• Historiated initial 'U' with Andrew, and a full foliate border with a bird, in the Brevary., Breviary, Use of Rome

289v, 305v, 317v, 336, 346, 356v, 366, 382v [with a three-sided border]). 1 large decorated initial, accompanied by a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 173v). 1 small decorated initial in gold on a red and blue ground,

• Historiated initial 'S'(ancti) with a monk presenting relics, and a full foliate border, in the Brevary., Breviary, Use of Rome

289v, 305v, 317v, 336, 346, 356v, 366, 382v [with a three-sided border]). 1 large decorated initial, accompanied by a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 173v). 1 small decorated initial in gold on a red and blue ground,

• Decorated initial 'P'(aulus) at the beginning of Paul's epistles, with gloss., Epistles of Paul, with prologues and gloss; Jerome's prologue to the Epistles (ff. 151-152v)

brown ink initials with colours, most with red, yellow, blue, and sometimes olive green (ff. 1, 27, 52, 69, 78, 87, 93v, 99v, 105, 108v, 116, 121v, 125, 127). Small initials in red. Epistles of Paul, with prologues and gloss;

• Decorated initial 'M'(ultiphariam) at the beginning of Paul's epistle to the Hebrews, with gloss., Epistles of Paul, with prologues and gloss; Jerome's prologue to the Epistles (ff. 151-152v)

foliate brown ink initials with colours, most with red, yellow, blue, and sometimes olive green (ff. 1, 27, 52, 69, 78, 87, 93v, 99v, 105, 108v, 116, 121v, 125, 127). Small initials in red. Epistles of Paul, with prologues and

• 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

• Historiated initial 'D'(omine) with king David (?) praying, from a fragment of Psalm 101 in a glossed Psalter., Fragment from a glossed Psalter, with Psalm 100: 8-101:1-8

Historiated initial 'D'(omine) with king David (?) praying, from a fragment of Psalm 101 in a glossed Psalter. The manuscript is a collection of fragments and leaves. Not described separately: ff. 1-23v; 25-29v; 31, 34, 36-37, 41-43, 45, 48-51,

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

• Ownership inscription on the opening page., Moralia in Job, books 24-35

moralium. Quam scripsit Sifridus canonicus sancte marie sanctique nicolai in arenstein' (f. 1). A near contemporary hand century hand added John the Deacon's Vita S. Gregorii papae (f. 1). Notes in later hands including that of abbot Heinrich Schupp (d.

• Text page., Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers

and gold (ff. 9, 9v, 10). 1 full-page diagram in colours and gold (f. 2v). 12 calendar historiated 'KL' initials in colours and gold, with zodiac roundels in colours and golds (ff. 3-8v). 1 full-page historiated Beatus initial in colours

• Detail of a miniature of the enthroned Virgin and Child and a female suppliant., Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers

and gold (ff. 9, 9v, 10). 1 full-page diagram in colours and gold (f. 2v). 12 calendar historiated 'KL' initials in colours and gold, with zodiac roundels in colours and golds (ff. 3-8v). 1 full-page historiated Beatus initial in colours

• Detail of a zoomorphic initial 'A'(ve) with a dragon forming part of the letter, in a prayer to the Virgin., Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers

and gold (ff. 9, 9v, 10). 1 full-page diagram in colours and gold (f. 2v). 12 calendar historiated 'KL' initials in colours and gold, with zodiac roundels in colours and golds (ff. 3-8v). 1 full-page historiated Beatus initial in colours

• Text page., Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers

and gold (ff. 9, 9v, 10). 1 full-page diagram in colours and gold (f. 2v). 12 calendar historiated 'KL' initials in colours and gold, with zodiac roundels in colours and golds (ff. 3-8v). 1 full-page historiated Beatus initial in colours

• Zoomorphic initial 'C'(oncede) with a dragon and foliate motifs., Gospel lectionary with collects and a calendar

99v). 6 large zoomorphic or historiated initials in colours (ff. 77v, 80v, 81, 85, 92v, 93v). 1 very large initial in red (f. 153). 1 smaller initial in red (f. 105v). 4 large initials in red and/or blue (ff. 100v,

• Text page with ink drawing and quire number 'X'., De officiis (ff. 1-58v); Paradoxa Stoicorum (ff. 59-66); De amicitia (ff. 66v-83); De senectute (ff. 84-98); De inventione (index Rhetorica)(ff. 99-140)

both parts of the manuscript, which were bound together before this date (ff. 140v-143 and ff. 163v-164v).Quire signatures in Part 1 are in two series of Roman numerals: I-XI (ff. 1-98) and i-iiii (ff. 99-140), as the two sections were

• Two text pages with maniculae in the lower margins, one holding a thurible and one a branch., De officiis (ff. 1-58v); Paradoxa Stoicorum (ff. 59-66); De amicitia (ff. 66v-83); De senectute (ff. 84-98); De inventione (index Rhetorica)(ff. 99-140)

both parts of the manuscript, which were bound together before this date (ff. 140v-143 and ff. 163v-164v).Quire signatures in Part 1 are in two series of Roman numerals: I-XI (ff. 1-98) and i-iiii (ff. 99-140), as the two sections were

• Text page with initial 'Q'(uamquam) with decoration., De officiis (ff. 1-58v); Paradoxa Stoicorum (ff. 59-66); De amicitia (ff. 66v-83); De senectute (ff. 84-98); De inventione (index Rhetorica)(ff. 99-140)

both parts of the manuscript, which were bound together before this date (ff. 140v-143 and ff. 163v-164v).Quire signatures in Part 1 are in two series of Roman numerals: I-XI (ff. 1-98) and i-iiii (ff. 99-140), as the two sections were

• Large initial 'S'(epe) and display script at the beginning of Cicero's 'De Inventione'., De officiis (ff. 1-58v); Paradoxa Stoicorum (ff. 59-66); De amicitia (ff. 66v-83); De senectute (ff. 84-98); De inventione (index Rhetorica)(ff. 99-140)

both parts of the manuscript, which were bound together before this date (ff. 140v-143 and ff. 163v-164v).Quire signatures in Part 1 are in two series of Roman numerals: I-XI (ff. 1-98) and i-iiii (ff. 99-140), as the two sections were

• Text page of ghost story from Byland, Yorkshire., De officiis (ff. 1-58v); Paradoxa Stoicorum (ff. 59-66); De amicitia (ff. 66v-83); De senectute (ff. 84-98); De inventione (index Rhetorica)(ff. 99-140)

both parts of the manuscript, which were bound together before this date (ff. 140v-143 and ff. 163v-164v).Quire signatures in Part 1 are in two series of Roman numerals: I-XI (ff. 1-98) and i-iiii (ff. 99-140), as the two sections were

• Detail of a historiated initial of a man warming his feet, in the calendar for February., Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers

and gold (ff. 9, 9v, 10). 1 full-page diagram in colours and gold (f. 2v). 12 calendar historiated 'KL' initials in colours and gold, with zodiac roundels in colours and golds (ff. 3-8v). 1 full-page historiated Beatus initial in colours