• Illuminated initial 'I'(n) and full border with hybrid creature at the beginning of Zechariah., Bible, in the early Wycliffite version; Proverbs to Maccabees

on 1 February, 1837 from Straker by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829): inscription (f. [ii]). . Illuminated initial London England, S. (London)

• Detail of illuminated initial 'A'(ud) in 1 Maccabees., Bible, in the early Wycliffite version; Proverbs to Maccabees

Notes).Bought on 1 February, 1837 from Straker by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829): inscription (f. [ii]). . Detail London England, S. (London)

• Illuminated initial 'F'(or) in Luke., Bible, in the early Wycliffite version: New Testament, with lessons (ff. 160-177)

'No.22' (f. [i] verso).Bought on 1 February, 1837 from Straker by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829). Illuminated initial London England, S. (London)

• Detail of illuminated initial 'I'(n) at the beginning of John., Bible, in the early Wycliffite version: New Testament, with lessons (ff. 160-177)

inscribed 'No.22' (f. [i] verso).Bought on 1 February, 1837 from Straker by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829). Detail London England, S. (London)

• Illuminated initial 'F'(or) and full border with a mask in the lower margin, at the beginning of Acts., Bible, in the early Wycliffite version: New Testament, with lessons (ff. 160-177)

'No.22' (f. [i] verso).Bought on 1 February, 1837 from Straker by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829). Illuminated initial London England, S. (London)

• Text page with stitching., Homiliae X ad monachos, sermons and theological treatises

The same collection occurs in London, Lambeth Palace ms. 353 and Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Bodley 392.Homiliae X ad monachos is a group common in English manuscripts, comprising seven genuine sermons of Caesarius, a letter of Caesarius, a Eusebian sermon,

• Decorated initial 'D'(ominis at the beginning of the first homily of Cesarius)., Homiliae X ad monachos, sermons and theological treatises

first homily of Cesarius). The same collection occurs in London, Lambeth Palace ms. 353 and Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Bodley 392.Homiliae X ad monachos is a group common in English manuscripts, comprising seven genuine sermons of Caesarius, a letter of

• Initial 'E'(xhortatur) at the beginning of Eusebius' homily., Homiliae X ad monachos, sermons and theological treatises

Eusebius' homily. The same collection occurs in London, Lambeth Palace ms. 353 and Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Bodley 392.Homiliae X ad monachos is a group common in English manuscripts, comprising seven genuine sermons of Caesarius, a letter of Caesarius, a

• Text page with partially erased initial and inscription., Historia Scolastica

et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6530 or 6531.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, appraised in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Puzzle initial 'Q'(uinta) and pen-flourished initials., Historia Scolastica

et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6530 or 6531.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, appraised in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Detail of decorated initial., Formula confessionum

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 with the

• Flourished initials in Boniface VIII's Liber Sextus Decretalium; the left-hand margin with a pecia note: 'cor. fini. Iij^a^ pec. p.'., Glossed Liber Sextus Decretalium

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

• Puzzle initial 'H'(enricus)., Various legal texts, including Statutes of England (index Statute book, Statuta Angliae)

Puzzle initial 'H'(enricus). f. 1 is a parchment flyleaf inscribed with chronological notes concerning English kings.ff. 2-9 is a Table of Contents.ff. 10-12 is inscribed with the Statutum de Consuetudinibus Kancie (in French).f. 13: is a list:Taxatio civitatis London[ensis]

• Coloured initials 'Imperator' and pen-flourished dragon in the lower margin., Codex in 9 books, with partial gloss (index Corpus Jurus Civilis)

Inscribed, 'Johannes merad (or meraud ?)' (f. [iv]) and 'Jehan merad (or meraud?) (f. 254r)Paul Vaillant (b. 1672, d. 1739), London bookseller: sold to Harley on 11 April 1720 (see Wright 1972 and ~Diary~ 1966). The Harley Collection, formed by

• The Creed and the Lord's Prayer in English, with their titles in Latin in red in the margin : 'Credo in Deum' and 'Pater Noster'. The Creed begins: 'I leue in Godd almicten fader / Dat heuene and er6e made to gar'. The pressmark of Norwich cathedral library in the upper margin., Devotional miscellany, including the Creed in English, a bestiary, Apollonius of Tyre (ff. 41-61); Henry of Sawtrey's De purgatio Sancti Patricii (ff. 73-88)

(f. 1).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. 3v); its book-plate (f. [iv

• Historiated initial 'S' with the Virgin holding the Christ child, at the beginning of Vincent of Beauvais's In laude beate Virginis., Liber de laudibus beatissime Virginis Marie (ff. 1-97) and De Johannis evangelio (ff. 97-111v)

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

• Large decorated word 'Ulpianus' at the beginning of Justinian's Infortiatum, or the third title of book 24 of the Digest, and below the arms and rebus of John Morton, archbishop of Canterbury., Infortiatum (ff. 1-278v), with Glossa ordinaria by Accursius, with Apostillae (f. 278v); fragment of Dynus de Mugello's De regulis iuris (f. 279r-v), and list of contents (f. 280)

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

• Marginal image of a pennant on a wheeled base, the stand surmounted by a cross, and the decorated initials 'A'(nno) and 'P'(roceres)., Annales

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 (inside upper

• Puzzle initial 'I'(n), and initials 'S'(cribe) and 'P'(ost), with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of John of Garland's revision of Alexander of Villa Dei's Doctrinale., Miscellany, including Eberhard's Graecismus (ff. 1-42); John of Garland's revision of Alexander of Villa Dei's Doctrinale (ff. 44-93v); Pseudo-Boethius's De disciplina scholarium (ff. 94-113v)

(f. 1).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

• Initials 'N'(ec) and 'O' with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Auli Persii Satyrae sex; marginal sketch in the upper margin., Miscellany, including Eberhard's Graecismus (ff. 1-42); John of Garland's revision of Alexander of Villa Dei's Doctrinale (ff. 44-93v); Pseudo-Boethius's De disciplina scholarium (ff. 94-113v)

(f. 1).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