• Decorated initial., In apocalypsim

in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its pencil inscription: 'XIII:7.1', f. [iii] verso).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549

• Decorated initials., In apocalypsim

in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its pencil inscription: 'XIII:7.1', f. [iii] verso).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549

• Decorated initial., In apocalypsim

in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its pencil inscription: 'XIII:7.1', f. [iii] verso).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549

• Flourished initial 'A'(t), at the beginning of Book 4 of Lucanus's Pharsalia., Pharsalia

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 3; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XV.6.16’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Diagram., Pharsalia

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 3; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XV.6.16’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Marginal diagram., Pharsalia

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 3; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XV.6.16’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Detail of decorated initials., Pharsalia

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 3; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XV.6.16’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Decorated initial 'A'(d), at the beginning of Johannes de Garlandia's Compendium metricum de synonimis., Compendium metricum de synonimis

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

• Detail of decorated initial., Historical works, including Aelred's Genealogia regum Anglorum (ff. 133-146)

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. 2); its shelfmark, pencil inscription

• 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

• White vine initial 'N'(on) and border. Added 17th-century ownership inscription by Antoninus Martius Medice in the lower margin., Various works including De nobilitate vera (ff. 2-29), a letter of Carlo Aretino to Poggio (ff. 33-35), etc.

Martius Medices, 17th century: inscribed with his name (f. 2).James Woodman (d. 1728), London bookseller and Charles Davis (bap. 1693, d. 1755), bookseller, an apprentice to the London bookseller Nathaniel Noel: acquired from Woodman via Davis by Edward Harley on

• Detail of historiated initial of a bishop., Summa de casibus poenitentiae, 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. 3); its book-plate with the

• Detail of decorated initial., Summa de casibus poenitentiae, 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. 3); its book-plate with the

• Detail of coloured initial., Summa de casibus poenitentiae, 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. 3); its book-plate with the

• Detail of colophon., Summa de casibus poenitentiae, 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. 3); its book-plate with the

• Decorated initial 'P'(ost), with the book number in the upper margin. Citations of the Gospel are marked with their first letters in red (contrasting with green for sections of the commentary) and a diplet in the margin by each line., In Lucam

Mainwaring of Over Peover, Philip's grandfather.Sir Henry Mainwaring (b. 1726, d. 1797), 4th baronet.: his book-plate (inside upper cover).Joseph Lilly, London bookseller: purchased by the British Museum at the Lilly sale, 27 January 1873, lot 1375 for £14 using the

• Historiated initial 'C'(um) depicting a layman in profile (Priscian?) holding a book, at the beginning of Priscian's Grammatica maior., Grammatica maior

his inventory number, see Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, no. 7945: his London sale, 2 March 1789, lot 12851, bought by Edwards for £1 2s.James Edwards (b. 1756, d. 1816), book collector

• Initial 'D' with pen-flourishing, in Priscian's Grammatica maior., Grammatica maior

his inventory number, see Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, no. 7945: his London sale, 2 March 1789, lot 12851, bought by Edwards for £1 2s.James Edwards (b. 1756, d. 1816), book collector

• Illuminated initials, in Sedulius's Carmen paschale., Carmen paschale, and related material, including the Epistola ad Macedonium, and Hymnus I, and a list of contents

Britain: A List of Surviving Books~, ed. by N. R. Ker, 2nd edn, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 3 (London: Royal Historical Society, 1964), p. 188). William Forrest, according to Ker, the vicar of Bledlow, near Thame, in 1556

• Detail of historiated initial., Grammatica maior

his inventory number, see Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, no. 7945: his London sale, 2 March 1789, lot 12851, bought by Edwards for £1 2s.James Edwards (b. 1756, d. 1816), book collector