• Historiated initial 'Q'(uo) of Job and his wife giving him bread, with a dragon forming the tail of the letter, at the beginning of book 17., Moralia in Job, parts 4-6 (books 17-35)

and of 1202, no. 24 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996).Added grammatical notes, 12th century (f. 259).William Fressel, prior of Rochester (1509-1532): beginning of a charter promulgated by him (f. 260).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number

• Historiated initial 'Q'(uis) of a saint, at the beginning of book 27., Moralia in Job, parts 4-6 (books 17-35)

and of 1202, no. 24 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996).Added grammatical notes, 12th century (f. 259).William Fressel, prior of Rochester (1509-1532): beginning of a charter promulgated by him (f. 260).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number

• 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

library catalogues of 1122/23, no. 44, and of 1202, no. 30 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996).Added theological distinctions, 12th/13th century (ff. 126v, 127v).The Old Royal Library (the English royal library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 630' (f. 2), included in the

• 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

library catalogues of 1122/23, no. 44, and of 1202, no. 30 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996).Added theological distinctions, 12th/13th century (ff. 126v, 127v).The Old Royal Library (the English royal library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 630' (f. 2), included in the

• Zoomorphic initial 'P'(salmus) with display script, at the beginning of Augustine's commentary to Psalm 50., Enarrationes in Psalmos (Volume 2)

and in the catalogue of 1202, no. 6 as 'super psalterium in tribus magnis voluminibus' (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 81' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books

• Added list of names, including sovereigns of England from William the Conqueror and English and Norman bishops and abbots., Confessiones, De heresibus

156 others, 12th century (f. 187).Added initials 'AB', 12th century (f. 186v).Added notes, 14th-15th century (ff. 184v-185, 187v-188).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 44' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Decorated initial 'A'(postolica) at the beginning of the De conflictu vitiorum et virtutum of Ambrosius Autpertus., De conflictu vitiorum et virtutum, De compunctione cordis, Prognosticon futuri saeculi, De corpore et sanguine domini, with sermons and Vita S. Fursei

library catalogues of 1122/23, no. 39; and of 1202, no. 83 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996).Added drawings of decorated initials, 12th century (ff. 161v-163v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 48' (f. 2), included in

• Decorated initial 'M'(agnus), at the beginning of the Confessiones of Augustine., Confessiones, De heresibus

156 others, 12th century (f. 187).Added initials 'AB', 12th century (f. 186v).Added notes, 14th-15th century (ff. 184v-185, 187v-188).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 44' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Decorated initial 'C'(onfessionum) and 'M'(agnus) at the beginning of Augustine's Confessiones., Confessiones, De heresibus

156 others, 12th century (f. 187).Added initials 'AB', 12th century (f. 186v).Added notes, 14th-15th century (ff. 184v-185, 187v-188).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 44' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Decorated initial 'P'(er), at the beginning of book 4 of Augustine's Confessiones., Confessiones, De heresibus

156 others, 12th century (f. 187).Added initials 'AB', 12th century (f. 186v).Added notes, 14th-15th century (ff. 184v-185, 187v-188).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 44' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Decorated initial 'C'(onfessionum), at the beginning of a fragment of 'Retractationes' of Augustine., Confessiones, De heresibus

156 others, 12th century (f. 187).Added initials 'AB', 12th century (f. 186v).Added notes, 14th-15th century (ff. 184v-185, 187v-188).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 44' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Decorated initial 'S'(ymoniaci) at the beginning of Augustine's De heresibus., Confessiones, De heresibus

156 others, 12th century (f. 187).Added initials 'AB', 12th century (f. 186v).Added notes, 14th-15th century (ff. 184v-185, 187v-188).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 44' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Historiated initial 'I'(nter) of the four Evangelists with their symbols, with a full border containing two peacocks, a bird and arms of Grey, at the beginning of the De consensu evangelistarum of Augustine., De consensu evangelistarum, De musica

'Lib[er] d[omi]ni Simoni Abb[at]is Rameseye', with a table of contents in the same hand (f. i verso). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 637' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Decorated initial 'D'(ixit)' at the beginning of Jerome on Psalms., Commentary on Psalms 109-149, with a homily on Numbers 20:10

Ireland: purchased from Scott together with other 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial Jerome England, S. W. England, S. W. (Wessex, perhaps Winchester)

• Decorated initials 'Q'(uattuor) and 'B'(ello) at the beginning of the text., Antiquitates iudaicae

initials in red and one in blue (ff. 49, 53, 64, 66). Rubrics in red. Antiquitates iudaicae The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): probably entered the collection during the reign of Henry VIII and was stored at Hampton

• Text page with initials and rubrics., De unitate sanctae trinitatis (f.1); De differentiis, Etymologiae (incomplete), De miraculis Christi

be identified with no. 23 in Patrick Young's 1622 catalogue of the cathedral library, Salisbury (see Ker 1964).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): in the catalogue of the library of St James’s Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae

• Text page with intials 'A' and 'P' and rubric in red., Epistolae, De obitu Theodosii, De Nabuthae

(some oxidised). Epistolae, De obitu Theodosii, De Nabuthae The cathedral church of St Mary, Salisbury: (see Ker 1987).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): in the catalogue of the library of St James’s Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae

• Large initial 'I' with penwork decoration., In epistulam Iohannis ad Parthos and excerpts from de Civitate Dei, de Trinitate and other works

Included in the Rochester library catalogues of 1122 no. 12; and of 1202, no. 19 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 633), included in the inventory of books in the Upper

• Coloured initial 'R'(everentissimis)., De laudibus virginitatis, with Old English and Latin glosses

Coloured initial 'R'(everentissimis). 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 (see

• Text page with inventory of relics at Exeter: 'These are the names of the holy saints, which are in the monastery of St Peter and St Mary, Exeter . . .'. The list begins with relics of Christ's blood, his cross, tomb, and clothing. The list also enumerates a part of St Peter's beard and St Andrew's walking-stick., De laudibus virginitatis, with Old English and Latin glosses

his cross, tomb, and clothing. The list also enumerates a part of St Peter's beard and St Andrew's walking-stick. OldEnglish and Latin glosses in the same hand as the text. The same scribe may have copied Trinity College 1475