• A historiated and foliate initial 'A' with a medallion of pseudo-Oriental writing, of a saint preaching to a kneeling crowd., Cuttings from a choir book

number. To see these cuttings in the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 29902. Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, Marlay Cuttings It. 80a-c; London, Victoria and Albert Museum, mss 846 (9024C), 848 (9024E), 9025A, 9025C, 883 (9025E) and 884 (9025F); Milan, Nella Longari

• Diagrams of the eclipses of the moon, from Nicholas of Lynn's Kalendarium., Kalendarium

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

• Puzzle initial 'D'(ixerat) at the beginning of book 5 of Boethius's De consolatione philosophiae., De Consolatione Philosophiae (index Consolation of Philosophy)

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; its book-plate with the

• Detail of a historiated initial 'H'(enricus) enclosing the imperial falcon of Anne Boleyn against a background of the royal colours., Patents granted to Anne Boleyn as Marquess of Pembroke

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. Imperial falcon London England, S. E. (probably London)

• Detail of an historiated initial 'O' of Arthur drawing the sword from the stone., Joseph d'Arimathie (ff. 1-18), Le Livre de Merlin (ff. 18v-74), Suite de Merlin (ff. 74-226), ('the Huth Manuscript')

and Ulrich 1886). His bookplate and number inside the front cover and in his catalogue: ~The Huth Library~, 5 vols (London: Ellis & White, 1880), III. PP. 954-57.Bequeathed by him to the British Museum in 1910 (see ~Catalogue of the

• Detail of an historiated initial 'O' with image of King Arthur setting infants adrift in a boat., Joseph d'Arimathie (ff. 1-18), Le Livre de Merlin (ff. 18v-74), Suite de Merlin (ff. 74-226), ('the Huth Manuscript')

and Ulrich 1886). His bookplate and number inside the front cover and in his catalogue: ~The Huth Library~, 5 vols (London: Ellis & White, 1880), III. PP. 954-57.Bequeathed by him to the British Museum in 1910 (see ~Catalogue of the

• The ownership inscription of John Clerk, grocer and apocetharius of King Edward IV, and warden of the London Company of Grocers in 1467 and 1475. The apocetharius of the royal household was the official responsible for preserved fruits and condiments., Miscellany, including a calendar, Psalter with prayers and Hours of the Virgin, imperfect, Bestiaire d'amour; Rules, and the Chronicle of Turpin (see Notes)

apocetharius of King Edward IV, and warden of the London Company of Grocers in 1467 and 1475. The apocetharius of the royal household was the official responsible for preserved fruits and condiments. Contents:Calendar (ff. 1-6v), which includes the date of

• Text page., Li Livres dou Tresor

Earl of Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878); his Appendix Ms. 177, see ~Catalogue of the Manuscripts at Ashburnham Place: Appendix~ (London: Hodgson, 1853).Bertram Ashburnham, 5th earl of Ashburnham: his sale, May 1897, bought by Yates Thompson together with the entire

• Detail of a miniature of the world, with a decorated initial 'T', in Brunetto Latini's Le Livre du Trésor., Li Livres dou Tresor

Earl of Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878); his Appendix Ms. 177, see ~Catalogue of the Manuscripts at Ashburnham Place: Appendix~ (London: Hodgson, 1853).Bertram Ashburnham, 5th earl of Ashburnham: his sale, May 1897, bought by Yates Thompson together with the entire

• Miniature of a hippopotamus, three mermaids, and five dragons., Li Livres dou Tresor

Earl of Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878); his Appendix Ms. 177, see ~Catalogue of the Manuscripts at Ashburnham Place: Appendix~ (London: Hodgson, 1853).Bertram Ashburnham, 5th earl of Ashburnham: his sale, May 1897, bought by Yates Thompson together with the entire

• Detail of a miniature of hawks., Li Livres dou Tresor

Earl of Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878); his Appendix Ms. 177, see ~Catalogue of the Manuscripts at Ashburnham Place: Appendix~ (London: Hodgson, 1853).Bertram Ashburnham, 5th earl of Ashburnham: his sale, May 1897, bought by Yates Thompson together with the entire

• Frontispiece to 'Le livre des enseignments des visces et des vertus' with a miniature of a man reading to a group of students, and marginal images of birds, a knight charging, grotesques and hounds., Li Livres dou Tresor

Earl of Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878); his Appendix Ms. 177, see ~Catalogue of the Manuscripts at Ashburnham Place: Appendix~ (London: Hodgson, 1853).Bertram Ashburnham, 5th earl of Ashburnham: his sale, May 1897, bought by Yates Thompson together with the entire

• Miniature of a swordfish, in the Bestiary portion of Brunetto Latini's Le Livre du Trésor., Li Livres dou Tresor

Earl of Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878); his Appendix Ms. 177, see ~Catalogue of the Manuscripts at Ashburnham Place: Appendix~ (London: Hodgson, 1853).Bertram Ashburnham, 5th earl of Ashburnham: his sale, May 1897, bought by Yates Thompson together with the entire

• Miniature of man teaching tonsured students, decorated initial 'Q'(uant), and three-sided border: a knight charging a snail, an archer shooting at a dragon, a woman wielding a sword, birds, and a grotesque, in Brunetto Latini's Le Livre du Trésor., Li Livres dou Tresor

Earl of Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878); his Appendix Ms. 177, see ~Catalogue of the Manuscripts at Ashburnham Place: Appendix~ (London: Hodgson, 1853).Bertram Ashburnham, 5th earl of Ashburnham: his sale, May 1897, bought by Yates Thompson together with the entire

• Initial 'R'(ectorique) with pen-flourishing, in Brunetto Latini's Le Livre du Trésor., Li Livres dou Tresor

Earl of Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878); his Appendix Ms. 177, see ~Catalogue of the Manuscripts at Ashburnham Place: Appendix~ (London: Hodgson, 1853).Bertram Ashburnham, 5th earl of Ashburnham: his sale, May 1897, bought by Yates Thompson together with the entire

• Puzzle initial ''R'(everendo) and smaller decorated initials, at the beginning of Guillelmus Duranti's Repertorium juris canonici. ., Legal miscellany, including Summa decreti, Quaestiones dominicales et veneriales, Repertorium juris canonici

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); its book-plate with the

• Text page, with small decorated initials and the pecia mark 'xvii p' in the right margin., Legal miscellany, including Summa decreti, Quaestiones dominicales et veneriales, Repertorium juris canonici

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); its book-plate with the

• Miniature of man teaching students, and decorated initial 'C'(his), in Brunetto Latini's Le Livre du Trésor., Li Livres dou Tresor

Earl of Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878); his Appendix Ms. 177, see ~Catalogue of the Manuscripts at Ashburnham Place: Appendix~ (London: Hodgson, 1853).Bertram Ashburnham, 5th earl of Ashburnham: his sale, May 1897, bought by Yates Thompson together with the entire

• Lower left part of three-sided border with birds, and hybrids: Centaur shooting a bird; and Bagpiper, in Brunetto Latini's Le Livre du Trésor., Li Livres dou Tresor

Earl of Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878); his Appendix Ms. 177, see ~Catalogue of the Manuscripts at Ashburnham Place: Appendix~ (London: Hodgson, 1853).Bertram Ashburnham, 5th earl of Ashburnham: his sale, May 1897, bought by Yates Thompson together with the entire

• Lower right part of three-sided border with hybrids: Battle between squirrel and monkey, both mounted on unicorns; and Fiddler, in Brunetto Latini's Le Livre du Trésor., Li Livres dou Tresor

Earl of Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878); his Appendix Ms. 177, see ~Catalogue of the Manuscripts at Ashburnham Place: Appendix~ (London: Hodgson, 1853).Bertram Ashburnham, 5th earl of Ashburnham: his sale, May 1897, bought by Yates Thompson together with the entire