• Section of an illustrated itinerary to Jerusalem, showing the cities of Damascus, Antioch and Acre., Historia Anglorum, Chronica majora, Part III; Continuation of Chronica maiora

1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after c. 1547; and in the select list of works noted by John Bale, as 'Chronica Matthei Parys. Thys chronycle remayneth in the custodye of my lorde of Arundell, beynge a fayre,

• Fragment of the roll with a diagram of the Heptarchy., Genealogical chronicle of the English Kings

marginal scenes, isolated human figures, animals and hybrids. Initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing. Genealogical chronicle of the English Kings John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c .1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: probably to be identified with a roll

• Fragment of the roll with the genealogical line from Ethelred to Edred., Genealogical chronicle of the English Kings

marginal scenes, isolated human figures, animals and hybrids. Initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing. Genealogical chronicle of the English Kings John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c .1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: probably to be identified with a roll

• Fragment of the roll with the genealogical line from Edwin to Edmund II Ironside and his descendants: Edward Ætheling, Edgar, Margaret, Edmund, and Christine., Genealogical chronicle of the English Kings

marginal scenes, isolated human figures, animals and hybrids. Initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing. Genealogical chronicle of the English Kings John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c .1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: probably to be identified with a roll

• Fragment of the roll with the genealogical line of Cnut, roundels of Edward the Confessor and Harold Godwinson, and the line of the Normam ancestors of William the Conqueror: Rollo, William and Richard I the Fearless., Genealogical chronicle of the English Kings

marginal scenes, isolated human figures, animals and hybrids. Initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing. Genealogical chronicle of the English Kings John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c .1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: probably to be identified with a roll

• Detail from the roll of the descendants of Richard I the Fearless, Duke of Normandy, to Henry II and his descendants., Genealogical chronicle of the English Kings

marginal scenes, isolated human figures, animals and hybrids. Initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing. Genealogical chronicle of the English Kings John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c .1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: probably to be identified with a roll

• Detail from the roll of the royal line from Henry II to Edward I., Genealogical chronicle of the English Kings

marginal scenes, isolated human figures, animals and hybrids. Initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing. Genealogical chronicle of the English Kings John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c .1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: probably to be identified with a roll

• Text page., Historia Anglorum, Chronica majora, Part III; Continuation of Chronica maiora

1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after c. 1547; and in the select list of works noted by John Bale, as 'Chronica Matthei Parys. Thys chronycle remayneth in the custodye of my lorde of Arundell, beynge a fayre,

• Text page., Letters

Text page. Rubric and numbers in red (f. 1v-2v). Numbers in red. Rubrics in uncial. Letters The Benedictine abbey of Saint-Vaast, Arras (?), France (according to Steigmann and Wemhoff 1999).Charter in a 10th-century hand whereby Megenhardus conveys land at

• Section of an illustrated itinerary to Jerusalem., Historia Anglorum, Chronica majora, Part III; Continuation of Chronica maiora

1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after c. 1547; and in the select list of works noted by John Bale, as 'Chronica Matthei Parys. Thys chronycle remayneth in the custodye of my lorde of Arundell, beynge a fayre,

• Illuminated initial 'D'(eus)., The Secretum secretorum, imperfect, translated by Philip of Tripoli (index Philippus Tripolitanus)

'Chr' Towneley' ( f. 1). Richard Towneley, in 1702: his book-plate with the date (f. 2v); inscriptions 'T.283' (f. 3). John Hirst of Ladcastle, Dobcross, purchased at his sale at Sotheby's 14 December 1887 by the British Museum, using the

• The ownership inscription of John Clerk, grocer and apocetharius of King Edward IV, and warden of the London Company of Grocers in 1467 and 1475. The apocetharius of the royal household was the official responsible for preserved fruits and condiments., Miscellany, including a calendar, Psalter with prayers and Hours of the Virgin, imperfect, Bestiaire d'amour; Rules, and the Chronicle of Turpin (see Notes)

in Latin with initials in red (ff. 204-212v). John Clerk, grocer and apothecary to Edward IV, warden of the London Company of Grocers in 1467 and 1475: inscribed 'Iste liber constat John Clerk grocero apocethario regis Edwarde quarti post conquestum'

• null, Breviloquium de quatuor virtutibus antiquorum

lot 8090, bought by Combe for 2s.Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical scholar.Acquired by the British Museum as part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818. Detail John of Wales (index Johannes Guallensis) England

• Detail of marginal drawing of a hand holding a crosier referring to Innocent IV's vision of Robert Grosseteste, bishop of Lincoln., Historia Anglorum, Chronica majora, Part III; Continuation of Chronica maiora

1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after c. 1547; and in the select list of works noted by John Bale, as 'Chronica Matthei Parys. Thys chronycle remayneth in the custodye of my lorde of Arundell, beynge a fayre,

• Illuminated headpiece and initial., Various theological works

stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Illuminated headpiece John Chrysostom (index Johannes Chrysostomus), Severianus Gabalensis Eastern Mediterranean

• Tinted drawing of an inverted bishop's mitre and crosier referring to the death of Henry de Lexington, bishop of Lincoln., Historia Anglorum, Chronica majora, Part III; Continuation of Chronica maiora

1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after c. 1547; and in the select list of works noted by John Bale, as 'Chronica Matthei Parys. Thys chronycle remayneth in the custodye of my lorde of Arundell, beynge a fayre,

• Marginal drawing of the inverted arms., Historia Anglorum, Chronica majora, Part III; Continuation of Chronica maiora

1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after c. 1547; and in the select list of works noted by John Bale, as 'Chronica Matthei Parys. Thys chronycle remayneth in the custodye of my lorde of Arundell, beynge a fayre,

• Text page from Numbers, with a flourished initial 'Q'(uod) at the beginning of Numbers 21. A cut in the lower margin has been mended with a patch cut from a similar (or perhaps the same?) manuscript., Bible with prologues

characters alternately red or blue. Bible with prologues Unidentified English owner: with numerous annotations, second half of the 15th century.Inscription: 'John', 18th century? (f. 153).Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical scholar.Acquired by the British Museum as part of

• Zoomorphic initial 'I'(n) formed of two dragons with linked necks, at the beginning of Genesis., Bible with prologues

characters alternately red or blue. Bible with prologues Unidentified English owner: with numerous annotations, second half of the 15th century.Inscription: 'John', 18th century? (f. 153).Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical scholar.Acquired by the British Museum as part of

• Illuminated headpiece decorated with a foliate pattern on a gold ground, (the right hand portion replaced with a similar pattern in red) and illuminated initial 'E'(n) at the beginning of the Gospel of John, with a marginal inscription in Ottoman Turkish., Gospel Lectionary for the liturgical year starting from the lesson for Easter Sunday

with a similar pattern in red) and illuminated initial 'E'(n) at the beginning of the Gospel of John, with a marginal inscription in Ottoman Turkish. Marginal notes in Ottoman Turkish (ff. 1, 49, 149). Headpiece with vine scroll decoration in