• Detail of heraldry., Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini

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

• Miniature of Christ the Redeemer, at the beginning of an added prayer in English., Added miniature for an inscribed prayer in English

in colours and gold (f. 3v). Added miniature for an inscribed prayer in English A member of the Gower family, London, by 1467: the birth of Annas Gower is inscribed as having taken place on 25 August, 1467, in the

• Miniatures of the Annunciation and Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane (underdrawing on recto) with historiated borders including heraldic arms of the Butler family., Added miniature

in colours and gold (28v). Underdrawing for the same miniature (f. 28). Added miniature A member of the Gower family, London, by 1467: the birth of Annas Gower is inscribed as having taken place on 25 August, 1467, in the

• Drawing of the world, with God wearing a crown above, Christ in Majesty, and the devil bound below., Tractatus de sphaera (index De sphera)

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; bought from him by the British Museum on 13 August 1840 for 10s, along with 32 other manuscripts

• Evangelist portrait of Mark, with his symbol, the lion, above., Four Gospels, with list of lections (ff. 168v-177)

with the printed 'Ex Bibliotheca Renessiana No' inscribed '1' (inside upper cover), Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller, bought in January 1836 by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis

• Miniature of the Visitation, with a scatter border of red roses, moths, a fly, and a deer, at the beginning of Lauds in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

his armorial bookplate (inside upper cover). Bought by the British Museum from Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller, 8 May 1847 (note on 1st flyleaf verso), using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis

• Calendar roundel with a gentleman and a lady riding the same horse, and an insect in the right margin, at the beginning of May., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

his armorial bookplate (inside upper cover). Bought by the British Museum from Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller, 8 May 1847 (note on 1st flyleaf verso), using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis

• Calendar roundel with a man warming himself by a fire, at the beginning of January, with a bumble bee in the right margin., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

his armorial bookplate (inside upper cover). Bought by the British Museum from Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller, 8 May 1847 (note on 1st flyleaf verso), using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis

• Decorated initial 'S'(uscipe) in Nigel de Longchamps's Speculum stultorum., Speculum stultorum (ff. 1-66v), imperfect, and other works including a life of Eustace; Catalogus Eruditi beati Thomae

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.', ff. 1, 11, marginal inscription with

• Detail of decorated initial., Ars poetica (ff. 1-9), Epistolae (ff. 9-35), with marginal and interlinear glosses

his inventory number, see, Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, p. 360: his London sale, 2 March 1789, lot 12844, bought by Edwards for £1 2s.; inscribed '1.2.0' (f. 1, top right).James Edwards

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J. G. Alexander and A. C. de la Mare, ~The Italian Manuscripts in the Library of Major J. R. Abbey~ (London: Faber, 1969), p. 98 n. 4).Mario Maffei (b. 1463, d. 1537) of Volterra: with the usual erased 'De figli

• Puzzle initial 'P'(ostea) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of book 4 of Diodorus Siculus's Bibliotheca historiarum., Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini

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

• Text page., Medical miscellany, including an English translation of Gilbertus Anglicus's Compendium medicinae (ff. 63v-151v), imperfect; 'Super lunam' (ff. 179v-181); a zodiacal lunary (ff. 173-179); a gynecological tract (ff. 158-172v); Bernard Goron's De prognosticis (ff. 61-63)

(ff. 173-179); a gynecological tract (ff. 158-172v); Bernard Goron's De prognosticis (ff. 61-63) Inscription 'Iste liber constans Richardo Dod. de london, Barbor Sorior' (f. 157), perhaps attached to the hospital of St Giles without Cripplegate: inscription 'Gilys' (f. 157, upper

• Decorated initial., Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini

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

• Puzzle initial 'M'., Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini

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

• Puzzle initial 'C'(um)., Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini

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

• Puzzle initial 'S'., Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini

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

• Puzzle initial., Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini

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

• Cadels and puzzle initial., Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini

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

• Decorated initial., Selected treatises, including De situ et origine Pruthenorum, De Livonia, and Epistola ad Philippum Mariam Angelum de Vicecomitibus de bello Thurcorum et Hungarorum

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