• Text page., Historia Anglorum, Chronica majora, Part III; Continuation of Chronica maiora

1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after c. 1547; and in the select list of works noted by John Bale, as 'Chronica Matthei Parys. Thys chronycle remayneth in the custodye of my lorde of Arundell, beynge a fayre,

• Text page., Letters

Text page. Rubric and numbers in red (f. 1v-2v). Numbers in red. Rubrics in uncial. Letters The Benedictine abbey of Saint-Vaast, Arras (?), France (according to Steigmann and Wemhoff 1999).Charter in a 10th-century hand whereby Megenhardus conveys land at

• Section of an illustrated itinerary to Jerusalem., Historia Anglorum, Chronica majora, Part III; Continuation of Chronica maiora

1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after c. 1547; and in the select list of works noted by John Bale, as 'Chronica Matthei Parys. Thys chronycle remayneth in the custodye of my lorde of Arundell, beynge a fayre,

• Illuminated initial 'D'(eus)., The Secretum secretorum, imperfect, translated by Philip of Tripoli (index Philippus Tripolitanus)

'Chr' Towneley' ( f. 1). Richard Towneley, in 1702: his book-plate with the date (f. 2v); inscriptions 'T.283' (f. 3). John Hirst of Ladcastle, Dobcross, purchased at his sale at Sotheby's 14 December 1887 by the British Museum, using the

• null, Breviloquium de quatuor virtutibus antiquorum

lot 8090, bought by Combe for 2s.Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical scholar.Acquired by the British Museum as part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818. Detail John of Wales (index Johannes Guallensis) England

• Detail of marginal drawing of a hand holding a crosier referring to Innocent IV's vision of Robert Grosseteste, bishop of Lincoln., Historia Anglorum, Chronica majora, Part III; Continuation of Chronica maiora

1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after c. 1547; and in the select list of works noted by John Bale, as 'Chronica Matthei Parys. Thys chronycle remayneth in the custodye of my lorde of Arundell, beynge a fayre,

• Illuminated headpiece and initial., Various theological works

stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Illuminated headpiece John Chrysostom (index Johannes Chrysostomus), Severianus Gabalensis Eastern Mediterranean

• Tinted drawing of an inverted bishop's mitre and crosier referring to the death of Henry de Lexington, bishop of Lincoln., Historia Anglorum, Chronica majora, Part III; Continuation of Chronica maiora

1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after c. 1547; and in the select list of works noted by John Bale, as 'Chronica Matthei Parys. Thys chronycle remayneth in the custodye of my lorde of Arundell, beynge a fayre,

• Marginal drawing of the inverted arms., Historia Anglorum, Chronica majora, Part III; Continuation of Chronica maiora

1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after c. 1547; and in the select list of works noted by John Bale, as 'Chronica Matthei Parys. Thys chronycle remayneth in the custodye of my lorde of Arundell, beynge a fayre,

• Text page from Numbers, with a flourished initial 'Q'(uod) at the beginning of Numbers 21. A cut in the lower margin has been mended with a patch cut from a similar (or perhaps the same?) manuscript., Bible with prologues

characters alternately red or blue. Bible with prologues Unidentified English owner: with numerous annotations, second half of the 15th century.Inscription: 'John', 18th century? (f. 153).Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical scholar.Acquired by the British Museum as part of

• Zoomorphic initial 'I'(n) formed of two dragons with linked necks, at the beginning of Genesis., Bible with prologues

characters alternately red or blue. Bible with prologues Unidentified English owner: with numerous annotations, second half of the 15th century.Inscription: 'John', 18th century? (f. 153).Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical scholar.Acquired by the British Museum as part of

• Illuminated headpiece decorated with a foliate pattern on a gold ground, (the right hand portion replaced with a similar pattern in red) and illuminated initial 'E'(n) at the beginning of the Gospel of John, with a marginal inscription in Ottoman Turkish., Gospel Lectionary for the liturgical year starting from the lesson for Easter Sunday

with a similar pattern in red) and illuminated initial 'E'(n) at the beginning of the Gospel of John, with a marginal inscription in Ottoman Turkish. Marginal notes in Ottoman Turkish (ff. 1, 49, 149). Headpiece with vine scroll decoration in

• Flourished initials and marginal drawing of a hand holding a fishing rod, line, and hook., De fide orthodoxa

by the British Museum as part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818. Flourished initials, and a marginal drawing of a fishing rod John of Damascus (translated by Burgundio of Pisa) England, Central England, Central? (Oxford?)

• Illuminated miniature of the Crucifixion with Christ on a green cross flanked by Mary and John., Registrum Prioratus Ecclesiæ Christi Cantuariensis, including a Martyrology

on a green cross flanked by Mary and John. 1 large miniature, in colours and gold (f. 166v). Large initials in red with blue (foliate) pen-flourishing or in blue with red (foliate) pen-flourishing. Line-fillers decorated in red and blue. Registrum

• Puzzle initials 'A' (ses), 'E'(n), and 'O'(re), at the beginning of a discourse of the pains of Purgatory., Miscellany, on the Passion, etc., much of it in verse

initials and paraph marks in plain red, blue (or green). Miscellany, on the Passion, etc., much of it in verse John Parker (b. 1548, d. 1619), of Cambridge: inscribed 'Joh(ann)es Parker' (f. 5), paginated by him(?) in red pencil.? Thomas

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) with John the Evangelist, at the beginning of De Johannis evangelio., Liber de laudibus beatissime Virginis Marie (ff. 1-97) and De Johannis evangelio (ff. 97-111v)

'B'(eatus) with John the Evangelist, at the beginning of De Johannis evangelio. The authorship is uncertain. The manuscript ascribes the first text to Petrus Comestor. 2 large historiated initials, in colours and gold (ff. 3v, 98). 2 large decorated initials,

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1).William Petty (~formerly~ Fitzmaurice) (b. 1737, d. 1805), 2nd earl of Shelburne and 1st marquess of Lansdowne, prime minister: his book-plate (4th flyleaf); purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts in 1807. John le Breton England

• Puzzle initials 'A' (ses), at the beginning of a discourse of the pains of Purgatory., Miscellany, on the Passion, etc., much of it in verse

initials and paraph marks in plain red, blue (or green). Miscellany, on the Passion, etc., much of it in verse John Parker (b. 1548, d. 1619), of Cambridge: inscribed 'Joh(ann)es Parker' (f. 5), paginated by him(?) in red pencil.? Thomas

• Puzzle initials 'E'(n) and 'O'(re), at the beginning of a discourse of the pains of Purgatory., Miscellany, on the Passion, etc., much of it in verse

initials and paraph marks in plain red, blue (or green). Miscellany, on the Passion, etc., much of it in verse John Parker (b. 1548, d. 1619), of Cambridge: inscribed 'Joh(ann)es Parker' (f. 5), paginated by him(?) in red pencil.? Thomas

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17.Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical scholar.Acquired by the British Museum as part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818. Detail John of Damascus (translated by Burgundio of Pisa) England, Central England, Central? (Oxford?)