• Illuminated initial 'A'(peri)., Office of the Dead; Hours of the Virgin

was bought of Capt. Bee by Mr. Simon Fox for the Rt. Honble. Henry Howard. 23rd of March 1658' (f. 1); presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono

• Puzzle initial., Medical miscellany (ends imperfectly), including Hippocrates' Prognostica

Society in 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: ‘XII.6.20’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of

• Puzzle initial., Medical miscellany (ends imperfectly), including Hippocrates' Prognostica

Society in 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: ‘XII.6.20’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of

• Decorated initial., Medical miscellany (ends imperfectly), including Hippocrates' Prognostica

Society in 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: ‘XII.6.20’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of

• Decorated initials., Medical miscellany (ends imperfectly), including Hippocrates' Prognostica

Society in 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: ‘XII.6.20’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of

• Puzzle initial and decorated initials., Medical miscellany (ends imperfectly), including Hippocrates' Prognostica

Society in 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: ‘XII.6.20’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of

• Decorated initials., Medical miscellany (ends imperfectly), including Hippocrates' Prognostica

Society in 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: ‘XII.6.20’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of

• Puzzle initials., Medical miscellany (ends imperfectly), including Hippocrates' Prognostica

Society in 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: ‘XII.6.20’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of

• Decorated initials., Medical miscellany (ends imperfectly), including Hippocrates' Prognostica

Society in 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: ‘XII.6.20’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of

• Puzzle initial., Medical miscellany (ends imperfectly), including Hippocrates' Prognostica

Society in 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: ‘XII.6.20’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of

• Decorated initials., Medical miscellany (ends imperfectly), including Hippocrates' Prognostica

Society in 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: ‘XII.6.20’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of

• Detail of an historiated initial 'C'(antate) of three monks singing, at the beginning of Psalm 97., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

gold, in the calendar (ff. 1-6v). 8 large historiated initials (ff. 7, 29v, 44v, 58v, 71v, 88v, 105, 122v) and 1 foliate initial (f. 107) in colours and gold, at the beginning of major Psalm divisions. Smaller initials in gold

• Historiated initial 'C'(antate) of three monks singing, at the beginning of Psalm 97., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

gold, in the calendar (ff. 1-6v). 8 large historiated initials (ff. 7, 29v, 44v, 58v, 71v, 88v, 105, 122v) and 1 foliate initial (f. 107) in colours and gold, at the beginning of major Psalm divisions. Smaller initials in gold

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(ominus) of the anointing and coronation of David, at the beginning of Psalm 26., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

gold, in the calendar (ff. 1-6v). 8 large historiated initials (ff. 7, 29v, 44v, 58v, 71v, 88v, 105, 122v) and 1 foliate initial (f. 107) in colours and gold, at the beginning of major Psalm divisions. Smaller initials in gold

• Detail of an inhabited initial 'B'(eatus) with display script and four corner medallions of David fighting the lion, David playing the harp, and Saul and David, at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

fighting the lion, David playing the harp, and Saul and David, at the beginning of Psalm 1. Includes a calendar (ff. 9-14v) and litany (ff. 137-139). The calendar includes the erased name of Thomas of Canterbury in gold display script

• Inhabited initial 'B'(eatus) with display script and four corner medallions of David fighting the lion, David playing the harp, and Saul and David, at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

lion, David playing the harp, and Saul and David, at the beginning of Psalm 1. Includes a calendar (ff. 9-14v) and litany (ff. 137-139). The calendar includes the erased name of Thomas of Canterbury in gold display script and a

• Illuminated initial 'G'(od) with a tree with a vine entwined around the trunk, and foliate extensions., John Crophill's commonplace book with astrological prognostications, cookery recipes, and medical and alchemical treatises, imperfect

paper by a professional scribe for Crophill.ff. 36v-52v: Crophill's autograph notebook. 1 large initial in colours, gold, and silver (oxidised) with foliate extentions forming a partial border (f. 1). Numerous marginal sketches in brown ink of animals, birds, fish, ships

• Text page with 2 decorated initials at the beginning of the preface and the first chapter of the chronicle of Ralph Niger., Chronica (to 1199), Chronicon anglicanum (to 1213)

Text page with 2 decorated initials at the beginning of the preface and the first chapter of the chronicle of Ralph Niger. The two texts are amalgamated to form a continuous chronicle to 1213.Cotton MS. Vespasian D. X contains

• Puzzle initial 'D'(omino), and in the upper margin, the ownership inscription of the Benedictine abbey of Bury St. Edmunds ('Liber sancti Aedmundi regis & martyris'), and the abbey library press-mark: '.C. 49.' The letters in Bury press-marks refer to the name of the author, or to the subject-matter, so the 'C' probably refers to 'Chronicle'., Gesta Regum Anglorum; Annals to 1212 (ff. 103-33), imperfect (the B version)

'C' probably refers to 'Chronicle'. Crossed tironian ets. Catchwords. Large puzzle initial in red and blue with penwork decoration (f. 1). Initials in red with blue penwork decoration, or in blue with red penwork decoration. Initials in red. From f.

• Decorated initials, and in the right-hand margin, a 13th-century annotator has written 'De sancto Aedmundo' (Concerning St. Edmund), drawing attention to a reference to St. Edmund in the text immediately to the left., Gesta Regum Anglorum; Annals to 1212 (ff. 103-33), imperfect (the B version)

text immediately to the left. Crossed tironian ets. Catchwords. Large puzzle initial in red and blue with penwork decoration (f. 1). Initials in red with blue penwork decoration, or in blue with red penwork decoration. Initials in red. From f.