• Ownership inscription of John Pyk, schoolmaster of St Martin le Grand, London, reading 'Iste liber constat Iohanni Pyke magistro scolarum sancti Martini magni Londoniarum', with extracts of notabilia from Robert Torigni's chronicle., Chronica

St Thomas of Acon, Cheapside, London, where he was buried: inscribed 'Liber dom[us] s[an]c[t]I thome de / acon london. ex dono / d[omi]ni Jacobi Comitis ormudie' (f. 1v).The hospital of St Thomas of Acon, Cheapside, London (see inscription above).Added list

• Chronological tables., Chronica

St Thomas of Acon, Cheapside, London, where he was buried: inscribed 'Liber dom[us] s[an]c[t]I thome de / acon london. ex dono / d[omi]ni Jacobi Comitis ormudie' (f. 1v).The hospital of St Thomas of Acon, Cheapside, London (see inscription above).Added list

• Decorated initials 'A'(b) and 'I'(gitur)., Chronica

St Thomas of Acon, Cheapside, London, where he was buried: inscribed 'Liber dom[us] s[an]c[t]I thome de / acon london. ex dono / d[omi]ni Jacobi Comitis ormudie' (f. 1v).The hospital of St Thomas of Acon, Cheapside, London (see inscription above).Added list

• Decorated initial 'T'(heodosius)., Chronica

St Thomas of Acon, Cheapside, London, where he was buried: inscribed 'Liber dom[us] s[an]c[t]I thome de / acon london. ex dono / d[omi]ni Jacobi Comitis ormudie' (f. 1v).The hospital of St Thomas of Acon, Cheapside, London (see inscription above).Added list

• Decorated initial 'I'(eronimus) at the beginning of the prologue, with the Henrician title 'Cronica ab Abraham usque ad annum domini 1168 Eusebii, Hieronimi, Prosperi, Sigisberti', and the Westminster inventory number 'no. 1033' added in the upper margin., Chronica

St Thomas of Acon, Cheapside, London, where he was buried: inscribed 'Liber dom[us] s[an]c[t]I thome de / acon london. ex dono / d[omi]ni Jacobi Comitis ormudie' (f. 1v).The hospital of St Thomas of Acon, Cheapside, London (see inscription above).Added list

• Decorated initial 'P'(rimus) with the chronological tables of the life of Abraham., Chronica

St Thomas of Acon, Cheapside, London, where he was buried: inscribed 'Liber dom[us] s[an]c[t]I thome de / acon london. ex dono / d[omi]ni Jacobi Comitis ormudie' (f. 1v).The hospital of St Thomas of Acon, Cheapside, London (see inscription above).Added list

• Decorated initial 'M'(oysen) at the beginning of Eusebius's preface to his Chronici canones., Chronica

St Thomas of Acon, Cheapside, London, where he was buried: inscribed 'Liber dom[us] s[an]c[t]I thome de / acon london. ex dono / d[omi]ni Jacobi Comitis ormudie' (f. 1v).The hospital of St Thomas of Acon, Cheapside, London (see inscription above).Added list

• Decorated initials 'A'(d) and 'F'(uit) at the beginning of a collection of Marian miracles., Miracles of the Virgin, a series of 41 miracles closely akin to the collection known as PEZ; with hymns to the Virgin (ff. 50-53v); Miracles in Constantinople (ff. 53v-58v)

inside upper cover, marked as f. i); his catalogue ~The Huth Library~, 5 vols (London: Ellis & White, 1880), III, 974: his sale at Sotheby's, London, 6 July 1916, lot 5014, bought by the British Museum, using the Farnborough Fund

• Puzzle initial 'C'(irca) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Maurice of Ireland's Distinctiones., Distinctiones

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 5; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIV.6.21’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Decorated initial 'P'(aucorum) at the beginning of Maximus of Turin's Homily hiemales de tempore, II (attributed to Ambrose)., Various sermons, including several of Augustine's sermons for Easter, with list of contents, ff. 1v-2

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to 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

• Decorated initials 'N'(atalis) and 'H'(esterno) with foliate forms., Various sermons, including several of Augustine's sermons for Easter, with list of contents, ff. 1v-2

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to 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

• Decorated initial 'H'(esterno) with foliate forms., Various sermons, including several of Augustine's sermons for Easter, with list of contents, ff. 1v-2

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to 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

• Decorated initial 'P'(aucorum) at the beginning of Maximus of Turin's Homily hiemales de tempore, II (attributed to Ambrose)., Various sermons, including several of Augustine's sermons for Easter, with list of contents, ff. 1v-2

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to 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

• 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

• Miniature of the Annunciation, with the Angel Gabriel in a garment with an ermine tippet and chained double gold clasp, in bare feet; and full foliate border, at the beginning of a prayer to the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

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

• Miniature of the Journey of King Melchior, foliate initial 'R'(ex), and full foliate border, at the beginning of a prayer to Melchior., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

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

• null, Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

Britain: A List of Surviving Books~, ed. by N. R. Ker, 2nd edn, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 3 (London: The Royal Historical Society, 1964), p. 43.Sir Anthony St Leger (b. 1496?, d. 1559), lord deputy of Ireland: 'This

• null, Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

Britain: A List of Surviving Books~, ed. by N. R. Ker, 2nd edn, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 3 (London: The Royal Historical Society, 1964), p. 43.Sir Anthony St Leger (b. 1496?, d. 1559), lord deputy of Ireland: 'This