• Headpiece and initial with foliate decoration., Commentary on Plato's Parmenides, Books 1-6

Headpiece and initial with foliate decoration. Headpiece with foliate decoration in red (f. 2). Initials with foliate decoration, line-fillers and titles in red. Commentary on Plato's Parmenides, Books 1-6 Scribe erroneously identified as Angelos Bergikios (see Gamillscheg and Harlfinger

• Decorated initial 'T'(hees) and three-sided foliate border, at the beginning of the Mirror of the Life of Christ., Mirror of the Life of Christ (ff. 1-221v), and the first leaf of the Traité pour Essamples les Amantz Marietz (ff. 223-223v)

HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1v; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIII.7.6’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Decorated initial and border Nicolas Love; John Gower England

• Illuminated initial, at the beginning of Ovid's Metamorphoses., Metamorphoses (ff. 3-180); Commentary on the Metamorphoses (f. 181v-191); and other short texts

d. 1672), 2nd baronet, antiquary: signed by him (f. 2) and with his pagination and his (?) notes (f. 1v).Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: sold by him at the ‘Twysden’ sale, 6

• null, Metamorphoses (ff. 3-180); Commentary on the Metamorphoses (f. 181v-191); and other short texts

d. 1672), 2nd baronet, antiquary: signed by him (f. 2) and with his pagination and his (?) notes (f. 1v).Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: sold by him at the ‘Twysden’ sale, 6

• Puzzle initial 'A' with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of the Register book of the Infirmary of the Abbey of St Edmundsbury called Ikworth., Register book of the Infirmary of the abbey of St Edmund, Bury

monasterii Sancti Edmundi factum anno Domini 1425 Dompno Thoma Ikworth tunc infirmario existente' (f. 4).Inscription in English, 15th-century, followed by 'John / mens est iste liber' (f. 1).Charles Batteley, 1698: mentioned by Ducarel (see below).James West (b. 1703, d. 1772),

• In the upper left, an ownership inscription of All Souls college, Oxford: 'Liber collegium animarum omnium', and in the lower right corner, an ownership incription of William Romesey: 'liber Willelmus Romesey quae fecit scribi' ('William Romesay for whom it was written'")., Medical miscellany, including John of Gaddesden's Rosa Anglica (ff. 9-262), and four tracts on urine

many with foliate forms. Large simple initials in red or blue. Paraphs in red or blue. Cadels. Medical miscellany, including John of Gaddesden's Rosa Anglica (ff. 9-262), and four tracts on urine ff. 270-285v is an unilluminated text in English.

• Decorated initial 'T'(hees), at the beginning of the Mirror of the Life of Christ., Mirror of the Life of Christ (ff. 1-221v), and the first leaf of the Traité pour Essamples les Amantz Marietz (ff. 223-223v)

HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1v; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIII.7.6’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Detail: Decorated initial Nicolas Love; John Gower England

• null, Register book of the Infirmary of the abbey of St Edmund, Bury

monasterii Sancti Edmundi factum anno Domini 1425 Dompno Thoma Ikworth tunc infirmario existente' (f. 4).Inscription in English, 15th-century, followed by 'John / mens est iste liber' (f. 1).Charles Batteley, 1698: mentioned by Ducarel (see below).James West (b. 1703, d. 1772),

• Initial 'A'(ristoteles) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Aristoteles's De generatione animalium., Consilia medica and other texts

Initial 'A'(ristoteles) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Aristoteles's De generatione animalium. 1 large initial in red (corrected with brown) with red pen-flourishing (f. 4). 21 smaller initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in red, at the beginning

• Zodiac man and coloured initials., Speculum Phlebotomae (ff. 1-2); Liber medicinarum (ff. 1-100); Fistula in Ano (ff. 63-121v)

Cataloguer, 1682-1698', ~British Library Journal~, 13 (1987), 52-89 (p. 80) (his manuscript no. 284). Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Zodiac man John of Arderne England

• Detail of an historiated initial 'O'(ff) of the Lover's confession, at the beginning of the prologue., Confessio amantis

of the prologue. This manuscript contains the first recension of the Confessio amantis of John Gower (b. 1330, d. 1408), originally dedicated to Richard II: 'In ovre englisshe I thenke make/ a book for kyng Richardis sake' (f. 1), with

• Detail of a miniature of Christ revisiting souls of John the Baptist, Adam and Eve in Paradise., Meditationes vitae Christi (Le Livre doré des meditations de la vie de nostre seigneur Jesu Christ)

of Christ revisiting souls of John the Baptist, Adam and Eve in Paradise. ~Meditationes vitae Christi~ attributed here to Bonaventure, translated as ~Le Livre doré des meditations de la vie de nostre seigneur Jesu Christ~ by Jean Galopes, dean of

• Miniature of Prince Henry offering or receiving the book (the kneeling man is perhaps John Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk); and an illuminated initial 'H'(ye) with the arms of the Mowbray familly., The Regiment of Princes (De Regimine Principum) (index Regement of Princes, The Government of Princes)

the book (the kneeling man is perhaps John Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk); and an illuminated initial 'H'(ye) with the arms of the Mowbray familly. Numerous inscriptions on f. 99. 1 presentation miniature in colours and gold (f. 37). 1

• Detail of a miniature of two angels holding the cloth of Veronica., Prayers, hymns and miscellaneous religious texts, including verses on the Arma Christi or Symbols of the Passion (ff. 72v-80)

72v-80) Part 2: An erased chronological note referring to 1403 (f. 97), according to Warner and Gilson 1921. Both parts: John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673), antiquary, included in the catalogue of his library left to his grandson Charles Theyer

• Coloured initial 'E' with pen-flourished decoration., Fragment from Rolle's 'Incendium amoris', Book 1, chapters 7-8, on parchment

of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled in 64 volumes by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716). 159 fragments from printed books were transferred from this volume to the Department of

• Text page., Confessio amantis

first recension of the Confessio amantis of John Gower (b. 1330, d. 1408), originally dedicated to Richard II: 'In ovre englisshe I thenke make/ a book for kyng Richardis sake' (f. 1), with the reference to Henry of Lancaster, earl

• Historiated initial 'O'(ff) of the Lover's confession, with a full border, at the beginning of the prologue., Confessio amantis

of the prologue. This manuscript contains the first recension of the Confessio amantis of John Gower (b. 1330, d. 1408), originally dedicated to Richard II: 'In ovre englisshe I thenke make/ a book for kyng Richardis sake' (f. 1), with

• Illuminated initial 'N', with a partial bar and foliate border., Confessio amantis

This manuscript contains the first recension of the Confessio amantis of John Gower (b. 1330, d. 1408), originally dedicated to Richard II: 'In ovre englisshe I thenke make/ a book for kyng Richardis sake' (f. 1), with the reference to

• Illuminated initial 'F'(erst), with a partial bar and foliate border., Confessio amantis

This manuscript contains the first recension of the Confessio amantis of John Gower (b. 1330, d. 1408), originally dedicated to Richard II: 'In ovre englisshe I thenke make/ a book for kyng Richardis sake' (f. 1), with the reference to

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'M' with the arms of Thomas of Brotherton, earl of Norfolk, ancestor of John Mowbray, 2nd duke of Norfolk., The Regiment of Princes (De Regimine Principum) (index Regement of Princes, The Government of Princes)

of Thomas of Brotherton, earl of Norfolk, ancestor of John Mowbray, 2nd duke of Norfolk. Numerous inscriptions on f. 99. 1 presentation miniature in colours and gold (f. 37). 1 marginal drawing of the head of the royal figure in