• Detail of a decorated initial 'H'(ec), with foliate motifs, at the beginning of Deuteronomy., Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, with the Glossa ordinaria and interlinear glosses, imperfect at the end

Royal 4 A VII, also from Rochester.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 514' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library at Westminster of 1542; in the catalogue of 1666,

• Historiated initial 'I'(n) of a bishop with a mitre and a pastoral staff., Decretum, with marginal glosses, partly by Rufinus, a pecia manuscript, imperfect, including later insertions (ff. 15-16v, 45-52v, 93-101v, 113r-v, 126-127, 137-144v, 201-206v, 243-266v)

126-127, 137-144v, 201-206v, 243-266v) This copy of Gratian's Decretum is a collection of pecia manuscripts bound in 2 volumes. Volume 1 mainly contains a late 12th-century copy, imperfect, with many 13th- and 14th-century additions (ff. 15-16v, 45-52v, 93-101v, 113r-v, 126-127,

• Text page., Decretum, with marginal glosses, partly by Rufinus, a pecia manuscript, imperfect, including later insertions (ff. 15-16v, 45-52v, 93-101v, 113r-v, 126-127, 137-144v, 201-206v, 243-266v)

126-127, 137-144v, 201-206v, 243-266v) This copy of Gratian's Decretum is a collection of pecia manuscripts bound in 2 volumes. Volume 1 mainly contains a late 12th-century copy, imperfect, with many 13th- and 14th-century additions (ff. 15-16v, 45-52v, 93-101v, 113r-v, 126-127,

• Detail of an inhabited initial 'L'(ocutusque), with foliate motifs and a dragon, at the beginning of Numbers., Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, with the Glossa ordinaria and interlinear glosses, imperfect at the end

Royal 4 A VII, also from Rochester.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 514' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library at Westminster of 1542; in the catalogue of 1666,

• Drawings of Boethius' explanation of the monochord, showing intervals as mathematical ratios., De institutione musica

same and the alternate colour, occasionally with reserved designs. Rubrics in red. De institutione musica Added, ?16th/17th century: numbers (f. 1). Jon Rippon, 17th century: inscribed with his name (ff. 24v, 42). The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b.

• Drawings of Boethius' explanation of the monochord, showing intervals as mathematical ratios., De institutione musica

same and the alternate colour, occasionally with reserved designs. Rubrics in red. De institutione musica Added, ?16th/17th century: numbers (f. 1). Jon Rippon, 17th century: inscribed with his name (ff. 24v, 42). The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b.

• Decorated initial 'X'(cp), at the beginning of book 2., Sermons, with a list of the sermons (f. 4)

(f. 4) The Cistercian abbey of St Mary, Byland, Yorkshire (founded in 1143), inscribed 'Liber Sancte Marie de Bellalanda' (ff. 1, 4).Added two leaves of a Missal as flyleaves, 12th-13th century (ff. 3, 4).Henry Savile of Banke, Yorkshire (b. 1568,

• Decorated initial 'V'(entrem) at the beginning of book 6., Sermons, with a list of the sermons (f. 4)

(f. 4) The Cistercian abbey of St Mary, Byland, Yorkshire (founded in 1143), inscribed 'Liber Sancte Marie de Bellalanda' (ff. 1, 4).Added two leaves of a Missal as flyleaves, 12th-13th century (ff. 3, 4).Henry Savile of Banke, Yorkshire (b. 1568,

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uid), at the beginning of book 8., Sermons, with a list of the sermons (f. 4)

(f. 4) The Cistercian abbey of St Mary, Byland, Yorkshire (founded in 1143), inscribed 'Liber Sancte Marie de Bellalanda' (ff. 1, 4).Added two leaves of a Missal as flyleaves, 12th-13th century (ff. 3, 4).Henry Savile of Banke, Yorkshire (b. 1568,

• Decorated initial 'P'(roficiscenti) at the beginning of the preface., Sermons, with a list of the sermons (f. 4)

(f. 4) The Cistercian abbey of St Mary, Byland, Yorkshire (founded in 1143), inscribed 'Liber Sancte Marie de Bellalanda' (ff. 1, 4).Added two leaves of a Missal as flyleaves, 12th-13th century (ff. 3, 4).Henry Savile of Banke, Yorkshire (b. 1568,

• Text page., Sermons, with a list of the sermons (f. 4)

(f. 4) The Cistercian abbey of St Mary, Byland, Yorkshire (founded in 1143), inscribed 'Liber Sancte Marie de Bellalanda' (ff. 1, 4).Added two leaves of a Missal as flyleaves, 12th-13th century (ff. 3, 4).Henry Savile of Banke, Yorkshire (b. 1568,

• Decorated initial 'D'(e solennitate) at the beginning of book 4., Sermons, with a list of the sermons (f. 4)

(f. 4) The Cistercian abbey of St Mary, Byland, Yorkshire (founded in 1143), inscribed 'Liber Sancte Marie de Bellalanda' (ff. 1, 4).Added two leaves of a Missal as flyleaves, 12th-13th century (ff. 3, 4).Henry Savile of Banke, Yorkshire (b. 1568,

• Decorated initial 'D'(esiderabam) at the beginning of book 5., Sermons, with a list of the sermons (f. 4)

(f. 4) The Cistercian abbey of St Mary, Byland, Yorkshire (founded in 1143), inscribed 'Liber Sancte Marie de Bellalanda' (ff. 1, 4).Added two leaves of a Missal as flyleaves, 12th-13th century (ff. 3, 4).Henry Savile of Banke, Yorkshire (b. 1568,

• Decorated headpiece and initial 'B'(iblos) at the beginning of Matthew., Four Gospels, with added lectional directions

2 unfoliated ones at the end. 4 large headpieces in brown with geometric decoration at the beginning of Gospels (ff. 1, 58, 97, 164). 3 smaller headpieces in brown with geometric decoration for tables (ff. 57v, 96v, 214v). Initials in

• Coloured initials., Cartulary of Reading abbey, with lists of the libraries at Reading and its cell at Leominster, and of relics and vestments at Reading

compilation was done early in the reign of Richard 1 (1190-1199), although the booklist may have been copied between c. 1180 and c. 1191, based on the names of the owners and donors of manuscripts: see Coates. The latest episcopal

• Coloured initials., Cartulary of Reading abbey, with lists of the libraries at Reading and its cell at Leominster, and of relics and vestments at Reading

compilation was done early in the reign of Richard 1 (1190-1199), although the booklist may have been copied between c. 1180 and c. 1191, based on the names of the owners and donors of manuscripts: see Coates. The latest episcopal

• Text page., Cartulary of Reading abbey, with lists of the libraries at Reading and its cell at Leominster, and of relics and vestments at Reading

compilation was done early in the reign of Richard 1 (1190-1199), although the booklist may have been copied between c. 1180 and c. 1191, based on the names of the owners and donors of manuscripts: see Coates. The latest episcopal

• Miniature of the burial of a cleric with monks, perhaps Thomas Becket. The upper right monk is holding a white object in his hand, perhaps a fragment of the saint's skull, which had been shattered when he was murdered., Inserted miniatures

Miniature of the burial of a cleric with monks, perhaps Thomas Becket. The upper right monk is holding a white object in his hand, perhaps a fragment of the saint's skull, which had been shattered when he was murdered.

• Illuminated initial., Breviary, Use of York (fragment), with a calendar (ff. 2-7v)

initial. Misbound. 1 small initial in gold on a blue ground (f. 36v). Small initials in blue with foliate pen-flourishing, many including human heads in the calendar. Breviary, Use of York (fragment), with a calendar (ff. 2-7v) Originally part of

• Initials with penwork decoration., Decretum, with marginal glosses, partly by Rufinus, a pecia manuscript, imperfect, including later insertions (ff. 15-16v, 45-52v, 93-101v, 113r-v, 126-127, 137-144v, 201-206v, 243-266v)

126-127, 137-144v, 201-206v, 243-266v) This copy of Gratian's Decretum is a collection of pecia manuscripts bound in 2 volumes. Volume 1 mainly contains a late 12th-century copy, imperfect, with many 13th- and 14th-century additions (ff. 15-16v, 45-52v, 93-101v, 113r-v, 126-127,