• Inscription., 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 inscription., 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

• Coloured initial., 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 coloured initial., 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 with a lion., De apibus

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 the

• Illuminated headpiece with foliate decoration and initial at the beginning of Mark., Four Gospels and Hebrews 12:17-13:25, imperfect (see notes), adapted for liturgical use

Written by Ioasaph of the monastery of the Theotokos ton Hodegon in Constantinople, 4 June 1366 (colophon, f. 222v).James Edwards, London bookseller (b. 1757, d. 1816): his sale, 5 April 1815, lot 821, purchased by Burney for £210.Charles Burney (b.

• Illuminated headpiece with foliate decoration and initial at the beginning of John., Four Gospels and Hebrews 12:17-13:25, imperfect (see notes), adapted for liturgical use

Written by Ioasaph of the monastery of the Theotokos ton Hodegon in Constantinople, 4 June 1366 (colophon, f. 222v).James Edwards, London bookseller (b. 1757, d. 1816): his sale, 5 April 1815, lot 821, purchased by Burney for £210.Charles Burney (b.

• Headpiece with foliate decoration on gold ground and gold initial 'E'(peideper) at the beginning of the Gospel of Luke., Four Gospels and Hebrews 12:17-13:25, imperfect (see notes), adapted for liturgical use

Written by Ioasaph of the monastery of the Theotokos ton Hodegon in Constantinople, 4 June 1366 (colophon, f. 222v).James Edwards, London bookseller (b. 1757, d. 1816): his sale, 5 April 1815, lot 821, purchased by Burney for £210.Charles Burney (b.

• Coloured initial 'F'(raternas) at the beginning of book 1of Statius's Thebaid, now oxided, and smaller initial capitals highlighted in red., Thebais (index Thebaid), with gloss, accessus, and anonymous life

perhaps as an attribution rather than a note of possession). ? Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (b. 1754 d. 1838): his sale, London, 8 May 1816, lot 3439, bought by Burney for £6 6s.Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical scholar.Acquired

• Plaquette of the Adoration of the Shepherds., Four Gospels and Hebrews 12:17-13:25, imperfect (see notes), adapted for liturgical use

Written by Ioasaph of the monastery of the Theotokos ton Hodegon in Constantinople, 4 June 1366 (colophon, f. 222v).James Edwards, London bookseller (b. 1757, d. 1816): his sale, 5 April 1815, lot 821, purchased by Burney for £210.Charles Burney (b.

• Plaquette of the Adoration of the Magi., Four Gospels and Hebrews 12:17-13:25, imperfect (see notes), adapted for liturgical use

Written by Ioasaph of the monastery of the Theotokos ton Hodegon in Constantinople, 4 June 1366 (colophon, f. 222v).James Edwards, London bookseller (b. 1757, d. 1816): his sale, 5 April 1815, lot 821, purchased by Burney for £210.Charles Burney (b.

• Decorated initial 'T'(hees) and three-sided foliate border, at the beginning of the Mirror of the Life of Christ., Mirror of the Life of Christ (ff. 1-221v), and the first leaf of the Traité pour Essamples les Amantz Marietz (ff. 223-223v)

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. 1v; its book-plate with the

• Puzzle initial 'T', decorated initial 'C', and decorated border., Miscellany, including Convertimini (ff. 28-77v); Moralitates (ff. 78-94); Lumen anime; De regimine principum (ff. 136-222v)

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).Purchased by the British Museum

• Decorated initial 'T'(hees), at the beginning of the Mirror of the Life of Christ., Mirror of the Life of Christ (ff. 1-221v), and the first leaf of the Traité pour Essamples les Amantz Marietz (ff. 223-223v)

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. 1v; its book-plate with the

• Headpiece with foliate decoration on gold ground and illuminated initial 'E'(peideper) at the beginning of the Gospel of Luke., Four Gospels and Hebrews 12:17-13:25, imperfect (see notes), adapted for liturgical use

Written by Ioasaph of the monastery of the Theotokos ton Hodegon in Constantinople, 4 June 1366 (colophon, f. 222v).James Edwards, London bookseller (b. 1757, d. 1816): his sale, 5 April 1815, lot 821, purchased by Burney for £210.Charles Burney (b.

• Puzzle initial 'K'(arissimo), at the beginning of Guillelmus de Monte Lauduno's Sacramentale., Miscellany of legal texts

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).Purchased by the British Museum

• Decorated initial 'D'(ixit), at the beginning of Psalm 109., Old Testament

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

• Flourished initial 'P'(er), at the beginning of Bartolus de Saxoferrato's Lectura super secunda parte Infortiati., Lectura super secunda parte Infortiati

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).Purchased by the British Museum

• 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

• Flourished initial 'C'(um), and three-sided border, at the beginning of Alanus de Insulis's De planctu naturae., De planctu naturae (ff. 1-57v); Philobiblon (ff. 58-101v)

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 the