• Initials 'L'(iber) and 'D'(eus) with penwork decoration, at the beginning of book 4 of Richard of St-Victor's In apocalypsim., In apocalypsim

in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its pencil inscription: 'XIII:7.1', f. [iii] verso).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549

• Decorated initial 'E'(go), at the beginning of Cicero's Epistolae ad familiares., Epistolae ad familiares

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 2; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XV.6.16’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Illuminated unfinished initials 'C'(orduba), 'B'(ella), and 'Q(uris), at the beginning of Lucanus's Pharsalia; interlinear and marginal glosses added by Johann Pirckheimer., Pharsalia

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 3; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XV.6.16’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Puzzle initial 'V'(estra) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Pseudo-Boethius's De disciplina scholarium., De disciplina scholarium, 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: ‘XV.6.23’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Decorated Initials 'L'(iber) and 'D'(eus) with penwork decoration, at the beginning of book 4 of Richard of St-Victor's In apocalypsim., In apocalypsim

in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its pencil inscription: 'XIII:7.1', f. [iii] verso).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549

• Decorated initial., In apocalypsim

in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its pencil inscription: 'XIII:7.1', f. [iii] verso).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549

• Decorated initial., In apocalypsim

in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its pencil inscription: 'XIII:7.1', f. [iii] verso).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549

• Decorated initials., In apocalypsim

in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its pencil inscription: 'XIII:7.1', f. [iii] verso).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549

• Decorated initial., In apocalypsim

in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its pencil inscription: 'XIII:7.1', f. [iii] verso).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549

• Flourished initial 'A'(t), at the beginning of Book 4 of Lucanus's Pharsalia., Pharsalia

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 3; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XV.6.16’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Diagram., Pharsalia

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 3; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XV.6.16’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Marginal diagram., Pharsalia

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 3; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XV.6.16’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Detail of decorated initials., Pharsalia

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 3; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XV.6.16’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Detail of decorated initial., Historical works, including Aelred's Genealogia regum Anglorum (ff. 133-146)

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. 2); its shelfmark, pencil inscription

• Initial with reserved designs,, Scala paradisi, etc.

deputatus ad usum monachorum sancti Georgij maioris de Venetijs numero 190' (f. 1).Bought by the British Museum from Thomas Thorpe, London bookseller, 13 July 1841 (note on 2nd flyleaf), using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry

• White vine initial 'N'(on) and border. Added 17th-century ownership inscription by Antoninus Martius Medice in the lower margin., Various works including De nobilitate vera (ff. 2-29), a letter of Carlo Aretino to Poggio (ff. 33-35), etc.

Martius Medices, 17th century: inscribed with his name (f. 2).James Woodman (d. 1728), London bookseller and Charles Davis (bap. 1693, d. 1755), bookseller, an apprentice to the London bookseller Nathaniel Noel: acquired from Woodman via Davis by Edward Harley on

• Detail of historiated initial of a bishop., Summa de casibus poenitentiae, imperfect

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. 3); its book-plate with the

• Detail of decorated initial., Summa de casibus poenitentiae, imperfect

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. 3); its book-plate with the

• Detail of coloured initial., Summa de casibus poenitentiae, imperfect

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. 3); its book-plate with the

• Detail of colophon., Summa de casibus poenitentiae, imperfect

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. 3); its book-plate with the