• Zoomorphic initial 'E'(t) in the form of a bird, at the beginning of the Pseudo-Cicero Rhetorica ad Herennium., De inventione (index Rhetorica); Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)

Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other

• Text page., Catilina (ff. 2-23v); Jugurtha (ff. 24-62)

Royal Society, London: its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.' (f. 2); its book-plate (f. [ii] verso), with the pencil inscription: 'XIII.2.8'.Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Miniature of the the Nativity of the Virgin Mary (with Anne in bed, and Joachim at the bedside), or of the Nativity of Jesus Christ with the prologue to the Life of Our Lady on the facing page., Life of Our Lady

the 4 day of December was master Rysse behedded at the towre hyll in London and [...] Wylliam Hewsse byng hys servant was drawne throwe London to tyborne and there hangeth for tresson' (f. 97v). James Griffith: inscribed, late 16th

• Decorated initial 'T'(his booke) with full border of acanthus motifs and floral sprays., Life of Our Lady

the 4 day of December was master Rysse behedded at the towre hyll in London and [...] Wylliam Hewsse byng hys servant was drawne throwe London to tyborne and there hangeth for tresson' (f. 97v). James Griffith: inscribed, late 16th

• Decorated initial 'O' with acanthus motif and floral spray., Life of Our Lady

the 4 day of December was master Rysse behedded at the towre hyll in London and [...] Wylliam Hewsse byng hys servant was drawne throwe London to tyborne and there hangeth for tresson' (f. 97v). James Griffith: inscribed, late 16th

• Initial 'D'(um) at the beginning of Peter of Blois's Sermon I De adventu domini., Epistola ad Paulinum (Epistle 53) (ff. 1-4v); Sermones; verses and tabulae (ff. 123v-124v)

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 9; its book-plate with the pencil inscription 'XIII: 10.16', inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together

• Detail of decorated braided headpiece., Historiae ecclesiasticae, imperfect, preceded by a table of contents

Porte, from the year 1621 to 1628 inclusive~ (London: Samuel Richardson, 1740), p. 500).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. /

• Detail of a historiated initial 'Q'(uoniam) with Augustine in a bishop's mitre holding a bishop's staff and a heart, Manuale (ff. 2-46v), Retractiones (extract), De beata vita (ff. 47-86v); and Psalms, Prayers, Litanies

Publications Society, 1950- ), I: Edward Heawood, ~Watermarks: Mainly of the 17th and 18th Centuries~, no. 463 (dated 1711 to London). A partial scatter border (f. 2). A historiated initial with a portrait of Augustine (f. 2). Large and small

• Ownership inscription of John Pyk, schoolmaster of St Martin le Grand, London, reading 'Iste liber constat Iohanni Pyke magistro scolarum sancti Martini magni Londoniarum', with extracts of notabilia from Robert Torigni's chronicle., Chronica

St Thomas of Acon, Cheapside, London, where he was buried: inscribed 'Liber dom[us] s[an]c[t]I thome de / acon london. ex dono / d[omi]ni Jacobi Comitis ormudie' (f. 1v).The hospital of St Thomas of Acon, Cheapside, London (see inscription above).Added list

• Decorated initial 'S'(anctissimo) at the beginning of Bede's Life of Cuthbert, with the ink stamp of the Royal Society of London in the lower margin., Prose Vita sancti Cuthberti (ff. 1-34v), two miracles from the Historia ecclesiastica, De gestis pontificum Anglorum, the miracles of Andrew

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 'N' of Olivetan Monks worshipping the Cross., Cuttings from a choir book

departmental copy of the sale catalogue. 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;

• Chronological tables., Chronica

St Thomas of Acon, Cheapside, London, where he was buried: inscribed 'Liber dom[us] s[an]c[t]I thome de / acon london. ex dono / d[omi]ni Jacobi Comitis ormudie' (f. 1v).The hospital of St Thomas of Acon, Cheapside, London (see inscription above).Added list

• Decorated initials 'A'(b) and 'I'(gitur)., Chronica

St Thomas of Acon, Cheapside, London, where he was buried: inscribed 'Liber dom[us] s[an]c[t]I thome de / acon london. ex dono / d[omi]ni Jacobi Comitis ormudie' (f. 1v).The hospital of St Thomas of Acon, Cheapside, London (see inscription above).Added list

• Decorated initial 'T'(heodosius)., Chronica

St Thomas of Acon, Cheapside, London, where he was buried: inscribed 'Liber dom[us] s[an]c[t]I thome de / acon london. ex dono / d[omi]ni Jacobi Comitis ormudie' (f. 1v).The hospital of St Thomas of Acon, Cheapside, London (see inscription above).Added list

• Decorated initial 'I'(eronimus) at the beginning of the prologue, with the Henrician title 'Cronica ab Abraham usque ad annum domini 1168 Eusebii, Hieronimi, Prosperi, Sigisberti', and the Westminster inventory number 'no. 1033' added in the upper margin., Chronica

St Thomas of Acon, Cheapside, London, where he was buried: inscribed 'Liber dom[us] s[an]c[t]I thome de / acon london. ex dono / d[omi]ni Jacobi Comitis ormudie' (f. 1v).The hospital of St Thomas of Acon, Cheapside, London (see inscription above).Added list

• Decorated initial 'P'(rimus) with the chronological tables of the life of Abraham., Chronica

St Thomas of Acon, Cheapside, London, where he was buried: inscribed 'Liber dom[us] s[an]c[t]I thome de / acon london. ex dono / d[omi]ni Jacobi Comitis ormudie' (f. 1v).The hospital of St Thomas of Acon, Cheapside, London (see inscription above).Added list

• Binding decorated with blind-stamped tools, depicting King David harping, a lion, a griffin, and dragon and foliage motifs., Historia scholastica, part, and Sermons

(inside lower cover); 'suwerk' (f. 102v).Book plate with 'JS' (inside upper cover). Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller; bought in March 1834 by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis

• 13th-century inscriptions consisting of a note of the contents, and ownership of St. Mary's, Southwark: 'sancte marie de souwerk'., Historia scholastica, part, and Sermons

(inside lower cover); 'suwerk' (f. 102v).Book plate with 'JS' (inside upper cover). Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller; bought in March 1834 by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis

• Decorated initial 'M'(oysen) at the beginning of Eusebius's preface to his Chronici canones., Chronica

St Thomas of Acon, Cheapside, London, where he was buried: inscribed 'Liber dom[us] s[an]c[t]I thome de / acon london. ex dono / d[omi]ni Jacobi Comitis ormudie' (f. 1v).The hospital of St Thomas of Acon, Cheapside, London (see inscription above).Added list

• Initial 'D'(ominus) in Hugh of Langres's Commentaries on the Psalms., Commentarius in Psalmos (ff. 1-212v); Interpretatione alphabeti hebraici (ff. 213)

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