• null, Ab Urbe Condita, the first decade only

1400. Les arts sous Charles VI~ (Paris: Fayard, 2004), nos 74-75.Count Justin de MacCarthy-Reagh (b. 1744, d. 1811): his sale, London, 18 May 1789, lot 1639.William Petty (~formerly~ Fitzmaurice) (b. 1737, d. 1805), 2nd earl of Shelburne and 1st marquess

• null, Ab Urbe Condita, the first decade only

1400. Les arts sous Charles VI~ (Paris: Fayard, 2004), nos 74-75.Count Justin de MacCarthy-Reagh (b. 1744, d. 1811): his sale, London, 18 May 1789, lot 1639.William Petty (~formerly~ Fitzmaurice) (b. 1737, d. 1805), 2nd earl of Shelburne and 1st marquess

• Miniature of the Visitation, at the beginning of Lauds in the Hours of the Virgin., Single leaf of a Book of Hours

68) and a double flageolet (f. 101) (see Augustus Hughes-Hughes, ~Catalogue of Manuscript Music in the British Museum~, 3 vols (London: British Museum, 1906-1965), III, pp. 361-62). 1 large miniature of the Visitation, accompanied by a large decorated initial and

• Flourished initials 'A' and 'P', with a pecia note in the left margin: 'Finit lxxv pe.'., Commentary on the Decretals of Gregory IX

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. 1; its book-plate with the

• null, Les Chroniques d'Angleterre (3 vols)

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.', vol. I: f. 1; vol. II:

• Detail of miniature of Lydgate and pilgrims on the road to Canterbury, at the beginning of the prologue of the Siege of Thebes., Troy Book, Siege of Thebes, Testament and The reignes of the kyngis of England; A Treatise between Information and Truth; On the Death of the Earl of Northumberland; Le assemble de dyeus; Descent of the Lords Percy

in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 12.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Pilgrims John Lydgate, William Cornish, John Skelton, William Peeris London England, S. E. (London)

• Historiated initial 'C'(um) in colours and gold and the beginning of the book of Aristotle., Ethica (index Ethics)

Albinia de la Mare article in A.S. Osley, ~Calligraphy and Palaeography. Essays presented to Alfred Fairbank on his 70th birthday~ (London: Faber and Faber, 1965), pp. 55-68, and, on Dávalos, p. 62 n. 34).The Master of the 'Vitae Imperatorum' was

• Historiated initial 'I'(gitur) in colours and gold and the beginning of the book of Aristotle., Ethica (index Ethics)

Albinia de la Mare article in A.S. Osley, ~Calligraphy and Palaeography. Essays presented to Alfred Fairbank on his 70th birthday~ (London: Faber and Faber, 1965), pp. 55-68, and, on Dávalos, p. 62 n. 34).The Master of the 'Vitae Imperatorum' was

• Evangelist portrait of Luke, with his symbol, the ox, above., Four Gospels (the 'Golden Gospels', 'Harley Golden Gospels'; 'Codex Aureus'), with canon tables (ff. 6v-12), and capitulary (ff. 199-208v)

Harley for 1100 guilders (see C. E. Wright and Ruth C. Wright, ~The Diary of Humfrey Wanley 1715-1726~, 2 vols (London: Bibliographical Society, 1976), I, 38 n. 5).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl

• Historiated initial at the incipit to Luke, 'Quoniam Quidem,' depicting an angel appearing to Zachary., Four Gospels (the 'Golden Gospels', 'Harley Golden Gospels'; 'Codex Aureus'), with canon tables (ff. 6v-12), and capitulary (ff. 199-208v)

Harley for 1100 guilders (see C. E. Wright and Ruth C. Wright, ~The Diary of Humfrey Wanley 1715-1726~, 2 vols (London: Bibliographical Society, 1976), I, 38 n. 5).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl

• Miniature of Adam and Eve in Paradise, at the beginning of Paulus Orosius's Histoire Ancienne., Histoire Ancienne jusqu'a César, Le Fet des Romains

in gold and blue. Histoire Ancienne jusqu'a César, Le Fet des Romains Bought by the British Museum from Thomas Thorpe, London bookseller, 13th July 184 (note on 1st flyleaf verso), using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis

• Detail of puzzle initial., Glossed Digestum Novum, preceeded by an added table of contents (ff. 1-2v)

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. 1; its book-plate with the

• Detail of decorated initial., Glossed Digestum Novum, preceeded by an added table of contents (ff. 1-2v)

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. 1; its book-plate with the

• Historiated initial 'O'(mnis) with a portrait of Aristotle or Leonardo Bruno (Aretino) wearing spectacles, and, in the lower margin, the arms and initials of Iñigo Dávalos., Ethica (index Ethics)

Albinia de la Mare article in A.S. Osley, ~Calligraphy and Palaeography. Essays presented to Alfred Fairbank on his 70th birthday~ (London: Faber and Faber, 1965), pp. 55-68, and, on Dávalos, p. 62 n. 34).The Master of the 'Vitae Imperatorum' was

• Flourished display script 'Ulpianus' and initial 'R'(es), in Justinian's Digestum Novum., Glossed Digestum Novum, preceeded by an added table of contents (ff. 1-2v)

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. 1; its book-plate with the

• Battle scene and illuminated initial 'L'(e), at the beginning of 'Cest la bataille faite a la blanche tache', in Jean Froissart's Chroniques d'Angleterre., Les Chroniques d'Angleterre (3 vols)

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.', vol. I: f. 1; vol. II:

• Battle scene, at the beginning of 'Comment le captal de beuth fut pris a la bataille de subize...', in Jean Froissart's Chroniques d'Angleterre., Les Chroniques d'Angleterre (3 vols)

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.', vol. I: f. 1; vol. II:

• Battle scene and illuminated initial 'L'(e), at the beginning of 'Cest la bataille faite a la blanche tache', in Jean Froissart's Chroniques d'Angleterre., Les Chroniques d'Angleterre (3 vols)

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.', vol. I: f. 1; vol. II:

• Battle scene, at the beginning of 'Comment le captal de beuth fut pris a la bataille de subize...', in Jean Froissart's Chroniques d'Angleterre., Les Chroniques d'Angleterre (3 vols)

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.', vol. I: f. 1; vol. II:

• Detail of a nativity horoscope of Henry VI, 1421., Astronomical/astrological compendium, including a nativity horoscope for Henry VI (the 'Codex Holbrookensis')

National Biography~ (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004) [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/12020, accessed 10 Feb 2006]. Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller.Purchased from Rodd in 1841 with other manuscripts from Halliwell-Phillipps's collection by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund