• Detail of an illuminated initial 'H'(ere) with the arms of Anne Neville, wife of Richard III, at the beginning of book 3., De re militari (the Book of Vegecye of Dedes of Knyghthode)

d. 1485), queen of England, Richard's wife (f. 49).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Arms of Anne Neville Vegetius, translation attributed to John Walton London England, S. E. (London?)

• Illuminated initial 'H'(ere) with the royal arms of England supported by boars and surmounted by a crown, with a full border containing the griffin of Salisbury in the lower margin, at the beginning of book 1., De re militari (the Book of Vegecye of Dedes of Knyghthode)

d. 1485), queen of England, Richard's wife (f. 49).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Royal arms of England Vegetius, translation attributed to John Walton London England, S. E. (London?)

• Illuminated initial 'H'(ere) with the arms of Anne Neville, wife of Richard III, with a full border, at the beginning of book 3., De re militari (the Book of Vegecye of Dedes of Knyghthode)

(b. 1456, d. 1485), queen of England, Richard's wife (f. 49).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Illuminated initial Vegetius, translation attributed to John Walton London England, S. E. (London?)

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'H'(ere) with the royal arms of England supported by boars and surmounted by a crown., De re militari (the Book of Vegecye of Dedes of Knyghthode)

d. 1485), queen of England, Richard's wife (f. 49).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Royal arms of England Vegetius, translation attributed to John Walton London England, S. E. (London?)

• Detail of a miniature of the griffin of Salisbury in the lower margin of the folio, at the beginning of book 1., De re militari (the Book of Vegecye of Dedes of Knyghthode)

1456, d. 1485), queen of England, Richard's wife (f. 49).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Griffin of Salisbury Vegetius, translation attributed to John Walton London England, S. E. (London?)

• Detail of historiated initial 'U' with an angel holding a book., Epistola de vita S. Dunstani; Life of St Dunstan

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

• Badges of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I and Elisabeth I., Book of royal arms and badges from Brute to James I

their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Tudor badges William Segar William Segar William Segar London England, S. E. (London)

• Arms and badge of James I., Book of royal arms and badges from Brute to James I

the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Arms and badge of James I William Segar William Segar William Segar London England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of a miniature of Paul writing an epistle, with a messenger waiting to carry it for him, and with John Colet, kneeling, with the full border including flowers, insects and a peacock, and a foliate initial 'P'(aulus) at the beginning of Romans., Pauline and Catholic Epistles in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions

ac Serenissimi Re/gis Anglie Henrici Septimi vigesimo s[e]c[un]do. / ...'(vol. II, f. 358v). Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Paul Pieter Meghen Pieter Meghen London England, S. E (London)

• Miniature of putti celebrating the name of Christ with the IHS monogram within an aureole flanked by musicians seated on clouds, and with a group of dancing figures below., Leaves from a liturgical manuscript

below. In f. B the figures are all female. Leaves from a liturgical manuscript Samuel Woodburn (b. 1785/6, d. 1853), London art dealer: his sale, 16 June 1854, lot 1635: purchased by the Department of Prints and Drawings of the

• Miniature of female putti celebrating the name of the Virgin, with the MAR monogram within an aureole flanked by musicians seated on clouds, and below a group of dancing female figures., Leaves from a liturgical manuscript

below. In f. B the figures are all female. Leaves from a liturgical manuscript Samuel Woodburn (b. 1785/6, d. 1853), London art dealer: his sale, 16 June 1854, lot 1635: purchased by the Department of Prints and Drawings of the

• null, Commentaria in Epistolas beati Pauli

pp. 1-24, reprinted in N. R. Ker, ~Books, Collectors and Libraries: Studies in the Medieval Heritage~, ed. A. G. Watson (London and Ronceverte, 1985), pp. 471-96; the present manuscript cited with the siglum 'P. 8.'Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817),

• null, Commentaria in Epistolas beati Pauli

pp. 1-24, reprinted in N. R. Ker, ~Books, Collectors and Libraries: Studies in the Medieval Heritage~, ed. A. G. Watson (London and Ronceverte, 1985), pp. 471-96; the present manuscript cited with the siglum 'P. 8.'Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817),

• Full-page frame with interlace, and words in gold and silver, before the beginning of John., Gospels of Luke and John, with prologue, table of chapters, and lections for the year (ff. 104v-111v)

for August and September starting imperfectly and ending incomplete, in 12th-century German hand.Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller, bought on 28 March 1840 by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by

• Illuminated initial 'H'(ec) and ivy-leaf borders incorporating a dragon, at the beginning of Bertrand de la Tour's Sermones Quadragesimales., Sermones Quadragesimales, followed (ff. 244v-246v) by a table of contents

nobility (b. 1728, d. 1810), diplomatist and transvestite; with a long note in French, signed by d'Éon and dated at London, 15 January 1786, stating that the manuscript is unique and was written in the year 711 (f. 1r-v): his

• Display script by Petruccio Ubaldini, Prologue., Psalter and Canticles (the 'Psalter of the Earl of Arundel')

~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 7743).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Display script Petruccio Ubaldini Petruccio Ubaldini London England, S. E. (London) and France

• Prefatory miniature of David praying with an angel holding a sword, scourge, and skull, in an oval frame., Psalter and Canticles (the 'Psalter of the Earl of Arundel')

(see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 7743).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. David Petruccio Ubaldini Petruccio Ubaldini London England, S. E. (London) and France

• Display script by Petruccio Ubaldini, Psalm 1., Psalter and Canticles (the 'Psalter of the Earl of Arundel')

~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 7743).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Display script Petruccio Ubaldini Petruccio Ubaldini London England, S. E. (London) and France

• Detail of the prefatory miniature of David praying with an angel holding a sword, scourge, and skull, in an oval frame., Psalter and Canticles (the 'Psalter of the Earl of Arundel')

(see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 7743).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. David Petruccio Ubaldini Petruccio Ubaldini London England, S. E. (London) and France

• Prefatory miniature of the arms of Henry Fitzalan, earl of Arundel, with his motto, 'Virtutis laus actio', and his monogram., Psalter and Canticles (the 'Psalter of the Earl of Arundel')

Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 7743).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Arms of Henry Fitzalan, earl of Arundel Petruccio Ubaldini Petruccio Ubaldini London England, S. E. (London) and France