• Detail of puzzle 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

• Detail of historiated initial., Miscellany, including Liber Hermetis de alchimia (ff. 155-157); Liber triginta verborum (ff. 164-166); De duodecim aquis (ff. 166v-167v); and De naturis colorum iuxta Aristotelem 70 preceptorum (ff. 185v-186).

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. 5, pencil inscription: 'XIV 7-16',

• Drawing of a winged figure, drawing a bow, surrounded by fiends., Voyage d'outre mer in English translation; Sir Gowghter; Saint Patrick's Purgatory; Vision of Tondal (imperfect)

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6643;Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Text page., Voyage d'outre mer in English translation; Sir Gowghter; Saint Patrick's Purgatory; Vision of Tondal (imperfect)

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6643;Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Drawing of Patrick as a bishop surrounded by souls in Purgatory, preceding the Saint Patrick's Purgatory., Voyage d'outre mer in English translation; Sir Gowghter; Saint Patrick's Purgatory; Vision of Tondal (imperfect)

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6643;Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• null, Voyage d'outre mer in English translation; Sir Gowghter; Saint Patrick's Purgatory; Vision of Tondal (imperfect)

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6643;Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Coloured drawings, of Lot's wife, the Ark, and Egyptian soldiers being drowned in the Red Sea., Summary of the Liber Concordiae Novi ac Veteris Testamenti (Harmony of the Old and New Testaments), imperfect

a genealogy of Abraham added (f. 74).Bought by the British Museum from Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller, 9 March 1848 (note on 4th flyleaf), using the Farnborough Fund (£3,000 bequeathed in 1838 by Charles Long,

• Drawing of a dragon, with seven heads in its tail. In Joachim's thought, the seven heads correspond to Herod, Nero, Constantinus, Mohometh, Melsemothus, Saladin, the Antichrist, with Gog, the last Antichrist., Summary of the Liber Concordiae Novi ac Veteris Testamenti (Harmony of the Old and New Testaments), imperfect

a genealogy of Abraham added (f. 74).Bought by the British Museum from Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller, 9 March 1848 (note on 4th flyleaf), using the Farnborough Fund (£3,000 bequeathed in 1838 by Charles Long,

• Drawing of Adam and of sacrifices., Summary of the Liber Concordiae Novi ac Veteris Testamenti (Harmony of the Old and New Testaments), imperfect

a genealogy of Abraham added (f. 74).Bought by the British Museum from Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller, 9 March 1848 (note on 4th flyleaf), using the Farnborough Fund (£3,000 bequeathed in 1838 by Charles Long,

• Drawings, including of king Saul, the priest Eli, who falls dead after being told that his two sons had been killed and the ark of God taken by the Philistines (1 Samuel 4:17-18); and the destruction of the city of Jerusalem., Summary of the Liber Concordiae Novi ac Veteris Testamenti (Harmony of the Old and New Testaments), imperfect

a genealogy of Abraham added (f. 74).Bought by the British Museum from Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller, 9 March 1848 (note on 4th flyleaf), using the Farnborough Fund (£3,000 bequeathed in 1838 by Charles Long,

• Decorated initial 'I'(ff), at the beginning of the prologue to the life of Anne in Osbern Bokenham's Lives of the Saints., Lives of female Saints in verse

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

• Decorated initial 'I'(ff), at the beginning of the prologue to the life of Anne in Osbern Bokenham's Lives of the Saints., Lives of female Saints in verse

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

• Coloured initial and musical notations on 4-line staves., Life of Thomas Becket (index Vie de Thomas Becket), in Anglo-Norman verse, followed by an Anglo-Norman crusade noted song ‘S’onques nus hom pour dure’ (ff. 14-14v); Anglo-Norman romance Guy of Warwick (index Gui de Warewic) (ff. 15-26)

14th century (ff. 15-26v);Life of Saint Robert of Knaresborough, prose version attributed to Richard Studley, 15th century (?) (ff. 74-77);A London chronicle, c. 1429-1430 (ff. 78-99);St Albans's Annals, datable to 1428-1431 (ff. 100-120);St Albans's register of burials (ff. 129r–137r);Genesis in

• Text page with added notes., Life of Thomas Becket (index Vie de Thomas Becket), in Anglo-Norman verse, followed by an Anglo-Norman crusade noted song ‘S’onques nus hom pour dure’ (ff. 14-14v); Anglo-Norman romance Guy of Warwick (index Gui de Warewic) (ff. 15-26)

14th century (ff. 15-26v);Life of Saint Robert of Knaresborough, prose version attributed to Richard Studley, 15th century (?) (ff. 74-77);A London chronicle, c. 1429-1430 (ff. 78-99);St Albans's Annals, datable to 1428-1431 (ff. 100-120);St Albans's register of burials (ff. 129r–137r);Genesis in

• Detail of a text page of St Albans's Annals, datable to 1428-1431 (ff. 100-120)., Chronicle, AD 1-1135 (ff. 34-61), with additions up to 1266 (ff. 61v-73)

14th century (ff. 15-26v);Life of Saint Robert of Knaresborough, prose version attributed to Richard Studley, 15th century (?) (ff. 74-77);A London chronicle, c. 1429-1430 (ff. 78-99);St Albans's Annals, datable to 1428-1431 (ff. 100-120);St Albans's register of burials (ff. 129r–137r);Genesis in

• Decorated initial 'S'(icut) at the beginning of the first text, and birds, oak leaves, acorns and crowned knight in armour in the margins., Various religious and historical tracts (also known as 'Codex ruber' and 'Waltham Abbey Miscellany') including the 'Vita Haroldi' (ff. 1-24v); 'De inventione sancte crucis de Waltham' (also known as the 'Waltham Chronicle', ff. 43-62v), part 1; the Voyage of St Brendan (ff. 67-75v)

(f. 63).Inscribed 'An Olde Calender belonginge to me John Prim[...?] ?servaunt to M. George h[...] chamberlaine of the cittie of London. 1568' (f. 128): owned probably only ff. 128-35.Inscribed ?16th century 'Hugo de Houeden' (f. 63).Lord William Howard (b. 1563,

• Decorated initial 'D'(e) with pen-flourishing including an oak leaf, at the beginning of a list of the relics given to Waltham abbey by Harold and others., Various religious and historical tracts (also known as 'Codex ruber' and 'Waltham Abbey Miscellany') including the 'Vita Haroldi' (ff. 1-24v); 'De inventione sancte crucis de Waltham' (also known as the 'Waltham Chronicle', ff. 43-62v), part 1; the Voyage of St Brendan (ff. 67-75v)

(f. 63).Inscribed 'An Olde Calender belonginge to me John Prim[...?] ?servaunt to M. George h[...] chamberlaine of the cittie of London. 1568' (f. 128): owned probably only ff. 128-35.Inscribed ?16th century 'Hugo de Houeden' (f. 63).Lord William Howard (b. 1563,

• Decorated initials with pen-flourishing in the 'Waltham Chronicle'., Various religious and historical tracts (also known as 'Codex ruber' and 'Waltham Abbey Miscellany') including the 'Vita Haroldi' (ff. 1-24v); 'De inventione sancte crucis de Waltham' (also known as the 'Waltham Chronicle', ff. 43-62v), part 1; the Voyage of St Brendan (ff. 67-75v)

(f. 63).Inscribed 'An Olde Calender belonginge to me John Prim[...?] ?servaunt to M. George h[...] chamberlaine of the cittie of London. 1568' (f. 128): owned probably only ff. 128-35.Inscribed ?16th century 'Hugo de Houeden' (f. 63).Lord William Howard (b. 1563,

• Decorated initial 'C'(um) with pen-flourishing. Arches drawn in the margin, possibly by William Howard in the early 17th century., Various religious and historical tracts (also known as 'Codex ruber' and 'Waltham Abbey Miscellany') including the 'Vita Haroldi' (ff. 1-24v); 'De inventione sancte crucis de Waltham' (also known as the 'Waltham Chronicle', ff. 43-62v), part 1; the Voyage of St Brendan (ff. 67-75v)

(f. 63).Inscribed 'An Olde Calender belonginge to me John Prim[...?] ?servaunt to M. George h[...] chamberlaine of the cittie of London. 1568' (f. 128): owned probably only ff. 128-35.Inscribed ?16th century 'Hugo de Houeden' (f. 63).Lord William Howard (b. 1563,

• Zoomorphic initial 'Q'(uod) formed by two biting dragons, and in the lower margin, the ink stamp of the Royal Society of London., De eucharista contra Petrum Martyrem Vermilium

the lower margin, the ink stamp of the Royal Society of London. 1 large zoomorphic initial (f. 1). 2 large decorated initials (ff. 45, 78). Decorated descenders, one including a Crucifixion (f. 182v). De eucharista contra Petrum Martyrem Vermilium Written