• Initial 'L'(ocutus) with floral penwork decoration and pen-flourishing including the head of a grotesque at the beginning of Augustine's 'De disciplina christiana'., Theological miscellany

Initial 'L'(ocutus) with floral penwork decoration and pen-flourishing including the head of a grotesque at the beginning of Augustine's 'De disciplina christiana'. f. 50 is blank.f. 96 is a parchment flyleaf.A composite manuscript. Large decorated initials in blue or

• Initials with pen-word decoration and figures of division marked by dotted lines and a line-divider., Collection of sermons and theological treatises, imperfect, including the polyphonic conductus 'Veri floris sub figura' (f. 63) and contemporary additions relating to medicine (ff. 66, 84, 119-119v)

including the polyphonic conductus 'Veri floris sub figura' (f. 63) and contemporary additions relating to medicine (ff. 66, 84, 119-119v) John Nettleton, the elder (d. 1553) and the younger (d. c. 1597), of Hutton Cranswick, East Yorkshire: owned by him

• Champ initial 'L'(icet) combined with a three-sided bar border ending in foliate featherings., Historia destructionis Troiae (index Historia troiana; History of the Trojan war; De casu troiae; De bello troiano)

Troiae (index Historia troiana; History of the Trojan war; De casu troiae; De bello troiano) Erased inscription (f. 1*v). Inscribed 'John Th[hom?]s', 16th century (f. 181).Sir Simonds d'Ewes (b.1602, d. 1650), 1st baronet, diarist, antiquary, and friend of Sir Robert

• Puzzle initial 'A'(nno) with pen-flourishing., Chronica maiora

Puzzle initial 'A'(nno) with pen-flourishing. Fragments from a 14th-century liturgical book with musical notation on four-line red staves, used as flyleaves (ff. 1*-2*, 190-191v).Various manufacturing aids including leaf signatures. Original foliation. Large initial in blue and red with pen-flourishing

• Miniature of Ezekiel, and his vision of the four beasts (an angel, an eagle, a lion, and an ox, the symbols of the four evangelists), and a decorated initial 'I'(l), at the beginning of the book of Ezekiel., Bible (Proverbs-Revelation)

books (ff. 145, 146v, 149v, 150, 150v, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 161) and for the writings of Paul, Peter, John and Jude (ff. 261v, 268, 272, 274, 276, 277v, 279, 280v, 281, 283, 284, 285, 286, 306v, 308, 309v,

• Miniature of Matthias and the idolatrous Jew, and decorated initial 'A'(pres), at the beginning of the book of Maccabees; marginal bust of Christ added to conceal the heraldry visible from the verso., Bible (Proverbs-Revelation)

books (ff. 145, 146v, 149v, 150, 150v, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 161) and for the writings of Paul, Peter, John and Jude (ff. 261v, 268, 272, 274, 276, 277v, 279, 280v, 281, 283, 284, 285, 286, 306v, 308, 309v,

• Miniature of the Tree of Jesse, a decorated initial 'L'(i), and a partial border, including a dog chasing a hare, at the beginning of the Gospel of Matthew., Bible (Proverbs-Revelation)

books (ff. 145, 146v, 149v, 150, 150v, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 161) and for the writings of Paul, Peter, John and Jude (ff. 261v, 268, 272, 274, 276, 277v, 279, 280v, 281, 283, 284, 285, 286, 306v, 308, 309v,

• Miniature in two parts, with Rehoboam above, sitting at the feet of King Solomon, and below the verdict of King Solomon about to be executed, and a decorated initial 'L'(es) and a partial border including a dog chasing a hare, and birds, at the beginning of the book of Solomon., Bible (Proverbs-Revelation)

books (ff. 145, 146v, 149v, 150, 150v, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 161) and for the writings of Paul, Peter, John and Jude (ff. 261v, 268, 272, 274, 276, 277v, 279, 280v, 281, 283, 284, 285, 286, 306v, 308, 309v,

• Decorated initial 'L'(a), from Isaiah., Bible (Proverbs-Revelation)

books (ff. 145, 146v, 149v, 150, 150v, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 161) and for the writings of Paul, Peter, John and Jude (ff. 261v, 268, 272, 274, 276, 277v, 279, 280v, 281, 283, 284, 285, 286, 306v, 308, 309v,

• July and August, in the Calendar of an astronomical Miscellany., Miscellany, including a calendar and astrological texts, including Roger's Hereford tables (ff. 77-87); excerpts from William of Conches's Dragmaticon philosophiae, and Daniel of Morley's Liber de naturis inferiorum et superiorum

1581: 'W(illia)m Vallans oweth mee 1581' (f. 1).Inscribed with a library list(?); including Arthus Gelius Frantinus, Valerius Maximus, Alexander Nequam, John of Salisbury, and others (f. 1v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of

• Puzzle initial 'P'(rima) and decorated initial 'H'(uius)., Various theological and mathematical tracts, including the prose life of Cuthbert, incomplete (ff. 74-101v), 22 miracles of Cuthbert, the Brevis relatio

2; its book-plate, f. [iii], with the pencil inscription 'XIII 1.28').Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Decorated initials Robert Grosseteste, John Holywood, Bede, and others Durham England, N. (Durham?)

• Puzzle initial 'P'(rima) and decorated initial 'H'(uius)., Various theological and mathematical tracts, including the prose life of Cuthbert, incomplete (ff. 74-101v), 22 miracles of Cuthbert, the Brevis relatio

2; its book-plate, f. [iii], with the pencil inscription 'XIII 1.28').Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Puzzle initial Robert Grosseteste, John Holywood, Bede, and others Durham England, N. (Durham?)

• Detail of a miniature in two parts, with Rehoboam above, sitting at the feet of King Solomon, and below the verdict of King Solomon about to be executed, and a decorated initial 'L'(es), at the beginning of the book of Solomon., Bible (Proverbs-Revelation)

books (ff. 145, 146v, 149v, 150, 150v, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 161) and for the writings of Paul, Peter, John and Jude (ff. 261v, 268, 272, 274, 276, 277v, 279, 280v, 281, 283, 284, 285, 286, 306v, 308, 309v,

• Detail of a miniature of Rehoboam sitting at the feet of King Solomon, at the beginning of the book of Solomon., Bible (Proverbs-Revelation)

books (ff. 145, 146v, 149v, 150, 150v, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 161) and for the writings of Paul, Peter, John and Jude (ff. 261v, 268, 272, 274, 276, 277v, 279, 280v, 281, 283, 284, 285, 286, 306v, 308, 309v,

• Detail of a miniature of the verdict of King Solomon about to be executed, at the beginning of the book of Solomon., Bible (Proverbs-Revelation)

books (ff. 145, 146v, 149v, 150, 150v, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 161) and for the writings of Paul, Peter, John and Jude (ff. 261v, 268, 272, 274, 276, 277v, 279, 280v, 281, 283, 284, 285, 286, 306v, 308, 309v,

• Detail of a decorated initial 'L'(a), from Isaiah., Bible (Proverbs-Revelation)

books (ff. 145, 146v, 149v, 150, 150v, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 161) and for the writings of Paul, Peter, John and Jude (ff. 261v, 268, 272, 274, 276, 277v, 279, 280v, 281, 283, 284, 285, 286, 306v, 308, 309v,

• Detail of a miniature of Ezekiel, and his vision of the four beasts (an angel, an eagle, a lion, and an ox, the symbols of the four evangelists), and a decorated initial 'I'(l), at the beginning of the book of Ezekiel., Bible (Proverbs-Revelation)

books (ff. 145, 146v, 149v, 150, 150v, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 161) and for the writings of Paul, Peter, John and Jude (ff. 261v, 268, 272, 274, 276, 277v, 279, 280v, 281, 283, 284, 285, 286, 306v, 308, 309v,

• Detail of a miniature of Matthias and the idolatrous Jew, at the beginning of the book of Maccabees., Bible (Proverbs-Revelation)

books (ff. 145, 146v, 149v, 150, 150v, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 161) and for the writings of Paul, Peter, John and Jude (ff. 261v, 268, 272, 274, 276, 277v, 279, 280v, 281, 283, 284, 285, 286, 306v, 308, 309v,

• Detail of a marginal bust of Christ added to conceal the heraldry visible from the verso., Bible (Proverbs-Revelation)

books (ff. 145, 146v, 149v, 150, 150v, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 161) and for the writings of Paul, Peter, John and Jude (ff. 261v, 268, 272, 274, 276, 277v, 279, 280v, 281, 283, 284, 285, 286, 306v, 308, 309v,

• Detail of a miniature of Matthias and the idolatrous Jew, and a decorated initial 'A'(pres), at the beginning of the book of Maccabees, with a marginal bust of Christ added to conceal heraldry visible from the verso., Bible (Proverbs-Revelation)

books (ff. 145, 146v, 149v, 150, 150v, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 161) and for the writings of Paul, Peter, John and Jude (ff. 261v, 268, 272, 274, 276, 277v, 279, 280v, 281, 283, 284, 285, 286, 306v, 308, 309v,