• Zoomorphic initial 'S'(imon) at the beginning of book 3 of Bede's Commentary on Catholic Epistles., Commentary on Catholic Epistles

centre of outer margin of f. 92. 1 zoomorphic initial in red for beginning of book 3 (f. 41). 1 large initial in blue, decorated with red, for beginning of book 1 (f. 1). 2 small initials in red, decorated

• Table of the possible combinations (commixtiones) of the four elements (fire, air, earth, and water) in groups of two, three, and four, specifying whether the constituents are equal or unequal to one another, with columns, arches and decorated walls. In the top left are eight possible combinations of the four elements in which three are equal, but the fourth is greater or less than these three. The table in the lower left gives the 'six species' of combining the four elements into unequal groups of equal pairs,. The table on the right considers the twelve combinations or specieis resulting from two of the elements being equal in amount while the remaining two are less or greater than the equal pairs., Apex physicae

the quire), (f. 16v).Erased inscription (f. 67v). 1 diagram in red (f. 66v). Tables in red with columns, arches and decorated walls (ff. 26-27v, 48). 1 initial in ?silver and blue (f. 1). Initials in red. Quire mark decorated with

• Initial 'C'(armina) with arabesque designs and coloured initial 'H'(ec) at the beginning of Boethius' De consolatione philosophiae., Psychomachia (imperfect); Carmen paschale; Versus

the dating of parts 1-3 and for the localisation of part 3 of this manuscript. 1 large arabesque initial in green and red (f. 3). 1 smaller initial in red with penwork decoration in green and brown (f. 6). Simple

• Coloured initials., Sermons on Virgin Mary, expositions on the Psalms and the Beatitudes, excerpts from Augustine and others

Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘23 Februarii 1720/21’ (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Ownership inscription of William Smart, written at right-angles to the page, stating that it previously belonged to the Augustinian abbey of St. Peter, St. Paul, and St. Osyth, at St. Osyth (Essex): 'Hic liber quondam sancte Osithe nunc Willelmi Smarte'., Glossed Gospel of Mark

St. Osyth (Essex): 'Hic liber quondam sancte Osithe nunc Willelmi Smarte'. 1 large historiated initial in colours on a gold ground at the beginning of Mark (f. 6). 1 large initial in gold on a blue ground with colours and

• Inhabited initial 'I'(nitium) at the beginning of Mark, with roundels representing the four evangelist symbols: the eagle of John, the winged man of Matthew, the winged bull of Luke, and the winged lion of Mark, with the the Lamb of God in the centre., Glossed Gospel of Mark

of Mark, with the the Lamb of God in the centre. 1 large historiated initial in colours on a gold ground at the beginning of Mark (f. 6). 1 large initial in gold on a blue ground with colours and

• Detail of a zoomorphic initial 'I'(nter) formed of dragons and interlaced foliate pattern, at the beginning of part 1 of the Moralia in Job., Job, and the Moralia in Job

(f. 1), probably to be identified with 'Moralia eiusdem in duobus voluminibus' in the Rochester catalogue of 1202 (see Royal 5 B XIII, f. 2r).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 352' (f. 1), included

• Text page of of the 'De Genesi ad litteram' of Augustine., De Genesi ad litteram

Augustine. Includes a fragment of the 'Retractationes' as a preface (f. 1).Quire signatures. 1 historiated initial in colours of Augustine writing, at the beginning of book 1 (f. 1v). 7 foliate initials with dragons, lions, or birds, in colours, at

• Detail of an historiated initial 'M'(agnus) of Jacob's Dream?, with three angels., 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,

• Zoomorphic initial 'I'(ntenti) in the form of a dragon., 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,

• Detail of an inhabited initial 'S'(osius) with foliate decoration and two lions., Antiquitates iudaicae (books XV-XX), De bello iudaico

to him are: Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 752 and Oxford, Christ Church 115. 1 inhabited initial in colours and gold, at the beginning of book 15 (f. 1). 13 outline initials, some with foliate decoration interlaced with human figures, animals

• Detail of an inhabited initial 'T'(enentes), with beasts interlaced with foliage., Antiquitates iudaicae

to him are: Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 752 and Oxford, Christ Church 115.Quire signatures. 1 historiated initial of Creation, in colours, at the beginning of book 1 (f. 3). 14 outline initials, some with foliate decoration interlaced with human figures,

• Detail of an inhabited initial 'A'(ntipatro) with foliate decoration, a lion, and a bird, at the beginning of book 17., Antiquitates iudaicae (books XV-XX), De bello iudaico

to him are: Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 752 and Oxford, Christ Church 115. 1 inhabited initial in colours and gold, at the beginning of book 15 (f. 1). 13 outline initials, some with foliate decoration interlaced with human figures, animals

• Text page., Antiquitates iudaicae (books XV-XX), De bello iudaico

to him are: Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 752 and Oxford, Christ Church 115. 1 inhabited initial in colours and gold, at the beginning of book 15 (f. 1). 13 outline initials, some with foliate decoration interlaced with human figures, animals

• Deatil of a decorated initial 'D'(avid)., Antiquitates iudaicae

to him are: Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 752 and Oxford, Christ Church 115.Quire signatures. 1 historiated initial of Creation, in colours, at the beginning of book 1 (f. 3). 14 outline initials, some with foliate decoration interlaced with human figures,

• Detail of a decorated initial 'T'., Antiquitates iudaicae (books XV-XX), De bello iudaico

to him are: Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 752 and Oxford, Christ Church 115. 1 inhabited initial in colours and gold, at the beginning of book 15 (f. 1). 13 outline initials, some with foliate decoration interlaced with human figures, animals

• Illuminated initial 'B' of an unfinished incipit page, at the beginning of the Epistle of Jerome to Damasus, and a Rochester cathedral ownership inscription stating that the manuscript belonged to countess Goda, 'Text[us] de ecc[lesi]a Roffen[si] p[er] Godam comitissam. III'., Gospels

end of the main arches, unfinished (ff. 1-7). 1 incipit page with an initial in colours with interlace decoration, at the beginning of the Epistle of Jerome to Damasus, unfinished (f. 9). 1 smaller initial in colours with interlace decoration

• Text page., Gospels

end of the main arches, unfinished (ff. 1-7). 1 incipit page with an initial in colours with interlace decoration, at the beginning of the Epistle of Jerome to Damasus, unfinished (f. 9). 1 smaller initial in colours with interlace decoration

• Page from the 'Exultet' with musical neumes., Gospels

end of the main arches, unfinished (ff. 1-7). 1 incipit page with an initial in colours with interlace decoration, at the beginning of the Epistle of Jerome to Damasus, unfinished (f. 9). 1 smaller initial in colours with interlace decoration

• Puzzle initial 'A'(d), at the beginning of book 3., Comedies; Etymologiae (lib. 1: 21)

remaining leaves and parts of leaves are mounted on modern parchment leaves. Initials in red. Comedies; Etymologiae (lib. 1: 21) Part 1 and 3 attributed to the cathedral scriptorium of Salisbury on stylistic grounds (see Thomson 1986 and Webber 1992)Part