• Historiated initial 'M' of the Annunciation., Cutting from a service book

Manuscripts and Oriental Manuscript Books, in the library of the Honourable Robert Curzon, at Parham in the county of Sussex~ (London: William Nicol, 1849). Darea Curzon (b. 1860, d. 1917), 16th baroness Zouche: bequeathed by her to the British Museum

• Miniature of the Crucifixion., The Pilgrimage of the Soul, translated from the French of Guillaume de Deguileville

to englysch the yeer of oure lord M CCCC XIII^mo^ ...' (f. 106).Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller (see below). Bought by the British Museum from Rodd in January 1836 (note on 3rd flyleaf), using the

• Decorated headpiece at the beginning of Hermogenes's Peri ton staeon., Peri ton stason, Peri eureseon, Peri ideon logou, with prologues, and various notes, proverbs, and verses

his inventory number, see Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, no. 7909): his London sale, 2 March 1789, lot 1281, bought by Burney. Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical scholar.Acquired by

• Decorated initials 'N'(atus), 'S'(ororum), and 'P'(oeta)., Comoediae (index Comedies)

names in red. Comoediae (index Comedies) N. Thiboust: inscribed with his name in the 16th century (f. 1*).Matthew de Varenne, London bookseller and auctioneer (fl. 1723/4): his sale, 21 December 1723, lot 231.The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b.

• Historiated initial 'D' in colours and gold, of a young male martyr saint holding a sword, a palm frond and an arrow., Leaf of a Hymnal, containing portions of the hymns beginning 'Exultet celum laudibus' for the Vespers of the Commune Apostolorum, and 'Deus tuorum militum' for the Vespers of the Commune Unius Martyris.

Foliated (?) lower right '25' (struck out) and '154'.Presented by John E. Leary, violin and pianoforte instructor, of 59 Hazelville Road, Hornsey Lane, [London] N, 1930: his business card attached to the mount (f. 1). Martyr Lombardy Italy, N. (?Lombardy)

• Historiated border with peasants sheltering from the snow to the left, and in the foreground, a woman walking her dog, warming her hands with her breath, for January., Texts and decoration added to a Book of Hours

his armorial bookplate (inside upper cover). Bought by the British Museum from Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller, 8 May 1847 (note on 1st flyleaf verso), using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uamquam) at the beginning of Cicero's De officiis., De officiis, letters, speeches

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. 2; its book-plate, inside upper

• Decorated initial 'F'(raternas) at the beginning of Statius's Thebaid., Thebais (index Thebaid), with gloss

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. 3; its book-plate, with the

• Foliate headpiece and initial with penwork decoration at the beginning of John Koukouzeles's Anagrammatismoi., Anagrammatismoi for the principal feasts, and hymns, tropes, and other theological miscellanea

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. 11).Purchased by the British Museum

• Initial 'H' at the beginning of Odo of Meung's De viribus herbarum., De viribus herbarum and a short medical text

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 book-plate with pencil

• Pen-flourished initials 'A'(ffter) and 'H'(erewith)., 'The Myrror of the Blessed Lyfe of Oure Lorde Jhesu Criste' (ff. 1-145); an anti-Lollard treatise

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 shelf-mark in pencil

• Initial 'W' with foliate penwork decoration and pen-flourishing., 'The Myrror of the Blessed Lyfe of Oure Lorde Jhesu Criste' (ff. 1-145); an anti-Lollard treatise

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 shelf-mark in pencil

• Decorated initials 'I'(n) and 'A'(nno) at the beginning of Roger of Hovenden's Chronicle., Chronicle, including a prophecy in English

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 book-plate, inside upper

• Pen-flourished initial 'A'(ffter)., 'The Myrror of the Blessed Lyfe of Oure Lorde Jhesu Criste' (ff. 1-145); an anti-Lollard treatise

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 shelf-mark in pencil

• Pen-flourished initial 'H'(erewith)., 'The Myrror of the Blessed Lyfe of Oure Lorde Jhesu Criste' (ff. 1-145); an anti-Lollard treatise

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 shelf-mark in pencil

• Initial 'W' with foliate penwork decoration and pen-flourishing., 'The Myrror of the Blessed Lyfe of Oure Lorde Jhesu Criste' (ff. 1-145); an anti-Lollard treatise

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 shelf-mark in pencil

• Allegorical designs: four signboards, anchor and shears, the royal arms and Prince of Wales's feathers, dated 1623, and initials NF; anchor and sheep, the arms of London and of the Merchant Taylors' Company, dated 1619, and initials BW; a sun, dated 1625, and initials HW; a clock, dated 1628, and initials LV; below a scene with a man carrying a bust of Charles l; on the facing page street scenes, a procession, and the Pope and others burning., Allegorical designs, relating to political events in the reigns of James I. and Charles I.

Wales's feathers, dated 1623, and initials NF; anchor and sheep, the arms of London and of the Merchant Taylors' Company, dated 1619, and initials BW; a sun, dated 1625, and initials HW; a clock, dated 1628, and initials LV; below

• Detail of decorated initial., De officiis, letters, speeches

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. 2; its book-plate, inside upper

• Detail of decorated initial., Speculum stultorum (ff. 1-66v), imperfect, and other works including a life of Eustace; Catalogus Eruditi beati Thomae

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.', ff. 1, 11, marginal inscription with

• Detail of decorated initial., Speculum stultorum (ff. 1-66v), imperfect, and other works including a life of Eustace; Catalogus Eruditi beati Thomae

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.', ff. 1, 11, marginal inscription with