• Miniature of the Entombment of Christ, with a full foliate border., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

1533), queen of France, consort of Louis XII: binding with the English arms quartering France modern surrounded by a crown and flanked by the letters 'M' and 'R'.Inscriptions in English and Latin, dated 1511, 1513, and 1515 (ff. 2v-3).Inscription in

• Reading for the third and fourth Sunday after Easter, taken from the Epistle of James., Readings from the Gospels and the Epistles (Epistres et Evangiles des cinquante et deux sepmaines de l'an) (index Lectionary)

for each Sunday in the year. The Gospels are in French, the expositions, in English. According to Carley, the commentary text was translated from French into English by George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford, for his sister Anne (Carley 2004, p. 129).The

• Initial 'S'(alve me) with acanthus leaf decoration, at the beginning of Psalm 68., Commentary on the Psalms (imperfect, starting in the middle of the commentary on Psalm 9 and ending in the middle of the commentary on Psalm 146)

in the middle of the commentary on Psalm 9 and ending in the middle of the commentary on Psalm 146) English annotations, 16th century (ff. 17, 23, 74v, 119v).William Reynolds, 17th century: (signature, ff. 60, 115, and partial copy of

• Pen-flourished initials 'A'(ffter) and 'H'(erewith)., 'The Myrror of the Blessed Lyfe of Oure Lorde Jhesu Criste' (ff. 1-145); an anti-Lollard treatise

dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.' (f. 1); its shelf-mark in pencil 'XI: 7: 9' (f. i).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Pen-flourished initials Bonaventura, in an English translation England

• Initial 'W' with foliate penwork decoration and pen-flourishing., 'The Myrror of the Blessed Lyfe of Oure Lorde Jhesu Criste' (ff. 1-145); an anti-Lollard treatise

dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.' (f. 1); its shelf-mark in pencil 'XI: 7: 9' (f. i).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Decorated initial Bonaventura, in an English translation England

• Decorated initials 'I'(n) and 'A'(nno) at the beginning of Roger of Hovenden's Chronicle., Chronicle, including a prophecy in English

or blue paraph marks. 1 diagram (f. 118). Paraphs in red or green. Guide letters. Chronicle, including a prophecy in English The Cistercian abbey of St Mary and St Edward, Netley, Hampshire (see Ker 1964 p. 133).? Thomas Howard (b.

• Pen-flourished initial 'A'(ffter)., 'The Myrror of the Blessed Lyfe of Oure Lorde Jhesu Criste' (ff. 1-145); an anti-Lollard treatise

ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.' (f. 1); its shelf-mark in pencil 'XI: 7: 9' (f. i).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Detail Bonaventura, in an English translation England

• Pen-flourished initial 'H'(erewith)., 'The Myrror of the Blessed Lyfe of Oure Lorde Jhesu Criste' (ff. 1-145); an anti-Lollard treatise

ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.' (f. 1); its shelf-mark in pencil 'XI: 7: 9' (f. i).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Detail Bonaventura, in an English translation England

• Initial 'W' with foliate penwork decoration and pen-flourishing., 'The Myrror of the Blessed Lyfe of Oure Lorde Jhesu Criste' (ff. 1-145); an anti-Lollard treatise

ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.' (f. 1); its shelf-mark in pencil 'XI: 7: 9' (f. i).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Detail Bonaventura, in an English translation England

• Miniature of David in penitence, and decorated initial 'D'(omine), at the beginning of the Penitential Psalms., Prayer Book

branches, in gold and purple. All text pages framed in gold. Rubrics in gold. Prayer Book Apparently designed for an English owner: inscribed by Henry VIII and Cardinal Wolsey: see Backhouse 1994.Inscriptions in French, 16th-century: 'en priant a saintte George…',

• Decorated initial 'O' (Ihesu Christi eterna dulcedo) with full floriate border, at the beginning of the Orationes S. Brigitte., Devotional book (Hours of the Virgin) with a calendar, imperfect at the beginning and elsewhere

Brygandyn, clerk: sixteenth-century additions to the calendar (obit of his wife's death in 1536) (f. 3); and added prayers in English and annotations in his hand (e.g., f. 70) (see Wright 1972).Sir William Collier: inscription recording his gift of the

• Decorated initial 'D'(eus) at the beginning of a prayer to Thomas Becket, which has been defaced., Devotional book (Hours of the Virgin) with a calendar, imperfect at the beginning and elsewhere

Brygandyn, clerk: sixteenth-century additions to the calendar (obit of his wife's death in 1536) (f. 3); and added prayers in English and annotations in his hand (e.g., f. 70) (see Wright 1972).Sir William Collier: inscription recording his gift of the

• Puzzle initials 'S'(ororem) and 'P'(oeta) at the beginning of Terence's Comedies., Comedies, preceded by arguments and prologues: Andria (ff. 1-29v), Eunuchus (ff. 30-74v), Heauton timoroumenos (ff. 75-115), Adelphoe (ff. 115-144), Hecyra (ff. 145-177), Phormio (ff. 177v-205v )

from Troyes, Chartres, and Châlons-sur-Marne, dating from last quarter of the 15th century.Various English owners/readers, 16th century, several of them of Aldermaston, Berkshire: inscriptions, mainly in English, include mention of 'thys boke p(er)tenit to John …' (f. 1, effaced), 'Wyllyam

• null, Comedies, preceded by arguments and prologues: Andria (ff. 1-29v), Eunuchus (ff. 30-74v), Heauton timoroumenos (ff. 75-115), Adelphoe (ff. 115-144), Hecyra (ff. 145-177), Phormio (ff. 177v-205v )

from Troyes, Chartres, and Châlons-sur-Marne, dating from last quarter of the 15th century.Various English owners/readers, 16th century, several of them of Aldermaston, Berkshire: inscriptions, mainly in English, include mention of 'thys boke p(er)tenit to John …' (f. 1, effaced), 'Wyllyam

• null, Comedies, preceded by arguments and prologues: Andria (ff. 1-29v), Eunuchus (ff. 30-74v), Heauton timoroumenos (ff. 75-115), Adelphoe (ff. 115-144), Hecyra (ff. 145-177), Phormio (ff. 177v-205v )

from Troyes, Chartres, and Châlons-sur-Marne, dating from last quarter of the 15th century.Various English owners/readers, 16th century, several of them of Aldermaston, Berkshire: inscriptions, mainly in English, include mention of 'thys boke p(er)tenit to John …' (f. 1, effaced), 'Wyllyam

• Detail of a rubric in the margin in English, beside the beginning of a prayer., Prayers

in the margin in English, beside the beginning of a prayer. Branner includes the Psalter (Part 1) in a group of Psalters that he calls the 'Henry VIII group'. These include: Montpellier, Faculté de Médecine, H. 196; Paris, Bibliothèque nationale,

• Historiated initial 'H'(ere) of the author presenting the book to an enthroned king, with a full border containing white and red roses, at the beginning of the list of contents., The Master of Game

owned by him: white roses of York joined with red roses of Lancaster (ff. 1, 2v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Presentation of the book Edward of York England

• Initial 'H' at the beginning of Odo of Meung's De viribus herbarum., De viribus herbarum and a short medical text

viribus herbarum. Note that this is the oldest copy of the Old High German glosses on this text. 1puzzle initial in red and blue with red and blue pen-flourishing (f. 2). Other simple initials in red. Paraph marks in red.

• Detail of calligraphic specimens with decorated initial 'O' signed by Petruccio Ubaldini, dated 1550, and dedicated to Edward VI (in the fourth year of his reign)., Specimens of Calligraphy

Gilson 1921).In the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 42, no, 3.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Calligraphic specimens Petruccio Ubaldini Petruccio Ubaldini London England, S. E. (London)

• Large puzzle initial 'P'(rimus) with penwork decoration., Collection of chronicles including Chronici canones; Epistola ad Warinum

Large puzzle initial 'P'(rimus) with penwork decoration. Part 1: Remains of quire marks (in the centre of the lower margin of the verso of the last leaf of the quires).Part 2: Leaf signatures: 'ci'-'ciiii'. 1 large puzzle initial in