• Detail of the arms of Humfrey, duke of Gloucester, in the lower margin of the folio., Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester')

the folio. Other manuscripts associated with the Master of Duke Humfrey's Psalms are: Guildhall, Corporation of London Records Office, 'Statuta Antiqua Angliae', f. 137, London, Drapers' Company, Patent of Arms, 10 March 1439, Capetown, South African Public Library, Grey 4

• Historiated initial 'S' of the Entombment of Christ., Cuttings from a choir book

departmental copy of the sale catalogue. 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;

• Detail of a historiated initial 'V'(erba) of Jerome in his study., Psalter with a calendar (ff. 2-5), a litany (ff. 143-146), and excerpts from the New Testament

Stoke Nayland, Suffolk; lord mayor of London from 1503-04, and from 1509-10: inscription recording the gift of a 'Valentyn' to him from the wife of Sir Richard Cholmondeley, Lieutenant of the Tower of London, while Capell was imprisoned in the

• Decorated initial 'A'(nima) combined with a full foliate bar border at the beginning of book 3., Elucidarium

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. Decorated initial Honorius Augustodunensis (index Honorius d'Autun, Honorius of Autun) London England, S. E. (London)

• Historiated initial 'W'(han) with Lydgate as a monk riding a horse, at the beginning of the prologue of Lydgate's Siege of Thebes., The Siege of Thebes

the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London: its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.' (f. 1v).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in

• Foliate initial 'P'(assed) with three-sided foliate border, at the beginning of part 2 of Lydgate's Siege of Thebes., The Siege of Thebes

the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London: its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.' (f. 1v).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in

• Foliate initial 'S'(irs) including the heraldic arms of William de la Pole, with a full foliate border, at the beginning of part 1 of Lydgate's Siege of Thebes., The Siege of Thebes

the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London: its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.' (f. 1v).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in

• Foliate initial 'P'(assed), at the beginning of part 2 of Lydgate's Siege of Thebes., The Siege of Thebes

the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London: its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.' (f. 1v).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in

• Detail of a historiated initial 'W'(han) with Lydgate as a black monk riding a horse, presumeably Lydgate, at the beginning of the prologue of Lydgate's Siege of Thebes., The Siege of Thebes

the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London: its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.' (f. 1v).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in

• Foliate initial 'S'(irs) including the heraldic arms of William de la Pole, at the beginning of part 1 of Lydgate's Siege of Thebes., The Siege of Thebes

the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London: its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.' (f. 1v).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in

• Historiated initial 'L'(egitur) with a portrait of the author, pope Innocent IV, at the beginning of his Apparatus super decretalibus., Apparatus super decretalibus, with glosses

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: 'XIV 1.9', inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together

• Text page., The Siege of Thebes

the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London: its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.' (f. 1v).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

• Text page., The Siege of Thebes

the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London: its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.' (f. 1v).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in

• Miniature of Alban holding a Tau-cross, presenting kneeling duke Humfrey of Gloucester (or perhaps Henry VI), with a scroll reading 'Pietas tua domine operetur in me', to Christ as Man of Sorrows and figure of the Trinity, beneath the dove of the Holy Spirit and the Father, with two angels; and the historiated initial 'C'(um) of David playing the harp with two angels, at the beginning of Psalm 4., Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester')

Psalm 4. Other manuscripts associated with the Master of Duke Humfrey's Psalms are: Guildhall, Corporation of London Records Office, 'Statuta Antiqua Angliae', f. 137, London, Drapers' Company, Patent of Arms, 10 March 1439, Capetown, South African Public Library, Grey 4

• Detail of a miniature of Alban holding a Tau-cross, presenting kneeling duke Humfrey of Gloucester (or perhaps Henry VI), with a scroll reading 'Pietas tua domine operetur in me', to Christ as Man of Sorrows and figure of the Trinity, beneath the dove of the Holy Spirit and the Father, with two angels., Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester')

two angels. Other manuscripts associated with the Master of Duke Humfrey's Psalms are: Guildhall, Corporation of London Records Office, 'Statuta Antiqua Angliae', f. 137, London, Drapers' Company, Patent of Arms, 10 March 1439, Capetown, South African Public Library, Grey 4

• Music., Music and carols for Holy Week (begins and ends imperfectly)

a band to the right-hand edge (inside upper cover), and a monogram 'JTJ' (inside lower cover).Bernard Wilson, Esq., of Hampstead, London (see British Museum catalogue).Bought by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry

• null, Music and carols for Holy Week (begins and ends imperfectly)

a band to the right-hand edge (inside upper cover), and a monogram 'JTJ' (inside lower cover).Bernard Wilson, Esq., of Hampstead, London (see British Museum catalogue).Bought by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry

• null, Music and carols for Holy Week (begins and ends imperfectly)

a band to the right-hand edge (inside upper cover), and a monogram 'JTJ' (inside lower cover).Bernard Wilson, Esq., of Hampstead, London (see British Museum catalogue).Bought by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry

• null, Music and carols for Holy Week (begins and ends imperfectly)

a band to the right-hand edge (inside upper cover), and a monogram 'JTJ' (inside lower cover).Bernard Wilson, Esq., of Hampstead, London (see British Museum catalogue).Bought by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry