• 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,

• Detail of a miniature of the Tree of Jesse, a decorated initial 'L'(i), and part of the partial border, 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,

• Detail of a miniature of the Tree of Jesse, 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,

• Drawing in lead point of Christ enthroned, with his right hand raised in blessing and his left holding a closed book., Added drawing of Christ

earl of Arundel (b. 1512, d. 1580): inscribed 'Arundel' (f. 2); the Arundel collection bequeathed to Lord Lumley, his son-in-law. John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c.1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: inscribed with his name (f. 2). ? Perhaps

• Diagram., Various theological and mathematical tracts, including the prose life of Cuthbert, incomplete (ff. 74-101v), 22 miracles of Cuthbert, the Brevis relatio

f. 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. Diagram Robert Grosseteste, John Holywood, Bede, and others Durham England, N. (Durham?)

• Historiated initial 'O'(mnia) of a man writing numbers, with a tendril extending into the margin., Various astronomical and calendrical texts including Grosseteste's Computus correctorius (index Computus correctorius) (ff. 4-15), Sacro Bosco's Algorismus (ff. 15v-25v), Nemore's De plana sphaera (index Demonstratio de plana spera; Planispherium)(ff. 30-36v), Albumasar's De floribus astrorum (ff. 43v-67v), and a glossed Computus with calendar (ff. 68-119v)

Library. Man writing numbers Written by different scribes Various authors including Robert Grosseteste (index Lincolniensis), Johannes de Sacro Bosco (index Johannes de Sacrobosco, Iohannes de Sacro Bosco, John de Sacrobosco), Jordanus de Nemore, Albumasar France and England (ff. 114-119v only)