• 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

• Inhabited initial 'P'(er) of a double headed eagle, at the beginning of the Sententia de libro retractationum and an inhabited initial 'I'(nter) with double headed eagles and white lions, at the beginning of Book 1 of the De consensu evangelistarum., De consensu evangelistarum

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6427.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Ownership inscriptions of John Theyer reading 'Liber Ioh[ann]is Theyer de Cowpers in Com. Civil. Glouc[ester]: 2º Iulii 1640', and of the Benedictine abbey of the Virgin and St. John the Evangelist, Reading, reading 'Hic est liber sancte Marie de Rading[ia]. Que[m] qui celav[er]it / vel fraude[m] de eo fec[er]it anathema sit.', Commentary on Lamentations

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6522;Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Decorated initial 'S'(icut) at the beginning of Pascahasius Radbertus's Commentary on Lamentations., Commentary on Lamentations

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6522;Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Decorated initial 'F'., Theological treatises

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6393.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

• Flyleaf with pressmarks and contents list., Theological treatises

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6393.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

• Text page with rubric., Theological treatises

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6393.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

• Decorated initial 'E' and display capitals., Theological treatises

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6393.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

• Initial 'F' with spiral and interlace decoration., Theological treatises

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6393.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

• null, Carmen paschale, and related material, including the Epistola ad Macedonium, and Hymnus I, and a list of contents

Britain: A List of Surviving Books~, ed. by N. R. Ker, 2nd edn, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 3 (London: Royal Historical Society, 1964), p. 188). William Forrest, according to Ker, the vicar of Bledlow, near Thame, in 1556

• Zoomorphic initial 'G'(lorio) of a dragon., De Civitate Dei (index City of God), books 1-9

[Sce Marie](?) ...' (f. 155v, cf. f. 2). The title in Spanish occurs twice in 17th/18th?-century hands (f. 1).Thomas Thorpe, London bookseller: catalogue 1826, no. 4360; bought by Philipps.Sir Thomas Phillipps (b. 1792, d. 1872), baronet, collector of books and

• Decorated initial 'E'(cclesiastica) with penwork decoration., In Lucam

Mainwaring of Over Peover, Philip's grandfather.Sir Henry Mainwaring (b. 1726, d. 1797), 4th baronet.: his book-plate (inside upper cover).Joseph Lilly, London bookseller: purchased by the British Museum at the Lilly sale, 27 January 1873, lot 1375 for £14 using the

• Decorated initial 'B'(eatus) with penwork decoration., In Lucam

Mainwaring of Over Peover, Philip's grandfather.Sir Henry Mainwaring (b. 1726, d. 1797), 4th baronet.: his book-plate (inside upper cover).Joseph Lilly, London bookseller: purchased by the British Museum at the Lilly sale, 27 January 1873, lot 1375 for £14 using the

• Decorated initial 'M'(ulto), with a guide letter in the margin, at the beginning of the prologue to Commentary on Lamentations addressed to Odilmannus Severus., Commentary on Lamentations

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6522;Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Decorated initial 'A' (rma) with foliate and zoomorphic motifs., Aeneid (index Aeneis) with verse preface

a library in Düsseldorf: bought the entire Graevius library in 1703 (Wright 1972). Giovanni Giacomo Zamboni (d. 1753), resident in London for the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (c. 1723-1753), friend of Michael Mattaire, the classical scholar and historian of printing: bought

• Decorated initial 'A'(stronomie) at the beginning of Herman of Carinthia Liber iudicum., Aretea, extract from De natura deorum (f. 95v); Liber iudicum (ff. 75-84), and other texts

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).Purchased by the British Museum

• Inhabited initial 'I'(nicium) at the beginning of Mark with lions and an animal playing a fiddle., Mark with the Glossa ordinaria and interlinear glosses; preceded by a table of' capitula sive distinctiones', beginning 'De Iohanne baptista' (ff. 2 r-v), and by the prologue 'Marcus evangelista Dei' (ff. 3-4v), imperfect at the end (the last leaf has been cut out)

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6459.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• null, Legenda aurea (index Legendae sanctorum; Legends of the saints; Golden Legend)

2nd baronet, antiquary, in 1626: signature and note that he purchased the manuscript from a bookseller ('librario publico'), in Aldersgate, London, 1626 (f. 245); probably his ink foliation throughout.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839), 1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos,

• null, Legenda aurea (index Legendae sanctorum; Legends of the saints; Golden Legend)

2nd baronet, antiquary, in 1626: signature and note that he purchased the manuscript from a bookseller ('librario publico'), in Aldersgate, London, 1626 (f. 245); probably his ink foliation throughout.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839), 1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos,