• Puzzle initial 'D'(e sophisticis) and flourished heading, at the beginning of Boethius's translation of De sophisticis elenchis., Translations of Aristotle, etc., and others, some with glosses

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 2; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIII.1.17’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Puzzle initial 'F'(orma), at the beginning of Gilbertus Porretanus's Liber de sex principiis., Translations of Aristotle, etc., and others, some with glosses

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 2; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIII.1.17’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Puzzle initial 'D'(e sophisticis) and flourished heading, at the beginning of Boethius's translation of De sophisticis elenchis., Translations of Aristotle, etc., and others, some with glosses

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 2; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIII.1.17’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Marginal drawing of a house referring to the house for converted Jews in London., Historia Anglorum, Chronica majora, Part III; Continuation of Chronica maiora

to the house for converted Jews in London. Includes two autograph copies of works of Matthew Paris: the only complete copy of the Historia Anglorum, a history of England covering the years 1070-1253 (ff. 10-156v), probably written in the period

• Marginal drawing of a house referring to the house for converted Jews in London., Historia Anglorum, Chronica majora, Part III; Continuation of Chronica maiora

to the house for converted Jews in London. Includes two autograph copies of works of Matthew Paris: the only complete copy of the Historia Anglorum, a history of England covering the years 1070-1253 (ff. 10-156v), probably written in the period

• Detail of a map of Britain, showing the city of London., Historia Anglorum, Chronica majora, Part III; Continuation of Chronica maiora

Britain, showing the city of London. Includes two autograph copies of works of Matthew Paris: the only complete copy of the Historia Anglorum, a history of England covering the years 1070-1253 (ff. 10-156v), probably written in the period between 1250-1255,

• Section of an illustrated itinerary to Jerusalem, from London to Beauvais., Historia Anglorum, Chronica majora, Part III; Continuation of Chronica maiora

itinerary to Jerusalem, from London to Beauvais. Includes two autograph copies of works of Matthew Paris: the only complete copy of the Historia Anglorum, a history of England covering the years 1070-1253 (ff. 10-156v), probably written in the period between

• Detail of a marginal drawing of Roger Nigel, bishop of London, consecrating Edmund of Abington as archbishop of Canterbury, inscribed with their names above., Historia Anglorum, Chronica majora, Part III; Continuation of Chronica maiora

of Roger Nigel, bishop of London, consecrating Edmund of Abington as archbishop of Canterbury, inscribed with their names above. Includes two autograph copies of works of Matthew Paris: the only complete copy of the Historia Anglorum, a history of England

• Section of an illustrated itinerary to Jerusalem, showing the journey from London to Apulia., Historia Anglorum, Chronica majora, Part III; Continuation of Chronica maiora

to Jerusalem, showing the journey from London to Apulia. Includes two autograph copies of works of Matthew Paris: the only complete copy of the Historia Anglorum, a history of England covering the years 1070-1253 (ff. 10-156v), probably written in the

• Detail from the lower margin with diagram illustrating mathematical principles., Philosophical works and fragments, including Pars quarta compendii studii theologie, with works on mathematics, geography, and astrology (index Compendium studii theologiae)

his collection, no. 774 (see ~The Lumley Library: The Catalogue of 1609~, ed. by Sears Jayne and Francis R. Johnson (London: British Museum, 1956).John Prideaux (b. 1578, d. 1650), bishop of Worcester from 1641 to 1650, regius professor of divinity

• Text page in Jeremiah., Bible, in the early Wycliffite version; Proverbs to Maccabees

on 1 February, 1837 from Straker by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829): inscription (f. [ii]). . Text page London England, S. (London)

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'T'(he) with an animal head, at the beginning of Hosea., Bible, in the early Wycliffite version; Proverbs to Maccabees

on 1 February, 1837 from Straker by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829): inscription (f. [ii]). . Illuminated initial London England, S. (London)

• Illuminated initial 'T'(he) and full border with foliate decoration and hybrid creature, at the beginning of Hosea., Bible, in the early Wycliffite version; Proverbs to Maccabees

on 1 February, 1837 from Straker by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829): inscription (f. [ii]). . Illuminated initial London England, S. (London)

• Illuminated initials in Hosea., Bible, in the early Wycliffite version; Proverbs to Maccabees

on 1 February, 1837 from Straker by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829): inscription (f. [ii]). . Illuminated initials London England, S. (London)

• Illuminated initial 'I'(n) and full border with hybrid creature at the beginning of Zechariah., Bible, in the early Wycliffite version; Proverbs to Maccabees

on 1 February, 1837 from Straker by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829): inscription (f. [ii]). . Illuminated initial London England, S. (London)

• Detail of illuminated initial 'A'(ud) in 1 Maccabees., Bible, in the early Wycliffite version; Proverbs to Maccabees

Notes).Bought on 1 February, 1837 from Straker by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829): inscription (f. [ii]). . Detail London England, S. (London)

• Illuminated initial 'F'(or) in Luke., Bible, in the early Wycliffite version: New Testament, with lessons (ff. 160-177)

'No.22' (f. [i] verso).Bought on 1 February, 1837 from Straker by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829). Illuminated initial London England, S. (London)

• Detail of illuminated initial 'I'(n) at the beginning of John., Bible, in the early Wycliffite version: New Testament, with lessons (ff. 160-177)

inscribed 'No.22' (f. [i] verso).Bought on 1 February, 1837 from Straker by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829). Detail London England, S. (London)

• Illuminated initial 'F'(or) and full border with a mask in the lower margin, at the beginning of Acts., Bible, in the early Wycliffite version: New Testament, with lessons (ff. 160-177)

'No.22' (f. [i] verso).Bought on 1 February, 1837 from Straker by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829). Illuminated initial London England, S. (London)

• Text page with stitching., Homiliae X ad monachos, sermons and theological treatises

The same collection occurs in London, Lambeth Palace ms. 353 and Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Bodley 392.Homiliae X ad monachos is a group common in English manuscripts, comprising seven genuine sermons of Caesarius, a letter of Caesarius, a Eusebian sermon,