• Historiated initial 'I'(llo) at the beginning of the passion of Benignus, a priest in the time of the Emperor Aurelian (270-275). He is shown nimbed seated at the top of the letter holding a closed book in his left hand., Passionale (Lives of the Saints) 21 September- 9 November

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 2; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: 'XIV.6.15', inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Inhabited initial 'I'., Passionale (Lives of the Saints) 21 September- 9 November

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 2; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: 'XIV.6.15', inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Historiated initial 'M'(emoriam) with the archangel Michael spearing and standing on a dragon, at the beginning of a sermon for the dedication of the church of the archangel Michael., Passionale (Lives of the Saints) 21 September- 9 November

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 2; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: 'XIV.6.15', inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Inhabitied initial 'S', including a hybrid creature., Passionale (Lives of the Saints) 21 September- 9 November

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 2; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: 'XIV.6.15', inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Inhabited initial 'S'., Passionale (Lives of the Saints) 21 September- 9 November

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 2; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: 'XIV.6.15', inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Inhabited initial 'C'(um)., Passionale (Lives of the Saints) 21 September- 9 November

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 2; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: 'XIV.6.15', inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Text page., Passionale (Lives of the Saints) 21 September- 9 November

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 2; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: 'XIV.6.15', inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Decorated initial 'S'., Passionale (Lives of the Saints) 21 September- 9 November

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 2; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: 'XIV.6.15', inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Decorated initial 'D'., Passionale (Lives of the Saints) 21 September- 9 November

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 2; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: 'XIV.6.15', inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Detail of decorated initial 'B'., Passionale (Lives of the Saints) 21 September- 9 November

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 2; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: 'XIV.6.15', inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Histoirated initial 'T' with Theodore., Passionale (Lives of the Saints) 21 September- 9 November

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 2; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: 'XIV.6.15', inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Text page., Fragments of a philosophical work

his collection, no. 377 (see ~The Lumley Library: The Catalogue of 1609~, ed. by Sears Jayne and Francis R. Johnson (London: British Museum, 1956), p. 71; passed to Henry, prince of Wales.Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612),

• Detail of a text page., Fragments of a philosophical work

his collection, no. 377 (see ~The Lumley Library: The Catalogue of 1609~, ed. by Sears Jayne and Francis R. Johnson (London: British Museum, 1956), p. 71; passed to Henry, prince of Wales.Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612),

• Three coloured initials 'D'(um) and inscription 'Cirencestrie'., Liber testimonium veteris testamenti (parts 1 and 3); Sermo (f. 117); In canticum canticorum (9 excerpts)(f. 117v)

end of each quire.An inscription, now lost, of the 2nd half of the twelfth century (similar to the one in London, British Library Royal 3 A. xii, f. 1) stated that the manuscript was written by Walter, canon and deacon

• Detail of initial 'D'(um) with foliate decoration., Liber testimonium veteris testamenti (parts 1 and 3); Sermo (f. 117); In canticum canticorum (9 excerpts)(f. 117v)

end of each quire.An inscription, now lost, of the 2nd half of the twelfth century (similar to the one in London, British Library Royal 3 A. xii, f. 1) stated that the manuscript was written by Walter, canon and deacon

• Detail of coloured initials 'V'(squequo) and 'H'(omo) in the lower right-hand column of the folio., Liber testimonium veteris testamenti (parts 1 and 3); Sermo (f. 117); In canticum canticorum (9 excerpts)(f. 117v)

end of each quire.An inscription, now lost, of the 2nd half of the twelfth century (similar to the one in London, British Library Royal 3 A. xii, f. 1) stated that the manuscript was written by Walter, canon and deacon

• Decorated initial 'D'(ixit)' at the beginning of Jerome on Psalms., Commentary on Psalms 109-149, with a homily on Numbers 20:10

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6399.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Zoomorphic initial 'G'(regorius)., De laudibus virginitatis; letter of Aldhelm to Ehfridus

his collection, no. 399 (see ~The Lumley Library: The Catalogue of 1609~, ed. by Sears Jayne and Francis R. Johnson (London: British Museum, 1956)); passed to Henry, prince of Wales.Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child

• Zoomorphic initial 'A'(mos) with an animal head., De laudibus virginitatis; letter of Aldhelm to Ehfridus

his collection, no. 399 (see ~The Lumley Library: The Catalogue of 1609~, ed. by Sears Jayne and Francis R. Johnson (London: British Museum, 1956)); passed to Henry, prince of Wales.Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child

• Text page with large decorated initial 'P'., De genesi (f. 3); Commentary on Titus (f. 91v) and Philemon (f. 114v)

A. P[ri]oru[m]' (see ~Heads of Religious Houses in England and Wales~, 3 vols., ed. by David M. Smith and Vera London (Cambridge: University Press, 1972-2001), I (p. 64).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 409'