Decorated initial 'P'(rimo). 1 leaf between ff. 222-223, and 1 leaf between ff. 251-252 are unfoliated; both are blank, apart from one quire mark. Threaded book-mark (f. 133). Underdrawing in plummet and crayon for initials on ff. 9v, 196.
Decorated initial 'S'(e) with grotesques and foliate motif at the beginning of Cicero's 'De inventione'; next to it the St Alban's press-mark 'D.II.5.l'. Leaf marks (vertical or horizontal strokes, 'i'-'iiii', on rectos of leaves 1-4, 'x' on 5th leaf
on 31 August 1115: the roll is therefore datable to between September 1115 and 1117 and is the earliest datable English obituary roll known; the present fragment bears ten ~tituli~ or subscriptions, including those from St Mary's and St Vincent's