• Decorated initial 'P'(raeterea)., Historia Ecclesiastica; Epistola de obitu venerabilis Bedae (ff. 173v-175v); tract on the resting places of English saints, imperfect

is a parchment former pastedown.f. 1 is a parchment leaf.The passage describing Augustine's arrival in Kent is marked into eight lections by a contemporary hand: see Richards 1988. Large initials with penwork decoration in purple, green, red, and blue, a

• Decorated initial 'Quadam' with dragon, foliate motifs and clasps, for book 1 of Gregory the Great's Dialogi., Dialogi (ff. 2-108), followed by smaller texts (ff. 108v-109)

with dragon, foliate motifs and clasps, for book 1 of Gregory the Great's Dialogi. Quire marks; ampersands; ae-caudatas. 2 large initials, outlined in red, with clasps, foliate motifs and dragons, for books 1 and 4 (ff. 2, 75v). Smaller initials

• Drawing of the Deposition or Nailing to the cross, in book 2, chapter 24 of Gregory the Great's Dialogi., Dialogi

signatures.Unusual iconography on f. 33v, where one is unsure whether the Deposition or the Nailing to the cross is depicted. 1 large miniature of Gregory the Great writing, inspired by the Holy Spirit, outlined in brown ink, with some yellow

• Decorated initial 'C'(um) at Matthew 1:18., Glossed Gospel of Matthew, preceded by prologues (f. 2r-v)

at Matthew 1:18. 1 large foliate and interlace initial, in colours and gold (f. 3). Large initials alternating red, blue, or pale brown, usually with simple decoration in one of the other colours. Small initials alternating red, blue, or pale

• Decorated initial 'D'(eus) at the beginning of Origines's Commentary on Jeremiah., Commentary on Jeremiah, and on the Song of Songs

foliate initials executed in brown, or brown and red, ink (ff. 1v, 32v, 37v, 41v, 45, 49v, 59, 61v, 72v). 1 brown zoomorphic initial in the form of a bird (f. 82). Large and small simple brown initials. Decorated quire

• Zoomorphic initial 'I'(psum) in the form of a bird, in Origines's Commentary on Jeremiah., Commentary on Jeremiah, and on the Song of Songs

foliate initials executed in brown, or brown and red, ink (ff. 1v, 32v, 37v, 41v, 45, 49v, 59, 61v, 72v). 1 brown zoomorphic initial in the form of a bird (f. 82). Large and small simple brown initials. Decorated quire

• Illuminated initial 'Q'(ui) at the beginning of Hermann of Reichenau's Computus., Various lunar and astronomical tables and tracts, including Computus, a calendar and diagrams

Illuminated initial 'Q'(ui) at the beginning of Hermann of Reichenau's Computus. Added two notated songs ‘As habet uncias duodecim’ (f. 45) and ‘Calcus et dimidius fit filiqua’ (f. 45v).Musical notation: neumes on staff [C and F clefs, F red

• Table with arcades, and illuminated initial 'L'(una) in Hermann of Reichenau's Computus., Various lunar and astronomical tables and tracts, including Computus, a calendar and diagrams

Table with arcades, and illuminated initial 'L'(una) in Hermann of Reichenau's Computus. Added two notated songs ‘As habet uncias duodecim’ (f. 45) and ‘Calcus et dimidius fit filiqua’ (f. 45v).Musical notation: neumes on staff [C and F clefs, F

• Zoomorphic initial 'I'(psum) in the form of a bird, in Origines's Commentary on Jeremiah., Commentary on Jeremiah, and on the Song of Songs

foliate initials executed in brown, or brown and red, ink (ff. 1v, 32v, 37v, 41v, 45, 49v, 59, 61v, 72v). 1 brown zoomorphic initial in the form of a bird (f. 82). Large and small simple brown initials. Decorated quire

• Decorated initial 'D'(eus) at the beginning of Origines's Commentary on Jeremiah., Commentary on Jeremiah, and on the Song of Songs

foliate initials executed in brown, or brown and red, ink (ff. 1v, 32v, 37v, 41v, 45, 49v, 59, 61v, 72v). 1 brown zoomorphic initial in the form of a bird (f. 82). Large and small simple brown initials. Decorated quire

• Illuminated initial 'Q'(ui) at the beginning of Hermann of Reichenaus's Computus., Various lunar and astronomical tables and tracts, including Computus, a calendar and diagrams

Illuminated initial 'Q'(ui) at the beginning of Hermann of Reichenaus's Computus. Added two notated songs ‘As habet uncias duodecim’ (f. 45) and ‘Calcus et dimidius fit filiqua’ (f. 45v).Musical notation: neumes on staff [C and F clefs, F red

• Coloured initials., Medicinales Responsiones

text, according to Reynolds and Rouse. 3 small simple initials in red (ff. 1, 2). Medicinales Responsiones Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated

• Musical notation., Various lunar and astronomical tables and tracts, including Computus, a calendar and diagrams

Musical notation. Added two notated songs ‘As habet uncias duodecim’ (f. 45) and ‘Calcus et dimidius fit filiqua’ (f. 45v).Musical notation: neumes on staff [C and F clefs, F red staff-line (lines 1-3, f. 45)] and F and C

• Coloured initials, and, in the right-hand column, an example of a corrected mistake. The scribe left a space for a coloured initial, and wrote the letters 'PM' with an abbreviation mark. The artist later painted a green initial 'S', because 'SPM' is a common abbreviation for 'Spiritum' (Spirit). In fact, the first word of the sentence should be 'Christum' (Christ), which can be represented by the letters 'XPM'. When the mistake was realised, the green 'S' was erased and replaced by a blue 'X'., Homiliary

Wottone M. Glasconis (f. 1); Robert Wottone, monk of Glastonbury, 15th century: inscription (f. 1; see above), added small parchment leaf inscribed 'Robertus Wottone' (f. 191v).John Long, of Dorchester, in Dorset, matriculated at Pembroke College, Oxford, 1 July 1664, aged

• Detail of a historiated initial 'M'(editation) of two men attacking a third with a stone, at the beginning of Augustine's commentary on Psalm 148. Heslop 2008 argues that this composition derives from the illustrations in Psalms 13 and 52 of the Utrecht Psalter, and that the composition shows the Christian soul ('everyman') being dragged from the period of persecution, on the left, across Easter to a place of protection on the right side., Enarrationes in Psalmos (Volume 3)

'T[er]tia p[ar]s psalt[er]ii Ernulphi ep[iscop]i s[ecundu]m Aug.', and 'Liber de claust[r]o Roffens[i]', 14th century (f. 1); included in the Rochester library catalogue of 1122-1123, no. 1 as 'Expositionem eiusdem super psalterium in iii voluminibus'; and in the catalogue of 1202,

• 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

I and 5 D III (see Waller 1980, p. 314). Instructions for rubrics in the lower margins. 1 historiated initial of Ambrose and 1 containing griffins, in colours, at the beginnings of works of Ambrose and Ivo of Chartres (ff.

• 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

I and 5 D III (see Waller 1980, p. 314). Instructions for rubrics in the lower margins. 1 historiated initial of Ambrose and 1 containing griffins, in colours, at the beginnings of works of Ambrose and Ivo of Chartres (ff.

• Decorated initial 'P'(aulus), from a fragment of a 12th-century copy of 1 Thessalonians., Fragments of a glossed Bible of 1 Thessalonians 2:13-3:3 (f. 50); 5:2-5:15 (f. 51); 5:17-2 Thessalonians 1:3 (f. 52); Philippians 2:22-3:5.

notation: square notation on four-line red staves. 1 large decorated initial in blue, green, red and yellow (f. 52v). Small initials in red, blue and green. Fragments of a glossed Bible of 1 Thessalonians 2:13-3:3 (f. 50); 5:2-5:15 (f. 51);

• Detail of decorated initial 'P'(aulus), from a fragment of a 12th-century copy of 1 Thessalonians., Fragments of a glossed Bible of 1 Thessalonians 2:13-3:3 (f. 50); 5:2-5:15 (f. 51); 5:17-2 Thessalonians 1:3 (f. 52); Philippians 2:22-3:5.

notation: square notation on four-line red staves. 1 large decorated initial in blue, green, red and yellow (f. 52v). Small initials in red, blue and green. Fragments of a glossed Bible of 1 Thessalonians 2:13-3:3 (f. 50); 5:2-5:15 (f. 51);

• Detail of the figures highlighted in green, in the chapter 'De figuris'., Etymologiae

Aug[us]tini Cant', 14th century (f. 1); included in the catalogue of the library of St. Augustine's abbey of between 1375-1420 transcribed in 1475-1497, no. 427.Old Royal Library: red seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1); included in the 1698