• Colophon at the end of the text, stating that it was copied by Peter of Hungary in 1426., Lectura super tertio libro Decretalium

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. s684), 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. 2).Purchased by the British Museum

• Detail of decorated initial., De consolatione philosophiae, imperfect

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); its bookplate, inscribed in

• Flourished initial 'I'(uri), in Bartolus de Saxoferrato's In primam partem digesti veteris., In primam partem digesti veteris

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 3; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIV.3.7’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Illuminated initial 'I'(n), and partial foliate border, at the beginning of Petrus Baldus de Ubaldis's In usus feudorum., Lectura feudorum (ff. 3-93); Conclusiones feudorum (f. 93); Commentarius ad pacem Constantie (ff. 93-102); Pax Constantie (ff. 102v-104v); Opus statutorum (ff. 105-250); Thesaurus civilis sapientiae (f. 251)

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 3; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIV.3.12’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Flourished initials, decorated catchword, and scribal colophon., In primam partem digesti veteris

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 3; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIV.3.7’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Detail of illuminated initial., Lectura feudorum (ff. 3-93); Conclusiones feudorum (f. 93); Commentarius ad pacem Constantie (ff. 93-102); Pax Constantie (ff. 102v-104v); Opus statutorum (ff. 105-250); Thesaurus civilis sapientiae (f. 251)

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 3; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIV.3.12’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Detail of marginal arms, with the letters 'G' to the left and 'AR' to the right., Lectura feudorum (ff. 3-93); Conclusiones feudorum (f. 93); Commentarius ad pacem Constantie (ff. 93-102); Pax Constantie (ff. 102v-104v); Opus statutorum (ff. 105-250); Thesaurus civilis sapientiae (f. 251)

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 3; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIV.3.12’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Decorated foliate initial 'G'(losa), at the beginning of Bartolus de Saxoferrato's In secundam partem digesti veteris., In secundam partem digesti veteris (ff. 6-160), and others

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

• Penwork initial 'H'(ec) with the head of a black man wearing a mitre, at the beginning of the table of contents., Vita Christi (chapters 1-60)

Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 4v; its book-plate inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other

• Circular design, inscribed 'Liber sancte marie virginis in monasterio Eberbacensi'., Vita Christi (chapters 1-60)

Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 4v; its book-plate inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other

• Puzzle initial 'F'(undamentum) and three-sided border with an Agnus dei and heraldic arms, at the beginning of the prologue., Vita Christi (chapters 1-60)

Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 4v; its book-plate inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other

• Circular design, inscribed 'Liber sancte marie virginis in monasterio Eberbacensi'., Vita Christi (chapters 1-60)

Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 4v; its book-plate inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other

• Puzzle initial 'F'(undamentum), at the beginning of the prologue., Vita Christi (chapters 1-60)

Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 4v; its book-plate inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other

• Part of the border with an Agnus dei, at the beginning of the prologue., Vita Christi (chapters 1-60)

Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 4v; its book-plate inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other

• Part of the border with the arms of the Rotenhan family of Bamberg, at the beginning of the prologue., Vita Christi (chapters 1-60)

Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 4v; its book-plate inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other

• Penwork initial 'H'(ec) with the head of a black man wearing a mitre, at the beginning of the table of contents., Vita Christi (chapters 1-60)

Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 4v; its book-plate inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other

• Decorated initials, in Bartolus de Saxoferrato's In secundam partem digesti veteris., In secundam partem digesti veteris (ff. 6-160), and others

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 decorated initial., In secundam partem digesti veteris (ff. 6-160), and others

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

• null, Histoire Ancienne jusqu'a César, Le Fet des Romains

in gold and blue. Histoire Ancienne jusqu'a César, Le Fet des Romains Bought by the British Museum from Thomas Thorpe, London bookseller, 13th July 184 (note on 1st flyleaf verso), using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis

• null, Histoire Ancienne jusqu'a César, Le Fet des Romains

in gold and blue. Histoire Ancienne jusqu'a César, Le Fet des Romains Bought by the British Museum from Thomas Thorpe, London bookseller, 13th July 184 (note on 1st flyleaf verso), using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis