• Miniature of the Nativity., Psalter (The 'Melisende Psalter') with canticles, prayers, and litany

210, 211). 12 calendar roundels in colours on gold grounds (ff. 13v-19). 1 full-page historiated initial in ink on a gold ground at the beginning of Psalm 1 (f. 23v). 7 large initials in ink on gold grounds with animals,

• Miniature of the Adoration of the Magi, and the Magi being led by an angel., Psalter (The 'Melisende Psalter') with canticles, prayers, and litany

210, 211). 12 calendar roundels in colours on gold grounds (ff. 13v-19). 1 full-page historiated initial in ink on a gold ground at the beginning of Psalm 1 (f. 23v). 7 large initials in ink on gold grounds with animals,

• Miniature of Christ's entry into Jerusalem., Psalter (The 'Melisende Psalter') with canticles, prayers, and litany

210, 211). 12 calendar roundels in colours on gold grounds (ff. 13v-19). 1 full-page historiated initial in ink on a gold ground at the beginning of Psalm 1 (f. 23v). 7 large initials in ink on gold grounds with animals,

• 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)

'T[er]tia p[ar]s psalt[er]ii Ernulphi ep[iscop]i s[ecundu]m Aug.', and 'Liber de claust[r]o Roffens[i]', 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,

• Diagram of the division of philosophy., Theological miscellany

philosophia Salomonis' (ff. 3-9v);An extract from Isidore, Etymologiae, book 1, chapter 27, beginning 'Ortographia Grece recta scriptura interpretatur Latine' (ff. 10-11v);Fulgentius Mythographus, Expositio sermonum antiquorum (Liber de Abstrusis Sermonibus) (ff.11v-18v);An incomplete glossary (A to C) of unusual words, words of

• Three coloured initials 'D'(um) and inscription 'Cirencestrie'., Liber testimonium veteris testamenti (parts 1 and 3); Sermo (f. 117); In canticum canticorum (9 excerpts)(f. 117v)

each book, one with blue (f. 1) and one with black dots (f. 67). Numerous initials in blue, green, red, or light brown. Rubrics and numbers in red. Liber testimonium veteris testamenti (parts 1 and 3); Sermo (f. 117); In

• Detail of initial 'D'(um) with foliate decoration., Liber testimonium veteris testamenti (parts 1 and 3); Sermo (f. 117); In canticum canticorum (9 excerpts)(f. 117v)

each book, one with blue (f. 1) and one with black dots (f. 67). Numerous initials in blue, green, red, or light brown. Rubrics and numbers in red. Liber testimonium veteris testamenti (parts 1 and 3); Sermo (f. 117); In

• Detail of coloured initials 'V'(squequo) and 'H'(omo) in the lower right-hand column of the folio., Liber testimonium veteris testamenti (parts 1 and 3); Sermo (f. 117); In canticum canticorum (9 excerpts)(f. 117v)

each book, one with blue (f. 1) and one with black dots (f. 67). Numerous initials in blue, green, red, or light brown. Rubrics and numbers in red. Liber testimonium veteris testamenti (parts 1 and 3); Sermo (f. 117); In

• Historiated initial 'F'(uit) of Elkanah and his two wives Hannah and Penninah with inscriptions over their heads: 'Anna', 'Helcana', and 'Fenenna', at the beginning of 1 Samuel (1 Kings)., Bible (Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and I-IV Kings) (The 'Rochester Bible')

his two wives Hannah and Penninah with inscriptions over their heads: 'Anna', 'Helcana', and 'Fenenna', at the beginning of 1 Samuel (1 Kings). Attribution to Rochester is based on similarity of initials with two manuscripts of Rochester provenance (Royal 5

• Detail of a historiated initial 'F'(uit) of Elkanah and his two wives Hannah and Penninah with inscriptions over their heads: 'Anna', 'Helcana', and 'Fenenna', at the beginning of 1 Samuel (1 Kings)., Bible (Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and I-IV Kings) (The 'Rochester Bible')

his two wives Hannah and Penninah with inscriptions over their heads: 'Anna', 'Helcana', and 'Fenenna', at the beginning of 1 Samuel (1 Kings). Attribution to Rochester is based on similarity of initials with two manuscripts of Rochester provenance (Royal 5

• Decorated initial 'C'(um)., Theological miscellany

(ff. 3-9v);An extract from Isidore, Etymologiae, book 1, chapter 27, beginning 'Ortographia Grece recta scriptura interpretatur Latine' (ff. 10-11v);Fulgentius Mythographus, Expositio sermonum antiquorum (Liber de Abstrusis Sermonibus) (ff.11v-18v);An incomplete glossary (A to C) of unusual words, words of Greek origin,

• Portraits of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob., Theological miscellany

philosophia Salomonis' (ff. 3-9v);An extract from Isidore, Etymologiae, book 1, chapter 27, beginning 'Ortographia Grece recta scriptura interpretatur Latine' (ff. 10-11v);Fulgentius Mythographus, Expositio sermonum antiquorum (Liber de Abstrusis Sermonibus) (ff.11v-18v);An incomplete glossary (A to C) of unusual words, words of

• Decorated initial., Theological miscellany

(ff. 3-9v);An extract from Isidore, Etymologiae, book 1, chapter 27, beginning 'Ortographia Grece recta scriptura interpretatur Latine' (ff. 10-11v);Fulgentius Mythographus, Expositio sermonum antiquorum (Liber de Abstrusis Sermonibus) (ff.11v-18v);An incomplete glossary (A to C) of unusual words, words of Greek origin,

• Historiated initial 'D'(e moralibus) of Ambrose holding a crozier and a book, at the beginning of the De mysteriis of Ambrose., De mysteriis, De sacramentis; Sermones, Epistolae; De sacramentis ecclesiae

I and 5 D III (see Waller 1980, p. 314). Instructions for rubrics in the lower margins. 1 historiated initial of Ambrose and 1 containing griffins, in colours, at the beginnings of works of Ambrose and Ivo of Chartres (ff.

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uoniam) with two griffins and a dragon, at the beginning of the Sermones of Ivo of Chartres., De mysteriis, De sacramentis; Sermones, Epistolae; De sacramentis ecclesiae

I and 5 D III (see Waller 1980, p. 314). Instructions for rubrics in the lower margins. 1 historiated initial of Ambrose and 1 containing griffins, in colours, at the beginnings of works of Ambrose and Ivo of Chartres (ff.

• Decorated initial 'P'(aulus), from a fragment of a 12th-century copy of 1 Thessalonians., Fragments of a glossed Bible of 1 Thessalonians 2:13-3:3 (f. 50); 5:2-5:15 (f. 51); 5:17-2 Thessalonians 1:3 (f. 52); Philippians 2:22-3:5.

notation: square notation on four-line red staves. 1 large decorated initial in blue, green, red and yellow (f. 52v). Small initials in red, blue and green. Fragments of a glossed Bible of 1 Thessalonians 2:13-3:3 (f. 50); 5:2-5:15 (f. 51);

• Detail of decorated initial 'P'(aulus), from a fragment of a 12th-century copy of 1 Thessalonians., Fragments of a glossed Bible of 1 Thessalonians 2:13-3:3 (f. 50); 5:2-5:15 (f. 51); 5:17-2 Thessalonians 1:3 (f. 52); Philippians 2:22-3:5.

notation: square notation on four-line red staves. 1 large decorated initial in blue, green, red and yellow (f. 52v). Small initials in red, blue and green. Fragments of a glossed Bible of 1 Thessalonians 2:13-3:3 (f. 50); 5:2-5:15 (f. 51);

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) at the beginning of Psalm 1 of David holding a book with standing men behind him, and below, musicians and a devil. Above the initial is a bust of Christ and the four symbols of the Evangelists Below the initial are two lines of text that are now only visible in raking light., 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

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) at the beginning of Psalm 1 of David holding a book with standing men behind him, and below, musicians and a devil. Above the initial is a bust of Christ and the four symbols of the Evangelists Below the initial are two lines of text that are now only visible in raking light., 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 the figures highlighted in green, in the chapter 'De figuris'., Etymologiae

Aug[us]tini Cant', 14th century (f. 1); included in the catalogue of the library of St. Augustine's abbey of between 1375-1420 transcribed in 1475-1497, no. 427.Old Royal Library: red seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1); included in the 1698