• Detail of a marginal drawing of a priest celebrating Mass, with a minor cleric in attendance holding two tapers, at the moment of the elevation of the host., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Priest celebrating mass Richard Franciscus Ricardus Franciscus Master of Sir John Fastolf London England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of a miniature of the Entombment of Christ, with foliate borders, at the beginning of Compline in the Hours of the Passion., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Entombment of Christ Richard Franciscus Ricardus Franciscus Master of Sir John Fastolf London England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of a miniature of the Presentation in the Temple, decorated initial 'D'(eus) and foliate borders, at the beginning of None in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Presentation in the Temple Richard Franciscus Ricardus Franciscus Master of Sir John Fastolf London England, S. E. (London)

• Decorated initial 'D'(omino) at the beginning of a dedicatory epistle of Gilbert Foliot, bishop of London to Robert, bishop of Hereford., Commentary on the Song of Solomon

at the beginning of a dedicatory epistle of Gilbert Foliot, bishop of London to Robert, bishop of Hereford. Includes a dedicatory epistle of Gilbert Foliot, bishop of London (1163-1187) to Robert, bishop of Hereford, probably to be identified with Robert

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixi) of David pointing to his mouth with a full foliate border, at the beginning of Psalm 38., Psalter with Canticles and the Office of the Dead (The 'Princess Joan Psalter')

c. 1561), warden of the Company of Stationers of London in 1558.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. David England, S. E. England, S. E. (probably London or East Anglia)

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of the Trinity, with a full border, at the beginning of Psalm 109., Psalter with Canticles and the Office of the Dead (The 'Princess Joan Psalter')

c. 1561), warden of the Company of Stationers of London in 1558.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Trinity England, S. E. England, S. E. (probably London or East Anglia)

• Detail of a historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of the Trinity, at the beginning of Psalm 109., Psalter with Canticles and the Office of the Dead (The 'Princess Joan Psalter')

c. 1561), warden of the Company of Stationers of London in 1558.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Trinity England, S. E. England, S. E. (probably London or East Anglia)

• Detail of a historiated initial 'B'(eatus) of David playing the harp, with a full foliate border, at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter with Canticles and the Office of the Dead (The 'Princess Joan Psalter')

c. 1561), warden of the Company of Stationers of London in 1558.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. David England, S. E. England, S. E. (probably London or East Anglia)

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of David and the Fool with a full foliate border, at the beginning of Psalm 52., Psalter with Canticles and the Office of the Dead (The 'Princess Joan Psalter')

of the Company of Stationers of London in 1558.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. David and the Fool England, S. E. England, S. E. (probably London or East Anglia)

• Detail of a historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of David and the Fool with a full foliate border, at the beginning of Psalm 52., Psalter with Canticles and the Office of the Dead (The 'Princess Joan Psalter')

of the Company of Stationers of London in 1558.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. David and the Fool England, S. E. England, S. E. (probably London or East Anglia)

• Detail of a historiated initial 'S'(alvum) of David in water addressing God, at the beginning of Psalm 68., Psalter with Canticles and the Office of the Dead (The 'Princess Joan Psalter')

c. 1561), warden of the Company of Stationers of London in 1558.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. David England, S. E. England, S. E. (probably London or East Anglia)

• Historiated initial 'S'(alvum) of David in water addressing God, at the beginning of Psalm 68., Psalter with Canticles and the Office of the Dead (The 'Princess Joan Psalter')

c. 1561), warden of the Company of Stationers of London in 1558.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. David England, S. E. England, S. E. (probably London or East Anglia)

• Detail of a historiated initial 'D'(ilexi) of clerics singing a requiem over a coffin, at the beginning of Psalm 114., Psalter with Canticles and the Office of the Dead (The 'Princess Joan Psalter')

of the Company of Stationers of London in 1558.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Office of the Dead England, S. E. England, S. E. (probably London or East Anglia)

• Historiated initial 'D'(ilexi) of clerics singing a requiem over a coffin, at the beginning of Psalm 114., Psalter with Canticles and the Office of the Dead (The 'Princess Joan Psalter')

of the Company of Stationers of London in 1558.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Office of the Dead England, S. E. England, S. E. (probably London or East Anglia)

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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

• Historiated initial 'D'(ominica) of God the Father gold combined with a full foliate bar border at the beginning of the Temporal., Breviary, Use of Sarum (volume 1)

fraction of their contemporary 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. God the Father Herman Scheerre London England, S. E. (probably London)

• Illuminated initial 'S'(uper), in a 15th-century copy of Psalm 135: 1-136:5., Leaf of a noted liturgical Psalter, with Psalm 135: 1-136:5 (verso); 136:5-137 (recto)

collected by him.Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Illuminated initial London England, S. E. (London?)

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'S'(uper), in a 15th-century copy of Psalm 136:1., Leaf of a noted liturgical Psalter, with Psalm 135: 1-136:5 (verso); 136:5-137 (recto)

fragments collected by him.Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Detail London England, S. E. (London?)

• Drawings of coats of arms of knights of the Order of the Garter at the time of Henry V, founder of the order., Armorial of members of the Order of the Garter

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. Heraldry Peter Bale (see ~Catalogue~ 1808) Peter Bale William Dethick London England, ?S. E. (?London)

• Detail of a historiated initial 'D'(ominus) of king David pointing to his eyes at Psalm 26: 'Dominus illuminatio mea' / 'The Lord is my light', and a full border with acanthus motifs and sprays., 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