• Detail of an historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul holding a scroll with the inscription 'Ad Timotheu[m]', at the beginning of 1 Timothy., Gloss on the Pauline Epistles

pen-flourishing in blue. Gloss on the Pauline Epistles Added chapter numbers, 14th-century English hand.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Paul Peter Lombard France, N. France, Central or N. (Paris?)

• Zoomorphic initial 'N'(ullum), with display script, at the beginning of Augustine's commentary to Psalm 85., 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

• 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)

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

• 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

• 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)

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

• 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)

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

• 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

• Decorated initial 'P'(recedente) at the beginning of book 8 of the Moralia in Job., Job, and the Moralia in Job

'Moralia eiusdem in duobus voluminibus' in the Rochester catalogue of 1202 (see Royal 5 B XIII, f. 2r).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 352' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uam) with a fish, at the beginning of part 3 of the Moralia in Job., Job, and the Moralia in Job

'Moralia eiusdem in duobus voluminibus' in the Rochester catalogue of 1202 (see Royal 5 B XIII, f. 2r).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 352' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Initial 'I'(n principio) with the eagle, symbol of John in a medallion, at the beginning of John., Gospel of John; Augustine, Tractatus in Evangelium Iohannis

upper margins of each folio, 14th century (f. 1).Red seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 50' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Foliate initial 'P'(aulus) with dragons, and display script, at the of the Commentary on the Pauline Epistles of Florus of Lyon, and in the lower margin, the typical (but partially erased) Rochester ownership inscription, naming Baldwin, archbishop of Canterbury from 1184 to 1190., Commentary on the Pauline Epistles

the catalogue of the Rochester library of 1202, no. 13 (see Royal 5 B XII, f. 2). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 61' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Detail of a foliate initial 'V'(ir), at the beginning of Job., Job, and the Moralia in Job

'Moralia eiusdem in duobus voluminibus' in the Rochester catalogue of 1202 (see Royal 5 B XIII, f. 2r).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 352' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Detail of a zoomorphic initial 'I'(nter) formed of dragons and interlaced foliate pattern, at the beginning of part 1 of the Moralia in Job., Job, and the Moralia in Job

'Moralia eiusdem in duobus voluminibus' in the Rochester catalogue of 1202 (see Royal 5 B XIII, f. 2r).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 352' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Detail of a zoomorphic initial 'S'(ervata) formed of a dog, with an interlaced decoration, at the beginning of part 2 of the Moralia in Job., Job, and the Moralia in Job

'Moralia eiusdem in duobus voluminibus' in the Rochester catalogue of 1202 (see Royal 5 B XIII, f. 2r).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 352' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Decorated initial 'V'(eteris) and rubric., De institutis coenobiorum

91). Silvester, prior of St Andrew, Rochester (c. 1177): inscribed 'Liber de Claustro Roffens[i] Silvestri prioris' (f. i).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 749'; included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library