• Initial 'S' with decoration., Epistolae, Opera; Moralis Philosophia; Dialogue against the Jews

be identified with no. 154 in Patrick Young's 1622 catalogue of the cathedral library, Salisbury (see Ker 1949).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Royal seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1), a note in the hand of

• Initial 'Q' with foliate decoration., Epistolae, Opera; Moralis Philosophia; Dialogue against the Jews

be identified with no. 154 in Patrick Young's 1622 catalogue of the cathedral library, Salisbury (see Ker 1949).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Royal seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1), a note in the hand of

• Puzzle initial 'H' with foliate decoration., Epistolae, Opera; Moralis Philosophia; Dialogue against the Jews

be identified with no. 154 in Patrick Young's 1622 catalogue of the cathedral library, Salisbury (see Ker 1949).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Royal seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1), a note in the hand of

• Puzzle initial 'H' with foliate decoration., Epistolae, Opera; Moralis Philosophia; Dialogue against the Jews

be identified with no. 154 in Patrick Young's 1622 catalogue of the cathedral library, Salisbury (see Ker 1949).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Royal seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1), a note in the hand of

• Puzzle initial 'U' with foliate decoration., Epistolae, Opera; Moralis Philosophia; Dialogue against the Jews

be identified with no. 154 in Patrick Young's 1622 catalogue of the cathedral library, Salisbury (see Ker 1949).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Royal seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1), a note in the hand of

• Initial 'S' with foliate decoration., Epistolae, Opera; Moralis Philosophia; Dialogue against the Jews

be identified with no. 154 in Patrick Young's 1622 catalogue of the cathedral library, Salisbury (see Ker 1949).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Royal seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1), a note in the hand of

• Flyleaf with ownership inscription and shelfmark of the library of St Augustine's, Canterbury., De officiis

Thomas Linacre, humanist scholar and physician (b. c.1460, d. 1524), inscribed 'Linacrus emit octo denarius' (sic) (f. 2).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Royal seal of a ship, 17th century (f.1) and in the 1698 catalogue of the

• Initial 'Q'(uamquam) with penwork decoration., De officiis

Thomas Linacre, humanist scholar and physician (b. c.1460, d. 1524), inscribed 'Linacrus emit octo denarius' (sic) (f. 2).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Royal seal of a ship, 17th century (f.1) and in the 1698 catalogue of the

• 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

• Initial 'D'(ormientem) at the beginning of epistle 1., Epistulae 1-123

Epistulae 1-123 The Benedictine Abbey of St Peter, Chertsey, Surrey: inscribed ' Constat mo[na]ste[ri]o de Certes[ia]' (f. 206v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1091'; included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71 (f.

• Initial 'Q'(uanto) and small initials with pen-flourishing., Epistulae 1-123

Epistulae 1-123 The Benedictine Abbey of St Peter, Chertsey, Surrey: inscribed ' Constat mo[na]ste[ri]o de Certes[ia]' (f. 206v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1091'; included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71 (f.

• Text page with coloured initials, Epistulae 1-123

Epistulae 1-123 The Benedictine Abbey of St Peter, Chertsey, Surrey: inscribed ' Constat mo[na]ste[ri]o de Certes[ia]' (f. 206v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1091'; included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71 (f.

• Decorated initial 'D'(e nativitate) at the beginning of the capitula to Romans, with added inscription in the upper margin; from left to right they are: a title and a press-mark characteristic of the Benedictine abbey of St. Werburgh, Chester; the ownership note 'Ex monasterio Cestrie' (i.e. from the monastery of Chester); the inventory number of the Old Royal library in the Upper Library at Westminster Palace ('No. 1098'); the present pressmark of the British Library ('4. E viij'), and below this the page number in the old catalogue ('p. 58'). ., Gloss on the Pauline Epistles

the inventory number of the Old Royal library in the Upper Library at Westminster Palace ('No. 1098'); the present pressmark of the British Library ('4. E viij'), and below this the page number in the old catalogue ('p. 58'). .

• 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

• Detail of inscription at the bottom of the folio., Epistola de vita S. Dunstani; Life of St Dunstan

press mark 'D VII' and title (f. 2); included in the 1389 catalogue.John Joscelin [Joscelyn] (b. 1529, d. 1603), OldEnglish scholar and Church of England clergyman, Archbishop Parker's secretary (with his annotations and supplements; see Tite, 1992, p. 117).?

• 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