• Illuminated border and historiated initial 'N'(unc) with Peter and Paul holding their symbols of keys and a sword, respectively, at the beginning of the feast of the Apostles Peter and Paul. In the lower margin, the note "Peter and Paule," is possibly a later identifying note or an instruction to the artist., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

with Gregory's Trental prayers The church of St Lawrence in London, given in 1446 by William Melreth, alderman, textile merchant of Broad Street, member of Parliament, and sheriff of London (colophon, f. 262v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd

• Illuminated border and historiated initial 'L'(audeamus) of the crowned Virgin surrounded by cherubim at the feast of the Assumption, with a note, possibly an instruction to the illuminator or later note identifying the subject matter in the lower margin: 'assumsion'., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

with Gregory's Trental prayers The church of St Lawrence in London, given in 1446 by William Melreth, alderman, textile merchant of Broad Street, member of Parliament, and sheriff of London (colophon, f. 262v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd

• Illuminated border and historiated initial 'L'(audeamus) of Anne, lying in a large bed as a midwife presents the infant Mary to her, at the feast of the birth of the Virgin, with a note, possibly an instruction to the illuminator or later note identifying the subject matter in the lower margin: 'the nativitie'., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

with Gregory's Trental prayers The church of St Lawrence in London, given in 1446 by William Melreth, alderman, textile merchant of Broad Street, member of Parliament, and sheriff of London (colophon, f. 262v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd

• Illuminated border and historiated initial 'B'(enedicite) of a winged Michael holding a sword and a gold shield standing on the devil, at the feast of Michael, with a note, possibly an instruction to the illuminator or later note identifying the subject matter in the lower margin: 'archangele'., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

with Gregory's Trental prayers The church of St Lawrence in London, given in 1446 by William Melreth, alderman, textile merchant of Broad Street, member of Parliament, and sheriff of London (colophon, f. 262v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd

• Illuminated initials., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

with Gregory's Trental prayers The church of St Lawrence in London, given in 1446 by William Melreth, alderman, textile merchant of Broad Street, member of Parliament, and sheriff of London (colophon, f. 262v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd

• Illuminated initials., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

with Gregory's Trental prayers The church of St Lawrence in London, given in 1446 by William Melreth, alderman, textile merchant of Broad Street, member of Parliament, and sheriff of London (colophon, f. 262v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd

• Marginal drawing of diseased genitals., Treatise on Surgery, with tables and calendar

tables and calendar Former shelfmark (?) 'XVC' (f. 1).Charles White, London barber-surgeon in 1532, written by Nicholas Browne: inscription 'compylyd y me Charles Whytte Cittezen and Barboure Cirurgyon of london And Wrytton by the hande of Nycholas Browne the vj

• Marginal drawing of diseased genitals., Treatise on Surgery, with tables and calendar

tables and calendar Former shelfmark (?) 'XVC' (f. 1).Charles White, London barber-surgeon in 1532, written by Nicholas Browne: inscription 'compylyd y me Charles Whytte Cittezen and Barboure Cirurgyon of london And Wrytton by the hande of Nycholas Browne the vj

• Marginal drawing of diseased genitals and a knife., Treatise on Surgery, with tables and calendar

tables and calendar Former shelfmark (?) 'XVC' (f. 1).Charles White, London barber-surgeon in 1532, written by Nicholas Browne: inscription 'compylyd y me Charles Whytte Cittezen and Barboure Cirurgyon of london And Wrytton by the hande of Nycholas Browne the vj

• Miniature of the Nativity, with a foliate initial 'I'(n) and a partial border., Gospel Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary)

XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary) The London city church of St Mary Aldermanbury: presented to the church by Stephen Jenyns (b. c. 1450, d. 1523), administrator, merchant, and lord mayor of London (1508-1509) and his wife Margaret in 1508:

• Miniature of the Resurrection, with a foliate initial 'I'(n) with a partial border., Gospel Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary)

XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary) The London city church of St Mary Aldermanbury: presented to the church by Stephen Jenyns (b. c. 1450, d. 1523), administrator, merchant, and lord mayor of London (1508-1509) and his wife Margaret in 1508:

• Miniature of the Pentecost, with a foliate initial 'I'(n) with a partial border., Gospel Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary)

XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary) The London city church of St Mary Aldermanbury: presented to the church by Stephen Jenyns (b. c. 1450, d. 1523), administrator, merchant, and lord mayor of London (1508-1509) and his wife Margaret in 1508:

• Detail of a miniature of Corpus Christi, with two kneeling angels holding a chalice with the host above., Gospel Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary)

XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary) The London city church of St Mary Aldermanbury: presented to the church by Stephen Jenyns (b. c. 1450, d. 1523), administrator, merchant, and lord mayor of London (1508-1509) and his wife Margaret in 1508:

• Miniature of Christ, with a decorated initial 'I'(n) and a partial border., Gospel Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary)

XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary) The London city church of St Mary Aldermanbury: presented to the church by Stephen Jenyns (b. c. 1450, d. 1523), administrator, merchant, and lord mayor of London (1508-1509) and his wife Margaret in 1508:

• Incipit with red infill, in the Council of Gangra., Dionisio-Hadriana

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIII.6.9’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Marginal drawing of of a dog? and a human half-bust figure, in the Sermones de quadragesima., Sermones de quadragesima (imperfect)

the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in

• Incipit with red infill, in the Council of Gangra., Dionisio-Hadriana

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIII.6.9’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Miniature portrait of Henry VIII wearing an emblazoned coat., Collection of arms and mottoes of Companies and Corporations of London

nation for £10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Henry VIII London England, S. (London ?)

• Puzzle initial 'H'(ere) and full border., Lectionary, in the earlier Wycliffite version

earlier Wycliffite version Roger Lyne, chantry priest of St Swithin's, London Stone, City of London: inscribed 'thys booke was of Roger lyne chantre prest of / saynt swythyns at london stone' f. 1).Francis Wilstropp of Yorkshire, living in 1564: inscribed

• Detail of heraldry with a swan crest flanked by two (erased) arms., Leaves and bifolia of a Book of Hours, containing text from the Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome

& M. A. Rouse MS 32; Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 18 May 1996, lot 20 (now in a private collection, Japan); Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 14 July 1981, lot 25 (Private Collection, Switzerland). 1 large historiated