• Allegorical designs: four signboards, anchor and shears, the royal arms and Prince of Wales's feathers, dated 1623, and initials NF; anchor and sheep, the arms of London and of the Merchant Taylors' Company, dated 1619, and initials BW; a sun, dated 1625, and initials HW; a clock, dated 1628, and initials LV; below a scene with a man carrying a bust of Charles l; on the facing page street scenes, a procession, and the Pope and others burning., Allegorical designs, relating to political events in the reigns of James I. and Charles I.

Wales's feathers, dated 1623, and initials NF; anchor and sheep, the arms of London and of the Merchant Taylors' Company, dated 1619, and initials BW; a sun, dated 1625, and initials HW; a clock, dated 1628, and initials LV; below

• Detail of decorated initial., De officiis, letters, speeches

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 book-plate, inside upper

• Detail of decorated initial., Speculum stultorum (ff. 1-66v), imperfect, and other works including a life of Eustace; Catalogus Eruditi beati Thomae

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.', ff. 1, 11, marginal inscription with

• Detail of decorated initial., Speculum stultorum (ff. 1-66v), imperfect, and other works including a life of Eustace; Catalogus Eruditi beati Thomae

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.', ff. 1, 11, marginal inscription with

• Illuminated initial 'B'(eatus) and full border at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter, including a a calendar (ff. 1-6v), Psalms (ff. 7-177), Canticles, hymns and creed (ff. 177-193v), litany and prayers (ff. 193v-200v); with the Hours of the Holy Spirit

for £10,000 (a fraction of 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. Illuminated initial London England, S. E. (probably London)

• Illuminated initial 'D'(ominus) at the beginning of Psalm 26., Psalter, including a a calendar (ff. 1-6v), Psalms (ff. 7-177), Canticles, hymns and creed (ff. 177-193v), litany and prayers (ff. 193v-200v); with the Hours of the Holy Spirit

for £10,000 (a fraction of 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. Illuminated initial London England, S. E. (probably London)

• Illuminated initial 'B'(eatus) and border at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter, including a a calendar (ff. 1-6v), Psalms (ff. 7-177), Canticles, hymns and creed (ff. 177-193v), litany and prayers (ff. 193v-200v); with the Hours of the Holy Spirit

for £10,000 (a fraction of 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. Illuminated initial London England, S. E. (probably London)

• Illuminated initial 'D'(ixit) and border., Psalter, including a a calendar (ff. 1-6v), Psalms (ff. 7-177), Canticles, hymns and creed (ff. 177-193v), litany and prayers (ff. 193v-200v); with the Hours of the Holy Spirit

for £10,000 (a fraction of 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. Illuminated initial London England, S. E. (probably London)

• Historiated initial 'O' with a man, at the beginning of a commentary on a treatise on weights, with marginal diagrams., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

'de Liber sancti Augustini Cante' (f. 1v); see also James 1963 no. 1166.Johannes de London, monk of St Augustine's Abbey, c.1364: inscribed 'Liber Johans de London' and '1364' (f. 1v).Index added, 14th-15th centuries (f. 242).John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609),

• Decorated initials and diagrams., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

'de Liber sancti Augustini Cante' (f. 1v); see also James 1963 no. 1166.Johannes de London, monk of St Augustine's Abbey, c.1364: inscribed 'Liber Johans de London' and '1364' (f. 1v).Index added, 14th-15th centuries (f. 242).John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609),

• Historiated initial of a man looking at a lens or a mirror, with marginal diagrams., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

'de Liber sancti Augustini Cante' (f. 1v); see also James 1963 no. 1166.Johannes de London, monk of St Augustine's Abbey, c.1364: inscribed 'Liber Johans de London' and '1364' (f. 1v).Index added, 14th-15th centuries (f. 242).John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609),

• Decorated initial in a text called 'On Weights', which discusses the principle of the lever, and marginal diagrams., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

'de Liber sancti Augustini Cante' (f. 1v); see also James 1963 no. 1166.Johannes de London, monk of St Augustine's Abbey, c.1364: inscribed 'Liber Johans de London' and '1364' (f. 1v).Index added, 14th-15th centuries (f. 242).John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609),

• Decorated initials in a text called 'On Weights', which discusses the principle of the lever, and marginal diagrams., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

'de Liber sancti Augustini Cante' (f. 1v); see also James 1963 no. 1166.Johannes de London, monk of St Augustine's Abbey, c.1364: inscribed 'Liber Johans de London' and '1364' (f. 1v).Index added, 14th-15th centuries (f. 242).John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609),

• Decorated initials and diagrams., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

'de Liber sancti Augustini Cante' (f. 1v); see also James 1963 no. 1166.Johannes de London, monk of St Augustine's Abbey, c.1364: inscribed 'Liber Johans de London' and '1364' (f. 1v).Index added, 14th-15th centuries (f. 242).John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609),

• Diagrams of the sun and moon orbiting the earth, with the sun casting shadows upon the other two., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

'de Liber sancti Augustini Cante' (f. 1v); see also James 1963 no. 1166.Johannes de London, monk of St Augustine's Abbey, c.1364: inscribed 'Liber Johans de London' and '1364' (f. 1v).Index added, 14th-15th centuries (f. 242).John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609),

• Illuminated initial 'D'(ixit) at the beginning of Psalm 109., Psalter, including a a calendar (ff. 1-6v), Psalms (ff. 7-177), Canticles, hymns and creed (ff. 177-193v), litany and prayers (ff. 193v-200v); with the Hours of the Holy Spirit

for £10,000 (a fraction of 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. Illuminated initial London England, S. E. (probably London)

• Historiated initial 'R'(esurrexi) with the Resurrection, and border roundels with the Maries at the sepulchre, and the 'Noli me tangere'; angels supporting heraldic arms to the left of the initial, in a Missal., Missal

1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XV.1.2’, f. [v]).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Calendar pages for September and October., Miscellany, including a calendar and astrological texts, including Roger's Hereford tables (ff. 77-87); excerpts from William of Conches's Dragmaticon philosophiae, and Daniel of Morley's Liber de naturis inferiorum et superiorum

the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 2v).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in

• Initial 'E'(t), and in the lower left margin of the page with a discussion of eclipse of the moon, a series of figures representing a calculation of the latitude of Ely, in Alfraganus' treatise of Rudiments of Astronomy., Miscellany, including a calendar and astrological texts, including Roger's Hereford tables (ff. 77-87); excerpts from William of Conches's Dragmaticon philosophiae, and Daniel of Morley's Liber de naturis inferiorum et superiorum

the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 2v).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in

• Initial 'C'(um), at the beginning of Daniel of Morley's Prologue of Philosophia., Miscellany, including a calendar and astrological texts, including Roger's Hereford tables (ff. 77-87); excerpts from William of Conches's Dragmaticon philosophiae, and Daniel of Morley's Liber de naturis inferiorum et superiorum

the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 2v).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in