• Detail of a double portrait of Roman heads., Imagines Regum, Consulum, Dictatorum, Magistrum Equitum, Tribuni-Militum consularis potestatis, ab urbe condita usque ad C. Jul. Caesarem Dictatorem. Parens Patriae (vol. 1)

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XV.1.10’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Historiated initial 'D' or 'O' of Christ Disputing with the Merchants. The robe of the figure to the right is inscribed 'A. P. S. VITV. SI?S'., Cutting from an Antiphoner (index antiphonary, antiphonal)

/ in 1838' (f. fly-leaf of album).Payne and Foss, London booksellers: their sale, 24 June 1850, lot 1087; purchased by Boone on the fourth day of the sale, 27 June.William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £18;

• Miniature of a battle at the beginning of Book 2., Le livre des faits d'armes et de chevalerie

value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Battle Delafita Delafita Christine de Pizan (index Christine de Pisan) London England, S. E. (London)

• Miniature of a judgement scene at the beginning of book 4, as a man is being put into prison., Le livre des faits d'armes et de chevalerie

value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Judgement Delafita Delafita Christine de Pizan (index Christine de Pisan) London England, S. E. (London)

• Miniature of Christine writing her book; on the right, an armed female., Le livre des faits d'armes et de chevalerie

the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Christine de Pizan Delafita Delafita Christine de Pizan (index Christine de Pisan) London England, S. E. (London)

• Text; miniature of a judgement scene at the beginning of book 4, as a man is being put into prison., Le livre des faits d'armes et de chevalerie

value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Judgement Delafita Delafita Christine de Pizan (index Christine de Pisan) London England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of a miniature of Christine writing her book; on the right, an armed female., Le livre des faits d'armes et de chevalerie

the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Christine de Pizan Delafita Delafita Christine de Pizan (index Christine de Pisan) London England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of a miniature of a king and bishop with soldiers., Le livre des faits d'armes et de chevalerie

Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. King, bishop and soldiers Delafita Delafita Christine de Pizan (index Christine de Pisan) London England, S. E. (London)

• Text; miniature of a judgement scene at the beginning of book 4, as a man is being put into prison., Le livre des faits d'armes et de chevalerie

value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Judgement Delafita Delafita Christine de Pizan (index Christine de Pisan) London England, S. E. (London)

• Decorated initial 'R'(everendo), at the beginning of Petrus de Braco's Compendium juris canonici., Compendium juris canonici

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIV.3.3’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Puzzle initial 'A', at the beginning of the Repertorium juris civilis., Repertorium juris civilis

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 from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in

• Detail of decorated initial., Compendium juris canonici

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIV.3.3’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Detail of puzzle initial., Repertorium juris civilis

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 from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in

• Detail of puzzle initial., Bible with prologues, and Interpretation of Hebrew names (ff. 488-525v)

the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 4).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in

• Detail of colophon., 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

• 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

• Headpiece and coloured initial., Commentary on Claudius Ptolemaeus's Harmonica

~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, no. 7950 (‘Porphyrii Commentarius in Harmonica Ptolemaei, Graece’): his London sale, 2 March 1789, lot 12856, bought by Edwards for £1.James Edwards (b. 1756, d. 1816), book collector and