• Framed initial 'S'(imon) with foliate decoration., Gospels of Matthew and Mark (f. 1), Gospel commentaries (f. 32), De uiris illustribus (f. 141v), De decem tentationibus populi Israel in deserto (f. 157v)

Rubrics and underlining in red. Running titles in brown and chapter numbers in red. Gospels of Matthew and Mark (f. 1), Gospel commentaries (f. 32), De uiris illustribus (f. 141v), De decem tentationibus populi Israel in deserto (f. 157v) The

• Initial 'P'(lures) with extension and foliate decoration., Gospels of Matthew and Mark (f. 1), Gospel commentaries (f. 32), De uiris illustribus (f. 141v), De decem tentationibus populi Israel in deserto (f. 157v)

Rubrics and underlining in red. Running titles in brown and chapter numbers in red. Gospels of Matthew and Mark (f. 1), Gospel commentaries (f. 32), De uiris illustribus (f. 141v), De decem tentationibus populi Israel in deserto (f. 157v) The

• Coloured initials 'A(quarius), 'P'(rochion), 'A'(rgo) and small coloured initials., Poeticon astronomicon, Description of the constellations; In Somnium Scipionis

Coloured initials 'A(quarius), 'P'(rochion), 'A'(rgo) and small coloured initials. The three parts were bound together by c. 1124 (according to unpublished notes of Michael Gullick).ff. 1-27 : The Poeticon astronimicon is written in two columns, the outer one in

• Coloured initial 'S'(epemtrionalis) with decoration, small initials and rubric in colour., Poeticon astronomicon, Description of the constellations; In Somnium Scipionis

Coloured initial 'S'(epemtrionalis) with decoration, small initials and rubric in colour. The three parts were bound together by c. 1124 (according to unpublished notes of Michael Gullick).ff. 1-27 : The Poeticon astronimicon is written in two columns, the outer

• Coloured initial 'C'(onfirmata) with decoration, small initials and rubric in colour., Poeticon astronomicon, Description of the constellations; In Somnium Scipionis

Coloured initial 'C'(onfirmata) with decoration, small initials and rubric in colour. The three parts were bound together by c. 1124 (according to unpublished notes of Michael Gullick).ff. 1-27 : The Poeticon astronimicon is written in two columns, the outer

• Coloured initials 'I'(ginus), 'I'(gitur) and small coloured initials., Poeticon astronomicon, Description of the constellations; In Somnium Scipionis

Coloured initials 'I'(ginus), 'I'(gitur) and small coloured initials. The three parts were bound together by c. 1124 (according to unpublished notes of Michael Gullick).ff. 1-27 : The Poeticon astronimicon is written in two columns, the outer one in small

• Decorated initial and border., Legenda Aurea (The Golden Legend), ending imperfectly

Decorated initial and border. Sir Frederic Madden noted that an engraving of 1717 that once formed part of the volume was in 1863 transferred to the Department of Prints (see f. [iii]).Contemporary chapter list (ff. 1-2v). Full border with

• Full border with initial 'S'(eynt) in blue, pink, and green with foliate spray., Legenda Aurea (The Golden Legend), ending imperfectly

Full border with initial 'S'(eynt) in blue, pink, and green with foliate spray. Sir Frederic Madden noted that an engraving of 1717 that once formed part of the volume was in 1863 transferred to the Department of Prints (see

• Detail of 'champ' initials with foliate feathering., Legenda Aurea (The Golden Legend), ending imperfectly

Detail of 'champ' initials with foliate feathering. Sir Frederic Madden noted that an engraving of 1717 that once formed part of the volume was in 1863 transferred to the Department of Prints (see f. [iii]).Contemporary chapter list (ff. 1-2v).

• Detail of 'champ' initials with foliate feathering., Legenda Aurea (The Golden Legend), ending imperfectly

Detail of 'champ' initials with foliate feathering. Sir Frederic Madden noted that an engraving of 1717 that once formed part of the volume was in 1863 transferred to the Department of Prints (see f. [iii]).Contemporary chapter list (ff. 1-2v).

• Ownership inscription of the cathedral priory of St Andrew, Rochester, reading 'Liber de claust[r]o Roffens[i] quem qui inde alienav[er]it aliena/tum celaverit, vel hunc titulum in fraudem delev[erit] Ana/thema sit Amen', with another inscription added by Thomas Wybarn, monk of Rochester, recording that the book was written by Humphrey, precentor, reading 'hu[n]c lib[ru]m sc[r]ipsit f[rate]r Hu[m]frid[us] in claust[r]o roff[ens]is quo[n]da[m] / p[re]centor illi[us] eccl[es]ie ... die[m] p[ro]picit[ur] de[us] am[en]', and 'orate p[ro] eo quod Wybarn.', De Trinitate

Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 82' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library at Westminster of 1542; red seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1); inculded in the 1698 catalogue of the library

• Decorated initial 'N'(emini) at the beginning of book 11., De Trinitate

Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 82' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library at Westminster of 1542; red seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1); inculded in the 1698 catalogue of the library

• Ownership inscription of Reynold Goldston., De Trinitate

Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 82' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library at Westminster of 1542; red seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1); inculded in the 1698 catalogue of the library

• Decorated initial 'A'(postolica) at the beginning of the De conflictu vitiorum et virtutum of Ambrosius Autpertus., De conflictu vitiorum et virtutum, De compunctione cordis, Prognosticon futuri saeculi, De corpore et sanguine domini, with sermons and Vita S. Fursei

Salomonis et eius penitentia', see Hunt 1958) (ff. 160-161).Written by three hands (Hand I: ff. 2-84v, attributed to Rochester Scribe 1 by Waller 1980, other manuscripts written by him are Trinity College, Cambridge, O.2.24 ff. 1-111v, and Royal 12 C

• Decorated initial 'P'(rimo)., Commentary on the Song of Songs, followed by other texts (ff. 2-104v); Commentary on Acts of the Apostles (ff. 105-152v); Commentary on Catholic Epistles (ff. 153-222); Homiliae (ff. 223-251); Commentary on Tobit (ff. 252-258)

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. Large

• Initial 'A'(udiens) with foliate decoration., Gesta Normannorum ducum

and the 1395 library catalogues (see ~Catalogi veteres~ 1838); ownership inscription, early 14th century 'Liber sancti Cuthberti de Dunelm<o>' (f. 1); ownership inscription, early 15th century (f. 3; see Watson 1987).Robert Brakenbyri (d. 1391), monk at Durham: inscribed 'Liber Roberti

• Miniature of the Ascension and faceted initial letter 'P'., Cutting from an Antiphoner (index antiphoner, antiphonal)

mounted cuttings as Add. 17864. To order this cutting in the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 17864.Muscial notation. 1 miniature of the Ascension and a faceted initial letter 'P', in colours and gold, introducing the second responsory of the first

• Puzzle initial 'T' with foliate decoration; Rochester priory inscription., Hexameron; De situ Jerusalem

7 A xi, ff. 19-24 (see Ker, 1960). Initials in red and purple with penwork decoration (f. 1), red (ff. 2, 41, 108), or red and green(f. 76v). Rubrics in red. Hexameron; De situ Jerusalem The cathedral priory of St.

• Flyleaf, with Cassiodorus, commentary on the Psalms., Life of Dunstan, ending imperfectly in chapter 16

on the Psalms. ae caudatas.f. 1 is a flyleaf with 12th-century text in two columns, with rubrics in red.f. 26 is a parchment leaf with various inscriptions. Large initial with penwork decoration in red, purple and green (f. 2v). Large

• Decorated initial 'R'(egnante) with foliate decoration., Life of Dunstan, ending imperfectly in chapter 16

foliate decoration. ae caudatas.f. 1 is a flyleaf with 12th-century text in two columns, with rubrics in red.f. 26 is a parchment leaf with various inscriptions. Large initial with penwork decoration in red, purple and green (f. 2v). Large initial