• null, Canterbury Tales

Lansdowne, prime minister: his book-plate with heraldic arms and the motto 'virtute non verbis' (inside upper cover); purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts in 1807. Detail Herman Scheerre Geoffrey Chaucer London England, S. E. (London?)

• null, Canterbury Tales

Lansdowne, prime minister: his book-plate with heraldic arms and the motto 'virtute non verbis' (inside upper cover); purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts in 1807. Detail Herman Scheerre Geoffrey Chaucer London England, S. E. (London?)

• null, Canterbury Tales

Lansdowne, prime minister: his book-plate with heraldic arms and the motto 'virtute non verbis' (inside upper cover); purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts in 1807. Detail Herman Scheerre Geoffrey Chaucer London England, S. E. (London?)

• null, Canterbury Tales

Lansdowne, prime minister: his book-plate with heraldic arms and the motto 'virtute non verbis' (inside upper cover); purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts in 1807. Detail Herman Scheerre Geoffrey Chaucer London England, S. E. (London?)

• Zoomorphic initial 'D'(e) formed by a quadruped, foliage, and an animal head., Unum ex quatuor

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIV.6.7’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Zoomorphic initial 'I'(n), formed by a peacock., Unum ex quatuor

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIV.6.7’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• White vine initial 'H'(unc), at the beginning of book 6., Cyropaedia

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XV.6.10’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• White vine initial 'C'(yrus), at the beginning of book 3., Cyropaedia

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XV.6.10’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Puzzle initial 'O'(mnis), at the beginning of Hippocrates' Prognostica., Medical miscellany (ends imperfectly), including Hippocrates' Prognostica

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XII.6.20’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Illuminated initial 'A'(tt) at the beginning of the prologue to the Squire's tale., Canterbury Tales

prime minister: his book-plate with heraldic arms and the motto 'virtute non verbis' (inside upper cover); purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts in 1807. Illuminated initial Herman Scheerre Geoffrey Chaucer London England, S. E. (London?)

• Text page from the Miller's Tale., Canterbury Tales

with heraldic arms and the motto 'virtute non verbis' (inside upper cover); purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts in 1807. Text page from the Miller's Tale. Herman Scheerre Geoffrey Chaucer London England, S. E. (London?)

• Detail of initial 'A'(t)., Canterbury Tales

his book-plate with heraldic arms and the motto 'virtute non verbis' (inside upper cover); purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts in 1807. Detail of initial 'A'(t). Herman Scheerre Geoffrey Chaucer London England, S. E. (London?)

• Foliate initial 'A'(nd)., Canterbury Tales

minister: his book-plate with heraldic arms and the motto 'virtute non verbis' (inside upper cover); purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts in 1807. Foliate initial 'A'(nd). Herman Scheerre Geoffrey Chaucer London England, S. E. (London?)

• Illuminated initial 'O' with foliate border., Canterbury Tales

with heraldic arms and the motto 'virtute non verbis' (inside upper cover); purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts in 1807. Illuminated initial 'O' with foliate border. Herman Scheerre Geoffrey Chaucer London England, S. E. (London?)

• Text page from the Merchant's Tale., Canterbury Tales

with heraldic arms and the motto 'virtute non verbis' (inside upper cover); purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts in 1807. Text page from the Merchant's Tale. Herman Scheerre Geoffrey Chaucer London England, S. E. (London?)

• Drawing of a pope and bears., Chronica pontificum et imperatorum, and other prophetic texts, including Joachim of Flora's Vaticinia (ff. 137-151)

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

• Drawing of a pope and a man holding a club., Chronica pontificum et imperatorum, and other prophetic texts, including Joachim of Flora's Vaticinia (ff. 137-151)

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

• Drawing of a praying pope., Chronica pontificum et imperatorum, and other prophetic texts, including Joachim of Flora's Vaticinia (ff. 137-151)

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

• Drawing of a pope and a bird., Chronica pontificum et imperatorum, and other prophetic texts, including Joachim of Flora's Vaticinia (ff. 137-151)

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

• Drawing of a pope and two women., Chronica pontificum et imperatorum, and other prophetic texts, including Joachim of Flora's Vaticinia (ff. 137-151)

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