• Detail of decorated initial., De consolatione philosophiae, imperfect

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 bookplate, inscribed in

• Initial with reserved designs,, Scala paradisi, etc.

deputatus ad usum monachorum sancti Georgij maioris de Venetijs numero 190' (f. 1).Bought by the British Museum from Thomas Thorpe, London bookseller, 13 July 1841 (note on 2nd flyleaf), using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry

• Flourished initial 'I'(uri), in Bartolus de Saxoferrato's In primam partem digesti veteris., In primam partem digesti veteris

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 3; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIV.3.7’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Illuminated initial 'I'(n), and partial foliate border, at the beginning of Petrus Baldus de Ubaldis's In usus feudorum., Lectura feudorum (ff. 3-93); Conclusiones feudorum (f. 93); Commentarius ad pacem Constantie (ff. 93-102); Pax Constantie (ff. 102v-104v); Opus statutorum (ff. 105-250); Thesaurus civilis sapientiae (f. 251)

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 3; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIV.3.12’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Added list of the knights of the Order of the Garter., Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book')

of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Knights of the Garter London England, S. E. (probably London)

• Page from a printed book., Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book')

4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Printed page London England, S. E. (probably London)

• Added notes., Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book')

4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Added notes London England, S. E. (probably London)

• Added notes., Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book')

4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Added notes London England, S. E. (probably London)

• Page from a printed book., Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book')

1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Print London England, S. E. (probably London)

• Flourished initials, decorated catchword, and scribal colophon., In primam partem digesti veteris

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 3; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIV.3.7’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Detail of illuminated initial., Lectura feudorum (ff. 3-93); Conclusiones feudorum (f. 93); Commentarius ad pacem Constantie (ff. 93-102); Pax Constantie (ff. 102v-104v); Opus statutorum (ff. 105-250); Thesaurus civilis sapientiae (f. 251)

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 3; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIV.3.12’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Detail of marginal arms, with the letters 'G' to the left and 'AR' to the right., Lectura feudorum (ff. 3-93); Conclusiones feudorum (f. 93); Commentarius ad pacem Constantie (ff. 93-102); Pax Constantie (ff. 102v-104v); Opus statutorum (ff. 105-250); Thesaurus civilis sapientiae (f. 251)

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 3; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIV.3.12’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Full-page miniature of Edward III, wearing a blue Garter mantle, with his arms., Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book')

4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Edward III London England, S. E. (probably London)

• Full-page miniature of Henry, Duke of Lancaster, wearing a blue Garter mantle, with his arms., Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book')

of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Henry, Duke of Lancaster London England, S. E. (probably London)

• Miniature of William Bruges kneeling before George., Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book')

4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. William Bruges London England, S. E. (probably London)

• Decorated foliate initial 'G'(losa), at the beginning of Bartolus de Saxoferrato's In secundam partem digesti veteris., In secundam partem digesti veteris (ff. 6-160), and others

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

• Penwork initial 'H'(ec) with the head of a black man wearing a mitre, at the beginning of the table of contents., Vita Christi (chapters 1-60)

Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 4v; its book-plate inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other

• Circular design, inscribed 'Liber sancte marie virginis in monasterio Eberbacensi'., Vita Christi (chapters 1-60)

Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 4v; its book-plate inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other

• Puzzle initial 'F'(undamentum) and three-sided border with an Agnus dei and heraldic arms, at the beginning of the prologue., Vita Christi (chapters 1-60)

Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 4v; its book-plate inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other

• Circular design, inscribed 'Liber sancte marie virginis in monasterio Eberbacensi'., Vita Christi (chapters 1-60)

Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 4v; its book-plate inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other