• Illuminated initial 'B'(eatus) with a full border, at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter and Canticles (the 'Psalter of the Earl of Arundel')

~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 7743).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Illuminated initial Petruccio Ubaldini Petruccio Ubaldini London England, S. E. (London) and France

• Detail of a miniature of two angels holding the cloth of Veronica., Prayers, hymns and miscellaneous religious texts, including verses on the Arma Christi or Symbols of the Passion (ff. 72v-80)

texts are part of the Katherine group, also found in Oxford, Bodleian Library Bodley 34 and London, British Library Cotton Titus D XVIII . They are copied in the same West-Midlands dialect as these two manuscripts and Cambridge, Corpus Christi

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) of David playing the harp, with a full foliate border containing a hybrid creature in a shell, in a lower left corner, at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter with Canticles and the Office of the Dead (The 'Princess Joan Psalter')

c. 1561), warden of the Company of Stationers of London in 1558.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. David England, S. E. England, S. E. (probably London or East Anglia)

• Illuminated initial ‘O’(vid) on the text page facing the historiated initial., Psalter with Canticles and the Office of the Dead (The 'Princess Joan Psalter')

1561), warden of the Company of Stationers of London in 1558.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Illuminated initial England, S. E. England, S. E. (probably London or East Anglia)

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixi) of David pointing to his mouth with a full foliate border, at the beginning of Psalm 38., Psalter with Canticles and the Office of the Dead (The 'Princess Joan Psalter')

c. 1561), warden of the Company of Stationers of London in 1558.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. David England, S. E. England, S. E. (probably London or East Anglia)

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of the Trinity, with a full border, at the beginning of Psalm 109., Psalter with Canticles and the Office of the Dead (The 'Princess Joan Psalter')

c. 1561), warden of the Company of Stationers of London in 1558.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Trinity England, S. E. England, S. E. (probably London or East Anglia)

• Detail of a historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of the Trinity, at the beginning of Psalm 109., Psalter with Canticles and the Office of the Dead (The 'Princess Joan Psalter')

c. 1561), warden of the Company of Stationers of London in 1558.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Trinity England, S. E. England, S. E. (probably London or East Anglia)

• Detail of a historiated initial 'B'(eatus) of David playing the harp, with a full foliate border, at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter with Canticles and the Office of the Dead (The 'Princess Joan Psalter')

c. 1561), warden of the Company of Stationers of London in 1558.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. David England, S. E. England, S. E. (probably London or East Anglia)

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of David and the Fool with a full foliate border, at the beginning of Psalm 52., Psalter with Canticles and the Office of the Dead (The 'Princess Joan Psalter')

of the Company of Stationers of London in 1558.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. David and the Fool England, S. E. England, S. E. (probably London or East Anglia)

• Detail of a historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of David and the Fool with a full foliate border, at the beginning of Psalm 52., Psalter with Canticles and the Office of the Dead (The 'Princess Joan Psalter')

of the Company of Stationers of London in 1558.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. David and the Fool England, S. E. England, S. E. (probably London or East Anglia)

• Detail of a historiated initial 'S'(alvum) of David in water addressing God, at the beginning of Psalm 68., Psalter with Canticles and the Office of the Dead (The 'Princess Joan Psalter')

c. 1561), warden of the Company of Stationers of London in 1558.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. David England, S. E. England, S. E. (probably London or East Anglia)

• Historiated initial 'S'(alvum) of David in water addressing God, at the beginning of Psalm 68., Psalter with Canticles and the Office of the Dead (The 'Princess Joan Psalter')

c. 1561), warden of the Company of Stationers of London in 1558.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. David England, S. E. England, S. E. (probably London or East Anglia)

• Detail of a historiated initial 'D'(ilexi) of clerics singing a requiem over a coffin, at the beginning of Psalm 114., Psalter with Canticles and the Office of the Dead (The 'Princess Joan Psalter')

of the Company of Stationers of London in 1558.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Office of the Dead England, S. E. England, S. E. (probably London or East Anglia)

• Historiated initial 'D'(ilexi) of clerics singing a requiem over a coffin, at the beginning of Psalm 114., Psalter with Canticles and the Office of the Dead (The 'Princess Joan Psalter')

of the Company of Stationers of London in 1558.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Office of the Dead England, S. E. England, S. E. (probably London or East Anglia)

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the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 3).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in

• Illuminated initial 'S'(uper), in a 15th-century copy of Psalm 135: 1-136:5., Leaf of a noted liturgical Psalter, with Psalm 135: 1-136:5 (verso); 136:5-137 (recto)

collected by him.Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Illuminated initial London England, S. E. (London?)

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'S'(uper), in a 15th-century copy of Psalm 136:1., Leaf of a noted liturgical Psalter, with Psalm 135: 1-136:5 (verso); 136:5-137 (recto)

fragments collected by him.Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Detail London England, S. E. (London?)

• Drawings of coats of arms of knights of the Order of the Garter at the time of Henry V, founder of the order., Armorial of members of the Order of the Garter

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. Heraldry Peter Bale (see ~Catalogue~ 1808) Peter Bale William Dethick London England, ?S. E. (?London)

• Detail of a historiated initial 'D'(ominus) of king David pointing to his eyes at Psalm 26: 'Dominus illuminatio mea' / 'The Lord is my light', and a full border with acanthus motifs and sprays., Psalter with a calendar (ff. 2-5), a litany (ff. 143-146), and excerpts from the New Testament

Stoke Nayland, Suffolk; lord mayor of London from 1503-04, and from 1509-10: inscription recording the gift of a 'Valentyn' to him from the wife of Sir Richard Cholmondeley, Lieutenant of the Tower of London, while Capell was imprisoned in the

• Detail of a historiated initial 'C'(antate) of monks singing at a lecturn, at Psalm 97: 'Cantate domino canticum novum' / 'Sing to the Lord a new song', and a full border with acanthus motifs and sprays., Psalter with a calendar (ff. 2-5), a litany (ff. 143-146), and excerpts from the New Testament

Stoke Nayland, Suffolk; lord mayor of London from 1503-04, and from 1509-10: inscription recording the gift of a 'Valentyn' to him from the wife of Sir Richard Cholmondeley, Lieutenant of the Tower of London, while Capell was imprisoned in the