitatis, with Old English and Latin glosses

Initial 'I'(am) with man and a dragon enmeshed in foliage. OldEnglish and Latin glosses in the same hand as the text. The same scribe may have copied Trinity College 1475 (see Bishop 1963).All but 43 of the glosses occur

• 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

• Initial 'D' with zoomorphic and interlace decoration., De laudibus virginitatis, letter to Ehfrid (index: Heahfridum), both with interlinear and marginal glosses

(see Warner and Gilson, 1921).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps included in the catalogue of 1666 (see Carley, 2000).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated intial

• Initial 'E' with penwork decoration., De laudibus virginitatis, letter to Ehfrid (index: Heahfridum), both with interlinear and marginal glosses

(see Warner and Gilson, 1921).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): perhaps included in the catalogue of 1666 (see Carley, 2000).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Initial and

• 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

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

The Cathedral priory of St. Andrew, Rochester: in the catalogues of 1122/3 (no. 36) and 1202 (no. 35).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): numbering lost, but probably 49 in catalogue of 1542; in the 1698 catalogue of the

• Zoomorphic initial 'Q'(uod) containing two addorsed griffins, with dragon's feet and tail and foliate decoration., Glossed Matthew with prologue

of Rochester [1215-1226]: the manuscript was perhaps donated before his appointment as bishop and the inscription added subsequently.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no.546 '; included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• Detail of a zoomorphic initial 'Q'(uod) containing two addorsed griffins, with dragon's feet and tail and foliate decoration., Glossed Matthew with prologue

of Rochester [1215-1226]: the manuscript was perhaps donated before his appointment as bishop and the inscription added subsequently.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no.546 '; included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• 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

• 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

• Decorated initial 'G'(lorisissimo), the ownership inscription of the Benedictine abbey of Saint Pater, Gloucester, and the Old Royal press-mark 'no. 965'., Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum, with preface and tables of chapters, imperfect at the end

abbey of St. Peter, Gloucester: inscribed in the 14th century: 'Liber monasterii S. Petri Glouc.' (f. 2). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 965' (f. 2), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Inhabited initial 'Q'(uinque) with a man and animals interlaced with foliage, at the beginning of book 6., 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

• Inhabited initial 'G'(loriosissimam) formed of a dragon interlaced with foliage, at the beginning of book 1., 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

• Flyleaf with inscription confirming the deposit of the manuscript in the Roubery chest at Oxford., 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 '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