• Puzzle initial 'P'(io) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Guillelmus Gemmeticensis's Gesta Normannorum ducum., Gesta Normannorum ducum

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

• The margin with the rampant lion of William Howard, at the beginning of Guillelmus Gemmeticensis's Gesta Normannorum ducum., Gesta Normannorum ducum

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

• Decorated initial 'O'(mnes) in Sallust's Bellum Catilinarium., Catilina (ff. 2-23v); Jugurtha (ff. 24-62)

Royal Society, London: its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.' (f. 2); its book-plate (f. [ii] verso), with the pencil inscription: 'XIII.2.8'.Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Zoomorphic initial 'S'(aepe) in foliate forms and an animal's neck and head, at the beginning of Cicero's De inventione., De inventione (index Rhetorica); Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)

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

• Detail of the decorated initial 'C'(ivilis) at the beginning of chapter 6 of book 1 of Cicero's De inventione., De inventione (index Rhetorica); Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)

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

• Decorated initial 'P'(auci) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Jerome's Adversus Iovinianum., Adversus Iovinianum; Liber de fide catholica

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIII.7.II’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Penwork initial 'C'(um), at the beginning of Athanasius's Prologus … contra hereticos Arrium, Sabellium, etc., and Book 1 of Liber de fide catholica., Adversus Iovinianum; Liber de fide catholica

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIII.7.II’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Donatus writing his grammar, his ink-pot held by a monk labelled 'Heinre'(?), at the end of Sedulius Scotus's Expositio super primam edicionem Donati grammatici., Expositio super primam edicionem Donati grammatici

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

• Decorated initial 'P'(ronomen), at the beginning of the chapter on the pronoun., Expositio super primam edicionem Donati grammatici

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

• Zoomorphic initial 'E'(t) in the form of a bird, at the beginning of the Pseudo-Cicero Rhetorica ad Herennium., De inventione (index Rhetorica); Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)

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

• Text page., Catilina (ff. 2-23v); Jugurtha (ff. 24-62)

Royal Society, London: its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.' (f. 2); its book-plate (f. [ii] verso), with the pencil inscription: 'XIII.2.8'.Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Miniature of the the Nativity of the Virgin Mary (with Anne in bed, and Joachim at the bedside), or of the Nativity of Jesus Christ with the prologue to the Life of Our Lady on the facing page., Life of Our Lady

the 4 day of December was master Rysse behedded at the towre hyll in London and [...] Wylliam Hewsse byng hys servant was drawne throwe London to tyborne and there hangeth for tresson' (f. 97v). James Griffith: inscribed, late 16th

• Decorated initial 'T'(his booke) with full border of acanthus motifs and floral sprays., Life of Our Lady

the 4 day of December was master Rysse behedded at the towre hyll in London and [...] Wylliam Hewsse byng hys servant was drawne throwe London to tyborne and there hangeth for tresson' (f. 97v). James Griffith: inscribed, late 16th

• Decorated initial 'O' with acanthus motif and floral spray., Life of Our Lady

the 4 day of December was master Rysse behedded at the towre hyll in London and [...] Wylliam Hewsse byng hys servant was drawne throwe London to tyborne and there hangeth for tresson' (f. 97v). James Griffith: inscribed, late 16th

• Historiated initial 'N' of Olivetan Monks worshipping the Cross., Cuttings from a choir book

departmental copy of the sale catalogue. Payne and Foss, London booksellers: their sale, 24 June 1850, lot 1087; purchased by Boone on the fourth day of the sale, 27 June.William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £18;

• Historiated initial 'R' of David., Cuttings from a choir book

W. Y. Ottley's Collection. / F. M.'.Payne and Foss, London booksellers: their sale, 24 June 1850, lot 1088; purchased by Boone on the fourth day of the sale, 27 June.William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £4

• Historiated initial 'P' with foliage and trompe l'oeil jewels, of the Adoration of the Shepherds., Cuttings from a choir book

W. Y. Ottley's Collection. / F. M.'.Payne and Foss, London booksellers: their sale, 24 June 1850, lot 1088; purchased by Boone on the fourth day of the sale, 27 June.William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £4

• Puzzle initial 'M'(atheus) at the beginning of the commentary on Matthew's Gospel and ownership inscription., Commentaries on the Gospels of Matthew (f. 1) and John (f. 81), the Apocalypse (f. 173) and the Catholic Epistles (f. 187)

Master William Pykenham (d. 1497), Archdeacon of Norwich, bequeathed by him to the Hospital of St Thomas of Acon, Cheapside, London, where he was buried: inscribed 'Liber dom[us] s[an]c[t]i thome de / acon london[iensis] ex dono mag[ist]ri Will[el]mi Pyknam archidiaconi

• Puzzle initial 'H'(ic) at the beginning of the commentary on John's Gospel., Commentaries on the Gospels of Matthew (f. 1) and John (f. 81), the Apocalypse (f. 173) and the Catholic Epistles (f. 187)

Master William Pykenham (d. 1497), Archdeacon of Norwich, bequeathed by him to the Hospital of St Thomas of Acon, Cheapside, London, where he was buried: inscribed 'Liber dom[us] s[an]c[t]i thome de / acon london[iensis] ex dono mag[ist]ri Will[el]mi Pyknam archidiaconi

• Detail of decorated initial., Calendar (January to August only) and computistical table

the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 7).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in