• Battle scene, at the beginning of 'Comment le captal de beuth fut pris a la bataille de subize...', in Jean Froissart's Chroniques d'Angleterre., Les Chroniques d'Angleterre (3 vols)

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.', vol. I: f. 1; vol. II:

• Battle scene and illuminated initial 'L'(e), at the beginning of 'Cest la bataille faite a la blanche tache', in Jean Froissart's Chroniques d'Angleterre., Les Chroniques d'Angleterre (3 vols)

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.', vol. I: f. 1; vol. II:

• Battle scene, at the beginning of 'Comment le captal de beuth fut pris a la bataille de subize...', in Jean Froissart's Chroniques d'Angleterre., Les Chroniques d'Angleterre (3 vols)

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.', vol. I: f. 1; vol. II:

• Detail of a nativity horoscope of Henry VI, 1421., Astronomical/astrological compendium, including a nativity horoscope for Henry VI (the 'Codex Holbrookensis')

National Biography~ (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004) [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/12020, accessed 10 Feb 2006]. Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller.Purchased from Rodd in 1841 with other manuscripts from Halliwell-Phillipps's collection by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixi) of David before God, pointing to his mouth, at the beginning of Psalm 38., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

hand (f. i verso and unfoliated flyleaf at the end); passed to Robert Scott.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller. Charles II (b. 1630, d.1685), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: probably purchased from Scott together with other

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of David and a fool, at the beginning of Psalm 52., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

hand (f. i verso and unfoliated flyleaf at the end); passed to Robert Scott.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller. Charles II (b. 1630, d.1685), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: probably purchased from Scott together with other

• Detail of a historiated initial 'S'(alvum) of David drowning in water, with God above, at the beginning of Psalm 68., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

hand (f. i verso and unfoliated flyleaf at the end); passed to Robert Scott.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller. Charles II (b. 1630, d.1685), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: probably purchased from Scott together with other

• Detail of a historiated initial 'E(xultate)' of David playing the bells, at the beginning of Psalm 80., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

hand (f. i verso and unfoliated flyleaf at the end); passed to Robert Scott.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller. Charles II (b. 1630, d.1685), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: probably purchased from Scott together with other

• Miniature of God creating animals and birds., Image du Monde (Le livre de clergie en roumans) (index Mappe Monde)

D'Ewes, a large part of which was purchased by Harley, see Andrew George Watson, ~The Library of Sir Simonds D'Ewes~ (London: British Library, 1966).The flourished initials are Parisian, c. 1430-1440, however some miniatures seem to have been executed by English

• Illuminated initials 'N'(unc) and 'I'(ncipit), with foliate extensions., Compendium litterale totius Scripture

et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 8193).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Illuminated initials Petrus Aureoli England, S. E. England, N. and S. E. (Lincoln and London)

• Detail of a miniature of Petrus Aureoli, Archbishop of Aix, preaching from the pulpit inscribed on the front with words 'quis ascendit in montem', with Christ enthroned on the mountain above him, at the beginning of the text., Compendium litterale totius Scripture

et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 8193).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Petrus Aureoli Petrus Aureoli England, S. E. England, N. and S. E. (Lincoln and London)

• Detail of a miniature of a mermaid and a fish., Image du Monde (Le livre de clergie en roumans) (index Mappe Monde)

D'Ewes, a large part of which was purchased by Harley, see Andrew George Watson, ~The Library of Sir Simonds D'Ewes~ (London: British Library, 1966).The flourished initials are Parisian, c. 1430-1440, however some miniatures seem to have been executed by English

• Detail of a miniature of a God creating the world with compasses., Image du Monde (Le livre de clergie en roumans) (index Mappe Monde)

D'Ewes, a large part of which was purchased by Harley, see Andrew George Watson, ~The Library of Sir Simonds D'Ewes~ (London: British Library, 1966).The flourished initials are Parisian, c. 1430-1440, however some miniatures seem to have been executed by English

• Detail of a miniature of God creating animals and birds., Image du Monde (Le livre de clergie en roumans) (index Mappe Monde)

D'Ewes, a large part of which was purchased by Harley, see Andrew George Watson, ~The Library of Sir Simonds D'Ewes~ (London: British Library, 1966).The flourished initials are Parisian, c. 1430-1440, however some miniatures seem to have been executed by English

• Miniature of Petrus Aureoli, Archbishop of Aix, preaching from the pulpit inscribed on the front with words 'quis ascendit in montem', with Christ enthroned on the mountain above him, with a full border and a shield with cross, crown of thorns, and crossed lance and sponge, at the beginning of the text., Compendium litterale totius Scripture

et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 8193).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Petrus Aureoli Petrus Aureoli England, S. E. England, N. and S. E. (Lincoln and London)

• Detail of a miniature of a man holding a set square and a compass at the beginning of the section on geometry., Image du Monde (Le livre de clergie en roumans) (index Mappe Monde)

D'Ewes, a large part of which was purchased by Harley, see Andrew George Watson, ~The Library of Sir Simonds D'Ewes~ (London: British Library, 1966).The flourished initials are Parisian, c. 1430-1440, however some miniatures seem to have been executed by English

• Detail of a miniature of a city divided by a crevice., Image du Monde (Le livre de clergie en roumans) (index Mappe Monde)

D'Ewes, a large part of which was purchased by Harley, see Andrew George Watson, ~The Library of Sir Simonds D'Ewes~ (London: British Library, 1966).The flourished initials are Parisian, c. 1430-1440, however some miniatures seem to have been executed by English

• Detail of a table of signs and images used in the text to mark some of the subjects treated in the text, with explanations of their meanings., Series causae inter Henricum regem et Thomam archiepiscopum, Abbreviationes chronicorum, and Imagines historiarum

explanations of their meanings. Includes 3 works of Ralph de Diceto (d. 1199/1200), chronicler and ecclesiastic, dean of St Paul's, London (1180-1199/1200):Series causae inter Henricum regem et Thomam archiepiscopum, written in a different hand that the rest of the volume

• Drawing of Philosophy visiting Boethius in prison., Miscellany, including a wind rose (f. 17), a Greek and Latin grammatical list (ff. 19-22), and an excerpt from the 'Proverbia Salomonis' (f. 22v), with the later 11th-century addition of notated hymn and sequence for St Michael (ff. 17v-18).

library in Düsseldorf: bought the entire Graevius library in 1703 (see Wright 1972). Giovanni Giacomo Zamboni (d. 1753), resident in London for the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (c. 1723-1753), friend of Michael Maittaire (b. 1670, d. 1747), the classical scholar and

• Text page of a 9th-century copy of Priscianus's 'Institutiones grammaticae', Books 4-5 (ff. 47-54v)., 'Epodes' (ff. 23-29), 'Carmen saeculare' (ff. 29-30v), Epistles (ff. 30v-43v), and Satires (ff. 43v-46v), with glosses

library in Düsseldorf: bought the entire Graevius library in 1703 (see Wright 1972). Giovanni Giacomo Zamboni (d. 1753), resident in London for the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (c. 1723-1753), friend of Michael Maittaire (b. 1670, d. 1747), the classical scholar and