• 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)

ccc.xxi' [1 June, 1321], (f. 1v).John Shepey, Prior of Rochester (1333-1352): inscribed 'Ioh[annes] Roffensis mo[na]chi prec xvi s' (f. 1v).The cathedral Priory 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

• 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)

ccc.xxi' [1 June, 1321], (f. 1v).John Shepey, Prior of Rochester (1333-1352): inscribed 'Ioh[annes] Roffensis mo[na]chi prec xvi s' (f. 1v).The cathedral Priory 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

• 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)

ccc.xxi' [1 June, 1321], (f. 1v).John Shepey, Prior of Rochester (1333-1352): inscribed 'Ioh[annes] Roffensis mo[na]chi prec xvi s' (f. 1v).The cathedral Priory 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

• 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)

ccc.xxi' [1 June, 1321], (f. 1v).John Shepey, Prior of Rochester (1333-1352): inscribed 'Ioh[annes] Roffensis mo[na]chi prec xvi s' (f. 1v).The cathedral Priory 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

• Initial 'P'(ater) with penwork decoration., Theological works (imperfect), including Soliloquia, De immortalitate animae, De XII abusivis saeculi, De gratia et libero arbitrio and Sermons

of the verso of the last leaf of the quires); catchwords; ae caudatas. Leaves missing before f. 1 and after f. 207. Full list of contents in Sharpe 1996, pp. 60-61. Numerous large and small initials in red, occasionally with

• Inscription recording the pledge of the book with three other manuscripts by John Kyrkby in the Guildford chest, Oxford, on 8 July 1468, for 30 shillings, reading 'Cau[ci]o m[agistr]i Joh. Kyrkby expo[si]ta i[n] cista de gilford An[n]o do[min]i m° cccc° lxviii° die m[en]sis julii / lib[er] Aug[ustin]i de t[r]initate 2° fo[lio] sine proemnis habent et h[abe]t 3 suppra 2°fo[lio] p[ro] d[om]i[n]o mune[r]e / 2° fo[lio] q[u]i malefac[er]e 2° fo[lio] 3 d[is]ti[n]ctio p[er] arti[cu]los et iacet p[ro] xxx s.'; and another inscription recording the plegde of the book on 11 February 1469, for 28 shillings, reading 'Cauci[o] Kyrkby ex[posi]ta a[nn]o d[omi]ni m° lxix ix die me[n]s[is] februarii et iacet p[ro] xxviii s.'; with an information added by the same hand, reading, 'in q[uod] p[ro] suppra[scrip]to s° folio distinct[i]o p[er] artic[u]los ... 2° fo[lio] et post pauca et d[omi]n[u]s W. Chycheley h[abe]t.', De Trinitate

Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 82' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library at Westminster of 1542; red seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1); inculded in the 1698 catalogue of the library

• Foliate initial 'I'(n principio) at the beginning of Genesis., Historia scolastica, with glosses and the paraphrase of the Acts of the Apostles; Liber exceptionum

Ep[iscop]o / de Greco in Latinum. Item al[iu]d / ab eodem in quo probatur vir/ginitas sancte Marie', 14th century (f. 1). Added tables of content of the Historia scolastica and the paraphrase of the Acts of the Apostles, 13th century

• Text page with pen-flourished initials., Historia scolastica, with glosses and the paraphrase of the Acts of the Apostles; Liber exceptionum

Ep[iscop]o / de Greco in Latinum. Item al[iu]d / ab eodem in quo probatur vir/ginitas sancte Marie', 14th century (f. 1). Added tables of content of the Historia scolastica and the paraphrase of the Acts of the Apostles, 13th century

• Foliate initial 'T'(ertia) at the beginning of Leviticus., Historia scolastica, with glosses and the paraphrase of the Acts of the Apostles; Liber exceptionum

Ep[iscop]o / de Greco in Latinum. Item al[iu]d / ab eodem in quo probatur vir/ginitas sancte Marie', 14th century (f. 1). Added tables of content of the Historia scolastica and the paraphrase of the Acts of the Apostles, 13th century

• Text page with pen-flourished initials., Historia scolastica, with glosses and the paraphrase of the Acts of the Apostles; Liber exceptionum

Ep[iscop]o / de Greco in Latinum. Item al[iu]d / ab eodem in quo probatur vir/ginitas sancte Marie', 14th century (f. 1). Added tables of content of the Historia scolastica and the paraphrase of the Acts of the Apostles, 13th century

• Foliate initial 'I'(ncipit) at the beginning of 3 Kings., Historia scolastica, with glosses and the paraphrase of the Acts of the Apostles; Liber exceptionum

Ep[iscop]o / de Greco in Latinum. Item al[iu]d / ab eodem in quo probatur vir/ginitas sancte Marie', 14th century (f. 1). Added tables of content of the Historia scolastica and the paraphrase of the Acts of the Apostles, 13th century

• Foliate initial 'S'(equitur) at the beginning of Exodus., Historia scolastica, with glosses and the paraphrase of the Acts of the Apostles; Liber exceptionum

Ep[iscop]o / de Greco in Latinum. Item al[iu]d / ab eodem in quo probatur vir/ginitas sancte Marie', 14th century (f. 1). Added tables of content of the Historia scolastica and the paraphrase of the Acts of the Apostles, 13th century

• 3 foliate initials 'R'(everentissimo), 'I'(meratorie) and 'I'(n principio), at the beginning of the Historia scolastica and the prologue to the Historia scolastica., Historia scolastica, with glosses and the paraphrase of the Acts of the Apostles; Liber exceptionum

Ep[iscop]o / de Greco in Latinum. Item al[iu]d / ab eodem in quo probatur vir/ginitas sancte Marie', 14th century (f. 1). Added tables of content of the Historia scolastica and the paraphrase of the Acts of the Apostles, 13th century

• Inhabited initial 'I'(gitur) with an animal mask., Historia scolastica, with glosses and the paraphrase of the Acts of the Apostles; Liber exceptionum

Ep[iscop]o / de Greco in Latinum. Item al[iu]d / ab eodem in quo probatur vir/ginitas sancte Marie', 14th century (f. 1). Added tables of content of the Historia scolastica and the paraphrase of the Acts of the Apostles, 13th century

• Puzzle initial 'P'(rimi) at the beginning of book 10 of the Liber exceptionum., Historia scolastica, with glosses and the paraphrase of the Acts of the Apostles; Liber exceptionum

Ep[iscop]o / de Greco in Latinum. Item al[iu]d / ab eodem in quo probatur vir/ginitas sancte Marie', 14th century (f. 1). Added tables of content of the Historia scolastica and the paraphrase of the Acts of the Apostles, 13th century

• Drawing of a diagram of the vision of Claudius Senator, and a drawing of a diagram of 'labarum Constantini.', Translation of Testamenta duodecim patriarcharum, and Suidas De probatione Virginitatis Beate Marie

Ep[iscop]o / de Greco in Latinum. Item al[iu]d / ab eodem in quo probatur vir/ginitas sancte Marie', 14th century (f. 1). Added tables of content of the Historia scolastica and the paraphrase of the Acts of the Apostles, 13th century

• Puzzle initial 'I'(n principio) at the beginning of the text., 'Breviarium Bartholomei', with glosses and recipes by John Dee

The work comprises 15 parts, or partes, relating to: - (1) fevers (ff. 6v-21v); - (2) illnesses of the entire body or its major parts (ff. 21v-45v); - (3) head, throat, and upper chest infections (ff. 45v-83v); - (4) lower

• Decorated initial 'M'(undus) with reserved designs and penwork decoration, at the beginning of the 7th tract of Augustine's 'In epistulam Johannis ad Parthos tractatus X'., Enchiridion (ff. 2-47); In epistulam Johannis ad Parthos tractatus X (ff. 47-121v)

28). Added text and green initial, 12th century (ff. 1-1v). Inscribed, ?12th century (inscription now cut and pasted on f. 1) Inscribed, ?13th century 'In hoc libro continentur (...) xij folia' (f. 122). Added list of contents, ?14th century (f.

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uedam) of an animal biting its back., Lives of the Egyptian monks, Lives of various male and female saints (including Johannes Eleemosynarius), Paradisus, and a book on visions, with a table of contents (ff. 1v-2v), imperfect at the end

and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘22 die mensis Junij, A.D. 1726’ (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Text page with large decorated initial 'P'., De genesi (f. 3); Commentary on Titus (f. 91v) and Philemon (f. 114v)

3); Commentary on Titus (f. 91v) and Philemon (f. 114v) The cathedral priory of St. Andrew, Rochester: inscribed on ff. 1, 1v, 2v) and included in the catalogues of 1122/3 (no. 23 ?) and 1202 (no. 80) (see Sharpe et