• Decorated initial., Ayenbite of Inwyt

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. 13; its book-plate with the

• Historiated initial 'F'(rater) of Jerome writing, with a partial bar border, at the beginning of the prologue., Bible (Octateuch)

another supporter of Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon. See ~Henry VIII: Man and Monarch~, ed. by Susan Doran (London: British Library, 2009), no. 109 [exhibition catalogue]. 1 miniature in colours and gold next to the initial for Genesis

• Detail of an historiated initial 'F'(rater) of Jerome writing, at the beginning of the prologue., Bible (Octateuch)

another supporter of Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon. See ~Henry VIII: Man and Monarch~, ed. by Susan Doran (London: British Library, 2009), no. 109 [exhibition catalogue]. 1 miniature in colours and gold next to the initial for Genesis

• Detail of a border with a medallion of Descent into Limbo in the lower margin., Bible (Octateuch)

another supporter of Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon. See ~Henry VIII: Man and Monarch~, ed. by Susan Doran (London: British Library, 2009), no. 109 [exhibition catalogue]. 1 miniature in colours and gold next to the initial for Genesis

• Detail of a miniature of Adam and Eve, at the beginning of Genesis., Bible (Octateuch)

another supporter of Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon. See ~Henry VIII: Man and Monarch~, ed. by Susan Doran (London: British Library, 2009), no. 109 [exhibition catalogue]. 1 miniature in colours and gold next to the initial for Genesis

• Historiated initial 'V'(ocavit) of Israelites offering sacrifice to God, at the beginning of Leviticus., Bible (Octateuch)

another supporter of Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon. See ~Henry VIII: Man and Monarch~, ed. by Susan Doran (London: British Library, 2009), no. 109 [exhibition catalogue]. 1 miniature in colours and gold next to the initial for Genesis

• Detail of an historiated initial 'V'(ocavit) of Israelits offering sacrifice to God, at the beginning of Leviticus., Bible (Octateuch)

another supporter of Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon. See ~Henry VIII: Man and Monarch~, ed. by Susan Doran (London: British Library, 2009), no. 109 [exhibition catalogue]. 1 miniature in colours and gold next to the initial for Genesis

• Historiated initial 'L'(ocutus) of Moses and Christ, at the beginning of Numbers., Bible (Octateuch)

another supporter of Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon. See ~Henry VIII: Man and Monarch~, ed. by Susan Doran (London: British Library, 2009), no. 109 [exhibition catalogue]. 1 miniature in colours and gold next to the initial for Genesis

• Detail of an historiated initial 'L'(ocutus) of Moses and Christ, at the beginning of Numbers., Bible (Octateuch)

another supporter of Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon. See ~Henry VIII: Man and Monarch~, ed. by Susan Doran (London: British Library, 2009), no. 109 [exhibition catalogue]. 1 miniature in colours and gold next to the initial for Genesis

• Historiated initial 'H'(ec) of Aaron as a bishop putting the tables of the Law into the ark, at the beginning of Deuteronomy., Bible (Octateuch)

another supporter of Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon. See ~Henry VIII: Man and Monarch~, ed. by Susan Doran (London: British Library, 2009), no. 109 [exhibition catalogue]. 1 miniature in colours and gold next to the initial for Genesis

• Detail of an historiated initial 'H'(ec) of Aaron as a bishop putting the tables of the Law into the ark, at the beginning of Deuteronomy., Bible (Octateuch)

another supporter of Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon. See ~Henry VIII: Man and Monarch~, ed. by Susan Doran (London: British Library, 2009), no. 109 [exhibition catalogue]. 1 miniature in colours and gold next to the initial for Genesis

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'C'(um)., Bible (Octateuch)

another supporter of Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon. See ~Henry VIII: Man and Monarch~, ed. by Susan Doran (London: British Library, 2009), no. 109 [exhibition catalogue]. 1 miniature in colours and gold next to the initial for Genesis

• Illuminated initial 'T'(andem), with a partial bar border, at the beginning of the prologue to Joshua., Bible (Octateuch)

another supporter of Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon. See ~Henry VIII: Man and Monarch~, ed. by Susan Doran (London: British Library, 2009), no. 109 [exhibition catalogue]. 1 miniature in colours and gold next to the initial for Genesis

• Historiated initial 'E'(t) of Christ and Joshua holding a book, with a partial border, at the beginning of Joshua., Bible (Octateuch)

another supporter of Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon. See ~Henry VIII: Man and Monarch~, ed. by Susan Doran (London: British Library, 2009), no. 109 [exhibition catalogue]. 1 miniature in colours and gold next to the initial for Genesis

• Detail of an historiated initial 'E'(t) of Christ and Joshua holding a book, at the beginning of Joshua., Bible (Octateuch)

another supporter of Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon. See ~Henry VIII: Man and Monarch~, ed. by Susan Doran (London: British Library, 2009), no. 109 [exhibition catalogue]. 1 miniature in colours and gold next to the initial for Genesis

• Historiated initial 'P'(ost) of Christ giving a spear to Judah, at the beginning of Judges., Bible (Octateuch)

another supporter of Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon. See ~Henry VIII: Man and Monarch~, ed. by Susan Doran (London: British Library, 2009), no. 109 [exhibition catalogue]. 1 miniature in colours and gold next to the initial for Genesis

• Detail of an historiated initial 'P'(ost) of Christ giving a spear to Judah, at the beginning of Judges., Bible (Octateuch)

another supporter of Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon. See ~Henry VIII: Man and Monarch~, ed. by Susan Doran (London: British Library, 2009), no. 109 [exhibition catalogue]. 1 miniature in colours and gold next to the initial for Genesis

• Foliate initial 'R(uth) with a partial border, at the beginning of the prologue to Ruth., Bible (Octateuch)

another supporter of Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon. See ~Henry VIII: Man and Monarch~, ed. by Susan Doran (London: British Library, 2009), no. 109 [exhibition catalogue]. 1 miniature in colours and gold next to the initial for Genesis

• Illuminated incipit page for Matthew; 'Liber generationem'., Four Gospels (the 'Golden Gospels', 'Harley Golden Gospels'; 'Codex Aureus'), with canon tables (ff. 6v-12), and capitulary (ff. 199-208v)

Harley for 1100 guilders (see C. E. Wright and Ruth C. Wright, ~The Diary of Humfrey Wanley 1715-1726~, 2 vols (London: Bibliographical Society, 1976), I, 38 n. 5).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl

• Miniature next to the initial 'I'(n principio) of twelve compartments containing the Days of Creation, Temptation, Expulsion from Paradise and Labours of Adam and Eve, with display script and a miniature of Crucifixion below, at the beginning of Genesis. Full border with a medallion of Descent into Limbo in the lower margin., Bible (Octateuch)

another supporter of Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon. See ~Henry VIII: Man and Monarch~, ed. by Susan Doran (London: British Library, 2009), no. 109 [exhibition catalogue]. 1 miniature in colours and gold next to the initial for Genesis