• Circular diagram against lightning; below, a diagram connected with solar and lunar cycles., Medical recipes and charms

a cursive script. Bound with British Library, Royal 17 B XLIX and Royal 17 B L. Circular ink diagrams (f. 1). Initials in red or blue. Medical recipes and charms On f. 21 is the colophon 'Amen quod I. ff.

• Detail of decorated initial., Panormia

Augustinian priory of St Mary, Newburgh, Yorkshire (second half of the 13th century (?)inscription: 'Liber Sancte Marie de Novoburgo', f. 1, upper margin).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of Surrey, and 1st earl

• Detail of coloured initial and inscription., Panormia

Augustinian priory of St Mary, Newburgh, Yorkshire (second half of the 13th century (?)inscription: 'Liber Sancte Marie de Novoburgo', f. 1, upper margin).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of Surrey, and 1st earl

• Decorated initial 'E'(t)., The Historia Aseneth (ff. 53-64v) and Testamenta xii. Patriarcharum filiorum Jacob (ff. 65-96v)

inscription (f. 96v). Thomas Fry: 15th-century inscription 'Liber Thome ffry' (f. 1). Inscription 'Roger Gourton(?) (f. 74v).Christopher Towneley (b. 1604, d. 1674), antiquary: inscription 'Chr' Towneley' ( f. 1). Richard Towneley, in 1702: his book-plate with the date (f. 2v);

• Virgin and Child framed in a rosary, with the grantee, his wife and two children kneeling below, and his shield of arms., Grant of nobililty from Philip II to Andres Gomez Marocho, of Xeres de la Frontera

armorial book-plate (inside upper cover [f. 1]).Bought by the British Museum from Chas Lowe, 9 March 1894 (note on f. 1), using the Farnborough Fund (£3,000 bequeathed in 1838 by Charles Long, Baron Farnborough (b. 1761, d. 1838), a cousin

• 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 decorated initial., Sermons and excerpts

highlighted with red. Guide letters. Sermons and excerpts The Carthusians of Mainz: inscribed' . . . ad carth[usiensium] prope', f. 1; 'Iste liber e(st) Carthusien(sium) p(ro)pe Mogunciam (f. 105v).Inscribed 'Z2341 (f. 116v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl

• Text pages with marginal commentary and illuminated initial 'S'(ic), at the beginning of Book VI: 'Sic factur lacrimans, classique immittit habenas'., Aeneis (index Aeneid) , with a verse preface (ff. 1-201); Extract from Servius on Aeneis 6 (f. 202)

to 97). 18 large initials in gold on red and blue grounds with red, blue, and brown penwork decoration (ff. 1, 1v, 2, 16, 16v, 32v, 47, 47v, 61v, 79, 79v, 97v, 114, 114v, 129, 145v, 164, 182v). Aeneis (index

• Historiated initial 'Q'(uoniam) with a portrait of Bartholomaeus de S. Concordio and an illuminated initial 'A'(bbas)., Summa Pisana with an index (ff. 222v-226v) (index Summa de casibus conscientiae, Summa Pisanella)

same text. Partial border in colours and gold with a large historiated initial (f. 1). 19 illuminated initials in colours and gold with besants (ff. 1, 10v, 17v, 36, 48, 70v, 75v, 76, 83v, 109v, 116, 128v, 131v, 143, 162v,

• White vine initial 'P'(roficiscenti)., Apologeticus and various sermons

1427), Harley 3110, and Harley 2461 (in 1416/17) (see de la Mare 1985)Horizontal catchwords.Marginal commentary. 1 large white vine initial in colours and gold (f. 1). 6 plain initials In blue (f. 2, 27, 48, 50, 57v, 66v) . Rubrics,

• Diagrams in brown ink in the main text., Commentary on Cicero's De somno Scipionis

53v, 70) and in the margins (ff. 12v, 28v, 37v, 42v, 43, 52v). 1 large initial in blue with a reserved design and red pen-flourishing (f. 1). Initials wanting (ff. 6v, 43v, 46v). Pointing hands, human faces and animal heads

• Decorated initials 'L' and 'E'., Carta executoria de Hidalguia (begins imperfectly)

Decorated initials 'L' and 'E'. 1 miniature at the beginning missing (piece of red protective silk after f. 1).1 large historiated initial, in colours and gold (f. 60). Large decorated initials in gold on coloured grounds (ff. 7v, 15,

• Detail of decorated initial 'O'(lympias) with white vine decoration, at the beginning of Book XXVIII., Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi

unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library, Oxford. 1 medallion with white vine decoration enclosing erased heraldry in the lower border (f. 1). Initials in gold and colours with white vine decoration marking the beginning

• Detail of white vine initial 'P'(roficiscenti)., Apologeticus and various sermons

1427), Harley 3110, and Harley 2461 (in 1416/17) (see de la Mare 1985)Horizontal catchwords.Marginal commentary. 1 large white vine initial in colours and gold (f. 1). 6 plain initials In blue (f. 2, 27, 48, 50, 57v, 66v) . Rubrics,

• Detail of text page with a diagram on rainfall in the lower margin at the end of the first book of Macrobius' Commentary on Cicero's 'De somno Scipionis'., Commentary on Cicero's De somno Scipionis

53v, 70) and in the margins (ff. 12v, 28v, 37v, 42v, 43, 52v). 1 large initial in blue with a reserved design and red pen-flourishing (f. 1). Initials wanting (ff. 6v, 43v, 46v). Pointing hands, human faces and animal heads

• Puzzle initial 'V'(alerii), and fifteenth-century ownership inscription and pressmark of the Benedictine abbey of Santa Maria ad Martyres extra Muros, Trier., Commentarius in Valerium Maximum; Facta et dicta memorabilia

and pressmark of the Benedictine abbey of Santa Maria ad Martyres extra Muros, Trier. 1 large puzzle initial in blue and red with red pen-flourishing (f. 1). 9 smaller blue and red puzzle initials with red pen-flourishing (ff. 2, 54v,

• Inhabited foliate initial 'A'(bsenti) with small figures, at the beginning of Joannes de Milis's Repertorium aureum sive lexicon juridicum., Repertorium aureum sive lexicon juridicum

'A'(bsenti) with small figures, at the beginning of Joannes de Milis's Repertorium aureum sive lexicon juridicum. 1 large inhabited foliate initial, in colours (f. 1). 3 large foliate initials, in colours (ff. 25v, 33, 62). 8 large puzzle initials in

• Flourished initials., Lives of female Saints in verse

large and small initials in gold with pen-flourishing in red, at the beginning of the lives of the Saints (ff. 1, 5, 7, 18). Small initials in red with green pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Ff. 27-193: 2

• Inhabited foliate initial 'A'(bsenti) with a seated man and a naked man, at the beginning of Joannes de Milis's Repertorium aureum sive lexicon juridicum., Repertorium aureum sive lexicon juridicum

and a naked man, at the beginning of Joannes de Milis's Repertorium aureum sive lexicon juridicum. 1 large inhabited foliate initial, in colours (f. 1). 3 large foliate initials, in colours (ff. 25v, 33, 62). 8 large puzzle initials in

• Flourished initials., Lives of female Saints in verse

large and small initials in gold with pen-flourishing in red, at the beginning of the lives of the Saints (ff. 1, 5, 7, 18). Small initials in red with green pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Ff. 27-193: 2