• Detail of puzzle initial., Apparatus in quinque libros decretalium

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIV.4.4’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Puzzle initial 'L'(egitur) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Innocent IV's Apparatus in quinque libros decretalium., Apparatus in quinque libros decretalium

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIV.4.4’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Historiated puzzle initial 'D'(ominus) of a figure blessing, in a list of Benedictine houses, with the names of Ely (Eliens), London (Londonicus), Norwich, Stratford, and Thetford visible, and annals from the birth of Christ to 1294., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum)(ff. 1-80v79), and other texts, including Annals from the Nativity to 1294 (ff. 83v-104v)

list of Benedictine houses, with the names of Ely (Eliens), London (Londonicus), Norwich, Stratford, and Thetford visible, and annals from the birth of Christ to 1294. f. i is a book-plate pasted onto an unfoliated paper flyleaf; f. ii is

• Detail of decorated initial., St Albans register of properties

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).Purchased by the British Museum

• Text page in the annals., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum)(ff. 1-80v79), and other texts, including Annals from the Nativity to 1294 (ff. 83v-104v)

note in the hand of Henry Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle, dated 19 March 1828 (f. iv verso). Robert Triphook, London bookseller, bought by Page-Turner: above cited note.Sir Gregory Osborne Page-Turner, 4th Bart.: his sale, 18 March 1828, bought by

• Text page in the annals., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum)(ff. 1-80v79), and other texts, including Annals from the Nativity to 1294 (ff. 83v-104v)

note in the hand of Henry Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle, dated 19 March 1828 (f. iv verso). Robert Triphook, London bookseller, bought by Page-Turner: above cited note.Sir Gregory Osborne Page-Turner, 4th Bart.: his sale, 18 March 1828, bought by

• Initial 'C' with a dog-headed hybrid., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum)(ff. 1-80v79), and other texts, including Annals from the Nativity to 1294 (ff. 83v-104v)

note in the hand of Henry Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle, dated 19 March 1828 (f. iv verso). Robert Triphook, London bookseller, bought by Page-Turner: above cited note.Sir Gregory Osborne Page-Turner, 4th Bart.: his sale, 18 March 1828, bought by

• Decorated initial with a bird biting a dog., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum)(ff. 1-80v79), and other texts, including Annals from the Nativity to 1294 (ff. 83v-104v)

note in the hand of Henry Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle, dated 19 March 1828 (f. iv verso). Robert Triphook, London bookseller, bought by Page-Turner: above cited note.Sir Gregory Osborne Page-Turner, 4th Bart.: his sale, 18 March 1828, bought by

• Decorated initial 'A'(nglia), with a hooded hybrid creature, at the beginning of a description of England., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum)(ff. 1-80v79), and other texts, including Annals from the Nativity to 1294 (ff. 83v-104v)

note in the hand of Henry Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle, dated 19 March 1828 (f. iv verso). Robert Triphook, London bookseller, bought by Page-Turner: above cited note.Sir Gregory Osborne Page-Turner, 4th Bart.: his sale, 18 March 1828, bought by

• End of the annals from the birth of Christ to 1294, with an entry for the birth of King Edward II for 1284., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum)(ff. 1-80v79), and other texts, including Annals from the Nativity to 1294 (ff. 83v-104v)

note in the hand of Henry Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle, dated 19 March 1828 (f. iv verso). Robert Triphook, London bookseller, bought by Page-Turner: above cited note.Sir Gregory Osborne Page-Turner, 4th Bart.: his sale, 18 March 1828, bought by

• Decorated initial with a hybrid creature with a human face, at the beginning of a chronicle of the Saxons to 1294., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum)(ff. 1-80v79), and other texts, including Annals from the Nativity to 1294 (ff. 83v-104v)

note in the hand of Henry Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle, dated 19 March 1828 (f. iv verso). Robert Triphook, London bookseller, bought by Page-Turner: above cited note.Sir Gregory Osborne Page-Turner, 4th Bart.: his sale, 18 March 1828, bought by

• Decorated initial 'C'(um) with a hybrid creature, and 'B'(ritannia) with hybrid creatures biting, at the beginning of the prologue to Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, with the signature of William Herbert in the upper margin., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum)(ff. 1-80v79), and other texts, including Annals from the Nativity to 1294 (ff. 83v-104v)

note in the hand of Henry Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle, dated 19 March 1828 (f. iv verso). Robert Triphook, London bookseller, bought by Page-Turner: above cited note.Sir Gregory Osborne Page-Turner, 4th Bart.: his sale, 18 March 1828, bought by

• Diagram of the 'old quadrant' in Robertus Anglicus of Montpellier, 'Tractatus quadrantis veteris'., Astronomical miscellany including Sacrobosco, 'De sphaera' (ff. 22-33); Solar tables for 1292-95 (ff. 61-62v); 'Theorica Planetarum' (ff. 81-88); canons for Toledan tables (ff. 97v-119v) and Toledan tables (ff. 120-194v).

Claudius Daneus (Daneau), 1573: inscribed 'Ex libris Claudij danej / 1573' (f. 2) (see Wright 1972). James Woodman (d. 1728), London bookseller: acquired from him via the bookseller Charles Davis (fl. c. 1720) for the Harley Collection (see ~Diary~ 1966

• Drawing of an Astrolabe, in Messahala, 'Astrolabium' (in the translation of John of Seville)., Astronomical miscellany including Sacrobosco, 'De sphaera' (ff. 22-33); Solar tables for 1292-95 (ff. 61-62v); 'Theorica Planetarum' (ff. 81-88); canons for Toledan tables (ff. 97v-119v) and Toledan tables (ff. 120-194v).

Claudius Daneus (Daneau), 1573: inscribed 'Ex libris Claudij danej / 1573' (f. 2) (see Wright 1972). James Woodman (d. 1728), London bookseller: acquired from him via the bookseller Charles Davis (fl. c. 1720) for the Harley Collection (see ~Diary~ 1966

• Drawing of a mnemonic hand with six fingers, and Initial 'S'(equitur) with pen-flourishing, in Balduinus de Mardochio, 'Compotus manualis'., Astronomical miscellany including Sacrobosco, 'De sphaera' (ff. 22-33); Solar tables for 1292-95 (ff. 61-62v); 'Theorica Planetarum' (ff. 81-88); canons for Toledan tables (ff. 97v-119v) and Toledan tables (ff. 120-194v).

Claudius Daneus (Daneau), 1573: inscribed 'Ex libris Claudij danej / 1573' (f. 2) (see Wright 1972). James Woodman (d. 1728), London bookseller: acquired from him via the bookseller Charles Davis (fl. c. 1720) for the Harley Collection (see ~Diary~ 1966

• 'KL' letters in colours and gold in Petrus de Dacia, 'Kalendarium'., Astronomical miscellany including Sacrobosco, 'De sphaera' (ff. 22-33); Solar tables for 1292-95 (ff. 61-62v); 'Theorica Planetarum' (ff. 81-88); canons for Toledan tables (ff. 97v-119v) and Toledan tables (ff. 120-194v).

Claudius Daneus (Daneau), 1573: inscribed 'Ex libris Claudij danej / 1573' (f. 2) (see Wright 1972). James Woodman (d. 1728), London bookseller: acquired from him via the bookseller Charles Davis (fl. c. 1720) for the Harley Collection (see ~Diary~ 1966

• Historiated initial 'O'(mnia) with a man teaching, a bar-border sprouting with foliage and a grotesque, at the beginning of Sacrobosco, 'Algorismus'. A letter Q has been painted instead of the letter O., Astronomical miscellany including Sacrobosco, 'De sphaera' (ff. 22-33); Solar tables for 1292-95 (ff. 61-62v); 'Theorica Planetarum' (ff. 81-88); canons for Toledan tables (ff. 97v-119v) and Toledan tables (ff. 120-194v).

Claudius Daneus (Daneau), 1573: inscribed 'Ex libris Claudij danej / 1573' (f. 2) (see Wright 1972). James Woodman (d. 1728), London bookseller: acquired from him via the bookseller Charles Davis (fl. c. 1720) for the Harley Collection (see ~Diary~ 1966

• Detail of a historiated initial 'O'(mnia) with a man teaching, at the beginning of Sacrobosco, 'Algorismus'. A letter Q has been painted instead of the letter O., Astronomical miscellany including Sacrobosco, 'De sphaera' (ff. 22-33); Solar tables for 1292-95 (ff. 61-62v); 'Theorica Planetarum' (ff. 81-88); canons for Toledan tables (ff. 97v-119v) and Toledan tables (ff. 120-194v).

Claudius Daneus (Daneau), 1573: inscribed 'Ex libris Claudij danej / 1573' (f. 2) (see Wright 1972). James Woodman (d. 1728), London bookseller: acquired from him via the bookseller Charles Davis (fl. c. 1720) for the Harley Collection (see ~Diary~ 1966

• Detail of a multiplication table, in Sacrobosco, 'Algorismus'., Astronomical miscellany including Sacrobosco, 'De sphaera' (ff. 22-33); Solar tables for 1292-95 (ff. 61-62v); 'Theorica Planetarum' (ff. 81-88); canons for Toledan tables (ff. 97v-119v) and Toledan tables (ff. 120-194v).

Claudius Daneus (Daneau), 1573: inscribed 'Ex libris Claudij danej / 1573' (f. 2) (see Wright 1972). James Woodman (d. 1728), London bookseller: acquired from him via the bookseller Charles Davis (fl. c. 1720) for the Harley Collection (see ~Diary~ 1966

• Historiated initial 'T'(ractatum) with a man teaching and holding up a sphere, a bar-border sprouting with foliage and a dog, at the beginning of Sacrobosco, 'De sphaera'., Astronomical miscellany including Sacrobosco, 'De sphaera' (ff. 22-33); Solar tables for 1292-95 (ff. 61-62v); 'Theorica Planetarum' (ff. 81-88); canons for Toledan tables (ff. 97v-119v) and Toledan tables (ff. 120-194v).

Claudius Daneus (Daneau), 1573: inscribed 'Ex libris Claudij danej / 1573' (f. 2) (see Wright 1972). James Woodman (d. 1728), London bookseller: acquired from him via the bookseller Charles Davis (fl. c. 1720) for the Harley Collection (see ~Diary~ 1966