• null, 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 dragon with a king's head., 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

• Detail of a historiated initial 'V'(erba) of Jerome in his study., 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

• Iluminated initials with foliate and spray decoration extending into the margins., Breviary, use of Sarum, with a calendar (ff. 145-150v)

nation for £10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary 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. llluminated initials London England, S. E. (London?)

• Detail of an historiated initial 'B'(eatus)., Breviary, use of Sarum, with a calendar (ff. 145-150v)

nation for £10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary 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. Historiated initial London England, S. E. (London?)

• Illuminated full bar border and initials with foliate and spray decoration extending into the margins., Breviary, use of Sarum, with a calendar (ff. 145-150v)

£10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary 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. Illuminated border and initials London England, S. E. (London?)

• Detail of an historiated initial 'U'(nus) of the Crucifixion of Andrew., Breviary, use of Sarum, with a calendar (ff. 145-150v)

for £10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary 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. Crucifixion of Andrew London England, S. E. (London?)

• Detail of a historiated initial 'T'(Ota) of the Assumption of the Virgin., Breviary, use of Sarum, with a calendar (ff. 145-150v)

nation for £10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary 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. Historiated initial London England, S. E. (London?)

• Detail of a historiated initial 'D'(ei) of the Nativity of the Virgin., Breviary, use of Sarum, with a calendar (ff. 145-150v)

(a fraction of their contemporary 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. The Nativity of the Virgin London England, S. E. (London?)

• Illuminated and coloured initials with spray and penwork decoration extending into the margin., Breviary, use of Sarum, with a calendar (ff. 145-150v)

£10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary 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. Illuminated and coloured initials London England, S. E. (London?)

• Historiated initial 'C'(Uncti) of the Virgin and All Saints., Breviary, use of Sarum, with a calendar (ff. 145-150v)

(a fraction of their contemporary 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. The Virgin and All Saints London England, S. E. (London?)

• Decorated initial 'A'(nima) combined with a full foliate bar border at the beginning of book 3., Elucidarium

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. Decorated initial Honorius Augustodunensis (index Honorius d'Autun, Honorius of Autun) London England, S. E. (London)

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) of David playing his harp., Breviary, use of Sarum, with a calendar (ff. 145-150v)

£10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary 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. David playing the harp London England, S. E. (London?)

• Text with decorated borders., Breviary, use of Sarum, with a calendar (ff. 145-150v)

nation for £10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary 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. Decorated borders London England, S. E. (London?)

• Miniature of the creation of Eve, with foliate border and foliate initials, and a diagram of the the descendants of Adam and Eveat the beginning of a genealogy from Adam and Eve to the Kings of England., Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Edward VI (the Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England)

presumably his death in 1553.King George III (b. 1738, d. 1820).Given to the British Museum by King George IV in 1823 as part of the library of King George III. Creation of Eve London England, S. E. (London or Westminster)

• Decorated initial 'R'(everendo), at the beginning of Petrus de Braco's Compendium juris canonici., Compendium juris canonici

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIV.3.3’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Puzzle initial 'U'(sque) with penwork decoration, and border decoration around the two columns, at the beginning of Johannes de Hesdinio's Commentarius amplissimus in librum Job., Commentarius amplissimus in librum Job

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

• Puzzle initial 'P'(rima), at the beginning of the second volume of Ludolphus de Saxonia's Vita Christi., Vita Christi (pars II)

1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIV.6.3’, f. ii).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Historiated initial 'W'(han) with Lydgate as a monk riding a horse, at the beginning of the prologue of Lydgate's Siege of Thebes., The Siege of Thebes

the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London: its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.' (f. 1v).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in

• Foliate initial 'P'(assed) with three-sided foliate border, at the beginning of part 2 of Lydgate's Siege of Thebes., The Siege of Thebes

the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London: its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.' (f. 1v).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in