• Puzzle initial 'R'(everentissimo) with penwork decoration and decorated extensions, at the beginning of Thomas Becket's Epistolae., Collectio epistolarum S. Thomae Cantuariensis

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. 2; its book-plate with the

• Marginal drawing of Mary and Christ, the latter blessing and holding a closed book, with the inscription: 'Christum virgo pia genuit sine morte Maria'., Theological miscellany, including Sententiae

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 4; its book-plate, inside upper cover, with the pencil inscription: 'XIII 8:7').Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together

• Illuminated page of a calendar for January., Leaves from a Sacramentary

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 5; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIV.6.21’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Miniature of Pope Gregory the Great., Leaves from a Sacramentary

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 5; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIV.6.21’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Miniature of the Noli me tangere and the Supper at Emmaeus., Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 13-18v)

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

• Miniature of the Death of Judas and the Flagellation of Christ, as part of a cycle of Christological images., Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 13-18v)

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

• Marginal drawing of a bishop with the letters 'Bau.' beside his mouth, in the Tractatus de conflictu interiori et exteriori., Miscellany, including the Tractatus de conflictu interiori et exterior

the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 3).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in

• Calendar page for March, including the translation of Kyneburga, Kyneswitha, and Tibba (6 March), Calendar (January to August only) and computistical table

the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 7).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in

• Puzzle initials 'V'(erba), 'Q'(uod), and 'S'(acratissimus) with foliate infill., Theological miscellany, including Vita Sancti Edwardi confessoris; Vita Sancti Malachiae, Arnold of Bonneval's Vita Bernardi abbatis (ff. 72-89)

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate, inside upper cover, with the pencil inscription: 'XV.4.11).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Puzzle initial 'S'(emper) with foliate decoration, at the beginning of Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of Malachy., Theological miscellany, including Vita Sancti Edwardi confessoris; Vita Sancti Malachiae, Arnold of Bonneval's Vita Bernardi abbatis (ff. 72-89)

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate, inside upper cover, with the pencil inscription: 'XV.4.11).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Calendar page for April, including the feast of Guthlac (d. 714), hermit of Crowland, in green ink on 11 April, and his octave on 18 April., Calendar (January to August only) and computistical table

the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 7).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in

• Detail of decorated initial., Miscellany of verses

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 a kneeling figure in the calendar for January., Leaves from a Sacramentary

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 5; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIV.6.21’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Detail of a figure in the calendar page for January., Leaves from a Sacramentary

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 5; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIV.6.21’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Decorated initial 'A', Extracts from the Moralia in Job

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIII.7.2’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Decorated initial 'D'(eduximus) with reserved designs, at the beginning of Ambrosius's De excessu fratris., De excessu fratris (ends imperfectly)

the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 42).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in

• Detail of a miniature of Pope Gregory the Great., Leaves from a Sacramentary

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 5; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIV.6.21’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Puzzle initial 'C'(irca) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Maurice of Ireland's Distinctiones., Distinctiones

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 5; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIV.6.21’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Puzzle initials 'V'(erba), 'Q'(uod), and 'S'(acratissimus) with foliate infill., Theological miscellany, including Vita Sancti Edwardi confessoris; Vita Sancti Malachiae, Arnold of Bonneval's Vita Bernardi abbatis (ff. 72-89)

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate, inside upper cover, with the pencil inscription: 'XV.4.11).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Puzzle initial 'S'(emper) with foliate decoration, at the beginning of Bernard of Clairvaux's Vita Sancti Malachiae., Theological miscellany, including Vita Sancti Edwardi confessoris; Vita Sancti Malachiae, Arnold of Bonneval's Vita Bernardi abbatis (ff. 72-89)

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate, inside upper cover, with the pencil inscription: 'XV.4.11).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with