• Detail of a historiated initial 'C' of the Dispute with the Doctors, at the beginning of Compline in the Hours of the Virgin., Leaves and bifolia from a Book of Hours, containing text for the end of Prime (f. 1); Terce (ff. 1-2); Sext (ff. 2-3v); None (ff. 4-4v); Vespers (ff. 4v-6v); and Compline (f. 6v) in the Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome

& M. A. Rouse MS 32; Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 18 May 1996, lot 20 (now in a private collection, Japan); Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 14 July 1981, lot 25 (Private Collection, Switzerland). 4 large historiated

• Detail of a historiated initial 'D' of the Presentation in the Temple, at the beginning of Vespers in the Hours of the Virgin., Leaves and bifolia from a Book of Hours, containing text for the end of Prime (f. 1); Terce (ff. 1-2); Sext (ff. 2-3v); None (ff. 4-4v); Vespers (ff. 4v-6v); and Compline (f. 6v) in the Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome

& M. A. Rouse MS 32; Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 18 May 1996, lot 20 (now in a private collection, Japan); Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 14 July 1981, lot 25 (Private Collection, Switzerland). 4 large historiated

• Detail of a historiated initial 'D' of the Adoration of the Magi, at the beginning of Sext in the Hours of the Virgin., Leaves and bifolia from a Book of Hours, containing text for the end of Prime (f. 1); Terce (ff. 1-2); Sext (ff. 2-3v); None (ff. 4-4v); Vespers (ff. 4v-6v); and Compline (f. 6v) in the Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome

& M. A. Rouse MS 32; Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 18 May 1996, lot 20 (now in a private collection, Japan); Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 14 July 1981, lot 25 (Private Collection, Switzerland). 4 large historiated

• Detail of a historiated initial 'D' of the Nativity and the Annunciation to the Shepherds, at the beginning of Terce in the Hours of the Virgin., Leaves and bifolia from a Book of Hours, containing text for the end of Prime (f. 1); Terce (ff. 1-2); Sext (ff. 2-3v); None (ff. 4-4v); Vespers (ff. 4v-6v); and Compline (f. 6v) in the Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome

& M. A. Rouse MS 32; Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 18 May 1996, lot 20 (now in a private collection, Japan); Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 14 July 1981, lot 25 (Private Collection, Switzerland). 4 large historiated

• Text page from Sext in the Hours of the Virgin with the initials 'C', 'E', and initial 'O'., Leaves and bifolia from a Book of Hours, containing text for the end of Prime (f. 1); Terce (ff. 1-2); Sext (ff. 2-3v); None (ff. 4-4v); Vespers (ff. 4v-6v); and Compline (f. 6v) in the Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome

& M. A. Rouse MS 32; Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 18 May 1996, lot 20 (now in a private collection, Japan); Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 14 July 1981, lot 25 (Private Collection, Switzerland). 4 large historiated

• Decorated initial 'C'(onverte) with acanthus leaves combined with a full foliate border, at the beginning of Compline of the Virgin., Book of Hours, for the use of Sarum, imperfect

1-6v), including: Edward, Wulstan, Milburgie (in red)(index Milburga), Cuthbert, Erkenwaldi (in red, 30 April and 14 November; London), Ethelburga (in red; Barking, London), etc.ff. 7-8v are blank leaves with later inscriptions. f. 16v is blank.Catchwords written horizontally. Leaf signatures. Including

• Historiated initial 'D' of Christ before Pilate, with extension into margins of acanthus-like foliage inhabited by drolleries and bezants with single hair-line embellishment. The loss of pigment on Pilate's face is probably the result of censorship. The text has been erased., Leaf of a Book of Hours, containing the text for the end of Matins and Prime in the Long Hours of the Cross [erased]

& M. A. Rouse MS 32; Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 18 May 1996, lot 20 (now in a private collection, Japan); Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 14 July 1981, lot 25 (Private Collection, Switzerland). 1 historiated initial

• null, De chorographia (ff. 1-23), and other works, including an account of a sea voyage (ff. 23v-25v)

(his inventory number, see Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, no. 7931): his London sale, 2 March 1789, lot 12837, bought by Burney for £1 2s.Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical

• Flyleaf with inscription of the title., Thebais (index Thebaid), with gloss, accessus, and anonymous life

perhaps as an attribution rather than a note of possession). ? Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (b. 1754 d. 1838): his sale, London, 8 May 1816, lot 3439, bought by Burney for £6 6s.Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical scholar.Acquired

• Sketch of a blood-letting man 'Awe, wie we ist mir', at the end of the of the Versus de sanitate per menses., Miscellany, with a calendar and medical texts

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. 2v).Purchased by the British Museum

• Flourished initials, at the beginning of Isaac Israelita's Liber de urinis., Liber de urinis

of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.Inscribed 'H' (f. 1) as in many other Arundel manuscripts.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the

• Decorated initial 'I'(n ye) wit a full border, at the beginning of Genesis., Wycliffite Bible, in the later version

'no...'; included in the list of book at the Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 19.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial with border London England, S. E. (London?)

• Detail of an pen-flourished initial 'I'(ou)., Wycliffite Bible, in the later version

partially erased: 'no...'; included in the list of book at the Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 19.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Pen-flourished initial London England, S. E. (London?)

• Detail of the left-hand column of the folio with two pen-flourished initials., Wycliffite Bible, in the later version

partially erased: 'no...'; included in the list of book at the Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 19.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Pen-flourished initials London England, S. E. (London?)

• Detail of a decorated initial 'I'(n) at the beginning of Esther., Wycliffite Bible, in the later version

partially erased: 'no...'; included in the list of book at the Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 19.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial London England, S. E. (London?)

• Foliate Initial 'T'(he book) with a full border, at the beginning of Matthew., Wycliffite Bible, in the later version

partially erased: 'no...'; included in the list of book at the Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 19.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Foliate initial London England, S. E. (London?)

• Historiated initial 'O' of the beheading of John the Baptist., Cuttings from a choir book

W. Y. Ottley's Collection. / F. M.'.Payne and Foss, London booksellers: their sale, 24 June 1850, lot 1088; purchased by Boone on the fourth day of the sale, 27 June.William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £4

• Historiated initial 'Q' of Lawrence reading a book and holding a palm leaf, at his feet the gridiron of his martyrdom., Cuttings from a choir book

W. Y. Ottley's Collection. / F. M.'.Payne and Foss, London booksellers: their sale, 24 June 1850, lot 1088; purchased by Boone on the fourth day of the sale, 27 June.William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £4

• Historiated initial 'S' of the Lamentation over the Dead Christ., Cutting from a choir book

W. Y. Ottley's Collection. / F. M.'.Payne and Foss, London booksellers: their sale, 24 June 1850, lot 1088; purchased by Boone on the fourth day of the sale, 27 June.William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £4

• Coloured map of the world in two hemispheres., Le premier livre de la cosmographie en rhetorique francoyse

/ de France (f. 1). It does not describe Henry as king of Ireland (a title Henry assumed in June 1541). Map of the world Jean Mallard Jean Mallard Jean Mallard Jean Mallard London England, S. E. (London), or France