• Channel style initial 'B'(eatus), at the corners pictures of David, showing him rescuing the lamb from the lion, being anointed king, casting his sling at Goliath and beheading Goliath, at the beginning of the first words of Psalm 1., Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 13-18v)

the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 2).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in

• Historiated initial 'Q'(ui) with an animal carrying a fishing net or basket over his shoulder while riding backwards on a goat, at the beginning of Psalm 124, and of 'I'(adini) with a man carrying a simian creature on his shoulders, at the beginning of Psalm 125., Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 13-18v)

the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 2).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in

• Illuminated initial 'G'(od) and partial foliate border at the beginning of Psalm 68. In the lower margin is an added historiated initial 'S'(alvum) of the Crucifixion cut from an early 13th-century Magna Glossatura. The first words of the Psalm in Latin are written in the left margin, and the running header 'Sauter' ('Psalter') in coloured letters is in the upper margin., Historiated initials cut from a Magna glosatura

~Transactions of the Bibliographical Society~, 9 (1906-1908), pp. 127-210, and Andrew G. Watson, ~The Manuscripts of Henry Savile of Banke~ (London: Bibliographical Society, 1969); and with an autobiographical note beginning 'Henricus Saville filius Henrici Saville de Blatheroide et franciscae uxor

• In the left margin at the beginning of Psalm 104 is a historiated initial 'C' with a man with a bird at his ear reading from an open book inscribed 'Veni creator spiritus' cut from an early 13th-century Magna Glossatura, possibly from the canticle Confitebor., Historiated initials cut from a Magna glosatura

~Transactions of the Bibliographical Society~, 9 (1906-1908), pp. 127-210, and Andrew G. Watson, ~The Manuscripts of Henry Savile of Banke~ (London: Bibliographical Society, 1969); and with an autobiographical note beginning 'Henricus Saville filius Henrici Saville de Blatheroide et franciscae uxor

• Diagram in William of Conches' Tract on Philosophy and Man., Miscellany, including a calendar and astrological texts, including Roger's Hereford tables (ff. 77-87); excerpts from William of Conches's Dragmaticon philosophiae, and Daniel of Morley's Liber de naturis inferiorum et superiorum

the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 2v).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in

• Initial 'V'(olens), at the beginning of the Tractatus Magistri Habrahe de tabulis plantetarum., Miscellany, including a calendar and astrological texts, including Roger's Hereford tables (ff. 77-87); excerpts from William of Conches's Dragmaticon philosophiae, and Daniel of Morley's Liber de naturis inferiorum et superiorum

the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 2v).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in

• Miniature of the Annunciation, with the Angel Gabriel in a garment with an ermine tippet and chained double gold clasp, in bare feet; and full foliate border, at the beginning of a prayer to the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1v).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in

• Miniature of the Journey of King Melchior, foliate initial 'R'(ex), and full foliate border, at the beginning of a prayer to Melchior., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1v).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in

• Coloured initials 'P'(rima) at the beginning of William of Malmesbury's De gestis pontificum Anglorum., Prose Vita sancti Cuthberti (ff. 1-34v), two miracles from the Historia ecclesiastica, De gestis pontificum Anglorum, the miracles of Andrew

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 from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in

• Original binding with a flat spine (without raised bands); a semi-circular tab at the head (that at the tail is missing); square-edged booden boards, flush with the leaves; and a strap-and-pin fastening, with traces of the original pink staining. The number '10' on the spine is a later addition., De consensu evangelistarum

in red or brown. Numbers in red. Rubrics in red. De consensu evangelistarum The Benedictine abbey of St Peter, Westminster, London: its 13th-century press-mark 'S.xxx. pe[tri] 7 [et] ed[wardi] West[monasteriensis]' (at the top of ff. 1v, 64, 126v). Inscription 'ii

• Illuminated initial 'B'(eatus) with foliate decoration, at the beginning of Psalm 1; the psalm with an Ango-Norman French translation written above the Latin text., Psalms (ff. 7-146); Canticles (ff. 146-157v); Litany, Petitions and Collects (ff. 157v-161)

the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 7).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in

• Illuminated initial 'D'(ixit) with foliate decoration at the beginning of Psalm 109, with an Anglo-Norman French translation written above the Latin text., Psalms (ff. 7-146); Canticles (ff. 146-157v); Litany, Petitions and Collects (ff. 157v-161)

the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 7).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in

• The beginning of the litany, which includes the Peterborough saints Cyniburg, Cyneswith, and Tibba. Note that Peter ('PETRE') is written in capitals, and has a double invocation, as does Oswald 'Oswalde'), founder of the abbey at Ramsey, south of Peterborough., Psalms (ff. 7-146); Canticles (ff. 146-157v); Litany, Petitions and Collects (ff. 157v-161)

the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 7).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in

• Decorated initial 'S'(anctissimo) at the beginning of Bede's life of Cuthbert., Prose Vita sancti Cuthberti (ff. 1-34v), two miracles from the Historia ecclesiastica, De gestis pontificum Anglorum, the miracles of Andrew

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 from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in

• Decorated initial 'I'(n) at the beginning of the Gospel of John., Hymns for the vigils of the Ascension ('Eterne rex altissime'), Katherine ('Disputando vicit virgo'), and Nicholas ('Sospitate dedit egros')

VI, a great earthquake in London, 21 May, 1382, the obit of S[imon], Archbishop of Canterbury, 14 June, 1382 [should be 1381], the fight with the followers of Cade [described as ‘capitaneus Kantiae’] on London Bridge, 5 July, 1450, the

• Miniature of a basilisk and two victims of its murderous gaze, a man and a ermine or ferret, and a miniature of a regulus., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

Picture Books : A Facsimile of the Helmingham Herbal and Bestiary and Bodleian Ms. Ashmole 1504~, ed. by Nicholas Barker (London: The Roxburgh Club, 1988), p. 5, who characterises them as 'paired manuscripts'. See also Baxter 1998.According to Morgan 1982,

• Detail of a miniature of a basilisk and two victims of its murderous gaze, a man and a ermine or ferret., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

Picture Books : A Facsimile of the Helmingham Herbal and Bestiary and Bodleian Ms. Ashmole 1504~, ed. by Nicholas Barker (London: The Roxburgh Club, 1988), p. 5, who characterises them as 'paired manuscripts'. See also Baxter 1998.According to Morgan 1982,

• Decorated initial 'B'(estiarum) and a miniature of lions breathing life into their cubs, at the beginning of the entry 'De natura leonis'., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

Picture Books : A Facsimile of the Helmingham Herbal and Bestiary and Bodleian Ms. Ashmole 1504~, ed. by Nicholas Barker (London: The Roxburgh Club, 1988), p. 5, who characterises them as 'paired manuscripts'. See also Baxter 1998.According to Morgan 1982,

• Miniature of a hunter chasing a beaver, who bites off his testicles in order to thwart the hunter., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

Picture Books : A Facsimile of the Helmingham Herbal and Bestiary and Bodleian Ms. Ashmole 1504~, ed. by Nicholas Barker (London: The Roxburgh Club, 1988), p. 5, who characterises them as 'paired manuscripts'. See also Baxter 1998.According to Morgan 1982,

• Detail of a miniature of a hunter chasing a beaver, who bites off his testicles in order to thwart the hunter., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

Picture Books : A Facsimile of the Helmingham Herbal and Bestiary and Bodleian Ms. Ashmole 1504~, ed. by Nicholas Barker (London: The Roxburgh Club, 1988), p. 5, who characterises them as 'paired manuscripts'. See also Baxter 1998.According to Morgan 1982,