• Detail of decorated initial., Panormia

Augustinian priory of St Mary, Newburgh, Yorkshire (second half of the 13th century (?)inscription: 'Liber Sancte Marie de Novoburgo', f. 1, upper margin).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of Surrey, and 1st earl

• Detail of coloured initial and inscription., Panormia

Augustinian priory of St Mary, Newburgh, Yorkshire (second half of the 13th century (?)inscription: 'Liber Sancte Marie de Novoburgo', f. 1, upper margin).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of Surrey, and 1st earl

• Decorated initial 'E'(t)., The Historia Aseneth (ff. 53-64v) and Testamenta xii. Patriarcharum filiorum Jacob (ff. 65-96v)

inscription (f. 96v). Thomas Fry: 15th-century inscription 'Liber Thome ffry' (f. 1). Inscription 'Roger Gourton(?) (f. 74v).Christopher Towneley (b. 1604, d. 1674), antiquary: inscription 'Chr' Towneley' ( f. 1). Richard Towneley, in 1702: his book-plate with the date (f. 2v);

• Virgin and Child framed in a rosary, with the grantee, his wife and two children kneeling below, and his shield of arms., Grant of nobililty from Philip II to Andres Gomez Marocho, of Xeres de la Frontera

armorial book-plate (inside upper cover [f. 1]).Bought by the British Museum from Chas Lowe, 9 March 1894 (note on f. 1), using the Farnborough Fund (£3,000 bequeathed in 1838 by Charles Long, Baron Farnborough (b. 1761, d. 1838), a cousin

• Illuminated initial 'H'(enry) and three-sided foliate border, at the beginning of the statutes of the reign of Henry IV, Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from 1 Edward III to 31 Henry VI

red or blue. Probably by more than one artist. Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from 1 Edward III to 31 Henry VI George Holmes: inscribed 'GH' in pale brown ink and 'Geo. Holmes.' in red

• White vine initial 'C'(um), at the beginning of Frontinus's Strategemata., Strategemata (index Strategematica)

White vine initial 'C'(um), at the beginning of Frontinus's Strategemata. 1 large white vine initial, in colours and gold, extending into a partial border (f. 1). Small initials in plain red. Strategemata (index Strategematica) Written in 1461: with the scribal

• Detail of illuminated initial., Strategemata (index Strategematica)

Detail of illuminated initial. 1 large white vine initial, in colours and gold, extending into a partial border (f. 1). Small initials in plain red. Strategemata (index Strategematica) Written in 1461: with the scribal colophon, 'M^o^cccc 6i die xiij Februarij

• Decorated initials., Medical miscellany (ends imperfectly), including Hippocrates' Prognostica

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 pencil inscription: ‘XII.6.20’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of

• Detail of decorated initial., Sermons and excerpts

highlighted with red. Guide letters. Sermons and excerpts The Carthusians of Mainz: inscribed' . . . ad carth[usiensium] prope', f. 1; 'Iste liber e(st) Carthusien(sium) p(ro)pe Mogunciam (f. 105v).Inscribed 'Z2341 (f. 116v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl

• White vine initial 'P'(ost haec) in colours and gold., De legibus

in colours and gold. ff. 1 and [166] are former pastedowns.Catchwords written horizontally. Leaf signatures.The translation was made between 1450-1451. White vine initial combined with a partial border including heraldic arms (f. 2). White vine initials in colours and gold

• Detail of a white vine initial 'P'(ost haec) in colours and gold., De legibus

'P'(ost haec) in colours and gold. ff. 1 and [166] are former pastedowns.Catchwords written horizontally. Leaf signatures.The translation was made between 1450-1451. White vine initial combined with a partial border including heraldic arms (f. 2). White vine initials in colours

• Miniature of the Evangelist John, perhaps with Prochoros, and in the upper margin, and added cock and a donkey, with the inscription "The Holy J(oh)n the Theologian"., Four Gospels

Miniature of the Evangelist John, perhaps with Prochoros, and in the upper margin, and added cock and a donkey, with the inscription "The Holy J(oh)n the Theologian". The conclusions of each section of text are written in geometric shapes.Part

• Text pages with marginal commentary and illuminated initial 'S'(ic), at the beginning of Book VI: 'Sic factur lacrimans, classique immittit habenas'., Aeneis (index Aeneid) , with a verse preface (ff. 1-201); Extract from Servius on Aeneis 6 (f. 202)

to 97). 18 large initials in gold on red and blue grounds with red, blue, and brown penwork decoration (ff. 1, 1v, 2, 16, 16v, 32v, 47, 47v, 61v, 79, 79v, 97v, 114, 114v, 129, 145v, 164, 182v). Aeneis (index

• Five pen-flourished initials: 'L'(ydia), 'V'(ides), 'M'(ercuri),'T'(u), and 'Q'(uem) at the beginning of Horace's ~Odes~, Book I, verses 8-12., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 1-4v); Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 4v-14v0; Aeneis (index Aeneid) with verse preface (ff. 15-61); various works by Lucan (ff. 61v-101); Statius Thebaid (ff. 101-120v); Horace (ff. 121-155v); Persius (ff. 156-159); Juvenal (ff. 159-159v); and Ovid (ff. 160-173)

in brown, yellow and red.Numerous blank spaces intended for miniatures. 1 miniature in colours of a man pruning vines (f. 7). 5 drawings in brown ink of agricultural tasks (ff. 1, 4v, 9v, 12, 15, the last, added). Initials in

• Pen-flourished initial 'P'(hoebus) at the beginning of Horace's ~Odes~, Book IV, verse 15 and a blank space for an 'I'(bis) at the opening line of the Epodes., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 1-4v); Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 4v-14v0; Aeneis (index Aeneid) with verse preface (ff. 15-61); various works by Lucan (ff. 61v-101); Statius Thebaid (ff. 101-120v); Horace (ff. 121-155v); Persius (ff. 156-159); Juvenal (ff. 159-159v); and Ovid (ff. 160-173)

in brown, yellow and red.Numerous blank spaces intended for miniatures. 1 miniature in colours of a man pruning vines (f. 7). 5 drawings in brown ink of agricultural tasks (ff. 1, 4v, 9v, 12, 15, the last, added). Initials in

• Historiated initial 'Q'(uoniam) with a portrait of Bartholomaeus de S. Concordio and an illuminated initial 'A'(bbas)., Summa Pisana with an index (ff. 222v-226v) (index Summa de casibus conscientiae, Summa Pisanella)

same text. Partial border in colours and gold with a large historiated initial (f. 1). 19 illuminated initials in colours and gold with besants (ff. 1, 10v, 17v, 36, 48, 70v, 75v, 76, 83v, 109v, 116, 128v, 131v, 143, 162v,

• Decorated initial 'S'(epe), pen-flourished initial 'h'(ec), and a coat of arms of a white unicorn on a blue shield., Tractatus maleficiorum (a treatise on criminal law)

the manuscript has an Italian colophon. 1 very large initial in green on a red ground, 1 initial in red with green pen-flourishing, and a coat of arms in the lower margin (f. 1). Plain initials in red. Paraphs in

• White vine initial 'P'(roficiscenti)., Apologeticus and various sermons

1427), Harley 3110, and Harley 2461 (in 1416/17) (see de la Mare 1985)Horizontal catchwords.Marginal commentary. 1 large white vine initial in colours and gold (f. 1). 6 plain initials In blue (f. 2, 27, 48, 50, 57v, 66v) . Rubrics,

• Diagrams in brown ink in the main text., Commentary on Cicero's De somno Scipionis

53v, 70) and in the margins (ff. 12v, 28v, 37v, 42v, 43, 52v). 1 large initial in blue with a reserved design and red pen-flourishing (f. 1). Initials wanting (ff. 6v, 43v, 46v). Pointing hands, human faces and animal heads

• Decorated initials 'L' and 'E'., Carta executoria de Hidalguia (begins imperfectly)

Decorated initials 'L' and 'E'. 1 miniature at the beginning missing (piece of red protective silk after f. 1).1 large historiated initial, in colours and gold (f. 60). Large decorated initials in gold on coloured grounds (ff. 7v, 15,