• 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

• Decorated initial 'P'(rincipia), and plain red initial 'P'(aulus); the upper margin with an ownership inscription of Sir John Prise., 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),

• Coloured initial 'P'(aulus) and other plain red and green initials., 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),

• 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

• Illuminated initial 'H'(ec), at the beginning of Nicolaus de Lyra's Postillae., Postillae on the Pentateuch, Joshua, Judges, and Ruth

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 pencil inscription: ‘XIV.1.8’,

• Detail of decorated initial., Sermons and excerpts

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

• Detail of puzzle initial., De Consolatione Philosophiae (index Consolation of Philosophy)

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

• 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

• Detail of 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 a miniature of the marriage of Alfour, king of Sicily, and princess Sybil of Spain., Edward's IV's Descent from Rollo (ff. 1-7); Romance of the Three Kings' Sons (ff. 8-123)

is written on paper. This section of the manuscript is not illuminated.Ruled in ink.The same artist painted the miniatues in London Lambeth Palace 265, dated by its scribe to 1477 (according to Scot, 1996, no. 125). 4 half-page miniatures in

• Detail of a miniature of prince Philip surreptitiously leaving Paris to go to the aid of the king of Sicily., Edward's IV's Descent from Rollo (ff. 1-7); Romance of the Three Kings' Sons (ff. 8-123)

is written on paper. This section of the manuscript is not illuminated.Ruled in ink.The same artist painted the miniatues in London Lambeth Palace 265, dated by its scribe to 1477 (according to Scot, 1996, no. 125). 4 half-page miniatures in

• Detail of a miniature of the Christian fleet approaching Gaeta with archers poised to defend the city., Edward's IV's Descent from Rollo (ff. 1-7); Romance of the Three Kings' Sons (ff. 8-123)

is written on paper. This section of the manuscript is not illuminated.Ruled in ink.The same artist painted the miniatues in London Lambeth Palace 265, dated by its scribe to 1477 (according to Scot, 1996, no. 125). 4 half-page miniatures in

• Detail of a miniature of a storm destroying the Christian fleet., Edward's IV's Descent from Rollo (ff. 1-7); Romance of the Three Kings' Sons (ff. 8-123)

is written on paper. This section of the manuscript is not illuminated.Ruled in ink.The same artist painted the miniatues in London Lambeth Palace 265, dated by its scribe to 1477 (according to Scot, 1996, no. 125). 4 half-page miniatures in

• Detail of a miniature of the Turks withdrawing their seige., Edward's IV's Descent from Rollo (ff. 1-7); Romance of the Three Kings' Sons (ff. 8-123)

is written on paper. This section of the manuscript is not illuminated.Ruled in ink.The same artist painted the miniatues in London Lambeth Palace 265, dated by its scribe to 1477 (according to Scot, 1996, no. 125). 4 half-page miniatures in

• Detail of a miniature of the Turkish army with its baggage train leaving a Sicilian city., Edward's IV's Descent from Rollo (ff. 1-7); Romance of the Three Kings' Sons (ff. 8-123)

is written on paper. This section of the manuscript is not illuminated.Ruled in ink.The same artist painted the miniatues in London Lambeth Palace 265, dated by its scribe to 1477 (according to Scot, 1996, no. 125). 4 half-page miniatures in

• Detail of a miniature of princes Philip, Humphrey, and David taking leave of Ferant the Turk., Edward's IV's Descent from Rollo (ff. 1-7); Romance of the Three Kings' Sons (ff. 8-123)

is written on paper. This section of the manuscript is not illuminated.Ruled in ink.The same artist painted the miniatues in London Lambeth Palace 265, dated by its scribe to 1477 (according to Scot, 1996, no. 125). 4 half-page miniatures in