• Illuminated initial 'Q'(uoniam) with the royal arms of England, with a partial border including Tudor roses, at the beginning of the text., Tractatulus de regimine seu caritate principum

Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1661, Royal Appendix 86, f. 28.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Royal arms of England Stephen Baron London England, S. E. (London?)

• null, Indenture between Lady Margaret Beaufort, countess of Richmond, and John Islip, abbot of Westminster abbey

(see Catalogue 1819).William Petty (~formerly~ Fitzmaurice) (b. 1737, d. 1805), 2nd earl of Shelburne and 1st marquess of Lansdowne, prime minister; purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts in 1807. Detail London England, S. E. (London)

• Historiated initital 'D' of the Prophet Zacharias, with his name inscribed on his halo., Cutting from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal; antiphonary)

Esq. dispersed / in 1838' (f. i).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 a king with foliate extension and bezants (top centre)., Cuttings from a choir book

Esq. dispersed / in 1838' (f. i).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 'E' of a king praying (left centre., Cuttings from a choir book

Esq. dispersed / in 1838' (f. i).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 'S' of a king praying (right centre)., Cuttings from a choir book

Esq. dispersed / in 1838' (f. i).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 'D' of a turbaned man with an architectural background in monochrome (lower centre)., Cuttings from a choir book

Esq. dispersed / in 1838' (f. i).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 'E' of a king praying (top)., Cuttings from a choir book

Esq. dispersed / in 1838' (f. i).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 'D' of the prophet Ezechiel holding a scroll inscribed 'Zachiel Profecta' (centre)., Cuttings from a choir book

Esq. dispersed / in 1838' (f. i).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 'L' of Barnabas holding a scroll inscribed 'Barnabas [Prof]ecta' (bottom)., Cuttings from a choir book

Esq. dispersed / in 1838' (f. i).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;

• Foliate headpiece and decorated initial 'M' at the beginning of Hesiod's Theogony., Works and Days, with interlinear and marginal Triclinian scholia, and Theogony

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

• Headpiece with a woven pattern and decorated initials 'H' and 'M' at the beginning of Hesiod's Works and Days., Works and Days, with interlinear and marginal Triclinian scholia, and Theogony

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

• Foliate headpiece and decorated initial 'M' at the beginning of Hesiod's Theogony., Works and Days, with interlinear and marginal Triclinian scholia, and Theogony

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

• Text page., Works and Days, with interlinear and marginal Triclinian scholia, and Theogony

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

• Historiated initial 'A'(d) of David in prayer, from the beginning of a Gradual., Leaf from a Gradual

1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London. Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. David Master of Mary of Burgundy

• Detail of the last 4 staves of music and an inscription., Leaf from a Gradual

1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London. Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Music Master of Mary of Burgundy

• Historiated initial 'A' of an enthroned Henry VI surrounded by angels, with a full bar border with arms., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae), 1 Edward III to 3 Henry VII (ff. 50-350v), preceded by an alphabetical list of contents (ff. 1-49)

Hargrave (b. 1740/41, d. 1821), legal writer: signed with his name (upper margin of ff. 1, 50).Purchased as part of the Hargrave collection of legal manuscripts by the British Museum, 1813. Henry VI Placentius Master London England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of an historiated initial 'A' with Henry VI surrounded by angels., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae), 1 Edward III to 3 Henry VII (ff. 50-350v), preceded by an alphabetical list of contents (ff. 1-49)

Hargrave (b. 1740/41, d. 1821), legal writer: signed with his name (upper margin of ff. 1, 50).Purchased as part of the Hargrave collection of legal manuscripts by the British Museum, 1813. Henry VI Placentius Master London England, S. E. (London)

• Text page., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae), 1 Edward III to 3 Henry VII (ff. 50-350v), preceded by an alphabetical list of contents (ff. 1-49)

Hargrave (b. 1740/41, d. 1821), legal writer: signed with his name (upper margin of ff. 1, 50).Purchased as part of the Hargrave collection of legal manuscripts by the British Museum, 1813. Text page Placentius Master London England, S. E. (London)

• Historiated initial 'C'(ome) depicting Edward III enthroned, holding an orb and sceptre, with religious and lay men to his right and left, respectively, at the beginning of the statues issued during his reign. The Gill/Gyll arms are in the lower border., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae), 1 Edward III to 3 Henry VII (ff. 50-350v), preceded by an alphabetical list of contents (ff. 1-49)

legal writer: signed with his name (upper margin of ff. 1, 50).Purchased as part of the Hargrave collection of legal manuscripts by the British Museum, 1813. Historiated initial 'C' depicting Edward III enthroned Placentius Master London England, S. E. (London)