• Puzzle initial 'F'(undamentum), at the beginning of the prologue., Vita Christi (chapters 1-60)

Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 4v; its book-plate inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other

• Part of the border with an Agnus dei, at the beginning of the prologue., Vita Christi (chapters 1-60)

Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 4v; its book-plate inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other

• Part of the border with the arms of the Rotenhan family of Bamberg, at the beginning of the prologue., Vita Christi (chapters 1-60)

Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 4v; its book-plate inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other

• Penwork initial 'H'(ec) with the head of a black man wearing a mitre, at the beginning of the table of contents., Vita Christi (chapters 1-60)

Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 4v; its book-plate inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other

• Miniature of the Garter King wearing a tabard with the royal arms and crown kneeling before George, who is spearing a dragon, with two Garters at the top of the page. The Garter King may be a representation of the first Garter King, William Bruges. On the facing folio is an added inscription., Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book')

4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Garter King London England, S. E. (probably London)

• Full page miniatures of Edward III and Henry, Duke of Lancaster, of the Order of the Garter, each wearing a blue Garter mantle over plate armour and surcoat displaying his arms. A framed tablet displays painted arms of successors in their Garter stalls at St. George's Chapel, Windsor., Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book')

of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Edward III and Duke of Lancaster London England, S. E. (probably London)

• Full page miniatures of the 'Cappedan de la Bouche' (left) identified by the inscription on the scroll above as Sir John de Grailly, and on the right, William, Earl of Salisbury, of the Order of the Garter, each wearing a blue Garter mantle over plate armour and surcoat displaying his arms. A framed tablet displays painted arms of successors in their Garter stalls at St. George's Chapel, Windsor., Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book')

of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Cappedan de la Bouche London England, S. E. (probably London)

• Full-page miniatures of Sir John de Lisle, on the left, facing Sir John Beauchamp, each wearing a blue Garter mantle over plate armour and surcoat displaying his arms. A framed tablet displays painted arms of successors in their Garter stalls at St. George's Chapel, Windsor., Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book')

of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. de Lisle and Beauchamp London England, S. E. (probably London)

• Full page miniatures of Sir Hugh Courteney and Sir John Gray (unfinished), of the Order of the Garter, each wearing a blue Garter mantle over plate armour and surcoat displaying his arms. A framed tablet displays painted arms of successors in their Garter stalls at St. George's Chapel, Windsor., Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book')

earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Courtney and Grey London England, S. E. (probably London)

• Full page miniatures of Sir Miles Stapleton and Sir Hugh Wrottesley, of the Order of the Garter, each wearing a blue Garter mantle over plate armour and surcoat displaying his arms. A framed tablet displays painted arms of successors in their Garter stalls at St. George's Chapel, Windsor., Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book')

earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Stapleton and Wrottesley London England, S. E. (probably London)

• Full page miniatures of Sir John Chandos and Sir Otes Holland (unfinished), of the Order of the Garter, each wearing a blue Garter mantle over plate armour and surcoat displaying his arms. A framed tablet displays painted arms of successors in their Garter stalls at St. George's Chapel, Windsor., Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book')

earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Chandos and Holland London England, S. E. (probably London)

• Full page miniatures of Sir Sanset Dabrichecourt and Prince Edward of Woodstock, of the Order of the Garter, each wearing a blue Garter mantle over plate armour and surcoat displaying his arms. A framed tablet displays painted arms of successors in their Garter stalls at St. George's Chapel, Windsor., Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book')

Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Sanset Dabrichecourt and Prince Edward London England, S. E. (probably London)

• Full page miniatures of Thomas, Earl of Warwick and Ralph, Lord Stafford, of the Order of the Garter, each wearing a blue Garter mantle over plate armour and surcoat displaying his arms. A framed tablet displays painted arms of successors in their Garter stall at St. George's Chapel, Windsor., Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book')

of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Earl of Warwick and Lord Stafford London England, S. E. (probably London)

• Full page miniature of Roger, Earl of March, and Sir Bartholomew Burghersh (unfinished), of the Order of the Garter, each wearing a blue Garter mantle over plate armour and surcoat displaying his arms. A framed tablet displays painted arms of successors in their Garter stall at St. George's Chapel, Windsor., Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book')

Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Earl of March and Burghersh London England, S. E. (probably London)

• Full page miniature of John, Lord Mohun (unfinished), and Sir Thomas Holland (unfinished), of the Order of the Garter, each unfinished and wearing a blue Garter mantle over plate armour and surcoat displaying his arms. A framed tablet displays painted arms of successors in their Garter stall at St. George's Chapel, Windsor., Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book')

of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Lord Mohun and Holland London England, S. E. (probably London)

• Full page miniatures of Sir Richard FitzSimon and Sir Thomas Walle, of the Order of the Garter, each wearing a blue Garter mantle over plate armour and surcoat displaying his arms. A framed tablet displays painted arms of successors in their Garter stall at St. George's Chapel, Windsor., Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book')

earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. FitzSimon and Walle London England, S. E. (probably London)

• Full page miniature of Sir Niel Lorying and Sir James Dandele, of the Order of the Garter, each wearing a blue Garter mantle over plate armour and surcoat displaying his arms. A framed tablet displays painted arms of successors in their Garter stall at St. George's Chapel, Windsor., Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book')

earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Lorying and Dandele London England, S. E. (probably London)

• Full page miniature of Sir Harry Eam (unfinished) and Sir Walter Paveley (unfinished), of the Order of the Garter, wearing a blue Garter mantle over plate armour and surcoat displaying his arms. A framed tablet displays painted arms of successors in his Garter stall at St. George's Chapel, Windsor., Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book')

earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Eam and Paveley London England, S. E. (probably London)

• Decorated initials, in Bartolus de Saxoferrato's In secundam partem digesti veteris., In secundam partem digesti veteris (ff. 6-160), and others

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

• Detail of decorated initial., In secundam partem digesti veteris (ff. 6-160), and others

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