• Decorated initial 'M'(an), at the beginning of the prologue and the 'recht puch das die pebst und keyser gemacht haben'., Collection of laws of the German Empire (in five parts)

the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in

• Puzzle initial 'P'(ost) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of book 1 of Guillelmus Gemmeticensis's Gesta Normannorum ducum., Gesta Normannorum ducum

the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in

• Historiated initial 'D'(er) with a king and princes, at the beginning of 'das puch der recht über die lehen'., Collection of laws of the German Empire (in five parts)

the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in

• Inscription of the Carthusians of Mainz, in the lower margin., Dialogus rationis, and other theological tracts

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIII.2.21’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Decorated initial., Collection of laws of the German Empire (in five parts)

the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in

• Text page, with a space left for an initial., Collection of laws of the German Empire (in five parts)

the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in

• Text page., Collection of laws of the German Empire (in five parts)

the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in

• Historiated initial 'Z'(w) with emperor and seven electors, at the beginning of the prologue and the 'recht puch das die pebst und keyser gemacht haben'., Collection of laws of the German Empire (in five parts)

the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in

• Historiated initial 'D'(er) with a king and princes, and partial foliate border, at the beginning of 'das puch der recht über die lehen'., Collection of laws of the German Empire (in five parts)

the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in

• Historiated initial 'W'(ir) with the emperor Ludwig, and partial foliate border, at the beginning of 'das recht puch das kayser ludweig gemacht hat'., Collection of laws of the German Empire (in five parts)

the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) of David praying, with a full border, at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter with canticles, imperfect

red and blue. The figure of God perhaps deliberately erased (f. 113). Psalter with canticles, imperfect The calendar perhaps of London origin: includes two feasts of Erkenwald in red (30 April, f. 3v and 14 November, f. 7).Added prayer in

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(ixi) of David and Goliath, at the beginning of Psalm 38., Psalter with canticles, imperfect

red and blue. The figure of God perhaps deliberately erased (f. 113). Psalter with canticles, imperfect The calendar perhaps of London origin: includes two feasts of Erkenwald in red (30 April, f. 3v and 14 November, f. 7).Added prayer in

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of the Anointing of David by Samuel, with a full bar border, at the beginning of Psalm 52., Psalter with canticles, imperfect

red and blue. The figure of God perhaps deliberately erased (f. 113). Psalter with canticles, imperfect The calendar perhaps of London origin: includes two feasts of Erkenwald in red (30 April, f. 3v and 14 November, f. 7).Added prayer in

• Historiated initial 'S'(alvum) of the Triumph of Saul and David, with a full bar border, at the beginning of Psalm 68., Psalter with canticles, imperfect

red and blue. The figure of God perhaps deliberately erased (f. 113). Psalter with canticles, imperfect The calendar perhaps of London origin: includes two feasts of Erkenwald in red (30 April, f. 3v and 14 November, f. 7).Added prayer in

• Detail of a historiated initial 'S'(alvum) of the Triumph of Saul and David, at the beginning of Psalm 68., Psalter with canticles, imperfect

red and blue. The figure of God perhaps deliberately erased (f. 113). Psalter with canticles, imperfect The calendar perhaps of London origin: includes two feasts of Erkenwald in red (30 April, f. 3v and 14 November, f. 7).Added prayer in

• Detail of an historiated initial 'C'(antate) of David kneeling with a harp, and trumpeters before an ark, at the beginning of Psalm 97., Psalter with canticles, imperfect

red and blue. The figure of God perhaps deliberately erased (f. 113). Psalter with canticles, imperfect The calendar perhaps of London origin: includes two feasts of Erkenwald in red (30 April, f. 3v and 14 November, f. 7).Added prayer in

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of the Trinity, with the figure of God deliberately erased, at the beginning of Psalm 109., Psalter with canticles, imperfect

red and blue. The figure of God perhaps deliberately erased (f. 113). Psalter with canticles, imperfect The calendar perhaps of London origin: includes two feasts of Erkenwald in red (30 April, f. 3v and 14 November, f. 7).Added prayer in

• Musical notation., Gradual, of Carthusian use, imperfect, including Temporale and Sanctorale

Farnborough Fund (£3,000 bequeathed in 1838 by Charles Long, Baron Farnborough (b. 1761, d. 1838), a cousin of Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829), founder of the collection. Musical notation London England, S. E. (London)

• Headpiece with geometric decoration and initial 'T' with foliate decoration., Miscellany of devotional texts, including Gerasimus's On Communion (ff. 1v-24v) and Riddles (ff. 33-34), and a hymn in memory of St Ambrose of Milan (ff. 61v-62)

also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated headpiece and initial Gennadios of Cyprus, hierodeacon Gennadios of Cyprus Gerasimus (index Gerasimos) Patriarch of Alexandria London England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of an historiated initial 'B'(eatus) of David praying with a full border, at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter with canticles, imperfect

red and blue. The figure of God perhaps deliberately erased (f. 113). Psalter with canticles, imperfect The calendar perhaps of London origin: includes two feasts of Erkenwald in red (30 April, f. 3v and 14 November, f. 7).Added prayer in