• Zoomorphic initial 'S'(aepe) in foliate forms and an animal's neck and head, at the beginning of Cicero's De inventione., De inventione (index Rhetorica); Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)

in brown ink with yellow and red washes, 2 with zoomorphic features of a animal head, or a bird (ff. 1, 3, 4, 24, 51v, 70). Large initials in red, most with yellow and/or red penwork decoration. Highlights in red

• Zoomorphic initial 'E'(t) in the form of a bird, at the beginning of the Pseudo-Cicero Rhetorica ad Herennium., De inventione (index Rhetorica); Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)

in brown ink with yellow and red washes, 2 with zoomorphic features of a animal head, or a bird (ff. 1, 3, 4, 24, 51v, 70). Large initials in red, most with yellow and/or red penwork decoration. Highlights in red

• 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

interlaced with foliage, at the beginning of book 1. Includes Augustine's De civitate Dei preceded by the section relating to it in the Retractationes (f. 5v) and notes on the De civitate Dei by Lanfranc, written by a different but

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

'Liber de claust[r]o Roffens[i]', and 'S[ecund]a p[ar]s psalt[er]ii s[ecundu]m Aug. Arnulphi p[ri]oris', 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,

• null, De cognitione verae vitae (ff. 1-39) and other tracts

Blue initial with red pen-flourishing. Other simple red initials. Red highlighting of some letters. Cadels. De cognitione verae vitae (ff. 1-39) and other tracts Inscribed 'Carolus dei gracia Angliae Scocie Franc et Hibernii Rex fidei defensor etc.' (f. 106).A

• Decorated initial 'B'(ritannia) at the beginning of Bede's text., Historia Ecclesiastica; Epistola de obitu venerabilis Bedae (ff. 173v-175v); tract on the resting places of English saints, imperfect

text. f. 1* 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,

• Decorated initial 'H'(is) at the beginning of Book II., Historia Ecclesiastica; Epistola de obitu venerabilis Bedae (ff. 173v-175v); tract on the resting places of English saints, imperfect

II. f. 1* 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,

• Decorated initial 'S'(uccessit) at the beginning of Book V. The roman numeral 'xvii' at the lower edge of the page is a quire signature., Historia Ecclesiastica; Epistola de obitu venerabilis Bedae (ff. 173v-175v); tract on the resting places of English saints, imperfect

lower edge of the page is a quire signature. f. 1* 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

• Ownership inscription: 'Liber sancti Andree Roffensis ecclesie' (book of the church of St. Andrew, Rochester). The inscription above ('5 die Novembris A.D. 1723') was written by Humfrey Wanley, librarian of Robert and Edward Harley, 1st and 2nd earls of Oxford., Historia Ecclesiastica; Epistola de obitu venerabilis Bedae (ff. 173v-175v); tract on the resting places of English saints, imperfect

Wanley, librarian of Robert and Edward Harley, 1st and 2nd earls of Oxford. f. 1* 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:

• Decorated initial 'G'(loriossimo), and in the lower margin is an added inscription recording that the book belonged in the cloister of Rochester Cathedral, and was given by Hubert the precentor., Historia Ecclesiastica; Epistola de obitu venerabilis Bedae (ff. 173v-175v); tract on the resting places of English saints, imperfect

the cloister of Rochester Cathedral, and was given by Hubert the precentor. f. 1* 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

• Decorated initial 'A'(t) at the beginning of Book III. In the top margin and top right corner are the book number '3', and the folio number '63'; the sketch of a horse's head in the lower margin is a doodle by a later reader., Historia Ecclesiastica; Epistola de obitu venerabilis Bedae (ff. 173v-175v); tract on the resting places of English saints, imperfect

horse's head in the lower margin is a doodle by a later reader. f. 1* 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:

• Coloured drawing of king William the Conqueror., Historica monumenta diversa (ff. 2-18v), Chronica monasterii de Pipwell (ff. 21-35v), etc., added by Sir Simonds D'Ewes c. 1639-1643

title-page to the 12th-century manuscript (part 1), added by Sir Simonds d'Ewes.f. 84 has been vertically cut in half. f. 99* is a parchment strip with added 17th-century letters 'PAS'.ff. 145v-146 are blank.Part 1 was originally bound with Cotton Nero

• Coloured drawing of knights with heraldic banners, one of them giving a sealed letter to the group to the right., Historica monumenta diversa (ff. 2-18v), Chronica monasterii de Pipwell (ff. 21-35v), etc., added by Sir Simonds D'Ewes c. 1639-1643

title-page to the 12th-century manuscript (part 1), added by Sir Simonds d'Ewes.f. 84 has been vertically cut in half. f. 99* is a parchment strip with added 17th-century letters 'PAS'.ff. 145v-146 are blank.Part 1 was originally bound with Cotton Nero

• Decorated initial 'D'(ilectissimo filio) at the beginning of the letters of Pope Leo I., Papal letters, decretals, Anselm's Cur Deus Homo (ff. 90-125)

Pope Leo I. f. 1 is a paper folio with a description of the contents of the manuscript by Humfrey Wanley, Harley librarian.ff. 126-127 is a parchment bifolio from an earlier manuscript, reused as a flyleaf. 1 large initial in

• Miniature of Gregory the Great writing, inspired by the Holy Spirit represented as a dove. Above the frame of the miniature, inscription 'Teodericus depinxit hanc imaginem Gregorium papam'. The miniature is between books 3 and 4 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

• Detail of a miniature of Gregory the Great writing, inspired by the Holy Spirit represented as a dove. Above the frame of the miniature, inscription 'Teodericus depinxit hanc imaginem Gregorium papam'. The miniature is between books 3 and 4 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 'S'(ancti) and flourished initials, in the Breviary., Breviary

Decorated initial 'S'(ancti) and flourished initials, in the Breviary. 3 large decorated initials in gold on red and blue grounds with foliate extensions into the margins (ff. 66v, 284v [cut out], 433). Large initials in blue with red foliate

• 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

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 Upper Library at Westminster

• 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

(Hand I: ff. 1-92 and 174v-182v, Hand II: ff. 92-174). Contemporary marginal notes giving the sources of the excerpts.Quire signatures. 1 initial with foliate and zoomorphic decoration in colours, with display script, at the beginning of the text (f. 1v).

• Decorated initial 'D'(ici) at the beginning of the Enchiridion of Augustine., Enchiridion, De bono mortis, De corpore et sanguine Domini

(ff. 44v-62v) Lanfranc, De corpore et sanguine Domini (ff. 62v-89). Misbound at the beginning: f. 2 should be before f. 1, and ff. 12-19 before 4-11.Quire signatures. Decorated initials in green and red, at the beginning of major text divisions