• Detail of colophon., Lectura super tertio libro Decretalium

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. s684), 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).Purchased by the British Museum

• Inscription., Lectura super tertio libro Decretalium

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. s684), 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).Purchased by the British Museum

• Detail of inscription., Lectura super tertio libro Decretalium

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. s684), 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).Purchased by the British Museum

• Coloured initial., Lectura super tertio libro Decretalium

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. s684), 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).Purchased by the British Museum

• Detail of coloured initial., Lectura super tertio libro Decretalium

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. s684), 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).Purchased by the British Museum

• Colophon at the end of the text, stating that it was copied by Peter of Hungary in 1426., Lectura super tertio libro Decretalium

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. s684), 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).Purchased by the British Museum

• Detail of decorated initial., De consolatione philosophiae, 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. 1); its bookplate, inscribed in

• 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

• Added list of the knights of the Order of the Garter., Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book')

of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Knights of the Garter London England, S. E. (probably London)

• Page from a printed book., Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book')

4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Printed page London England, S. E. (probably London)

• Added notes., Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book')

4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Added notes London England, S. E. (probably London)

• Added notes., Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book')

4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Added notes London England, S. E. (probably London)

• Page from a printed book., Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book')

1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Print London England, S. E. (probably London)

• Illuminated initial 'D'(omine)., Book of Hours (The 'Beaufort/Beauchamp Hours'), Use of Sarum

taylors' company in Bristol, and wife of Emanuel Lucar, a London city merchant (f. 32v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Illuminated initial William Abell London England, S. E. (London)

• Miniature of a guardian angel and a praying woman (possibly Margaret Beauchamp), at the beginning of a prayer to the guardian angel., Book of Hours (The 'Beaufort/Beauchamp Hours'), Use of Sarum

taylors' company in Bristol, and wife of Emanuel Lucar, a London city merchant (f. 32v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Guardian angel William Abell London England, S. E. (London)

• Text page., Book of Hours (The 'Beaufort/Beauchamp Hours'), Use of Sarum

taylors' company in Bristol, and wife of Emanuel Lucar, a London city merchant (f. 32v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text page William Abell London England, S. E. (London)

• Text of an added prayer 'Illumina occulos meos'., Book of Hours (The 'Beaufort/Beauchamp Hours'), Use of Sarum

taylors' company in Bristol, and wife of Emanuel Lucar, a London city merchant (f. 32v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text page William Abell London England, S. E. (London)

• Blank page., Book of Hours (The 'Beaufort/Beauchamp Hours'), Use of Sarum

taylors' company in Bristol, and wife of Emanuel Lucar, a London city merchant (f. 32v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Blank page William Abell London England, S. E. (London)

• Calendar page for January with three additions: 1. the obit of queen Catherine de Valois and the date of marriage of king Henry VII and Elizabeth of York; 2. the date of birth of Henry VII; and 3. the obit of king Henry VIII., Book of Hours (The 'Beaufort/Beauchamp Hours'), Use of Sarum

merchant taylors' company in Bristol, and wife of Emanuel Lucar, a London city merchant (f. 32v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. January William Abell London England, S. E. (London)

• Calendar page for February with added dates of the death of queen Elizabeth of York and of the birth of Prince Edmund, son of Henry VII., Book of Hours (The 'Beaufort/Beauchamp Hours'), Use of Sarum

merchant taylors' company in Bristol, and wife of Emanuel Lucar, a London city merchant (f. 32v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. February William Abell London England, S. E. (London)